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Dear khazeh,
Unfortunately, I get an error message that the file is too big from the
send6 site.
Yours,
Jeanine H.
khazeh wrote:
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A wonderful and most generous Bahai friend and scholar , Dr Duane Troxel,
has made available an important book, a very important book on Shi'ism
Here
http://www.send6.com/8f5e6e9f93a2c9b460b7c21f20296840/
the downloading will expire in a week
take advantage dear friends
the beloved Guardian Shoghi Effendi stated that one of the "MUST"s is the
study of Islam and of course Shi'ism is the context......and unfortunately
the very useful Dr Moojan Momen Book is not easily available and
downloadable so please take advantage of this precious opportunity
******Those who participate in such a campaign, whether in an organizing
capacity, or as workers to whose care the execution of the task itself has
been committed, “MUST”, as an essential preliminary to the discharge of
their duties, thoroughly familiarize themselves with the various aspects of
the history and teachings of their Faith. In their efforts to achieve this
purpose they “MUST” study for themselves, conscientiously and painstakingly,
the literature of their Faith, delve into its teachings, assimilate its laws
and principles, ponder its admonitions, tenets and purposes, commit to
memory certain of its exhortations and prayers, master the essentials of its
administration, and keep abreast of its current affairs and latest
developments. They “MUST” strive to obtain, from sources that are
authoritative and unbiased, a sound knowledge of the history and tenets of
Islam -- the source and background of their Faith -- and approach reverently
and with a mind purged from preconceived ideas the study of the Qur'án
which, apart from the sacred scriptures of the Bábí and Bahá'í Revelations,
constitutes the only Book which can be regarded as an absolutely
authenticated Repository of the Word of God. They “MUST” devote special
attention to the investigation of those institutions and circumstances that
are directly connected with the origin and birth of their Faith, with the
station claimed by its Forerunner, and with the laws revealed by its Author.
Having acquired, in their essentials, ***these prerequisites of success in
the teaching field***, they ...
(Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 49)
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