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:: Post No. 1: The Inner Meaning of Faqadis-Tamsaka (The Strongest Handle) ::
Saturday,
Feb. 1, 2025
Ya Ali Madad! This post has two parts.
Part 1. Knowledge Section
Let us reflect on the following ayats of the Holy Qu'ran:
| Transliteration | English Translation |
| Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim | In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful |
| Laaa 'ikraaha fid-Diin. Qatta-bayyanar-Rushdu minal-Gayy. Famany-yakfur bit-Taaguuti wa yu'-mim-billahi faqadis-tamsaka bil-'urwatil-wusqaa, lan-fisaa-ma lahaa. Wallahu Samii-'un 'Aliim. (2:256) | No compulsion be in religion; Indeed truth has been made manifest from error; therefore he who disbelieveth the rebels (false deities) and believeth in God, hath indeed laid hold on the strongest handle no break is for it; and verily God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. |
Here is an excerpt from footnote 291 (p.230) of S. V. Mir Ahmed Ali's translation of the Holy Qu'ran, which explains the inner meaning of faqadis-tamsaka (The strongest handle):
| 'Faqadis Tamsaka'—The strong cord or rope or cable for which there is no breakage at all. According to Saafi, it is reported that the 6th Holy Imam Jafar as-Sadiq, that the handle, the rope or the cord means faith in God, and the 5th Holy Imam Muhammad al-Baqir has said that it is the love of or the attachment to the Holy Ahul-Bait for a lover of these godly ones, is always correctly attached to God and remains ever in genuine godliness. As the Holy Prophet has declared, let him (a faithful) hold himself fastly attached to Ali for with the attachment to Ali, none can get lost or detached from Ali, else none can be safe. Ali is the perfect model or the true ideal of faith in God, as the Divinely Commissioned Successor to the Holy Prophet, and the correct practice of the faith, is perfectly integrated in the personality of Ali and his issues who succeeded him as the Holy Imams. Hence 'Tawallah' i.e., the love and godliness is one of the articles of the practice (Furo-e-deen) of the faith, Islam Original (i.e., Shi'ism). |
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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