Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:23 pm
'Abdu'l-Baha has apparantly written that the 12th Imam of Shi'ih Islam was not a real person ie. the 11th Imam had no son. I read that on Steve Lambden's website. His existence was a pious sham, invented by the divines to appease the doubts of the ordinary Shi'ihs.
Baha'u'llah has also clearly said, in the Gems of Divine Mystery, that all the peoples of the world are waiting for their 12th Imam to come from the Jabulsa and Jabulka of vain imagination (zunuun) and idle fancy (ahwaam).
Also, the Bab clearly explained in His later writings that He first put out that He was a Bab of the 12th Imam so that the people would not object to, reject and turn away from that for which they were created to recognize. Just cause He said that He was from the 12th Imam doesn't mean we can accept that literally. He station, as He later said, is much higher than an Imam.
Baha'u'llah has also clearly said, in the Gems of Divine Mystery, that all the peoples of the world are waiting for their 12th Imam to come from the Jabulsa and Jabulka of vain imagination (zunuun) and idle fancy (ahwaam).
Also, the Bab clearly explained in His later writings that He first put out that He was a Bab of the 12th Imam so that the people would not object to, reject and turn away from that for which they were created to recognize. Just cause He said that He was from the 12th Imam doesn't mean we can accept that literally. He station, as He later said, is much higher than an Imam.