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Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih)

 
Author Abdu'l-Bahá
 
Title of item
Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih)
 
Volume
Volume 1
 
Pages
13-32
Parent publication   Makátib-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá
 
Editor, translator, etc.  
Anonymous, trans
Date of this edition 1997
LanguageEnglish
Permission public domain
Posted 1997-05 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Provisional translations
URLbahai-library.com/abdul-baha_lawh_aflakiyyih
Abstract A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi.
Notes Translator anonymous by request, but translated with assistance of Ahang Rabbani.

See a short letter from the Universal House of Justice on the historical background of this tablet, which mentions that this Tablet was written at the request of Bahá’u’lláh sometime between 1876 and 1883.

Tags Abdul-Baha, Writings and talks of; Al-Farabi; Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Ptolemy; Science; Theology; Worlds of God
Page views 53254 hits since 1997-05
Edit qualitymedium: minimally proofread or edited
Format qualitymedium: lightly formatted
Phelps inventoryPartial Inventory catalog ID no: AB00023, see bahai-library.com/phelps_loom_reality
 
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2023-11-19 10:49 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

Documents posted prior to October 2003 were at bahai-library.org [archive.org] and had completely different URLs.

 

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