> I've read and heard English-speaking Muslims make a distinction
> between "revelation" and "inspiration" and it is interesting to see
> that you also seem to be distinguishing between the two terms but are
> still using them in a very different way.
>
> For muslims, a text would be revealed or inspired by God. Revelation
> is said to be more direct where God guides the form as well as the
> content, not the human recipient.
(The Quran is said to be
> revealed). But in an "inspired" text, perhaps only the content is
said
> to come from God, while the human recipient is responsible for the
> style, the form, the genre etc. So the Bible is said to be inspired.
Dear Gilberto,
That's not just a Muslim distinction. Christians often make it as
well.
>
> But in your thread, revealed/inspired seems to be a question of
status
> for the human participant.
Yes, that would be at least an element for Baha'is. Ultimately we see
the Manifestation Himself as the Word of God.
warmest, Susan
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