Read online at Summons of the Lord of Hosts, pp. 183-235. Read also in part at Gleanings, sec. 65, 66, 113, 114, 116, 118 and Days of Remembrance (at https://bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/#r=dr_en-36 or https://bahai-library.com/compilation_days_remembrance#sec36 )
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"From It (Earth) We Have Created You"[edit]
"Regarding the passage on page 231 of the 'Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh', the sentence beginning with the words 'From it (earth) have We created you', is a quotation from the Qur'an....
"By 'second time' is meant the spiritual resurrection of man, that is to say, his acceptance of the Divine Manifestation. But Muslims have given this term a literal interpretation: the physical resurrection of man. Bahá'u'lláh is using this same interpretation current among Muslims to defeat their argument."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, May 8, 1936, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1591)
Second Time--Means the Spiritual Resurrection of Man[edit]
"With regard to the Racine Assembly's request for an explanation of the passage on page 231 of the 'Gleanings' beginning with the words: 'From it (earth) have We created you...': this is a verse from the Qur'an... Bahá'u'lláh in quoting this passage seeks to refute the argument of the Muslims, who attach a purely literal interpretation to this verse of the Qur'an, and therefore consider it as implying bodily resurrection. To these Muslims He says, you who literally believe that the human body will return to dust and will be raised from it again, and therefore attach so much importance to this mortal world, how then can you wax so proud, and boast over things which are but perishable and consequently void of any true and lasting value."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the Racine Assembly, February 7, 1939: Bahá'í News, No. 124, p. 6, April 1939, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1592)
