Fwd: Account of another non-Ismaili
Moyez Kamani
From: Ali Janmohamed <ali...@gosonic.ca>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Account of another non-Ismaili
To: Ali Janmohamed <ali...@gosonic.ca>
As received.
Account of another non-Ismaili...
July 5, 2008: the most amazing day of my life, the deedar.
I wanted to share my happiness and experience with my friends and family.
Few days before the deader i talk to one of my in-laws my
Fib in Vancouver and she told me that Agha Khan will come to see non Ismail's
as he has in the past Deedar's. Hearing that i was daydreaming and thinking how
would it be like seeing him. The night before the deader, i told Karim my
husband, i have a feeling that i will see Mullah bap very close up and if i get
chance to talk to him i will tell him that he came in my dreams twice and now
my dream came true.. BUT.. its not that easy, the moment you see him you forget
everything.
This is what exactly happened.
We non Ismail's were in platinum room i would say there
was about 5 to
600 of us. we all thought he will come up and see us in
the room. I was talking to a friend that i met there, told her that i doubt he
would come up here as the room was full and too long of away for him to get up
there. I was praying that he would come up to see us as i been waiting for this
day for long time. Then they announced that if we want to see him put our hands
up and it is voluntary.
Not only i put my hands up i stood up as the excitement
was taken over.
After few hours we all went to the exit corridor. As
excited and nervous we all were i was thinking where can i stand to have a good
view of him, all the front row was taken and full of people. After few minutes
of panicking i thought to myself i came this close and yet so far, i would be
so disappointed with myself if don't get to see him with the good view. After
looking around i found place and stand behind wheelchair and i thought to
myself, he will for sure will come and talk to them as they are in wheelchair,
or at least i will see him clearly as he passes by.
we I've been told to refer to him as your highness and
don't reach out
for him unless he offer his hand.
We were all anticipating his arrival. After few minutes i
could hear some
excitement, people and cameras to my right, as he waved
and talk to few people, he start walking toward us, the moment he reached us he
left the red carpet and stand exactly in front of me, it was less then 1 meter
to me.
With his gentle over powering voice he started by saying
to us.
" The world and media makes us Muslim look really
bad, then he looked
directly to me told me, don't listen to them, we are not
bad people with
the very worm smile on his face.
As nervous as i was I said of course Mullah bapa. then he
asked me.
I hope you are happy with your family? or Are you happy
with your family, i cant remember it very well I replied i am Mullah bapa
Then he asked, if you have any question, idea or
suggestion, please don't
hesitate to contact us and let us know.
I replied i will mullah papa. lol
I really wanted to reach to him, but i was so nervous and
we also been told not to. Agha Khan said so much more as he was standing in
front of me but i could not hear as i did not know where i was at that
particular moment. As he was moving forward he give me a worm smile kind of
like , that he could see and sense how nervous i was, or maybe he was wondering
why am i keep calling him Mullah bapa, since i am not Ismail. Come to think of
it, he actually didn't talk to the disabled people, but thanks to them i had
great view of him and great chance to talk to him.
Then Agha Khan went out to see the volunteers. As he was
leaving we were all very happy and start clapping. I was shocked,
overwhelmed and hugged a friend i met there and we were
both very excited and said our goodbyes to rush and find our loved ones. I
could not wait to see my husband and in-laws to share my joy, and overwhelming
experience with them.
As i met Karim and Aly outside i run to them and before i
could say anything they both said they saw me on TV when Agha Khan was talking
to me. I told them what happened and wanted to cry so much but the moment i met
my mother in-law i could not help it , i start crying, bless her she also start
crying. It was tears of joy for both of us. At that point i was looking for my
father in law and could not wait to tell him about it. We also had my husbands
uncle and his wife there from Canada Ada and wadi ma, they were also very happy
and over joyed. Our family and friend start hugging me and wanted to know what
Agha Khan said to me. Every time i was trying to tell some one about it the
treas would flow. it took me few hours to calm down. Now two weeks after dedaar
there is not a day goes by that i don't think about it and replay the moment in
my mind.
I never felt anything like that in my life. I am so lucky
and blessed to have such opportunity and great experience in my life. I wish
for all Ismaili and non Ismaili to experience what i have experienced.
It is difficult to describe my feeling and how exactly i
felt at the moment, i
also know i may never have such experience in my life
again.I will treasure this for the rest of my life.
I wish everyone health, wealth and happiness. I thought i
share my overwhelming experience and happiness with everyone and hope you
enjoyed reading this as much as i enjoyed the whole experience and writing it.
God bless
Fatana Pardhan
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Have an excellent day.
Moyez
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