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tag name Abjad system type: Miscellaneous; Religions, Middle Eastern; Terminology

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Abjad_system
related tags – Arabic language; – Persian language; Hebrew language; Numerology
referring tags Arabic alphabet; Huruf (letters); Letter Há; Numbers
Inventory subject Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)
notes

"The ancient Arabic system of allocating a numerical value to letters of the alphabet, so that numbers may be represented by letters and vice versa. Thus every word has both a literal meaning and a numerical value."

– Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Glossary, p. 252.

selected quotations
(authoritative sources)
These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"... In the Semitic languages – both Arabic and Hebrew – every letter of the alphabet had a numerical value, so instead of using figures to denote numbers they used letters and compounds of letters. Thus every word had both a literal meaning and also a numerical value. This practice is no more in use but during the time of Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab it was quite in vogue among the educated classes, and we find it very much used in the Bayan. As the word "Baha" also stood for the number nine it could be used interchangeably with it."

– From a letter dated 19 February 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1372; cited in a memorandum dated 24 January 1999, by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad_numerals; bahaipedia.org/Abjad; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Abjad

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2023. La translittération bahá'íe: pourquoi, comment. Pierre Daoust. — Cet article explique pourquoi il est important de bien translittérer les mots arabes et comment le ... Articles-unpublished.
2020-07. Discovering a Sacred Numerical Pattern from Baha'i Scriptures. Romuald Boubou Moyo. — Brief analysis of the inheritance shares outlined in the Kitab-i-Aqdas and how the abjad system of n... Resources.
2020-04-10. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi. Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. . — Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Bab’s Writings, delivered at the... Talks.
2020. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The. Fereydun Vahman, ed. — On the Bab's life, teachings, and writings; the Babi community's formation, conflicts, and transitio... Excerpts.
2020. L'importance de la translitération bahá'íe avec quelques exemples. Pierre Daoust. — Considérations grammaticales expliquant la translitération et la prononciation des mots arabes, ... Essays.
2020. He Whom God Shall Make Manifest: Notes on Gematria, Tetractys, The Báb's identification of Him, and Opposition to Bahá'u'lláh. Grover Gonzales. — On the Bab's use of numerology and cabalistic interpretation of scripture, and his use of amulets an... Articles-unpublished.
2018. Bahá'u'lláh and Peace: A Series of Four Talks. Nader Saiedi. — Talks at the Santa Monica Baha’i Center in California on four areas within the context of Baha'u'l... Audio.
2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev... Presentations.
2016. Fire and Light in the Báb's Tablet Proclaiming to be the Qá'im. Nader Saiedi. Audio.
2015. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses. Todd Lawson. — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r... Articles.
2015. Words of Power: Ḥurūfī Teachings between Shiʿism and Sufism in Medieval Islam: The Original Doctrine of Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī. Orkhan Mir-Kasimov. — Explores the origins, context, and legacy of Hurufism, a 14th century mystical Islamic movement cent... Books.
2013-06. El Monte Carmelo y el Nombre Oculto: Mount Carmel and the Hidden Name. Ernesto Fernandez. — Relationship between Mount Carmel and the Greatest Name and their symbolic meanings in the Baha'i Fa... Articles-unpublished.
2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum... Bibliographies.
2004. New Religions and Religious Movements: The Common Heritage. Moshe Sharon. — The 19th Century; Croce’s religion of liberty; modern religious activity; the Qur'an and classical... Articles.
1999-07. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary. Alison Marshall. — The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Baha'u'llah's tablet Tafsir hurufa... Study.
1999-04. Overview of the Abjad numerological system. Frank Lewis. — Numerological analysis of the word baha. Essays.
1999-01-24. Nine-Pointed Star, The: History and Symbolism. Universal House of Justice. — The history and the proper place and use of the nine-pointed star, a common Baha'i symbol, in compar... UHJ-letters.
1999. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Stephen Lambden. Study.
1999. Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview. Adib Taherzadeh, Nabil-i-A'zam. Study.
1997 March-April. Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19, by Martin Gardner: Response. William P. Collins. — Context of Baha'i numerology. Reviews.
1994. Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám). Abdu'l-Bahá, Denis MacEoin, trans. . — Explanation of the numerological significances of Baha’ and the ringstone symbol. Translations.
1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition. Compilations-personal.
1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.
1975. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Annemarie Schimmel. — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet... Books.
1968. Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. — Calligraphy, numerology, and theology of Baha and the ringstone symbol. Articles.
1957. Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet: together with the Numerical Value of the letters (Abjad Reckoning). Marzieh Gail, Roger Coe, ed. . — Persian letter, key, transliteration, pronunciation, and Abjad value. Resources.

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tag name	Abjad system	type:	Miscellaneous; Religions, Middle Eastern; Terminology
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Abjad_system
related tags	– Arabic language; – Persian language; Hebrew language; Numerology
referring tags	Arabic alphabet; Huruf (letters); Letter Há; Numbers
Inventory subject	Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)
notes	"The ancient Arabic system of allocating a numerical value to letters of the alphabet, so that numbers may be represented by letters and vice versa. Thus every word has both a literal meaning and a numerical value." – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Glossary, p. 252.
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... In the Semitic languages – both Arabic and Hebrew – every letter of the alphabet had a numerical value, so instead of using figures to denote numbers they used letters and compounds of letters. Thus every word had both a literal meaning and also a numerical value. This practice is no more in use but during the time of Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab it was quite in vogue among the educated classes, and we find it very much used in the Bayan. As the word "Baha" also stood for the number nine it could be used interchangeably with it." – From a letter dated 19 February 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1372; cited in a memorandum dated 24 January 1999, by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad_numerals; bahaipedia.org/Abjad; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Abjad