'I believe that it is not that He is a different category of Manifestation than Nabi or Rasul. In essence He is like every other Manifestation; though His Revelation is greater.
The Greatness of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah is shown by the fact that the Qur'an does not state that another Prophet will come. It states that Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets, and states repeatedly that God Himself will come.' Is this the key reason for Shoghi Effendi's statement on the end of the prophetic era? - A Revelation, hailed as the promise and crowning glory of past ages and centuries, as the consummation of all the Dispensations within the Adamic Cycle, inaugurating an era of at least a thousand years' duration, and a cycle destined to last no less than five thousand centuries, signalizing the end of the Prophetic Era and the beginning of the Era of Fulfillment, unsurpassed alike in the duration of its Author's ministry and the fecundity and splendor of His mission -- such a Revelation was, as already noted, born amidst the darkness of a subterranean dungeon in Tihran -- an abominable pit that had once served as a reservoir of water for one of the public baths of the city. (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 100) Owen ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
