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Poetry as Revelation

Author	Frank Lewis
Title of item	Poetry as Revelation
Subtitle of item	Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak'
Volume	9
Parent publication	Bahá'í Studies Review
Publisher of this ed.	London: Association for Bahá'í Studies English-Speaking Europe
Date of this edition	1999
Language	English
Permission	author and publisher
Posted	2010-07-16 by Jonah Winters
Formatted	2000 by Chris Manvell
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/lewis_poetry_revelation
Abstract	On Bahá'u'lláh and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date of the poem and history of the text; and interpretation and the translation process. Includes a provisional translation.
Notes	See also a translation of this tablet.
Tags	Bahaullah, Poetry of; Dating of Writings; Interfaith dialogue; Mathnavi; Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak; Mysticism; Poetry; Rumi (Mevlana); Sufism; Translation
Locations	Sulaymaniyyih; Kurdistan; Baghdad; Iraq; Istanbul (Constantinople); Turkey
Page views	17900 hits since 2010-07-16
Last edited	2022-01-26 02:13 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=lewis_poetry_revelation.

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