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Letter of 25 July 1949 |
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There are no quotations from the Qur’án to support the
Master’s statement that European thinkers acknowledge the
influence of Islám in shaping the thought of Europe. In the
“Gleanings”, page 95 (third printing Jan. 1943) Bahá’u’lláh
says:—“Of old it has been revealed: Love of one’s country is an
element of the Faith of God!” Here Bahá’u’lláh is quoting not the
Qur’án but an Islámic tradition, and it is this statement which the
Guardian has used as the basis of his argument in the “Promised
Day” that nationhood grew out of the direct influence of
Muḥammad’s teachings, and was one of the great contributions
to mankind’s evolution of Islám. The building up of nations
came after Muḥammad, and was a step forward in the direction
of a unified world which the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh has
provided for.
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