A Study of Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i-Iqan, The Book of Certitude

The Questions

Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad worded his questions under four headings, namely:

1. The Day of Resurrection. Is there to be corporeal resurrection? The world is replete with injustice. How are the just to be requited and the unjust punished?

2. The twelfth Imám was born at a certain time and lives on. There are traditions, all supporting the belief. How can this be explained?

3. Interpretation of holy texts. This Cause does not seem to conform with beliefs held throughout the years. One cannot ignore the literal meaning of holy texts and scripture. How can this be explained?

4. Certain events, according to the traditions that have come down from the Imáms, must occur at the advent of the Qá'im. Some of these are mentioned. But none of these has happened. How can this be explained?

[From Bahá'u'lláh King of Glory, by H.M. Balyuzi, p. 165]

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