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BAHÍYYIH KHÁNUM

The Greatest Holy Leaf


A compilation
from Bahá'í sacred texts and writings of the Guardian
of the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum's own letters
made by

THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
at the Bahá'í World Centre


Bahíyyih Kh´num, from a drawing by Juliet Thompson, 1926

BAHÁ'Í WORLD CENTRE
HAIFA
1982


Page iv

© 1982 WORLD CENTRE PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 0–85398–131–0


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       He is the Eternal! This is My testimony for her who hath heard My voice and drawn nigh unto Me. Verily, she is a leaf that hath sprung from this preexistent Root. She hath revealed herself in My name and tasted of the sweet savours of My holy, My wondrous pleasure. At one time We gave her to drink from My honeyed Mouth, at another caused her to partake of My mighty, My luminous Kawthar. Upon her rest the glory of My name and the fragrance of My shining robe.

      (Baha'u'llah's original Arabic of the above is inscribed around the circular dome of the Greatest Holy Leaf's monument on Mount Carmel. See illustration between pages 92 and 93.)


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CONTENTS

       Introduction
Page
xi
Section
  1. From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
  2. From the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  3. From the Writings of Shoghi Effendi
  4. Passages from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi
  5. Letters of the Greatest Holy Leaf
  6.   Letters of the Greatest Holy Leaf (continued)
  7. Documentation – (List of sources)
  8. Notes on Translations
  9. Some References to the Greatest Holy Leaf found in Published Works
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5
19
65
93

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    Frontispiece Bahíyyih Khánum; drawing by Juliet Thompson

    Between pages 28 and 29

    Photographs 1895 circa
          1919
          1930
    Relics of the Greatest Holy Leaf

    Between pages 92 and 93

    Views of the monument erected by Shoghi Effendi over the grave of
          Bahíyyih Khánum on Mt. Carmel
    Photograph of Bahá'í's Tablet to Bahiyyih Khanum

    Between pages 156 and 157

    Bahíyyih Khánum circa 1890
          October 1919
          an early photograph
    Facsimile of Bahíyyih Khánum's handwriting

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