Abdu'l-Bahá predicted the formation of Holy Land of Israel.

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Abdu'l-Bahá predicted the formation of Holy Land of Israel.
by Ravian Bilani
17-Mar-2009
 

Perhaps you are familiar with the following Tablet revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá published on page 5, number 250 of "Bahá'í News", cited December 1951; and it provides a perspective in which to view your [Jewish] heritage from the Bahá'í standpoint.

"You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of the children of Israel in Jerusalem, in accordance with prophecy. "Jerusalem, the Holy of Holies, is a revered Temple, a sublime name, for it is the City of God... The gathering of Israel at Jerusalem means, therefore, and prophesies, that Israel as a whole, is gathering beneath the banner of God and will enter the Kingdom of the Ancient of Days. For the celestial Jerusalem, which has as its center the Holy of Holies, is; a City of the Kingdom, a Divine City. The East and West are but a small corner of that City. "Moreover, materially as well (as spiritually), the Israelites will all gather in the Holy Land. This is irrefutable prophecy, for the ignominy which Israel has suffered for wellnigh twenty-five hundred years will now be changed into eternal glory, and in the eyes of all, the Jewish people will become glorified to such an extent as to draw the jealousy of its enemies and the envy of its friends." (Abdu'l-Bahá revealed this tablet in 1897 to a Jewish community in the Orient)

The Jewish people have suffered enormously during centuries of exile, and those who sought to justify their evil actions have at different times victimized them by appeals to religion. We Bahá'ís sympathize deeply with the victims of that suffering.

At the same time, Bahá'ís accept that the Jews were responsible for the fate met by Jesus Christ, because this is what the Writings indicate, and we accept that, as with all people who fail to recognize the Manifestation of God at the appointed hour, their destiny as a people has been shaped by the consequences of their failure to recognize and accept Him. This is hardly a radical view. The drama of the Old Testament is largely the story of the travails and victories of the Israelites as they responded or not to the Covenant of God. We also believe, as stated by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the passage quoted above, that Providence is delivering the Jews from their historical abasement and lifting them into a glorious condition.

[References in the Baha'i Writings to Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust]
by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice
1998-09-24

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NUR

Funny how the date of Abbas Effendi's statement corresponds...

by NUR on

...with the date of the First World Zionist Congress held in Basel, Switzerland from August 29-31 1897. One would think the Protocals were a fictitious document. The correspondence of his statement about the return of the Jews to Palestine and this seminal event in the history of ZioNazism are uncannily protocalish!

As to the knighting, can Sen McGlinn clearly explain this statement (without his usual resort to equivocation) issued by the very people who knighted Abbas Effendi, since I do not believe it has been broached in the book attributed to Adib Masumian:

 

Sir 'Abbas Effendi 'Abdu'l Baha had travelled extensively in Europe and America to expound his doctrines, and on the 4th December, 1919, was created by King George V. a K.B.E. for valuable services rendered to the British Government in the early days of the Occupation.

In HANDBOOK of PALESTINE "Issued under the authority of the government of the British High Commission for Palestine."

(click highlighted text below)

EDITED BY : HARRY CHARLES LUKE, B.Lr1r., M.A.

ASSISTANT GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM AND
EDWARD KEITH-ROACH ASSISTANT CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
PALESTINE

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
The Right Hon. SIR HERBERT SAMUEL, P.C., G.B.E.
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PALESTINE

Issued under the Authority of the Government of Palestine

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

Can he also reproduce Abbas Effendi's certificate of knighthood which clearly specifies the reasons for the knighting? 

I also do not believe the following declassifed cabinet documents of the British government here have been addressed either by Adib Masumian.

Given that the Balfour Declaration was issued by the British in 1917, not too long before Sir Abbas Effendi's knighting; and given that the date of his proclamation about the Jews corresponds to the same year as the First ZioNazi World Congress, the unholy triangulation (and collusion) between British Imperialism, Zionism and Baha'ism leaves the realm of fringe conspiracy theory (which the Baha'is insist it is) and enters that of credulous, demonstrable and indubious fact. 

Finally, that the Haifan Baha'is will use a mere child/young adolescent (i.e. Adib Masumian) to air and address (and inadequately at that, too) their historical dirty laundary in order to misdirect and obfuscate from the thorny and irrefutable issues regarding their clearly established political connections with Zionism and British Imperialism  says volumes about the manner of people we are dealing with here. They will use an innocent child, ruin any future credibility he might be able to forge for himself independent of his parents' commitment to a cult, in order to fudge and sleight of hand uncomfortable truths regarding their founders indisputable nowkar sefati/servanthood.

Can anybody say Jim Jones and Branch Davidian...

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Adib Masumian

To Young Iranian

by Adib Masumian on

Since it looks as if we can't view snippets of that particular book via Google Books, would you be so kind as to elaborate on the services which `Abdu'l-Baha rendered to the British government which you find questionable so we can clear the air of any discrepancies?


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This is the truth

by Young Iranian (not verified) on

Sir 'Abbas Effendi served the British government during the early days of occupation and this fact is well written by the then governor of Palestine in his book published in 1922. This book is online at google

//books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=RvttAAAAMAA...

Sen McGlinn, may the "blessed beauty" bless you for all your fake theories.


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Faryam

by Tahirih99 (not verified) on

Can you give reference of Quranic prophecies about return of jews to Israel?


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Faryam, Such a beautiful

by scb (not verified) on

Faryam,

Such a beautiful story! How lucky you are to have such a memory within your family. Thank you for sharing it.

The people of Lebanon, Syris and Palestine of that period suffered terrible hunger as a result WWI.
Abdul Baha actually gave orders much in advance of WWI to have grains stored in preparation for famine.

To study Abdul Baha's life is to study pure grace.


faryarm

Abdul-Baha's Reference Biblical, Quranic Prophecies...

by faryarm on

Abdul-Baha, simply refered  and amplified the prophecies of the Quran and the Bible, at a time when  the Holy Land was not called Israel and was in inhabited mainly by Arabs and His Ottoman Turk Captors, who had been His Family's Jailors ever since He left Iran at the age of Eight. 

These deceiving characters under names Bilani, NUR, etc are simply trying to cause confusion and dissension by distorting the facts.

My Great Grandfather Visited The Holy Land in 1920 , was told at the age of 76, that he would live to see the fulfillment of Bible and Quranic prophecies, when jews would return to their promised land and after centuries of dispersion and abasement, throughout the world would converge and become prosperous.

My Great Grandfather died in 1949 at the age of 107.

It is noteworthy that Abdul Baha made similar statements amongst them 

1. Atomic Power

in 1912, in Paris he spoke to the Japanese Ambassador to Spain, viscount Arawaka , about the existance of as yet a hidden force in the earth:

"There is in existence a stupendous force, as yet, happily, undiscovered by man. Let us supplicate God, the Beloved, that this force be not discovered until spiritual civilisation shall dominate the human mind. In the hands of men of lower material nature, this power would be able to destroy the whole earth." 

He was refering to Baha'u'llahs statement in tablet shortly before his Death in 1892:


"Strange and astonishing things exist in the earth but they are hidden from the minds and understanding of men. These things are capable of changing the whole atmosphere of theearth and thir contamination would prove lethal."  

2. The Great War.

Upon arriving in New York, at the Mohonk peace conference, he warned his audience about a coming world conflagration, ;today known as the First World War. 

Upon arriving back in the Holy Land in 1912 at the end of His historic trip to the west, he suspends the arrival of pilgrims to the Bahai Holy Shrines and sends many of his followers back to their families. He then proceeds to grow and store wheat for a time of need.

In the aftermath of the great war of 1914-18, a great famine braeks out in the land. Abdul Baha is able at tisn time to open up the stored wheat and grain to the population and save them from great catasrophe.

For this service, the British Victors, commended and awarded him with a title that although he politely accepted, He never used in his lifetime;

(its only use is by His enemies who have nothing else to vilify him by) 

always stressing that His title is Abdul- Baha meaning The SERVANT of Baha; His father, Baha'u'llah.

 

3. Persecution of Jews in Europe. 

In a recorded conversation with a Jewish Rabbi in Washington DC in 1912,in stressing the importance of religious unity and the need for jews to accept the Divinity of Christ, he warns and  speaks of the persecution of Jews in Europe.

Some can and will use this prophetic statement against Him.

In context, Abdul Baha's life and how He live it speaks vlumes about his greatness as a tireless servant to humanity.

Please see the video for an illustration of his short visit to the US in 1912 

 

ABDUL BAHA IN NEW YORK 1912 

 

 

 

 


Sen McGlinn

the tablet

by Sen McGlinn on

Farhad9, although the tablet is not included in Ocean, it is genuine; see

//tinyurl.com/ResearchDeptonAntisemitism

The comments attributed to the Research Department are also genuine.

I do not see anything to be ashamed of: the restoration of Israel is Biblical prophecy, Abdu'l-Baha interprets it, both the outward meaning and the inward. Writing before the event, he says it is "irrefutable prophecy" : well, what he said has happened, so it was irrefutable prophecy. He said "Israelites will all
gather in the Holy Land" and they have, he said " the Jewish
people will become glorified to such an extent as to draw the jealousy
of its enemies" and they have. What's to debate?

What he does not say, is what happens next

~~Sen McGlinn

 What I can do, is keep my arm
from bringing others any harm.
How can I give the enviers ease?
They are themselves their own disease.
(Sa'di, Gulestan 1:5)

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Email: Sen.Sonja[at]Casema.


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Sen-mcglinn - I found this

by Erooni (not verified) on

Sir 'Abbas Effendi 'Abdu'l Baha had travelled extensively in Europe and America to expound his doctrines, and on the 4th December, 1919, was created by King George V. a K.B.E. ___for valuable services rendered to the British Government___ in the early days of the Occupation.

For farther information on Babism and Baha'ism the reader is referred to the works of Professor E. G. Browne, published by the Cambridge University Press.

Reference :
PALESTINE

EDITED BY : HARRY CHARLES LUKE, B.Lr1r., M.A.

ASSISTANT GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM AND
EDWARD KEITH-ROACH ASSISTANT CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
PALESTINE

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
The Right Hon. SIR HERBERT SAMUEL, P.C., G.B.E.
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PALESTINE

Issued under the Authority of the Government of Palestine

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1922


Sen McGlinn

The picture

by Sen McGlinn on

The picture has been photoshopped, obviously, since there was no colour photography at that time, but the changes are not mischevious. 

The original is in wikicommons, at //tinyurl.com/dhvxk9

You can see the differences for yourself. The Knighthood is discussed in Adib Masumian, _Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy theories and the genesis and mission of the Bahai Faith_ from page 37. Masumian uses the same photograph, but right way round. 

Masumian comments: "Throughout the years, the British government has knighted people of different backgrounds. These range from politicians such as Nelson Mandela to business leaders like the CEO of Microsoft Bill
Gates, and personalities in arts and entertainment such as
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. There are seventeen different
categories in which British knighthoods are awarded for
outstanding services to humanity: [lists them] `Abdu’l-Bahá was the first personage to receive the British nighthood in the humanitarian category in 1920 shortly before his death. This type of knighthood is given to individuals who have rendered services that lead to the betterment of the human condition and not service to the British government. Some of the
other individuals who have received British knighthood include
such great personalities as Dr. Albert Schweitzer in 1955 for his
outstanding medical missionary services in Africa and Mother
Teresa in 1983 for ministering to the poor, sick, orphaned, and
dying populations of India and other countries..."

Abdu'l-Baha's particular service was feeding the Palestinian people during a famine. He foresaw it, bought land in Galilee where it was cheap at the time, set up a "trucking company" (pack animals) to move the grain, made stores for it, and when the famine came, distributed the grain free. When he died shortly after this photograph was taken, his funeral was the biggest public event in Palestine for decades. There's a photograph of the funeral in wikicommons too:

//tinyurl.com/abdulbahafuneral

Masumian's book is available at lulu.com, the page for the paperback version is

//tinyurl.com/masumiandebunking-soft

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What I can do, is keep my arm
from bringing others any harm.
How can I give the enviers ease?
They are themselves their own disease.
(Sa'di, Gulestan 1:5)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Email: Sen.Sonja[at]Casema.


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Dear Friends

by Farhad9 (not verified) on

Let us respond to the content of blog. I know there are 2-3 persons who r using multiple names and putting different anti-bahai matters. Many Bahais and non-bahais are reading this material and I think we must put some light on the content and confirm there is no such TABLET OF ABDUL BAHA. The Author is fake and the CONTENT IS ALSO FAKE. Abdul Baha never predicted the formation of the STATE OF ISRAEL. He NEVER, NEVER supported the British. He was a holy man and had nothing to do with POLITICS. Ravian Milani, NUR, Azali, Bayani, PLEASE KEEP THIS MIND!!!


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see evil, hear evil, speak evil,

by Seagull (not verified) on

3... But the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with?

(The Qur'an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 35)


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who is Ravian Bilani? a

by husayn (not verified) on

who is Ravian Bilani? a crude attempt to supplant to great Dr. Kavian Milani?


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This blog...

by Z. (not verified) on

PS!This is an anti-Baha'i blog.


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This blog is done by birds of darkness.

by light (not verified) on

On the eve of Our departure from ‘Iráq, We have warned the faithful to anticipate the appearance of the Birds of Darkness.
There can be no doubt whatever that the croaking of the Raven shall be raised in certain lands, as it hath been heard in recent years. Whatever may betide, seek refuge in the one true God, that He may shield you from the wiles of the impostor.

Bahaullah


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The picture

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Do Bahais consider that picture to be a good picture or bad and fake? Is it fact or photoshop?