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tag name: Maid of Heaven type: Miscellaneous; Terminology

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Maid_of_Heaven
related tags: – Mystical themes; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Most Great Spirit; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran)
referring tags: Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); Huris (houris); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings); Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Subḥána Rabbíya'l-A'lá (Praise to the Exalted Lord); Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)
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Personification of the "Most Great Spirit" in the Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.

"In His Súratu'l-Haykal (the Súrah of the Temple) He thus describes those breathless moments when the Maiden, symbolizing the "Most Great Spirit" proclaimed His mission to the entire creation: "While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden-- the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord--suspended in the air before Me..."
– Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 101-102
It was on that occasion that the “Most Great Spirit,” as designated by Bahá’u’lláh Himself, revealed itself to Him, in the form of a “Maiden,” and bade Him “lift up” His “voice between earth and heaven”—that same Spirit which, in the Zoroastrian, the Mosaic, the Christian, and Muḥammadan Dispensations, had been respectively symbolized by the “Sacred Fire,” the “Burning Bush,” the “Dove,” and the “Angel Gabriel.""
– Shoghi Effendi, letter dated 15 June 1946, published in This Decisive Hour (originally published under the title Messages to America)

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2025-07. Evidences of Bahá'u'lláh's Theophanic Awakening and Disclosure before His Síyáh-Chál Experience. Bijan Ma'sumian, Adib Masumian. — While the Siyah-Chal was the birthplace of Baha’u’llah's mission, his awakening to his divine st...
2021. List of Articles by John Hatcher on BahaiTeachings.org. John S. Hatcher. — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
2020. Maid of Heaven, The: A Personal Compilation. The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Anonymous, comp. . — Compilation of texts related to the Maid of Heaven, a personification of the “Most Great Spirit."
2019. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran. Moojan Momen. — Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'llah's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and o...
2019. Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih. John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. — Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Baha'u'l...
2019. Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation. Bahá'u'lláh, John S. Hatcher, trans, Amrollah Hemmat, trans, Ehsanollah Hemmat, trans. . — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
2018. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal). Hui Bau. — Background of the Suriy-i-Haykal: historical context and verses primarily from the first half of the...
2017 Autumn. O Pen!: Reflections on Suriy al-Qalam (Surih of the Pen). Sandra Lynn Hutchison. — On the background and themes of Baha'u'llah's tablet about the inception of his revelation and the a...
2017. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh for Bahá'í Holy Days. Bahá'u'lláh. — Forty-five selections revealed for, or relating to, nine Baha’i Holy Days.
2016. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis. Hui Bau. — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
2013. Celestial Fire: Bahá'u'lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire in Zoroastrianism. Farshid Kazemi. — Heat is used as a symbol of the dynamic nature of motion and existence, and in a tablet to the Zoroa...
2009-2011. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. Peyman Sazedj. — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
2008. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only). Nader Saiedi. — A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Bab. ...
2005. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad. Todd Lawson. — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
2005. Unveiling the Huri of Love. John S. Hatcher. — Three versions of this paper: Powerpoint presentation, audio file, and published article.
2004. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies. Ismael Velasco. — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
2001. Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple), An. Mohamad Ghasem Bayat. — One of Baha’u’llah's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Mani...
2000/2021. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations. Aziz Mboya. — Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the ...
1999-06. Revelation in the Voices of Baha'u'llah. Alison Marshall. — Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human being...
1999. Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal). John Walbridge.
1999. Tablet of the Holy Mariner. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Provisional translations of both the Persian and Arabic sections of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of the Holy...
1999. Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith. Christopher Buck. — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
1999. Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine. Mark A. Foster. — While the outward structure of the Baha'i Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is express...
1999. Tablet of the Vision. Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. .
1999. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Michael W. Sours, Jonah Winters.
1999. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline. Jonah Winters.
1999. Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Ismael Velasco, Julio Savi.
1999. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Tablet study outline. Jonah Winters.
1999. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77. Daryl Lowery. — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
1998. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A. Christopher Buck. — A “symbolic profile” of Baha’i consciousness as shaped by the writings of Baha’u’llah and ...
1997/1998. Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation. Universal House of Justice. — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
1997. Inner Dimensions of Revelation, The. Ross Woodman. — Mysticism; God's appearance to the individual; union and the feminine soul of the Manifestation.
1997. Daéná-Dén-Dín: The Zoroastrian Heritage of the 'Maid of Heaven' in the Tablets of Bahá'u'llá. Kamran Ekbal. — Zoroastrian origins of the image of the 'Maid of Heaven,' as it occurs in Tablets of Baha'u'llah; co...
1997. Ode of the Dove. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
1997. Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah. John Walbridge. — Mystical symbolism in early Baha'i poetry.
1997. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation. Ross Woodman. — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
1996/2001/2007. Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner. Universal House of Justice. — Three letters about Abdu'l-Baha'is Tablet to Amir Khan; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mari...
1996-12-02. Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner. Universal House of Justice. — Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
1996. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal). John Walbridge.
1996. Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld). Bahá'u'lláh, John Walbridge, trans. .
1996. Tablet of Vision. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Translation of Lawh-i-Ru'ya.
1995. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique. Michael W. Sours. — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
1995. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The. Ross Woodman. — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
1994. Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles. Lil Osborn. — A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces ...
1993. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul. Ross Woodman. — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
1992-10-15. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The. Universal House of Justice. — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
1992. Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures. Paula A. Drewek. — Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of m...
1992. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism. Michael W. Sours. — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
1991. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature. Michael W. Sours. — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
1989. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The. Marion Woodman. — The unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
1924/2002. Tablet of the Holy Mariner. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans, Mehran Ghasempour, trans. . — Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) se...

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1852-10-00 — Baha'u'llah had a vision of the Maiden, who announced to Him that He was the Manifestation of God fo...
1860-00-00 — Of the Suratu'l-Bayan (The Epistle of Utterance) it is written: "This highly eloquent and challengin...
1873-03-01 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Vision, "Lawh-i-Rú'ya" in Arabic. See the Provisional Transl...

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tag name:	Maid of Heaven	type:	Miscellaneous; Terminology
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Maid_of_Heaven
related tags:	– Mystical themes; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Most Great Spirit; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran)
referring tags:	Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); Huris (houris); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings); Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Subḥána Rabbíya'l-A'lá (Praise to the Exalted Lord); Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)
notes:	Personification of the "Most Great Spirit" in the Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. "In His Súratu'l-Haykal (the Súrah of the Temple) He thus describes those breathless moments when the Maiden, symbolizing the "Most Great Spirit" proclaimed His mission to the entire creation: "While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden-- the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord--suspended in the air before Me..." – Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 101-102 It was on that occasion that the “Most Great Spirit,” as designated by Bahá’u’lláh Himself, revealed itself to Him, in the form of a “Maiden,” and bade Him “lift up” His “voice between earth and heaven”—that same Spirit which, in the Zoroastrian, the Mosaic, the Christian, and Muḥammadan Dispensations, had been respectively symbolized by the “Sacred Fire,” the “Burning Bush,” the “Dove,” and the “Angel Gabriel."" – Shoghi Effendi, letter dated 15 June 1946, published in This Decisive Hour (originally published under the title Messages to America)
bahaidata.org:	Q4611 · Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Síyáh-Chál#Maid_of_Heaven; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Maid of Heaven