Golden Jubilee Year Greeting

On November 3, 2006, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall accompanied Mawlana Hazar Imam to Hunza to see the activities of the AKDN.  The Ismaili villagers had risked their lives climbing the sheer rock face of the mountain to spell out welcome messages in white stones for the visitors that read: “Welcome the Royal Couple” and “Welcome our Hazar Imam.”

Those who were present on this occasion narrate the following interesting incident:

Upon arrival, Mawlana Hazar Imam and his guests were greeted by a ceremonial guard of honour.  As heir apparent to the thrones of sixteen sovereign states, the Prince of Wales had seen many such guards of honour over the course of his life.  However, something about this ceremonial in Hunza was completely different and perplexed him. As he looked at the old men and women and the young boys and girls lining both sides of the red carpet, he saw tears streaming down their faces.  Startled, he turned to Mawlana Hazar Imam and asked, “But why are they all crying?”  Mawla looked at him and said:

“It is because I am their Imam.  They love me very much…and I love them very much.”

How can worldly kings and queens ever fathom the unbreakable bond of affection between the Imam and his followers?  How can they understand the meaning of “They love me very much…and I love them very much”?

Over a thousand years ago, Imam al-Qaim addressed his murids in a touching couplet of a poem he wrote in Arabic:

arabic

Oh our followers of Truth whom we love so much

And whose love within us ever increases!

On Friday, December 25, 1964, Mawlana Hazar Imam blessed the jamat of Karachi, Pakistan with his holy didar.  At the time of Mawla’s departure, the jamat was weeping and didn’t want him to leave.  Mawlana Hazar Imam looked at his spiritual children tenderly and said, “When I leave, each and every one of you will be in my heart, in my prayers, in my thoughts…You must remember that Imam loves you more, much more, than you can ever love him.  And you must be strong in this knowledge.”

May all of us continue to be blessed by the Imam’s love and remain forever in his heart and thoughts…ameen.

I wish you and your family a joyous Golden Jubilee Imamat Day Mubarak!

[Author’s name withheld by request]

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  1. mashallah….may maula bless you for shearing such a nice words which brought tears in my eyes…I am very proud on our special and unique spiritual bond with our belowed Hazar imam.

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  2. Ya Ali madad

    happy golden jubilee to all ismaili murids all over the world

    this is mawla’s shower of blessings nawazish and barakat

    may it always fall on us and keep us happy

    HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILLI
    50 GOLDEN YEARS

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  3. salima venkani&family;(SURAT,GUJARAT)
    ALLAHUMA SALLI ALA MUHAMMADIWALE MOHAMMAD,GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK,on this historical occasion we as ismaili should feel proud to be a part of this momentous occasion ,and should offer our TIME AND KNOWLEDGE nazrana to our beloved HAZAR IMAM this is an oppertunity to express our humble gratitude and shukrana to our imam.and this year brings happiness,barkat,mushkil aasan for our ummah .AAMEEN.

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  4. SHAWKAT AND SEEMA WADHWANI AND THE WADHWANI FAMILY
    (DALLAS TEXAS USA)

    YA ALI MADAD.
    HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK TO ALL THE ISMAILIS . MAY MOULA BRING LOTS OF BARAKAT TO ALL OF US ON THIS HAPPY OCCASION. AAMEEN.

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  5. Ya Ali Madad to all, I agree with Fareed, How much we are lucky that we arewitnesing this event.
    Mubarak to Our Imam for his 50yrs of imamat,
    Mubarak to all ismailis around world,
    Happy Golden Jubilee Mubarak.

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  6. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBLEE MUBARAK TO EVERYONE ISMAILI ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM ME AND MY FAMILY.

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  7. Ya Ali Madad!

    This is a great moment for me that I am wishing all my spritual brothers and sisters from all over the world, very very Golden Jublee Mubarak. We are very lucky that we are celebrating Imam’s Golden Jublee in our lives. So every Ismaili should remember every day that we are in th Golden Jublee Year. So all should do all that, to which our Imam says to do.
    ********************Golden Jublee Mubarak************************
    ***********************

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  8. YA ALI MADAD!
    I would like to congratulate all ismailies over the world with the occasion of Golden Jublee and wish them happiness. We are so lucky to celebrate Golden Jubilee Year. All of us have to work hard in order to develope ourself and our community for improving the life of ismailies over the world. This would be our nazrana for the Imam in the year of Golden Jublee. May Mawla bring all of us blessing and lots of Bararkat. Mubarak Golden Jubilee Year for all Ismailies!

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  9. Dear Ismaili and Muslim Brothers,

    My life has been intertwined with Ismailis from childhood. I went to an Aga Khan Kindergarten, Aga Kenya Secondary School and worked at an Aga Khan Healthcare Institution in Nairobi for 3 years. All these shared periods have made me realise the resourcefulness, and greatness in the Ismaili’s, their way of life and their leadership. They are an open people, business minded, hardworking, and very progressive. As they have evolved over the last 50 years, so have all those affected by their progress.

    Now I live in China, and I see much in similar between the Chinese and the Ismailis. Both societies are moving up the socioecomic ladder in to the upper echelons of world human evolution. People around the world need strong leadership. They need to be guided firmly towards development. Leadership needs to keep the faith of those they lead, and never betray that trust. The Ismaili’s are blessed to have such a leader as do the Chinese.

    HAPPY GOLDEN JUBLEE MUBARAK TO ISMAILI’S ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM ME AND MY FAMILY.

    Fakhrullah Rajabali
    Program Manager – LRJJ
    Shanghai, China
    E: rajabali@ukuni.com

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  10. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    This an apportunity of a lifetime. It’s like beginning of a new era. May you all be blessed with strength, courage, wisdom, siratul mustaqeem, & iman deedar. AMEEN!!

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  11. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    We wish all the ismaili happy golden jubilee and May Mowla keep us safe us from all the dangers and shower His blessings upon us.Ameen

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  12. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK TO ALL ISMAILIS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
    We offer our humble SUKRANA to our beloved Mawla Bapa for his coutinues guidence
    and everything.

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  13. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    We wish all the ismaili happy golden jubilee and May Mowla keep us safe us from all the dangers and shower His blessings upon us.Ameen

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  14. Ya Ali Madad to all my dearest Ismailis of the world wide.
    Once you have Loved, you will always Love.
    For what’s in your mind may escape but what’s in your heart will remain forever.

    I love you not because i need you, But I need you because i love you

    Eng Mirwais Khudayar
    President of Global Development Company
    Kabul Afghanistan
    Cell Phone:+93799888869
    Email address: mirwais_786@yahoo.com

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  15. Assalamun Alaikum to all muslim brothers spicially GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK to all who is under the light of Noor & Imamat’s guidnace all over the world. May almighty guid all human to make a safe and full of happiness environmets all over the world.

    syed qadam yasir .PAK. Email address: syed_yasir91@yahoo.com

    Noor & Hedayat Mubarak

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  16. YA ALI MADAD muslims all over the world
    i want you always to be with your GOD and believe to our Imam’s farmans and your soul will be clean whole your life.
    JUST BELIEVE AND WAIT. God will not forget you
    God is always with you .Golden Jubiliar mubarak to all muslims

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  17. on this holy occasion i wish all ismaili spiritual sisters and brothers from core of my heart.
    HAPPY
    GOLDEN
    JUBILEE

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  18. i am happy to live in; GOLDEN JUBLEE.AND I give smiles on your faces from my behalf to all ismaili jamat.
    from
    Abdullah baig
    gilgit pakistan

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  19. Ya Ali madad to all my spiritual brothers and sisters!!!!

    I am very proud of having such wise family who shared sincere congratulation on this great occasion. May Imam bless each one of you with His light and Noori Pak on the siratalmustaqeem and peace and serenity. Ameen.

    YA ALI MADAD

    Dushanbe/Tajikistan

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  20. i say more and more congratulations to all my ismaili brothers and sisters all over the world on the ocasion of our beloved hazir imam’s golden jublee.

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  21. happy golden year to my friends, sisters, brothers and all molabapa tamne kushi aape elahi ameen,ameen,ameen from aziz satyani nagpur.

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  22. Wish you a happy GLORIOUS GOLDEN JU BILLI TO MY ALL ISMAILY BROTHER, SISITER AND SINEAR CITIZENS.AND WE ALL GET HAPPY NESS,AMEEN

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  23. Wishing everyone a very happy golden jubilee year. May everyone be blessed with mowla’s blessing throughout the year. Ameen.

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  24. Ya Ali Madad to all our ismaili brothers and sisters. Happy Golden Jubilee. We will soon receive deedar on this happy occasion, so we congratulate our ismailis.

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  25. yaa ali maddad my ismaili brothers and sister.
    accept a very birlnt golden jubilee year.
    i wish for u all a very bright future. and advance deedar mubarak,
    maula ali madad

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  26. YA ALI MADAD, MY ISMAILI BROTHERS AND SISTER
    I JUST HAD HAZIRIMAM DEEDAR IN SANANTONIO TEXAS ON 12 APRIL 08. AND HAZIR IMAM GIVE EVERONE BLESSING FOR WHOLE FAMILY AND YOU ARE MY FAMILY.
    SO CONGRATULATE..

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  27. MERI TARAF SE AUR MERE BHAIYOON, ATIF ALAM,REHAN ALAM, SHAHZEB ALAM AUR ISHTIAQ ALAM AUR HAMAARE MAMI PAPA KI TARAF SE MADAKLASHT KE TAMAAM ISMAILI BEHAN BHAIYOON, BUZARGOON, RISHTA DAAROON, DOSTOON AUR SCHOOL KE SAATHIYOON KO BOHOT BOHOT GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK HO.MOULA KI RAHMATAIN HUM SAB PAR HUMESHA QAAYAM RAHE.

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  28. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    We wish all the ismaili happy golden jubilee and May Mowla keep us safe us and shower His blessings upon us.Ameen

    from,
    CHITRAL

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  29. Ya Ali Madad!!
    I hope all Jamat around the word attaind to Imami zaman’s Didar.
    Hi,Jani man fidai tou maihman khush aamadi
    Hi,shai housn souyi griban khush aamadi
    Budam der intizar ba ine chashmi ashk-bar
    Hi noori ine didahi gir-yan khush aamadi
    Golden Jubilee Mubarak

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  30. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    We wish all the ismaili happy golden jubilee and May Mowla keep us safe us and shower His blessings upon us.Ameen

    ANWER HAIDER & FAMILY MADAKLASHT CHITRAL

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  31. Ya Ali Madad to all Ismailis all over the world.
    We wish all the ismaili happy golden jubilee and May Mowla keep us safe us and shower His blessings upon us.Ameen

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  32. YA ALI MADAD AND HAPPY GOLDEN GUBILEE MUBARAK TO ALL ISMALIES OVER THE WORLD, SPECIALLY THE ISMALIES OF HUNZA PAKISTAN.

    SakhiAhmedfromMurtazabadHunza

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  33. GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK to all who are under the light of Noor-Imamat, all over the world. May almighty guide all human to make a safe and full peace n happiness environmets all over the world.

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  34. MERI TARAF SE AUR MERE BHAIYOON, ATIF ALAM,REHAN ALAM, SHAHZEB ALAM AUR ISHTIAQ ALAM AUR HAMAARE MAMI PAPA KI TARAF SE MADAKLASHT KE TAMAAM ISMAILI BEHAN BHAIYOON, BUZARGOON, RISHTA DAAROON, DOSTOON AUR SCHOOL KE SAATHIYOON KO BOHOT BOHOT GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK HO.MOULA KI RAHMATAIN HUM SAB PAR HUMESHA QAAYAM RAHE

    ya ali madad

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