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He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord| |
| Author | Bahá'u'lláh |
Title of item | He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord |
Subtitle of item | Commentary |
Editor, translator, etc. | Shoghi Effendi, trans |
Editor, translator, etc. | Juan Cole, trans |
| Date of this edition | 1996 |
| Language | English |
Title of original | Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú |
| Permission | translator |
| Posted | 1997 by Jonah Winters |
| Classified in | Provisional translations |
| URL | bahai-library.com/bahaullah_knoweth_himself_cole |
| Abstract | Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning of detachment, the meaning of the hadith about knowing one's self, the meaning of Return, and the hadith "The believer is alive in both worlds." |
| Notes | See also Cole's commentary on this translation.
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| Tags | Bahaullah, Writings of; Both worlds; Commentaries; Detachment; Hadith; Hadith; He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord (Hadith); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Mysticism; Quran; Return; Self-knowledge; Sufism | | Page views | 11893 hits since 1997 |
| Edit quality | medium: minimally proofread or edited |
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