Teachings of al-Muayyyad fid-Din al-Shirazi

:: Post No. 12: Let Your Destiny Be Moulded by the Holy Imam ::

Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2025

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

Ya Ali Madad! This post has three parts.

1. Knowledge Section;
2. The Ismaili Shahada; and
3. Angelic Salwat Dhikr.

Part 1: Teaching of al-Muayyyad fid-Din al-Shirazi

Here is an excerpt from Lecture 6, No Animal Life Beyond Death, from the book titled 'Life and Lectures of the Grand Missionary Al-Muayyad-Fid-Din Al-Shirazi' (p.80):

"...One of the Imams was asked as to what is 'saadat', the happiness, and what is 'shaqawat', the misfortune. He said, " Man by nature is like a blank white paper fit for writing. Happy is the one who falls in the hands of one who writes correct things on this paper. Unhappy is the one who turns away from the right person and falls in the hands who writes wrong things on this paper and blackens it. The paper loses its original whiteness and gains nothing from wrong writing." Another Imam has said something in this connection which is very much similar to this. He says, "He who does not complete his prayers is like a pregnant woman who before the time of delivery miscarries. She neither retains her pregnancy nor she gets a child."

May God make you one of the 'saaeeds'. May he give you an opportunity to meet the Imams who are the moulders of the destinies of man."

Complete Citation: Life and Lectures of Grand Missionary Al-Muayyad Fid-Din Al-Shirazi by Prof. Jawad Muscati, Ustad-fil-Uloomil-Arabiya and Khan Bahadur A. M. Moulvi, M.A. Published by Ismailia Association Pakistan, Karachi-3. 1966

Part 2: The Ismaili Shahada

In the second part of our Holy Dua, we recite the Ismaili Shahada as follows:

"La ilaha illallah, Muhammadur-Rasoolullah, 'Aliyyun Amirul-Mu'mineen 'Aliyullah
Mawlana Shah Rahim ul Hussaini, Al-Imamul Hazarul Maujood."

"There is no deity except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, 'Ali - the master of believers - is from Allah. Our Lord Shah Rahim Al-Hussaini is our present and living Imam"

Let us first recite the Ismaili Shahada to feel the presence of Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam and then use this energy to recite the Angleic Salwat!

Part 3. 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

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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)

Teachings of al-Muayyyad fid-Din al-Shirazi

Article by Dr. Noorallah Juma