Masjide Mo'azzam & Darse Saifee – Surat’s Sacred Heritage

Masjide-Mo'azzam and Darse-Saifee Ni Zikr

The Devri Mubarak in Surat

• Syedna AbdeAli Saifuddin Ra na barkati daur ma ghana azeem imarato bani, je ma har ek imarat ma roohani ma’ani ane itihas ni gahri taasiro chhe. Ehna andar si ek azeem yaadgar imarat Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin RA na qabr mubarak par bana huva qubba mubaraka je Syedna Saifuddin Ra ni mohabbat ane ikhlaas ni Yaadgaar Nishani chhe.
• Aa qubba mubaraka nu kaam sirf ek imarat nu kaam nathi, balqe ye to ek roohani khidmat chhe. Syedna Saifuddin Ra ye hudood kiraam, dars na tolaba ane dawat na a’yaan sagla ne aa khimdat ma sathe shamil kida. Qubba Mubaraka na upar nu domej ye vaqt ma ek engineering nu karishma (engineering marvel) hatu. Lagataar 36 kalak ma bina rok na, dome uthavi ne mukava ma aayu.

The Birth of Masjide-Mo'azzam

Photo of Masjide-Mo 'azzam, a century before its restoration

• Aa Qubba Mubaraka na pase Syedna Saifuddin Ra ye ek azeem masjid banaavi Masjide-Mo’azzam. Aa masjid ibadat ane mumineen ni majlis no markaz banu. Syedna Saifuddin Ra ye potana Personal khazana ma si 65,000 rupiya kharch kari ne Darse-Saifee ek mustaqil imarat Dars na vaste Permanent  banavi.
• Aa Masjid vaste Zameen milvama ghani mushkilat aavi. Ghana loko negotiations nu virodh (Oppose) karta, ghani kanooni rukavat aavi. Lekin Syedna Saifuddin Ra ni sabr ane hikmat na sabab, sagli rukavat door thai gayi. Jumadal-Ula 14, 1220H (1805 CE) na mubarak Jumaa na din, masjid nu iftitah thayu. Ane ye din Syedna Saifuddin Ra ye pehli zohar namaaz potana dast mubarak si Imamat si parhavi. Aa din Surat ni Dawat ni history nu ek navu Daurr nu bab kholu.

A New Era of Beauty

• Kitla arsa baad, 52ma Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA ye 1412H (1992 CE) ma Masjide-Mo’azzam ni puri navi tameer sharu farmavi. 1417H (1996 CE) ma aa masjid nu kaam tamam thayu ane 1st Sha’baan ul-Kareem na din aapiye ehnu iftitah farmayu. Duniya bhar si Mumineen aa mauqe ma hazir tha ane ek azeem majma thu. 
• Navi masjid Fatemi architecture nu la jawab namuna chhe. Ehna design ma Qahira na purana jawame ni asar chhe , qibla wall ane minara Jame al-Juyushi par naksht chhe, jivare naqsha ane naqashi Jame al-Anwar, Jame al-Aqmar, ane Jame al-Azhar si Inspired che. Aa masjid Syedna AbdeAli Saifuddin Ra ni Nishani che ane ehma roohani jamalo ane karigari no ek azeem sangam hatu.

Darse-Saifee — A Permanent Home for Ilm

The old entrance to Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah

• Syedna Saifuddin RA na dauur na pehla, dars ek jagah par mustaqil nohtu. Dawat nu markaz je taraf hoi dars pan wahaj hoi Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Ujjain, Burhanpur, Mandvi, Mundra, ane Morbi ma pan dars qaim thu.
• Syedna AbdeAli Saifuddin Ra ye foresight ane kuwat si dars ne ek mustaqil makan aapu. Ehnu naam aapiye Darse-Saifee aapu, je ilm nu chirag  Arabic, Qur’anic uloom, ane Fatemi theology na dars yaha sharu thayu. Syedna R.a ye aksar farmayu ke Masjide-Mo’azzam ane Darse-Saifee banne ni tameer ek khaas niyyat si kari gayi che, Aa zuhoor ni tayyari vaste che.
• Aa Dars Dawat ma ilm no markaz bani gayu. Hudood, tolaba ane ulama yaha deen, itihas ane falsafal na gehra dars leta. Dawat na ilm ni parhvani buniyat yaha majboot thai gai.

From Darse-Saifee to Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah

• 51ma Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Taher Saifuddin Ra na daur ma, dars ni had vadhar ma aavi. Aaj ni duniya ni zarurat ne samjine, dars ne ek mohta idara ma tabdeel karvama aayu ane ehnu naa, Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah aapiye inayat farmayu.
• Fatemi subjects saathe modern science, languages, ane duniyaavi uloom no silsilo sharu thayu. Talabat ul Ilm ne sirf deen ma nahi, duniya ma pan kaam aave evu ilm aapvama aavyu Dawat ni khidmat vaste taiyar karva ma aaya.
• Baad ma 52ma Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Ra ye aa vision ne aur vadharu Hifz al-Qur’an, international languages, sports, personal development badha program introduce karva ma aaya. Aap Maula R.a Al-Jamea ne duniya ni top universities ni level par lai gaya lekin roohani jad sathe mazboot rahi ne.
• Syedna Burhanuddin RA ye duniya bhar ma Jamea Qaim farmayu — Karachi (1982 CE), Nairobi (2011 CE), ane Mumbai Marol (2012 CE). Humna lag hazaro talabul ilm yaha ilm hasil kare chhe ane Dawat ni khidmat kare chhe.

The academic block, library and hostel of the present Al-Jamea tus-Saifiyah in Surat

Legacy for Generations

• Masjide-Mo’azzam ane Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah Syedna AbdeAli Saifuddin Ra ni nazar ane vision na zinda misaal chhe. Aa imarato sirf pathar ni nathi, par roohani wahdat, ilm, ane Fatemi virasat na alam chhe.
• Masjid aaje pan hajaro mumineen ne namaaz, waaz ane majalis vaste bulaave chhe. Jamea aaje pan duat, hudood ane khidmatguzar talabul ilm ne taiyar kare chhe je Dawat ni khidmat ilm, adab ane ikhlaas si kare chhe.
• Aa banne imarato ni zikr haji bhi puri nathi thai, aaje Dawat ni roohani safar no ek jari bab chhe, je aaje pan mumineen ne duniyaavi safalta ane roohani kamil banavani raah dikhave chhe.