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How Baha'is Can Agree with Christianity, by Redefining the Terms |
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They Believe the Trinity - No They Deny the Christian Trinity |
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Babis: Azalis and Two Baha'i Groups
Azalis and Baha'is are similar religions that try to unify religion by
accepting the teachings of
Islam has great respect for Jesus, but apart from a few things in the Qur'an, Mohammed claimed Jesus said Muslims cannot point to any of Jesus' words that
they follow. Why is this? A major reason is that they say the Bible has been corrupted and was no longer reliable; they say a new prophet was needed.
Muslims agree with Christians that Jesus will return from heaven, but they deny that He really died on the cross. Rather God miraculously switched another, and
Jesus secretly disappeared.
The savage civil war between the caliph 'Ali and the following caliph Mu'awiyah, the martyrdom of Husain at
Shi'ites split over who the successor to the sixth imam was.
Should it be the younger brother Musa al-Kazim, since the older brother, Isma'il was (very disputably) a drinker of alcohol?
A minority today, called 7'ers (Isma'ilis) went with Isma'il, but a majority today, called 12'ers (Ithna'ashariyya), went
with al-Kazim and his descendants down to the 12th imam.
However, the 12th imam mysteriously disappeared, with no clear successor.
12'er Shi'ites believe he did not die but was miraculously taken up to heaven, and at the end times he will return, before Jesus does.
The word bab, meaning "gate", is a religious concept in many Shi'ites, and many have claimed to be the Bab. "I [Mohammed] am the City
of
Babis, Forerunners of Baha'is and Azalis
The Babis (pronounced like "bobbies") came out the Shi'ite Shayki movement when Ali Muhammad of
The Bab taught that that many things were just figurative.
For example, resurrection simply means spiritual awakening from ignorance, heedlessness, and lust. The Day of Judgment was the time when people would hear of and
individually accept or reject the new manifestation.Paradise is the joy of knowing and loving God through His Manifestation. Hell is
being deprived of that knowledge and loss of eternal favor. He definitely declared that these terms have no real meaning apart from this; and that the
prevalent ideas regarding the resurrection of the material body, a material heaven and hell, and the like, are mere figments of the imagination.
He taught that man has a life after death, and that in the afterlife progress towards perfection is limitless.
Among the more interesting teachings of the Bayan in
The Bab was arrested, and the Babis started a rebellion in
Baha'is say that both the Bab and Baha'u'llah were manifestations of God, and three of the twelve Baha'i feasts commemorate events in the Bab's life.
After the Babi was killed in
1850, at least seven men claimed to be his successor as "One whom God should manifest". Almost all Babis initially followed Mirza Yahya Nuri
Subh/Sobh al-Azal (c.1830-1912) for 13 years. He had a will from the Bab showing him as his chosen successor. (Subh al-Azal means dawn of eternity.)
Al-Azal advocated dissimulation (deceiving others about what they believed) instead of conflict. His group is called Azalis.
After 13 years, a second faction, Baha'i, was started by al-Azal's older half-brother Husayn 'Ali Nuri Baha' (1817-1892), who 6 years later claimed
himself as Baha'u'llah. Some Baha'is said the Bab appointing al-Azal as the successor was just a tactic to deflect the government away from Husayn.
However the government exiled both and treated both generously.
Mulla Rajab 'Ali, nicknamed Qahir was a prominent Azali writer whom Azalis claim was murdered by Bahai's. (Defunct web page) www.h-net.org/
~bahai/arabic/vol4/qahir/qahir.htm. (
While the Bab taught Jihad was OK, and Baha'u'llah rejected Jihad, the Baha'u'llah urged his followers to be violent against their enemies. The
government exiled both groups to different places. The Azalis were taken to
See Denis MacEoin, "Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866)." Studia Iranica 18, 1 (1989):93-129 for more on
alleged Baha'i assassinations of Azalis.
While there are only a few
thousand Azalis in
Baha'is view Baha'u'llah as a physical manifestation of God. He was born in
However, the Bab declared that he was the Mahdi, while Baha'ullah declared he was the Mahdi.
The Bab appointed Subh-i Azal as his successor, not Baha'ullah.
Also, the Bab said a new manifestation would not arrive for 1,000 years, not 19 years.
After Baha'u'llah died, his oldest son 'Abdu'l-Baha 'Abbas (=Abbas Effendi) (5/23/1844-1921) took over.
He was born on
In a thousand or more years Baha'u'llah claimed another Manifestation will appear, under the shadow of Baha'u'llah, with clear proofs of His mission, but
until then the words of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha and the Guardian and the decisions of the International House of Justice constitute the authorities to which all
believers must turn for guidance. No Bah''' may found a school or sect based on any particular interpretation of the teachings or any supposed divine
revelation. Anyone contravening these injunctions is considered a "covenant-breaker."
http://bahai-library.com/books/new.era/8.html
The Importance of the Baha'i Calendar
Baha'is teach that "in the not far distant future it will be necessary that all peoples in the world agree on a common calendar." The Baha'i year has 19 months of 19 days each (= 361 days). The also add four to five intercalary days between the eighteenth and nineteenth months in order to adjust the calendar to the solar year. The Bah''' New Year starts the same as the Persian New year at the March equinox.
Baha'i Beliefs on God
● God is unknowable apart from His
manifestations
● Major world religions are from
God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
● Revere Abraham, Moses,
Zoroaster, Mohammed, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah.
● The prophets were infallible,
but the teaching of all but the last two are mainly lost or corrupted
● The next prophet will only come after 1,000 years
● All should follow the manifestation of God.
● Baha'u'llah is the manifestation of God now.
● Evolution is the way God created everything
● Evil only exists as a lack or deprivation of good.
Baha'i Practices
● All religions of the world should unite.
● Isolate from Azalis, Orthodox Baha'is, ex-Baha'is
● Prayer is conversation with God (like Christianity)
● All should speak one language, such as Esperanto
● Achieve self-realization
● Dead people can speak telepathically with us
● No fighting except multi-national vs. oppressors
● No intoxicants or alcohol, except for medical need
● Cleanliness and education are important
● No gambling, but other games of chance are OK
Anti-Hindu and Anti-Buddhist Teachings
● Most teaching of
● One God; worshipping idols is wrong
● No reincarnation. Pantheism is wrong
● No professional priesthood (no Brahmins)
● All people are equal, and should be under one government (against the caste system)
Anti-Islam Teaching
● Most of the teaching of Mohammed was lost
● All the Qur'an says about Heaven, Hell, resurrection, Christ's return, is only figurative
● God is a Father. Christ called Himself the Son of God.
● Mohammed was not the final prophet
● Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca is not needed
● There is no need for ritual prayer five times a day
● People should not be under Sharia Law
● Slavery today is wrong
● Women do not need veils.
However, wear them in strict Islamic lands to avoid problems. Monogamy
● Equality of men and women. (i.e. women are not deficient in religion, intelligence, but should have equality in
law courts, divorce, etc.)
● No Jihad (differ from Babis
here)
● Have a will, but give inheritance
as you wish (Muslims have rules how they have to do it)
● Umayyads (first caliphs) were
the Rev 11 beast who opposed the religion of Mohammed and 'Ali
● The Bab and Baha'u'llah were
born in Shi'ite Persia, because that was one of the most religiously backward
places in the world then.
Muslims would generally say Baha'i teachings are not only wrong, but Baha'i
teachings about Mohammed misrepresent Islam. See www.BahaiAwareness.com
for an in depth study of inconsistencies in Babism and the Baha'i Faith - from
material sourced from their own books.
Anti-Jewish Teaching
● Most of the true teaching of
Moses was lost
● Jesus was virgin-born and a true
prophet of God
● Prophet like Jesus can abrogate
previous teachings
Anti-Christian Teaching
● Most of the true teaching of
Jesus was lost
● Most of the Bible is just
figurative, including Heaven, Hell, resurrection, Christ's return, etc.
● Jesus is not God incarnate; the
Trinity is not true
● All are not separated from God
by their sin
● Jesus is not the only way to God
● Jesus did not die for sins; he
was not resurrected
● No need to follow Jesus as your
Lord and Savior
● Dissimulation when persecuted to
conceal beliefs.
● Legalism: Must follow the new,
Baha'i calendar
Anti-Catholic Teaching
● Popes shed innocent blood,
opposed knowledge
Which of God's Personalities Do You
Want to Believe Today?
What kind of god would allow
his people (Hindus) to think his prophet wanted them to worship idols, and yet command his people (Muslims) to kill idolators!
What kind of god would "reveal" that Allah has people's skins burned
off in Hell, and then gives them new skins to be burned off again (Islam), and then the
Baha'u'llah says that heaven and hell are just metaphors for the benefits of
spiritual education vs. the deprivations of spiritual ignorance?
What kind of god would tell us salvation is within you (Buddha), no one comes
to the Father except through Jesus (Jesus), God is not
a father and has no son (Mohammed in the Qur'an).
What kind of god would have Jesus return back just the way he ascended in the
clouds (Acts 1:9-11 and Rev. 1:7), yet Baha'u'llah is Christ returned?
What kind of god commands us to "love our enemies and pray for those who
persecute us" (Mt.
Many more examples can be given, but I hope you get the point. Some might think
the god of Bahai's suffers from multiple personality disorder!
First Baha'i Answer:
"Progressive" Revelation (a.k.a. Cyclical Revelation)
Baha'is have an answer for
this, called progressive revelation. Similar to Muslims, they believe a prophet
can restrict, relax, or otherwise change a command from a previous prophet.
However, "progressive" is a misnomer. Jewish and Christian women did
not have to wear veils, free Muslim women all did, and Baha'i women do not.
Perhaps "cyclical revelation" is a more appropriate term. Likewise,
the Jews had many dietary restrictions, including pork and camel meat, the
Christians were loosed from dietary restrictions, and the Muslims have some
dietary restrictions (no pork, but camel meat is OK.).
Likewise the Baha'i God flip-flopped on divorce. Divorce was permitted for any
cause in the Old Testament, because people's hearts were hard. Jesus forbade
divorce except for unfaithfulness. Yet Muslim men can divorce as they please.
So if Baha'i were true, revelation is really cyclical, not progressive.
Second Baha'i Answer: Corrupted
Words
Baha'is give a second,
complementary answer: most of the words or the previous prophets were lost and
corrupted. Thus anything that disagrees with the teaching of the Bab and
Baha'u'llah that was not simply abrogated, is a corruption.
There are two problems with their answer: the Bab wrote after the printing
press and Baha'u'llah contradicts what he said that the 12th imam will not
appear for 1,000 years. This is no mere abrogation of a command: this makes the
Bab's prophecy a lie.
A second problem is this: what if we had strong evidence of the reliability of
the Old Testament, New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the Qur'an?
Then this Baha'i defense would also fall.
Let's start with the Qur'an and work backwards.
While the Qur'an was collected after Mohammed's death, Sahih Muslim (vol.2:2286
p.500,501) says that one sura was lost, and the Qur'an of Ibn Masu'd did not
have three Suras, and 'Ubai bin Ka'b's Qur'an did not have many suras, we can
know that most of the suras belonged there based on the quotes and paraphrases
in the hadiths and early Muslim historians. Even if parts of the Qur'an were
not preserved correctly, much of it undoubtedly was. There are many parts in
the Qur'an about waging Jihad against infidels
The Sunni hadiths written 200 years later, and early Muslim historians confirm
much of the doctrine of Islam (though not every detail of the Qur'an). Let's
look at the gospels.
We have manuscripts of most of the gospels from 150-200 A.D., with the John
Rylands fragment from about 117-138 A.D. We also have the corroborating
testimony of the early church writers, starting with Clement of Rome in 97/98
A.D.. We even have the heretic Tatian, who c.170 A.D. quoted verbatim 73% of
the gospels in his work, the Diatessaron. (The Diatessaron does not contain any
additional material either.)
In the Qur'an Sura 5:46-48 says that Jesus confirmed the Torah and the Gospels.
In the gospels Jesus also affirmed the Old Testament of His time. We have many
copies of the Old Testament from Jesus time among the Dead Sea Scrolls, and
they show that the Old Testament has been reliably preserved today.
Just as Shi'ites claim
Mohammed's words and traditions are not enough, a more modern prophet is
needed, Baha'is say that all previous revelations should be recast in the light
of Baha'u'llah.
Just as Muslims respect Jesus, but say the surviving words of all previous
prophets are gross corruptions of what they originally said, Baha'is say the
same about all previous prophets including Mohammed.
But if the previous teachings were not totally corrupted, then the Baha'i
religion falls. But even so, we should not harm or otherwise persecute Baha'is.
God does not want us to harm or persecute anybody else who is of a different
religion; we should have dignity and respect for all people, because all are
made in the image of God. Likewise we are not to hate Baha'is, as Jesus taught
us not to hate anybody.
Sharing the Gospel with Baha'is
Baha'is already believe the
truth that God is One and idolatry is wrong. But ask a Baha'i, if God really
did mean to tell us something literally, such as Heaven and Hell are real
destinations, how would they know? Would inconsistencies of Baha'u'llah to
previous prophets tip them off? Would the testimony of thousands of Christian
martyrs, who died for their faith rather than practice dissimulation be a
witness to them? How would they hear?
God is the God of truth, and God does not lie (Numbers
In Matthew 24:4-5 "Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you.
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive
many.'" Revelation 1:7 says, "Look, he is coming with the clouds, and
every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the peoples of the
earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen." Did every eye see
Baha'u'llah? Atheists used to scoff at this verse, saying it was impossible
for everyone to see Jesus at once since the earth was round. - Of course that was
before TV. Only an extremely small percentage of the people of the earth saw
Baha'u'llah.
"After he [Jesus] said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a
cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as
he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 'Men of
You have to make a decision to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Because,
as Philippians 2:9-11 says, "Therefore God exalted him to the highest
place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Who is the Successor of the Bab???
"Bab" is a term
among various Shi'ite and 'Alawite groups for a person who is a
"gate" to truth, heaven, or the Mahdi. Ali Muhammad of
The Bab wrote a number of
books, including Kitabu'l-Asma', and perhaps most importantly, the Bayan.
The Azali faction also calls themselves Bayani's,
because they follow the Bab's Bayan, while the Baha'is do not. In
fact, Baha'u'llah in the Epistle of the Wolf said he never had the time or
opportunity to read the writings of the Bab. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.60
These are from the Bab's work Panj Sha'n (Five Modes), translated by http://bahai-library.com/unpubl.articles/walbridge.panj.html
(11/23/2004)
In the Name of God, Very God, Very God!
I, I am God--No God is there but Me--Very God, Very God.
In Gods Name, Very God, Very God.
God by God, Very God, Very God.
In God's Name, Godlike God, Godlike God.
God, no God is there but He, Very God, Very God.
God, no God is there but He, Godlike God, Godlike God.
God, no God is there but He, God as God in Godhead.
God, no God is there but He, God, attain'd Godhood.
...
Say, You, O God, You arise as God
of the heavens and the earth and the void between.
Then plant the tree of affirmation
in all that You have created
or will create by Your command
until that day on which You manifest
the Manifestation of Your Self
that all may believe in Him
and be sure on Him
then bow down before His face.
Note that all people were to bow before the Manifestation of God, and that is
who the Bab claimed to be.
When the Shi'ite Persians arrested the bab, there were enough Babis to start a revolt.
However, after at least three battles thousands of Babis were killed.
The Persians executed the Bab on
But who would succeed the Bab? Many said they were supposed to.
Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal (Azali faction, = Bayani's) |
Husayn 'Ali Nuri Baha' (Azal's older half-brother, Baha'i faction) |
Mirza Asadullah |
Mirza Abdullah Ghaugha |
Husayn Maylani (known as Husayn Jan) |
Syed Husayn Hindiyani |
Mirza Muhammed Zarandi |
For the first thirteen years, the majority of Babis followed Azal. Then the
Baha'u'llah started his group, and six years after that Baha'u'llah claimed he was the promised one.
Feuds and Murders Over Succession
After the Bab was executed, the Babi's had a bloody feud among themselves. (Default web page) www.geocities.com/
Athens/Acropolis/5111/mirza.html says:
"Upon reaching
... Reviled by many Bahais, Sobh-e Azal is nevertheless considered the Bab's true
successor by many Babis, especially ones in
Azalis claim to have a Last Will of the Bab, written a few days before his execution in 1850, and forwarded
to Azim Turshizi, who sent it to Sub-i Azal. It designates Subh-i Azal (not the
Baha'u'llah) as the successor. Here is the text and translation from http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?discussionID=178496
(
Allahu Akbar Takbir'an Kabir'an
hadha kitab min `
hadha kitab min `Ali qabla Nabil dhikr Allah al-`alamin ila man ba`d li-ismih ism al-waheed dhikr Allah al-`alamin.
qul: kullu min nuqtatu'l-Bayan la-yubda'un, inna ya ism al-waheed fa-ahfaza ma nazala fi al-Bayan wa amr bihi fa-innaka li-sirat haqq al-`azeem.
God is the Greatest, [Great with the] Uttermost Greatness. This is the Book in the possession of God, the Preserver, the Self-Subsistent, to God the
Preserver, the Self-Subsistent. Say: All come from God. Say: All return to God.
This is the Book from `Ali before Nabil* who is the Remembrance to the Worlds to him whose name is the Unity/the One #, the Remembrance to the Worlds. Say:
All [things] have been generated by the Point(s) of [the] Exposition/the Bayan.
Verily, O name of Unity/the One, keep [and protect] that which has descended [or, been revealed] in the Exposition/the Bayan and that commanded by it, and
verily you are the True and Most Mighty Straight Path. Seal (Inni ana hujjat Allah wa nurihi/Verily, I am God's proof and his light)
*'Nabil' in the abjad/numerology system of Islamic gnosis is numerically equivalent to Muhammad which both hold the value of '92'. This is another way
for the Bab to state his name, `Ali Muhammad.
# Waheed, the unity or the one, is Azal's symbolic designation here which is also equivalent to 'Yahya' (i.e. 28), Azal's first name.
The web site notes that one can also read this (with an older English translation) in E.G. Browne's
translation of Mirza Muhammad Hamadani's
One Baha'i view is that the
Bab did not really want Azal to succeed him, but wrote that will so that the
Persians would not know about the real successor, Baha'ullah. Of course
Azalis disagree.
While we cannot ask the Bab
today, the Bab wrote one thing: he said a new manifestation would not arrive
for 1,000 years, not 19 years.
Now Azal did not claim to be a manifestation, but Baha'u'llah did.
The Ithna'Ashariyya Shi'ite Muslim
View
The Shi'ites of Iran believe the 12th imam will return, but he is neither the Bab nor Baha'u'llah.
The Mahdi will be descended from
The Mahdi will raise the black standard in Khurasan (Baha'u'llah never did that).
He will come to
The one-eyed Dajjil (anti-Christ) will come in the East
The sun will rise from the west, and a star in the east will give out as much light as the moon.
Like Mohammed, the Mahdi will have a new cause and a new book and a new religious law. This will be a severe test for Arabs. The sword will be between
the Mahdi and the Arabs. (The Arabs did not persecute Baha'u'llah; the Persians and Turks did.)
Jesus will return too. (Jesus is different from the Mahdi in Sh'ite theology.)
The 313 fighters from the battle at Badr also return. (This did not happen)
The imams and former prophets will also all return
The Sunni Muslim View of Baha'is
Sunnis believe the identity
of the alleged 12th imam is a moot point, because there is no legitimate 12th
imam. Mohammed was the seal of the prophets, and apart from the caliphs there
is no legitimate imam, Shi'ite or otherwise, to succeed Mohammed.
Sunnis consider Baha'is as non-Muslim heretics. Baha'is fall under the
following injunctions:
In the future beware of people who hold only to the Qur'an and reject the
Sunnah. Abu Dawud vol.3:4587-4589 p.1293-1294
Every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. Abu Dawud
vol.3:4590 p.1294
No innovation after the Sunnah is established. Abu Dawud vol.3:4595
p.1296
Sunni Muslims do in fact believe that Jesus will return. But they claim that
Jesus will smash the crosses, abolish the jizya tax that nominally protected
Jews and Christians, and personally slay the anti-Christ (dajjal). Before he
died, Baha'u'llah did none of these things.
While Baha'ullah claimed to be Christ returned, Christians believe Baha'u'llah is a partial
fulfillment of the warning in Matthew 24:1,44.
"Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. (10) At that
time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people."
Acts 1:9-11 says "After he [Jesus] said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up
into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 'Men of
Note: it says "this same Jesus" and "the same way".
To orthodox Jews, this is
all a moot point; Baha'u'llah is not a successor to Mohammed because
Mohammed was not from God. They think Baha'u'llah was not Christ returned,
since they believe Jesus was not the Messiah from God.
But when the Messiah comes, he will deliver
Will the Real Prophet Please Stand Up?
If we have learned nothing else of significance, we can see that it is
relatively easy for someone to claim to be a prophet of God, or a successor to
someone else. Proving it is another matter.
Everyone can agree that many people who claimed to be from God here were
counterfeits serving Satan, not the True God. So how can we tell which of them
are really from God?
While the Baha'u'llah
also suffered imprisonment, he died a natural death (from fever) and lived very wealthy toward the end of his life. Azalis claim he had his followers attack Azalis.
Mohammed also faced persecution, but he persecuted others far me. He
died a natural death, but about a year after he ate some poisoned mutton given
to him a woman whose husband was killed by Mohammed. The hadiths record that
Mohammed ordered assassinations, torture, and surprise attacks against
unsuspecting people. Mohammed asked forgiveness for his sins many times.
Jesus suffered and died as a martyr for his teaching. He was materially
poor all of his life. Jesus did not persecute anyone. He said to love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Even Muslims agree with the Bible
that Jesus lived a sinless life.
The Baha'u'llah did not perform any miracles of which I have seen records.
While the hadiths claim many miracles for Mohammed, including splitting the moon in two, the Qur'anic teaching is that Mohammed did not miracles,
besides bringing forth the Qur'an.
Jesus performed many miracles, attested by people such as Matthew, John, and Peter. Jesus raised the dead, and He Himself was raised from the dead.
Baha'u'llah claimed he was prophesied by Zoroastrians (Shah
Bahram), the Bible (Christ returned) and Shi'ite Islam (12th imam returned).
However, Baha'u'llah did not convincingly overthrow the evil Ahiram in
Zoroastrianism. In fact, Baha'u'llah did not overthrow anyone. The Bab
prophesied that the Mahdi would come in 1,000 years, and Baha'u'llah
proclaimed himself only 19 years after the Bab's death. As shown previously,
Baha'u'llah did not follow the Shi'ite prophecies about the Mahdi, the
least of which is that the Mahdi and Christ are two different people who will
both return. Acts 1 and Revelation 1 show that when Christ returns, it will be
the same Christ, in the clouds, and every eye will see him.
And even if he were claimed to be, quite frankly, most of the world has never heard of the Baha'u'llah. B
Muslims claim Mohammed was prophesied in the Bible in Deuteronomy
18:15-18, John
There are many prophecies about Christ in the Old Testament. Here are
just a few of them.
From David. Jer 23:5; Lk 3:31; Mt 1:1;
Son of God. Ps 2:7 Mt 3:17;
Child called Mighty God, Prince of Peace, etc.. Isa 9:6. Messianic according to
the Yemenite Midrash 349-350 and the Pereq Shalom p.101
When will the Messiah come?
The scepter will not depart. Gen 49:10; Lk 3:23,33 Messianic according to Babylonian
and Jerusalem Talmuds, Targum Jonathan, Targum
Pseudo-Jonathan, Targum Onkelos, Dead Sea Scroll Commentary, and the Aramaic
Targum. Jews lost the right to execute people in 11 A.D. according to the Babylonian
Talmud, Sanhedrin chapter 4.
Before the
Killed 32/33 A.D. Dan9:20-27+Neh 2:1-10 (445/4 B.C.) Messianic according to
Maimonides in Igeret Teiman, Rabbi Moses Abraham Levi in The Messiah
of the Targums, Talmuds and Rabbinical Writers
What will the Messiah do?
Ministry of miracles. Isa 35:5,6a; Mt 9:6-7,22,32-35; 11:4-6; 12:13; Jn 5:5-9;
9:6-11, etc.
Enter as a king on a donkey. Zech 9:9; Lk 19:35-37; Mt 21:5-9; Jn 12:15
Not abandoned to death. Ps 16:8-11; 30:3; Acts 2:31;
Spirit of the Lord will be on Him. Isa 11:2; Mt
Reactions of the People
Betrayed by a friend. Ps 41:9; Mt 10:4; 26:48-50; Mk 14:43-44; Lk 22:47-48; Jn
18:3,5
Rejected by His own people. Isa 53:3-4; Ps 69:8; Jn 1:11; 7:5; Mt 21:42-44
Gave Him gall for his drink. Ps 69:21; Mt 27:48
Killed with transgressors. Isa 53:12; Mt 27:38; Mk 15:27
Buried in a rich man's grave. Isa 53:9; Mt 27:57-60
Many Jews missed seeing the Messiah because they were looking for a political
Savior, and did not distinguish between His first and second coming.
The Baha'u'llah wrote a letter to Napoleon
Mohammed in the hadiths prophesied that they would attack the Romans (Byzantines) and Persians, and fight people with flat faces (Turks).
Jesus prophesied that he would be killed, He would rise from the dead, that
Testimony and Life of Witnesses
The Baha'u'llah's followers were persecuted, and many killed in
Mohammed's followers faithfully attacked many peoples to spread Islam
and to get 4/5ths of the booty. After Mohammed died, many Arabs gave up being
Muslims. Muslims fought them fiercely until they either came back to Islam or
were killed. After the Muslims had conquered the
Jesus' early followers did not kill or persecute anybody. Of the eleven
disciples, all but one were martyred for their faith: John died a natural
death.
Many claimed to be from God,
and some became very wealthy by doing so. However, Jesus had the miracles,
prophecies about Him, and a sinless life to back it up. Christ's early
followers spread the gospel peacefully, while Mohammed's followers attacked with
the sword. Even though Baha'is do not spread their religion by the sword, they
still claim to follow Mohammed, who did.
So forget the imposters and turn to the one God showed was from Him: Jesus
Christ.
How Baha'is Can Agree with Christianity, by Redefining
the Terms
Baha'ism can be presented in a way that sounds almost Christian, but they do so
without telling you they redefine the terms. When Baha'is say they believe what
Christians believe, and then redefine the terms, it is important to set the
record straight and show the different things they and Christians really
believe. People belonging to any religion should use material that accurately
presents their religion; not one that cloaks it as similar to another.
Following are a number of examples, each followed by what Baha'is really teach.
The Baha'i pamphlet
"The Incomparable Christ" by Stonehaven Press (1997) begins this way:
"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but
by Me" - Jesus Christ (John 14:6)
Later it says: "From this point of view, there is only one Christ. There
cannot be two Christs, or ten; Christ cannot have a predecessor, successor,
substitute or replacement. He is the only avenue through which we can know God:
'No man cometh unto the Father, but by me' (John 14:6)
"Baha'is believe that this same Divine Presence [Christ] has reappeared,
in our day, as Baha'u'llah, founder and Central figure of the Baha'i Faith,
fulfilling the Bible's promises concerning the 'return' of Christ. (The Glory
of Christ Pamphlet)
'Jesus, the Spirit of God ... hath once more, in my person, been made manifest
unto you (Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah 101).
The Incomparable Christ - Really
Less than Baha'u'llah
Right after that, the same pamphlet
continues:
"There is only one Christ. This has always been true, and always will be.
Christ is unique, unchanging, indivisible, peerless, and incomparable - 'the
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8). We can never adequately express His glory, nor can
we exaggerate His importance. Only through Him can we approach God."
This sound very Christian, and there is nothing in else in the pamphlet that
says this is wrong. However, it gives a dishonest impression if they tell
people Baha'is think Jesus is "peerless" and "incomparable"
and "nor can we exaggerate His importance" when they really mean that
Baha'u'llah is not his peer, because they really think Baha'u'llah is
greater than Christ. They say that Baha'ullah is Christ returned in one
breath, and then say he is greater than Christ in another breath.
'Abdul-Baha' in Some Answered Questions p.65 says "that
Incomparable Branch" is Baha'u'llah, not Christ.
'Abdul-Baha' in Some Answered Questions p.57-58 says, "In each
cycle the guardians and holy souls have been twelve. So Jacob had twelve sons;
in the time of Moses there were twelve heads or chiefs of the tribes; in the
time of Christ there were twelve Apostle; and in the time of Muhammad there
were twelve Imams. But in this glorious manifestation there are twenty-four,
double the number of all the others, for the greatness of this manifestation
requires it. ... These twenty-four great persons, though they are seated on the
thrones of everlasting rule, yet are worshippers of the appearance of the universal
Manifestation [i.e. Baha'u'llah].
They write "only through Him can we approach God" but Baha'is do not
approach God through Christ any more than through
The tract "Christianity and the Baha'i Faith" by Stonehaven Press
1997 says "From this point of view, Baha'u'llah is Jesus in every
way that counts."
The Resurrection of Christ - No
Bodily Resurrection
Soon after they write
"The personal view revolves around His earthly life, His miraculous birth,
His sinless conduct, His ministry of teaching and healing, His struggles
against evil, His betrayal by one of His own disciples, and His atoning
sacrifice, followed by His resurrection and ultimate victory."
Nothing else in the pamphlet says these are wrong, and one might get the
impression Baha'is believe these things. Actually Baha'is do believe all of
these things: except for the atoning sacrifice and resurrection.
'Abdu'l-Baha in Some Answered Questions p.103 in the chapter on
"The Resurrection of Christ" says, "Question. - What is the
meaning of Christ's resurrection after three days?
Answer. - The resurrections of the Divine Manifestations are not of the body.
All Their states, ... have a spiritual and divine signification, and have no
connection with material things."
Just to reiterate, on p.104 he says, "Therefore, we say that the meaning
of Christ's resurrection is as follows: the disciples were troubled and
agitated after the martyrdom of Christ. The Reality of Christ, which signifies
His teachings, ... was hidden and concealed for two or three days after His
martyrdom, and was not respendent and manifest. No, rather it was lost, for the
believers were few in number and were troubled and agitated. The Cause of
Christ was like a lifeless body; and when after three days the disciples became
assured and steadfast, and began to serve the Cause of Christ, and resolved to
spread the divine teachings, ... the Reality of Christ became resplendent and His
bounty appeared; His religion found life .... In other words, the Cause of Christ
was like a lifeless body until the life and the bounty of the Holy Spirit
surrounded it. Such is the meaning of the resurrection of Christ, and this was
a true resurrection."
Resurrection has nothing to do with the gross physical body. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.271,272
They Believe the Trinity - No They
Deny the Christian Trinity
The Glory of Christ Pamphlet
is emphatic that they affirm the Trinity as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as
three persons or aspects of a single Deity. However, they waffle when they say
"The Incarnation thus refers to the fullness of God's nature rather than
His literal essence."
Baha'is do not worship Jesus or the Holy Spirit.
They Believe the Bible - But not
What It Says
Resurrection is not of the
body; they have divine significance and no connection with material things.
Some Answered Questions p.103
The plagues of
Do not believe creation in six days in Genesis. They do not believe Exodus and
the ten plagues in
http://bahai-library.com/books/new.era/12.html
Creation is without a beginning in time according to Baha'u'llah.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.249
The creation of heaven and Hell are symbolic and not literally true.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.231
"...the crude and bald account given in the Hebrew scriptures." It had
its purpose in the past though. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.249-250
Adam and Eve and the fruit are only symbolic. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.252
Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha regard the descriptions of Heaven and Hell given in
some of the older religious writings as symbolic, like the Biblical story of
the Creation, and not as literally true. According to Them, Heaven is the state
of perfection, and Hell that of imperfection; Heaven is harmony with God's will
and with our fellows, and Hell is the want of such harmony; Heaven is the condition
of spiritual life, and Hell that of spiritual death. A man may be either in
Heaven or in Hell while still in the body. The joys of Heaven are spiritual
joys; and the pains of Hell consist in the deprivation of these joys.
http://bahai-library.com/books/new.era/11.html
Belief in Evil and Satan - But not
the being of Satan
Evil does not exist, except
as a lack or deprivation of good. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.237
The Baha'i tract Christianity and the Baha'i Faith (Stonehaven Press 1997) says
"Do Baha'is believe in Satan? ... Baha'i sacred texts abound with passages
that speak of Satan exactly as the Bible does. The reality of Satan is one
question; his nature is another. Baha'is believe Satan is a manifestation of
the lower, rebellious nature of the human ego. He represents the beast trapped
inside each human being, seeking to tempt us away from the path of God. Because
Satan exists inside every one of us, he is infinitely more dangers than any
external Adversary could ever be."
But if Satan does not have any existence external to us, then how could Satan
fall from heaven?
Numbers 23:19; Hebrews 6:18
- God does not lie
John 14:6; Acts 4:12 - only way
Acts 1:11; Revelation 1:7 - Same Jesus, same way
1 Peter 2:4-8; John 5:21-23 - Christ the cornerstone
Php 2:9-11; 2 Cor 11:3-6 - Every knee will bow
1 Cor 15:1-6; John 20:27-28 - physical resurrection
Revelation 5:9-14; Matthew 14:33 - Christ worship
Matthew 24:4,26-27; Luke 17:23-24 - Do not go after those who claimed Christs.
His return will be as obvious as lightning flashing.
Both Baha'u'llah and his
predecessor the Bab tried to use a number of Bible verses to support their
claim of being Christ returned. Here are some of the verses Baha'is use today,
and answers to give Baha'is. This has 10 Old Testament passages, 7 passages
from Revelation, and 9 passages from the rest of the New Testament.
Q1: Does Gen 1:26 mean that we should be educated to acquire divine
perfections and the focus of divine blessings, as Bahai's teach in Some
Answered Questions p.8,9?
A: No, because Genesis 1:27 says that God did what He said in Genesis 1:26.
When Adam and Eve were created, they were perfectly sinless before the fall,
and they did not need education. While we are still in the image of God,
Genesis 1:26-28 refers to what God already accomplished.
Q2: In Gen 3:5-22, does Adam symbolize the heavenly spirit, Eve symbolize
the earthly soul, and the serpent symbolize attachment to the human world as
Bahai's teach in Some Answered Questions p.123?
A: No. People have been trying to get spiritual meanings contrary to the plain
meaning in Genesis for centuries. Adam is definitely a male human, and Eve a
female human, and adding this unwarranted interpretation makes men higher
"heavenly spirits" and women "earthly souls". Instead, men
and women are of equal and the same value in the eyes of God (Galatians 3:28).
Q3: Could Isa 9:1,6,7 refer to Baha'u'llah of the Baha'is, since Jesus
did not have the government on His shoulders (Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.261-262)?
A: No, because the government never was on Baha'u'llah's shoulders. The government will be on Jesus' shoulders when Jesus comes again. This cannot refer to Baha'u'llah because:
a) Baha'u'llah was not called Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6)
b) Baha'u'llah did not do any shattering the yoke that burdens the
people of Galilee as in the day of Midian's defeat. (Isaiah 9:4)
c) Baha'u'llah died before governing any lands, and Baha'is do not
claim Baha'u'llah will come again.
d) While the Baha'is might wish to govern the world, their International House of Justice is an irrelevancy as far as politics and government in the
20th and 21st century are concerned.
Q4: Could Isa 11:1-10 refer to Baha'u'llah of the Baha'is, because part of that has not been fulfilled yet? For example, slaying the wicked, lion and
ox lying down together, etc. (Some Answered Questions p.62-66 and Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.266-267)
A: No. While Christ fulfilled some in His first coming, some will be fulfilled in His second coming. The reason Baha'is are twisting this passage, and it does
not refer to Baha'u'llah, is that
Jesus, not Baha'u'llah was descendant of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1,10)
Jesus, not Baha'u'llah "with his breath of his lips will slay the wicked" (Isaiah 11:4b). With Baha'u'llah, the opposite occurred, many Baha'is were
struck down, it was not Baha'u'llah doing the slaying.
The lion and ox, and other animals did not lie down together when the Baha'u'llah came either. (Isaiah 11:6-8)
The gospel of Jesus fulfills "the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD" (Isaiah 11:9). As of today, most of the people of the world have
no idea who Baha'u'llah claimed to be.
Q5: Could Isa 35:1,2 refer to Baha'u'llah of the Bahai's, because it refers to the parched land being glad, and Lebanon and Carmel, where the
Baha'u'llah spent the last years of his life?
A: Jesus was in that area too, so the mention of those places in and of itself does not give preference to Baha'u'llah over Jesus. Unlike the prophecy in
Isaiah 35:1,2 few people in Lebanon or Israel "rejoiced greatly" over Baha'u'llah being there. When the British took over the region after World
War I, the Muslims pretty much continued to do their thing, the Druze stayed doing their thing, the Jews later entered Israel and there were fierce wars
(not rejoicing) between the two, and I have not heard of a lot of rejoicing that area since Baha'u'llah went there. This is not implying in any way
that Baha'u'llah caused all of the strife and suffering over there; rather as far as the rejoicing or suffering over in Mt. Carmel Baha'u'llah was irrelevant.
Q6: Could Isa 40:1-5a refer partly to John the Baptist and Christ, and partly to the Bab and Baha'u'llah, as Baha'is teach in Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.263-264?
A: No. Their explanation is interesting. They say this cannot refer only to John the Baptist and Christ, because the warfare of Jerusalem has not been
completed "her hard service has been completed" Isa 40:2b. However, her warfare was not completed in Baha'u'llah's time either. Without that,
there is nothing in this that suggests the Bab and Baha'u'llah. Furthermore,
where did the Bab ever say "Prepare the way of the Lord". He taught
that he was the manifestation of God, and that another manifestation would not
appear for another 1,000 years.
Baha'is say Baha'u'llah means "glory of God" in Arabic, and Isaiah 40:5 uses the phrase "glory of the LORD", but it says that all
mankind will see it/him. Now Baha'is say this title refers to a person, not his
laws or organization. But when Baha'u'llah died, a very, very small percentage of the world's population had ever heard of him. Unless they are
thinking of displaying his decaying body to everyone, the whole world will not see whom they call "the glory of God."
Q7: In Dan 8:13-17, could the 2,300 evenings and mornings be a prophecy the 2,300 years from the decree of Artaxerxes [allegedly 457 B.C.] to the
manifestation of the Bab in 1844 A.D. as Baha'is claim? (Some Answered Questions p.40-42)
A: No, there are four problems with this.
Wrong type of years: 1844 (A.D.) + 457 (B.C.) -1 (no 0 A.D.) = 2300 (365.25 day years). However, prophetic years in the Bible are 360-day religious
years, no 365.25 day years.
Wrong duration: 2,300 is evenings and mornings, and nothing in Daniel says "evenings and mornings" are years.
Wrong starting point: The decree was in the 20th year of the reign of Artaxerxes according to Nehemiah 2, so the starting point was 445/444 B.C., not
457 B.C.. 457 B.C was merely a decree from Artaxerxes confirming Cyrus' earlier decree that the Jews could return to Jerusalem.
Wrong ending point: If you look at the rest of the words, not just the numbers, 2,300 evenings and mornings is the time when the sanctuary was brought
low until the sanctuary is reconsecrated. Baha'is would have to mean that God's sanctuary was trampled and brought low when this Persian named Artaxerxes
became king; it remained low through the time of Jesus until the Bab.
Conclusion: The only things Baha'u'llah got wrong were the duration, starting point, and ending point. In other words, everything!
Q8: Could Dan 12:6 refer to the Bab as Baha'is claim, since he appeared 1,260 years from the Hejira of Mohammed? (Some Answered Questions p.43)
A: No. They claim this because 3 1/2 times or 3 1/2 lunar 360-day years is 360 * 3 1/2 = 1260 days. They say a day is a year, and the Bab appeared 1,260 lunar years
from the Hejira of Mohammed.
First of all days does not mean years here. Second, the starting date they want to use is not what the Bible says. Besides doing unwarranted mathematical
gymnastics to arrive at a number, you have to also read what the end point is in Daniel 12:1-4. At this time multitudes of people will be raised from sleeping
in the dust, and Michael, who protects the Jewish people will arise.
This certainly did not happen; especially since the Holocaust happened after this.
Basically Baha'is take nearly every Bible prophecy that proclaims future knowledge or deliverance, and begs the question by applying it to the
Baha'u'llah. Then they can say, "See, this prophecy was fulfilled, therefore Baha'u'llah is true."
Q9: In Dan 12:11-12, does the 1,290 days refer to Baha'ullah being 1,290 years after Mohammed announced his mission as Bahai's claim in Some Answered Questions p.43-44?
A: Baha'u'llah made his claim 19 years after the Bab, so one would think they would say it was 1279 years. However, since that does not fit 1,290 years,
they move the starting date back to approximately when Mohammed said he was a prophet.
Q10: Do Joel 2:30-32 and Mt 24:29-30 refer to Moses, Christ, and Mohammed, their teachings originally being a sun, but they all being darkened by
corruption later on? This is what Baha'is teach in Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.277-278.
A: No. Not only will Christ come in the literal clouds, as Acts 1:9-11 shows,
but God Almighty can darken the sun and moon and He will do so. You do not have
the luxury of just calling anything figurative that you want to not be true.
Q11: In the Gospels, is the mention of the darkness and earthquake and torn
veil when Christ was crucified only figurative and did not actually happen,
because they were not recorded anywhere else, as Some Answered Questions
p.37-38 states?
A: Five writers DID mention the darkness when Jesus was crucified.
Thales (also spelled Thallus), was a non-Christian Palestinian
historian, who wrote in 52 A.D., less than 20 years after the crucifixion. He
wrote that darkness accompanied the crucifixion of Jesus.
Phlegon was a Carian Greek writer who wrote soon after 137 A.D.. He
wrote that in the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad [33 A.D.] there was
"the greatest eclipse of the sun" and that "it became night in
the sixth hour of the day [
The Christian writer Tertullian, writing about 200 A.D., in On
Fasting chapter 10, also mentions the darkness accompanying Jesus'
crucifixion.
The early writer Origen (writing 230-254 A.D.) mentions the darkness
over the land, and the tombs split open in Against Celsus book 2 chapter
33.
Arnobius (wrote 297-303 A.D.) in Against the Heathen 54 mentions
darkness during Jesus' death.
Some might argue that other cultures should have written about this too. This
is not true if the darkness was only local. Also, unusual darkness was not
always recorded. For example, it is computed that a solar eclipse darkened
Q12: In Mt 12:31-32, does blasphemy against the Holy Spirit mean detesting
the light by denying God's manifestations (such as Baha'u'llah) as Bahai's
teach in Some Answered Questions p.127-128?
A: No, this is begging the question by assuming that since Baha'u'llah is the
light, this verse proves that Baha'u'llah was the light. However, even for
Jesus, notice that Matthew
Q13: In Mt 16:27, does this refer not to the end of the earth, but the
supreme manifestation of Baha'u'llah, as Baha'is teach in Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.268-269?
A: No, read the verse more carefully. It says the son of man will come in his
Father's glory with his angels, and reward each person according to what he has
done. Baha'u'llah did not have any angels anybody saw with him, and Baha'u'llah
did not reward either the faithful Baha'is who were exiled or
died, nor the Muslims who persecuted him.
Q14: Mt
A: No. If you read the entire parable in Matthew 22:1-14, it puts people in two
categories: those who enter in to the wedding banquet and those who do not
enter. Many are called but few are chosen refers to those invited to enter but
who refused, and a man who wanted to enter in with improper clothes.
There is a lesson for everyone here. You cannot just read a single verse of the
Bible, ignoring what is written before or after, and expect to correctly
interpretation the meaning.
Q15: In Mt 24:30 are clouds things that are contrary to the ways and desires
of men as Baha'is teach in Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.280-281?
A: No. Not only will everyone see Jesus, when he returns in the clouds, and the
peoples of the earth mourn because of him (Revelation 1:7), but the same
Jesus will return in the clouds exactly the same way as He left
according to Acts 1:9-11.
Q16: In Jn 3:13 and Jn 6:38,42, does Christ coming down from heaven only a
spiritual symbolic fact, not a material fact as Baha'is teach in Some Answered
Questions p.103-105?
A: No. 'Abdu'l-Baha claims this because John 3:13f says, "...but He that
came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven," at
the time that Jesus was on earth. (p.103).
First of all, this last phrase is a manuscript variation that is not present in
the earliest manuscripts, though it is in the later Byzantine Lectionary. It is
strange to base a doctrine on just one variant.
Second, Jesus' divine nature can still be considered in heaven as well as earth
according to the New Geneva Study Bible p.1665.
Finally, and most importantly, even if you do accept the manuscript variation,
within the same verse it says that Jesus came down from Heaven. It is trivial
to show from the Bible that Jesus existed in Heaven prior to the incarnation,
and that same Jesus "came down" is a material fact.
Q17: In Jn
A: No, the Spirit of truth here is a spirit, not a person. It is the same Holy
Spirit Jesus was just talking about in John 14-16. You cannot say in John
16:12-13 "spirit" refers to one person, and spirit refers to the Holy
Spirit or something else in John 14:16-18,25-26; 15:26; 16:5-11; 16:14-15.
Q18: Is 1 Cor
A: 1 Corinthians 15:22 says that all descendents of Adam sinned, and that
includes all the prophets except Jesus. It is a common Muslim misconception,
which Baha'is have inherited that all of the prophets were sinless. Yet this
leads to strange contradictions. Jonah (the godly prophet Yunus to Muslims) ran
away to Tarshish and was swallowed by a great fish. Was there no sin in running
away? Adam is considered a prophet by Muslims, yet if he did not sin in the Garden
of Eden, doesn't your definition of sin become a meaningless phrase? Moses was
forbidden to enter the Promised Land because of his losing his temper at
Meribah. Since the Lord was angry with Moses in Deuteronomy
There is a lesson for everyone here. Sometimes people's distorted
preconceptions almost force them to twist the Bible to suite their
preconceptions.
Q19: In 1 Cor 15:51-52, do the terms life and death here mean just faith and
unbelief, as Baha'is teach in Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.270?
A: No, scripture is consistent that there will be a physical resurrection.
Besides 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, see:
Dan 12:2 "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake:
some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt."
Rev 20:5 "(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the
thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.)"
1 Sam 2:6 "The Lord brings death and make alive; he brings down to the
grave and raises up."
Psalm 49:14 "But God will redeem my soul from the grave; he will
surely take me to himself."
Psalm 22:29, "...all who go down to the dust will kneel down to
Him..."
Psalm 23:6 After telling about the shadow of death in Psalm 23:4, David says,
"He will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Psalm 49:8-9 "The ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever
enough - that he should live on forever and not see decay."
Psalm 52:8-9 "I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. I
will praise you forever... I will praise you in the presence of your
saints."
Isaiah 25:7-8 "On this mountain he [God] will destroy the shroud
that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up
death forever...."
Isaiah 53:8-10 After saying the one who suffers for us will be killed
and put in the grave of a rich man in verses 8-9, yet he shall see his
offspring in verse 10.
All these verse are quoted from the NIV.
Q20: In Rev 11, could the two witnesses be Mohammed and 'Ali as the Bahai's
say? (Some Answered Questions p.43-61)
A: No for the following eleven reasons.
1. Rev 11:3 says they will prophesy for 1,260 days. Mohammed made very
few prophecies, and 'Ali was never considered a prophet.
2. Rev 11:5 says that if anyone tries to harm them fire devours their
enemies. Mohammed was poisoned (but barely survived), and 'Ali was assassinated
by a Muslim. 'Ali's cause was defeated by Mu'awiyah, and his son Husain was
slain. He did not devour his enemies, he was killed by them.
3. Rev 11:6 The two prophets can shut up the sky so that it will not
rain. Mohammed never claimed to do that, and neither did 'Ali.
4. Rev 11:6 Mohammed and 'Ali did not turn waters into blood, as almost
all of the people they beheaded, burned, or otherwise slew were not by rivers.
If a Salafi Muslim argues that they made rivers of blood that does not count,
because Rev 11:6 says they turned waters into blood.
5. Rev 11:7-8 Mohammed was not killed by violence, and in both cases
their bodies were not put on humiliating public display.
6. Rev 11:8 their bodies were not put in the street of a great city. In
fact, relatively few saw 'Ali die.
7. Rev 11:9 Everybody did not gaze at their dead bodies and refuse them
burial. Mohammed in particular was buried rather promptly by followers.
8.
9.
10.
11.
The point is not whether you can allegorize away some of these reasons. The
point is that if even one of these reasons cannot be allegorized away, then the
prophecy does not refer to them.
Q21: In Rev 11:2, can the mention of Jerusalem being trampled for 42 months
mean the time between the Hejira of Mohammed and the revelation of the Bab in
1260 A.D. as Baha'is teach in Some Answered Questions p.46-47?
A: No. Abdu'l-Baha claims that since a day is [allegedly] always a year, that is 1,260 years. But consider this: if day here
really meant day, how could God communicate this in a way that they would
accept it? No, there is no reason to doubt that days means days here.
Furthermore, if the 42 months was the time when the Gentiles were trampling the
holy city, then this interpretation would mean that Mohammed in
Actually Rev 11:2 relates to the same subject as Daniel 12:6.
Q22: Was
A: No. First of all, I have not seen any evidence of an earthquake in
Q23: In
A: Baha'is can say Mohammed is the first woe if they want, but I do not think
they would want to say that, if they read what the first woe really was. The
first woe, the fifth trumpet, is described thoroughly in Revelation 9:1012.
Hellish Locusts from the abyss sting the non-believers on the earth. They
tortured them for 42 months. It will be so painful that the people will want to
die, but death will elude them.
The sixth woe, the sixth trumpet, is when the four angels at the
Q24: Rev 12:1 is the woman the law of God under Mohammed, and the male child
the new law of God under Baha'u'llah as Bahai's teach
in Some Answered Questions p.67-72?
A: No. Bahai's as well as Muslims do not accept the authority today of Christ
in Revelation
Q25: In Rev 12:3, was the enormous red dragon the evil Umayyad Dynasty (Abu
Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, Mu'awiyah, etc.) who had seven dominions:
A: No. Baha'is claim the ten heads were ten commanders: starting with Abu Sufyan,
and ending with Marwan. They also admit there are more than ten people, but
since there are two Mu'awiyah's, three Yazids, two Walid's, and two Marwan's,
if you count the names without repetition, then it comes to ten!
In reality, the beast is Satan, because Revelation
Q26: In Rev 21:1-3 is the first heaven and earth signify the old law and the
new heaven and earth the new law under Baha'u'llah, and no sea means all
will follow Baha'u'llah, as Baha'is teach in Some Answered Questions
p.67-68?
A: No. Revelation 21:2 says the New Jerusalem is as a bride for her husband
(God). We Christians are metaphorically the bride of Christ, not some law.
Revelation 21:4-5 says that God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There
will not be any more death, mourning or crying or pain. This prophecy was not
fulfilled during the lifetime of Baha'u'llah. This will not be fulfilled
until after the return of Christ.
Baha'u'llah and the New
Era - Revised Edition by J.E.
Esslemont. Baha'i Publishing Committee 1930, 1940
Baha'u'llah would smoke the Narguileh (hubble-bubble pipe). Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.47
A minority under Mirza Yahya were violently opposed to Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.40
Baha'u'llah died of fever in
Baha'u'llah left a last will and testament naming Abd'ul Baha as his successor.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.50-51
Baha'u'llah spoke as a man Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.54, but he also
spoke "from the state of deity." Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.56
Baha'is use Sufi concepts of annihilation in God and abnegation. Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.54
Baha'u'llah claimed to be the Zoroastrian savior Shah Bahram, who overcomes the
spirit Ahriman. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.57-58
In the Epistle of the Wolf, Baha'u'llah said he never had the time or
opportunity to read the writings of the Bab. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.60
'Abdu'l-Baha ('Abbas Effendi) was born in Tihran/Tehran on 5/23/1844, the very
same hour that the Bab declared his mission. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.64
'Abdu'l-Baha committed to memory the tablets of the Bab. [This is strange,
since his father Baha'u'llah never read them.] Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.66
Sufis such as 'Ali Shawkat Pasha visited Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.66
When Abdu'l Baha succeeded Baha'u'llah, some Baha'is contested and stirred
up trouble with the Turkish government. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.69
The Indian caste system was not right. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.70
Abdu'l Baha promoted Esperanto too. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.76.
Though it is not official that it has to be Esperanto. Ibid p.202
Abdu'l Baha would go to the mosque. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.82
Abdu'l Baha died
Flattering definition of a Baha'i, would [presumably] include Azalis and
Orthodox Baha'i too. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.90
Baha'is do not worship the human personality of Baha'u'llah, but the glory
of God manifest through that personality. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.91
They accept that Jesus said, "Take up your cross and follow me."
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.92
It is necessary for everyone to recognize Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.93
Mention of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Tarazat. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.94
Baha'is want to be God's lover and friend. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.95
Mention of the tablet of Tajalliyat. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.99
Baha'is do not force their beliefs on others. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.101
[Unlike Muslims] Baha'is are not allowed to curse others. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.102
Treat others as rare and beautiful plants. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.103
No fault finding. Unlike the impossible sermon on the Mount, Baha'is are
supposed to obey every word of Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l Baha. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.104
Look at your own faults, not others. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.105-106
Baha'is are forbidden to confess their sins to priests. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.106
Baha'is should be honest. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.107
Self-realization of the true inner self. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.108
Prayer is communication with God [and with the dead]. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.110
People must be liberated from the bondage of self. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.113
People need a mediator like Christ or Baha'u'llah between them and God.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.114
Bahai's should chant the words of God every morning and evening.114
Animal food is not forbidden, but the food of the future is fruits and
vegetables. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.125-126
For Baha'is no alcohol, except medicinally. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.126
For Baha'is no gambling, but other games of chance are OK. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.126-127
No alcohol or opium for Baha'is. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.128
Using regular doctors is OK. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.130-131
Baha'is believe in miraculous healing by the Holy Spirit. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.133-134
Baha'is desire a future golden age on earth. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.140
Strange quote of Mohammed's. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.142-143
Misrepresentation of Mohammed. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.145
Baha'is advocate visiting other people's places of worship. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.148
Baha'is easily believe a prophet can abrogate a previous prophet's teaching.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.152
All prophets of God are infallible. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.153
Lawb-i-Aqdas (Book of Aqdas) is addressed to Christians. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.154
Mention of the Father. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.154,269
Baha'u'llah is unique among the prophets. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.155
We have at present very few words of the previous prophets. The means for
recording Mohammed's teaching are in many respects unsatisfactory.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.157
Baha'u'llah wrote that 'Abdu'l-Baha was his successor [but not another
manifestation]. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.158
Mention of the Tablet of the Branch. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.159
The International House of Justice is defined in the Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.160
Baha'is believe in free will. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.161
Baha'is have no professional priesthood. It was fine in former times, but not
now. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.161-163
Baha'is advocate increasing percentage tax rate with more wealth.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.174-175
Baha'is believe making reasonable interest on money is OK. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.177
No chattel or industrial slavery. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.178
Unlike Muslims, Baha'is can have anyone inherit any amount they wish.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.180
Equality of men and women, including in education. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.180-181
Mention of [Queen] Zenobia and Mary Magdalene. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.182
Baha'i women is some countries wear veils to not stir up Muslim violence.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.184-185
Quote from the Tablet of the World. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.186
Mention of Tablet of Tajalliyat. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.188
Christ saying to turn the other cheek meant no personal revenge. The community
has the right of defense and self-protection. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.189
Christ saying turn the other cheek showed he was against personal revenge. The
community had the right of defense and self-protection though. Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.189
Mention of the language Esperanto. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.200
Baha'is are committed to a universal language, but they are not committed to
Esperanto. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.202
"As a religious body, Baha'is have, at the express command of Baha'u'llah,
entirely abandoned the use of armed force in their own interests, even for
strictly defensive purposes." Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.207.
[In contradiction], nations can fight to prevent oppression or themselves or
other nations. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.209
For marriage there must be the consent of all parents. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.214
Divorce is said to be a rare occurrence among Baha'is. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.215
The Baha'i calendar is 19 months of 19 days. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.217-218
Baha'is cannot take other Baha'is to secular court. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.219
Help the poor regardless of color or creed. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.220
They fast from sunrise to sunset [like Muslims] Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.223
Not meet and permissible to reveal to men what all happens to the soul after
death. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.230
The
The creation of heaven and Hell are symbolic and not literally true.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.231
Baha'is can pray for the dead, and unbelievers and become believers after they
die. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.232,236
We should not seek to communicate with departed spirits. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.235
The dead can help those here too. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.235
Evil does not exist, except as a lack or deprivation of good. Baha'u'llah
and the New Era p.237
In 1600 B.C. Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake, and Galileo recanted on
his knees, for saying the earth goes around the sun. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.241. This is not the whole story. While Bruno did teach the earth
revolved around the sun, the Catholic Church was captured him while in
Zamenhoff was allegedly persecuted for inventing the Esperanto language. They
claim that even Esperanto "has had it martyrs". Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.242
The plagues of
They believe that "No truth can contradict another truth."
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.245
God comprehends all, but we cannot comprehend God. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.245-246
Creation is without a beginning in time according to Baha'u'llah.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.249
"...the crude and bald account given in the Hebrew scriptures." It had
its purpose in the past though. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.249-250
Adam and Eve and the fruit are only symbolic. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.252
Evil is a slavish thing, an isolating madness. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.254
People are all fruits of one true, leaves of one branch, the flowers of one
garden. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.254
The Jews killed Jesus. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.260
"The throne upon which He [Christ] has is the Eternal Throne from which
Christ reigns for ever, a heavenly throne, not an earthly one, for the things
of earth pass away but heavenly things pass not away. He re-interpreted and
completed the Laws of Moses and fulfilled the Law of the Prophets. His Word
conquered the East and the West. His Kingdom is everlasting. 'He exalted those
Jews who recognized Him.... The animals who were to live with one another
signified the different sects and races, who, once having been at war, were now
to dwell in love and charity, drinking together the Water of Life from Christ
the Eternal Spring.'" Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.260 quoted from
Wisdom of 'Abdu'l-Baha p.48.
Isaiah 9:2-7 can fairly be applied to Christ (2,000 years ago), but more fully
and aptly applied to Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.261-262
From the rising of the sun refers to Baha'u'llah coming from
Isa 11, etc. prophecies of the branch refer to 'Abdu'l-Baha. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.265
Mt 26:27;
Mention of the Book of Iqan. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.270,274,280
Resurrection has nothing to do with the gross physical body. Baha'u'llah and
the New Era p.271,272
Mention of Acts
Mention of Luke
Sun, moon, and stars in the last days are not literal. Baha'u'llah and the
New Era p.278-279
Mention of Matthew 24 and 25. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.280-181
Very brief quote, without explanation, of Mal 3,4. Baha'u'llah and the New
Era p.283-284
Mention of Dt
Mention of Isa 55:10,11. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.285-286
Mention of Mt 11:4-6 Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.286
Alleged proof of very generic prophecy. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.286
Mention of
Prophecy of Germany. Baha'u'llah and the
Baha'u'llah prophesied a peaceful and quite calm for
Mention of Daniel
1,335 years from Hejira. 622 A.H = 1957 A.D.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.303
At-one-ment Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.311
Abolish both chattel and industrial slavery. Baha'u'llah and the New Era
p.312
The Bab's only child died in infancy. Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.315
Shoghi Effendi's mother was Ziaiyyia Khanum, who was the oldest daughter of Abd'ul-Baha, son of Baha'u'llah. Ziaiah was also related to the Bab.
Baha'u'llah and the New Era p.315
A prophecy of a war fiercer than
Notes on Some Answered Questions - Unfinished
'Abdu'l-Baha (Laura Clifford Barney translator) Some Answered Questions. Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1908,10390,1954,1981.
Bah'ai is "a new and independent world religion" Some Answered Questions p.ix
The fundamental principles proclaimed by Baha'u'llah are that religious truth is not absolute but relative; that Divine Revelation is a continuous and
progressive process; that all the great religions of the world are divine in origin; and that their missions represent successive stages in the spiritual
evolution of human society." Some Answered Questions p.xii
No reincarnation. Some Answered Questions p.xii
More important, the book [Some Answered Questions] has assumed a significant place in the sacred literature of the Faith, being one of the very
few compilations of 'Abdu'l-Baha's utterances authenticated by 'Abdu'l-Baha himself."
Mention of the telegraph. Some Answered Questions p.4
God has to possess all perfections in order to create. Some Answered Questions p.5
Non-sequiter. The imperfections of the contingent world are in themselves a proof of the perfections of God. (This was sort of an ontological argument.)
Some Answered Questions p.5
"...man, if he is left without education, becomes bestial, ... whereas if he is educated he becomes an angel...." Some Answered Questions p.7
Misinterpretation of Genesis 1:26. Some Answered Questions p.8,9
The Bab was descended from Mohammed. Some Answered Questions p.13 and footnote 1 p.13
Mentioned of Joseph, Hagar, and Ishmael. Some Answered Questions p.13
Claim that Socrates visited
Moses was a stammerer, who killed an Egyptian, and afterwards was raised to the
rank of prophet. Some Answered Questions p.15
Alleged that in Jesus' time, the slightest deviation from Judaism exposed the
offender to danger or to death. Some Answered Questions p.16
Christ abrogated the laws of Moses. Some Answered Questions p.16
Weird quote allegedly from Christ. Some Answered Questions p.17
Mohammed's military expeditions were [allegedly] always defensive. Some Answered
Questions p.18
False in Pre-Islam: Arabs told their wives, if a daughter is born to you I will
kill you. Some Answered Questions p.19
In pre-Islamic
"They were like a man holding in his hand a cup of poison, which, when
about to drink, a friend breaks and thus saves him." Some Answered Questions
p.21
False: Mohammed never fought against the Christians. Some Answered Questions
p.21
Christians did not have to fight in Muslim armies, but in compensation for
this, they had to pay a small sum of money. Some Answered Questions p.21
Mention of the false claim that Mohammed cleft/split the moon in two. Some
Answered Questions p.22
Alleged that everyone said the earth was the center of the universe. Some
Answered Questions p.23
Qur'an says the sun moves in a fixed place (Sura 36:37 and each star moves in
its own heaven. (Sura 36:38). Some Answered Questions p.23
"Baha'u'llah appeared at a time when the
"Briefly, we will say that Persian had fallen so low that to all foreign
travelers it was a matter of regret that this country, which in former times
had been so glorious and highly civilized, had now become so decayed, ruined
and upset, and that is population had lost its dignity." Some Answered
Questions p.27
Baha'u'llah wrote a letter to Napoleon
Baha'u'llah was alleged by some as an enemy of the Shah, but he was not really
an enemy of the Shah. Some Answered Questions p.33
Most prophecies alleged fulfilled in the Tablets to the Kings. Some Answered
Questions p.33
Siyyid Davudi, a Sunni from
Baha'u'llah never studied Arabic, but Arabic scholars said his eloquence and
elegance in Arabic was unequaled. Some Answered Questions p.34
His enemies allegedly planned to crucify and destroy Baha'u'llah. Some
Answered Questions p.35
Mention of the darkness and earthquake and torn veil when Christ was crucified.
However, these were not recorded anywhere else, or figurative and did not
actually happen. Some Answered Questions p.37-38
Mention of Numbers
Mention of 70 weeks in Daniel 9:29. Some Answered Questions p.40-43
Dan 12:6 referring to the Bab, since he appeared 1,260 days from the Hejira of Mohammed. Some Answered Questions p.42
Mention of Baha'ullah 1,290 days (years) after Mohammed. Some Answered Questions p.43-44
Mention of the Father. Some Answered Questions p.43
In Rev 11, mention of
Mention of Rev 12. Some Answered Questions p.67-72
Things such as fasting, prayer, worship, marriage and divorce, abolition of slavery, indemnities for murder, theft, injuries, refers to material things and
is altered in each prophetic cycle according to the times. Some Answered Questions p.48
Positive mention of the law and teachings of Mohammed, and the explanations and commentaries of 'Ali. Some Answered Questions p.50
Water turn to blood in Rev 11 means the prophethood of Mohammed and the power of 'Ali were like the prophethood of Moses and the power of Joshua. Some Answered Questions p.50
The beast who attacked the two prophets in Rev 11 is the [Muslim] Omayyad/Umayyad Dynasty who rose against the religion of Mohammed
and the reality of 'Ali. [The Umayyads are the first caliphs or Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Mu'awiyah, Yezid, etc.] Some Answered Questions p.51
After the martyrdom of the Bab, there was an earthquake in
In Rev 11:14-15, is Mohammed the first woe, and the Bab the second woe. Some Answered Questions p.56-57
In Moses' time there were 12 chiefs of tribes, in Christ's time there were 12
apostles, and in Mohammed's time there were 12 imams. 24 is the double of 12 for Baha'u'llah. Some Answered Questions p.57-58
Mention of Isaiah 11. Some Answered Questions p.62-66
Christ called himself the Son of God. Some Answered Questions p.63
Isa 11:1-10 refers to Baha'u'llah. Some Answered Questions p.62-63
The lion lying down with the lamb was fulfilled under Baha'u'llah when people of different religions associated together. Some Answered Questions p.65
The branch is Baha'u'llah. Some Answered Questions p.65
New Jerusalem is interpreted the Law of God. Some Answered Questions p.68
The sun and moon are interpreted as the Ottoman and Persian empires. Some Answered Questions p.68
The seven heads of Satan are the seven regions the Umayyads controlled. Ten horns are the distinct names of Umayyads rulers.
Even though there were more than ten rulers, many had the same names. Some Answered Questions p.69-70
Analogy of the signs of the zodiac. Some Answered Questions p.76
An analogy of a butterfly always being attracted to the light. [Actually butterflies are not attracted to light; moths are.] Some Answered Questions p.77.
The Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and God appearing as a pillar of fire, cannot be material things. Some Answered Questions p.85
"There is only one Christ. This has always been true, and always will be. Christ is unique,
unchanging, indivisible, peerless, and incomparable - 'the Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8). We can never adequately express His glory, nor can we exaggerate
His importance. Only through Him can we approach God. This understanding is absolutely central to the Baha'i Faith."
The theological view (which we explore here) emphasizes His divinity as a
'quickening spirit', as a member of the Holy Trinity, as an incarnation of God, and as the Son of God.
Let us consider each of these stations in light of the Bible."
"As an expression of God's nature, Christ is called 'the Word' (Logos): 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God' (John 1:1; emphasis added). This verse suggests that the preexistent Christ-spirit is in one sense identical with God (He 'was' God) and in another
sense distinct (He was 'with' God). Many similar Bible passages illustrate the same paradox: Some speak of Christ and God interchangeably, while other
distinguish between them."
"The truth of Divine Incarnation, like that of the Trinity, becomes clear through the Bible teaching that we behold 'the image of the invisible God'
(Col. 1:15) reflected 'as in a glass' or mirror (II Cor
"The Divine Sonship of Christ did not begin, then, with the Virgin Birth.
It is inherent in His spiritual identity which, according to Paul, existed, 'before all things' and remains the creative force by which 'all things
consist' (
"From this point of view, there is only one Christ. There cannot be two Christs, or ten; Christ cannot have a predecessor, successor, substitute or
replacement. He is the only avenue through which we can know God: 'No man cometh unto the Father, but by me' (John 14:6)
"Baha'is believe that this same Divine Presence [Christ] has reappeared, in our day, as Baha'u'llah, founder and Central figure of the Baha'i Faith,
fulfilling the Bible's promises concerning the 'return' of Christ. (The Glory of Christ Pamphlet)
'Jesus, the Spirit of God ... hath once more, in my person, been made manifest unto you (Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah 101).
The tract "Christianity and the Baha'i Faith" by Stonehaven Press 1997 says "From this point of view, Baha'u'llah is Jesus in every way that counts."
Other Groups Calling Themselves Baha'is
Be aware that the organization "Baha'is Under the Provision of the Covenant" is a different organization than the standard Baha'is. They are at:
www.bupc.org and
http://bahaicentre.co.uk/proofs-for-the-bab/
The Bab and Baha'u'llah were the resurrection of Yahya (John the Baptist) and Isa [Jesus]. These are the only two prophets whose resurrection has been foretold in the Qur'an. The Qur'an speaks of their resurrection in identical language. The Qur'an says, quoting Yahya:
"Peace be upon me (Yahya) the day I was born, the day I will die and the day I shall be raised to life."[9]
Regarding Jesus, it says:
"Peace be upon him (Jesus) the day he was born, the day he will die and the day he will be brought back to life."[10]
Regular Baha'is also believe Baha'u'llah is the return of Jesus Christ.
A New Vision of Race Unity : An Abridged Summary of the Baha'i statement on the
Oneness of Humanity. Baha'i
Baha'is and the Bible. Stonehaven Press (pamphlet) (no date)
Baha'u'llah : God's Messenger to Humanity. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the
Barney, Laura Clifford (translator) 'Abdu'l-Baha Some Answered Questions.
Baha'i Publishing Trust. 1981
Beckwith, Francis. Baha'i : Bethany House Publishers. 1985.
Browne, E.G. (translator) New History of the Bab
Browne, E.G. Babis of Persia II
Browne, Edward G. (translator) A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab, The University Press, 1918 p.175-243.
Christianity and the Baha'i Faith : Frequently Asked Questions. Stonehaven Press (pamphlet) (no date)
Baha'u'llah : A Brief Introduction to His Life and Work. Baha'i International Community. 1991.
Douglas, J.D. New 20th-Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 2nd edition. Baker Book House 1991.
Esslemont, J.E. Baha'u'llah and the New Era. Revised Edition. The Baha'i Publishing Committee 1940.
http://bahai-library.com/books/new.era/...
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Sobjani, Mouhebat (compiler) Baha'i : Teachings for the New World Order. Waldorf Enterprises. 1992-2003 (80 pg booklet)
The Baha'i' Faith : Its Principles and History. Baha'i Publishing Trust. 1996,1997.(29 pg booklet)
The Glory of Christ : A Baha'i Testimony. Stonehaven Press (pamphlet) (no date)
The Light of Unity : The Power of Prayer. Baha'i Publishing Trust. 1999.
The Promise of World Peace to the Peoples of the World. A Statement by the Universal House of Justice. (12 pgs) (no date)
The Vision of Race Unity : America's Most Challenging Issue. A Statement by
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the
Tangler, Howard. Who are the Baha'is? (pamphlet) 1993.
Selected List of References on Islam
www.AnsweringIslam.org is a very extensive web site presenting and debating many aspects of Islam.
Hasan, Prof. Ahmad. Sunan Abu Dawud : English Translation with Explanatory Notes. Sh. Muhammad Ashraf Publishers, Booksellers &
Exporters 1984 (three volumes)
The Holy Qur-an : English translation of the meanings and Commentary.
Translated by 'Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali. Revised and edited by The Presidency of Islamic Researches, IFTA, Call and Guidance. King Fahd Holy Qur-an Printing Complex. (no date)
Khan, Dr. Muhammad Muhsin (translator) The Translation of the Meanings of
Sahih Al-Bukhari Arabic-English. Islamic University, Al-Medina
Al-Munawwara AL MAKTABAT AL SALAFIAT AL MADINATO AL MONAWART. No date or copyright.
Sahih Muslim by Imam Muslim. Rendered into English by 'Abdul Hamid Siddiqi. International Islamic Publishing House. (no date)
Bible verses are from the NIV.
For more info please contact Christian Debater™ P.O. Box 144441 Austin, TX 78714 www.BibleQuery.org
by Steven M. Morrison, PhD.