tag name Revelation type: Religion, general; Terminology; Writings, general web link bahai-library.com/tags/Revelation variations or mis-spellings ẓuhúr ( ظهور ); amr ( امر ); waḥy ( وحی ); tajallí ( تجلّی ); nuzúl ( نزول ) related tags - Manifestations of God; – Concepts, Religious; – Tags with many search results on bahai.org; God, Word of; Mystery (mysteries); Progressive revelation referring tags Bahá'u'lláh, Revelation of; Báb, Revelation of; Book of Creation and written Book (two books); Concealment; Manifestations of God, Innate knowledge; Modes of revelation; Re-revelation of verses; Revelation, Three stages of; Revelation of verses; Revelation writing; Tajallí; Theophany; Veils (spiritual); Voices of revelation Inventory subject Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation notes "The laws, teachings or message of God transmitted through His Manifestations to mankind...."
– from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989)"Bahá'ís regard the Manifestations of God as intermediaries between God and humanity. As such, their teachings represent a unique revelation of the divine will, and may be referred to as the 'Word of God'. Not everything that an individual Manifestation says is to be regarded as revelation, and moments of revelation appear to be marked off from everyday life, as in Moses' encounter with the Burning Bush and his receipt of Ten Commandments, or Muhammad's encounters with the angel Gabriel. In the case of Muhammad, 'revelation' consisted in the utterance of verses which together make up the successive Súras of the Quran. In like manner the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh revealed verses... Their greater output each producing hundreds of thousands of verses, as compared with 6,236 in the Quran indicated the potency of the present era..."
– Smith, Peter (2000). "revelation". A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. p. 294.
See also:
Covenant Library Unified Index:
– Revelation (general)
– Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh
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:
"... Its [Bahá'í Faith] teachings revolve around the fundamental principle that religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is progressive, not final. Unequivocally and without the least reservation it proclaims all established religions to be divine in origin, identical in their aims, complementary in their functions, continuous in their purpose, indispensable in their value to mankind... “ "“They differ,” explains Bahá’u’lláh... “only in the intensity of their revelation and the comparative potency of their light.” And this, not by reason of any inherent incapacity of any one of them to reveal in a fuller measure the glory of the Message with which He has been entrusted, but rather because of the immaturity and unpreparedness of the age He lived in to apprehend and absorb the full potentialities latent in that Faith..."
– Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh"All Divine Revelation seems to have been thrown out in flashes. ... That is why in the Qur'án and our own Writings different subjects are so often included in one Tablet. It pulsates, so to speak. That is why it is "Revelation"."
– On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Unfolding Destiny, p. 454"... There is a fundamental difference between Divine Revelation as vouchsafed by God to His Prophets, and the spiritual experiences and visions which individuals may have. The latter should, under no circumstances, be construed as constituting an infallible source of guidance, even for the person experiencing them..."
– From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi dated November 1, 1940, to an individual believer, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1741
bahaidata.org Q4677 · Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.) references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation; bahaiquotes.com/subject/revelation; bahaiquotes.com/subject/god-direct-revelations-from; www.bahai.org/beliefs/god-his-creation/revelation; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Revelation
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