The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 75
How lofty hath been His incorruptible Essence, how completely independent of
the knowledge of all created things, and how immensely exalted will it remain
above the praise of all the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth!” THE
ONENESS ...
How lofty hath been His incorruptible Essence, how completely independent of
the knowledge of all created things, and how immensely exalted will it remain
above the praise of all the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth!” THE
ONENESS ...
Page 126
The essence of a thing is known through its qualities; otherwise, it is unknown
and hidden. As our knowledge of things, even of created and limited things, is
knowledge of their qualities and not of their essence, how is it possible to ...
The essence of a thing is known through its qualities; otherwise, it is unknown
and hidden. As our knowledge of things, even of created and limited things, is
knowledge of their qualities and not of their essence, how is it possible to ...
Page 211
Haste ye to win your share of God's good grace and mercy in this Day that
eclipseth all other created Days. How great the felicity that awaiteth the man that
forsaketh all he hath in a desire to obtain the things of God! Such a man, We
testify, ...
Haste ye to win your share of God's good grace and mercy in this Day that
eclipseth all other created Days. How great the felicity that awaiteth the man that
forsaketh all he hath in a desire to obtain the things of God! Such a man, We
testify, ...
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| Title | The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Baha'i Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1931847061, 9781931847063 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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