Dear James,
You wrote: << Can you please give examples of this? >
Baha'u'llah often linked Quddus with Christ, for instance,
stating that in his martyrdom no one suffered more than
Quddus, "not even Christ". < Can you please give examples of
this, too? I am not catching how saying that he suffered more
than Christ is equivalent to Baha'u'llah having "linked Quddus
with Christ". >>
First I'd like to offer this quote sent on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi, knowing full well that you are aware of this concept:
Sometimes Things Which seem Difficult to Understand Have a
Simple, Reasonable Explanation
"He feels that many of the perplexities that arise in your
mind could be dissipated if you always conceived of the
teachings as one great whole with many facets. Truth may, in
covering different subjects, appear to be contradictory, and
yet it is all one if you carry the thought through to the end
.... He hopes you will ... rest assured inwardly that for
these things which sometimes seem difficult to understand
there is usually a quite simple and reasonable explanation."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an
individual believer, February 24, 1947: The Importance of
Deepening our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, a
compilation from the Research Department of the Universal
House of Justice, January 1983) (Compilations, Lights of
Guidance, p. 604)
And this: "The fundamental principle enunciated by
Bah�'u'll�h ... is that religious truth is not absolute but
relative, that Divine Revelation is a continuous and
progressive process, that all the great religions of the world
are divine in origin, that their basic principles are in
complete harmony, that their aims and purposes are one and the
same, that their teachings are but facets of one truth, that
their functions are complementary, that they differ only in
the nonessential aspects of their doctrines, and that their
missions represent successive stages in the spiritual
evolution of human society...." (Shoghi Effendi, The Promised
Day is Come)
Following are some quotes I found pertaining to Quddus:
Lovingly, Sandra
"Evenings, Bah�'u'll�h, Quddus and Tahirih would come
together. In those days the fact that the B�b was the Q�'im
had not yet been proclaimed; it was the Blessed Beauty, with
Quddus, Who arranged for the proclamation of a universal
Advent and the abrogation and repudiation of the ancient
laws." [1 The eighteenth Letter of the Living, martyred with
unspeakable cruelty in the market place at Barfurush, when he
was twenty-seven. Bah�'u'll�h conferred on him a station
second only to that of the B�b Himself. Cf. The Dawn-Breakers,
pp. 408-415.] (Memorials of the Faithful p.501)
"Now, like Christ, you must sacrifice your life for the
Well-Beloved, and be martyrs. And that Sun of Reality, and
that Moon of Guidance,[2] both, like Christ, set on the
horizon of the greatest martyrdom and ascended to the Kingdom
of God." [1 Rev. 11:12.] [2 The B�b and Jinab-i-Quddus.]
(Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 55)
"Verily, the three birds are the three holy souls. The one on
the right is His Holiness the great B�B, the one on the left
is His Honor Khudoos,[1] the glorious soul, and the great bird
in the middle is the Greatest Name.[2] The light shining from
the Supreme Horizon is the Beauty of El-ABHA. These birds
descended from an infinite height and the nearer they came to
earth the more their majesty and glory became manifest. All
nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with
anxiety and longing the coming of the Promised One. The two
birds accompanying the great bird in the center signifies that
the B�B and His Honor the Khudoos were both under the wings of
the Greatest Name. ...
[1 Khudoos, [Quddus] literally, Holy; the title given to one
of the great martyrs of Persia.]
[2 BAHA'O'LLAH.]
... The white garments signify holy dignity and a station
sanctified from color, i.e., free from the universal
conditions and material qualities. That luminous countenance,
manifested in beauty, signifieth that the divine lights shone
forth from the human form, which were reflected and descended
upon thee, dazzling the eyes of those who were perceiving it
as the sun dazzles the eyes of those who try to look upon it.
" (Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v3, p. 679)
"He [the Bab] embarked from Bushihr on the 19th of Ramadan
(October, 1844) on a sailing vessel, accompanied by Quddus
whom He was assiduously preparing for the assumption of his
future office." (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 9)
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