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Then, there are no definitive interpretations? The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi Iskandar, Would you say Bahais accept the Shaykhi view rather than the Shiah view? Sent by iPhone On Jun 28, 2010, at 11:35 AM, <iskandar....@gmail.com> wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > >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 > > > > >Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ________________________________ >From: "haj...@yahoo.com" <haj...@yahoo.com> >Sender: <bounce-511458-2080...@list.jccc.edu> >Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:36:13 -0700 >To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> >ReplyTo: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> >Subject: Re: Seal of the Prophets > > >The Baha'i Studies Listserv > >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. > > >__________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskandar....@gmail.com >Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511458-20805...@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:%%emailaddr%% >Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:%%email.unsub%% >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/%%list.name%% >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:skg_z...@yahoo.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511483-17190...@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-511489-274...@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
