The Baha'i Studies Listserv Sorry...I had question I forgot to ask: What is the term/phrase/etc. in Arabic or Persian that means 100-year span of time? Does one exist? Did Baha'u'llah or Abdu'l-Baha use this term/phrase, ever?
Ben On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Sen & Sonja <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On 6 Feb 2009 at 11:24, David Friedman wrote: > > > Have you written the House (or should I say the Research Department) > > to get their feedback on your view of this prophecy? I would be > > interested to see what they'd say. Since you haven't said anything > > I'm guessing you haven't. > > No, I havent, though I have looked for anything relevant from them as > I researched the question. > > I, or someone else, could ask for their feedback, but I would be > surprised if they answered. If they said this or that was the correct > interpretation, they would be standing in the shoes of the Guardian. > > What they do do sometimes is provide a quotation or compilation from > the Writings that casts light on the issue -- but that still leaves > it to the individual believer to read the Writings and decide for > themselves. I think that one only has to look at passages like this: > > The Spiritual Assemblies to be established in this Age of God, this > holy century, have… had neither peer nor likeness in the cycles gone > before. (Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, page 82) > > The teachings of Baha'u'llah are the light of this age and the > spirit of this century. (Selections from the Writings of > 'Abdu'l-Baha, page 107) > > to see that the 'century' is not one of 100 years, in any calendar. > > Sen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Sen McGlinn > *** > Let the friends recall and ever bear in mind > the repeated exhortations and glowing promises of our beloved > Master > with reference to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, > the crowning institution in every Baha'i community. > > (Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, page > 108) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto: > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
