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"By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures"
Like Honey to My Lips
The Bible, the Holy Scriptures of the Christian faith, is replete with wisdom for the murid and non-murid alike.
In his daily life the focus of our Ismaili friend is almost exclusively on the Aga Khan. God is, perhaps, an after-thought.
God – Allah, as he'll call him – is, in Ismaili theology, essentially unknowable and very literally indescribable.
Wherever Ismailis travel in the world, they feel at home when greeted by fellow Ismailis with the Arabic phrase: “Ya Ali Madad”. The translation is controversial, debated, but in essence is a prayer to Ali: “Oh, may Ali help you”. Since the present day Imam is considered one with Ali, it is a supplication for his help too. Our Ismaili friend will use it in the same way as others would 'Hello', but the theology behind it is explosive.
