Partial Inventory: #BH00002

inventory #	BH00002 - Bahá'u'lláh 36200 words
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title transliterated	Kitab-i-Iqan
title translated	The Book of Certitude
language	Persian; Arabic
opening, English	No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…...
abstract	Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.
in catalog	Китаб-и-Иган; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Libro de Certeza; Book of Ighan, The; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The
in tags	Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

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