On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 21:17:12 -0000, Khazeh Fananapazir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Khazeh: > In one sense one should go beyond a discussion over Names. If you dear > Gilberto wish to look at the Writings of Baha'u'llah as that emanating from > a WALI then that is certainly a start. Gilberto: But then from a certain perspective we should point out that Islam has plenty of awliya. In addition to the Quran and Sunnah and the writings of philosophers there are volumes and volumes from the various awliya and scholars of this ummah through the centuries. Abdul Qadir Jilani, Ghazzali, Rumi, the other founders of the various Sufi orders, etc. > The important point is to commence as no day that passes can be repeated. In > the Christian world someone like Hans Kung who accepts the prophethood of > Muhammad as that of an Old Testament Prophet has at least started somewhere. That's actually really interesting. I've heard of Hand Kung but I am not really familiar with him. I guess he's a Catholic "heretic" of sorts? > We must go beyond Names [asmaa'] to a large extent. > > Look at the Writings Look at the Pen of Baha'u'llah. Look at His > incarceration the fact the He was prevented from beholding greenery and > verdure for nine years. Look at the transforming influence of His Son on > someone like Martha root or May Maxwell or Thomas Breakwell... But even today, there are good Muslims who are put in prison and made to go through worse suffering and worse humiliation than not seeing gardens for a couple of years. Even today there are people whose lives are being transformed. Peace Gilberto __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
