FIVE DAYS TO GO - THE POWER OF INTENTION

As I took a walk around the masjid complex on Sunday 29th Nov: 2009., I witnessed the Power Of Intention in all its glory. ALHAMDOLILLAH !








'YA ALI HAIDER' Nothing seems IMPOSSIBLE now !!! YA ALI ! YA ALI !

THE DAY OF RECKONING DRAWS NEAR

As expected the excitement is growing each day as the day of reckoning draws near. Our city is in Lane No1 - the first name read out by Aqa Moula (TUS) in the Eid ul Adha Majlis at Saifee Mahal, from the list of cities around the world doing OHBAT for Ashara Mubaraka 1431H. There are ten others and as Aqa Moula (TUS) farmayu ‘ sagla’e tayyari ghani kidhee chhe, agyar gaam chhe, ehno jawab devu ghanoo mushkil chhe’

So as we enter the fourth and the final lap, so to speak, there are ten others with us vying for the same honor, dreaming the same dream, and putting in there best efforts, each city gathering momentum as the Day of Reckoning draws near.

As we enter the final stages or to give a fitting simile, the last lap of our race to gain recognition as the city worthy of the honor, I look back and reflect. Every one will agree with me, that we have seen a miracle unfold. Never in the history of our community in this city, have we witnessed such strong bonding, such unity of purpose, such positive energy.

One name stands tall amongst the hundreds, who have dared to dream, and it is - we all know, that of our most respected and revered Amil Saheb Janab Yunusbhai Saheb (DS) He has galvanized the community as never before. I have been the new masjid complex ‘regular’ so to say, for the past 2 years, but in these last 35 days, the pace of development and progress has left me breathless.

In this post I salute all those who have put in their heart and soul in OHBAT. It has been a wonderful experience for all those who have come forward, and each one of you is a winner. You have proved a point that – when there is WILL there is a WAY.

I am simply amazed at the positive attitude of all the principal functionaries entrusted with specific Masjid Tameer Tasks. A few days back Janab Amil Saheb chaired the meeting of the core committee and gave them a deadline - 3rd December 2009. I happened to interact with few of the members to elicit their response and reaction, and every one I talked with was confident.

One example will suffice – Mulla Yakubbhai Johar who has been overseeing the entire woodwork job, from the very start, was so upbeat that he told me not to worry, he has set for his entire team 1st Dec: 2009 as the deadline. This is what I call a winner attitude, and this is what we need in the final stages.

The final stage is very crucial as in any race. While writing this post I checked on Usain Bolt’s record breaking 9.69 sec video and learnt that in order to run fast one has to learn to land on the forefoot and not on the heels. While running if you land on your heels, you are putting your body’s center of gravity behind you, which slows you down. Short strides gives you strength and balance.

Friends you must be wondering what has fast running to do with OHBAT. As you come to the end of the post, you will surely find out. The point I want to make is that there are techniques of doing the things right, and as it is crunch time, we all have to unite together and DO IT RIGHT.

Here the similarities of the race ends – for Ashara Ohbat we do not have to touch the tape, we have to touch the ‘kalbe muneer’ (the glowing heart) of our beloved Aqa Moula (TUS) wherein resides the spiritual splendor and latent potentiality of Imam uz Zaman (SA) in all its radiant glory.

We have been doing OHBAT and the reports are being sent in Hazrat Aliyah Imamiyah on regular basis.

I was telling you about techniques and this is one of them which I want to share with you all. I hope after being properly convinced about it, (log on to the links given to get a complete idea) you will try the experiment, and as for myself, I am convinced that if every one in our city does it with RIGHT ATTITUDE a miracle may unfold. Much has been achieved so far, because of the right attitude and positive thinking, we have to just make one more united effort, and I am sure it will be fireworks on the Day of Reckoning for our city.

It is called THE INTENTION EXPERIMENT a direct result of the Best Selling Book "The Power of Intention' by Lynne Mc Taggart.

http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/the-leaf-intention-experiment


The Intention Experiment is a series of scientifically controlled, web-based experiments testing the power of intention to change the physical world.Thousands of volunteers from 30 countries around the world have participated in Intention Experiments thus far.

Lynne Mc Taggart, architect of the experiments, is working with leading physicists and psychologists from the University of Arizona, Princeton University, the International Institute of Biophysics, Cambridge University and the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

These experiments are being run at McTaggart’s seminars and conferences and on the web, and have produced extraordinary results.
This is not about sending intentions to make a million dollars.

True, if you have logged on to the above link you may have been convinced that in this last few days, if every one of us channelize our intentions that yes our city will receive the sharaf of Ashara Mubaraka 1431 our beloved Aqa Moula (TUS) will surely bless our city and so forth, positive intentions will surely materialize into reality. Let us give it a try.

It was the Power of Intention of one person in the beginning Janab Amil Saheb that galvanized us all, and we have reached this far.

Log on to the video link of my Face Book friend Bhai Murtaza Badri and his cat walk on shredded glass pieces will doubly convince you of the Power Of Intention.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1192019753115



MSB EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE is holding Annual Sports Day 2009-10 at Rabindra Sarobar Stadium (opp: Menoka Cinema) on Sunday 6th Dec: 2009 (8 to 11 am) As it is on the very next day after Eid e Gadir e khum, the children and teachers have requested the Management for permission to end the Event with fire crackers, being fully positive that in this way, they will be celebrating the 'fasal mubarak' of Ashara 1431H in our city. This is what I call the RIGHT ATTITUDE

So friends if our city receives the 'sharaf' do join us at Rabindra Sarobar. I have been interacting a lot and believe me, it is not merely lip service, but with full conviction they tell me it will be our city surely this time.

I salute my fellow mumineen. I am honored and proud to be one amongst you.

OUR BELOVED AQA MOULA WILL DO 'FASAL MUBARAK'
LET US BE POSITIVE.
LET US GIVE OUR VERY BEST
LET US SEE THE POWER OF OUR INTENTIONS TURNING INTO REALITY.
LET US KEEP PRAYING AND DO TILAWAT AND MATAM in the few days that are left.

I am indebted to all my friends who have been reading my posts, have given me suggestions, have commented and given me words of encouragement. For me personally it has been an awakening experience. I wait in animated anticipation with thousands of fellow mumineen.

MOULA ! MOULA ! MOULA !

Friends you may enjoy listening to a beautiful Hamd rendering, which will help in evoking Positive Intentions

http://www.alahazart.net

Type the following in Search and download.
Mujhay Rang De
Vocalist: Al-Haaj Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri
Hamd | Urdu | Duration: 00:07:17

Also read my post with pictures of the activity around the masjid site I witnessed on Sunday 29th Dec: 2009 - 5 days before the deadline. Way to go Freinds - we may be lagging behind others in crucial factors, but in Enthusiasm we are at the very top. No doubt about it.

http://theintentionexperiment.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-power-of-intention

OHBAT BY CALCUTTA ZAKEREEN

Every committee in Calcutta is somehow busy with the Ashara Ohbat 1431. So with the Raza Mubarak of Janab Amil Saheb Younus Bhai Saheb, The Calcutta Zakereen have prepared a CD of new kalaam, which consists of Naseehat, Ilteja, Na'at, Salaam, Matami nouha and madeh.

The idea is that the proceeds of the CD will be forwarded towards the Calcutta New Masjid Tameer Fund. Each CD costs Rs. 110/-. Mumineen interested in purchasing the Cds can contact Huzefah Ujjainwala +919836181452. We request mumineen not to copy and rewrite the contents of the CD.



With Warm Regards
Huzefah Ujjainwala
+919836181452

THE VIEW FROM THE TOP

SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2009. I had a chance to have a view from the top and also from the haveli mubarak. Simply breathtaking !!





( My pic taken when the first piling work started, it has been an interesting personal journey since then - an inter play of rising hope at times and sinking feelings at other times, but all that now seems a distant dream, as I made my way to the top, to have a view.)






Friends, here is a CREATIVE CHALLENGE - a part of the on going OHBAT project, for those who have knowledge of 2D/3D animation and have been working with 3D Max and Maya software. Even if you do not have expertise, but know some of your non -bohri friends, you can 'outsource' Everything is being outsourced these days, it is much easier, in many respect !!

Herein below, are some of the pics taken of the beautiful water body, that can been seen from haveli mubarak. Insa Allah our beloved Aqa Moula (TUS) will have a 360 degree of the surrounding water body.

Now the challenge before you if to create a pic keeping the backgrounds of Science city, road etc: (if need be, you can take more pictures yourself) You can create boats rocking gently on the waters, or any beautiful scenery, or for that matter, glittering Chandernagore light decoration against night sky, let your imagination run wild, I am sure those who are interested in animations, will come up with, extraordinary images, because their efforts will be seeped with the love of our beloved Aqa Moula (TUS)

I will share your creativity on this BLOG. So get cracking my young talented friends.

The 3 animation pics are created by using 3D Max and Maya 3 software. I think the Ashara IT team will be very much interested, and the best picture may be printed in their proposed Welcome Booklet.










3D MAX and MAYA software used in the following animation pictures.

A'MAL - MATAM E HUSAIN

SUNDAY The 8th Nov: 2009 was another milestone reached in the ongoing OHBAT.
A darees majlis open to all mumineen, was organized by IZZY SCOUTS at the new Masjid complex and they had expected 600 -700 mumineen would attend.

They were in for a surprise, as more than double their expectation turned up, which goes to show the enthusiasm the on going ohbat has generated. Now you do not have to send requests, they come to the masjid complex in large numbers, just to be there.

Calcutta na mumineen 'ekjan' bani chuka Moula, aap Moula 'fasal' farmaviye Moula !!

Sharing the video clip :


Janab Yunusbhai Saheb rightly observed in the General Board Meeting of Anjuman E Burhani after the Darees, that Masjid construction has a much deeper meaning and much more significance. Not his exact words, but the essence ' Moula jano ne tayyar kari rahya chhe, nufoos ni imarat ne dekhva Moula tasreef lavse, masjid ghani shandaar bani chhe, magar Moula aa jano je tayyar thai rahya chhe, joi g'hana khoos thase.Insa Allah !!

An all out effort has to be made till 'fasal mubarak'. Once Ashara Mubara 1431H fasal is made for our city, Moula's yaari will bless us all, the farishtas in the khidmat of our Aqa Moula (TUS) will come to our city, and make our task easier.

Friends, it is time to make an all out effort now, just look at the widget, the days are flying past but Alhamdolilah ! I am amazed at the energy and enthusiasm of mumineen working relentlessly to realize the cherished dream.

THE NEED OF THE HOUR - A'MAL ! A'MAL ! A'MAL !

The need of the hour, I feel is Yaqeen translated into action.

OHBAT has reached such a stage that mere yaqeen will not suffice. I salute all those, who with yaqeen that 'YES WE CAN' at the same time, are also giving their time, expending their energy, sharing their expertise and most important, amongst them, are many noble souls, who are sharing their wealth. They are sharing because thy are 'caring'

Our community, at this critical juncture, needs 'awakened souls' who have been blessed with wealth. This wealth according to them, is not only as a result of their business acumen or hard work, but according to them largely on account of the Doa Mubarak and 'nazarat e rahima' of Aqa Moula (TUS)

Many of them have confided, that in the past years, as a result of Aqa Moula's frequent visits to their homes and shops, that they have been blessed with abundance and enjoying prosperity. It was on account of the efforts and magnanimity of our respected elders, in the near past, resulting in Aqa Moula's visits to this city.
We to this day remember those noble mumineen, who thought of the welfare of the entire community. They rose in stature and life, and with them, they helped many in earning abundance and better lifestyle and wealth.


These well do to class, in the past have been traveling with their families for Ashara Mubaraka to places like Houston, Dubai Mombasa etc: to receive the barakat, and also spend quality time, visiting tourist attractions and shopping.

With the ongoing OHBAT in our city I feel, this time it is different.
IT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT.
Many amongst them are coming forward to share their wealth, so that their fellow mumineen, who have not been able to partake of the barakats, can be blessed, and their lives change for the better, in all respects. They have come forward willingly to be catalysts, knowing their wealth will not diminish, but by their sharing of wealth, they will be able to usher in change for the better, for the entire community.
I SALUTE THESE AWAKENED NOBLE SOULS.

It is A'mals (our actions) by which Moula Ali (SA) will recognize each mumin and munafiq, at the time when our souls bid fare well of our earthly bodies.

Today is Saturday and each week on Saturdays I recite the Abaya't sharifa - 'ya Haris e Hamdana... (saneechar no divas Moulana Ali (SA) par masal chhe - my reason for recitation) So in the context of this post, I request you to click on the video link below :


http://asgarf.blogspot.com/2009/11/haris.html

Mumineen, we will be recognized by Moula Ali (SA) by our a'mals. Our a'mals towards the tameer of Masjid and our ohbat for Ashara Mubaraka 1431H will be recognized, this is our yaqeen. So for our own good and better 'akherat' we should make the best use of this opportunity.

We are preparing to invite mumineen from around the world. Each city and country has its uniqueness, and it is our duty to showcase it, so that when they return, they go back with fond memories.

Bengal has been a land of 'awakened souls' and one of the great figure amongst them is the Nobel Laureate Rabidnranath Tagore. Today I am feeling very spiritual, and here I share with you a beautiful poem of his from Rabindra Rachnavali.

This poem illustrates aptly the feelings and aspirations of many amongst us, who are doing OHBAT.

'Time after time I came to your gate with raised hands,
asking for more and yet more.
You gave and gave, now in slow measure, now in sudden excess.
I took some, and some things I let drop; some lay heavy on my hands;
some I made into playthings and broke them when tired;
till the wrecks and the hoard of your gifts grew immense, hiding You
and the ceaseless expectation wore my hear out.

Take, oh take has now become my cry


Shatter all from this beggar's bowl: put out this lamp of the importunate watcher:
hold my hands, raise me from the still gathering heap of your gifts
into the bare infinity of your uncrowded presence.

ALHAMDOLILAH !! THE TIME HAS COME TO BE LIFTED INTO THE BARE INFINITY OF
AQA MOULA'S UNCROWDED PRESENCE.

Friends, do you need proof of this. Look around and you will find, many living proof amongst us. Many have experienced and spoken thus or in similar vein : "Moula ye mari taraf ehvi meethi nazar thee joyu, ke itlee bheer na ba-vazood emaj ehsas thayo ke mara Moula chhe ane mein, aa manzar hazi bhee mari ankhon samne taja chhe'

FRIENDS THE GLORIOUS MOMENT IS JUST ON THE HORIZON. SACRIFICE YOUR ALL - REACH OUT AND FOR EVER BE BLESSED.

Even as you close your eyes contemplate and make decisive niyat to share for the common good of the community, you will feel the radiating spirituality of the uncrowded presence of Aqa Moula (TUS)

JUST GIVE IT A TRY -do share your experience.

YAQEEN

YAQEEN is powerhouse of action. The word yaqeen in arabic spells
positivity wrapped into it methodically. Belief or faith in English
for the word yaqeen cannot stand the test of the same level and
stature.That is what the ohbat of Ashara in Calcutta means.

Yes, the young and energetic faithfuls of the community are brought
together as a force under the umbrella of yaqeen by Amil Saheb Yunus
Bhai Saheb.Surely , if somebody conceives in his mind how a miracle
can get underway to unfold he is welcome to watch faithfuls of yaqeen
doing it. It shall certainly convert a part time yaqeen-keeper to a
full-time one.

At New masjid complex site one shall witness everything which is
stand-still moving. The band of faithfuls of yaqeen are working
overtime to move everything,be it iron bars or wooden slabs, tiles or
sanitary wares,stones or bricks, electric wires or cables, pipes of
pvc or rubber, girders of iron or sheets of plastics,rubbish of wood
or iron, bags of sand or cement,tools and implements of carpenter or
mason and plumber.

Hundreds of hands of such faithfuls of yaqeen shall
be seen as if they are in a relay race doing transfer or shifting
aforesaid merchandise in a way only a yaqeen-keeper can feel and say.
Hats off to them and their master who have moulded them into a
piratical yaqeen-keeper of full time.

May Aqa Maula T.U.S.'s barakaat be showered on their yaqeen.

Abd-e-Syedna (T.U.S.)
Mohammed Mulla Saifuddin Rangoonwala,Calcutta

MUCH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE PAST 10 DAYS

ALHAMDOLILLAH !! It is just ten days, and so much has been achieved - ask those mumineens, who have returned from the historic 'KUN' safar with Aqa MOULA (TUS) They cannot believe what they are witnessing on their return.


I present to you a PHOTO ESSAY by my dear friend Bhai Abdulkader Kagalwala. It will give you and idea of how fast pace the construction work is progressing. There are 30 days left, and witnessing what has been achieved in the last 10 days, to me it seems a long time.

If we all work as 'ekjan' the 'im' of impossible, will surely be biting dust. Let us JUST DO IT.

BREAKING NEWS :

Ground leveling work has also been started at the MAWAID site, so Mawaid Team and specially members of HIZB E HUSAINI brace your self up, your a'amal karva ni jameen (karm bhoomi) is being readied.




















The collages bring out the intensity of activities by mumineen. Bhai Abdulkader is a wild life photographer and enthusiast and protecting the Tiger is a passion with him. I hope and prayer that after Ashara Vaaz Mubarak, he gets an opportunity to organize a Sunderban excursion, where his majestic tigers roam in all glory.





I have created a Google Group titled 'OHBAT' under Society section. Friends are requested to join the group. I have published a spontaneous Ilteja in Hazrat Aliyah Imammiyah. Click on the link below

http://groups.google.com/group/ohbat/web/ilteja?hl=en