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Dear All,
I have a question about the Hidden Words Persian 77.
O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the immortal Being
hath repaired from the emerald height of fidelity unto the
Sadratu’l-Muntahá, and wept with such a weeping that the concourse on
hig
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> You mean the same Imams whom Bahaullah called
> " the manifestations of the power of God, and the
> sources of His authority, and the repositories of His knowledge, and
> the daysprings of His commandments."?
As I said, I don't know how authentic those ahadith are.
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> I would definitely read that ayat spiritually. (And it is my
> understanding that that is the typical Hanafi view at least).
I would too. The issue here was clearly profaning a holy site.
Personally Muslims do not offend me by not letting me go to Mecca any
more than
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There are many religious Muslims who on religious grounds are critical
of how the government of Saudi Arabia treats Muslims who go to visit
Islamic sites.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:14 PM, wrote:
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> Well, I seriously doubt if the Sau
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Well, I seriously doubt if the Saudi government, the self proclaimed guardian
of Islam, will permit me (a Baha'i), to go on pilgrimage to Kaabah, regardless
of the fatwa. Visiting the Kaabah, the tomb of the Prophet and of His daughter,
other historical sites and m
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Well, I don't think Islam per se committed any sin. I myself do draw spiritual
nourishment from reading the Quran, for example.
I am perfectly willing to forgive and forget any and all discrimination and
injustice that has been done to me by Muslims in the name of
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Why not?
De: Don Calkins
Para: Baha'i Studies
Enviado: mar, junio 22, 2010 9:40:07 PM
Asunto: Re: Rv: possibilites of remembering Shoghi Effendi's birth or passing
or some date related to his work?
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Hi,
I'm trying to remember a story (probably in Star of West) when 'Abdu'l-Bahá was
walking and a believer was walking behind him, the believer want to be like Him
treading on his steps, then something happen (I don't remember) and Abdu'l-Bahá
turn and said somethin
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Susan Maneck wrote:
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>> Based on what you said it doesn't even seem to be a Shi'ite issue as
>> much as an issue of 16th and 17th century Persia. Do you find such
>> teachings in the writings of the Imams?
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does anyone would like to answer this?
Possibilities of celebrate the Guardian birth or passing or some
date related to his work?
Nothing authoritative, however I have heard that there was talk of
developing a book of retrospective essays on him to be released
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does anyone would like to answer this?
Possibilities of celebrate the Guardian birth or passing or some date related
to his work?
Of course, this is not with the intention of adding another Bahá’í Holy Day;
this is just as a date to remember him and his huge wo
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM, wrote:
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> I believe Islam to be a Divinely ordained religion, just like Judaism,
> Buddhism, Christianity, the Baha'i Faith, Zorastrianism, and Hinduism.
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> Shelf life is a different story.
Ok, so whic
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> Based on what you said it doesn't even seem to be a Shi'ite issue as
> much as an issue of 16th and 17th century Persia. Do you find such
> teachings in the writings of the Imams?
Dear Gilberto.
Iran makes up the bulk of the Ithna Asharia sect. It was, after all,
the
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I believe Islam to be a Divinely ordained religion, just like Judaism,
Buddhism, Christianity, the Baha'i Faith, Zorastrianism, and Hinduism.
Shelf life is a different story.
The way marriage is actually practiced in most Muslim societies is that a
Muslim man is
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Just as you might interpret a lot of things from your own Baha'i Faith
symbolically and metaphorically, perhaps you may also want to give Islam the
same kind of treatment and see what comes from it? I understand that you are
upset by what some of the Mullahs have said ab
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I checked Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghusl
Other than for required impurities like sex, menstruation, semen, birth, death,
etc. Ghusl is also mustahab (praiseworthy, but not obligatory) for friday
prayers, prayers in a masjid, before intering ihram, in pr
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