From Shia & sufi theology. RE What does "al Hamdulillah." mean

in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pat Kohli at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22/11/03 5:28 pm:

> Baha'u'llah asked us to recite "Allahu Abha" 95 times each day, in a 
> certain  way; what is done beyond that would be completely up to the 
> discretion of the  friend. However, that any Baha'i, Christian, or Hindu is 
> free to recite  "Alhamdulillah, Allahu  Akbar, Subhan-Allah" 33 times 
> each day, in no way  shows that the  Baha'is borrowed this practice from
>  Sufi or Shia theology.

You are talking utter twaddle Pat,  Babism and Bahaism came straight
out of Shia Sufism. Both the Bab & Bahaullah were Sufi Shia Persian
Muslims. All their Poems, prayers, tablets, writings and chants were
copied, or plagairised straight out off Sufi or Shia theology. 
Inclosed are examples to prove this..........................Errol


Througout their ministries, Baha'u'llah, AB and also SE wrote a great
number of personal confessional prayers (Monajat), a genre canonized
by the eleventh century *SUFI* prose writer `Abdollah Ansari.

The earliest text in Baha'u'llah's corpus seems to be a 19-line
Persian poem in the *SUFI* tradition entitled *Rashh-e `amA*

Baha'u'llah incorporates Babi theology and a measured *SUFI*
vocabulary

http://bahai-library.org/conferences/scripture.lit.html

Themes of Early Tablets. These works reflected the *SUFI* style until
1863.

He was in contact with the *SUFI'S* near the town of Sulaymaniyyih

Qasidiy-i-Varqaiyyih; Ode of the Dove

This poem was revealed in Arabic between 1854 and 1856 in
Sulaymaniyyih, in response to the *SUFI'S * request

Seven Valleys  This work, revealed in Baghdad for a *SUFI* judge

Four Valleys  This work, was also revealed in Baghdad in Persian for a
*Sufi*  http://bahai-library.org/visuals/timeline.themes.html