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Mr. Shihab, one of two Imams at Ikmulan Islam Mosque. Mr. Shihab studied in Cairo, Egypt for ten years. He offered some coffee and graciously let me take his photograph.
ALI ~ Commander of the Faithful~
Full name: Ali ibn Abu Talib
Titles-Nicknames:
- Father of Hasan (Arabic: Abu al-Hasan)
- Father of Dust/Soil (Arabic: Abu Turab)
- Murtadha ("One Who Is Chosen and Contented")
- Lion of God (Arabic: Asad-ullah)
- Lion (Arabic: Haydar)
Born:
October 23, 598, March 17, 599(599-03-17) or March 17, 600(600-03-17) in Mecca -KSA-
Died:
January 28, 661 in Kufa -Iraqu-
Buried Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf, Iraq
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
(Arabic: علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب; Transliteration: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,
13th Rajab, 24 BH–21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam.
Sunni Muslims consider Ali the fourth and final of the Rashidun (rightly guided Caliphs), while Shi'a Muslims regard Ali as the first Imam and consider him and his descendants the rightful successors to Muhammad, all of which are members of the Ahl al-Bayt, the household of Muhammad. This disagreement split the Ummah (Muslim community) into the Sunni and Shi'a branches.
Muslim sources, especially Shi'a ones, state that during Muhammad's time, Ali was the only person born in the Kaaba sanctuary in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. His father was Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and his mother was Fatima bint Asad, but he was raised in the household of Muhammad, who himself was raised by Abu Talib, Muhammad's uncle. When Muhammad reported receiving a divine revelation, Ali was the first male to accept his message, dedicating his life to the cause of Islam.
Ali migrated to Medina shortly after Muhammad did. Once there Muhammad told Ali that God had ordered Muhammad to give his daughter, Fatimah, to Ali in marriage. For the ten years that Muhammad led the community in Medina, Ali was extremely active in his service, leading parties of warriors on battles, and carrying messages and orders. Ali took part in the early caravan raids from Mecca and later in almost all the battles fought by the nascent Muslim community.
Ali was appointed Caliph by the Companions of Muhammad (the Sahaba) in Medina after the assassination of the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan. He encountered defiance and civil war during his reign. In 661, Ali was attacked one morning while worshipping in the mosque of Kufa, and died a few days later.
In Muslim culture, Ali is respected for his courage, knowledge, belief, honesty, unbending devotion to Islam, deep loyalty to Muhammad, equal treatment of all Muslims and generosity in forgiving his defeated enemies, and therefore is central to mystical traditions in Islam such as Sufism. Ali retains his stature as an authority on Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence and religious thought. Ali holds a high position in almost all Sufi orders which trace their lineage through him to Muhammad. Ali's influence has been important throughout Islamic history.
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Sayings of Imam Ali (A.S.)
One of the Iwan of the Imam Mosque in Isfahan. The Mosque is considered one of the masterpiece of Persian architecture and was built at the beginning of the 17th Century. Its construction was part of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square.
I return here to my series of photographs of the magnificent Nizimiya Turkish Turkish Mosque in Midrand. The Mosque is famous not just as an extraordinarily beautiful architectural marvel, but as both a warm and friendly, welcoming, space and for its broad community service. Behind such a project are people. Here is a portrait of the genial Imam and one of the mosque's welcoming personnel. They were delighted to be photographed, and this is one of several lovely portraits I got. Thank you to them both!
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The Meridionali Ro.37 Lince (Italian: "Lynx") was a small two-seater reconnaissance biplane, designed and built by the IMAM company in Italy in 1934. It was armed with two 7.7 mm (0.303 in) fixed forward firing Breda-SAFAT machine guns and one 7.7 mm (0.303 in) flexibly mounted machine gun in the rear cockpit; a small bombload of around 180kg could be carried under the wings for ground attack missions.
Powered by a Piaggio Stella P.IX R.C.40 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine with 561 hp of power, it had a maximum speed of 330km/h and a range of 1120km which was comparable to most biplane light bombers in service with European Countries around that time.
Operationally it was unreliable and since it lacked armor, it became easy kill for the rapidly improving Allied air power over the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Still, it was generally liked by it´s crews and some examples were sold to foreign nations. Some (possibly as many as 58) were sent to the Nationalist Forces fighting during the Spanish Civil War.
To know more about their combat use during the war, click here for the next photo:
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Situé au sud de Téhéran, à proximité du cimetière géant de Behesht-e-Zahra, le mausolée de l'Imam Khomeini fut commencé en 1990 et les finitions se poursuivent encore aujourd'hui. La tombe est le centre d'un complexe qui comprend des mosquées, des écoles coraniques, des bibliothèques. Le tombeau se trouve dans une grande salle à colonnades, couronnée à l'extérieur par un grand dôme doré entouré de quatre minarets de 91 m.
Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square, Isfahan, Iran.
Hemmed on four sides by architectural gems and embracing the formal fountains and gardens at its centre, this wondrous space is a spectacle in its own right. It was laid out in 1602 under the reign of the Safavid ruler, Shah Abbas the Great, to signal the importance of Esfahan as a capital of a powerful empire. Cross the square on a clear winter's day and it's a hard heart that isn't entranced by its beauty. At 512m long and 163m wide, Naqsh-e Jahan is one of the largest squares in the world, earning a listing as a Unesco World Heritage site. The name means ‘pattern of the world’ and it was designed to showcase the finest jewels of the Safavid empire – the incomparable Masjed-e Shah, the elegant Masjed-e Sheikh Lotfollah and the lavishly decorated Kakh-e Ali Qapu and Qeysarieh Portal.