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Tag "Tree (metaphor)"

tag name: Tree (metaphor) type: Metaphors and allegories
web link: Tree_(metaphor)
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_in_mythology; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=tree
related tags: Nature; Trees
referring tags: Gardens; Leaf (title); Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree)

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  1. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, by Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024). — 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
  2. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family, by Moojan Momen (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  3. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
  4. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95, by Necati Alkan (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
  5. Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The, by Foad Seddigh (2018). — Review of four tablets in compilation from the Universal House of Justice about the commemoration of...
  6. Course on Bahá'í Symbolism, by Ernesto Fernandez (2013-07). — Symbolic forms in the Writings and Baha'i architectural systems, and their analogues in universal re...
  7. Garden of the Heart, The, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh Frances Esty, comp. (1930). — Early thematic compilation from the Baha'i Writings.
  8. Good Message, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (published as Rúhíyyih Rabbání) (1960/1961). — A simplified rendering of themes in Shoghi Effendi's translation of Gleanings, used in Africa as a p...
  9. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen (1990). — An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith and to explain the Baha...
  10. Instructions Concerning Genesis and the Mystery of Baptism, by Mirza Asad'Ullah Ali Kuli Khan, trans. (n.d. (1902?)). — A short treatise on Biblical verses and symbology viewed in light of the Hidden Words and other Writ...
  11. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
  12. Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck (1999). — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
  13. Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant, by Universal House of Justice (1996). — Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Baha'i social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevaili...
  14. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion, by Ian Kluge (2001-09-02). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
  15. Role of Principles in the Bahá'í Faith: Principles and Fashion, by Farjam Majd (2013). — A hierarchical tree-like model of the world can aid in understanding the following questions: are va...
  16. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad, by Todd Lawson (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
  17. Tablet of the Fig and the Olive, by Abdu'l-Bahá Necati Alkan, trans. (2001).
  18. Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd), by Bahá'u'lláh Joshua Hall, trans. (2022-11-14). — Composite authoritative and provisional translation, partially from Gleanings section 27.
  19. Tablet to Auguste Forel, by Abdu'l-Bahá Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1976). — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, d...
  20. Tree of Life, The: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands (1993). — Compilations for a spiritualization and teaching campaign on prayer and meditation, how to be like t...
  21. Use of Trees as Symbols in the World Religions, The, by Sally Liya (2004). — The tree is a universal symbol found in the myths of all peoples. This Jungian archetype figures in ...
  22. Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan, The, by Shirley Macias (1991). — Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Baha'i theology; includes a brief com...
  23. World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre, by Universal House of Justice Steve Cooney, comp. (1990/1995/2007). — Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Baha'u'llah" and "World Government and ...
 
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