The Baha'i Studies Listserv If I remember correctly, and Khazeh should correct me if I'm wrong, during the battle of Siffin, the Umayyads resorted to a ruse (when they realized that they would lose the war) by upholding Quran books on their spears at which time `Ali's followers disobeyed Him and did not bring the battle to a victory, even after He had reminded them that *He*, and not a piece of paper, was the Kitab nAAteq (versus Kitab sAAmet), that *He* was the Word of God. Or some similar story. Khazeh should know the details.
Best regards, Iskandar On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I think it is stating that the Word of God is only the words of Muhammad, > > nothing more. Not that the "Manifestation IS the Word". That which is > > written down in the Qur'an is Muhammad's word. > > Look at Baha'u'llah's writings. It is full of His Own Words. > > John's Gospel, the Qur'an both assert that Jesus is the Word of God. > The Long Obligatory Prayer describes the Manifestation as "He through > whom the words B and E (lit. Kaf and Nun) have been joined and knit > together.What is this other than the Creative Word by which God brings > all else into existence. > > I'm sure Khazeh can share with us more on this. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskandar....@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > leave-511592-20805...@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:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511649-274...@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
