Hazrat `Ali - Part 9 - Conclusion
Part 9 - Conclusion
In the preceding pages, a very humble attempt has been made to write a short, balanced account of Hazrat `Ali, which would be particularly useful to the teachers in our religious education system.
The subject 'Hazrat `Ali' was approached with both joy and trepidation and the paper is finished with the full realisation that it is impossible for anyone to do due justice to Hazrat `Ali, as a poem quoted in 'Kalam-i Pir', says:
"If the seas become ink, and trees pens, The seven heavens like paper, and Jibril praises him, If all the jinns and men were to write his praise, Not even a single of a hundred thousand points would it be possible to record".74
Finally, for us as Ismailis, there is a strong awareness and certainty that though the period of history changes, the embodied light (nur-i mujassam) of Hazrat `Ali is ever present in the personality of the Imam of the Time.
- 74Kalam-i Pir ed. in original Persian and translated into English by W. Ivanow, Bombay, 1935.
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