Monday, February 12, 2007

On the Gender of the Manifestation: Female Manifestations Possible

Interesting discussion "Re: Gods manifestations only male?" on Comparative Religion. -gw
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"There is nothing in our Writiings that would preclude a female Manifestation of God... and we only know of about nine Manifestations. We are told there were many more so it is possible a female Manifestation already has appeared." -Arthra
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  1. arthurlife7:23 AM

    This is in part of a tablet of Baha'u'llah
    It seems to indicate that a woman could become a Manifestation.

    Tablet: Suriy-i-Vafa in Tablets of Baha'u'llah

    Verily God is fully capable of causing all names to appear in 211
    one name, and all souls in one soul. Surely powerful and mighty is He. . .

    For instance, were He to take a handful of earth and declare it to
    be the One Whom ye have been following in the past, it would
    undoubtedly be just and true, even as His real Person, and to none is
    given the right to question His authority. He doeth what He willeth
    and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. Moreover, in this station take
    thou heed not to turn thy gaze unto limitations and allusions, but
    rather unto that whereby the Revelation itself hath been fulfilled and
    be of them that are discerning. . .

    Know thou moreover that in the Day of Revelation were He to
    pronounce one of the leaves[1] to be the manifestation of all His
    excellent titles, unto no one is given the right to utter why or
    wherefore, and should one do so he would be regarded as a disbeliever
    in God and be numbered with such as have repudiated His Truth.

    [1 A designation for women. (A.T.)]

    (Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 4, p. 210)

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