The Baha'i Studies Listserv dear Sen, Please be informed that in the Islamic words and culture,Jinn is a creature different from Angles.Jinns can be faithful or unfaithful.But angles are not so;.... Peace, Shahram Rohani
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Sen & Sonja <sen.so...@casema.nl> wrote: From: Sen & Sonja <sen.so...@casema.nl> Subject: Jinn To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 3:47 PM The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 27 May 2010 at 10:56, Stephen Gray wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > In, Islam there is a techings about Jinn. Are they ever refernced in > Baha'i scriptures? Yes, they are: We see men drunken in this Day, the Day in which men and angels (jinn) have been gathered together. (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 45) Amr wa Khalq vol 2 pp 159-165 has a compilation from the Bahai writings on the metaphysical beings (excepting Satan, who gets a chapter to himself!) http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-160.html#pg159 Ma'ideh Asmani volume 2 also has a collection on jinn and angels, starting: http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-44.html#pg43 and there are references which - to me - seem to be more figures of speech than actual references to jinn, as in this tablet of Abdu'l- Baha: http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA7/ma7-82.html#pg78 sen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com Happy are those who spend their days in gaining knowledge, in discovering the secrets of nature, and in penetrating the subtleties of pure truth! Woe to those who are contented with ignorance, whose hearts are gladdened by thoughtless imitation, ... who have wasted their lives!"(~Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions p.137) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:shahramroh...@yahoo.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-507019-8465...@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...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-507159-274...@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...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
