‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey WestOrientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey West: Orientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends
Yazdani, Mina
2015-11-12 00:00:00
[That ‘Abdu’l-Bahá traveled to the West to bring the message of universal peace, at a time when the West asserted its superiority in all dimensions, sociopolitical, material and cultural, in and of itself, defied the norms of East/West relations. His own definition of this journey was also categorically different from the travels of other Easterners to the West who he described as being motivated by personal gains and trivial matters (manāfi ‘shakhṣī va umūr-i juz’ī) therefore, he opined, “It can be said that this is the first trip of the Easterners to America.” On the significance of his trips to the West he is reported to have said that “the results of this trip are so great (‘aẓīm) that no other event in the Bahá’í Faith, so far, can compare to it,” and that “the value and majesty (qadr va ‘aẓamat) of this journey is not known now, it will be clear in future.”]
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey WestOrientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends
[That ‘Abdu’l-Bahá traveled to the West to bring the message of universal peace, at a time when the West asserted its superiority in all dimensions, sociopolitical, material and cultural, in and of itself, defied the norms of East/West relations. His own definition of this journey was also categorically different from the travels of other Easterners to the West who he described as being motivated by personal gains and trivial matters (manāfi ‘shakhṣī va umūr-i juz’ī) therefore, he opined, “It can be said that this is the first trip of the Easterners to America.” On the significance of his trips to the West he is reported to have said that “the results of this trip are so great (‘aẓīm) that no other event in the Bahá’í Faith, so far, can compare to it,” and that “the value and majesty (qadr va ‘aẓamat) of this journey is not known now, it will be clear in future.”]
Published: Nov 12, 2015
Keywords: Walk Away; Fundamental Unity; Human Solidarity; Middle Eastern Culture; Constitutional Revolution
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