505)A Collection Of Posts On My Blog About All Things KESHAVJEE; Quotes from Blogpost Four Hundred.

"All human beings, by their nature, desire to know."(Aristotle, The Metaphysics, circa 322BC)

"Here is a relevant verse from the Noble Qur'an, cited by Nasir-i Khusraw, hujjat-i Khurasan in his Khawaan al-Ikhwaan : "It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm drop, then from a blood clot, then He brings you forth as a child, then lets you reach your age of full strength, then lets you become old - though some of you die before - and then lets you reach the appointed term; and that haply you may find the intellect (la'allakum ta'qilun)."(Nasir Khusraw, 11th century Fatimid Ismaili cosmologist-philosopher-poet)

"According to a famous hadith of the Prophet Muhammad: The first(and only) thing created by God was the Intellect ('aql)(circa 632CE)

http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2008/09/400blogpost-four-hundred-knowledge.html



1)The Full Story; Dr Shaf Keshavjee, Master Surgeon, Brilliant Scientist: The Man Who Gives The Gift Of Breath
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2010/02/569the-full-story-dr-shaf-keshavjee.html
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/dr-shaf-keshavjee-the-man-who-gives-the-gift-of-breath/


2)Readership From Six Continents Propel The Much-Visited And Wildly Popular ISMAILI MAIL Website To Over 3 Million Hits In 3 Years Of Operation.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2010/01/553readership-from-six-continents.html


3)Weaving Together The KESHAVJEE Family Story From The Accounts of Mamdoo Keshavjee, Lella Umedaly, Muthal Naidoo and Easy Nash; Quote Of Aristotle.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/12/534weaving-together-keshavjee-family.html


4)A Blog Begun As A Retirement Project "To Prevent My Brain From Turning Into Mush":No 13 On The Top 50 Science Blogs among 125,000 NetworkedBlogs.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/12/533a-blog-begun-as-retirement-project.html


5)Blogger Muthal Naidoo posts a goldmine of information on the Keshavjees and other Shia Ismaili Muslim families of South Africa.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/11/504blogger-muthal-naidoo-posts-goldmine.html
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/jivan-keshavjee-habib-chagan-and-the-ismaili-community-of-pretoria/


6)Dr Shaf Keshavjee, Master Surgeon, Brilliant Scientist: A Newspaper Survey; Quotes of Aga Khan IV And Others.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/11/503dr-shaf-keshavjee-master-surgeon.html
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/pioneering-ismaili-transplant-surgeon-from-toronto/
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/organs-can-be-repaired-outside-the-body-new-technique-pioneered-by-dr-shaf-keshavjee/


7)"MAKING THE CONNECTION": South African Family And Friends Reunion Set To Rock Toronto's The Old Mill Restaurant June 7 2009; + Post-Reunion Update
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/06/484making-connection-south-african.html
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/making-the-connection-south-african-family-and-friends-reunion-set-to-rock-torontos-the-old-mill-restaurant-june-7-2009/


8)Two Magnificent Accounts describing the sojourn of the Keshavjee family in Pretoria, apartheid South Africa, during the 20th Century: A Legacy
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2008/10/414two-magnificent-accounts-describing.html


9)Mamajee's Kitchen, by Lella Umedaly-Cuisine
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/mamajees-kitchen-by-lella-umedaly-cuisine/
http://easynash.blogspot.com/2007/01/125another-one-of-those-off-topic-posts.html


10)"I am a Keshavjee and my family is soo big i dont know half of them!!"(You need to be a member of Facebook to access this group page)
http://www.facebook.com/EasyNash?ref=profile#/group.php?gid=2221720541&ref=search&sid=592858760.4233026329..1


11)Why Easy Nash?; Who the hell is Easy Nash?
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2007/12/268why-easy-nash-who-hell-is-easy-nash.html


12)The Genographic Project of the National Geographic Society: How I discovered my ancestry from 10-15 thousand years ago.
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2007/11/249the-genographic-projectnational.html



Easy Nash
http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/science_and_religion_in_islam_the_link/
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/08/500blogpost-five-hundred-is-blogpost.html
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/03/453a-blog-constructed-within.html


In Shia Islam, intellect is a key component of faith. Intellect allows us to understand the creation of God: Aga Khan IV(2008)
The Qur'an itself repeatedly recommends Muslims to become better educated in order better to understand God's creation: Aga Khan IV(2007)
The Quran tells us that signs of Allah's Sovereignty are found in the contemplation of His Creation: Aga Khan IV(2007)
This notion of the capacity of the human intellect to understand and to admire the creation of Allah will bring you happiness in your everyday lives: Aga Khan IV(2007)
Islam, eminently logical, placing the greatest emphasis on knowledge, purports to understand God's creation: Aga Khan IV(2006)
The Holy Qu'ran's encouragement to study nature and the physical world around us gave the original impetus to scientific enquiry among Muslims: Aga Khan IV(1985)
The first and only thing created by God was the Intellect(Aql): Prophet Muhammad(circa 632CE)