Dear Khazeh, My original question:
> So my question to you is whether you are willing to say: > "all that is vouchsafed [to Baháu'lláh] was indeed Mentioned before [to Muhammad]"? > Peace > Gilberto > http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist/m43251.html > > Dear Gilberto of course in the spirit of the passage you quote from the Holy Qur'an [41:43] the "simple answer" that you ask me to make is YES, YES. Gilberto: Ok. Then if all that was vouchsafed to Baha'u'llah was already mentioned to Muhammad, I just think it makes alot more sense for me to look to those great Muslim interpreters, scholars, and saints to unpack the meaning of the Quran and the sunnah. And nothing would be lost or missing by doing so. Peace Gilberto Dear Gilberto you wrote ** I just think it makes a lot more sense for me to look to those great Muslim interpreters, scholars, and saints to unpack the meaning of the Quran and the Sunnah. And nothing would be lost or missing by doing so. ** Remember I cannot indicate or prescribe any course of action for you. I am your servant in the Cause of God. I am a mere transient dust in this ephemeral world. If it makes "sense" please do so. But I would be misleading you to say "just rest with "part of part" of a single verse of this Mighty and All-embracing Divine Revelation. Dearest Gilbert all the other verses pertinent to this should be read perused, meditated upon. *** O My servants! The one true God is My witness! This most great, this fathomless and surging Ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you. BEHOLD IT IS CLOSER TO YOU THAN YOUR LIFE-VEIN! SWIFT AS THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE YE CAN, IF YE BUT WISH IT, reach and partake of this imperishable favour, this God-given grace, this incorruptible gift, this most potent and unspeakably glorious bounty. (Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Page: 326)*** O wayfarer in the path of God! Take thou thy portion of the ocean of His grace, and deprive not thyself of the things that lie hidden in its depths. Be thou of them that have partaken of its treasures. A dewdrop out of this ocean would, if shed upon all that are in the heavens and on the earth, suffice to enrich them with the bounty of God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. With the hands of renunciation draw forth from its life-giving waters, and sprinkle therewith all created things, that they may be cleansed from all man-made limitations and may approach the mighty seat of God, this hallowed and resplendent Spot. (Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Pages: 279-280) "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ 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
