purpose & blessings
purpose
& blessings
Jalsa Salana Canada is a religious gathering held in Canada each year for the purpose of uniting and inspiring people of all faiths. We focus on topics of peace, benevolence, and religious harmony.
This unique three-day event brings together tens of thousands of participants from several countries to increase religious knowledge and promote peace. Parliamentarians, diplomats, religious leaders and professionals from across the world and from all walks of life address the gathering, the purpose of which is to foster unity between humanity, and with our Creator.
PUR
POSE
of Jalsa Salana
The primary purpose of this Convention is to enable every sincere individual to personally experience religious benefits; they may enhance their knowledge and due to their being blessed and enabled by Allah, The Exalted – their perception [of Allah] may progress.
Among its secondary benefits is that this congregational meeting together will promote mutual introduction among all brothers, and it will strengthen the fraternal ties within this Community.
Ishtihar 7 Dec. 1892, Majmoo’ah Ishtiharat Vol. I, Page 340
It is essential for all those who can afford to undertake the journey, that they must come to attend this Convention which embodies many blessed objectives. They should disregard minor inconveniences in the cause of Allah and His prophet (peace be upon him). Allah yields reward to the sincere persons at every step of their way, and no labour and hardship, undertaken in His way, ever goes to waste.
I re-emphasize that you must not rank this convention in the same league as other, ordinary, human assemblies. This is a phenomenon that is based purely on the Divine Help, for propagation of Islam.
Ishtihar 7 Dec. 1892, Majmoo’ah Ishtiharat Vol. I, Page 341
not an ordinary
CONVEN
-TION
It is essential for all those who can afford to undertake the journey, that they must come to attend this Convention which embodies many blessed objectives. They should disregard minor inconveniences in the cause of Allah and His prophet (peace be upon him). Allah yields reward to the sincere persons at every step of their way, and no labour and hardship, undertaken in His way, ever goes to waste.
I re-emphasize that you must not rank this convention in the same league as other, ordinary, human assemblies. This is a phenomenon that is based purely on the Divine Help, for propagation of Islam.
Ishtihar 7 Dec. 1892, Majmoo’ah Ishtiharat Vol. I, Page 341
not an ordinary
CONVEN
-TION
PRAYERS
for attendees
I conclude with the prayer that everyone who travels for [attending] this Convention that is for the sake of Allah: May Allah, the Exalted, be with him, reward him in abundant measure, have mercy on him, ease up for him his circumstances of hardship and anxiety and eliminate his anguish and grief. May He grant him freedom from every single hardship and lay open for him the ways of [achieving] his cherished goals, and raise him up, on the day of Judgment, among those of His servants who are the recipients of His blessings and Mercy.
May He be their Guardian in their absence until after their journey comes to an end. O Allah! O Sublime One and Bestower of bounties, the Ever Merciful and One Who Resolves all problems, do grant all these prayers… Ameen!
Ishtihar 7 Dec. 1892, Majmoo’ah Ishtiharat Vol. I, Page 341
The Promised Messiah (as) has prayed for all participants of the Jalsa – past, present, and future – in the following words:
“I pray to God that He be with all those who are coming to attend the Jalsa. May God grant them great rewards, may He show Mercy on them and remove their hardships and sorrows. May He let them have what they desire and raise them on the Day of Resurrection along with those to whom He has shown Mercy and His Grace.
‘O God, O You who are the great Granter, the Benevolent and Merciful, the Remover of hardships, do listen to all these my prayers and grant us victory over our opponents with great glaring signs, for You have the power to do whatever You like. Ameen.”
Ishtihar 7 Dec. 1892, Majmoo`ah Ishtiharat Vol. I, Page 342
