Dear Faruq,
The subject you are looking for, i.e., real sin of Adam being that He wished
for maturity of the Cause of God at His time, please see:
1)Dr. Muhajir, p. 383
2)Selections Writings Abdu'l-Baha, v4, p187
Regards,
Max.
|Moreover, as
|about Adam, `Abdu'l-Baha said He proceeded to manife
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68. QUESTION: Concerning the sacred verse: "Recite ye
the verses of God every morn and eventide."
"ANSWER: The intention is all that hath been sent down
from the Heaven of Divine Utterance. The prime requisite is the eagerness and
love of sanctified souls to read the Word of
Title: Message
Reliance on Bahá'u'lláh Enables Formulation of Audacious Plans
"The progress of the Cause depends
upon many factors. . . It is . . . to those factors that are directly the result
of the actions of the Bahá'ís that we wish to direct our remarks, because if the
Bahá'ís will but
In a past posting, Brent said:
"Further, since the Master had designated Remey as the architect for the
Mashriqu'l-Adhkar to be built in the future on Mount Carmel, and since
Shoghi Effendi approved the design, it will be built by the House of
Justice, to carry out the decisions of the Master and
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A
contemporary Baha'i architect responded to my email as
follows:
What
you say sounds logical.
Actually
one might think and research for the reasons why the construction of these
buildings was postponed. I mean how come that non of
the buildings were built.
It
is clear th
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MEMORANDUM
To: The Universal House of Justice
Date: 10 September 1990
From: Research Department
WORLD GOVERNMENT AND THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
The Research Department has studied the questions raised by Mr. ... and Mr.
... in the
Yes, they can be dated from 1817 to 1891.
|Does anyone have information as to the time period during
|which Baha'u'llah revealed the Prayers and Meditations found
|in the book of the same name?
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Following is the text of a letter dated 25 September 2001 written on behalf
of the Universal House of Justice to a Spiritual Assembly:
Dear Baha'i Friends,
The Universal House of Justice received your email message dated 30 July
2001 seeking clarification regarding children's classes which includ
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Dear David,
Your analysis could be true only if that single verse from the
Writings was to be available on the whole topic of politics. As explained in the
Writings, many laws of the Faith are evolutionary in nature and undergo the law
of change by passing of the time, i.e., ma
Title: Message
To the Bahá'ís of the World 2 28 December 1999
We have also decided that it is timely for Bahá'ís in every land
to take to their hearts the words of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: "It hath been ordained
that every believer in God, the Lord of Judgment, shall, each day, having washed
his ha
Title: Message
ELECTION TO SCHOOL BOARDS, TOWN or MUNICIPAL
COUNCILS:
Your specific question about whether or not Bahá'ís in North America "are
permitted to run for election to school boards, town or municipal councils
hospital boards and for local enforcement officer positions" should be
an
ndividual
believer.
This situation as I stated may not exist yet in North America, but is
gradually coming to exist especially, in 3rd world countries where the
political systems are totally collapsing and as time passes people more and
more come to Baha'is for help.
Regards,
Max.
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|Max J
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VOTING IN CIVIC ELECTIONS:
"The Guardian...feels under the responsibility of stating that the attitude
taken by the Master (i.e., that American citizens are in duty bound to vote in
public elections) implies certain reservations. He, therefore, lays it upon the
individual consc
The laws on adultery in Aqdas and their relevant punishments are for
non-married people only. Punishment for adultery between married people
perhaps is so high that even Baha'u'llah did not specify it, or perhaps left
if for the Universal House of Justice to decide, or maybe by His silence, He
left
Although the term translated here as adultery refers, in its
broadest sense, to unlawful sexual intercourse between
either married or unmarried individuals (see note 36 for a
definition of the term), 'Abdu'l-Baha has specified that the
punishment here prescribed is for sexual intercourse
between pe
Here are two quotes, one serious, one less serious:
1)
"Rejecting the low sights of mediocrity, let them scale the ascending
heights of excellence in all they aspire to do. May they resolve to elevate
the very atmosphere in which they move, whether it be in the school rooms or
halls of higher lear
"profound" here is translation of Arabic word "bariyyat" or "bariyyah" which
has several meanings, including, a large (limitless) barren or desolate
desert, dry often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and
sparse vegetation, and is a poetic Arabic word to display lack of somethi
http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/all.cfm
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|Is there a site with a comprehensive list of links to the msgs
|of the House of Justice and BIC on SED?
|
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"limitless profound of the Spirit", in original Arabic "Bariyyatu'r-Ruh" in
which "bariyyat" also means "creation", and therefore, "Bariyyatu'r-Ruh"
might be an allegorical reference to the Worlds of God from which
Baha'u'llah speaks His Words to mankind.
--Max.
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|
|Here in his translation, the
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Talk by Mr. Hartmut
Grossmann
The
following are my notes of the talk given by Universal House of Justice
Member Hartmut Grossman to the first group of BahÃâà Pilgrims to enter
the Cell of BahÃâuâllÃh after a break of eight years. This talk was given on
the evening of Octobe
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There
was an interview with Mr. Siamak Hariri Architect, on CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/audio.html#
where he said that in his office while working on the project they used to ask
themselves if the building was liked by their mothers. The mother of one of his
colleagues who is a
The significance of need for good Baha'i Administrators become apparent when
we meditate on Mr. Grossmann's statement that:
"A duty in the west is seen as something that we try to avoid."
It seems that in the West, still a sense of moral & spiritual obligation to
the Baha'i consultation and to it
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