Partial Inventory: #BH00223

inventory #	BH00223 - Bahá'u'lláh 2680 words
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title	لوح الحكمة​
title transliterated	Lawh-i-Hikmat
English title	Tablet of Wisdom
language	Arabic
opening, English	This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God!...
time period	Middle and late ‘Akká (1873–1892)
abstract	Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences.
in catalog	Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablas de Baha'u'llah Reveladas despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablettes révélées après le Kitab-i-Aqdas
in tags	Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

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