The Baha'i Studies Listserv Abdu'l-Baha refers to this particular HW in one of his oral statements quoted in Khatirat Habib, and says that it refers to the enemies of God. The phrase "enemies of God" may include Covenant-breakers, but that's a slippery slope (because as Firouz rightly says may then be used as a weapon against this or that group). I would stick with Abdu'l-Baha's broad statement that it refers to the enemies of God and leave it at that.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Firouz <fir...@thai-bahais.org> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On 31/12/2010 10:42 PM, Susan Maneck wrote: > >> >> Can you consort with Jihadist or Shia ruling clerics of Iran >> >>> with spirit of joy and spirituality? >>> >> None of the Muslims here fit that category and they are the ones being >> insulted. >> > I did not mean the Muslims in this Forum who are very respectable Muslims. > My question was a general question referring to associating with all people > in spirit of respect and joy. > > Regarding the Hidden Words quote. Baha'u'llah revealed it in Baghdad before > His declaration in 1963. At those days there were no covenant breakers. Were > there? If it refers to Covenant-Breakers, Muslims have broken the greater > covenant of God. Are they considered in this verse? > > Firouz > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:ahang.rabb...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > leave-549460-1092882.b08fc62d23e686946d4de995cae13...@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-st@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-549461-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
