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Tag: "Birds"

tag name Birds type: Metaphors and allegories
web link bahai-library.com/tags/Birds
related tags Animals; Nature; Soul, Human
referring tags Bird, water and clay; Bird and cage; Conference of the Birds (book); Crows; Dove (symbol); Falcons; Hoopoe; Nightingales; Owls; Parrots; Peacocks; Phoenix; Simurgh (Simorg); Wings
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:

"O Ye People that Have Minds to Know and Ears to Hear!

The first call of the Beloved is this: O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter except in the Sheba of the well-beloved, and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness. Therein is thy habitation, if on the wings of thy soul thou soarest to the realm of the infinite and seekest to attain thy goal."

– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian no. 1 (BH00113)

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird#In_religion_and_mythology; bahaiquotes.com/subject/bird; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Bird

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  1. 2023-01-02. Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur). Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. . — Tablet on the metaphysical reality of the Manifestations of God, and their divine station as cosmic,... Translations.
  2. 2022. Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove. Lorraine Hetu Manifold, comp. — Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove o... Books.
  3. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation... Writings.
  4. 2017. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh for Bahá'í Holy Days. Bahá'u'lláh. — Forty-five selections revealed for, or relating to, nine Baha’i Holy Days. Compilations.
  5. 2010-05. How Parrots Are Taught to Speak. Hadi Rahmani Shirazi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . — An experience of Muhammad Quli Khan Nakha’ee, who went on pilgrimage to meet Baha’u’llah. Pilgrims.
  6. 2005. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad. Todd Lawson. — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w... Articles.
  7. 1998. Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . Translations.
  8. 1997. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation. Ross Woodman. — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W... Articles.
  9. 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.
  10. 1981-08. Speaking in Edinburgh. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Address at Edinburgh Baha'i Centre. Includes discussion of Shoghi Effendi in Scotland and the eagle ... Audio.
  11. 1981. Eagle and Pillar over Shoghi Effendi's resting place, and his visits to Scotland. Rúhíyyih Khánum, David Merrick, comp. . — Transcript of Ruhiyyih Khanum talking about Shoghi Effendi's visits to Scotland and how the pillar a... Pilgrims.
  12. 1975. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Annemarie Schimmel. — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet... Books.
  13. 1930. Garden of the Heart, The. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh, Frances Esty, comp. . — Early thematic compilation from the Baha'i Writings. Books.
  14. 1863/1868?. Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl. Juan Cole, trans, Alison Marshall, ed. — The Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl is a short story, which reads like a fairy tale, about the... Translations.
 
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