See original version at bahai-library.com/uhj_writings_covenant_breakers.
COLLECTION | BWC compilations |
TITLE | Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith, Writings of; Photographs of Baha'u'llah |
AUTHOR 1 | Abdu'l-Bahá |
AUTHOR 2 | Shoghi Effendi |
AUTHOR 3 | Universal House of Justice |
CONTRIB 1 | Universal House of Justice, comp. |
DATE_THIS | 2000 |
ABSTRACT | Bahá'í scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers, including William Miller's The Bahá'í Faith. |
NOTES | Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Transmitted by email, posted with permission of recipient. |
CROSSREF | https://bahai-library.com/uhj_photographs_bahaullah_miller |
TAGS | Bahá'u'lláh, Photographs of; Covenant-breakers; William McElwee Miller |
CONTENT |
I. From 'Abdu'l-Bahá "As to Khayru'llah's book: The blessing of God will be cut off from the house in which a copy of it is found, inasmuch as it is sheer slander. Should one compare his first book with his second, one would readily discover to what extent their texts are contradictory and how much he has lied. In fact the motive behind his second book was but to deceive and mislead the people. Hence God uprooted him, humbled him to dust and reduced him to utter perdition."
"It is better not to read books by Covenant Breakers because they are haters of the Light, sufferers from a spiritual leprosy, so to speak. But books by well meaning yet unenlightened enemies of the Cause can be read so as to refute their charges."
"To read the writings of Covenant-breakers is not forbidden to the believers and does not constitute in itself an act of Covenant-breaking. Indeed, some of the Bahá'ís have the unpleasant duty to read such literature as part of their responsibilities for protecting the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. However, the friends are warned in the strongest terms against reading such literature because Covenant-breaking is a spiritual poison and the calumnies and distortions of the truth which the Covenant-breakers give out are such that they can undermine the faith of the believer and plant the seeds of doubt unless he is forearmed with an unshakable belief in Bahá'u'lláh and His Covenant and a knowledge of the true facts."
Excerpts from other letters"The picture on page 83 of William Miller's book is a portrait of Bahá'u'lláh, but different from the one displayed in the International Archives."
Letter Two:"We would like to point out to you that the National Spiritual Assembly has no documentation verifying the authenticity of the illustrations in Mr. William McElwee Miller's book, and as such they cannot be regarded as being of Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab."
[note: The Universal House of Justice has above and elsewhere confirmed the authenticity of the photograph of Bahá'u'lláh contained in this book. However, the illustration of the Bab is believed to be inauthentic. -J.W., 2001] |
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