Its a good thing that many people have given me feedbacks, mostly Bahais, and they displayed how they were annoyed at me (some even threatened) when they read my views on the Bahai Faith :-). It's amusing.
For the record, I'm only writing. It's not like I've taken 'jihadi' action against any Bahais. At least not yet. But if push comes to shove, inshallah the Muslim world would rise against it. So best keep words to words and not act irrationally towards people's views. I have a right to voice my opinions against the Bahai Faith just as Husayn Ali can say that he is the return of Muhammad (pbuh). If there's something not right, please highlight to me with proof and evidence, then we can talk, otherwise leave it. Again, I have emphasized in my disclaimer that there is no force on the part of the reader to take 100% what I say here. Check it out for yourselves, do some 'independent investigation' ;-).
Today I'm covering the discrepencies surrounding Laylatul Qadr or Night of Power. To understand this discrepency, we have to first get the idea of what the Night of Power means. Islam has declared its existence in the Surah Qadr, as below:
Surah Al-Qadr (Quran 97:1-5)
1. Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.
2. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
3. The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
4 The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.
5.Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
So, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) taught us, as we know from various hadith, that the last tens nights of ramadhan holds this Night of Power. On that night, Angel Jibril (Gabriel) descends with his party of angels to implement on earth the records from the Guarded Tablet (lawhul mahfuz). We will cover this in detail in later articles, inshallah.
So the Night of Power has a few features to indicate its occurence. The Quran says, 'Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.' meaning that night is extraordinarily peaceful. From the hadith we also know that it would be extraordinarily cloudy and cold the next morning and there would not be barking of dogs.
So, the question is: What has happened to the Night of Power in the Bahai 'revelation'? Has it been abrogated?
Of course, being a former Bahai for 25 years I can tell you off hand that the Bahai faith is totally silent about this matter. But that's me. I did some more research and found that its true that this matter is not mentioned in Bahai text:
This is just the tip of the iceberg. In Islam we have so many concepts and unseen events which is alluded to by the Quran, are they all now abrogated?
You see, abrogating laws is one thing, but totally cancelling out or remaining silent on certain other truths which are not law related, is another. For example, is it right that if the Bahai faith says only after a thousand years would another manifestation come, and then a guy calling himself Maitreya after only 150 years declares himself as the next manifestation, abrogates not only the laws of the Bahai faith but also the truth that time frame of a thousand years gap between manifestations is also abrogated. Can you abrogate establish truth? It just doesn't make sense.
Many Bahais do this to me, all the time! When muslims attempt to explain that there are certain established truth that cannot be abrogated, Bahais simply say that their religion abrogates Islam, totally! I hope you as the reader can discern well my point here.
My question to the Bahai World is: What has happened to the Night of Power? Has it stopped from happening? Or is it still going on? I challenge the Bahai 'scholars' to give me textual answers from their books, if they can. Anyone can give their opinion, but I want to know if they can defend this issue on a professional level, bringing proof from their text.
For the record, I'm only writing. It's not like I've taken 'jihadi' action against any Bahais. At least not yet. But if push comes to shove, inshallah the Muslim world would rise against it. So best keep words to words and not act irrationally towards people's views. I have a right to voice my opinions against the Bahai Faith just as Husayn Ali can say that he is the return of Muhammad (pbuh). If there's something not right, please highlight to me with proof and evidence, then we can talk, otherwise leave it. Again, I have emphasized in my disclaimer that there is no force on the part of the reader to take 100% what I say here. Check it out for yourselves, do some 'independent investigation' ;-).
Today I'm covering the discrepencies surrounding Laylatul Qadr or Night of Power. To understand this discrepency, we have to first get the idea of what the Night of Power means. Islam has declared its existence in the Surah Qadr, as below:
Surah Al-Qadr (Quran 97:1-5)
1. Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.
2. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
3. The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
4 The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.
5.Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
So, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) taught us, as we know from various hadith, that the last tens nights of ramadhan holds this Night of Power. On that night, Angel Jibril (Gabriel) descends with his party of angels to implement on earth the records from the Guarded Tablet (lawhul mahfuz). We will cover this in detail in later articles, inshallah.
So the Night of Power has a few features to indicate its occurence. The Quran says, 'Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.' meaning that night is extraordinarily peaceful. From the hadith we also know that it would be extraordinarily cloudy and cold the next morning and there would not be barking of dogs.
So, the question is: What has happened to the Night of Power in the Bahai 'revelation'? Has it been abrogated?
Of course, being a former Bahai for 25 years I can tell you off hand that the Bahai faith is totally silent about this matter. But that's me. I did some more research and found that its true that this matter is not mentioned in Bahai text:
Item 20 - - 'Night of Power'
Reference is made to 'a Bahá'í book about the Qur'án, possibly Proofs from the Holy Qur'án, where the Quranic 'Night of Power' is discussed.7 Mr. ... wishes to know whether the interpretation provided in this work is correct. A discussion of this subject under the heading, 'The Night which is better than [a] Thousand Months', is contained in Proofs from the Holy Qur'án, pp. 145-146. A careful reading of this section will show that the author states that he is expressing his own view. The Research Department has not been able to locate any authoritative interpretation of this Quranic verse in the Bahá'í Writings. Mr. ... should reach his own understanding of the matter.
Can you believe it? They actually admit there is nothing in the bahai text written on this matter. To me this is a problem. Why? Because if there is a faith allegedly from God, that has come to abrogate all previous laws, and let's say for the sake of argument we don't argue on that, then what about all the principles and unseen events mentioned in the Quran like the Night of Power or restrictions to worship a human being? Can you have a new religion that abrogates previous laws, but failed to either uphold or cancel all other concepts in the previous religion?taken from http://bahai-library.com/uhj_aspects_teaching#s13
This is just the tip of the iceberg. In Islam we have so many concepts and unseen events which is alluded to by the Quran, are they all now abrogated?
You see, abrogating laws is one thing, but totally cancelling out or remaining silent on certain other truths which are not law related, is another. For example, is it right that if the Bahai faith says only after a thousand years would another manifestation come, and then a guy calling himself Maitreya after only 150 years declares himself as the next manifestation, abrogates not only the laws of the Bahai faith but also the truth that time frame of a thousand years gap between manifestations is also abrogated. Can you abrogate establish truth? It just doesn't make sense.
Many Bahais do this to me, all the time! When muslims attempt to explain that there are certain established truth that cannot be abrogated, Bahais simply say that their religion abrogates Islam, totally! I hope you as the reader can discern well my point here.
My question to the Bahai World is: What has happened to the Night of Power? Has it stopped from happening? Or is it still going on? I challenge the Bahai 'scholars' to give me textual answers from their books, if they can. Anyone can give their opinion, but I want to know if they can defend this issue on a professional level, bringing proof from their text.
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Here is something Baha'u'llah has to say in a newly translated Tablet about the Night which He states is above all Nights. These are excerpts specifically referring to the 'Night'. It's addressed to the Night.
"This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire creation.
Blessed art thou, O night! For through thee was born the Day of God, a Day which We have ordained to be the lamp of salvation unto the denizens of the cities of names, the chalice of victory unto the champions of the arenas of eternity, and the dawning-place of joy and exultation unto all creation.
On this night the fragrance of nearness was wafted, the portals of reunion at the end of days were flung open, and all created things were moved to exclaim: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of all names, Who is come with world-embracing sovereignty!” On this night the Concourse on high celebrated the praise of its Lord, the Exalted, the Most Glorious, and the realities of the divine names extolled Him Who is the King of the beginning and the end in this Revelation, a Revelation through whose potency the mountains have hastened unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing, the Most High, and the hearts have turned towards the countenance of their Best-Beloved, and the leaves have been stirred into motion by the breezes of yearning, and the trees have raised their voices in joyful reply to the call of Him Who is the Unconstrained, and the entire earth hath trembled with longing in its desire to attain reunion with the Eternal King, and all things have been made new by that concealed Word which hath appeared in this mighty Name.
O night of the All-Bountiful! In thee do We verily behold the Mother Book. Is it a Book, in truth, or rather a child begotten? Baha'u'llah
This is a Tablet addressed to the 'Night'. No need to explain. It's abundantly clear.
The Tablet concerned is the Tablet of the Commemoration of the Birth of the Bab. You can get a PDF copy here.
https://vancouverbahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/twin-holidays-tablets-web.pdf
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