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- Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The use of "We" in Baha'u'llah's writings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22014
. To be glad to have been born in an Arabic environment is a strange thing to say. As an example: I am not glad to have been born in a bilingual environment. It is just a fact of life. In this post, above, again there is a flattering of Arabic and labelling it as “ Holy ”. This is egocentrism. Being...
- Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:38 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The use of "We" in Baha'u'llah's writings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22014
why just arabic ?
. Dear Zain; May i express my gratitude and thanks for those precisions on the arabic langage, because you explained them so well. However, I think that gloryfying and praising Arabic (your mother tongue isn’t ?) is not appropriate for a Baha’i. It is just a mere ballooning of your personal prideshi...
- Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:16 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The use of "We" in Baha'u'llah's writings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22014
The quotation of Shogi Effendi by Brett make things quite clear on that topic. The Persian language is like arabic, very rich and precise, almost surgical. There are a few good electronic dictionaries online to help us to catch the many significations of a term. Most will work with copy and paste, a...
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:43 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: SPECIAL VIDEO PRESENTATION: Declaration of the BAB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17481
. yes it is nice to watch. i send it to all friends. were are you in your readings (oups, recitings) ? After almost two years, im still overwhelmed and i dont see the end of it. So much things to read ! It is a chance many elders do help me when at some point i dont understand certain things. Otherw...
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The use of "We" in Baha'u'llah's writings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22014
translating persian is a tough cookie (for me)
. Dear Keyvan Smart deduction here. I felt it, you would be movin' a-forward. Some times fancy translators attributes a celestial "we" while in the persian text prophet Baha'u'llah adresses to some as "I tell you this and I ... Also, some typical expressions firsly translated as : By my life ! were ...
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:42 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Can Bahais drink wine?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13723
Wine
WINE Dear Keyvan, In the writings, the short word خمر Khamr used for intoxicants and " Khamr " is from the root word " Khamara" which means "to cover." Thus, anything that covers or hinders the mind is prohibited. This includes anything that alters the mind, such as marijuana, hero...
- Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Organ Donation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18699
. Dear Kira these are external details. Since you came in, not so long ago, you may have realized nice things, internally. Did you make that link (in valley one) that you have to deprogram family values that were inscribed in you by ma and pa, and that you must nor please nor displease anyone on Ear...
- Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: I'm missing something...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17163
- Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:18 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: SPECIAL VIDEO PRESENTATION: Declaration of the BAB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17481
SPECIAL VIDEO PRESENTATION: Declaration of the BAB
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This is an amazing video, a fabulous visual.
The music is "divine". A nice treat for every Baha'i.
Take a look at this (small download delay).
http://www.nybahai.org/declaration/
This was sent by balikpapan, on the Planet Baha'i forum.
Majnun.
This is an amazing video, a fabulous visual.
The music is "divine". A nice treat for every Baha'i.
Take a look at this (small download delay).
http://www.nybahai.org/declaration/
This was sent by balikpapan, on the Planet Baha'i forum.
Majnun.
- Sun May 29, 2005 11:08 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kitabi Siossieh
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5863
psychology / behaviour
. NO. But we have a book called the valleys. It describes human behavior and distinguishes identity from non identity, (azzur al-wujud min al-édam) and what is inscribed in the memory of man (lawh al insan), at every stage of his life, as he grows up. The term behavior or mood or habit, may be expre...
- Sun May 29, 2005 10:51 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Talks by The Master and description of Africans(blacks!)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10582
- Sun May 29, 2005 10:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'i "Wish" Prayers? What are they?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15921
- Sun May 29, 2005 10:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: corrections
- Replies: 19
- Views: 32814
- Thu May 26, 2005 11:13 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: I'm missing something...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17163
Can you give more details ?
Where is it written that we must be powerless vegetable with no brains ? Could you make precisions, before this honorable audience, of what is the “bug” for you person ? Could you tell me more about this “big picture” you say you are missing? I’m just asking this to catch a clearer view of you quest...
- Thu May 26, 2005 11:02 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: My bahai father molested me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 20636
Majnun answers to the "bad" father
. Dear F-H. Please excuse this attitude of "shunning" a sensible subject, in many case we know we are not specialist (like Dr Phil or others) to emit a valid solution to all social "abnormalities", if i dare take this light expression to resume what your lived trough. After a while i had some though...
- Sat May 21, 2005 9:24 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: My bahai father molested me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 20636
These things are very touchy, personal and sensible. As in a few case, we suggest that you communicate privately with a specialist because most of us do not have the skills to understand as a professional therapist does. On top of this, i think most honorable members of this forum will shun themselv...
- Sat May 21, 2005 9:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: A prophet may come before the end of a thousand years
- Replies: 67
- Views: 97517
I think monsieur Farid has an open mind on this. While Abdul Baha said when ready a prophet will come, BUT, he will teach the same basic teachings of Baha'u'llah. A person named Meher Baba enforce the same 7 basic steps as in the 7 Valleys into his spiritual program, and much closer to us in time, p...
- Wed May 18, 2005 7:55 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: corrections
- Replies: 19
- Views: 32814
- Tue May 17, 2005 12:02 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: corrections
- Replies: 19
- Views: 32814
corrections
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- Mon May 16, 2005 11:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: alif lam mim
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16318
arabic, farsi and english
. Dear miss Van Den Broek you are absolutely right. If i remember correctly, the Bab said something special about the eloquence of the Arabic used in the noble Qur'an, in his Persian Bayan. You may enjoy most Baha'i writings in Arabic, Farsi and English, on this new website, as i do: the site is ver...
- Sun May 15, 2005 8:13 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: alif lam mim
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16318
from the Beatles era
. Dear Lucy Dear Hassan Learning arabic or persian is not a necessity to merit a special entry into paradise. Some people beleive they must learn hebrew and go to Israel to study the Torah (Bible) to be correct. I think this is religious insanity, or an over exagerated personal opinion on what the S...
- Tue May 10, 2005 4:39 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: alif lam mim
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16318
. You may find interesting this document on the isolated letters of the Qur’an: written by Baha’u’llah, but not published, provisional translation by Dr Stephen Lambren : http://www.hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BAHA'-ALLAH/L-hurufat.htm Since the explanations published by Dr Khalifa in the 70’s and...
- Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Is the Bahai faith shrinking?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10801
. What i think? hmm. That your vision is not different from many people. We may all see what you just described. I just posted on the Ruhi tread something that may connect. Baha'u'llah said (in Certitude) that victory or triumph or domination do not have the same meaning a we generally think it has....
- Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:50 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Ruhi Problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17141
. Comprehension precedes Acceptation In the tablet titled "The River", Baha'u'llah explains that comprehension is a first step, then acceptation of the truth will follow. He uses the classical example of the earth's rotation to explain the illusion of the sun turning around it. In the Valleys, he de...
- Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:03 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Ruhi Problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17141
Dear mister Walker: The <a href=http://bahai-library.com/?file=lee_ruhi_problem>article by mister Anthony Lee</a> describes pros and cons of the Ruhi books. I think Ruhi stands for Ruh-i, of the spirit. Counselled by friends, I undertook the Ruhi 1 course. My pre-existent opinion is that everything ...
- Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Manifestation vs. Prophet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 33371
Salam mister jpd The motivation was to spike your curiosity. Oh, from the tonality of this long letter where a mention of the valleys is made, I just guessed about the recitation. The baha’i writings, we recite daily, as some recite the Qur’an, I mean, the same procedure, to start and maintain the 7...
- Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:28 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Democratic-Peace and the Lesser Peace
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17044
Dear mister jpd For trade and debt, possibly your are right. I would advocate cuting on imports, and syndicate all those bellow 9 dollars an hour. They, the slaves who sell away their lives for peanuts, they are the ones who make the Waltons of this world richer everyday, and all of us, poorer. Ther...
- Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:51 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Manifestation vs. Prophet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 33371
- Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:22 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Noah's Flood?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 42497
Why do you all focus so much on the past ? Is it not more vital to all how we put the actual Revelation in action, in our lifes and in our heads? The first steps of our spiritual voyage (progress) mention how to erase the past from our memories, and then reconstruct etc. If we keep comparing new and...
- Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:42 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Is the Virginity so important for a bahá'í?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 46576
The above text lays down many questions concerning the author's personal life, if i interpret the sentences accordingly with the amount of the pronoun "my" in that text (my town, my bride, etc.). Fortunately, an answer pops-up from the gentleman in the last line. So take two before bedtime, and rela...
- Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:05 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Manifestation vs. Prophet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 33371
. I think that this “plural sense of respect” is a man made conception. Knowing that Elohim is a plural, we should translate by “the Elohims”. So “the Elohims”, the Creators, made us to their likeness. The name of the chief of the creators is also clealy written by YHVH = Yahwe. Verse one of the Tor...
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:33 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Manifestation vs. Prophet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 33371
Interesting point here. In some baha'i tablets, some people translate the expression zuhur ullah by Manifestation of God. Also, translations made by westerners in the early 1900's did borrow expressions from the then dominating Christianity, in the western part of the world Many of us know that the ...
- Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: converting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19993
Second question: concerning books The baha’i literature is easily obtained in a baha’i center near your home. If not, on this website you can find them, then print and read outloud (not shouted), possibly in the morning, in the privacy of your room. I suggest you recite (read outloud) about 15 minut...
- Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:55 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: God?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 64042
- Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:35 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: I need the source for a tradition Baha'u'llah quotes..
- Replies: 14
- Views: 34822
Akeykom salam Muhammad Noor Islam The Mahdi is announced with an astonishing precision in the noble Qur’an, as he is in the Bible. It on chapter 13 The Initials ALMR means al-mahdi will rise (his mission is over) If you add the abjad values up to chapter 13, you get the year his mission was complete...
- Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:53 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "Entry by Troops"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19047
The expression "entry by troops" recalls to mind the expression "entry in throngs" (afouaja) to describe an up coming event (Qur'an 78:18 and 110:2) some translate the expression by "in flocks", others translate afouaja by "regiments", to describe the idea of "groups" or troops. In French the expres...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: what should I do after my husband commit the adultery?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17874
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Need for Group Sessions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8305
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:07 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Persian Bayan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16348