The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 4

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The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh  (1987) by Adib Taherzadeh Volume 1 Mazra‘ih & Bahjí 1877–92

Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD

1. BAHÁ’U’LLÁH AT THE MANSION OF MAZRA‘IH

   The Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in ‘Akká

   An Air of Freedom

2. THE GARDEN OF RIḌVÁN

   Trustworthiness: ‘ornament of the people of Bahá’

   Abu’l-Qásim the Gardener

3. LAWḤ-I-ḤIKMAT

   Teachings for the Spiritualization of Humanity

   The Origin of Creation

   References to Ancient Philosophy

4. VARQÁ, APOSTLE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

   Tablets to Varqá

5. THE KING AND BELOVED OF THE MARTYRS

   Tablets to the Two Brothers

   Tablets Revealed after their Martyrdom

6. A DIVINE REBUKE: LAWḤ-I-BURHÁN
7. THE MANSION OF BAHJÍ

   The Arrival of Bahá’u’lláh at Bahjí

   An Outpouring of Divine Bounty

8. THE DAY OF GOD: TAJALLÍYÁT

   Ustád ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Banná

   The Station of Bahá’u’lláh

   The relationship of God to His Manifestations

   The dawn of the new age

   Recognition and Steadfastness

9. SPLENDOURS OF THE REVELATION: ‘ISHRÁQÁT

   Jalíl-i-Khú’í

   Bahá’u’lláh Addresses the People of the Bayán

   The Meaning of ‘Infallibility’

   Prophecies Fulfilled

   Religion, a Radiant Light

10. GLAD-TIDINGS TO ALL PEOPLES: BISHÁRÁT
11. TRUTHS OF HIS CAUSE: ṬARÁZÁT
12. THE LIGHT OF FAITH REACHES INDIA AND BURMA
13. THE MEANING OF UNITY

    Lawḥ-i-Ittiḥád

    Unity in Society

    Equality between Men and Women

14. SÚRIY-I-VAFÁ

    The Meaning of ‘Return’

    The ‘Portals of True Understanding’

15. KALIMÁT-I-FIRDAWSÍYYIH
16. OTHER OUTSTANDING TABLETS

    Lawḥ-i-Aqdas

    Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd

    Lawḥ-i-Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají

17. ‘THE DOORS OF MAJESTY . . . WERE FLUNG WIDE OPEN’

    Lawḥ-i-Arḍ-i-Bá

    The Magnanimity of Bahá’u’lláh

    The Law of Huqúqu’lláh

18. NOTABLE TEACHERS OF THE FAITH

    Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl

    Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-‘Alí

19. THE ROLE OF THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD
20. LIVES OF THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE APPOINTED BY BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

    Ḥájí Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar (Ḥájí Ákhund)

    Mírzá ‘Alí-Muḥammad (Ibn-i-Aṣdaq)

    Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí (Ibn-i-Abhar)

    Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíb

21. TABLETS TO THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE

    The Commandment to Act with Wisdom

    How Tablets were Delivered to their Recipients

22. ‘FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE WORLD’: LAWḤ-I-DUNYÁ

    Áqá Mírzá Áqáy-i-Afnán (Núru’d-Dín)

    Circumstances of the Revelation of the Lawḥ-i-Dunyá

    Bahá’u’lláh’s Counsels to His Followers

    Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍáy-i-Iṣfahání

    The Tyrant of Yazd

    Tablet to The Times

23. THE CHARTER FOR THE WORLD CENTRE: LAWḤ-I-KARMIL
24. EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF

    Shaykh Muḥammad-Taqí, the Son of the Wolf

    The Re-revelation of Tablets

    Bahá’u’lláh’s Presentation of His Teachings

    ‘Shed not the blood of anyone’

    ‘The aim . . . is to quench the flame of hate’

25. EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF (continued)

    The Machinations of the Azalís in Constantinople

    Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Ḥasan (Afnán-i-Kabír)

    The Supreme Manifestation of God

    Bahá’u’lláh’s Summons to the Shaykh

26. THE ASCENSION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

APPENDIX I: The People of ‘Ád and Thamúd; Húd; Ṣáliḥ and the She-Camel
APPENDIX II: The House of the Báb in Shíráz
APPENDIX III: Notes for the Study of Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
INDEX