Lights of Irfán
Lights of Irfán
III
2002 · 159 B.E.
Supported by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
Contents
- 1 A Journey through the Seven Valleys 1–20
- 2 The Beginning That Hath No Beginning: Bahá’í Cosmogony 21–40
- 3 Knowledge, Certitude and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God’s Word 41–48
- 4 The Báb’s Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God 49–58
- 5 From Adam to Bahá’u’lláh: The Idea of a Chain of Prophecy 59–82
- 6 The Wronged One: Shí’í Narrative Structure in Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Husayn 83–94
- 7 The Mystical Dimensions of the Bahá’í Administrative Order 95–106
- 8 Mysticism and the Bahá’í Community 107–120
- 9 The Lawh-i-Mánikjí Sáhib: Introduction and Provisional Translation 121–128
- 10 The Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method 129–138
- 11 Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East 139–154
- 12 Mysticism in African Traditional Religion and in the Bahá’í Faith: Classification of Concepts and Practices 155–172
- 13 An Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh 173–184
- 14 The Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China 185–196