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tag name Fragrance type: Miscellaneous; Metaphors and allegories

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Fragrance
related tags Attraction, Power of; 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:

"... 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)

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2025-03. Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh on the Importance of Cleanliness, A. Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans. . — A short Tablet emphasizing cleanliness in both body and spirit, urging purification, wisdom, and obe... Translations.
2024-08. Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg). Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — Authorized translation of Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Georg David Hardegg, co-founder of the German Temp... Writings.
2021. Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh. Amrollah Hemmat. — Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the la... Articles.
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025. Writings.
2014. Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The. Julio Savi. — Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes... Articles.
2012. Bahá'í Tradition, The: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination. Todd Lawson. — Overview of the status of violence in the Baha'i tradition, and the historical/social conditions in ... Articles.
2012. Typological Figuration and the Meaning of "Spiritual": The Qurʾanic Story of Joseph. Todd Lawson. — Meanings of the famous shirt (qamis) as a symbol of Joseph's spiritual journey and travails in the Q... Articles.
2008. Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. — A tablet of Baha'u'llah to one of the Babis to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; i... Articles.
1999-04. Camphor and the Camphor Fountain. Frank Lewis. — What is the meaning of the camphor fount — a symbol common in the writings of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-... Essays.
1997-98 Winter. Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, The. Jim Stokes. — The story of Joseph describes the eternal process by which the most profound kind of new knowledge c... Articles.
1978. Tablet of Purity. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — Emphasizing purity, cleanliness, and abstinence from harmful habits, linking physical refinement to ... Writings.
1930. Garden of the Heart, The. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh, Frances Esty, comp. . — Early thematic compilation from the Baha'i Writings. Books.

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tag name	Fragrance	type:	Miscellaneous; Metaphors and allegories
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Fragrance
related tags	Attraction, Power of; 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: "... 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)
references	www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Fragrance