Yazidi Book of Revelation
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The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe in Kurdish) is one of the two holy books of the Yazidi religion, the other being the Yazidi Black Book (Mishefa Reş in Kurdish).[1] The original text of the Book of Revelation is kept in the Yazidi village of Ba'idn[citation needed], and the original text of the Yazidi Black Book is kept in the village of Qasr 'tzz at-Din[2].
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[edit] Yazidis
The Yazidis are a religious minority of the Kurds, in northern Iraq[citation needed]. The Yazidis have been oppressed and considered devil-worshippers by Muslims for centuries[citation needed], which is a false assumption, since Yazidis do not believe in the existence of devil or satan as an independent entity. They believe that good and evil exist in the heart of every human being.
Yazidism believes in God as the Creator, but considers Malak Ta’us to be in charge of the affairs on the face of the Earth. The active forces in Yazidism are Malak Ta’us, Sheikh Adi (a saint), and other minor deities.
[edit] Chapters
The Yazidi Book of Revelation contains five chapters, arranged like the surahs of the Qur'an, in order of decreasing length. In all five chapters of this book, the words of God are given in the first person, in contrast to the Black Book, which records the acts of God in the third person.
[edit] Chapter One
Chapter One of the Book of Revelation discusses the Yazidi doctrine of the nature of God, who is made to declare that he is the author of what "outsiders call evils". The rest of the chapter deals with the exercise of divine power.
[edit] Chapter Two
Chapter Two describes the omnipotence of God.
[edit] Chapter Three
Chapter Three treats of the omnipotence of God, and begins with the statement that God guides without a scripture.
[edit] Chapter Four
Chapter Four contains a warning against outsiders, and enunciates a doctrine concerning the "corruption" of holy books very similar to that of the Muslims.
[edit] Chapter Five
Chapter Five is a short exhortation to the faithful.
[edit] References
- ^ Esposito, John L., ed. (1995). The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Guest, John S (1993). Survival Among the Kurds: A History of the Yezidis. London: Kegan Paul International. p. 154n. ISBN 0-7103-0456-0.
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