Islam - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/islam/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Progressive Revelation: Islam in Judeo-Christian Prophecy https://bahaiteachings.org/progressive-revelation-islam-in-judeo-christian-prophecy/ https://bahaiteachings.org/progressive-revelation-islam-in-judeo-christian-prophecy/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:32 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77661 Is Islam, as the Baha’i teachings contend, part of God’s redemptive plan for humanity? While some Westerners may have a hard time with that claim, the Bible itself offers the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/progressive-revelation-islam-in-judeo-christian-prophecy/feed/ 3 How Did Muhammad Unite the Warring Tribes of Arabia? https://bahaiteachings.org/how-did-muhammad-unite-the-warring-tribes-of-arabia/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-did-muhammad-unite-the-warring-tribes-of-arabia/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78254 Like Christ before him whose prophecies he fulfills, Muḥammad’s early life as a caravan driver did not for the most part seem to foreshadow his station as a prophet of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-did-muhammad-unite-the-warring-tribes-of-arabia/feed/ 0 What Would Christ Have Done in Muhammad’s Situation? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-would-christ-have-done-in-muhammads-situation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-would-christ-have-done-in-muhammads-situation/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:00:50 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77516 If the Roman armies had attacked the early Christians, bent on destroying every one of them, what would Christ have done? Would he have “turned the other cheek,” or defended...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-would-christ-have-done-in-muhammads-situation/feed/ 1 But What About the Violence in Religion? https://bahaiteachings.org/but-what-about-the-violence-in-religion/ https://bahaiteachings.org/but-what-about-the-violence-in-religion/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:00:19 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77296 Historically, at least until the advent of the Baha’i Faith, violence was sanctioned and practiced by many different religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam among them. Today holy war and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/but-what-about-the-violence-in-religion/feed/ 0 Are the Major Faiths Actually One Faith? https://bahaiteachings.org/are-the-major-faiths-actually-one-faith/ https://bahaiteachings.org/are-the-major-faiths-actually-one-faith/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 13:00:33 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76554 Consider for a moment the possibility the three Faiths that arise from the children of Abraham – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – are in fact one Faith.   I’m not talking...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/are-the-major-faiths-actually-one-faith/feed/ 0 The Fascinating, Enigmatic Mystery Behind the Prophet Idris https://bahaiteachings.org/prophet-idris/ https://bahaiteachings.org/prophet-idris/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=71786 history of the prophet idrisBaha’is believe in the essential oneness of all religions – that each and every Faith comes from one and the same Creator. Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/prophet-idris/feed/ 9 The Seal of the Prophets, Unsealed https://bahaiteachings.org/the-seal-of-the-prophets-unsealed/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-seal-of-the-prophets-unsealed/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:00:49 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=71683 By Christopher Buck and Dergham Aqiqi In this interview Baha’i author and scholar Chris Buck talks with Dergham Aqiqi, a well-known Baha’i student of the Qur’an and its meanings, about...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-seal-of-the-prophets-unsealed/feed/ 1 Unveiling 2 Critical Mysteries: Son of God, Seal of the Prophets https://bahaiteachings.org/unveiling-2-critical-mysteries-son-of-god-seal-of-the-prophets/ https://bahaiteachings.org/unveiling-2-critical-mysteries-son-of-god-seal-of-the-prophets/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:00:34 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70348 You can find useful examples of scriptural huris or mysteries in two common allusions that have been the source of grievous consternation and conflict — one a statement by Christ,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/unveiling-2-critical-mysteries-son-of-god-seal-of-the-prophets/feed/ 0 To Every People Was Sent a Messenger https://bahaiteachings.org/to-every-people-was-sent-a-messenger/ https://bahaiteachings.org/to-every-people-was-sent-a-messenger/#respond Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:00:52 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68526 According to the prophet Muhammad, whose ministry began in 622 AD, the Trinitarian doctrine, along with the image of God on which it is based, is completely flawed and even...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/to-every-people-was-sent-a-messenger/feed/ 0 The Mystical Huri of Love https://bahaiteachings.org/mystical-huri-of-love/ https://bahaiteachings.org/mystical-huri-of-love/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:00:33 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66914 Have you heard the Arabic word huri before? Perhaps you’ve seen it spelled houri, but the two spellings mean the same thing. Let us begin this process of unveiling the...

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