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Why Philosophy is Important

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Ismaili Gnostic

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“Yes, as far as is possible, I have endeavoured to spread the faith and the religious law of the final Messenger, following the example of my pure ancestors and forbears. Likewise it is evident that in Egypt several generations of my ancestors held the positions of kingship and the caliphate, and they conjoined the Ja’fari path and the law of the Ithna’ashari, which today is attributed to Shah Isma'il Safavi. I am the descendant of that same dynasty. And if any observers do not lack depth of reflection and contemplation, they will know that: ‘Those with a prominent heritage are the servants of my progeny, Those who are true lovers are drinkers of my wine, In our realm, our kingship is ancient, The Magian sages are those born in the service of my house.' (Verse by Hazin Lahiji) Praise be to the benevolent and beneficent God, who has spread and extended the domain of my dervish-hood across the realms of the earth. Whilst the kings of the land extract taxes from the common people by force and coercion, my fortune reaches me unsolicited through an abundance of insufficiency and abject humility. If the permitted and the forbidden are weighed through the firmly established commands of the Most Learned and the path of the Master of Mankind, the criterion for [judging] truth and falsehood will be our dervish-hood and our kingdom.” - Imam Hasan ‘Ali Shah, Aga Khan I ‘Ibrat-afza tr. Beben and Poor (p. 90-91) Read more at https://ismailignosis.com/2015/05/21/ismailis-through-history-from-persecuted-minority-to-pluralist-community/#period12 #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.

“And among the bounties inherited from my ancestors is the verse ‘He is nearer to me than the jugular vein’ and ‘We are closer to Him than ye.’ And by addressing us through the verse ‘O Soul, at peace!’ he granted us an exalted tranquility. There is no deity but God and blessed is the Creator of all contingent individuals, who are described by existence and non-existence at the time of establishment, and are described at the time of negation by being neither existence or no-existence, but somewhere in between, who is the Creator of the contradiction and the ruler of the two paths. For, ‘there is no will other than through God, the Almighty, the Great’. It is absurd that existence may be characterized by absence, and impossible that absence may be characterized by existence…. And it is evidence that the Truth is pure light and pure darkness, even though light is never touched by darkness and darkness is never touched by light. Creation is a purgatory between light and darkness, because in His essence He is neither described by darkness nor light, and ‘God is the light of the heavens and the earth’ is the exaltation of the Creator, who is the protector of the protected and the contingent, ‘that they should be unconfused doubt about the a new creation?’ Surely, all these ravings are results of madness or consequences of the conniving of the artful, because he gave me ears to hear with and eyes to see with. Nay, nay, ’There is nothing like Him and He is the all-Hearing, the all-Seeing.’ What association does a mere silent one have with a speaking one?'” - Imam Hasan ‘Ali Shah, Aga Khan I ‘Ibrat-afza tr. Beben and Poor (p. 122-123) Read more at https://ismailignosis.com/2015/05/21/ismailis-through-history-from-persecuted-minority-to-pluralist-community/#period12 #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.

Happy 82nd Birthday to our beloved Mawlana Hazar Imam! May we be blessed with the wisdom to be your true murids. We love you! #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.

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