The Baha'i Studies Listserv For the Qur'an quote, Chapter 4, verse 159, neither A, Yusef Alie, nor Rodwell's translation have such a quote. Any better way to find this quote (possibly the Chapter below should be better identified by the Sura #)
On 8/28/2013 3:36 PM, Don Calkins wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Anybody seen anything vaguely similar to this in the Baha'i Writings? > These are new claims to me. > > "The Judeo-Christian and Muslim texts mention Damascus as an important > landmark in the geography of the Second Coming. To some Christian and > Muslim scholars it was only a matter of time before the conflict would > reach Damascus. So keen are they to share their analysis that the > moment you say, "Damascus," they say, "Ask us!" > > Ask my Christian friends and they quote Isaiah 17:1: "Behold, Damascus > will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins." Note the > language. It does not talk about destruction. It suggests annihilation > after which Damascus will cease to exist as a city. > > Isaiah 17 then ends with a vision of Armageddon, which brings Jesus > Christ on the scene. Jeremiah 49 and Zechariah 9 make similar violent > references regarding the fate of Damascus. > > Ask my Muslim friends and they quote Chapter 4 verse 159 of the Quran > which indicates the Second Coming of Jesus. Prophet Muhammad > prophesized "Allah would send Christ, son of Mary, and he will descend > with the white minaret, east of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly > dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels," > thus directly linking Damascus with the Second Coming. Surprised? > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faheem-younus/syrian-war-is-not-a-prelu_b_3826866.html > > Don C > > ------------- > Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in > nature. > > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-716824-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
