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All of your texts come from Promulgation, which is pilgrim's notes.
In some cases there are Persian notes of the same texts which are
authentic: if you track these down I think it likely that you will
find there is a translation problem: ummah and mellat refer to a
r
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> I tho´t there was an authoritative letter saying that we believed
in the Virgin Birth but not the immaculate conception of Mary.
> I can´t find it, so was i imagining things?
We believe in th
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On 19 Apr 2012 at 19:20, John Bromberek wrote:
> Wouldn't the Hands of the Cause be considered the Baha'i ulama?
There's overlap, certainly. Some of the Hands, especially the
earliest Persian ones, were scholars, and the good use to which they
put their knowledge may
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On 19 Apr 2012 at 16:25, David Regal wrote:
> It looks to me that that quote is a reference to the Muslim divines
> rather than Baha'is, and that is probably why there is nothing else on
> the subject.
The quote is:
==
"Those divines [`ulama'], ... who are truly ado
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Does anyone know of a source prior to December 1926, which states
that there can be no sermons, lectures, discourses, talks ... etc in
the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar? I am aware of a letter on behalf of the
Guardian dated in 1931, but I know there must be an earlier source,
s
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Does anyone know of any extended treatment of the role of
scholars/divines in the Bahai community, in addition to that by
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani in _Asking Questions.?
I'm working on a piece on the topic, which begins with this quote
==
"Those divines [`ulama'], ... who
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While the author says he is not a Bahai, he confuses the words tenet
and tenant like a true believer. Perhaps he had a Bahai ghost writer?
cf:
http://www.michianabahais.org/about_tenants.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/bahai_faith/27895
http://pluralism.org/pr
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On 1 Jan 2011 at 12:12, Firouz wrote:
> Personally I find mainstream Baha'is offensive too. There is only one
> group of Baha'is and that is simply called Baha'is. Other groups
> should be called covenant-breakers. I think by using the word
> "mainstream" in front of Ba
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On 31 Dec 2010 at 16:20, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
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> I don't have a problem with avoiding the phrase. It wasn't meant to be
> provocative or insulting. But as an outsider to the conflicts between
> different groups which all claim to follow B
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Dear Matt, Gilberto
I for one appreciate your presence here. You demonstrate the best
ecumenical spirit, which does not involve soft-pedalling one's own
beliefs, but engaging in dialogue based on person to person respect.
Two of the Bahai members on this list have no
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On 30 Dec 2010 at 12:25, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
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> Is the letter available to the public online?
Yes, on my blog at -
http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/uhj-message-28-dec/
but it does not actually refer to triumphalism (but see "Self-
righ
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On 29 Dec 2010 at 20:01, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> I'm just interested in discussing the forms of warfare / jihad which
> would have permissible under Muhammad (saaws) or the Imams. Are you
> saying that Muhammad and/or the Imams led offensive raids?
In my Church and S
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On 29 Dec 2010 at 9:16, atheistchallen...@gmail.com wrote:
> Sen, you are a Muslim.
>
> ;)
Why thank you! Salaam
Sen
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On 28 Dec 2010 at 21:09, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> At some point I actually tried to unsubscribe but for some reason it
> didn't work.
The various people who object are simply participants here like
yourself. I mean, they are not like you in character, but they are
p
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On 28 Dec 2010 at 15:03, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote:
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> I'm just wondering what is Gilberto's point in staying on this
> bahai-st list. He has been asked to leave, more than once, and he is
> still here. Why?
Why should he? I for one apprecia
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On 28 Dec 2010 at 4:51, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
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> So is Shoghi Effendi saying that when the previous religions are
> reborn they remain recognizably distinct or is he saying they are all
> reborn as the Bahai Faith?
Shoghi Effendi grew up
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On 23 Dec 2010 at 1:21, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> So I would want to see a
> clearer statement on how Shia define the limits of the ummah.
My answer was based on family law in Iran, because I wrote a booklet
on the topic. If you look at the theoreticians of the republ
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On 22 Dec 2010 at 12:47, Naison Jones wrote:
> If you really think that the Behaviour of Bahais is comparable to say
> the incidence of Christian ministers who have been convicted of child
> abuse for example as a percentage ...
I am afraid such cases do occur - as an
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On 21 Dec 2010 at 22:29, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> And maybe even on a popular level there may be a certain
> amount of conflict and tension between the two communities. But if you
> look to some of the most respected voices speak about the other side,
> they still rec
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The UHJ is not constrained, by its previous statements least of all.
Back in the 1980s they several times endorsed the separation of
church and state, from about 1990 they seemed to be against it, and I
have no idea what they think now. It changes according to who is
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On 20 Dec 2010 at 10:50, Matt Haase wrote:
> If I
> am not mistaken, the Baha'i Faith says the same thing about
> Baha'u'llah (i.e. that all was created *through* Him), and that he is
> the voice of God that Moses spoke with at the Burning Bush.
As I understand it, wha
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On 20 Dec 2010 at 9:38, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> I understand that you are answering according to your own conscience
> and understanding of the texts. But do you think it is the case that
> most Bahais agree that the LSA/NSA/UHJ wlll NOT replace governments in
> the
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> Dear Sen,
> In your 2 below posts,it seems that word friend is used in 2 different
> /opposite meanings! 1)In the first post, A Muslimis called a
> friend. 2)In the 2nd post according to
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On 19 Dec 2010 at 18:04, Firouz wrote:
> What do you call a Muslim who recognizes Baha'u'llah as Manifestation
> of God?
"Friend."
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On 19 Dec 2010 at 1:03, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> A question which comes to mind is if the LSAs/NSA of a particular
> region took on all the responsibilities of government would non-Bahais
> be able to vote?
Both possibilities are ruled out by the Bahai Writings.
(1
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On 19 Dec 2010 at 10:05, Firouz wrote:
> This is the main issue you pointed out. Gilberto and indeed no Muslim
> could ever accept that there could be a Messenger after Prophet
> Muhammad,
And yet, you did make that step. You should know personally, and you
can see h
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On 12 Dec 2010 at 17:29, David Regal wrote:
> The Faith will increase in numbers vastly in the future. Given that
> the House is struggling to keep up now how will they do so in future?
> David
By delegating core functions to subordinates, and spinning-off tasks
t
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One start is to gather the various traditions, which disagree about
the age of Aisha when she was married.
I discuss two of them on my blog here:
http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/email-archive/the-age-of-aisha/
but I know there are others. These two happen to come from
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On 29 Nov 2010 at 9:46, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> http://www.scribd.com/doc/21023921/An-Introduction-to-Bahai-Law
>
> Udo Shaefer implies Baha'i law mandates that it becomes the law of the
> land.
I think you are misreading him. He says the
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On 29 Nov 2010 at 8:17, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that believes that
> government has a role in encouraging or enforcing what they consider
> traditional values or behaviors. ... Is the Baha'i Faith socially
> liberal on
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On 24 Nov 2010 at 13:36, Stephen Gray wrote:
> The crime of adultery/fornication being liable to be fined is one of
> the examples of social conservatism.
This is not a court penalty for a criminal act, it has more in common
with confession for a Catholic, and it is
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On 24 Nov 2010 at 12:21, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> 2000 in which calendar? Islamic? Baha'i?
Could you explain the question please
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On 24 Nov 2010 at 12:25, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Was his list an exlusive tax list on an inclusive tax list? We those
> seven all taxes or some taxes? Would he of allowed tax shifts by
> adding other taxes to lower or eliminate others eventually?
It was suggestive, since
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On 23 Nov 2010 at 10:12, Stephen Gray wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax
>
> There are all kinds of taxes.
> Capital gains tax
...
In his letter to Mrs Parsons, Abdu'l-Baha includes income tax and
revenues from mineral rights ("severance taxes" in your list),
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On 23 Nov 2010 at 10:25, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> Executive? Doesn't that mean they will have veto power?
Executive is used in two different ways in the Bahai writings, which
can cause confusion, although the different contexts always make i
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On 23 Nov 2010 at 11:42, Don Calkins wrote:
> >Also, the Administration isn't going to replace the gov't but exist
> >alongside it.
That's Shoghi Effendi's position:
Theirs is not the purpose, while endeavoring to conduct and perfect
the administrative affairs of the
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On 22 Nov 2010 at 11:42, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> In terms of the Bahai Faith, the writings say that extremes of wealth
> should be "abolished" which sounds a bit different from pure laissez
> faire capitalism. In a Bahai future wouldn't the fund also be an
> actual ta
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On 17 Nov 2010 at 9:58, Stephen Gray wrote:
> What real difference is there between parliaments with contittuional
> monarchies and republican ones?
A constitutional monarchy, or a presidential constitution such as
Isreal or Germany with a figurehead president and act
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On 17 Nov 2010 at 8:48, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> Yes, but the point is he think's he's entitled to rule via birth right
> regardless of his aptitude for leadership. That is one of the flaws of
> hereditary monarchy. Living in California will o
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On 12 Nov 2010 at 20:00, David Regal wrote:
> Do the same principles Baha'is apply to Baha'i elections apply to
> Baha'is in other elections?
No, one cannot generalise from Bahai elections to other kinds of
election. In the Tablet to the Hague, Abdu'l-Baha sets out
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> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Stephen Gray
> wrote:
>
> > What is the record of how gradual the laws have been implemented?
> > What
> > laws were in effect in previous period and now? Also, each sect has
> > a different head and thus recongnizes different level
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On 4 Nov 2010 at 8:57, Naison Jones wrote:
> since perfection in two unequal parts comes through relative strengths
> in their most suitable roles then true equality comes through apparent
> inequality or distribution of roles.
When you say such things, it appears to
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On 3 Nov 2010 at 17:17, Naison Jones wrote:
> But true equality in its purest sense implies
> sameness
So blacks and whites can never be equal? Chinese and hottentots?
Frenchmen and Englishmen? It's a pretty bleak picture you paint, if
only sameness is good enough.
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On 3 Nov 2010 at 1:46, Matt Haase wrote:
> The Baha'i Faith (in my understanding) is a Dispensationalist religion
> - whereby it is believed that God sort of "took" His/Her Spirit away
> from the most previous revelation (Islam), and placed it in the hands
> of the Baha
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On 3 Nov 2010 at 10:03, Naison Jones wrote:
>
> True equality can Never exist between man and women because they are
> different. All is meant in Bahai is that women have the same spiritual
> rank as men and that implies 'true equality' not the equality of tasks
> and
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On 28 Oct 2010 at 11:09, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Is it oppresive to have a
> state religion in and of itself or to legislate morality?
An established state religion is not in itself oppressive: it depends
entirely on the terms of the establishment. What duties are requi
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On 15 Oct 2010 at 18:48, Don Calkins wrote:
> While it can be argued that the Baha'i vision equates to a new world
> order, the terms "world order" and "new world order" do not occur in
> the Writings of the Central Figures of the Faith.
The world's equilibrium hath b
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On 21 Sep 2010 at 10:30, Gary Selchert wrote:
> And for that matter, what about the third country just around the
> corner who has just become 51% Mainstream Baha'i? Is there a provision
> in untranslated Scripture that allows (or commands) them to take a
> strong role
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_review
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/1999/jssr/bhjssr.htm
> http://bahai-library.com/leith_bahai_review_repealed
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_fiction
>
> What is the size an
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Abdu'l-Baha is speaking from the point of view of governance, not of
faith. The separation of church and state is not just about there
being two separate institutions - it is two different logics,
oriented to two different goals, speaking from different points of
vi
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On 11 Sep 2010 at 17:12, Ahang Rabbani wrote:
> The issue is that what Abdu'l-Baha says appears to contradicts the
> last 200+ years of economic prosperity of the west based on the
> principle of self-interest.
yes, the greatest economic prosperity is produced by all t
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On 18 Aug 2010 at 14:51, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> http://irfancolloquia.org/pdf/lights8_martin.pdf
>
> I found this was a related paper.
It has a number of weaknesses. Imputing motives to Fazel is
redundant, it only lowers the tone. Martin
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On 2 Sep 2010 at 10:17, Stephen Gray wrote:
> He even goes so far as to appoint an Afnan (Shoghi Effendi) to be
> Guardian.
>
> He refers to him as an Afnan (ie twig), not as an Agshan (branch) not
> even half or step wise.
Shoghi Effendi is a descendant of both Baha'
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On 1 Sep 2010 at 12:21, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/ABL/abl-2.html
>
> http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/ABL/abl-4.html
>
> These are the two only times a Baha'i prayer includes Amen in the
> text.
Neither i
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On 31 Aug 2010 at 10:14, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/
>
> Which one's are which?
Three of them:
Abdu'l-Baha in London
Paris Talks
Promulgation of Universal Peace
are not authenticated (although they do contai
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On 31 Aug 2010 at 9:39, Stephen Gray wrote:
> They believe that Abdu'l-Baha changing his succesor to
> Shoghi Effendi was superceding Baha'u'llah,
But what exactly is the evidence that Baha'u'llah appointed Muhammad
Ali as successor, rather than leaving this decision
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On 31 Aug 2010 at 9:17, Stephen Gray wrote:
> "The Baha'i Movement is not an organization. You can never organize
> the Baha'i Cause. The Baha'i movement is the spirit of the age. It is
> the essence of all the highest ideals of this century. The Baha'i
> Cause is an IN
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On 31 Aug 2010 at 8:17, Stephen Gray wrote:
> After the death of Shoghi Effendi, theree was a proliferation of
> Baha'i Institutions.
>
> But, only the following are authoried:
> Guardian of the Cause of God
> Hands of the Cause of God
> Universal House of Justice (Int
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On 31 Aug 2010 at 8:44, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Just ask if there were a Guardian, would the UHJ have this much power?
Yes, it would! The writings of the Guardian are full of things he
defers to the House of Justice, when it is established. One specific
one is the zaka
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The problem is not so much to avoid reading the sites, as to know
what it is that you are reading, when people are trying to pass
themselves off as something else.
To make it doubly difficult, one of the "groups" (which may consist
of one person with a bee in his bo
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On 30 Aug 2010 at 10:11, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> Covenants have special terminology. According to the Bible and Hebrew
> they are cut and entered into rather than made. Is there a dictionary or
> encyclopedia of covenant related terms.
I don
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On 27 Aug 2010 at 12:03, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> If any of Bahaullah's descendants joined the mainstream Bahais would
> they be eligible for being Guardian or any other special role?
They could not be the Guardian, since the prospective Guardian had to
be nominated
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On 27 Aug 2010 at 6:18, Don Calkins wrote:
> Remember in H.S. being totally hung up over some guy (or gal)?
> Remember how you were scared to death they either would, or would not,
> pay attention to you? I think that is equivalent to the fear of God
> Baha'u'llah spe
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqwa
> Sawm and Taqwa are associated. Is there a Baha'i reference to Taqwa?
Indeed there is:
In the fourth Ishraq (splendor) of the Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors)
We have mentioned: "Every cause needeth a helper. In this Revela
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> I always thought of the Baha'i Faith as a religion where one's one
> home took the place of a mosque.
The House of Worship is a central institution in the community, and
should be built in every town according to the Aqdas - but your home
and your heart are also f
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On 26 Aug 2010 at 12:35, Tim Nolan wrote:
> Universal Senate of Justice. Can you give sources from the writings
> of Baha'u'llah or Abdu'l Baha or Shoghi Effendi? Tim
Never heard of it. If it has any history, it might go back to the
Universal Tribunal, which in ea
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> Religion and Exclusivism: A Baha'i Perspective
> by Julio Savi
> Published in Lights of Irfan Volume 7 pages 221-238 Wilmette, IL: Irfan
> Colloquia, 2006
> The PDF of the full paper is here:
http://irfancolloquia.org/pdf/lights7_savi_exclusivism.pdf
I don't think
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On 13 Aug 2010 at 9:23, Kathryn Darrah wrote:
> I simply wanted to contribute my own thought. I come from a Christian
> background but I would assume the halo effect would usually be a
> photographic technique. I saw this to the point of nausea when I
> spent a few m
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> Ubbay ibn Ka'b's codex seems to have included these two. Which city
> was he from?
He's Medinan
http://web.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/ulum_al_quran/Ch2S3s2.
htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubay_ibn_Ka%27b
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On 9 Aug 2010 at 6:35, Stephen Gray wrote:
> To them that are possessed of true understanding and insight the Súrah
> of Húd surely sufficeth. Ponder a while those holy words in your heart,
> and, with utter detachment, strive to grasp their meaning. Examine the
> wondr
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Bahá'u'lláh spent the month preceding His exile in the house of His
half-brother Mirza Rida-Quli, a physician. The latter was not a
believer though his wife Maryam, a cousin of Bahá'u'lláh, had been
converted by Him in the early days of the Faith and was one of His
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It's usually thought that Al-Salat Al-Wusta ( The Middle Prayer) in
2:238
Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the Middle
Prayer; and stand before Allah in a devout (frame of mind).
is further defined in 17:78
Establish regular prayers - at
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On 29 Jul 2010 at 9:39, Lord Norbit wrote:
> Who is the angel Gabriel? Is he a figure from history? A manifestation
> that has passed away from this world or from another planet? Or is he
> simply a symbol of the holy spirit and not an actual individual.
The last of t
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Baha'u'llah very often quotes Rumi, and Abdu'l-Baha has done so
several times. Abdu'l-Baha calls him mulaai rumi.
There's a study in Persian of these citations at:
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/MASH2/mash2-21.html
Baha'u'llah's Lawh-e Salman I (first tablet for
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Thanks for this Brent. It looks as if they Bahai teaching is that
Moses Jesus Muhammad the Bab and Baha'u'llah are all Prophets, all
Messengers, and all Manifestations: these are different names for the
same thing, or names for different aspects of their mission.
>
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On 29 Jun 2010 at 14:38, g...@aol.com wrote:
> references Ma'idiy-i-Asamani, Vol. 7, p. 119, as the source, which, as
> far as I know, is not translated into English.
The Leiden list
http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/leiden-list/
says:
141 Lawh-e Haqq'un-Nas (regard
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> dear Sen,
> If you refer to the persian text of "Ishraqat" ,-"Relevations of
> Baha'ullah" , where he talks about the Prophet of Islam, describes him
> as "the seal of both prophets& messenge
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Dear Stephen: you are supposing that there is a seal on prophecy, and
trying to understand the Bahai Faith through shiah categories.
Baha'u'llah says that the Manifestations are all the seal of the
prophets, and expects new manifestations to come, so he obviously
doe
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On 28 Jun 2010 at 7:36, haj...@yahoo.com wrote:
> The Baha'i writings are very clear that Muhammad sealed both
> Prophethood and Messengership.
Could you give a source for this Hajmog??
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On 26 Jun 2010 at 20:09, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> I think it seems like you are twisting and mischaracterizing what I
> wrote. Why couldn't one of the authors J,D, E or P actually have been
> Moses? And if so, his text would still be with us (mixed in with other
> th
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> Here it is.
I asked the UHJ, and my NSA, whether this policy means that
unenrolled Bahais could also attend selected feasts, by arrangement
with the local assembly. They have not replied.
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On 24 Jun 2010 at 21:02, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> On the one hand, if say that Bahaullah represents this
> radically fuller different level of revelation beyond "prophet" then
> you take on a kind of triumphalist superior tone
I don't think this is what is meant. Muh
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On 23 Jun 2010 at 21:47, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> ...I think another part of it is built into Bahai theology and if
> there were nothing wrong with Islam and Muslims then there wouldn't be
> anything special about being Bahai.
I don't experience it that way at all. I
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On 23 Jun 2010 at 7:53, haj...@yahoo.com wrote:
> The Brilliant Proof of Abu'l-Fadl Golpaygani, for example, lists 10
> new features of the Baha'i Faith. Are these 10 features spiritual or
> social? Spiritual and non-social? Non-spiritual and social? A
> combination
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On 22 Jun 2010 at 19:55, Hasan Elías wrote:
> I'm trying to remember a story (probably in Star of West) when
> 'Abdu'l-Bahá was walking and a believer was walking behind him, the
> believer want to be like Him treading on his steps, then something
> happen (I don't reme
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On 17 Jun 2010 at 10:27, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> I think there is more to the
> novels than just that. In the later novels, the Authority (presumably
> "God") and his forces led by the angel Metatron are the primary
> enemies. And at one point one of the "good guys" i
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On 19 Jun 2010 at 11:13, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> ... in the Bahai case, even if you just took a bath, and then choose to
> pray, you would still do the ablutions again, right? That seems to be
> more of a ritual concept, no?
Not for purists:
18. QUESTION: With ref
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On 19 Jun 2010 at 3:17, David Regal wrote:
... what about
> obedience to parents? It may have been His uncle, but the uncle
> counts as a parent since he raised the Bab. Does being a
> Manifestation waive certain aspects of accountability? Regards,
> David
I im
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On 17 Jun 2010 at 11:03, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Where does the practice originate from?
It's Jewish, if not earlier. Reciting kiddush is regarded as a
command where wine is drunk (sabbath and holy days). In the Passover
seder we find:
Blessed are you, O Lord God, Ki
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> Sen I found this custom of grace before meals very sweet and healthy.
> When I read sometime ago that we cannot do it (Lights of Guidance), I
> feel a little rude.
I also find it healthy, and in accordance with Baha'u'llah's vision -
and especially the Bab's vision
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On 17 Jun 2010 at 8:41, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> I'm curious about how you dealt with the "controversial" aspects. Was
> the book anti-religious? anti-God?
Not at all, Pullman speaks of an imagined world in which spiritual
aspects of a person are visible in a "famili
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On 16 Jun 2010 at 15:59, Hasan Elías wrote:
> Sen, did you try to clarify this issue asking the House?
I haven't asked them about the letter against teaching grace to our
children, but I have asked them some questions about the letters
written on behalf of the Guardi
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On 16 Jun 2010 at 19:13, Dean Betts wrote:
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> Why would I want to victimize myself or my children or grandchildren?
It's not meant literally Dean. More or less it means -- I predict
when you start reading, it will become a great enthusiasm
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On 16 Jun 2010 at 10:12, Stephen Gray wrote:
> "He [the Guardian] does not feel that the friends should make a
> practice of saying grace or of teaching it to children. This is not
> part of the Bahá'í Faith, but a Christian practice, ... (From a letter
> written on beh
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CS Lewis is a theologian, and also a very good writer. He wrote the
Narnia stories (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe etc..) and the
Screwtape Letters. Read the former to your children or grandchildren
or any other victim you can locate, read the Screwtape Letters f
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On 24 May 2010 at 7:08, Stephen Gray wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%E2%80%98ah
> Did either the Bab, Baha'u'llah or anyone else say anything on this
> topic?
According to Nasrotollah Muhammad Husayni, the Bab forbade mut`ah or
sigheh marriage:
http:
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On 29 May 2010 at 13:38, Gary Selchert wrote:
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> I just don't get it. So all of the references to jinn in the Qur'an
> were just a long allegory or metaphor? OK. But Baha'u'llah was
> comfortable referring to jinns and letting his followers
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On 28 May 2010 at 22:42, shahram rohani wrote:
> Please be informed that in the Islamic words and culture,Jinn is a
> creature different from Angles.Jinns can be faithful or unfaithful.But
> angles are not so; Peace, Shahram Rohani
I am aware of that. However in th
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On 27 May 2010 at 10:56, Stephen Gray wrote:
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> In, Islam there is a techings about Jinn. Are they ever refernced in
> Baha'i scriptures?
Yes, they are:
We see men drunken in this Day, the Day in which men and angels
(jinn) have been gath
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You can hear what he said at:
http://natcon2010.usbnc.org/uploadedImages/Peter-Khan-talk-Convention-
2010.mp3
or
http://tinyurl.com/Khanconvention2010
Some points of interest (precis of the precis):
He appears to be preparing the friends for some major change to be
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