Dear Barbara,
Perhaps this is the quote you are thinking of...
Sandra
He should forgive the sinful, and never despise his low estate, for none
knoweth what his own end shall be. How often hath a sinner attained, at the
hour of death, to the essence of faith, and, quaffing the immortal
This goes back to the Oedipian Chorus saying solemnly Count no man lucky until
he is dead.
The Bab says more productively and usefully:
WORSHIP thou God in such wise that if thy worship lead thee to the fire, no
alteration in thine adoration would be produced, and so likewise if thy
I don't know where I picked it up, but I recall reading/hearing that at the
moment of death a person makes a choice to turn toward God or away from
God. It doesn't matter how they lived their life, at that moment a choice
is made. So someone who lived a life of service to the Faith can turn
How do you define luck?
Richard.
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I am unable to refute the idea that luck can be involved in one's
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I am unable to refute the idea that luck can be involved in one's salvation.
If luck can be involved then the importance of salvation would be
diminished and it would raise the question of fairness. We are told in the
Writings that how we end our life determines our salvation when we get
Dear David,
Your question reminds me of the old Mutazalite/Asharite [Free will vs.
Predestination] debate. There is a story associated with al-Asharite's
breaking away from his Mutazalite teacher. You can read it hear:
al-Ashari posed to his teacher the cases of three brothers whose
fates
