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"There are those who say that faiths divide. This may be true. But today we must explore every opportunity to have different faiths come together in addressing the problems of our respective societies. We come from the same common religious heritage, descendants of Abraham, and it is enjoined on us to address the problems of society on the same ethical premises." – Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV, (Ismaili Imamat and Government of Portugal ‘Protocol of Co-operation’ , December 19, 2005) #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy.  https://www.instagram.com/p/B6lPnr3hm3m/?igshid=1xnbdin5e3lrt

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#Repost @ismailignosis @download.ins --- “When Prince Karim’s predecessor (Imam Shah Sultan Muhammad Shah) was asked where the Aga Khan’s followers were to be found he smiled and replied: ‘Everywhere except dozakh’ - everywhere except hell.” (Frischauer, The Aga Khans 17) #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat (at Bandra World of Storytellers) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdr3nInRUE0r4G63ir9TEe5Hys7zsfta_lKZk0/?igshid=zm9brd88hli4

[ismailignosis]

“I am the Christ who heals the blind and the lepers, who creates the birds and disperses the storm-clouds.  I am he and he is I (ana huwa wa huwa ana). Indeed, Christ is the establisher of the truth, he is the king of this world and of the hereafter.  Jesus the Son of Mary is from me and I am from him. He is the supreme Word of God.” - Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, (Ja’far ibn Mansur al-Yaman, Kitab al-Kashf) #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #Christmas Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gKfnrh5Bl/?igshid=1e2drxr9z0oue

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"My commitment to the principle of tolerance is based on spiritual understandings which are rooted in ancient teachings. I would mention two touchstones in particular. The first affirms the unity of the human race, as expressed in the Holy Qur’an where God, as revealed through the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, says the following: 'O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from the twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women.' (4:1) This remarkable verse speaks both of the inherent diversity of mankind — the ‘multitude' — and of the unity of mankind — the “single soul created by a single Creator” — a spiritual legacy which distinguishes the human race from all other forms of life. The second passage is from the first hereditary Imam of the Shia community, Hazrat Ali. the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, whose words have been particularly important for me in my role as the 49th Imam. No belief is like modesty and patience, no attainment is like humility, no honour is like knowledge, no power is like forbearance, and no support is more reliable than consultation. Hazrat Ali’s regard for knowledge reinforces the compatibility of faith and the world. And his respect for humility and consultation is, in my view, a basis for tolerant and open-hearted democratic processes.” - Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV ‘Tolerance a Religious Imperative’ published on newsweek.washingtonpost.com (USA), 26 July 2007 http://www.nanowisdoms.org/nwblog/8142/ #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy.  https://www.instagram.com/p/B2EmO5tjWHb/?igshid=12l880p5sd2xu

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"My mercy encompasseth all things." (Holy Qur'an 7:156) "The dispensing of mercy brings down [divine] mercy. '66 ‘ As you grant mercy, so will you be granted mercy. '67 ‘I am astounded by the person who hopes for mercy from one above him, while he is not merciful to those beneath him." - Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib Justice and Remembrance, Reza Shah Kazemi, 99 #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5BVMaDniu/?igshid=1atimje5ixhfc

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"The knowledge of the oneness of God is beyond the acquisition of human mind by itself. There are some people who maintain that they can acquire this knowledge by themselves without the help of the Prophet or the Book of God. They go a step further and say that if God had not sent the Prophets, in this matter they could have easily dispensed with their teachings. If they think that by means of their intellect they can know the maker by seeing the things made and the Creator by looking at His creation, it is the height of insolence on their part. It is preposterous to imagine that a human being can acquire this knowledge without the help of the proper mediums namely the Prophets and the Imams. We know by experience that even the power of talking which is inherent in man and which is much easier for him to acquire than the knowledge of the Oneness of God, does not develop in him without the help of a teacher. Although it is in his nature to talk and God has provided him with the necessary apparatus for it, he does not and cannot talk unless he learns to do it from some one else. If this is the case of his talking how is it possible for him to acquire the complicated knowledge of the oneness of God without the help of a Prophet or an Imam? It is an impossibility." - Al Muayyad fid-din Shirazi  http://www.amaana.org/muayyad/muaylect13.htm #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy.  https://www.instagram.com/ismailignosis/p/BxKx7QOhDU5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uoozw73u5bln

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Happy 82nd Birthday to our beloved Mawlana Hazar Imam who continues to be the oldest Imam in recorded history! We pray that we can celebrate many many more! #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrUH8FvhB_j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xxujzgp53zf4

[ismailignosis]

“The truth is that I represent an institution and this institution does not come and go. There, is where all my time and my happiness is, working within that institution. That is where my happiness comes from. I am very, very privileged because I was not the one who chose to be the 49th Imam. My grandfather made that choice in 1955 or so, and I was not aware of it. I think that every individual who has the possibility to contribute to the quality of life is a happy individual. You have a purpose, you see? I think the worst of disasters is having a life without purpose. I think it is a horrible idea.” - Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV Expresso Magazine Interview, “This is a faith of reason” (Lisbon, Portugal), 21 July 2018 http://www.nanowisdoms.org/nwblog/10987/#more-10987 #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DJAC2018 #OurAmericanJourney #IsmailisOfAmerica #IsmailisInAction Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy.

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“We want to make sure that we understand the evolution of the Ismaili thought, in the past. It is a religion of the brain, a religion of the mind. It is not just a religion of the soul. It is a faith of reason. And so we want to try to make sure that the philosophies of the past are well understood and can have adequate space in modern life. There is a whole context because it is a historical religion. We have an accumulation of history that is very important, and extremely pluralistic. It was formed from various parts of the world and from different languages. And today, all these communities are, in a certain sense, united in a single light, with different creeds, and these creeds are filling gaps in these countries where the gaps are not filled economically.” - Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV Expresso Magazine Interview, “This is a faith of reason” (Lisbon, Portugal), 21 July 2018 http://www.nanowisdoms.org/nwblog/10987/#more-10987 #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DJAC2018 #OurAmericanJourney #IsmailisOfAmerica #IsmailisInAction Please visit www.ismailignosis.com or ask.ismailignosis.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IsmailiGnosis for more gems about Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Imamat, and Ismaili history and philosophy.

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Repost @premierrachelnotley ・・・ By Alberta Canada premier Rachel Notley: ‪A great honour to welcome His Highness the Aga Khan to Alberta today. We congratulate him on 60 years of leadership, and we’re proud of the strong Ismaili community here that contributes so much to building our province. Albertans look forward to the unveiling of the Aga Khan Garden, a #DiamondJubilee project, later this year at the @uabotanicgarden . Diamond Jubilee Mubarak! #abpoli #ableg #yyc #AgaKhan ... #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #JACanada #JubileeArts 
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Read the article in the Edmonton Journal: Aga Khan's contributions little-known, but significant “The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community, and a man who has made significant contributions to Canada and Alberta. My guess is that his contributions are little known by Canadians and Albertans, but they are significant. I had the pleasure of being on the board of the University of Alberta Botanic Garden at a time when he pledged $25 million to create an Islamic garden, right here in Edmonton. The Aga Khan Garden is due to open in the coming weeks…. The Aga Khan is perhaps the leading community builder of our time, taking deliberate and repeated measures to cultivate a sense of community from the smallest villages on the other side of the planet to, literally, the entire world. At the basis for all this work is a deep-rooted commitment to improving people’s quality of life — from safe drinking water to telecommunications, from high quality education and health care to park preservation. He looks at communities holistically, recognizing that how we find contentment as individuals and societies is the sum of many, many parts. While some would want us to believe the world is a simple place with quick-fix, simplistic solutions, I don’t think that is the case. The Aga Khan takes complex, difficult work and tackles it with undeterred focus and passion. He draws on many perspectives and finds synergies by putting many organizations together to form a solution….. The Aga Khan would push us even further. Real human progress — the kind where we all benefit and that brings deep happiness — requires us to purposefully seek one another out, to actively listen to each other’s ideas and to wholeheartedly collaborate. We experience chasms of misunderstanding, and fostering a pluralistic society may be the antidote.” Dave Mowat is the President & CEO of ATB (Alberta Treasury Branch) Financial. http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-aga-khans-contributions-little-known-but-significant #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #JACanada

[ismailignosis]

Today is both Good Friday (crucifixion of Jesus) and Yawm-i Ali (birthday of Imam Ali). In fact this weekend is not just Easter but Passover! Here is a video on Ismaili Muslim views of Jesus - a perspective which affirms both Jesus' crucifixion and his status as a manifestation of the Logos. “I am the Christ who heals the blind and the lepers, who creates the birds and disperses the storm-clouds. I am he and he is I (ana huwa wa huwa ana). Indeed, Christ is the establisher of the truth, he is the king of this world and of the hereafter. Jesus the Son of Mary is from me and I am from him. He is the supreme Word of God.” - Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, (Ja’far ibn Mansur al-Yaman, Kitab al-Kashf) https://essentialismaili.com/2015/12/22/video-jesus-in-esoteric-islam-ismaili-interpretations-of-christ/ #GoodFriday #Ismaili #YawmAli #AgaKhan #Imamat #Christology #Ismailism #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #JACanada #JubileeArts 
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"Would it not also be relevant to consider how, above all, it has been the Qur’anic notion of the universe as an expression of Allah’s will and creation that has inspired, in diverse Muslim communities, generations of artists, scientists and philosophers? Scientific pursuits, philosophic inquiry and artistic endeavour are all seen as the response of the faithful to the recurring call of the Qur’an to ponder the creation as a way to understand Allah’s benevolent majesty. As Sura al-Baqara proclaims: ‘Wherever you turn, there is the face of Allah’." - Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV Excerpts from the speech delivered by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Ismaili Centre, London, on October 19, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMANkspmhk https://simerg.com/literary-readings/the-noble-qur%E2%80%99an-an-inexhaustible-well-spring-of-inspiration-and-knowledge/ #Ismailis #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #USAVisit #JACanada #JubileeArts 
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"Verily, the knowledge which was sent down with Adam did not return back [to God]. The knowledge is inherited and ‘Ali was the Knower of this community. Verily, no Knower among us dies unless someone of his family knows the like of his knowledge or what God wills of it." - Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, (Usul al-Kafi, Kitab al-Hujjah, Chapter 32, Hadith No. 2) #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #JACanada #JubileeArts 
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“Two thousand years before creation, Muhammad and ‘Ali were one Light (nur) before God.” – Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, (Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, The Divine Guide in Early Shi ‘ism, p. 31) #Ismailis #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #USAVisit 
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"If they had referred it to the Messenger and the possessors of authority (ulu’l-amr) among them, those of them whose task it is to investigate would have known the matter." (Holy Qur'an 4:83) "This leads us to say: The possessors of authority among us are the knowledgeable among us. They are our Imams and the Prophet's vicegerents over us. They are the Ark of Noah. He who boards it is saved. God has ordered us to follow them and to acquire knowledge from them... Our Prophet Muhammad (God's blessing be in him) told us that they would not depart from his Book until they come to him together at the Basin and that as long as we cling to them we will never go astray." - Imam al-Mansur, Fatimid Imam-Caliph The Shi’i Imamate by Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Mansur (transl. Sami Makarem) p. 65 #Ismaili #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #DiamondJubilee #CanadaCelebratesDJ #ProudToBeACanadianIsmaili #JACanada #JubileeArts 
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