Teachings of al-Muayyyad fid-Din al-Shirazi

:: Post No. 9: The Holy Imams are The Source of Our Salvation ::

Sunday, Sep. 7, 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 5, The Real Enjoyment in the World, from the book titled 'Life and Lectures of the Grand Missionary Al-Muayyad-Fid-Din Al-Shirazi' (pp.75-76):

"Just as man's physical life on earth depends on his physical knowledge of thing, in the same way his spiritual life depends on the spiritual knowledge which he can acquire only from the Prophet, the 'wasi' and the Imams who are 'Arbab-ul-wahi wa taa-ed'. In a life of this kind, his body does not count. It is absolutely useless. In fact, it is a hindrance in his spiritual advancement.

May God keep you away from the path of error. May He keep you aloof from those "who say we have heard but they do not listen. They are deaf and dumb." Thank God for the favour He has done to us by appointing for us the Imams who are our source of salvation. Happy is the man who submits his life to the Imams and secures his salvation in akhrat which is thousand times more important than our life on earth."

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