din e ilahi
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Din-e-IlahiBy: Annie Azam
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Grades of Din e ilahi
sacrifice of propertysacrifice of lifesacrifice of honoursacrifice of religion
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.
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.
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)
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 His 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.
Liberalism 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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