Din e ilahi

din e ilahi , history

1. Din-e- Ilahi By: Annie Azam

2. INTRODUCTION Din.e.Ilahi means Divine Faith As power lay in north India,the primary two were Hinduism and Islam The new syncretic relegion tried to bridge this divide by prescribing an ethical system that prohibit sins of the flesh and encouraged virtues

3. Purpose of making Din e Ilahi to combine islam and other relegion in one faith to ensure national unity and peace to solve thorny problems of Akbar

4. Background profounded in 1582 AD intending to merge the best elements of the relegions of his empire and there by reconcile the differences that divided his subjects

5. Virtues of Din e Ilahi Liberality and beneficence Forgiveness of the evil doer and repulsion of anger with mildness Abstinence from worldly desires Care of freedom from the bonds of the worldly existence and violence as well as accumulating precious stores for the future real and perpetual world Wisdom and devotion in the frequent meditation on the consequences of actions

6. Strength of dexterous prudence in the desire of marvellous actions Soft voice, gentle words, pleasing speeches for every body Good treatment with brethren, so that their will may have the precedence to our own A perfect alienation from creatures and a perfect attachment to the Supreme Being Dedication of soul in the love of God and union with God the preserver of all.

7. Teachings of Din e Ilahi God is great (Allah-o-Akbar) - Islam Initiations would be performed on Sunday - Christianity the slaughter of animals were forbidden- Jainism the object of light were divine worship- zoroastrians to recite 100 sanskrit names of the sun and the cows should not be killed- Hinduism

8. Drawback of Din e ilahi no script or written documents prayers of its own despites its attempt at being all-encompassing, the religion only had 18 adherent and faced fierce criticism from orthodox muslims

9. Principles and Practices the members were to follow a new mode of greeting each other the members were to celebrate their births and invite their coreligionists to feast abstain from meat eating but not to hate meat eaters give dinner during life time instead of usually given at death to regard fire as sacred and respect other religions

10. Grades of Din e ilahi sacrifice of property sacrifice of life sacrifice of honour sacrifice of religion

11. Number of members only 18 prominent members joined this new order and of these only one was hindu named Raja Birbal.The number of ordinary members didnot exceed a few thousand.

12. Causes of failure First, Akbar was the originator of this new order but he did not propagate it in the spirit of a missionary nor did he compel anyone to become its member. He was tolerant and his spirit of religious toleration would not allow persecution even against those who differed with his religious policy. Secondly, the general people could not understand the mind of AKbar and hence failed to appreciate his new order. Lastly, Akbar’s son Jahangir was quite indifferent to the religious views of his father and so after the death of Akbar Din-i-Illahi died a natural death.

13. IMAM RABANI HAZRAT MUJADID ALI Imam rabbani shiekh ahmed faroqi Mujadad Alf sani Born on 26th MAY 1561 Died on 10th dec 1624 Prominent member of Naqshbandi sofi order A scholar and a hanfi jurist He was known for restoring islam and oposing mughal empror akbar for the herodoxies in religion He wrote istbat-un-Nabuwat(a firmation of prophethood)

14. Conclusion According to Dr. Smith “ Akbar, whatever may have been the extent of his falling in practice, was sincerely a religious man, constitutionally devout.” According to his son Jahangir H is father ‘never for one moment forgot God.’ He used to perform his prayers five times a day. The Ain- i -Akbari and the Akbar-Nama which were written under his order by Abul Fazal and the Tuzki-i-Jahangriri , written by Jahangir, fully confirm the fact that Akbar remained a Muslim throughout his life.

15. L iberalism and toleration shown to the Hindus by secular Akbar the Great in order to fulfill his political desire may be praiseworthy from the humanitarian point of view but it certainly created misunderstanding about Islam amongst the general public.

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