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Bahá ' u ' lláh taught that this potential to reflect the attributes of God is the soul ' s
essential reality . It is the meaning of man being created in the image of God . ”
The divine qualities are not external to the soul . They are latent within it , just as ...
Bahá ' u ' lláh taught that this potential to reflect the attributes of God is the soul ' s
essential reality . It is the meaning of man being created in the image of God . ”
The divine qualities are not external to the soul . They are latent within it , just as ...
Page 124
But how are we to attain the knowledge of the attributes of God ? Bahá ' u ' lláh
wrote that everything in creation is God ' s handiwork and therefore reflects
something of his attributes . For example , even in the intimate structure of a rock
or a ...
But how are we to attain the knowledge of the attributes of God ? Bahá ' u ' lláh
wrote that everything in creation is God ' s handiwork and therefore reflects
something of his attributes . For example , even in the intimate structure of a rock
or a ...
Page 126
eternally transcendent , but that his attributes and qualities are completely
immanent in the Manifestations . 39 Since our knowledge of anything is limited to
our knowledge of the perceptible attributes of that thing , knowledge of the ...
eternally transcendent , but that his attributes and qualities are completely
immanent in the Manifestations . 39 Since our knowledge of anything is limited to
our knowledge of the perceptible attributes of that thing , knowledge of the ...
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Contents
The Islamic Background | 1 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion Reading rainbow book |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Stevenson, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0060654414, 9780060654412 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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