InvestigateTruth
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Looking at what Abdulbaha said in His Will and Testament:
"O ye beloved of the Lord! It is incumbent upon the Guardian of the Cause of God to appoint in his own life-time him that shall become his successor, that differences may not arise after his passing. He that is appointed must manifest in himself detachment from all worldly things, must be the essence of purity, must show in himself the fear of God, knowledge, wisdom and learning.
Thus, should the first-born of the Guardian of the Cause of God not manifest in himself the truth of the words:—“The child is the secret essence of its sire,” that is, should he not inherit of the spiritual within him (the Guardian of the Cause of God) and his glorious lineage not be matched with a goodly character, then must he, (the Guardian of the Cause of God) choose another branch to succeed him."
Shoghi Effendi did not have a child neither He chose anyone in His life to succeed Him. I see a similarity between this, and what happend in the past, regarding Jesus and regarding the twelve Imam:
Abu Basir narrates from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following:
"Allah sent revelation to ‘Imran saying, "I will grant you a perfect and holy son who would cure the blind and the lepers and bring the dead back to life by Allah, the permission of Allah and I make him a messenger to the israelites." ‘Imran then said it to his wife, Hanna, mother of Mary all about it When she conceive with the baby Mary and she thought to herself that the baby will be a boy. When she give birth to Mary she said, "Lord, I have given birth to a girl and boys are not like girls. A girl can not be a messenger. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, has said, "Allah knows to who have you given birth. When Allah, the Most High, granted Jesus to Mary he was the boy promised to ‘Imran. He promised Jesus to ‘Imran. When we would say something about a man from us and that thing would be found in his sons or grand sons then you must not deny it."
The Quranic evidence for this Hadith is in verse 3:36,
“But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female…..”
3:35-36
In this Hadith, Abu Abdallah (Aka Imam Hussein), is saying that God had said to Jesus grandparents they will have a Son, who will be a Prophet, but that did not happen in that generation, instead it was postponed to the next generation. Likewise, Imam Hussein is saying, though we, Imams have said the 11th Imam will have a child who will be Mahdi, this may be postponed to future generations, and if He appeared later, you must not deny Him.
Now, Abdulbaha said there will be a next guardian. But this did not happen right after Shoghi Effendi. If we follow same logic, it would happen in a future generation. But seems to be a difficult Test, for believers to accept Him, if it happens.
"O ye beloved of the Lord! It is incumbent upon the Guardian of the Cause of God to appoint in his own life-time him that shall become his successor, that differences may not arise after his passing. He that is appointed must manifest in himself detachment from all worldly things, must be the essence of purity, must show in himself the fear of God, knowledge, wisdom and learning.
Thus, should the first-born of the Guardian of the Cause of God not manifest in himself the truth of the words:—“The child is the secret essence of its sire,” that is, should he not inherit of the spiritual within him (the Guardian of the Cause of God) and his glorious lineage not be matched with a goodly character, then must he, (the Guardian of the Cause of God) choose another branch to succeed him."
Shoghi Effendi did not have a child neither He chose anyone in His life to succeed Him. I see a similarity between this, and what happend in the past, regarding Jesus and regarding the twelve Imam:
Abu Basir narrates from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following:
"Allah sent revelation to ‘Imran saying, "I will grant you a perfect and holy son who would cure the blind and the lepers and bring the dead back to life by Allah, the permission of Allah and I make him a messenger to the israelites." ‘Imran then said it to his wife, Hanna, mother of Mary all about it When she conceive with the baby Mary and she thought to herself that the baby will be a boy. When she give birth to Mary she said, "Lord, I have given birth to a girl and boys are not like girls. A girl can not be a messenger. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, has said, "Allah knows to who have you given birth. When Allah, the Most High, granted Jesus to Mary he was the boy promised to ‘Imran. He promised Jesus to ‘Imran. When we would say something about a man from us and that thing would be found in his sons or grand sons then you must not deny it."
The Quranic evidence for this Hadith is in verse 3:36,
“But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female…..”
3:35-36
In this Hadith, Abu Abdallah (Aka Imam Hussein), is saying that God had said to Jesus grandparents they will have a Son, who will be a Prophet, but that did not happen in that generation, instead it was postponed to the next generation. Likewise, Imam Hussein is saying, though we, Imams have said the 11th Imam will have a child who will be Mahdi, this may be postponed to future generations, and if He appeared later, you must not deny Him.
Now, Abdulbaha said there will be a next guardian. But this did not happen right after Shoghi Effendi. If we follow same logic, it would happen in a future generation. But seems to be a difficult Test, for believers to accept Him, if it happens.
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