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tag name I am all the Prophets (Hadith) type: Religions, Middle Eastern

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related tags - Manifestations of God; Hadith (traditions); Manifestations of God, Multiple stations; Progressive revelation; Return; Unity of religion
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Reference in Bahá'u'lláhs Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), paragraph 161, to a hadith (oral tradition) attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Shi'i Islam.
The source for this hadith may be Bihar al-Anwar, volume 24.

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These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"... These Manifestations of God have each a twofold station. One is the station of pure abstraction and essential unity. In this respect, if thou callest them all by one name, and dost ascribe to them the same attributes, thou hast not erred from the truth. Even as He hath revealed: “No distinction do We make between any of His Messengers.” For they, one and all, summon the people of the earth to acknowledge the unity of God, and herald unto them the Kawthar of an infinite grace and bounty. They are all invested with the robe of prophethood, and are honored with the mantle of glory. Thus hath Muḥammad, the Point of the Qur’án, revealed: “I am all the Prophets.” Likewise, He saith: “I am the first Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus.” Similar statements have been made by Imám ‘Alí. Sayings such as these, which indicate the essential unity of those Exponents of Oneness, have also emanated from the Channels of God’s immortal utterance, and the Treasuries of the gems of Divine knowledge, and have been recorded in the Scriptures. These Countenances are the recipients of the Divine Command, and the Daysprings of His Revelation. This Revelation is exalted above the veils of plurality and the exigencies of number. Thus He saith: “Our Cause is but One.” Inasmuch as the Cause is one and the same, the Exponents thereof also must needs be one and the same. Likewise, the Imáms of the Muḥammadan Faith, those lamps of certitude, have said: “Muḥammad is our first, Muḥammad is our last, Muḥammad our all.” ..."

– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶161 (BH00002)

See also section XLVII of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (BH00926)
references www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="I am all the Prophets"

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2023. Last Prophet and Last Day: Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Exegesis of the 'Seal of the Prophets' (Q. 33:40). Christopher Buck, Youli A. Ioannesyan. Survey and analysis of viewpoints on the meaning of "Seal of the Prophets"; the prophetic cycle and cycle of fulfillment; metaphorical and spiritual understandings of the "divine presence." Link to article (offsite). Articles.
2007. Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat. Khazeh Fananapazir. Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhár "Sermon of Iftikhár," and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat "Sermon of Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat." Articles.
2001. Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness (Khutbih-i-Ma'rifat bin-Núráníyyat). Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . A sermon by Imam Ali, of interest to Bahá'ís because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kázim Rashtí; (2) it concerns the true station of the Imáms; and (3) Bahá'u'lláh quotes it in the Kitáb-i-Iqán. Translations.
1995. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji. Translations.
1993 Fall. "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts. Juan Cole. Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with all the past Prophets and their sufferings, depicting himself mortally wounded on the field of battle, like Imám Husayn. Articles.
1993. Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam, A. Seena Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir. Survey of the terms "prophet" and "seal," and a Bahá'í reconciliation of these terms with progressive revelation. Articles.
1931. Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . Major theological work by Baháʼu'lláh, written prior to his declaration of mission. Writings.

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tag name	I am all the Prophets (Hadith)	type:	Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/I_am_all_the_Prophets_(Hadith)
related tags	- Manifestations of God; Hadith (traditions); Manifestations of God, Multiple stations; Progressive revelation; Return; Unity of religion
notes	Reference in Bahá'u'lláhs Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), paragraph 161, to a hadith (oral tradition) attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Shi'i Islam. The source for this hadith may be Bihar al-Anwar, volume 24.
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... These Manifestations of God have each a twofold station. One is the station of pure abstraction and essential unity. In this respect, if thou callest them all by one name, and dost ascribe to them the same attributes, thou hast not erred from the truth. Even as He hath revealed: “No distinction do We make between any of His Messengers.” For they, one and all, summon the people of the earth to acknowledge the unity of God, and herald unto them the Kawthar of an infinite grace and bounty. They are all invested with the robe of prophethood, and are honored with the mantle of glory. Thus hath Muḥammad, the Point of the Qur’án, revealed: “I am all the Prophets.” Likewise, He saith: “I am the first Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus.” Similar statements have been made by Imám ‘Alí. Sayings such as these, which indicate the essential unity of those Exponents of Oneness, have also emanated from the Channels of God’s immortal utterance, and the Treasuries of the gems of Divine knowledge, and have been recorded in the Scriptures. These Countenances are the recipients of the Divine Command, and the Daysprings of His Revelation. This Revelation is exalted above the veils of plurality and the exigencies of number. Thus He saith: “Our Cause is but One.” Inasmuch as the Cause is one and the same, the Exponents thereof also must needs be one and the same. Likewise, the Imáms of the Muḥammadan Faith, those lamps of certitude, have said: “Muḥammad is our first, Muḥammad is our last, Muḥammad our all.” ..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶161 (BH00002) See also section XLVII of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (BH00926)
references	www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="I am all the Prophets"