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Islamic Educational & Cultural Research Center In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Islamic Educational & Cultural Research Center (IECRC) A non-profit, non-political, 501 (c)(3) organization P.O. Box 1646, Union City, CA 94587, USA . [email protected] . www.iecrcna.org . 510-732-6786 Visit www.iecrcna.org/donate.html to ma ke an online donation. V Islamic Educational and Cultural Research Center (IECRC) P.O. Box 1646, Union City, CA 94587 . [email protected] . www.iecrcna.org . 510-441-7867 Prayers and Peace upon His Noble Messenger y Islamic Educational and Cultural Research Center (IECRC) P.O. Box 1646, Union City, CA 94587 . [email protected] . www.iecrcna.org . 510-441-7867 Islamic Educational and Cultural Research Center (IECRC) P.O. Box 1646, Union City, CA 94587 . [email protected] . www.iecrcna.org . 510-441-7867 P.O. Box 1646, Union City, CA 94587 . [email protected] . www.iecrcna.org . 510-441-7867 Islamic Educational & Cultural Research Center IECRC Newsletter C A L I F O R N I A, U S A A non-profit, non-political organization February 2006 / Muharram 1427 IECRC Newsletter Editorial Board The Holy Prophet Issue 10 Chairman Dr. Mohammad Ahmed Qadri Muhammad y said: Vice Chairman Ayyaz Yousaf Qadri “Husayn is from me & Editor-in-Chief Dr. Syeda Saiqa Zubeda Inside this issue: Senior Editor Sharaaz Khan Qadri I am from Husayn …” For He Who Made Thee y 2 Editor Shagufta Ahmad Qadri [Mishkat Shareef] Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin 3 IECRC C OMMEMORATES THE MM ARTYRDOM OF Masood Ganj Shakar HAZRAT II MAM HH USAYN The Tradition of Urs - 5 Part 4 (Final) Wa qul jaa al Haqqu Imam Husayn ibn Ali (may Him) had been made aware of Newest Video Releases by 6 wa zahaqal baatil Allah be well pleased with them this fatal fate of Hazrat Imam Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ah- Inna baatila kaana zahooqa both), the most beloved grand- Husayn (may Allah be well med Qadri son of the Beloved of Allah pleased with him) by Angel Community News 6 And proclaim, Almighty, the Holy Prophet Jibraeel (peace be upon him) as "The Truth has arrived Muhammad (Countless Peace & is taught to us through authen- IECRC Services & An- 7 nouncements and falsehood has vanished; Prayers Of Allah Almighty Be tic Prophetic narrations; and indeed falsehood had to vanish." Upon Him.) despite the fact that any suppli- IECRC Publications & 8 cations by the Holy Prophet Audio / Video Produc- [The Holy Quran 17:81] tions The Crown of Saints, Hazrat (Peace Be Upon Him) to change he timeless struggle be- Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani this fate would have been ac- T tween truth and falsehood, (1077/8-1166 CE, may Allah cepted by Allah Almighty, no Allah be well pleased with good and evil, is epitomized in no Almighty be well pleased with such prayer was made. The him)] is one of the great other chronicle of Islamic history him) narrates authentic Holy Prophet Muhammad Awliya Allah devoted exclu- than on the banks of the river Prophetic traditions in his mag- (Peace Be Upon Him) chose sively to Allah and famous Euphrates in the plains of num opus, “ Al-Ghunya li-Taalibi and agreed to give up the life for renunciation, patience Karbala, Iraq. What the soil of Tareeq al-Haqq “ rendered into of His beloved grandson for the and forbearance in the hours Iraq witnessed in 61 Hijra / 680 English as “Sufficient Provision sake of His Ummah of extreme affliction, such as CE was a testimony and lesson for Seekers of the Path of Truth”, (community) so that we may that experienced in the mas- for all time to come that sacrifices that Ashura is the day in which learn the essential lessons of sacre at Karbala.” are inevitable on the Path of Allah Almighty created the sacrifice. Peace Be Upon Him & Truth and that those who are heavens and the earth, the His Noble Family! [For the Hazrat Daata Ganj Baksh closest to their Lord and therefore Tablet and the Pen; it is also the benefit of our readers it must (may Allah be well pleased most committed to the Path are to day in which Hazrat Musa be pointed out here that com- with him) further quotes endure the severest of hardships. (peace be upon him) and his mitting suicide or taking the Hazrat Imam Husayn (may community were delivered from lives of civilians is completely Allah be well pleased with To further this salient message, the unjust reins of the Pharaoh; antithetical to Islamic teach- him) in the Kashf-ul-Mahjoob : the Islamic Educational and Cul- it is also the day in which this ings.] tural Research Center of Northern world will come to an end; and “We are the people called California observed the momen- above all it is the day that Allah The great 11 th century CE Sufi Ahl-e-bala (sufferers). We love (calamities) tous day of Ashura at its weekly Almighty chose to honor Hazrat scholar, Hazrat Abul Hasan bala and feel pleased with it. Dhikr location in Fremont, Cali- Imam Husayn (may Allah be Syed Ali bin Uthman Hujweri We live for others and not fornia on Sunday, February 12, well pleased with him) with his famous as Hazrat Daata Ganj for ourselves.” 2006. Derived from the Arabic pre-ordained martyrdom to Baksh (may Allah be well word for ten, Ashura is com- grant him the elevated rank of pleased with him) writes in his This is the foundational memorated on the 10 th day of the the martyrdom of the Rightly encyclopedic treatise on Tasaw- spiritual teaching of Hazrat Sacred month of Muharram, the Guided Caliphs (may Allah be wuf (Sufism), the “ Kashf-ul- Imam Husayn (may Allah first in the Islamic lunar calendar. well pleased with them). It is Mahjoob ” rendered into English Almighty be well pleased This historic day carries in it the worth reflecting that despite the as “Unveiling the Veiled”: with him) and the essential heartrending reminder of the fact that the Holy Prophet message of unconditional martyrdom in Karbala of Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon “[Hazrat Imam Husayn (may (continued on next page) Please handle this Newsletter with care and respect as it contains the names of Allah ta’aala and His Messenger sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam FOR HH E WWHO MM ADE TT HEE y For He Who made thee y His Mercy one and all Fa idha Faraghta Fansab is what were you allotted So now that you’ve become the one that seekers sought For He Who made your Sanctuary by which we beg and plead Arise from your labor for time has come to give For Thee are only praises, for Thee is only awe And distribute to mankind from destiny We decided Who made you (O Beloved y ) the highest over all Wa ilal iIaahi Farghab and speak what they would seek For thus they keep returning to thee again and all, Who made you (O Blessed y ) the giver far and wide So be for them a shade that they so dearly need An intercessor for their wrong for they are only weak Who made you (O Muhammad y ) the hand that breaks their fall Who made you the Greatest Shafi’ y for deeds they cannot hide For He Who made thee y His Mercy one and all For Thee are only praises, for Thee is only awe Was the likes of thee (O Muhammad y) ever created, seen or sent? For high and low I’ve been, yet none compares to thee As the Beloved y of Aamina, none there could ever be The Pure and Blessed Maryam , the result of Nafakhtu Feeh What an awesome sign of Greatness –revived, spoke and went! Excerpt from “ Hamatan Karam Banaya ” Yet the Beloved y of Aamina, like him none will ever be —Hazrat Mohammad Ahmed Raza Khan (may Allah have mercy on him, author of the original Urdu) So said he (Angel Jibraeel ) at Sidrah, the one who’d seen it all Translation: Sharaaz Khan Qadri, Research Scholar, IECRC High and low I’ve been, yet none compares to thee [email protected] For you were made unique by He Who is Unique Full Length Translation Available at : http://www.iecrcna.org/poetry.html#madethee (continued from previous page) service to others that Husayn (may Allah Almighty be well the IECRC attempts to convey and promote pleased with him) gave up his life. to the community through its various con- ferences, events and especially the Urs Also quoted at this spiritual gathering (memorial) days observed for the Awliya were the profound words of Hazrat Kiram (Noble Friends of Allah Almighty or Allama Iqbal (may Allah have mercy on Sufi Saints, may Allah have mercy on them him), the great 19 th century Urdu poet- all). This is the message of all the Sufi philosopher of Pakistan: Saints of the Islamic tradition. IECRC’s commemoration of the martyrdom of Qatl-e-Husayn asal mein Hazrat Imam Husayn (may Allah marg-e Yazid hai Islam zinda hota hai har Karbala ke baad Almighty be well pleased with him) in Feb- over him until the day of Resurrection. ruary 2006 in Fremont, California was no [Al-Ghunya li-Talibi ] The slaughter of Husayn [Truth] is in exception. Poignant couplets were recited reality the death of Yazid [Falsehood] by various community members including The highlight of IECRC’s commemorative Islam is revived after every Karbala young children, reminding the audience of evening was a most informative talk by the great sacrifice that this luminary of the Hafiz Prof.
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