The Isma'ilis and The Problem of Representation 

This young man is worth his weight in gold. His knowledge is vast, and his presentation unbiased and fluent without any superfluous data. He is better than any orthodox Sunni or Shia Maulavi who puts on airs of knowledge and tries to persuade listeners rather than transmit information. Religion should be taught as a subject, and not in order to proselytize any particular faith; and he is teaching better than anyone else through his lectures. I have learnt so much from the series he is making.

A point to note: Shias also have 5 prayers but they choose to combine the 2nd and the 3rd, and the 4th and the 5th. This is why they pray 3 times a day.

I spent some time with Ismailis in North Pakistan, they were a really interesting and kind group of people who really valued education and equality.

Spent almost 9 months with the Ismailis in Tajikistan and can say they are lovely people, have a interesting faith, a generous imam and beautiful art.

(*disclaimer: I'm an Ismaili, this is in to response to all comments calling my faith deviant, wrong, or anything similar. Always remember, Allah loves you.*): Allah loves all of his creations. If Allah did not want us to choose how we serve, worship, and love him then why give us reason, logic, knowledge, and life? Allah's creations are no deviants, many of us are just caught up in our faith we forget the truth of Allah: He loves us all, no matter what. It's what makes Allah truly divine.

the unbiased, pure and distilled knowlede in this man's videos as far more than any mulla maulvi i've known. Religion should be imparted as unbiased facts and reasons, and it should be left to listening how to incorporate that in their life.

Great and thorough insight! Greetings from Ismaili of Central Asia

Thanks for brief introduction. I myself am an Ismaili muslim, many brothers comparing us to their own faith which is not fair as we know there are more then 72 secrets in Islam. That's because there are certainly differences. Brelvis and Devbandis within Sunny islam have also huge difference of opinion. So it's what it is chill out and get more informed about each other.

Amazing video. As an Ismaili this means a lot to me. Thank you so much for this!

I am a Dawoodi Bohra and this video is so very well explained! Good job!

Thank you very much young man for this great lecture on Ismail-ism and keep it up with this good work of yours!

I consider myself a twelver shia but i believe a little bit of sunni and sufi influence has enter the twelvers culture , i personaly find some of the ismaili ideas so much appealing to my views of islam

Really impressed by the depth of your knowledge. Well researched and amazingly articulated. Very authentic source used for research too ! Kudos !

I am new to your channel and am really impressed by your knowledge and unbiased delivery. Thank you.

Great video. Loved your research, clarity of the ideas and flow of presentation. Keep up the good work.

Im Sunni and I totally 100% agree with al'Muizz about the revelation having to be "straightenned" or formed into some tangible applicable thing, because the pure revelatory intuition is very difficult to describe in words.. I also believe its the same function at work when a Poet is writing something beautiful but at a much greter scale. Also its the same function as Freud used to interperate dreams. And there is a Sahih Hadith in Imam Malik's Muwatta that the Prophet SAWS said "A good Dream from which you derive benefit is 1 fourtey-seventh of Prophethood"

You explain complex issues with such simplicity. It's amazing! Thank you

I very much enjoy your openess and objective study and presention on different interpretations of Islamic Faith.

You should do a video on Ismaili cosmology.

Salaam Filip, I felt so compelled to let you know that your video has moved me immensely and that the content of your video has captivated my mind. Many thanks, xx

at around 18:20 you talk about explaining the development of Islamic Orthodoxy. PLEASE do make a video on it! Great content!

By far, one of your most interesting and informative talks. I am impressed. Thank you.

Well done! Thanks for making this kind of videos. Your words are coherent and very clear.

I am a Muslim but don’t follow any particular school of Islam for a while I have been reading and researching different sects of Islam by far Ismaili Muslims are the most in lighted and liberal Muslims I have came across if Ismailis were the majority of the Muslims instead of the Sunnis,Muslim society would have been most in lighted and educated people in the world.

This is the best so far good discussion about Islam even I heard. Good work.

Even if half of muslims are as enlightened as Ismailis this world would be a better place to live in. They donate for the social welfare of the humanity rising above their caste & cutting across region/ religious belief .

The prophet died without leaving any successor and left it for the ummah and the council to decide. The Prophet did not chose a successor because later on it'll eventually lead to people selecting their own families as leaders and not people who are actually worthy to lead. This really happened during the Umayyad dynasty where the leadership was hereditary which led to alot of conflicts and problems that never existed before. Abubakar was chosen by the council and muslim Ummah and Abubakar fit every condition required for one to become a leader. Ali himself pledged allegiance to the first three Rashidun caliphs which clearly shows that the Shia have no real argument since the person they claim as the rightful heir pledged allegiance to the three caliphs himself without being forced.

As usual a thought provoking and very eloquently presented explaination Have decided to listen to at least one presentation by you daily Thank you Stay Blessed

I am an Ismaili from India. Interesting information on my faith.

Proud to be an ismaili Muslim. Thank you for sharing brother.

Guys i m ismali & i feel proud by reading comment section 😍😍 Thank you all for your lovely comments.

Religion is very dynamic and vibrant, engenders a multitude of outlooks about our social and political lives. In these days of Ramadan, I am very fond of your contents, learning a lot new about as well as refashioning of many religious subjects I think i know. One thing I would like to request you is to make a video on the Sunni firqa of islam and it's sub-sects. As an avid learner, it will be fascinating to have an acute historical account of the subject, as the subject is not a monolithic homogenous belief, as you said, but a multifaceted historical phenomenon.

Hi, I am sunni Arab. In the sunni world the most thing that we take against shai is the saying that the imams can not do wrong. In sunni islam every muslim is a sinner even the first caliphs and everybody. I think this is the biggest issue between the tow branches. And thank you for your research. With love from Jordan❤.

Proud to be ismaili.... Light upon light body decays but noor shines time after time

Hmm interesting 🙂🙂🤔... I am a muslim, but get a lot of information about islam through your videos... Yeah, because we tend to get information just about our own school of thought... And turns out there are so many schools of thought/ sects with different approach on many stuff.. I guess we should respect each other believe.. 👍

Your channel introduces a very well briefed presentation, that suggests digging farther in research regarding religion in general. Though, to know well about a religion, especially Islam, one have to study the Holly Book of that faith (Qura’an in Islam).

Beautifully explained. The Ismaili may well have felt outrage. Being atheist agnostic I also want to feel outrage at those who claim to be prophets of god..but yet it softens to pure incredulity. I appreciate the wisdom and research on your channel. Thank you

I am Ismaili myself and it’s sad to see people who go against us particularly different beliefs of Islam

I love your sayings, i like to say i am some sort of scholar and you are so always riggt 🙏🏽❤️

A short note: Nasir Khusrav before becoming Ismaili missionary belonged to Sunni orthodox. And, not genuinely satisfied with the Sunni understanding of Islam set to his journey to find the real true path (sirat-al-mustaqim), which took him seven years until at last he was presented to the Fatimid Khalif-Imam Mustansir bi-Laah, in whom he found the real true path, for which he set his journey initially.

Thank you again, so very informative.

your arguments are very much valid.

Outstanding. All religions emerged to solve problems. And all their denominations as well. For that, they should be graciously thanked and commended by all. Let the believers choose according to preference and respect the preferences of all. But don't hurt the women. That's all I humbly ask. 💙🙏

This is actually really interesting about Ismailism. Their whole neoplatonic ideas actually make a lot of sense when explaining a lot of the metaphysical aspects of Islam. I think Sufis have similar views, however, they are forced to conceal it, given the persecution at the hands of the traditionalist totalitarians, which still supresses these views.

I would argue that actually you can limit the scope of an ideology instead of allowing later interpretations to anachronistically redefine its scope. IMO this is also the case with religions (here as a subset of ideology). The best that a scholar of a particular ideology can do is to interpret the ideas brought forth by the originator, and this interpretation shouldn't be viewed as a redefinition of that particular ideology, but merely as an interpretation. Taking this, no one but the originator have the full right of dictating what he/she meant. To explain the reason why I would argue so is as follows. Suppose p is the originator of ideology P, to simplify discussion. The approach of scholars, q, r and s say, might all be different, and might even be contradictory. If p, q, r, s are all allowed to anachronistically redefine P, then P is contradictory, hence undermines the idea of p. What is left is to classify the approaches of interpretation, and call it as such. Assume q takes a literal approach, r takes logical approach, s takes correctional approach, or successors interpretation etc, then we allow q,r,s to be P', where P' is not strictly equivalent to P, but equivalent in some sense, say f(P') = P, where f is just a representation of an interpretation. Of course p is temporally and spatially limited, so we could argue that strict P as understood by p, is also limited. But different f's where P' intersects with P are subsets of P. It can be the case that for all x in P' implies x in P, it can also be the case that there exist x in P' such that x is not in P, and there can also be the case that for all x in P', x is not in P, that is a complete reformulation of an ideology. "Correct" then can be interpreted as these varying intersections and I would consider them a correct use of this particular adjective on elements of sets rather than sets. I would prefer quantitative terms to express P'-sets instead of "correct" or "wrong". Only in this sense that I disagree with your statement that ideologies are not monolithic. In this particular discussion for example, you can say Islam is a set of beliefs, rulings, and rituals, on the domain of human experience, defined by Mohammad. Mohammad died, so the set is finite. The madhahib and manahij of scholars are ideologies that intersects with what Mohammad defined. Some have huge number of common elements, some have but few, but they all cannot anachronistically redefine what Mohammad came with. Which is why many of the fatwas and rulings ended by the term "Allah knows best". Christianity for example is redefined throughout its history anachronistically. I'm not arguing that this is bad etc, but the study of christian jurisprudence or theology or christology in general will be warring claims rather than a study and will have limited validity as far as systematic study goes. It is better to say that todays interpretation is a set which might or might not intersect with the set of ideas that Jesus (the originator) had. Then do research on how the two sets intersect. To wrap up, who represents an ideology? The analytically examined historical records of the originator. If the originator is dead, then no living scholar can rightly represent the ideology except as a flavour, or interpretation of the originator. The extent of the interpretation's intersection with the original in one sense or the other is then where scholars reside. Whether or not ideas exist throughout history says nothing about the original "creed" if you will, but rather the intersection as I mentioned. Of course when the historical analysis is severely limited or the narrative analysis is rejected within some paradigm (isma'iliya's rejection of many narrators of hadiths for example) the scope of original set will shrink, and be can even be so small that many addition is required to form a coherent ideology. So it makes sense to annex new ideologies and claim that it is original. So for example Marx's manifesto alone is clearly not enough to form a coherent ideology, and it won't be fair to Marx if we say that Mao or Stalin represents his ideology by anachronistically redefine Marxism. These are however only my opinion on the matter. I love your videos and I think you have a wonderful way of explaining these concepts. I look forward to enjoy more educational and intellectual videos from you. I'm sorry if its in any way offensive, and I hope you can see it as an attempt to open up some intellectual discussion.

There was a time not many years ago where I was held in thrall of Islam, the Ismaili school especially. It was and remains the perfect religion for my temperament and attitude. However, as i live in a predominately Protestant Christian part of the U.S., it was very difficult to get the support and community I needed. Wish this video had been around at the time.

Can you please provide me with your academic name . I would like to follow your Re-legion Re-Search Articles. Endless thanks for your beautiful human energy.

Salam. Great speaker great researcher indeed. Allah bless. From Bangladesh.

I would like to say that I find your channel and videos simply illuminating! I am a converted Muslim, initiated into Islam by a Burhaniya member and somebody who later became a Quranite. I quickly moved into a modern Salafi school of thought, the one based predominantly on a lineage of Saudi state scholars. After spending quite some years in this domain, I felt disenchanted with this religious philosophy and the state of my own moral and spiritual person which started my 'descent' into agnosticism and secular political ideology. Feeling again disappointed with my highly secularized and degenerated spirituality together with a broken private life, I longed for a way to reconcile with religion and I slowly migrated back to Sunni Islam. This time a version of Islam that is more tempered between taqlid, ijtihad, tawasuf, kalam, modernism, traditionalism, philosophy, rationalism, (personal) spirituality, pragmatism, history, politics, comparative religion and any other way that is or will be important to me. And I am now a quite more happier and balanced Muslim in both Western and Muslim pluralistic dimensions. And to actually get an understanding of all of the aforementioned concepts in a broader, open minded and academic context, I have in part your video's to thank for that! From a Sufi, to a Salafi Muslim, to a Salafi-resenting agnostic, and after a long time back to being a Muslim with an open mind to both Sufism and Salafism and many more interpretations and ways in Islam and other religions and philosophies for that matter. Again thank you for your great channel!

Wow.... Great presentation

Excellent presentation. We live in a fast changing world with Science and Technology changing how we think about the world. I'm a lapsed Ismaili, but I respect the faith because of their flexibility to change and meet with the demands of the present age but maintaining the core of their beliefs. The world has become 'small', travel made so much easier, people learning so much about other cultures leading to broadening of ideas and erosion of prejudice. This is a Golden Age of Science and Technology, but reason above all must be the guiding light to give a sense of direction, to lead man/women back to their divine source.

Very relevant narrative in contemporary times.

I am excited to hear more about the formation of Islamic orthodoxy from your viewpoint. In my mind, the formation of any religious orthodoxy is an incredibly important process to study in the effort to understand religion's role in human behavior.

The Shahada is really not one of the 5 or 7 pillars but the basis because it is the proclamation of faith. It is the ground where the Pillars will be founded. It holds the Pillars. Without it all that was established on it will collapse. I agree that the Shahada is the foundation of the Pillars and not one of he Pillars. By analogy where are you going to establish the pillars of your house, if it is not on the ground. Just like the Shahada which is the reason ( or ground) to establish your Pillars of Faith.

I have read and compared the books that Swedish High school pupils have in comparative religion and the explanations offered in them feel largely simplistic and monolithic. Others might argue that is not the aim of the course to give specialised knowledge but I think the books give a biased and sometimes confusing view of the religions. Once I wanted to become a high school teacher but reading those made me feel unmotivated. What do you think? How should a high school book in religion be written?

15:30 Light is metaphor for clarity, understanding as opposed to turbidity.

Surah al maidah phrase 15 16 states Allah had left the light and book and the light still exist in human form but unidentified untill the close of qayamat.. Proud to be ismaili the straight path of islam

Hi, have been really enjoying your vids. Would you be able todo a video on the very early sect which existed during the schism. I think the group was called Al-Wadud or something like that. Its a group that believed that religious judgement to God. Thank you

To clarify on the Ismaili pillars, their version of zakat is “dasond” in which funds are given to their one imam as opposed to decentralized forms of charity.

That music at the end tho...does anyone knows it?!

I think the difference in thoughts (believes) is the beauty that Allah (SWT) has bestowed to humans. But such difference may not be the cause of conflict as it’s an entirely individual’s personal choice and business whom (s)he follows. Your commentary is interesting until comparative definitions and explanations about a particular follower or a group. I think, leave it to the listeners for further research. Or else it’s bit confusing for a naive religious student like me to understand which is the unique sect out of 73, that will enter into Heaven.

bro do you know about prof allama naseer uddin hunzai? i would suggest you to read his books. he has written more than 150 books on imam including poetry "diwans" in 4 laguages.

Thank you for representing as in a right way

I love this video. You explained so concisely what Muslims of Sunni orthodoxy ought to understand. There are so many issues today with peoples understanding of the development of Sunni orthodoxy; somehow most are under the illusion that the Quran has been preserved letter for letter since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, that Islam as we have it today, is the Islam which the prophet left for us. Alas it is not.

Enrich the Intellect by looking at stars and contemplate or beat the drump through rhythmic chants let Soul visit those stars. Philosophy and Mysticism is embroidered teaching in Ismaili Doctrine.

I am the 200th subscriber.. 😂

Thank you for unbiased video

The first article of preamble of Ismaili constitution given by Aga Khan, the 49th Imam of Nizari Ismais: "The Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims affirm Shahadah,' La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah,' the Tawhid there in and that the Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH is the last and final Prophet of Allah. Islam, as revealed in the Holy Quran, is the final message of Allah to mankind, and is universal and eternal. The Holy Prophet PBUH through the divine revelation from Allah prescribed rules governing spiritual and temporal matters." This is what followers of Ismaili Imam believe.

Please also cover the Zaydi Shia!

Quran says in chapter 5 verse 48 has He wished made one ummat but He gave the sharia to all religions and they should worship their own ways taught to them and they should compete with one anther to achieve His goodness .

I’ve lived with both Nazari Ismailis and Bohri Ismailis. I’ve found them to be totally different from each other . I dunno how similar their scripts are but their way of living isn’t the same . Having said all that , Nazari Ismailis are one of the most peaceful people on this globe .

awesome!!!!

Nice exposition for someone interested in comparative religion.

thee most important thing to know that there is only ONE GOD without partners or image...secondly that to worship GOD is to recognize and love GOD.the ONE that created you.....very very simple......no need for priests or smoke or ashes or props...

Yes intellect is a great blessing but intellect has its limits where human intellect ends and cannot perceive beyond that , from there starts the believe in the unseen which is being told to us by our creator. That’s why I said accept the challenge and go find out whatever Quraan says and how Quraan is proven by the scientists of this era which Prophet Muhammadﷺ wouldn’t have known in those times

yes about the five pillars after some study its cleared that every section in islam have diffirant pillars

Whatever you said is nothing to do with the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. Ismaili Muslims believe in Allah, Prophet Mohammed (S.A.S) was the last Prophet's from Allah and the Quran is the Final Divine Book from Allah. There is no restriction in going to Hajj, There is no restriction in Fasting. I used to fast almost whole month of Ramadan and used to celebrate Eid Al Fiter with all religious fervor. Yes we pay Zaqat to our Imam i.e. 12.5% of our Income. Whatever we to pay Him, it is his money we have nothing to say in it. From that you can see he is doing enormous and Gigantic works to bring back 'The Lost Glory of Islam. Yes my Imam is right in saying that 'The Soul' rise high step by step and finally it gets elevated to one with 'The Divine Soul' In 'Baiytul-Khayyal' we practice 'Ism-e-Azam' at midnight 3:00 to 4:00 A.M. Our Imam is The Interpreter of our 'Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim Tariqa; as He being 'Oolil-amr'. Can you tell me who is your 'Oolil-Amr' in present time? Prophet Mohammed (S.A.S) said while returning from Hajj at Khum-e-Gadir 'Mun Kuntum Mowla fahaza Ali Mowla' and that's continues till today and will continue until The Final Day To talk and understand Shia Imami Muslims you need a in depth knowledge and philosophical approach with instinct of intuitions as Shia Imami Muslims are Esoteric in their belief. You can't come to an conclusion by seeing or by reading it. You must find out reality of Shia Imami Muslims. Hope you understand.

I get your point from the outside, but your just looking at what they are doing without evidence. For example if I go on and start my own method of practicing Islam, get some friends and family to join me, do I become a recognized sect from the outside view? this is the issue. If you Read the Quran and follow what the prophet said, you will find all these additions in the core believes (Isma'li, Alawite) are not from Islamic teachings. Just because a group decided "hey we feel like doing it this way" doesn't mean its Islamic or a form of Islam. The base is Quran. After the Quran then it is the Hadith or sunna of the prophet mohamed, now if we are skeptic about which were real and which were fabricated, easy, follow the Hadith that goes in line with the Quran. It is very simple. Anyone inventing new things into the religions are just inventing new things.

Can you do an episode about Qarmatians ?

I have learned from this chanel, thanks for research. the portrait of Imam Ali you shown is not Imam Ali. that portrait is on iranian gold mints and merchandises. you can see a real discription of him in national museume of Turky

I really like your videos, they are very well researched and unbiased. I used to be a Quranist Muslim, and as such, I felt also close to the Ibadis, but to me the Shias are kind of ok, except for their quasi-messianic beliefs. However, the Sunnis are in my opinion the ones who destroyed Islam, seeing as how they forced Muslims to abandon reason, brought forth an era of ignorance, and gave rise to the totalitarian wahhabi version.

3:17 But "orthodody" is *by definition* the (implicitly by the majority) "accepted as true or correct". Thus, the Isma'ilis (less than 1% of all Muslims) *by definition* hold some unorthodox views. 14:00 Point #3 is suspiciously similar to Joseph Smith and Moroni.

A very informative video on the Ismailis, very appreciative of that. When it comes to making claims especially in religion, the claimant must prove their belief via authentic reliable evidence. It is not a matter of discrimination or otherwise, evidence and unfortunately most if not all of the non-orthodox sects are based on hearsay. If a Muslim’s belief is not coming from the Quran and the Prophetic teachings it is not Islam.

Peace be upon you Brother... Thanks a lot for your research... But just one correction : Shahada(proclamation of faith) is not a pillar but Eemaan(faith or belif) is the first pillar of Islam.

Iam Shia Ismaili Muslim from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 Thank you for your information

Can you please do a video about Ahmedis?

This is really cool. I grew up as a protestant Christian, and still consider that to be my position, but I've often thought that much of my personal theology has more in common with Buddhism, Western paganism, and some schools of Daoism than it does with most other Christians. I'm pretty sure most Christian 'fundamentalists' would be happy to see me burn at a stake for many of my views.

Your videos are excellent. Keep up the good work. Please consider making a video on the 12th Imam. Since he is an important part of the Twelvers eschatology, we should know more about him and the beliefs about his reappearance. Thank you.

Correction: Founder of Islam is not Prophet Muhammad. Islam was the religion of the all the prophets. Prophet Abraham was a Muslim and his faith was Islam long before Prophet Muhammad as mentioned in Quran. 👈👈👈

In 8:06 you put for sunni "spiritual authority" you put sufis? How so what authority is this. As sunni we take from Quran and Sunni and beyond that would be interpretation. That why many scholars look at work done by some sufis to heritcal and non repersentive of the sunnah .

Is/was there any group in History of Islam that has/had taken pillars of islam to be different than the Sunnis or Shias?

This is a great production!!! Who is the speaker?

God bless the Ismaili and their Imam

I find it very ironic that the 'orthodox' islamic concept of Quran is very similiar to the 'orthodox' christian concept of Jesus (namely that their spiritual essence pre-existed their physical revelation and have always coexisted with God) which caused the Ismaili objection against the orthodox view of Quran to sound very similiar to the Gnostic objection against orthodox view of Jesus (namely that both are purely spiritual being whose form is interpreted by physical faculties)

I would make an update to this is video is Ismailli does pray 5 prayers but within 3 intervals. Unlike orthodox 5 intervals for 5 prayers.

Great explain about Isma'ilis..

Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said: “My nation will divide into 73 sects; all of them shall be in the Fire except one, and it is the Jamaa`ah; the united body upon the truth.” It was said, “Who are they, O Messenger of Allaah?” He said, “That which I and my companions are upon today.” (Tirmidhi 2641)

Surah Al-Maeda, Verse 3: حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, and the strangled (animal) and that beaten to death, and that killed by a fall and that killed by being smitten with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten, except what you slaughter, and what is sacrificed on stones set up (for idols) and that you divide by the arrows; that is a transgression. This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by hunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (English - Shakir) via iQuran

Can you make a video on how the word ismaili means assissin and where that comes from and the context

Hello my friend , Sunnies as in 13:50 said Quran is literal world of god , but the Quran said in Al Imran Verses 7 ( He Who has sent down to you the Book. Some of its Verses are Muhkem (decisive, firm, containing decrees, whose meanings are plain), they are the Foundation of the Book and others allegorical (open to interpretations); then as for those in whose hearts there is a swerving (an incline to meaninglessness) pursue the allegorical seeking dissension (Al-Fitnah, disorder, confusion, tumult) and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation, but none knows its Interpretation except Allah; and those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in it, it is all from our Lord”; and none do mind except Ulu’l Elbâb (those who have attained to the continuous remembrance of the Name of Allah).) so this is the point where Prophet Mohammed Taking the pledge of allegiance to the Muslims by pledging allegiance to Ali Ibn Abi Talib(Mawla) in the famous pledge of allegiance known as Ghadeer Khum, and others, the Bayat al-Shajarah, and many hadiths describe that, and it is common between Sunnis and Shiites. At Ghadeer Khum , Omar ibn Alkhattab the sunnie Caliphate ,congrats imam Ali and said :You have become the guardian(Mawla,Lord) of me and guardian(Mawla,Lord) of every believer. But after te prophet passed away , Omar was the first who threatend Ali and Fatimah to vote for Abu Bakr , and threatend by puting Fatimah's House on fire if they won't come out , until he break in and hitting Fatimah that aborted her fetus. And others, the Prophet Muhammad says (I am the city of knowledge and Ali its gate) In reference to taking the knowledge from them(Ahl Albayet) as the Prophet Muhammad said after the pledge of Al-Ghadeer. (I leave two things for you that you will not be deceived after me, this book "The Qur'an" and My Ahl Albayet) so always Shiaa were holding to Welaya of imams (the religous beacon) while sunnies deceived by their Rulers who wanted to flip the table on Ahl Albayet because those rulers threatned by imams because of their infuance on people. from the first three Caliphates , to ummayad Caliphate , to Abbasis.>