tag name Joseph (Prophet) type: People; Prophets, Manifestations; Religions, Middle Eastern web link bahai-library.com/tags/Joseph_(Prophet) related tags Genesis (Bible) referring tags Fragrance; Pharaoh (Bible); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Surih of Joseph notes Joseph — son of Jacob, his story appears in both the Hebrew scriptures and the Qur'án.
In the Qayyumu'l-Asmá, the Báb provides an allegorical (typological) interpretation of the Joseph narrative, framing it as a spiritual allegory for the Manifestations of God. These interpretations are included for example in chapters 2, 5, 6, 59, 70, 72 and 73 (further research needed; no complete authorized translation is available).
Bahá'u'lláh refers to parts from the story of Joseph in the Seven Valleys, the Hidden Words, and other writings.
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:
"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"This is an allusion to the story of Joseph in the Qur’án and the Old Testament, in which Joseph’s garment, brought by his brothers to Jacob, their father, enabled Jacob to identify his beloved long-lost son. The metaphor of the fragrant “garment” is frequently used in the Bahá’í Writings to refer to the recognition of the Manifestation of God and His Revelation.
Bahá’u’lláh, in one of His Tablets, describes Himself as the “Divine Joseph” Who has been “bartered away” by the heedless “for the most paltry of prices.” The Báb, in the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’, identifies Bahá’u’lláh as the “true Joseph”..."
– Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 1
"Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My beauty; stop thine ears, that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet melody of My voice; empty thyself of all learning, that thou mayest partake of My knowledge; and sanctify thyself from riches, that thou mayest obtain a lasting share from the ocean of My eternal wealth. Blind thine eyes, that is, to all save My beauty; stop thine ears to all save My word; empty thyself of all learning save the knowledge of Me; that with a clear vision, a pure heart and an attentive ear thou mayest enter the court of My holiness."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian, no. 11"... Until thou enter the Egypt of love, thou shalt never gaze upon the Joseph-like beauty of the Friend; and until, like Jacob, thou forsake thine outward eyes, thou shalt never open the eye of thine inward being;..."
– Bahá’u’lláh, The Call of the Divine Beloved: The Seven Valleys ¶14"... 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
references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_in_Islam; bahai9.com/wiki/Joseph; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Joseph
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