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World of Faith: The Imam’s Da‘is and the Ismaili Da‘wah

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 139 minutes
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Why Ismaili Jamatkhanas are only open to Ismailis for prayers

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 19 minutes
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Ramadan Fasting in Shia Ismaili Islam: A Historical Overview

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 31 minutes
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Mi‘raj: Spiritual Ascension of Prophet Muhammad in Ismaili Thought ~ Ismaili Gnosis

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 1 minute
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Esoteric Interpretations of the Qur’an: The Foundations of Shia Ismaili Ta’wil

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 80 minutes
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10 Ismaili Muslim Poets Everyone Should Know About

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 30 minutes
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Esoteric Hajj: From the Physical Ka’bah to the Living Imam

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 133 minutes
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Scholars from IIS, Indiana and Harvard host two Ismailism Panels at MESA Conference on November 23

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 12 minutes
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Survey: Ismailism Topics of Interest

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Ismaili Gnostic
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The Crucifixion in Shi‘a Isma‘ili Islam

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 3 minutes
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The Esoterics (Batin) of Prayer: From Salah to Du‘a’

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 32 minutes
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The Seven Pillars of Islam: The Esoterics of Walāyah

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 24 minutes
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Sawm: The Esoterics (Bāṭin) of Fasting

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Ismaili Gnostic
Reading time 33 minutes

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“Indeed, God the Exalted has not abandoned you like a herd without a shepherd. He has imposed no difficulties on you in religion and you have no excuse after the path has been clearly charted and the arguments have been reinforced through His prophet and the Imams of right guidance from his descendants. May God’s peace and mercy be upon them. May God grant us as well as you success in accomplishing what satisfied Him and brings near unto Him. May He bring us and you unto Him, for we are by Him and to Him. May God bless the master of the messengers and the rightly-guided Imams, who have judged and judge according to the truth, and by it have been and are just.” -Imam al-Mansur billah Inside the Immaculate Portal, trans. of Mansur al-Azizi al-Jawdhari’s biography of al-Ustadh Jawdhar, the Sirat al-Ustadh Jawdhar, Edited and translated by Hamid Haji, p. 49 #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.
“Indeed, God the Exalted has not abandoned you like a herd without a shepherd. He has imposed no difficulties on you in religion and you have no excuse after the path has been clearly charted and the arguments have been reinforced through His prophet and the Imams of right guidance from his descendants. May God’s peace and mercy be upon them. May God grant us as well as you success in accomplishing what satisfied Him and brings near unto Him. May He bring us and you unto Him, for we are by Him and to Him. May God bless the master of the messengers and the rightly-guided Imams, who have judged and judge according to the truth, and by it have been and are just.” -Imam al-Mansur bi-llah Inside the Immaculate Portal, trans. of Mansur al-Azizi al-Jawdhari’s biography of al-Ustadh Jawdhar, the Sirat al-Ustadh Jawdhar, Edited and translated by Hamid Haji, p. 49 #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.
“Indeed, God the Exalted has not abandoned you like a herd without a shepherd. He has imposed no difficulties on you in religion and you have no excuse after the path has been clearly charted and the arguments have been reinforced through His prophet and the Imams of right guidance from his descendants. May God’s peace and mercy be upon them. May God grant us as well as you success in accomplishing what satisfied Him and brings near unto Him. May He bring us and you unto Him, for we are by Him and to Him. May God bless the master of the messengers and the rightly-guided Imams, who have judged and judge according to the truth, and by it have been and are just.” -Imam al-Mansur bi-llah Inside the Immaculate Portal, trans. of Mansur al-Azizi al-Jawdhari’s biography of al-Ustadh Jawdhar, the Sirat al-Ustadh Jawdhar, Edited and translated by Hamid Haji, p. 49 #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.
“Islam is fundamentally a natural religion. All its dogmas and doctrines of whatever sect or school, are ultimately based on the regularity and order of natural phenomena, on the natural inclination of human beings for survival and reproduction, while the religion of the West, Christianity, is based on a miraculous event and faith in miracles, that is to say, a break in that very regularity to which the Holy Koran refers on a thousand occasions." -Imam Shah Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III “What have we forgotten in Islam?” by Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III La Renovation du Shi'isme Ismaelien En Inde Et Au Pakistan, By Michel Boivin, p.424 https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq10cVB3_GEC&pg=PA425&lpg=PA425&dq=%22Islam+is+fundamentally+in+its+very+nature+a+natural+religion.+%22&source=bl&ots=QXPZ722j9u&sig=ACfU3U0rHmnLTZM-inxwopZnh7MeeqIlGg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1-6rCpqrgAhUAJjQIHT50BzoQ6AEwAXoECA8QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Islam%20is%20fundamentally%20in%20its%20very%20nature%20a%20natural%20religion.%20%22&f=false #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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