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The Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God| |
| Author | Todd Lawson |
Title of item | The Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God |
Volume | Book 3 |
Pages | 49-58 |
Total pages | 151 |
| Parent publication | Lights of Irfan |
Publisher of this ed. | Wilmette, IL: Irfan Colloquia |
| Date of this edition | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Permission | author and publisher |
| Posted | 2010-05-18 by Jonah Winters |
| Classified in | Published Articles |
| URL | bahai-library.com/lawson_babs_epistle |
| Abstract | A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risála fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant compositions. It provides a brief discussion of the mystic quest, and sheds light on the Báb's relationship to the Shaykhi movement and to Sayyid Kázim. |
| Notes | Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #30, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October 6-8, 2000). Republished in The Bahá'í Faith and the World's Religions, ed. Moojan Momen (George Ronald, 2005); see lawson_babs_epistle_2005.pdf. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/30/lawson_epistle. See also the Arabic text, at h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol2/suluk/suluktr.htm. |
| Tags | Bab, Writings of; God (general); Hadith; Imam Ali; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Journey; Kumayl, Hadith of; Mysticism; Quran; Risala fis-Suluk (Journey towards God); Spirituality | | Page views | 7610 hits since 2010-05-18 |
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