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Baha'ullah summoned the monarchs of East and West collectively, and some among them individually, to recognize the Day of God and to acknowledge the One promised in the scriptures of the religions.

The violent downfall of a few of these kings and emperors was prophesied in His Tablets.

arthra

Thanks for starting this thread Investigate.. We're you planning to post some prophecies then?

I found some information from Shiah sources about the Mahdi:

Harun Yahya asked:


In his hadiths the Prophet (saas) told us that the Mahdi will be opposed to terror and violence, and that the anarchic environment and all acts of terror will come to an end in his day.

The hadiths state that in the time of the Mahdi all weapons will fall silent and wars will come to an end:

War will lay down its burden (arms and the like). (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10/334; Imam Sharani)

No Blood Will Be Shed in the Time of the Mahdi

Again according to the hadiths,

the Mahdi will bring justice to the whole world, but not one single drop of blood will be shed. The Mahdi will be opposed to terror and violence. War and conflict will come to an end. Yet the Mahdi will follow a very peaceful path as he does all this. This attribute of the Mahdi is set out as follows in the hadith:

In the same way that bees gather round the queen, so people will gather round the Mahdi. He will fill the world, once filled with oppression, with justice instead. Such will be his justice that the sleeping man will not be awakened and no blood will be shed. The world will return to the Age of Happiness.

(al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, pp. 29 and 48)

I think if you consider the past hundred years or so.. We can see the outline of Baha'u'llah's teachings.

InvestigateTruth

Thanks Arthra.

Among the prophecies that Baha’ullah made, I think the Tablet that He wrote to the Napoleon III is interesting:

“O King! We heard the words thou didst utter in answer to the Czar of Russia,
concerning the decision made regarding the war. Thy Lord, verily, knoweth, is
informed of all. Thou didst say: “I lay asleep upon my couch, when the cry of the oppressed, who were drowned in the Black Sea, wakened me.” This is what We heard thee say, and, verily, thy Lord is witness unto what I say. We testify that that which wakened thee was not their cry but the promptings of thine own passions, for We tested thee, and found thee wanting…. For what thou hast done, thy kingdom shall be thrown into confusion, and thine empire shall pass from thine hands, as a punishment for that which thou hast wrought.Then wilt thou know how thou hast plainly erred. Commotions shall seize all the people in that land, unless thou arisest to help this Cause, and followest Him Who is the Spirit of God in this, the Straight Path. Hath thy pomp made thee proud? By My Life! It shall not endure; nay, it shall soon pass away…”


We know for a fact that it didn't take long after this Tablet that the Napoleon vanished.

InvestigateTruth

Hello,

Does anybody know, where in islamic books we can find a tradition as Baha'u'llah refered in the Book of Iqan:

“There is no distinction whatsoever between Thee and them; except that they are Thy servants, and are created of Thee.” This is the significance of the tradition: “I am He, Himself, and He is I, myself.”

arthra

Probably a reference to Hadith attributed to Imam Ali

Try to cite pages next time when referring to the Iqan so others can follow along ..

They are the Treasuries of divine knowledge, and the Repositories of celestial wisdom. Through them is transmitted a grace that is infinite, and by them is revealed the light that can never fade. Even as He hath said: "There is no distinction whatsoever between Thee and them; except that they are Thy servants, and are created of Thee." This is the significance of the tradition: "I am He, Himself, and He is I, myself."

(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 99)


Thus hath Muhammad, the Point of the Qur'án, revealed: "I am all the Prophets." Likewise, He saith: "I am the first Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus." Similar statements have been made by Ali. Sayings such as this, which indicate the essential unity of those Exponents of Oneness, have also emanated from the Channels of God's immortal utterance, and the Treasuries of the gems of divine knowledge, and have been recorded in the scriptures.

(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 152)



There are very similar sayings in what is called the Sermon of the Gulf..

Sermon of the Gulf [Khutbih-i-Tutunjiyyih] by Imam Ali ibn Abu Talibb : Arthur's Classic Novels

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Thanks Arthra!