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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_of_Islam Some Muslims list Zoroaster, Buddha, Socrates, Laozi, Mani, Confucius, Krishna, and Rama as prophets. This obviously means that Seal of the Prophets can't mean last prophet for them. As Mani wasn't the last prophet. From: Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 4:53:20 PM Subject: Re: Seal of the Prophets The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Can a seal mean God's stamp of approval rather than finality? > Can a seal mean authenticity rahter than finality? > Can a seal mean finality until the seal is broken? > Did you know the term "Seal of the Prophets" predate Muhammad? Montanus and > Mani both used it. Yes to all of the above. > Is the term Syriac or Aramaic rather than Arabic in origin? Much more questionable. > What about people who can communicate with angels like Fatima, Emmanuel > Swedenborg, Joseph Smith, etc? Shia Islam recognizes: rasul, nabi, people > who can communicate with angels, and ordinary people. My understanding is that Sunni Muslims like al-Ghazali could accept the inspirations of saints, like the Sufis but did not think these inspirations carried authority. > If Muhummad was the final prophet, could that be subject to bada? That is an exclusively Shi'ite doctrine which Sunnis would not accept. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:skg_z...@yahoo.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511624-17190...@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-511636-274...@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
