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I am all the Prophets"

 
AuthorJuan Cole
 
Title of item
I am all the Prophets"
 
Subtitle of item
The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts
 
Volume
14:3
 
Pages
447-76
Parent publication   Poetics Today
Date of this edition 1993 Fall
LanguageEnglish
Permission author
Posted 1999 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Published Articles
URLbahai-library.com/cole_poetics_pluralism
Abstract Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with all the past Prophets and their sufferings, depicting himself mortally wounded on the field of battle, like Imám Husayn.
Notes Also available as a scan of the original article.
Tags Cosmology; I am all the Prophets (phrase); Imam Husayn; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Martyrdom; Pluralism; Poetry; Return; Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood); Unity of religion
Cross-referencesSee also Tablet of Blood (provisional translation by Juan Cole.
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