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'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines| |
| Author | Moojan Momen |
Title of item | 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines |
Subtitle of item | The Stages of the Soul |
Volume | 2 |
Pages | 99-118 |
Total pages | 151 |
| Parent publication | Lights of Irfan |
Publisher of this ed. | Wilmette, IL: Irfan Colloquia |
| Date of this edition | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Permission | author and publisher |
| Posted | 2010-05-17 by Jonah Winters |
| Classified in | Published Articles |
| URL | bahai-library.com/momen_byzantines |
| Abstract | Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretations of the word al-Rum, transl. "Rome" or "Byzantium"; different types of soul; the soul's progress through the realms of creation. |
| Notes | Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000). Also published in Bahá'í Studies Review 12 (2004), pp. 67-90.
See also an updated Word document, momen_byzantines_2020.docx, with some transcription errors fixed by Mike Thomas.
In the Partial Inventory, ID AB00007, this is referred to as Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown"). [-A.B.] |
| Tags | Arc of ascent and descent; Cosmology; Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Mysticism; Quran; Soul; Sufism |
| Cross-references | See also Makátíb-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, vol. 1, pp. 62–102. | | Page views | 12623 hits since 2010-05-17 |
| Edit quality | medium: minimally proofread or edited |
| Format quality | high: well formatted |
| Phelps inventory | Partial Inventory catalog ID no: AB00007, see bahai-library.com/phelps_loom_reality |
Last edited | 2022-06-23 16:53 EDT. 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=momen_byzantines. | | |
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