The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 1

The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh  (1976) by Adib Taherzadeh Volume 1 Baghdád 1853–63

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Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION: The Manifestations of God

1. THE BIRTH OF THE REVELATION
2. BAHÁ’U’LLÁH IN EXILE
3. THE WORD OF GOD

   The Word of God Is Independent of Acquired Knowledge

   The Nature of Baha’u’llah’s Revelation

   The Creative Power of the Word of God

   The Word as the Source of Knowledge

   The Most Exalted Pen

   The Authenticity of the Word of God

   True Knowledge

4. THE FIRST EMANATIONS OF THE SUPREME PEN

   The Poem of Rashh-i-“Ama

   The City of Tihran

   The Sisters of Bahá’u’lláh

   A Prayer on Leaving Persia

5. THE EARLY TABLETS IN ‘IRÁQ

   Circumstances of Their Revelation

   Lawh-i-Kullu’ t-Ta‘dm

   Some Tablets Revealed in Kurdistan

   The Day of God

   Baha’u’llah’s Return to Baghdad

6. THE HIDDEN WORDS
7. SOME EARLY BELIEVERS

   Mull4 Rid4 of Muhammad-Ab4d

   Nabil-i-Akbar

8. THE SEVEN VALLEYS

   Siyyid Isma‘il of Zav4rih (Dhabih)

   The Four Valleys

9. SOME OUTSTANDING TABLETS

   Sabifiy-i-Shattiyyib

   Madinatu’r-Rida

   Madtnatw t-Tawbid

   Suriy-i-Qadir

   Hurdfat-i- Allin

   Lawh-i-Hariyyih

   Lawh-i- Ayiy-i-Nur

   Lawbh-i-Fitnih

   Striy-i-Nush

   Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand

   Javahiru’l-Asrar

10. THE KITÁB-I-ÍQÁN

    Circumstances of Its Revelation

    The Importance of the Kitdb-i-Iqdn

    Major Themes of the Kitdb-i-Igan (Part One)

    The reasons for man’s opposition to the Prophets of God

    The signs of the return of Christ

    Interpretation of symbolic terms

    Further reasons for man’s rejection of the Prophets

    Major Themes (Part Two)

    The nature of God and His Manifestations

    The sovereignty of the Prophets

    The meaning of ‘life’, ‘death’ and ‘resurrection

    The veil of knowledge

    The true seeker

    Proofs of the Bab’s Revelation

    Baha’u'llah anticipates His own Revelation

11. OTHER EARLY BELIEVERS

    Haji Mirza Muhammad-Taqjfy-i-Afnan

    Nabil-i-A‘zam

    Companions of Bahéa’u’ll4h

12. BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S APPROACHING DECLARATION

    Subbana-Rabbiya’l-A‘la

    Lawh-i-Ghulamu’ l-Khuld

    Hur-i-Ujab

    Ag-Bégh-i-[léhi

    Halib-Halih-Y a-Bisharat

13. FRIENDS AND FOES

    Haji Siyyid Javad-i-Karbila’i

    Some Powerful Enemies

14. TABLET OF THE HOLY MARINER

    Other Tablets of This Period

15. MÍRZÁ YAḤYÁ AND SIYYID MUḤAMMAD-I-IṢFAHÁNÍ
16. THE DECLARATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH IN THE GARDEN OF RIḌVÁN

    His Influence on the People of Baghdad

    The Festival of Ridvan

    Lawh-i-Ayyub

    The Significance of Riḍván

    Three Important Statements by Bahá’u’lláh

    The Bab’s Prophecies Fulfilled

    Bahá’u’lláh’s Departure from the Garden

17. THE JOURNEY TO CONSTANTINOPLE
18. ‘HIM WHOM GOD SHALL MAKE MANIFEST’

APPENDIX I: Mírzá Áqá Ján
APPENDIX II: Ḥájí Muḥammad-Ṭáhir-i-Málmírí
APPENDIX III: Vaḥíd
APPENDIX IV: Ḥájí Mírzá Karím Khán

BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
INDEX