Walk not with the ungodly...

“O SON OF DUST! Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship with him, for such companionship turneth the radiance of the heart into infernal fire,”

(Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah, p. 42, no. 57)

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Break all ties...

“Break all ties with the polytheists (deniers of Baha’ism),”

(Baha’u’llah, Majmu`iy-i alwah-i mubarak-ih, p. 90)

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Cleanse your eyes...

“Cleanse your eyes from [seeing] the deniers and the polytheists (meaning non-Baha’is) and turn away from them,”

(Baha’u’llah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, vol. 2, no. 81, p. 477)

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Keep away from him...

“Run away from he who you do not find my love in his heart, keep away from him, and keep a great distance between you.,”

(Baha’u’llah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, vol. 2, p. 345 (surat al-ashab))

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It is not permitted to interact, speak, or meet...

“It is not permitted to interact, speak, or meet with those individuals that have turned away and made their objections apparent. This is an order revealed from the heavens of an Ancient Commander,”

(Abd al-Hamid Ishraq Khawari, Ma’idiy-i asimani, vol. 8, p. 74[citing Baha’u’llah])

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It is forbidden to meet polytheists and hypocrites

“Know that God has forbidden his friends from meeting with the polytheists (deniers of Baha’ism) and hypocrites,”

(Abd al-Hamid Ishraq Khawari, Ma’idiy-i asimani, vol. 4, p. 280[citing Baha’u’llah])

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Keep away from polytheists

It is incumbent on every soul to keep away from the wicked breath of the polytheists (deniers of Baha’ism)

(Abd al-Hamid Ishraq Khawari, Ma’idiy-i asimani, vol. 8, p. 39 [citing Baha’u’llah])

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No Bahá'í in the West can be called a Bahá'í unless he is first Muslim

No Bahá'í in the West can be called a Bahá'í unless he is first Muslim (believer in Muhammad's revelation and teachings and the Imams) and a Sunni Muhammadan can never become a Bahá'í unless he becomes first a Shi'ih Muslim. The Sunnis were following a false line, they must recognize their error and accept the Shi'ih truth and then this Revelation. The fact that the Bab is a lineal descendant of Muhammad is sufficient proof for us that the line of the Imam Husayn (son of Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet) was the authentic one. Could the Bab have descended from a line of usurpers? In the light of Bahá'u'lláh's tribute to the Imam Husayn could we doubt it? So must the Jews first become Christians, then Shi'ih Muhammadans, then Bahá'ís.

http://bahai-library.com/maxwell_haifa_notes&chapter=1

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Sanctioning Sen McGlinn

[Update September 2016: It appears that an explanation for my disenrollment has recently been issued : “efforts, spanning over twenty-five years, to promote erroneous and misleading perspectives on the Baha’i teachings.” (NSA of New Zealand, June 17, 2016)

https://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/about/about-dissenrolment/

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It is the task of the Bahá'ís to interpret the Quran

It is the task of the Bahá'ís to interpret the Quran, according to the Bahá'í teachings.

http://bahai-library.com/alexander_notes_presence_shoghieffendi

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The Mystery of God

‘Abdu'l-Bahá had the gifts of divine insight, of revelation and of prophecy, although He was not a Messenger of God. For this reason His Father gave Him another title: Sirr’u’llah – The Mystery of God. These are also reasons why ‘Abdu'l-Bahá is so highly regarded by Bahá'ís and why His writings and public talks are so strongly valued and so regularly referred to.

http://www.spanglefish.com/epsomandewellbahais/index.asp?pageid=344379

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Become blind, deaf and ignorant

"Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My beauty; stop thine ears, that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet melody of My voice; empty thyself of all learning, that thou mayest partake of My knowledge; and sanctify thyself from riches, that thou mayest obtain a lasting share from the ocean of My eternal wealth..."

http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/HW/hw-84.html

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Return - Who is who ?

The full list of mazāhir runs as follows (titles or personae in parentheses)

1. Mīrzā Yaḥyā [Ṣubh-i Azal]
2. Mīrzā Ḥusayn ʿAlī [Bahāʾ]
3. Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥasan [Mālik-i Ashtar]
4. Mīrzā Ghulām ʿAlī [Ibrāhīm ibn Mālik (al-Ashtar)]
5. Mullā Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn [Imām Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn or Imām Ḥusayn]
6. Muḥammad Taqī Khān [Imām ʿAlī]
7. Mullā ʿAlī Bābā Buzurg Tākurī [Salmān al-Fārisī]
8. Mullā ʿAlī Bābā Kūchik Shīrāzī [Abū Dharr al-Ghiffārī]
9. Mullā (ʿAbd al-) Fatṭ ạ̄ ḥ [Muḥammad]
10. Muḥammad Taqī, a son of Ismāʿīl Khān [al-Mukhtār]
11. Ḥājī Ismāʿīl, (another) son of Ismāʿīl Khān [ʿAlī Akbar]
12. Mullā Ṣāliḥ Nārīdī [Abū Luʾluʾ]
13. Muḥsin, a brother of Mīrzā Rafīʿ [the angel Gabriel]
14. Mīrzā Rafīʿ [ʿAbbās ʿAlī].

Ref. "The Messiah of Shiraz" by Dr. MacEoin

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Manifestation of Satan

Majid Din is sinking. He is 98 years old - the incited of Muhammad Ali. He lives adjacent to the Mansion at Bahji. The Master has referred to him in his Will and Testament. He has called him the "manifestation of Satan" he was worse than Muhammad Ali - for he incited Muhammad Ali. almost 100 years old - and God has kept him so he might witness the rise of the Faith. He was worse than the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant. He is half- paralyzed.

http://bahai-library.com/levy_pilgrims_1953

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Baha'u'llah appointed me as the Center of His Covenant was not because I was His Son...

He (Master) said in part: "That Baha'u'llah appointed me as the Center of His Covenant was not because I was His Son. Nay, I swear by His Holy Spirit, that had He found a negro of Zanzibar more capable than I am, He would have appointed him preferably to me!..."

Source : 1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali-Kuli Khan

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