Tag: "Nightingale"

tag name	Nightingale	type:	Metaphors and allegories
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Nightingale
variations or mis-spellings	bulbul ( بلبل ); varqá’ ( ورقاء ); varqat ( ورقة ); ‘andalíb ( عندلیب ); murgh-i-saḥar ( مرغ سحر )
related tags	– Poetry; Birds; Literature, Persian; Lover and the Beloved; Sufism
referring tags	Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl); Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved); Roses and thorns
notes	"... Used in the Bahá'í Writings to symbolize the Manifestation of God, particularly Bahá'u'lláh." – from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989) See also: – Covenant Library Unified Index
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: "... Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies..." – From the Tablet of Aḥmad (in: Bahá'í Prayers). "The time cometh, when the nightingale of holiness will no longer unfold the inner mysteries and ye will all be bereft of the celestial melody and of the voice from on high." – Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian no. 15 "O Ye People that Have Minds to Know and Ears to Hear! The first call of the Beloved is this: O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter except in the Sheba of the well-beloved, and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness. Therein is thy habitation, if on the wings of thy soul thou soarest to the realm of the infinite and seekest to attain thy goal." – Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian no. 1
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_nightingale#Cultural_connotations; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=nightingale

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