Ismaili Esoteric Path

:: Gem No. 34: Din and Duniya: Do Your Duty and Prepare for a Quick Departure ::

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

Ya Ali Madad. This transformational post consists of three parts:

Verse(s) from the Holy Qu'ran;
Timeless Ilm Gem(s) of Noor Mowlana Murtaza Ali (a.s.); and
Angelic salwat which is the anchor tasbi for the project.

Part 1: Teachings from the Holy Qu'ran

In light of the recent firmans of NOOR Mowlana Hazar Imam on Din and Duniya, let us reflect on the following ayats of the Holy Qur'an:

"The Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance, the Stern in punishment, the Bountiful. There is no God save Him. Unto Him is the journeying."

(Holy Qur'an (Pickthall) 40:3)

"He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He shaped you and made good your shapes, and unto Him is the journeying."

(Holy Qur'an (Pickthall) 64:3)

"Say: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is promised unto those who ward off (evil)? It will be their reward and journey's end."

(Holy Qur'an (Pickthall) 25:15)

Part 2: Timeless Ilm Gem of Noor Mowlana Murtaza Ali (a.s.)

In the following excerpts of Khutba 135, NOOR Mowlana Murtaza Ali (a.s.) teaches us about doing our duty and preparing for a quick departure:

"Beware! Sights of thousands of living human beings around you may deceive you. They are all bound to go, one following the other. You had enough experience of such a person who was alive till the other day. He had amassed wealth and was afraid of poverty. He had thought himself immune for the consequences of life. He has inordinately high hopes and had considered himself to be safe from the hands of death. You have also seen how death overtook him; how it has teared him from his hearth and home; how he was lifted on the shoulders of others to his grave.

Have you not seen such people with great expectations, had build palatial houses to live in and had collected great wealth around themselves. Did not their houses turn into graves? Did not the wealth hoarded by them get destroyed or inherited by others? Anyway they had to part with it. Did not their widows marry other persons? Now (after death) they cannot either make an addition to their deeds nor can they offer any excuse for the evil lives they had led.

But the person who made up his mind to lead honest and virtuous life, has made a real use of the span of life granted to him and has succeeded in securing the reward reserved for such a life. Remember that none of you is immortal; the duration of your life here is like a passage on a bridge. Do good deeds in this life and thus provide for the next world. Do your duty and be prepared for a quick departure."

(Nahjul Balagha: Sermons, letters and saying of Hazrat Ali (Second American edition, 1981), Khutba 135, p. 100)

Let us read, reflect and implement these gems of knowledge for our spiritual journey towards our original home, Daras-Salaam. the Abode of Eternal Peace. Noore Karim Mushkil Khusha, Noore Karim Ya Ali Madad, Noore Karim Daras-Salaam!

Part 3: Angelic Salwat
Let us now start fueling our journey on the Ismaili esoteric path of higher spiritual enlightenment with Angelic salwats, dhikr and bandagi. May our beloved Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam continually keep us on the Right Path. Ameen.

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

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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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Article by Dr. Noorallah Juma