WHY THE QUR'AN?
 

The Roots of Ismailism are in the IMAMAT...
     (The Living and Ever-present Hazar Imam)

The Roots of Imamat are in an APPOINTMENT...
     (The Appointment of Ali as "Mawla" by the Prophet)

The Roots of that Appointment are in the PROPHET...
     (Prophet Muhammad {P} had authority to Declare Ali as "Mawla")

The Roots of Prophet hood are in the REVELATIONS...
     (Muhammad {P} was the chosen Messenger of Allah to receive them)

The Roots of all the above Roots are in ALLAH'S  REVELATIONS...
      What is Islam without the Qur'an? 
                   What is Ismailism without the Islam?

    Please read the following four REVELATIONS.... and Reflect.
    Perchance they may change your LIFE....      al-Hamdulillah.
 

1   2 : 150   So from whencesoever thou startest forth turn thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque; among wheresoever ye are turn your face thither that there be no ground of dispute against you among the people except those of them that are bent on wickedness; so fear them not but fear Me; and that I may complete My favours on you and ye may be guided.

ISMAILI SCHOLARS ARE MISLEADING THE JAMAAT:
     After having read the above Message the Ismaili Scholars and the Missionaries are now misleading the members of their Jamaat by putting forward the following three verses from the Holy Qur'an to justify their ritual of facing any direction, while reciting Ritual Prayers:

2: 115    To Allah belong the East and the West; whithersoever ye turn there is the presence of Allah.  For Allah is All-Pervading All-Knowing.

2: 142   The fools among the people will say: "What hath turned them from the Qiblah to which they were used?"  Say: To Allah belong both East and West; He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight. 

2: 177    It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces toward East or West; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Messengers; to spend of your substance out of love for Him for your kin for orphans for the needy for the wayfarer for those who ask and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer and practice regular charity; to fulfill the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient in pain (or suffering) and adversity and throughout all periods of panic.  Such are the people of truth the Allah-fearing.

MY RESPONSE:
    In the above verses Allah (swt) is making a statement of the fact that He is ever present in every direction that you turn your face. There is no direction where His presence is not there. The above verses re-affirms the fact that Allah (swt) was very well aware of the above reality of His presence in every direction and yet having known that reality He did Command His true Believers to face one particular direction. That proves there must be a special purpose or reason for such a specific Command. It is not for the Believers to argue with their limited brains the Command of the All Wise and All Knowing Allah, especially when He has very clearly stated within His Command;  "there be no ground of dispute". To reemphasize this issue of "no ground of dispute" He in His Eternal Wisdom has also added that only those "that are bent on wickedness" will dispute this Command. Those who question or dispute this Command are simply bent on wickedness.

An Ismaili Responds:
I pray facing the Qiblah because my Jamatkhana is facing the direction of the Qiblah...

My Counter Question:
Does not your Jamaati Leaders and the person that Leads the Prayer (Du'a) {man or woman}, have their backs to the Qiblah, since by the Ismaili customs they all face the Jamaat, during the ritual prayers?  

An Ismaili Questions:
How will the Muslims face Qiblah, once they are settled on the moon?

My Response:
The moon dwellers will have the gadgets like a compass that will show them the direction of our earth. 

2 2 : 185  Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an as a guide to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgement (between right and wrong).  So everyone of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting but if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later.  Allah intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to difficulties.  (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful.

3 3 : 97    In it are signs manifest; the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith Allah stands not in need of any of his creatures.

4 21 : 92   Verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).

"Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in religion that which Allah allowed not? And but for a decisive word (gone forth already), it would have been judged between them. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom." 

Holy Qur'an 42:21

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