On 5/18/06, Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Gilberto,
First a question:
>Muslims can pray on pretty much any piece of clean earth.
Tim:
Is a Muslim permitted to pray literally on the earth, that is on soil?
yup.
What about on soil that is covered with fresh pine needles?
yup.
What about on a sandy beach, where the sand is clean and can easily be
brushed off?
yup.
I could have been a little clearer. clean/dirty isn't so much about
whether you have mud or dirt on you. (In fact, if there is no water
around, you can use dirt or sand itself to become ritually "pure")
Other than wine, I think most kinds of "filth" are substances which
used to be, or come out of human beings or animals.
..............................
>Muhammad is the chronologically last prophet and messenger.
This may be a non-issue if Baha'u'llah claimed to be in a different
category from a nabi or a rasul. Perhaps other more knowledgeable members of
the list say whether He did.
From Khazeh's paper:
Therefore in one sense, the Qur'ánic title of khátam al-nabiyyín (seal
of the prophets) implies that the prophet and the messenger were a
function of theophany which came to an end with Muhammad. "With the
Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, in the Bahá'í view, humankind has entered a new
religious cycle characterized by a fuller theophany. In this cycle,
concepts like `prophet' and `messenger' have been transcended" (Cole,
Concept 18). In support, it is significant that the authors cannot
find one instance in Bahá'u'lláh's writings in which he refers to
himself as a nabí (prophet) or rasúll (messenger).[37]
Cole, J. R. I. "The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings",
Bahá'í Studies 9. Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies, 1982.
[37] Bahá'u'lláh makes the following warning, by implying his function
as an eschatalogical appearance of the Most Great Announcement (Qur'án
38:67, 78:2), "Take heeed lest the word `Prophet' [nabí] withhold you
from that Most Great Announcement [naba`]" (Aqdas, para 167).
[end quote + references]
Peace
Gilberto
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