{"id":12877,"date":"2024-01-13T11:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T08:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=12877"},"modified":"2024-01-13T11:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T08:04:51","slug":"contradictory-dates-in-bahai-texts-regarding-the-public-announcement-of-the-prophet-muhammad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=12877&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Contradictory Dates in Baha\u2019i Texts Regarding the Public Announcement of the Prophet Muhammad"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Rauf Murtuzov\u00a0<\/strong>(\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f3)<\/p>\n

As a Muslim with an interest in history, I discovered apparent conflicting dates in Baha\u2019i texts regarding the public announcement of the prophethood of Prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings be upon him), which prompted me to delve into this matter. The apparent discrepancy arises from the perspectives of two prominent figures within the Baha\u2019i faith, the Bab (allegedly) and Abdul Baha, who apparently each provide distinct interpretations of the timeline in relation to this momentous event.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After researching the Bab’s writings, Stephen Lambden concluded that the Bab claimed the Prophet Muhammad publicly announced his Prophethood 7 years before Hijrah, after a number of years of private preaching. Lambden claimed: \u201cThe total value of all the disconnected letters from A.L.M. to A.L.M.R is thus 1267. It is evident that, taken as years of the Islamic lunar calendar (this calculation is based on the lunar, not solar calendar) yields 1267 which is 7 years in excess of 1260 (1260\/1844). This seeming discrepancy can be resolved in the light of the B\u0101b’s presupposing that the public commencement of the mission of the prophet Muhammad was about 7 years prior to the flight to Medina (Hijra, 1 A.H. = 622 C.E.) when the Islamic calendar begins. Account must then be taken of the fact that Muhammad did not proclaim his mission publicly for a number of years after his call to Prophethood at the time of his encounter with the angel Gabriel on Mount Hira (c. 610 CE or later?). These details were early on utilized in B\u0101b\u012b-Bah\u0101’\u012b teaching activity. The great Bah\u0101’\u012b apologist M\u012brz\u0101 Abu’l-Fa\u1e0dl Gulp\u0101yig\u0101n\u012b, for example, clarified and used this Islamic proof text in several of his writings including his early Shar\u1e25-i \u0101y\u0101t-i muvarrikhih (“Commentary upon the chronological proof texts”) which was written in Hamad\u0101n (Ir\u0101n) around 1888 CE.\u201d [\u06f1]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abdul Baha claimed that Prophet Muhammad publicly announced his Prophethood 10 years before Hijrah, after 3 years of private preaching. Abdul Baha claimed: \u201cAfterwards, in verses 11 and 12, it is said: \u2019And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The commencement of this lunar reckoning is from the day of the proclamation of the prophethood of Mu\u1e25ammad in the land of \u1e24ij\u00e1z; and that was three years after the revelation of His mission, because in the beginning the prophethood of Mu\u1e25ammad was concealed, and no one knew of it save Khad\u00edjih and Ibn-i-Nawfal, until it was publicly announced three years later. And it was in the year 1290 from the proclamation of the mission of Mu\u1e25ammad that Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h announced His Revelation.\u201d [\u06f2]<\/strong><\/p>\n

So Abdul Baha claimed that Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h announced His Revelation in 1280 Hijri (Islamic Lunar Calendar) but the Prophet Muhammad publicly announced his Prophethood 10 years before Hijrah, so therefore ‘1290 days’ in the Bible refers to this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These conflicting narratives regarding the timing of the public announcement of Prophet Muhammad’s prophethood within Bah\u00e1’\u00ed texts offer an opportunity for further exploration and discussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. https:\/\/hurqalya.ucmerced.edu\/node\/3351″>hurqalya.ucmerced.edu\/node\/3351<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. https:\/\/www.bahai.org\/library\/authoritative-texts\/abdul-baha\/some-answered-questions\/4#373565639″>bahai.org\/library\/authoritative-texts\/abdul-baha\/some-answered-questions\/4#373565639<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Source :\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/bahai-library.com\/murtuzov_dates_announcement_muhammad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/bahaism.blogspot.com\/<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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