Re: What do Bahai think about Mirza Ghulam
Nicholas Evancik (f600207k@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us)
Tue, Apr 18 1995 09:33:29 GMT
I cannot remember the citation, but there is a biblical verse referring
to a prophet who would come from Elam. Elam pretty much corresponds to
the area that Persia would have in the 19th century.
Danny J. Blubaugh (blubaugh@cc.usu.edu) wrote:
: In article <3m3g1s$lf6@sif.cs.cornell.edu> N.A.Malik@amtp.cam.ac.uk
: (Nadeem A Malik) writes:
: > Can I invite you, and any other Bahai, to give me one single item
: > which you believe shows the uniqueness of the Bahullah as the Promised
: > Messiah and that that sign is free from personal bias and
: > interpretation? (Bear in mind that `signs' such as `his revelations
: > are so wonderful that they are obviously from God' are not impartial
: > because I also believe the same about the writings of hazrat Ahmad.)
: I can think of many. Let's just do one for now. In the book of Isaiah
: (65:10) it is promised, "And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the
: valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that
: have sought me". In the book of Hosea (2:15) it is promised, "And I
: will give her [Israel] her vineyards from thence, and the valley of
: Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of
: her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt
: [i.e. when Moses was with them]". The notes in brackets are mine, I
: included them only to give context to the verse. Here God promises
: through two different prophets the importance of the city of Achor and
: the surrounding plains of Sharon. He promises to feed His flocks from
: that location, and He likens it to the time that Moses was with them.
: Baha'u'llah was imprisoned for forty years in the city of Achor. The
: Kitab-i-Aqdas was revealed in that city. The vast majority of
: Baha'u'llah's revelation appeared there. Towards the end of
: Baha'u'llah's life, He was permitted to leave the walled city of Achor
: and to sojourn in the surrounding countryside. Baha'u'llah did not come
: to Achor by His own free will, but as a prisoner and an exile, under the
: edicts of two separate governments (Persia and the Ottoman empire). It
: is pretty obvious how these signs apply to Baha'u'llah. How do they
: apply to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad? [Followups should address the Baha'i
: Faith -mod]
: Danny J. Blubaugh
: BLUBAUGH@CC.USU.EDU
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Nicholas Evancik
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