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Tag "Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries)"

tag name: Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries) type: Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
web link: Javahirul-Asrar_(Gems_of_Divine_Mysteries)
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gems_of_Divine_Mysteries; bahaipedia.org/Gems_of_Divine_Mysteries; bahai9.com/wiki/Gems_of_Divine_Mysteries; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gems-divine-mysteries
inventory #: BH00012
related tags: * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (2. Baghdad); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); Cities; Gems
referring tags: - Pen of Glory (book); Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sidihí Isfahání
notes: Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, discussing subjects similar to themes explained in Seven Valleys and the Kitáb-i-Íqán. Authorized translation first published in 2002.

"Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries)" appears in:

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  1. Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture, The, by Stephen Lambden (1997). History of the theological position of the incomprehensibility-unknowability of God in past major Abrahamic religions and its importance and significance for contemporary Bahá'ís.
  2. Gems of Divine Mysteries, by Bahá'u'lláh (2002). A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Báb, the Primal Point. Written during the Baghdad period for Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sihdihí Isfahání. His questions were brought from Karbila, and answered the same day.
  3. Gems of Mysteries (Javáhiru'l-Asrár): Wilmette Institute faculty notes, by Muin Afnani (1999).
  4. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations, by Stephen Lambden Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2018). A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links to manuscripts, texts, introductions. Includes Shaykhi and Bábí studies, bibliographies, genealogies, provisional translations.
  5. Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, by Nader Saiedi: Review, by Christopher Buck (2024-12). Review of Nader Saiedi's book that focuses on the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
  6. Logos, Mythos and Kerygma: The Logic of Reconciliation and the Occultation of the Promised Qá'im in Bábí-Bahá'í Scripture, by Ismael Velasco (2004). Theological background of the Twelfth Imam in Shi'i Islam, comprehensive interpretation of Bahá'u'lláh's and 'Abdu'l-Bahá's position on the occultation and the Qá'ím, and the historicity of the 12th Imám in the Bahá'í writings.
  7. Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God: Gems of Divine Mystersies (Javáhiru'l-Asrár) and Seven Valleys, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani) (1923-02). Address given to an American audience in 1923, probably translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, who accompanied Fadl's second tour of the USA and Canada.
  8. Seven Cities of Bahá'u'lláh, The, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2002). This is a compilation of only those passages from Bahá'u'lláh’s Gems of Divine Mysteries that relate to the journey through "Seven Cities," which has similarities to Bahá'u'lláh’s Seven Valleys.
  9. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A, by Christopher Buck (1998). A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
  10. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks, by Steven Phelps (2017-09-18). Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Includes compilation of Writings on spiritual dislocation, science, language, spiritual evolution, nature, and revelation.

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  1. 1860-00-00
  2. 2002-06-26
      The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the publication of Gems of Divine Mysteries in English. The book is a letter written in reply to a seeker who asked about the relationship of prophecy to the Bábí Faith, and Bahá'u'lláh used that question as an opportunity to elaborate a number of related subjects. The book relates closely to two other major works of Bahá'u'lláh: The Seven Valleys (Haft-Vadi), an exposition on the progression of the soul, and The Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan). [BW'02-'03pg37, BWNS174]
    • The volume was originally titled Javahiru'l-Asrar, and was written in Arabic during Bahá'u'lláh's residence in Iraq where He was exiled from 1853 until 1863. [One Country Vol.14 Issue 2]
  3. 2008-00-00
      The publication of The Pen of Glory, a compilation of some Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by the Bahá'i Publishing Trust in Wilmette. A new printing was released 1 May 2017. The Tablets included were: Gems of Divine Mysteries, Tablet to Manikchi Sahib, Tablet to Mirza Abd'l-Fadl in response to questions of Manikchi Sahib, Tablet of the Seven Questions (Lawh-i-Haft Pursish), as well as two other tablets, The Beginning of All Utterance is the Praise of God and The Begining of Every Account is the Name of God. [Bahá'í Bookstore]
    • Pen of Glory in Word format.
 
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