Hi Viewers, Yaa Ali Madad & Navroz Mubarak. Ismaili Waez Rooh Soul in Ismailism Abu Ali Missionary
One of the most well-known and traveled missionaries of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community in the past century has been Alwaez Rai Abualy or Abu Ali Missionary, During his lifetime, Alwaez Rai Abu ali delivered thousands of waez around the world, during his traveling when he used to deliver Ismaili waez in Jamat Khana, he always carried a portable tape recorder to the stage to tape his own waez. Thus, the collection of Ismaili waez that have been gathered for the late missionary is phenomenal. In this video, the rai abu missionary gives a powerful message to all Ismailis. Speaking in Urdu, Alwaez rai Abu aly delivered Ismaili waez on the topic of Rooh-Soul.
The dictionaries of classical Arabic give various meanings to the word ‘Rooh’, including Breath of life; soul; spirit; the vital principle (i.e. A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed); inspiration; Revelation; essence; the Quran; joy and happiness; Mercy; Life-giving words of Allah; Prophet’s Divine Message (because of its life-giving qualities); Angel; Arch-angel Gabriel.
In the Holy Quran, the word Rooh has also been used with different meanings.
First of all, let us distinguish ‘Life’ from ‘Rooh’. ‘Life’ is the energy that makes various parts of living beings work and function. As long as there is ‘life’ (i.e. energy), various parts or a part of a living being can work or function. As soon as a living being exhausts or loses all of its energy (i.e. life) [like the power of a battery], all of its parts cease to work or function, and that living being is dead. So death is the absence of (manifestation of) energy in a being without which it cannot work or function. As far as this ‘life’ or energy is concerned, all living beings have got it as long as they are ‘alive’. All animals and plants have got life, as long as there is any manifestation of life (i.e. energy) in them. Rooh, as it is referred to in 15:29, 38:72, and 32:9, is different from life. This (Rooh) is something because of which Malaika bowed down to Adam. Except for man, there is only One Being, Allah, to whom Malaika bows down [16:49]. This suggests that Rooh is the essence (of Divine Attributes), which when breathed into man-made him worthy of obeisance by Malaika. This ‘Rooh’ is like a ‘software’; you can see or experience its manifestation but you cannot touch or feel it like the body (i.e. the hardware).
ismaili dua ismiali waez rooh -soul ismaili waez life after death abu ali waiz rooh waez ismaili rooh