Independent investigation of Truth
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Independent investigation
of Truth
The investigation of truth is one of the most important of
the 12 principles of Bahai Faith . Bahais preach that every individual must
investigate and seek the truth. They must listen with their own ears, see with
their own eyes and contemplate without the influence of any love or hatred (
Payam e malakut Abd a Hamid Ishraq khawari )
Let us see whether this concept is new and something
which Bahaullah bought to the world. A serious investigation will reveal that
these concepts are not novel but a copy paste from the Abrahmic religions. Which
Bahullah followed initially, he was a Muslim and following the Shia Islam. So
its concluded this is not novel as claimed by Bahullah and Bahai’s.
It is mentioned in the Bible:
Prove all things; Hold fast that which is good; Abstain from every form of evil.34
Prove all things; Hold fast that which is good; Abstain from every form of evil.34
The Holy Quran says:
Give good tiding to My servants. [Those] Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones God has guided, and those are people of understanding.
Even though `Abdu’l-Bahā had claimed this principle was new and revealed by his father, elsewhere he confesses that this principle is not new:
His Highness Moses spread the truth as did his Highness Jesus and his Highness Abraham and his Highness the Messenger (meaning the Prophet Muḥammad) and his Highness the Bāb
32 Avesta, Translated by L. H. Mills, vol. 1, Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna, chap. 30, verse 2 (Sacred Books of the East [American Edition, 1898], http://avesta.org/yasna/yasna.htm#y30) 33 The Old Testament, The Book of Jeremiah, chap. 6, verse 16 (American Standard Version). 34 The New Testament (American Standard Version), Thess. 5:21–22. 35 Quran (Sahih International), 39:17-18.
If we leave aside the novelty, does
Bahaullah or the Bahai, them selves follow the principal. Let us see
Baha’ism and Investigating the Truth Did
the leaders of Baha’ism try to spread, seek, and accept the truth, or did
they—and do they still—try to hide and deny it?
How Baha’is View Reason and Knowledge To investigate the truth, one must use reason and knowledge to reach logical conclusions on the matters being investigated. Bahā’u’llāh claims that one’s reason and knowledge are invalid unless one becomes a Baha’i.
He says:
The general criterion is what we mentioned and any soul who has success in it, meaning recognizes and realizes the Sunrise of Manifestation (meaning himself), will be mentioned in the Divine Book as someone who possesses reason or else he will be (mentioned as) ignorant even if he himself thinks that his reason equals that of the whole world.39
He also claims that, in contrast to previous revelations in which people could not understand some of the laws brought forth, in Baha’ism everything is quite clear, and whoever denies its revelations completely lacks reason: `Abd a l-Ḥamīd Ishrāq Khāwarī, Mā’idiy-i āsimānī (Tehran: Mu’assisiyi Millī Maṭbū`āt Amrī, 129 Badī`), vol. 7, p. 160.
The general criterion is what we mentioned and any soul who has success in it, meaning recognizes and realizes the Sunrise of Manifestation (meaning himself), will be mentioned in the Divine Book as someone who possesses reason or else he will be (mentioned as) ignorant even if he himself thinks that his reason equals that of the whole world.39
He also claims that, in contrast to previous revelations in which people could not understand some of the laws brought forth, in Baha’ism everything is quite clear, and whoever denies its revelations completely lacks reason: `Abd a l-Ḥamīd Ishrāq Khāwarī, Mā’idiy-i āsimānī (Tehran: Mu’assisiyi Millī Maṭbū`āt Amrī, 129 Badī`), vol. 7, p. 160.
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