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Lights of 'Irfán Book 2:
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Table of Contents Preface................................................................iii Perception Into Faith: A Radical Discontinuity Within Unity William Barnes.......................................................1 An Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple) Mohamad Ghasem Bayat................................................11 The Firm Cord of Servitude Theo Cope...........................................................35 The Human Intellect: A Bahá'í-inspired Perspective Adrian John Davis...................................................45 The Perfect Man and the Manifestation of God Y.A. Ioannesyan.....................................................53 The Mystic Cup: The Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá'í Faith LeRoy Jones.........................................................69 A Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations Franklin D. Lewis...................................................83 The Tablet of Unity (Lawh-i Ittihád): A Provisional Translation Moojan Momen........................................................93 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Quránic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul Moojan Momen........................................................99 "What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship Ismael Velasco.....................................................119 Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islám in The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh Brian A. Wittman...................................................135 "Point" and "Letter" in the Writings of the Báb Muhammad Afnan.....................................................149 |
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