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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 432-433
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Letter of 12 November 1933
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You use the expression "till time ends". This is misleading, for
there is no end to time. The Guardian suggests that you should
either use the term used in the Íqán "till the end that has no end",
or express it in such a manner that would give the idea that time
has no end....
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Jehovah is a title of God, whereas Bahá'u'lláh is the title of the
Manifestation of God.
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... you count the period of the Christian Dispensation as
having lasted for 1844 years. As in the Bahá'í teachings
Muhammad is considered as an independent prophet of God,
you have to consider His Dispensation as having begun in 622
A.D. The Christian Dispensation must, therefore, end in 622
A.D. and from that date till 1844 is the era of Muhammad. 1260
is the calculation based on the lunar system. In other words, it is
the Hegira year or A.H. You should either specify this fact, or
base your calculation on the solar year, in which case it will be
less than 1260, as there is a difference of one year in every 33
years.
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... you should point out that, only so far as it is recorded in the
Gospel, Jesus gave two material ordinances only. Our knowledge
of Jesus' life and teachings is rather fragmentary and so it would
be more correct if you specify that these ordinances are only
those recorded in the Gospel, and they may not be the only ones.
There may be other teachings and ordinances too, of which no
record is left.
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...Muhammadanism is not only the last of the world
religions, but a fuller Revelation than any one preceding it. The
Qur'án is not only more authoritative than any previous religious
gospel, but it contains also much more; ordinances, teachings
and precepts, which taken together constitute a fuller Revelation
of God's purpose and law to mankind than Christianity, Judaism
or any other previous Dispensation. This view is in complete
accord with the Bahá'í philosophy of progressive revelation, and
should be thoroughly accepted and taught by every loyal ...
Bahá'í.
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