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“The Garden has for many centuries served as a central element in Muslim culture. The Holy Qur’an, itself, portrays the Garden as a central symbol of a spiritual ideal – a place where human creativity and Divine majesty are fused, where the ingenuity of humanity and the beauty of nature are productively connected. Gardens are a place where the ephemeral meets the eternal, and where the eternal meets the hand of man.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Toronto, Canada, May 25, 2015
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/1339
“[The Aga Khan Park’s] design draws upon the concept of the traditional Islamic garden, and especially the gardens of the Alhambra, which flourished during the great era of Spanish history when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in creative harmony. The Park will combine quiet spaces with lively ones, open areas with more defined shapes, formality with informality, traditional with the contemporary.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Toronto, Canada, May 28, 2010
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/993/
“[The Aga Khan Park’s] design draws upon the concept of the traditional Islamic garden, and especially the gardens of the Alhambra, which flourished during the great era of Spanish history when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in creative harmony. The Park will combine quiet spaces with lively ones, open areas with more defined shapes, formality with informality, traditional with the contemporary.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Toronto, Canada, May 28, 2010
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/993/
“Our vision for the Park is that visitors will truly think of the time they spend here as ‘quality time’ - in the fullest sense of that word - moments in their lives during which their spirits will be deeply enriched, hours filled with experiences that they will both enjoy and remember as times of blessing… This will be a wonderful setting for individual reflection and contemplation - inspired by the beauty of this place - including the sounds and the sight of running water - in itself a mysterious, ever-changing and always-inspiring natural force.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Khorog, Tajikistan, October 10, 2009
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/856/
“Our vision for the Park is that visitors will truly think of the time they spend here as ‘quality time’ - in the fullest sense of that word - moments in their lives during which their spirits will be deeply enriched, hours filled with experiences that they will both enjoy and remember as times of blessing… This will be a wonderful setting for individual reflection and contemplation - inspired by the beauty of this place - including the sounds and the sight of running water - in itself a mysterious, ever-changing and always-inspiring natural force.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Khorog, Tajikistan, October 10, 2009
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/856/
“For our faith constantly reminds us to observe and be thankful for the beauty of the world and the universe around us, and our responsibility and obligation, as good stewards of God’s creation, to leave the world in a better condition than we found it. The garden is, in this context, a particularly important space in Islamic cultures… Bringing such beautiful spaces to Canada is one of our intended contributions to the Canadian landscape. An example is the new park in Toronto which will surround the Aga Khan Museum and the Ismaili Centre…”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Ottawa, Canada, November 27, 2013
Source: www.akdn.org/content/1219
“For our faith constantly reminds us to observe and be thankful for the beauty of the world and the universe around us, and our responsibility and obligation, as good stewards of God’s creation, to leave the world in a better condition than we found it. The garden is, in this context, a particularly important space in Islamic cultures… Bringing such beautiful spaces to Canada is one of our intended contributions to the Canadian landscape. An example is the new park in Toronto which will surround the Aga Khan Museum and the Ismaili Centre…”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Ottawa, Canada, November 27, 2013
Source: www.akdn.org/content/1219
“A central element in any religious outlook, it seems to me, is a sense of human limitation, a recognition of our own creature-hood – a posture of profound humility before the Divine. In that sensibility lies our best protection against divisive dogmatism and our best hope for creative pluralism.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, New York, USA, May 15, 2006
Source:www.akdn.org/Content/143/
“A central element in any religious outlook, it seems to me, is a sense of human limitation, a recognition of our own creature-hood – a posture of profound humility before the Divine. In that sensibility lies our best protection against divisive dogmatism and our best hope for creative pluralism.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, New York, USA, May 15, 2006
Source: www.akdn.org/Content/143/
“Historically, the arts, including architecture, have taken their principal inspiration from religious faith. But when art is separated from faith-based roots, other influences can dominate - including soulless technology and empty secularization.”
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Doha, Qatar, November 24, 2010
Source: http://www.akdn.org/Content/1033
