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| An Introduction to Chogadia Ginans | By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin Sadiq Ali The word gadi means "time", corresponding with the Koranic term, sa’a. During the Ancient times in India, day and night were measured in gadi instead of hours or minutes. According to the Holy Koran: "They are indeed in loss who give lie to the meeting with God until when the hour (al-sa’a) comes upon them all of a sudden." (6:31) Here, the hour (al-sa’a) stands for the gadi (moment) of death, which is also depicted in the following lines of a ginan:- Sayan’ji mor’e dar lago ek din’ko | An Introduction to Chogadia Ginans | |
| An Ismaili Interpretation of the Fall of Adam | During a recent stay in Cairo, I found in the Taimuriya library a manuscript copy of an interesting Ismaili work entitled Kitabu'l-idah wa'l-Bayan, by the Yemenite da'i Husain ibn 'Ali (*1) | An Ismaili Interpretation of the Fall of Adam | |
| Antiquities of the Illuminati - 4. THE PURE BRETHREN OF BASRA | 4. THE PURE BRETHREN OF BASRA: IT IS an impossible task, presenting an entire history of schismatic Islamic | Antiquities of the Illuminati |
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