in the glory of the Father.

Honoring all the major Faiths, he saw them as one Faith.

While a Muslim apologist might have cited such Gospel passages in order to convince a Christian to embrace the Faith of Islam, Baha’u’llah quoted these excerpts in order to establish the truth of progressive revelation, one of his key teachings. He cited Biblical passages to bring about the reconciliation of Christianity with Islam, and to begin to prepare the world to recognize him as the promised one predicted by the Bab in his writings—and by the previous prophets in their scriptures.

However–this unifying mission did not impede Baha’u’llah from being critical of Christian clerics when they rejected Muhammad and the authenticity of the Qur’anic Revelation. In his writings he and his son and appointedseems even more miraculous, considering the thousand years of assumed superiority over these peoples of the Book. Baha’u’llah does not merely quote from the Qur’an in many of his writings, including those that cite liberally from the Hebrew prophets and the New Testament. He also denies that revelation has ended with the prophet Muhammad, citing many passages from the Qur’an itself that contradict such a dogma. He calls into question the legitimacy of the doctrines of the vast majority of Muslims, who he characterizes as having strayed far from the pure faith of Islam.

He cites his deep disapproval of the killing of the Banu Qurayza, the Jewish tribe in Medinah, traditionally seen as a decision taken by the elder followers of Muhammad and with Muhammad’s permission and tacit