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Symbol and Secret| |
| Author | Christopher Buck |
Title of item | Symbol and Secret |
Subtitle of item | Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan |
| Date of this edition | 1995/2012/2021 |
| Language | English and Persian |
| Permission | author and publisher |
| Scanned | 1996 by Duane Troxel |
| Posted | 2000 by Jonah Winters |
| Proofread | 2006-04 by Nicholas Sanders |
| Classified in | Books |
| URL | bahai-library.com/buck_symbol_secret_quran |
| Abstract | Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Persian translation. |
| Notes | See also the following reviews of this book: Review by Frank Lewis, in Bahá'í Studies Review, vol. 6 (1996); Review by Jonah Winters, in Iranian Studies 32:1 (1999); and Review by Jonah Winters, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 9:3 (1999). See also An Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude and Dating Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (offsite). See also the original final chapter, published as "Bahá'u'lláh as World Reformer." Also available in Persian, translated by Khosrow Dehghani: Ramz va Raz.
This online version was first scanned partly by Duane Troxel in 1996 and partly by Jonah Winters in 1997. It was then proofread by Lynn Jaluvka in 1998, Nicholas Sanders in 2006, and Bobbi Lyons in 2012. It was formatted by Winters in 1997 and by Christopher Buck in 2012. It was further edited by Lyons and Buck in 2012. More updates and corrections 2021 (see details in Acknowledgements, p. xiii of the PDF below). |
| Tags | Attainment unto the Divine presence; Finality; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude); Lithography; Seal of the Prophets; Symbolism |
| Locations | Baghdad; Iraq; Tihran; Iran (documents); Cairo; Egypt; Mumbai (Bombay); India | | Page views | 26865 hits since 2000 |
| Edit quality | high: carefully proofread and edited |
| Format quality | high: well formatted |
Last edited | 2022-07-05 23:09 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=buck_symbol_secret_quran. Documents posted prior to October 2003 were at bahai-library.org [archive.org] and had completely different URLs. | | |
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