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Dear Hajir:
The Baha'i "acceptance", if you will, of Shi`ah is quite nuanced and
sophisticated. As you very well know, Baha'i Writings do not accept all of
Shi`ism in toto, wholesale. For example, Baha'is do not believe that the
promised One, the promised Mahdi, is the physical son of Hasan al-`askari alive
physically in a well in Samarra, etc. Baha'is, as Sunnis, believe that the
Promised Mahdi would be born, just as The Bab was born.
Best regards,
Iskandar
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From: "haj...@yahoo.com" <haj...@yahoo.com>
Sender: <bounce-511458-2080...@list.jccc.edu>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:36:13
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Subject: Re: Seal of the Prophets
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Stephen,
The Baha'i writings are very clear that Muhammad sealed both Prophethood and
Messengership. Otherwise, the Cycle of Prophecy would not have ended, and the
Cycle of Fulfillment would not have started. Furthermore, Baha'is accept the
Shi'i interpretation of Islam and acknowledge the authority of Imams. So, even
if it is a later interpretation it does not mean that it is a wrong
interpretation.
Just because Muhammad is last and greatest doesn't mean he is supposed to be
distinguished from previous prophets.
Just because Einstein was smartest, just because Michael Jordan is most
athletic, just because Mother Teresa is kindest, etc. etc. doesn't mean
mankind is not one. The oneness of mankind doesn't have anything to do with
any of that stuff. A blind man is equal to a seeing man. A deaf man is equal
to a hearing man. A child and an adult are one.
The same principle holds for God's
Appearances/Manifestations/Prophets/Messengers/etc.
School Analogy:
Just because a 12th grade teacher tells students in the 12th grade *many more
things* than a 1st grade teacher tells the 1st graders, does not mean that they
are all teachers.
AND, EVEN If another teacher was the one who wrote the text books for both 1st
and 12th grade, and was the one who trained both the 1st and 12th grade
teachers, this does not mean that this teacher of teachers is somehow different
from other teachers and somehow not a human being. They are still all human
beings.
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