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Tag "Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys)"

tag name: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys) type: Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
web link: Chahar_Vadi_(Four_Valleys)
variations: Chihár Vádí
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Valleys; bahaipedia.org/The_Four_Valleys; bahai9.com/wiki/Four_Valleys; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/seven-valleys-four-valleys
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related tags: * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (2. Baghdad); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); - Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; - Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Valleys (metaphor)

"Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys)" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (25 results; less)

  1. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh (2018). On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment as a prerequisite for attainment unto the Divine Presence. Includes translation of a Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh.
  2. Ted Brownstein. Are the Four Valleys four stages in one path or are they four paths? (1998). Alternate readings of symbolism in the Four Valleys.
  3. Wolfgang A. Klebel. Bahá'u'lláh's (2008). Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Bahá’u’lláh calls "Thy transcendent unity," i.e., the concept of unity and oneness, which are ubiquitous in the Bahá’í Writings?
  4. Bahá'u'lláh. Call of the Divine Beloved (2019). Seven Tablets revealed before 1863, including a retranslation of the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, the poem Rashh-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above) revealed in the Síyáh-Chál, and four other newly translated Tablets on the mystic journey.
  5. Dianne Bradford. Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (1998-01). Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philosophers, and Mystics.
  6. Jack McLean. Correlating Mystical Experience to the Knowledge of God (2000-10). Mysticism, "the experience of God," and theology, "the knowledge of God," are both expressions of one symbiosis. This paper characterizes mysticism, debunks objections to it, and explores a Bahá'í context through the Four and Seven Valleys.
  7. Jonah Winters. Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Tablet study outline (1999).
  8. Iraj Ayman, Muin Afnani. Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  9. Alison Marshall. How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah (1999-01). Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
  10. Robert L. Gulick. Introduction to the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys (1957). Essay included as a preface to a 1952 edition of Seven Valleys and published as a stand-alone booklet in 1957; see miscellanie.com
  11. Bahá'u'lláh. Pierre Daoust, trans. Les Quatre Vallées, publié dans The Call of the Divine Beloved (Centre mondial bahá'í - 2018) (2022-08). La traduction des Quatre Vallées de Marzieh Gail contient beaucoup de passages exquis et inspirés, mais quelques changements ont été nécessaires pour la clarté et l'exactitude.
  12. Bahá'u'lláh. la commission de traduction, trans. Les sept vallées et les quatre vallées (2021). Traduction de Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
  13. Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links to manuscripts, texts, introductions. Includes Shaykhi and Bábí studies, bibliographies, genealogies, provisional translations.
  14. David Langness. Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys (1997). Symbology of the Four Valleys, and a brief overview of a four-stage spiritual growth model.
  15. Virginia Orbison. Notes on Words of the Guardian (1956). Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11".
  16. Amrollah Hemmat. Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (2021). Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the larger context of the totality of the Bahá’í Writings, its purpose appears as a guide for spiritual wayfarers to the recognition of the Manifestation of God.
  17. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Rumi: Quotations from the Mathnáví of Rúmí in the Bahá'í Writings (2001/2015). Rúmí’s Mathnáví is quoted in many places in the Bahá'í Writings, as noted in the footnotes to the Writings.
  18. Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, comp, Daniel Azim Pschaida, comp. Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison (2019). New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
  19. Bahá'u'lláh. Marzieh Gail, trans. Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The (1991). Bahá’u’lláh's most well-known mystical works, written in Baghdad after his return from Kurdistan in 1856.
  20. Bahá'u'lláh. Siete Valles y Los Cuatro Valles, Los (1989). Spanish translation of Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
  21. Christopher Buck. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A (1998). A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
  22. Julio Savi. Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography (2003). Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Four Valleys, which provides a snapshot of scholarship into these Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
  23. Ismael Velasco. Towards the Summit of Reality, by Julio Savi: Review (2008).
  24. Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017-09-18). Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Includes compilation of Writings on spiritual dislocation, science, language, spiritual evolution, nature, and revelation.
  25. Julio Savi. Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys (1994). Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.

2.   from the Chronology (3 results; less)

  1. 1857-00-00 — Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Four Valleys, (Chahar Vadi) addressed to Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahmán-i-Tálabání (or Karkútí), a man of erudition and understanding and a leader of the Qádiríyyih Order, someone He had come in contact with in Kurdistán. In it He describes four different paths of approach to the Divine. [SA157–8, BKG163; RoB1p104]

      "The Four Valleys was revealed ... in a mystical language and style, in response to a request made by a prominent Sufi. Yet, despite the traditional Sufi concepts, language, and symbolism employed by Bahá'u'lláh, studying the text in light of the totality of Bahá'í writings demonstrates that its main purpose is to guide the wayfarers to the recognition of the Manifestation of God, soon to be revealed to be Bahá'u'lláh Himself. Furthermore, understanding the text as portraying two complementary paradigms—four parallel paths towards God and the four stages of a single path—leads to integrative and holistic perspectives and practices prescribed in the Bahá'í writings." [Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh by Amrollah Hemmat found in the Journal of Bahá'í Studies 30 4 2020]
  2. 1936-00-05
      The Seven Valleys was published in revised translation by Ali Kuli Khan by the US Bahá'í Publishing Committee. A later revision by Khan and Marzieh Gail was published in 1945. [Collins1.113; About the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys; Collins1.114]
    • In 1968 the US Bahá'í Publishing Trust bundled it with another allegorical treaties that was revealed in the late Baghdad period, under the title The Seven Valleys And the Four Valleys. It had several reprints until 1984. [Collins1.114, 1.115, 1.116, 1.117]
    • These two works were part of the publication Call of the Divine Beloved published in 2019. .
  3. 2019-02-05
      The announcement of the publication of The Call of the Divine Beloved by the Bahá'í World Centre. The book contained revised translations of The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys as well as five newly published selections from Bahá'u'lláh's writings, including Rashḥ-i-'Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above). This tablet is considered to be among the first if not the first revealed by Bahá'u'lláh after being apprised that He was to be the Manifestation of God.
    • For more information about this Tablet and its significance see 1852 (between Aug - Nov).
 
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