Tag: "Ark"

tag name	Ark	type:	Metaphors and allegories; Religions, Middle Eastern; Words, phrases
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Ark
related tags	– Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)
referring tags	Ark of the Covenant; Crimson Ark; Lawh-i-Bahá (Tablet of Glory); Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah); Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Noah (Prophet)
Inventory subject	Crimson Ark; the Ark of God
notes	"In the Bahá'í Writings the term 'Ark' is often used to signify the Cause of God, or the Covenant, and Bahá'u'lláh, the Holy Mariner... In the Tablet of Carmel Bahá'u'lláh declares, "Ere long will God sail His Ark upon thee, and will manifest the People of Bahá who have been mentioned in the Book of Names." In this context, Shoghi Effendi has said that the Ark refers to the Law of God and that the "sailing of His Ark" refers to the establishment of the Universal House of Justice." – from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989) Not to be confused with Arc (Bahá'í World Centre) See also: – Bahá'í Reference Library (bahai.org): Ark – Covenant Library Unified Index Partial Inventory Browser: – Compilation: Crimson Ark; the Ark of God – Search: Ark – Search: Arks
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 this great Tablet [of Carmel] which unveils divine mysteries and heralds the establishment of two mighty, majestic and momentous undertakings—one of which is spiritual and the other administrative, both at the World Centre of the Faith—Bahá’u’lláh refers to an “Ark”, whose dwellers are the men of the Supreme House of Justice, which, in conformity with the exact provisions of the Will and Testament of the Centre of the Mighty Covenant, is the body which should lay down laws not explicitly revealed in the Text. In this Dispensation, these laws are destined to flow from this Holy Mountain, even as in the Mosaic Dispensation the law of God was promulgated from Zion. The “sailing of the Ark” of His laws is a reference to the establishment of the Universal House of Justice, which is indeed the Seat of Legislation, one of the branches of the World Administrative Centre of the Bahá’ís on this Holy Mountain." – from a letter dated 21 March 1954 written by Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of the East—translated from the Persian, cited in compilation The Universal House of Justice, 49.1
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark; bahai9.com/wiki/Ark

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