Tag: "Fragrance"

tag name	Fragrance	type:	Miscellaneous; Metaphors and allegories
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Fragrance
variations or mis-spellings	scent
related tags	Attraction, Power of; Irfán (concept); Joseph (Prophet); Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Spirituality
referring tags	Camphor; Musk; Perfume; Rose water
Inventory subject	Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance
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: "... Cleanse thy heart ..., that thou mayest inhale the sweet savours of eternity from the Joseph of faithfulness, gain admittance into the celestial Egypt, and perceive the fragrances of enlightenment from this resplendent and luminous Tablet..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries", ¶29 (BH00012) "... Ponder this in thine heart, that the sweet gales of divine knowledge, blowing from the meads of mercy, may waft upon thee the fragrance of the Beloved’s utterance, and cause thy soul to attain the Riḍván of understanding..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶158 (BH00002) "... Were he that treadeth the path of guidance and seeketh to scale the heights of righteousness to attain unto this glorious and supreme station, he would inhale at a distance of a thousand leagues the fragrance of God, and would perceive the resplendent morn of a divine Guidance rising above the dayspring of all things. Each and every thing, however small, would be to him a revelation leading him to his Beloved, the Object of his quest. So great shall be the discernment of this seeker that he will discriminate between truth and falsehood even as he doth distinguish the sun from shadow. If in the uttermost corners of the East the sweet savors of God be wafted, he will assuredly recognize and inhale their fragrance, even though he be dwelling in the uttermost ends of the West. He will likewise clearly distinguish all the signs of God—His wondrous utterances, His great works, and mighty deeds—from the doings, words and ways of men, even as the jeweler who knoweth the gem from the stone, or the man who distinguisheth the spring from autumn and heat from cold. When the channel of the human soul is cleansed of all worldly and impeding attachments, it will unfailingly perceive the breath of the Beloved across immeasurable distances, and will, led by its perfume, attain and enter the City of Certitude..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶217 (BH00002) "Say: From My laws the sweet-smelling savor of My garment can be smelled... Whoso hath inhaled the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful, and recognized the Source of this utterance..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶4 and ¶7 (BH00001)
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_smell; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Fragrance

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