Ascension of the Dais Isma'ilism

a persian miniature depicting shams tabrizi in circa 1503 copy of disciple rumi s poem, diwan-e shams-e tabriz-i . shams tabrizi believed have been ismaili dai , relationship rumi symbolic manifestation of sacred relationship between guide , guided.

for partisans of ismāʿīl, imāmate ended ismāʿīl ibn ja far. ismailis recognized muhammad ibn isma il next imam , saw him expected mahdi ja far al-sadiq had preached about. however, @ point ismāʿīlī imāms according nizari , mustaali found areas able safe founded abbasid caliphate, had defeated , seized control umayyads in 750 ce.

at point, of ismaili community believed muhammad ibn ismail had gone occultation , 1 day return. small group traced imamat among muhammad ibn ismail s lineal descendants. status , location of imāms not known community, concealed ismaili imams began propagate faith through dāʿiyyūn base in syria. start of spiritual beginnings of daʿwah later play important parts in ismaili branches, nizaris , musta lis.

the da not missionary in typical sense, , responsible both conversion of student mental , spiritual being. da guide , light imām. teacher-student relationship of da , student 1 develop in sufism. student desired god, , da bring him god making him recognize imām, possesses knowledge of oneness of god. da , imam respectively spiritual mother , spiritual father of isma ili believers.

ja‘far bin manṣūr al-yaman s book of sage , disciple classic of fāṭimid literature, documenting important aspects of development of ismāʿīlī da‘wa in tenth-century yemen. book of considerable historical value modern scholars of arabic prose literature interested in relationship of esoteric shī‘ism islamic mysticism. likewise book important source of information regarding various movements within tenth-century shī‘ism leading spread of fāṭimid-isma‘īlī da‘wa throughout medieval islamicate world, , religious , philosophical history of post-fāṭimid musta‘lī branch of ismāʿīlism in yemen , india.

shams tabrizi , rumi famous example of importance of relationship between guide , guided, , rumi dedicated of literature shams tabrizi , discovery of truth.