The Baha'i Studies Listserv But isn't that precisely the function that the Guardian envisioned for the office of the Guardianship, namely, to warn the House of Justice of decisions that could potentially conflict with the spirit of Baha'u'llah's revelation?
"... is bound to insist upon a reconsideration by them [fellow House members] of any enactment he conscientiously believes to conflict with the meaning and to depart from the spirit of Bahá'u'lláh's revealed utterances." World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 150 Using your definition -- and I'm not accepting it as yet -- the Guardian was a nabi. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Or do you think it is possible some bahá'ís could be spiritual enough to > make prophecies about many issues, for example the future of the >community, > or something related to the coming of next Prophet, etc. > > Dear Hasan, > > I'm not thinking of prophets in the sense of foretelling the future. > The term nabi (or navi in the Hebrew) comes from a word meaning 'to > warn.' The lesser prophets were warners, whose function it was to tell > the kings of Israel and other elites where they were going wrong. My > interpretation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's statement is that no one should serve > this function in relationship to the Universal House of Justice. > > warmest, Susan > > __________________________________________________ > 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]
