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Karachi, 19 December 2013 His Excellency, Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan, the Governor of Sindh; His Excellency, Qaim Ali Shah, the Chief Minister of… Read More »Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan University Convocation
They are not all alike. Of the People of the Scripture there is a staunch community who recite the revelations of God in the… Read More »Universality of the Quranic Message – Reza Shah-Kazemi
By Sami N. Makarem While the Sunnis believe in five pillars in Islam, the Isma’ilis raise them to seven. Al-Qadi an-Nu’man devoted the first… Read More »Philosophical Significance of the Imam in Ismailism
Inna Lillahi wa inna Elaiyhi raji’un إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ Full Verse Quran 2:156: الذين اذا اصابتهم مصيبة قالوا انا لله… Read More »Tajdin Abdullah Allarakhia, in Memory
Reincarnation or Companionship on High? An article by Imam Hazrat Mowlana Sultan Mahomed Shah (s.a.s.) Aga Khan III The Christian burial ceremony and the prayers… Read More »Reincarnation or Companionship on High?
Nasir Khusraw Collection on Ismaili Web Nasir Khusraw (1004-1060) By Alice C. Hunsberger Nasir-i Khusraw and his Spiritual Nisbah by Mehdi Mohaghegh Nasir Khusraw… Read More »Nasir Khusraw Collection at Ismaili Web
By Bernard Lewis During a recent stay in Cairo, I found in the Taimuriya library a manuscript copy of an interesting Ismaili work entitled… Read More »An Ismaili Interpretation of the Fall of Adam
By Michael Hart The following is from Michael Hart’s book and lists Prophet Muhammad as the most influential man in History. A Citadel Press… Read More »Prophet Muhammad – The Most Influential Man in History
Now hath come unto you An Apostle from amongst Yourselves; it grieves him that you should perish; Ardently anxious is he over you: to the… Read More »Mohammad Prophet of Islam
Mowlana Hazar Imam’s 76th Birthday – Khushiali Mubarak! Salgirah Mubarak! (Birthday Blessings!) — December 13, 2012 His Highness the Aga Khan Mowlana Hazar Imam – Spiritual… Read More »Aga Khan’s 76th Birthday — December 13, 2012
Amir Khusraw coaching students Nasir Khusraw Collection Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw is an important figure in the development of Ismaili… Read More »Nasir Khusraw – By Alice C. Hunsberger
By Azim Nanji In common with all major Shiʿite groups, the Ismaʿilis (q.v.) believe that the Imamate is a divinely sanctioned and guided institution,… Read More »Imamate in Isma’ilism
Editor’s Note: Two articles are presented here for ease of comparison. Free Will in Ismaili Shi’ism By Farhad Daftary and Faquir M. Hunzai… Read More »Free Will in Ismaili Shi’ism and Free Will in Twelver Shi’ism