Re: Genius
You, me--anyone. If we choose. Like we can choose to be angels.
Regards,
Scott
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Please, who are these "evil spirits"?
thanks,
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1667. Meaning of 'Jin' or 'Genii'
"Regarding your question as to the meaning of Jin or Genii referred to in the
Qur'án, these are not beings or creatures that are actually living, but are
symbolic references to the power of man of evil and may be likened to evil
spirits. But the point to bear in mind is that these have no positive existence
of any kind."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer,
June 26, 1936: Bahá'í News, No. 105, p. 1, February 1937)
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 497)
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Re: Genius
Please, who are these "evil spirits"?
thanks,
Hasan Elias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
1667. Meaning of 'Jin' or 'Genii'
"Regarding your question as to the meaning of Jin or Genii referred to in the
Qur'án, these are not beings or creatures that are actually living, but are
symbolic references to the power of man of evil and may be likened to evil
spirits. But the point to bear in mind is that these have no positive existence
of any kind."
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June 26, 1936: Bahá'í News, No. 105, p. 1, February 1937)
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 497)
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Re: Genius
Dear Hasan,
You mean genies or jinn, not genius. :-}
Besides the quote from the letter written on behalf of the Guardian
which you cited, I can add a little more which I think I got from
Khazeh at one point or another. According to the Qur'an the Jinn are
made from fire, unlike humanity which was made from clay. It was for
this reason that Shaytan (Satan) one of the Jinn refused to bow down
and worship Adam which God commanded him, saying arrogantly that he
was of pure fire whereas Adam was made of clay. It was this sin which
caused Satan's fall.
The Baha'i Writings consistently use the term 'jinn' in a symbolic
manner and reject the notion of ghosts, goblins and things that go
bump in the night as the quote you cited indicated. In the Amr va
Khalq, vol. 2, pp 161-164 'Abdu'l-Baha suggests that while the jinn
might signify be people who are created with the fire of the love of
God, etc. it can also refer to people who reject God's Manifestation
(hence Adam) because of their haughtiness and arrogance. But there
is another passage, where He suggests that jinn are those persons
whose belief or denial is hidden and unknown.
warmest, Susan
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