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tag name Jesus Christ, Transfiguration of type: Religions, Middle Eastern

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Jesus_Christ,_Transfiguration_of
related tags – Bible; – Jesus Christ; – Moses; Elijah (Prophet)
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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:

"... It is therefore clear that the spirit has powerful perceptions that are not mediated by the organs of the five senses, such as the eyes and the ears. And, with respect to spiritual understandings and inner disclosures, there exists among spiritual souls a unity that surpasses all imagination and comparison and a communion that transcends time and place. So, for example, when it is written in the Gospel that Moses and Elijah came to Christ on Mount Tabor, it is clear that this was not a material communion but a spiritual condition that has been expressed as a physical meeting..."

– `Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 71 (AB00482)

"Thou didst ask as to the transfiguration of Jesus, with Moses and Elias and the Heavenly Father on Mount Tabor, as referred to in the Bible. This occurrence was perceived by the disciples with their inner eye, wherefore it was a secret hidden away, and was a spiritual discovery of theirs. Otherwise, if the intent be that they witnessed physical forms, that is, witnessed that transfiguration with their outward eyes, then there were many others at hand on that plain and mountain, and why did they fail to behold it? And why did the Lord charge them that they should tell no man? It is clear that this was a spiritual vision and a scene of the Kingdom. Wherefore did the Messiah bid them to keep this hidden, “till the Son of Man were risen from the dead,”¹—that is, until the Cause of God should be exalted, and the Word of God prevail, and the reality of Christ rise up."
Note: 1
Matthew 17:1–19; Mark 9:2–9; Luke 9:28–36

– Selections from the Writings of ` Abdu'l-Bahá, no. 140 (AB01693)

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Transfiguration

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tag name	Jesus Christ, Transfiguration of	type:	Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Jesus_Christ,_Transfiguration_of
related tags	– Bible; – Jesus Christ; – Moses; Elijah (Prophet)
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: "... It is therefore clear that the spirit has powerful perceptions that are not mediated by the organs of the five senses, such as the eyes and the ears. And, with respect to spiritual understandings and inner disclosures, there exists among spiritual souls a unity that surpasses all imagination and comparison and a communion that transcends time and place. So, for example, when it is written in the Gospel that Moses and Elijah came to Christ on Mount Tabor, it is clear that this was not a material communion but a spiritual condition that has been expressed as a physical meeting..." – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 71 (AB00482) "Thou didst ask as to the transfiguration of Jesus, with Moses and Elias and the Heavenly Father on Mount Tabor, as referred to in the Bible. This occurrence was perceived by the disciples with their inner eye, wherefore it was a secret hidden away, and was a spiritual discovery of theirs. Otherwise, if the intent be that they witnessed physical forms, that is, witnessed that transfiguration with their outward eyes, then there were many others at hand on that plain and mountain, and why did they fail to behold it? And why did the Lord charge them that they should tell no man? It is clear that this was a spiritual vision and a scene of the Kingdom. Wherefore did the Messiah bid them to keep this hidden, “till the Son of Man were risen from the dead,”¹—that is, until the Cause of God should be exalted, and the Word of God prevail, and the reality of Christ rise up." Note: 1 Matthew 17:1–19; Mark 9:2–9; Luke 9:28–36 – Selections from the Writings of ` Abdu'l-Bahá, no. 140 (AB01693)
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Transfiguration