Tag: "Rational faculty"

tag name	Rational faculty	type:	Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Science: natural, social, and applied
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Rational_faculty
variations or mis-spellings	nafs-i-náṭiqih ( نفس ناطقه ); quvviy-i-‘aqlíyyih ( قوّۀ عقلیّه ); ‘aql ( عقل ); See full list at the end of the notes section below.
related tags	– Concepts, Philosophical; – Concepts, Science; Human nature; Intellect; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Necessary relationships of the realities of things; Rationality; Soul, Human
referring tags	Aql
notes	"Consider the rational faculty with which God hath endowed the essence of man. Examine thine own self, and behold how thy motion and stillness, thy will and purpose, thy sight and hearing, thy sense of smell and power of speech, and whatever else is related to, or transcendeth, thy physical senses or spiritual perceptions, all proceed from, and owe their existence to, this same faculty. So closely are they related unto it, that if in less than the twinkling of an eye its relationship to the human body be severed, each and every one of these senses will cease immediately to exercise its function, and will be deprived of the power to manifest the evidences of its activity. It is indubitably clear and evident that each of these aforementioned instruments has depended, and will ever continue to depend, for its proper functioning on this rational faculty..." – Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, LXXXIII (BH00210) "... Say: Spirit, mind, soul, and the powers of sight and hearing are but one single reality which hath manifold expressions owing to the diversity of its instruments. As thou dost observe, man’s power to comprehend, move, speak, hear, and see all derive from this sign of his Lord within him. It is single in its essence, yet manifold through the diversity of its instruments. This, verily, is a certain truth. For example, if it directeth its attention to the means of hearing, then hearing and its attributes become manifest. Likewise, if it directeth itself to the means of vision, a different effect and attribute appear. Reflect upon this subject that thou mayest comprehend the true meaning of what hath been intended, find thyself independent of the sayings of the people, and be of them that are well assured. In like manner, when this sign of God turneth towards the brain, the head, and such means, the powers of the mind and the soul are manifested..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Súriy-i-Ra'ís, ¶35 (BH00260) "... There are five outward material powers in man which are the means of perception—that is, five powers whereby man perceives material things. They are sight, which perceives sensible forms; hearing, which perceives audible sounds; smell, which perceives odours; taste, which perceives edible things; and touch, which is distributed throughout the body and which perceives tactile realities. These five powers perceive external objects. Man has likewise a number of spiritual powers: the power of imagination, which forms a mental image of things; thought, which reflects upon the realities of things; comprehension, which understands these realities; and memory, which retains whatever man has imagined, thought, and understood. The intermediary between these five outward powers and the inward powers is a common faculty, a sense which mediates between them and which conveys to the inward powers whatever the outward powers have perceived. It is termed the common faculty as it is shared in common between the outward and inward powers..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, 56.1-2 (AB01868) "... regarding the question whether the faculties of the mind and the human soul are one and the same. These faculties are but the inherent properties of the soul, such as the power of imagination, of thought, of understanding; powers that are the essential requisites of the reality of man, even as the solar ray is the inherent property of the sun. The temple of man is like unto a mirror, his soul is as the sun, and his mental faculties even as the rays that emanate from that source of light. The ray may cease to fall upon the mirror, but it can in no wise be dissociated from the sun..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablet to Dr. Auguste Forel (AB00020) See also: – 'Aql, Encyclopaedia Iranica article – 'Aql and Rúh, Wikipedia pages about this concept in Islam. "Rational faculty" tends to be nafs-i-náṭiqih (نفس ناطقه), but one also finds quvviy-i-‘aqlíyyih (قوّۀ عقلیّه) and ‘aql (عقل). "Rational soul" is nearly always nafs-i-náṭiqih (نفس ناطقه), though one also finds rúḥ-i-insán (روح انسان) and the nearly identical rúḥ-i-insání (روح انسانی), along with quvviy-i-‘áqilih (قوّۀ عاقله). "Human soul" is usually nafs (نفس), ján (جان), or rúḥ-i-insání (روح انسانی). – Comment by Adib Masumian regarding how these terms in the original language are translated into English in the authorized translations of the Bahá'í Writings. See also: – Arabic and Persian Originals of Metaphysical Terms in the Bahá'í Writings
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Aql; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="Rational faculty"; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="Rational soul"

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