The Bahá'í 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 !?
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 !?
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 , is ...
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 , is ...
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| Title | The Bahá'í 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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