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This is from a tentative compilation this servant was working on. It is sent with deep reverence perhaps others will look at it with attention and thought Humbly kf] **** Baha’i teaching is that Bahá'u'lláh is the fulfilment of the Qur'ánic eschatology. In this perspective, Muhammad is the last prophet prior to the Last Day, rather than the last prophet in a temporal sense. One collection of Qur'ánic sources for this belief is provided in Shoghi Effendi's God Passes By: To Him [Bahá'u'lláh] Muhammad, the Apostle of God, had alluded in His Book as the "Great Announcement," (Qur'án 38:67, 78:2) and declared His Day to be the Day whereon "God" will "come down" "overshadowed with clouds," (2:210) the Day whereon "thy Lord shall come and the angels rank on rank," (89:22) and "The Spirit shall arise and the angels shall be ranged in order." (78:38) His advent He, in that same Book, in a súrih said to have been termed by Him "the heart of the Qur'án" had foreshadowed as that of the "third" Messenger sent down to "strengthen" the two who preceded Him (36:14). To His Day He, in the pages of that same Book, had paid a glowing tribute, glorifying it as the "Great Day," (83:5) the "Last Day,"[34] the "Day of God," (14:5, 30:43, 45:14) the "Day of Judgement," (1:4) the "Day of Reckoning" (38:16, 26, 53) the "Day of Mutual Deceit," (64:9) the "Day of Severing," (37:21, 42:21, 44:40, 78:17) the "Day of Sighing," (19:39). the "Day of Meeting," (40:15) the "Day when the Decree shall be accomplished," (10:54) the Day whereon the second "Trumpet blast" (39:68) will be sounded., the "Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the world," (83:6) and "all shall come to Him in humble guise," (45:28) the Day when "thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud," (27:88) the Day "wherein account shall be taken," "the approaching Day, when men's hearts shall rise up, choking them, into their throats," (40:18) the Day when "all that are in the heavens and all that are in the earth shall be terror-stricken, save him whom God pleaseth to deliver," (27:87, 89) the Day whereon "every suckling woman shall forsake her sucking babe, and every woman that hath a burden in her womb shall cast her burden," (22:2) the Day "when the earth shall shine with the light of her Lord, and the Book shall be set, and the Prophets shall be brought up, and the witnesses; and judgement shall be given between them with equity; and none shall be wronged." (39:68) (God Passes By 96, references added) There are two sections in the Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh which are amazingly rich in correlatively speaking with the Qur’an. One is section 17 http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/gwb/017.html and the other is section 18 http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/gwb/018.html the following is the text of His holiness Baha’u’llah and the Qur’anic correlations. My correlations are based on the sacred Arabic words and verses that directly resonate with and remind one of the Arabic text of the Qur’an. Of course the English is the Guardian Shoghi Effendi’s matchless rendering. These two passages which are included in the Gleanings can be found originally revealed in Athar e Qalam e A’laa Volume 1 the Kitab e Mubin revealed for the most part in the period of the greatest persecution and hardship in the Most Great Prison 1868-1870 XVII. By Him Who is the Great Announcement! [ Qur’an: 078.001 YUSUFALI: Concerning what are they disputing? PICKTHAL: Whereof do they question one another? SHAKIR: Of what do they ask one another? 078.002 YUSUFALI: Concerning the Great News, PICKTHAL: (It is) of the awful tidings, SHAKIR: About the great event, And Qur’an 38:67] The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. [002.210 YUSUFALI: Will they wait until God comes to them in canopies of clouds, with angels (in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? but to God do all questions go back (for decision). PICKTHAL: Wait they for naught else than that God should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels? Then the case would be already judged. All cases go back to God (for judgment). SHAKIR: They do not wait aught but that God should come to them in the shadows of the clouds along with the angels, and the matter has (already) been decided; and (all) matters are returned to God. ] The Balance hath been appointed [021.047 YUSUFALI: We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account. PICKTHAL: And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners. SHAKIR: And We will set up a just balance on the day of resurrection, so no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and though there be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, (yet) will We bring it, and sufficient are We to take account.] , and all them that dwell on earth have been gathered together. [034.040 YUSUFALI: One Day He will gather them all together PICKTHAL: And on the day when He will gather them all together, SHAKIR: And on the day when He will gather them all together, The Trumpet hath been blown [039.068 YUSUFALI: The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please God (to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be standing and looking on! PICKTHAL: And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth swoon away, save him whom God willeth. Then it is blown a second time, and behold them standing waiting! SHAKIR: And the trumpet shall be blown, so all those that are in the heavens and all those that are in the earth shall swoon, except such as God please; then it shall be blown again, then lo! they shall stand up awaiting.] , and lo, all eyes have stared up with terror, and the hearts of all who are in the heavens and on the earth have trembled [015.015 YUSUFALI: They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery." PICKTHAL: They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched. SHAKIR: They would certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.] , except them whom the breath of the verses of God hath quickened, and who have detached themselves from all things. This is the Day whereon the earth shall tell out her tidings.[ 099.004 YUSUFALI: On that Day will she declare her tidings: PICKTHAL: That day she will relate her chronicles, SHAKIR: On that day she shall tell her news, 099.005 YUSUFALI: For that thy Lord will have given her inspiration. PICKTHAL: Because thy Lord inspireth her. SHAKIR: Because your Lord had inspired her. ] The workers of iniquity are her burdens, could ye but perceive it. The moon of idle fancy hath been cleft[054.001 YUSUFALI: The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder. PICKTHAL: The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain. SHAKIR: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder. ] and the heaven hath given out a palpable smoke. [044.010 YUSUFALI: Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible, PICKTHAL: But watch thou for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke SHAKIR: Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke, ] We see the people laid low [069.007 YUSUFALI:… thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down! PICKTHAL: …thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees. SHAKIR: … so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms. ] , awed with the dread of thy Lord, the Almighty, the Most Powerful. The Crier hath cried out,[ 050.041 YUSUFALI: And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,- PICKTHAL: And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place, SHAKIR: And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near place ] and men have been torn away [054.020 YUSUFALI: Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground). PICKTHAL: Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees. SHAKIR: Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.], so great hath been the fury of His wrath. The people of the left hand sigh and bemoan. The people of the right abide in noble habitations: they quaff the Wine that is life indeed, from the hands of the All-Merciful, and are, verily, the blissful. [056.041 YUSUFALI: The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand? PICKTHAL: And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand? SHAKIR: And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of the left hand! 056.042 YUSUFALI: (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water, PICKTHAL: In scorching wind and scalding water SHAKIR: In hot wind and boiling water, The earth hath been shaken, and the mountains have passed away,[ 056.004 YUSUFALI: When the earth shall be shaken to its depths, PICKTHAL: When the earth is shaken with a shock SHAKIR: When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking, 056.005 YUSUFALI: And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, PICKTHAL: And the hills are ground to powder SHAKIR: And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling, ] and the angels have appeared, rank on rank, before Us. [008.009 YUSUFALI: Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks." PICKTHAL: When ye sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): I will help you with a thousand of the angels, rank on rank. SHAKIR: When you sought aid from your Lord, so He answered you: I will assist you with a thousand of the angels following one another. ] Most of the people are bewildered in their drunkenness and wear on their faces the evidences of anger. Thus have We gathered together the workers of iniquity. We see them rushing on towards their idol. [037.069 YUSUFALI: Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path; PICKTHAL: They indeed found their fathers astray, SHAKIR: Surely they found their fathers going astray, 037.070 YUSUFALI: So they (too) were rushed down on their footsteps! PICKTHAL: But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps. SHAKIR: So in their footsteps they are being hastened on. ] Say: None shall be secure this Day from the decree of God. This indeed is a grievous Day. We point out to them those that led them astray [033.067 YUSUFALI: And they would say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path. PICKTHAL: And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way. SHAKIR: And they shall say: O our Lord! surely we obeyed our leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the path;] . They see them, and yet recognize them not. Their eyes are drunken; they are indeed a blind people. Their proofs are the calumnies they uttered; condemned are their calumnies by God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. The Evil One hath stirred up mischief in their hearts, and they are afflicted with a torment that none can avert. They hasten to the wicked, bearing the register of the workers of iniquity. Such are their doings. [083.007 YUSUFALI: Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin. PICKTHAL: Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin - SHAKIR: Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin. 083.008 YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is? PICKTHAL: Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! - SHAKIR: And what will make you know what the Sijjin is? 083.009 YUSUFALI: (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed. PICKTHAL: A written record. SHAKIR: It is a written book. ] Say: The heavens have been folded together [021.104 YUSUFALI: The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it. PICKTHAL: The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it. SHAKIR: On the day when We will roll up heaven like the rolling up of the scroll for writings, as We originated the first creation, (so) We shall reproduce it; a promise (binding on Us); surely We will bring it about.], and the earth is held within His grasp [039.067 YUSUFALI: No just estimate have they made of God, such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him! PICKTHAL: And they esteem not God as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him). SHAKIR: And they have not honoured God with the honour that is due to Him; and the whole earth shall be in His grip on the day of resurrection and the heavens rolled up in His right hand; glory be to Him, and may He be exalted above what they associate (with Him).], and the corrupt doers have been held by their forelock [096.015 YUSUFALI: Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,- PICKTHAL: Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock - SHAKIR: Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead, 096.016 YUSUFALI: A lying, sinful forelock! PICKTHAL: The lying, sinful forelock - SHAKIR: A lying, sinful forehead. ], and still they understand not [007.179 YUSUFALI: … They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning). PICKTHAL: …, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful. SHAKIR: …; they have hearts with which they do not understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear; they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the heedless ones.]. They drink of the tainted water[014.016 YUSUFALI: In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water. PICKTHAL: Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering water, SHAKIR: Hell is before him and he shall be given to drink of festering water:] , and know it not. Say: The shout hath been raised , and the people have come forth from their graves [050.041 YUSUFALI: And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,- PICKTHAL: And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place, SHAKIR: And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near place 050.042 YUSUFALI: The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection. PICKTHAL: The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves). SHAKIR: The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is the day of coming forth. ], and arising, are gazing around them. Some have made haste to attain the court of the God of Mercy, others have fallen down on their faces in the fire of Hell [027.090 YUSUFALI: And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the Fire: "Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by your deeds?" PICKTHAL: And whoso bringeth an ill-deed, such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did? SHAKIR: And whoever brings evil, these shall be thrown down on their faces into the fire; shall you be rewarded (for) aught except what you did?], while still others are lost in bewilderment. The verses of God have been revealed, and yet they have turned away from them. His proof hath been manifested, and yet they are unaware of it. And when they behold the face of the All-Merciful, their own faces are saddened, while they are disporting themselves [067.027 YUSUFALI: At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces of the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): "This is (the promise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!" PICKTHAL: But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call. SHAKIR: But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is that which you used to call for.]. They hasten forward to Hell Fire, and mistake it for light. Far from God be what they fondly imagine! Say: Whether ye rejoice or whether ye burst for fury, the heavens are cleft asunder [084.001 YUSUFALI: When the sky is rent asunder, PICKTHAL: When the heaven is split asunder SHAKIR: When the heaven bursts asunder,], and God hath come down, invested with radiant sovereignty. All created things are heard exclaiming: "The Kingdom is God's, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise." [040.016 YUSUFALI: The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from God. Whose will be the dominion that Day?" That of God, the One the Irresistible! PICKTHAL: The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from God. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is God's, the One, the Almighty. SHAKIR: (Of) the day when they shall come forth, nothing concerning them remains hidden to God. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To God, the One, the Subduer (of all).] Know thou, moreover, that We have been cast into an afflictive Prison, and are encompassed with the hosts of tyranny, as a result of what the hands of the infidels have wrought. Such is the gladness, however, which the Youth hath tasted that no earthly joy can compare unto it. By God! The harm He suffereth at the hands of the oppressor can never grieve His heart, nor can He be saddened by the ascendancy of such as have repudiated His truth. Say: Tribulation is a horizon unto My Revelation. The day star of grace shineth above it, and sheddeth a light which neither the clouds of men's idle fancy nor the vain imaginations of the aggressor can obscure. Follow thou the footsteps of thy Lord, and remember His servants even as He doth remember thee, undeterred by either the clamour of the heedless ones or the sword of the enemy.... Spread abroad the sweet savours of thy Lord, and hesitate not, though it be for less than a moment, in the service of His Cause. The day is approaching when the victory of thy Lord, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful, will be proclaimed. __________________________________________________ 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
