Bibliography: BIB27604

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB27604
reference type	Book Section
title	Finding the Trace of the Traceless Friend : Reflection on Bahá'í Scholarship as a Journey in the Valley of Search
book title	Lights of 'Irfán : Studies in the Principal Bahá'í Beliefs : Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars : Book Fifteen
author	Klebel, Wolfgang
authority control	Wolfgang A. Klebel
year	2014
publisher	'Asr-i-Jadíd Publisher
place published	Darmstadt, Germany
abstract	The author attempts to shed some light on Bahá'í scholarship from the First Valley of the Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh, the Valley of Search. The combination of finding a "trace" of a "traceless friend" indicates the mysteriousness and complexity of this task, and introduces us into the mystical realm. The introductory section of the Seven Valleys closes with the following words, indicating that the purpose of this Book is "that every man may thereby win his way to the summit of realities, until none shall contemplate anything whatsoever but that he shall see God therein." (SVFV 1) The summit of reality indicates that it is a different and new reality that is presented in the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, which must be the basis of all Bahá'í scholarship.
language	English
keywords	SCHOLARSHIP; BAHA'U'LLAH. SEVEN VALLEYS; INVESTIGATION
pages	41–92
section	7.