The Baha'i Studies Listserv Then, the line appears not to be scriptural. On the other hand, based on these quotes, it appears to be a pithy and evocative way to express what happened!
Jeanine On 4/15/2010 1:43 AM, Sen & Sonja wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On 14 Apr 2010 at 18:57, Jeanine H. wrote: > > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> Perhaps someone can tell me the source (if it's not our own >> Kitab-i-Hearsay) of this reference I've heard of to Hadith: >> >> "Hadith became the 750 bullets that killed the Bab." >> > It sounds like Baha'u'llah, in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf: > > "How many the edifices which they reared with the hands of idle > fancies and vain imaginings, and how numerous the cities which they > built! At length those vain imaginings were converted into bullets > and aimed at Him Who is the Prince of the world." > > and a more specified version of Abdu'l-Baha, in the Tablet of one > Thousand Verses (not available in translation) which says that Umar's > words 'The Book of God is sufficient unto us' became the bullets. > > Sen > > > > > > [email protected] > senmcglinn.wordpress.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Happy are those who spend their days in gaining knowledge, in > discovering the secrets of nature, and in penetrating the subtleties > of > pure truth! Woe to those who are contented with ignorance, whose > hearts > are gladdened by thoughtless imitation, ... who have wasted their > lives!"(~Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions p.137) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ 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]
