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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.

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.
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Edit quality		medium: minimally proofread or edited
Format quality		high: well formatted
 
Last edited		2010-05-17. 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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