In "Some Answered Questions" page 48, Abdul-Baha says the two winesses in Revelation 11:3 are Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and 'Ali, son of Abu Talib. I am trying to understand the paragraph in "God Passes By" page 49 where it seems to say, to my understanding, that Quddus' appearance was anticipated in the revelation of St. John the Divine as one of the two witnesses. The passage from "God Passes By" reads:
"Quddus, immortalized by Him as Ismu'llahi'l-Akhir (the Last Name of God); on whom Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Kullu't-Ta'am later conferred the sublime appellation of Nuqtiy-i-Ukhra (the Last Point); whom He elevated, in another Tablet, to a rank second to none except that of the Herald of His Revelation; whom He identifies, in still another Tablet, with one of the "Messengers charged with imposture" mentioned in the Qur'án; whom the Persian Bayan extolled as that fellow-pilgrim round whom mirrors to the number of eight Vahids revolve; on whose "detachment and the sincerity of whose devotion to God's will God prideth Himself amidst the Concourse on high;" whom 'Abdu'l-Bahá designated as the "Moon of Guidance;" and whose appearance the Revelation of St. John the Divine anticipated as one of the two "Witnesses" into whom, ere the "second woe is past," the "spirit of life from God" must enter -- such a man had, in the full bloom of his youth, suffered, in the Sabzih-Maydan of Barfurush, a death which even Jesus Christ, as attested by Bahá'u'lláh, had not faced in the hour of His greatest agony." (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 49) Can someone help me understand this? 'Ere the "second woe is past"'-seems to mean 'before the day of the Manifestation of the Bab is past? This seems to make sense as regards Quddus' suffering in the path of the beloved Bab but how does this fit the context of the Revelation of St. John regarding the two winesses? Thank you. __________________________________________________ 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: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
