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What does Bahá'u'lláh mean by “the heart” in Arabic mystical usage vs. later usage?
Sources for the 1848 Bábí community — contemporary accounts outside the Táríkh-i-Jadíd?
Progressive revelation and the finality of Bahá'u'lláh's dispensation
Transliteration standards: Bahá'í vs academic conventions in published papers?
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