> -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Nolan > My point, which may have been obvious from my previous post, > is that if Baha'u'llah was neither Nabi nor Rasul, if He was of a different > category, then the "Seal of the Prophets" problem goes away. > That is, if Muhammad said there will be no "X" or "Y" after Him, that > can be seen as not a problem for a Muslim investigating Baha'u'llah, > because Baha'u'llah apparently agrees; He is a "Z", a different category > of Manifestation.
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. Baha'u'llah refers to this in Gems of Divine Mysteries: "Know then that the paradise that appeareth in the day of God surpasseth every other paradise and excelleth the realities of Heaven. For when God - blessed and glorified is He - sealed the station of prophethood in the person of Him Who was His Friend, His Chosen One, and His Treasure amongst His creatures, as hath been revealed from the Kingdom of glory: 'but He is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets', He promised all men that they shall attain unto His own presence in the Day of Resurrection. In this He meant to emphasize the greatness of the Revelation to come, as it hath indeed been manifested through the power of truth. And there is of a certainty no paradise greater than this, nor station higher, should ye reflect upon the verses of the Qur'�n. Blessed be he who knoweth of a certainty that he shall attain unto the presence of God on that day when His Beauty shall be made manifest." (Baha'u'llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 42) The prophecy that God will come to the earth also appears in Isaiah 35:1-4, Isaiah 40:10, Micah 7:10-15, and Revelation 21:3. Baha'u'llah addresses the subject of His appearance being foretold as the Presence of God in the Iqan pp. 139 ff; the many passages concerning the "Day of God"; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf pp. 111-112; and Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas pp. 114-116 and 258-259. Brent ---------- 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)
