To coincide with the visit of Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius to India, the Peace Park Special School at Mathra (an initiative of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, Kerala) organized an Inter-Faith Conference on 'Spirituality, Peace and Social Harmony' on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
Along with the Seminar, the School also initiated the idea of establishing a 'Spiritual Library' where the religious literature and spiritual traditions of various communities could be assembled for the benefit of its readers and for the purpose of facilitating critical reflections on the original texts, so far as they are available today. At the end of the Seminar, Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba)of Mauritius recieved on behalf of the School Spiritual Library the many books gifted by different individuals and organizations.
At around 3.00 pm, Amir Jamaat Mukarram Jamaluddin Raother Saheb, who is also the Manager of the Peace Park Special School, made welcome remarks to the gathering. President of the Karavalur Panchayat, Mr. V. Rajan, inaugurated the Seminar. Elected representatives of the village, social workers, leaders of different community organizations and members of different religious denominational groups attended the meeting. Those who spoke on the occasion include the following: Arjunan Pillai, Sasidharan, R. Vijayan Pillai, G. Suresh Kumar, K.A. Nebu and Tamimul Ansari. Fazil Jamal Saheb performed the Vote of Thanks at the end of the function, in addition to introducing the chief guest Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) to the local community of people who were present on the occasion, besides our Jamaat members. (Inset: News item on the event, Malayala Manorama Newspaper, January 21, 2017, Kollam Edition (Kerala), p.2).
Along with the Seminar, the School also initiated the idea of establishing a 'Spiritual Library' where the religious literature and spiritual traditions of various communities could be assembled for the benefit of its readers and for the purpose of facilitating critical reflections on the original texts, so far as they are available today. At the end of the Seminar, Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba)of Mauritius recieved on behalf of the School Spiritual Library the many books gifted by different individuals and organizations.
At around 3.00 pm, Amir Jamaat Mukarram Jamaluddin Raother Saheb, who is also the Manager of the Peace Park Special School, made welcome remarks to the gathering. President of the Karavalur Panchayat, Mr. V. Rajan, inaugurated the Seminar. Elected representatives of the village, social workers, leaders of different community organizations and members of different religious denominational groups attended the meeting. Those who spoke on the occasion include the following: Arjunan Pillai, Sasidharan, R. Vijayan Pillai, G. Suresh Kumar, K.A. Nebu and Tamimul Ansari. Fazil Jamal Saheb performed the Vote of Thanks at the end of the function, in addition to introducing the chief guest Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) to the local community of people who were present on the occasion, besides our Jamaat members. (Inset: News item on the event, Malayala Manorama Newspaper, January 21, 2017, Kollam Edition (Kerala), p.2).
The Khalifatullah (atba) advanced the cause of inner peace at the individual level for promoting social harmony and agreed that those who preach terror are enemies of man and warned against the contemporary tendency in society across religions to promote extreme positions on issues of political and other differences, leading to tension and violence and terror in society. Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) states: 'We should not leave anything for evil to have power over us. We need to suppress all evil tendencies and come under the protection of God by being true to God and seeking His help in all matters. We are all the creatures of God, the servants of God. We must not let politics or anything else divide us. We need to stand for each other, and serve one and all. We need to promote peace everywhere'.
Reproduced below is the main text of the Inter- Faith Message delivered by Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) at the Meeting at Mathra:
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Now, why do
Muslims call God Almighty as Allah? Why ALLAH most specifically? Verily
God Almighty has many attributes, and two of these like I have just mentioned
is "Peace" and "Almighty". The personal name of God has
been defined as "ALLAH" in the Arabic language because it literally
means: "The One without any associate or partner". AL-LAH, that is,
the One Who is Unique. In Sanskrit, the sole name which fully encompasses the
meaning of God Almighty, ALLAH, is "PARAMESHWARA" which
literally means "The Sole God", "The Unique God", "The
Supreme God". In the name "PARAMESHWARA", there are two words
"PARAM" and "ISHWARA". ISHWARA or ISHWAR is defined as God
being the Sole God or Master, and the word "Param" qualifies
God as being the highest Being, above all creations, the Supreme Being.
Now, no human
can ever be called "ALLAH" or "PARAMESHWARA", because these
are but the sole propriety of GOD, the Supreme and Exalted above all creations.
That is basically the reason why Muslims always refer to God as
"ALLAH", because that name itself fully defines God Almighty without
bringing any blemish to His Name, Being and Existence, and also because, we are
called to worship Him alone, the Sole Creator, the Unique God. It is forbidden
for us to called our children "ALLAH", because this name belongs only
to Our Creator, the Creator of all mankind and all creations. That is why we
have been commanded to call God "ALLAH" and to worship Him alone with
inner peace and harmony.
A true Muslim
therefore is one who truly submits to God Almighty (ALLAH) with inner peace. And
he has the foremost duty to spread peace and harmony around him. Verily, all
mankind is one family, because we all come from ALLAH, we all come from PARMESHWAR,
and we are called to live in "Shanti" and with "Shanti",
and to promote "Shanti", "Salaam" everywhere we go
about on earth. Indeed, we humans are temporary in this world. God Almighty
hates violence, and wishes to see all mankind reunite as one body in His
fervent worship. That is why He has sent again and again throughout the ages, special
messengers from among humans like ourselves to warn their people and mankind
about His existence and His Supreme Power. We have been called by all true
prophets of God without exception to live in peace and harmony and not to harbour
hatred for anyone.
Those who heed
the message of God Almighty, these are the ones who shall truly benefit His
love, mercy and nearness, but alas for those who turn their backs to Allah (God
Almighty) and His deputies; these people go to their lost because even after
warning them, they do not believe in the messengers of God and they continue in
their evil ways. This is very detestable in the eyes of God Almighty, because
God Almighty wants all His creatures, mankind to live as one family and to worship
Him alone. Remember, God Almighty is He who created all that surrounds us, the
sky, the earth, the air we breathe, humans like ourselves, plants, oceans,
everything. Now, when we attribute all these creations to another other than
Him, then God Almighty is in a way of speaking is Jealous, because He wants all
His creations to worship Him alone, without attributing anything or anyone with
Him. That is why He sends from time to time, especially in the times of Kalyug
(complete darkness) His Avatars, Rishis, Rassools, Nabis, that is, His
prophets and representatives who comes with the Holy Spirit, that is, divine
revelations to guide mankind back to His worship. And for this peace is of
paramount importance.
Bear in mind,
my dear friends that without peace, without inner peace or even peace of mind,
we cannot properly concentrate on God Almighty. God Almighty has encouraged us
to always remember Him, for it is in His remembrance that we shall come to feel
proximity with Him. This is what we called meditation or Zikrullah
(Remembrance of God). This is the vehicle which connects our soul to God
Almighty.
If each one of
you, as from today you make it a must to leave behind all preoccupations of
this world for at least half an hour everyday so that you can concentrate on
our Almighty God, ALLAH, or in Sanskrit PARAMESHWAR, then you shall see all the
positivity which shall happen in both your physical and spiritual lives. Very
often the physical affects the spiritual and vice versa. So we need to make
everything positive so that only positive things happen to us. If we feel
depress or lose hope in God Almighty, then this is a killing tool which evil
uses against us. But if we persevere in our worship of the Sole Creator, the
Creator of all mankind and we pay our obeisance to Him in respect to all the
good commandments He has sent to you through His messengers, and you remember
Him every time, in all circumstances, be it in good and bad moments, then this
shall inevitably have a positive effect on your physical, mental, moral and
spiritual selves.
We should not
leave anything for evil to have power over us. We need to suppress all evil tendencies
and come under the protection of God by being true to God and seeking His help
in all matters.
We are all the
creatures of God, the servants of God. We must not let politics or anything
else divide us. We need to stand for each other, and serve one and all. We need
to promote peace everywhere. That is why, speaking on behalf of Islam, I stand
before you and spread the words of truth and peace, because this is one of the
basics of Islam; it teaches us all mankind to greet one another in peace. In
Arabic, this is what we say: "Assalaamoualaikum Warahmatullah
Wabarakaatuhu", which means "May the Peace and the Grace
and Blessings of God Almighty be upon you."
I beseech you
my dear friends not to harbour any narrow-mindedness against Islam or its
teachings. God Almighty is for us all, and His teachings are universal. Islam
cannot be evil for it is the absolute promoter of peace. It contains in itself
all the true teachings of all true prophets of God, like Ram, Krishna, Abraham,
Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all). But it is
also a reality that God even now shall never let His servants be lost in the
darkness of time. He shall continue to revive His pure religion by sending reformers,
avatars to bring back the same true teachings to you all, because these
teachings are always true. It is only man who have been touched by evil who
have turned these teachings upside down and created confusion and doubts in the
mind of the rest of mankind. This is absolutely bad. That is why God Almighty
shall continue to purify His religion and bestow the favour of divine
revelations on His chosen messengers up till the Day of Judgement so that
mankind can return to the right path and let go of all evils and live in peace
and harmony.
This is also my
wish my dear brothers, sisters and children, to see all mankind as one family.
I am here among you today in Kerala, in the Peace Park Special School in Mathra
and as the Worldwide Spiritual Leader of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam and a
humble servant of God Almighty, I thank you all for your presence and pray for
you:
May Almighty God always bless you, and revive in you the treasures of His
mercy and love and enable you to devote yourselves to His cause in peace and
harmony, to construct the building of mankind as one body, of one brotherhood
and it is my sincere prayer to see each one of you progress in spirituality
till you get to partake of the blessed spiritual food which God Almighty has
reserved for all those who devote themselves to His worship.
On this note, I
wish you all: Assalamoualaikum Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuhu.
May your
lives be always filled with Shanti and the dharma (that is,
righteousness) to do good and spread good everywhere. May God Almighty enable
you all to do so. Ameen.