الاسلام والدين البهائي

Islam and the Bahá’í Faith


A Set Time for Every Nation (Ummah)

"An end (ajal )is fixed for every people( ummah). When their appointed end-time is come there shall be neither a moment’s delay or haste." - Qur’an 7:34 , 10:49


"To every people (was sent) a messenger: when their messenger comes (before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged." - Qur'an 10:47


"For every Ajal ( end ) there is a Book. He abrogates or confirms whatsoever He wills, for with Him is the Mother Book." - Qur’an 13:38-39


"For every message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know it." - Qur’an 6:67


Regarding the Hadith below: Both Sunni and Shi'ah sources have reported this particular Hadith, however, it is not considered to be a Sahih Hadith, thus absent from the Is’hah of Bukhari, Muslim, etc... However, this Hadith can be found is other books. For example:

In the book of Najm'us-Saghib, Haji Mirza Husayn-i Noori the well-known Shi'ah scholar and commentator writes:

"At the time of the revelation of this verse ("li-kulli ummatin ajal") which suggests that for every nation a term has been established, they asked the Messenger of God what is the term for the ummah of Islam, and He replies: `If my people [i.e. Muslims] were truthful they remain for one day. If they degrade, half a day* will they last." [Bihar'ul Anwar, Vol 13]" - Najm'us-Saghib p. 87


* A "day" can have different values according to the Qur'an ( see for example 32:4 ), but which ever value we choose, the fact remains that it is a set time.

One can also argue that the set term for the Muslim Ummah, is the Day of Judgment. This too is a valid argument.



“He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful, cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body. Haste ye to win your share of God's good grace and mercy in this Day that eclipseth all other created Days. How great the felicity that awaiteth the man that forsaketh all he hath in a desire to obtain the things of God! Such a man, We testify, is among God's blessed ones.”
- BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
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