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Tag: "Fishes"

tag name Fishes type: Metaphors and allegories

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Fishes
variations or
mis-spellings Fishing
related tags Animals; Nature; Oceans and seas
referring tags Salmon
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 Sun-like Mirrors! Look ye upon the Sun of Truth. Ye, verily, depend upon it, were ye to perceive it. Ye are all as fishes, moving in the waters of the sea, veiling yourselves therefrom, and yet asking what it is on which ye depend.” ... “I complain unto thee, O Mirror of My generosity, against all the other Mirrors. All look upon Me through their own colors.”
– The Báb, quoted by Bahá'u'lláh in: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 160 (BH00005)

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_in_culture#In_religion_and_mythology; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Fish

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1823-00-00 — Baha'u'llah's father dreamed that his son was swimming in a sea with multitudes of fish clinging to ...

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tag name	Fishes	type:	Metaphors and allegories
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Fishes
variations or mis-spellings	Fishing
related tags	Animals; Nature; Oceans and seas
referring tags	Salmon
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 Sun-like Mirrors! Look ye upon the Sun of Truth. Ye, verily, depend upon it, were ye to perceive it. Ye are all as fishes, moving in the waters of the sea, veiling yourselves therefrom, and yet asking what it is on which ye depend.” ... “I complain unto thee, O Mirror of My generosity, against all the other Mirrors. All look upon Me through their own colors.” – The Báb, quoted by Bahá'u'lláh in: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 160 (BH00005)
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_in_culture#In_religion_and_mythology; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Fish