"Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful." — Holy Qur'an 7:157
:: Enlightenment Norm No. 24: Status and Function of Pirs - 2 ::
Monday,
Feb. 24, 2025
Ya Ali Madad. The work, Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi, or "Advices of Manliness" is a collection of instructive religious and moral advices and maxims of Imam NOOR Mowlana Shah Mustansir bi'l-laah II.
This post consists of two parts:
Part 1: Excerpts from Pir Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi
"Therefore, O, believers, it is obligatory for you to follow the pir, never flinching from his obedience. Be bound by what the pir tells you, acting as he says. The pir does not demand from you any payment or fees, — I give him this instead of you. And when you obey the pir, the pir — if God pleases — in the hereafter will pray to God for your protection.
On the day of Resurrection (Qiyamat) the accounts of those who are the first and those who are the last will be left in the hands of our Lord (Mawla-na) — 'Ali, — may a remedy be attained on his mention! He will question the slaves of God and interrogate them. He will show kindness to the chosen ones who have been devout, but the rebellious hypocrites will remain in the middle of the plain of Resurrection in the glare and heat, in distress, humiliated and ashamed, groaning and weeping on the way, each being worried about himself. But every one who has been obedient to the pir will stand on that terrible day in the shadow (i.e. under the protection) of the pir of his time."
(Pir Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi, pp.26-27)
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Part 2. Angelic Salwat
Let us recite angelic salwats to invoke Divine grace and mercy.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Allâhumâ salli alâ Muhammadin wa âle Muhammad:
O Allah! Bestow Peace on and through Muhammad and his Descendants
or
Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!
Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)
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