A Treasure House of Mysteries
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Contents[edit]
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Persian edition
Preface to the German edition
- 1 Introductory remarks
- 1.1 The historical background
- 1.2 The Bábí community at the time of the revelation of the Hidden Words
- 1.3 The station of the Hidden Words among the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
- 1.4 The title “Hidden Words”
- 1.5 A “treasure house of divine mysteries”
- 2 Research methods
- 2.1 How secrets can be ‘studied’
- 2.2 Methodology
- The search for Connections
- 3 The introductory invocations in the Hidden Words
- 3.1. Examples of connections between invocation and content
- 3.2. The world-embracing mission of Bahá’u’lláh becomes apparent
- 3.3. A comparison of the invocations in the Arabic and Persian Hidden Words
- 3.4 The word “son”
- 4 Explanations concerning passage no. 1 of the Persian Hidden Words
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Spirit, Soul and Heart
- 4.3 Self, Psyche, Nafs
- 4.4 Heart
- 4.5 The mystical concepts in the first passage of The Hidden Words
- 5 Explanations concerning nos. 3, 56, 57 and 58
- 5.1 A summary of the first three passages
- 5.2 The “ungodly”
- 5.3 “Fellowship with the ungodly”
- 5.4 The “righteous”
- 6 Explanations concerning nos. 13, 15, and 16
- 6.1 Some general reflections
- 6.2 Explanations regarding no. 13
- 6.3 Explanations regarding no. 15
- 6.4 Explanations regarding no. 16
- 7 Explanations concerning nos. 17, 18, 23, 34 and 46
- 7.1 The historical context
- 7.2 Explanations regarding no. 17
- 7.3 Explanations regarding no. 18
- 7.4 Explanations regarding no. 23
- 7.5 Explanations regarding no. 34
- 7.6 Explanations concerning no. 46
- 8 Explanations concerning nos. 19, 71 and 77
- 8.1 The eternal covenant
- 8.2 Explanations concerning no. 19
- 8.3 Explanations concerning no. 71 — The history of the phrase “hallowed precincts of Zaman”
- 8.4 Explanations concerning no. 77 — The history of the suffering of the prophets and the “third letter”
- 9 Explanations concerning Hidden Words nos. 24 and 25
- 9.1 The “clear but bitter water”
- 9.2 The “divine Assayer”
- 9.3 The “divine Assayer” and the “assayers of mankind”
- 9.4 The “dust” and the “mirror”
- 10 Explanations concerning nos. 27, 28 and 30
- 10.1 “Dawn” – the period just before a revelation
- 10.2 The meaning of “dawn” as the day of resurrection
- 10.3 The symbolism of day, night and hour
- 11 Explanations concerning no. 29
- 11.1 The trilogy of creation, education and protection
- 11.2. The three principles as expressed in the medium obligatory prayer
- 11.3. The three principles as expressed in the “Tablet of Masúd”
- 11.4. To be and not to be [...] – “Out of the wastes of nothingness [...] I made thee to appear”
- 11.5. The “clay of My command” (turab-i amr)
- 11.6 The realms of creation, revelation and dominion
- 11.7 The appearance of mankind in the world of creation
- 11.8 The seven planes of creation
- 11.9 Education
- 11.10 The symbolic term ‘fount’ in “two founts of gleaming Milk”
- 11.11 “Eyes to watch over you”
- 12 Explanations concerning nos. 35 and 69
- 12.1 The Assayers of Mankind
- 12.2 The gift of discernment
- 12.3 Existence and faithfulness in the Covenant
- 12.4 The identity of the “assayers”
- 13 Explanations concerning no. 40 of the Persian Hidden Words
- 13.1 “Seize thy chance [...]” (Some remarks on the concept of time)
- 13.2 About the special features of the period of revelation: the “Great Reversal”
- 13.3 Some comments on numerical mysticism
- 14 Explanations concerning nos. 59, 63, 64 and 65 of the Persian Hidden Words
- 14.1 The call to the peoples and rulers of the world
- 14.2 Four main causes of “calamities”
- 14.3 “Unforeseen calamity”
- 14.4 Mercy and justice
- 14.5 The use of the term “tablet” in the Hidden Words
- 15 Explanations concerning no. 79 of the Persian Hidden Words
- 16 The Hidden Words as guidelines and a source of reorientation
- 16.1 Steadfastness in the Covenant
- 16.2 Effects on our lives
- 16.3 The Spiritual Assemblies and what they have to do with the Hidden Words
- 16.4 The Spiritual Assembly as the perfect word
- 17 Some closing remarks
