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tag name: Quran

web link: Quran

  type: Religions, Middle Eastern
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran
related tags: - Islam; Muhammad (Prophet)
referring tags: Basmala; Be and it is (phrase); Camphor fountain; Closer than your life vein; Companions of the Cave (Quran); Dhu al-Qarnayn; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Gog and Magog; Light verse (Quran); Prophecies; Quotations from the Quran; Quran translations; Two seas

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  1. Michael W. Sours. Arjen Bolhuis, trans. Aantekeningen: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Boek van Zekerheid) (2023). — Uitleg over een van de hoofdthema's in Baha'u'llah's Boek van Zekerheid.
  2. Moojan Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul (2001). — Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretat...
  3. Bahá'u'lláh Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2023). — 80 selections, updated August 2023.
  4. Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  5. Michael Cook and William F. McCants. Affairs of the Heart: Early Theophanic Interpretations of Muhammad's Relationship with the Divine (2001). — The relationship between God and humanity is one of the principal motifs of the Qur’an; the human ...
  6. Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
  7. Brian A. Miller. Art of Translation, The (2017 Autumn). — Translation is a form of art — an act of transposition, transformation, and interpretation. Illust...
  8. Todd Lawson. Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The (2002). — A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risala fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant...
  9. Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
  10. Bahá'í Faith and Islam (2013). — Overview of connections and contrasts between the Baha'i Faith and its parent religion.
  11. Dann J. May. Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (1993/1997). — A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic...
  12. Todd Lawson. Bahá'í Reception of the Qur'an, The (2016-03-10). — Quranic themes inform much of the Baha'i proclamation. One theme is unity: there is one god, one hum...
  13. Christopher Buck. Baha'i Reflections on the "Seal of the Prophets" (2013-2017). — Three blog entries of personal reflections: Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” (2013); The Sea...
  14. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  15. Muhammad Mustafa. Rowshan Mustapha, trans. Baha'u'llah: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an (1993). — Meanings of some of the verses of the Qur'an, as viewed from the perspective of the Writings of the ...
  16. Chowghi Rouhani. Ulfet Bouchoucha Mustapha, trans. Bahá'u'lláh et le Carmel (2017). — Baha’u’llah honore la terre sainte; la révélation de la Tablette du Carmel; la grande resurrec...
  17. Vahid Brown. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
  18. Christopher Buck. Beyond the "Seal of the Prophets": Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (2007). — The Babi background of the Iqan, the nature of interpretation and exegesis, and the place of Muhamma...
  19. Anonymous, comp. Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance (2021). — Baha'i interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
  20. Necati Alkan. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95 (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
  21. Dana Paxson. Camphor and Metaphor (2023). — The single word ‘camphor’ appears once in the holy Qur’an. It also appears in the Writings of ...
  22. Frank Lewis. Camphor and the Camphor Fountain (1999-04). — What is the meaning of the camphor fount — a symbol common in the writings of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-...
  23. Todd Lawson. Coherent Chaos and Chaotic Cosmos: The Qur'ān and the Symmetry of Truth (2010). — While at first glance the Qur'an appears to be chaotic in form and structure, on closer examination ...
  24. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di) (1996).
  25. Mohsen Enayat. Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm (1992). — Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
  26. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on the Surah of the Sun (1994). — Baha'u'llah's explanation of a passage from the Qur'an.
  27. Todd Lawson. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The (2021). — On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths:...
  28. George Townshend. Covenant, The: An Analysis (1950). — A study guide in outline form on the idea of a covenant, Messengers and their missions, the covenant...
  29. Peter Terry. Covenant, The: Brit Olam (1997). — The concept of covenant is found in the Bible, the Qur'an, and Baha'i writings. Using the form of an...
  30. Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
  31. Todd Lawson. Dangers of Reading, The: Inlibration Communion and Transference in the Qur'an Commentary of The Bab (1997). — Tafsir (traditional Qur'an commentary) and the writings of the Bab.
  32. Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
  33. Khazeh Fananapazir. Day of God (Yawmu'llah) and the Days of God (Ayyamu'llah) (1997). — Comparison of Biblical and Islamic antecedents of the symbol of the "Day of God."
  34. Annemarie Schimmel. Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam (1994). — This book is a classic, groundbreaking survey of Islamic practices and beliefs. While the book conta...
  35. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of (1991).
  36. Robert T. Cameron. Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number 19 (1982). — Critique of Rashad Khalifa's (disputed) study purporting to find a "deep structure" of 19 in the Qur...
  37. Christopher Buck. Discovering [The Qur'an] (2006). — Academic study of the Qur'an, its themes, and how to begin interpreting it.
  38. Necati Alkan. Dreams and their Interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion: Some Preliminary Remarks (2007). — Outline of the importance of dreams and their interpretation in the Baha'i Religion; dream interpr...
  39. Moshe Sharon. End of Days (2018). — On the word “messiah”, the anointed, which describes the redeemer like a priest, consecrated by ...
  40. Todd Lawson. Exegesis (tafsír) (1999). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  41. Ismael Velasco. Fixing the Gaze: Reflections on "The Order of Bahá'u'lláh" in the Báb's Persian Bayan (2006/2012). — On the word nazm, "order," and how Baha'u'llah and then Shoghi Effendi extended used this as a found...
  42. Bahá'u'lláh. Gems of Divine Mysteries (2002). — A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Bab, the Primal Point. Written dur...
  43. Christopher Buck. Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam, by Todd Lawson: Review (2012).
  44. Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, trans. He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú): Commentary (1996). — Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning o...
  45. Christopher Buck. Identity of the Sabi'un, The: An Historical Quest (1984-07). — This article solves two problems that have long puzzled Islamicists: (1) How can the conflicting ide...
  46. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City (2021 Spring). — A memoir of visiting Jerusalem — a contemporary pilgrim's note written as a literary piece — wit...
  47. Nima Rafiei. In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá': A Revised Provisional Translation and Notes (2017). — In Arabic, liqa’ indicates the promise of meeting the Lord. Baha’u’llah has transformed the co...
  48. Peter J. Khan. Institute on Islam (1971). — Transcription of tape #7 which deals with prophecies in the Qur'an, and recordings of a one-weekend ...
  49. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Introduction to a Study of the Qur'án: With Additional References from Several Bahá'í Texts (1941). — A study guide to the Qur'an, consisting of lists of topics and verses by the "Study Outline Committe...
  50. Stephen Lambden. Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes (1991). — Islamic contributions to Western culture and science and discusses the place of Islamic Studies in t...
  51. Susan Maneck. Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast (2009-02-09).
  52. Rowshan Mustapha. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
  53. Christopher Buck. Joseph in Religious History and the Bahá'í Writings (2022-08-27). — Just as the story of Joseph is the "best of stories," the metaphor of Joseph is the "best of metapho...
  54. Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
  55. Stephen Lambden. Kaleidoscope: Some Aspects of Angelology, Light, the Divine Throne and Color Mysticism in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture (2004). — Miscellaneous notes relating to religious cosmology, angelology, color and “throne” symbolism in...
  56. Suheil Badi Bushrui. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1995). — The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
  57. Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, trans. Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude (1931). — Major theological work by Bahaʼu'llah, written prior to his declaration of mission.
  58. Sohrab Kourosh. Kitáb-i-Iqán, The: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology (2018). — The Kitab-i-Íqan resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a...
  59. Duane Troxel, comp. Kitáb-i-Íqán and the Qur'an: Quotations from the Iqan Compared with their Counterparts in Rodwell's Translation of the Qur'an (2001). — Includes table of Qur'anic quotations from the Íqan compared with their counterparts in the Qur'an,...
  60. Boris Handal, comp. La Moral del Corán (2013-05). — Compilation of passages from the Qur'an, with reference to some Baha'i writings.
  61. Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Last Prophet and Last Day: Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Exegesis of the 'Seal of the Prophets' (Q. 33:40) (2023). — Survey and analysis of viewpoints on the meaning of "Seal of the Prophets"; the prophetic cycle and ...
  62. Todd Lawson. Gabrielle Rivier, trans. Le Coran et l'imaginaire apocalyptique (2010-09).
  63. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  64. 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 ...
  65. Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009-2019). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
  66. Boris Handal. Mahoma, Profeta de Dios (2005/2020). — Overview of the life of Muhammad and the teachings of the Qur'an, and world Islamic culture.
  67. Michael W. Sours. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (1991). — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
  68. Muhammad Asad. Message of The Quran, The: Appendices (1980). — Symbolism and allegory in the Qur'an; al-Muqatta'at (opening letters); the term and concept of Jinn;...
  69. Stephen Lambden. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The (2005). — Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’lla...
  70. Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
  71. Sholeh A. Quinn. Mi'ráj in Select Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í Texts, The (2023). — The ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, and commentary on its meanings by religious leaders...
  72. Todd Lawson. Muhammad as Educator, Islam as Enlightenment, and the Quran as Sacred Epic (2020). — To Islam, civilization in prosperity and harmony is sacred; education is pivotal in the journey from...
  73. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, comp. Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an, Some (2000-08). — Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central and East Africa
  74. Robert Stockman. Notes on Islam from a Bahá'í Perspective (1998). — Overview of Islamic history and teachings and brief notes on Islam and the Baha'i Faith.
  75. 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 ...
  76. Abdulrahman Lomax. Number 19 in the Qur'an, The (1995-06). — Discussion of a study by a Muslim which purports to demonstrate that the Qur'an is comprised of myst...
  77. Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans. On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn': Provisional translation (2019). — Translation of passages from Tablets of ʻAbduʼl-Baha on the symbolism of jinn and angels in the Qu...
  78. Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
  79. Afshin A. Khavari. Parallels Between Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles (1998). — The roles of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law, and the development of the B...
  80. Kamran Hakim. Personal Interpretation of the term 'Seal of the Prophets' (1997). — A lengthy examination of the terms khatam, "seal," and Nabi, "Prophet," and their meanings in Islam.
  81. Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi et al. Perspectives on Science and Religion (2013-09). — On questions about discourses in the scientific community, the existence of the soul, and certain ut...
  82. Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004-2014). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
  83. Pierre Spierckel. Preuves bahá'íes basées sur le Coran (2015). — Expose la compréhension baha'ie des versets du Coran qui traitent de Sceau des prophètes, de Jour ...
  84. Kavian Sadeghzade Milani and Leila Rassekh Milani. Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát), The: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics (1997). — Study of Baha'i apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
  85. Sabir Afaqi. Proofs from the Holy Qur'án Regarding the Advent of Bahá'u'lláh (1993). — Collection of prophecies and symbols from the Qur'an that foretell Baha'u'llah. Prepared for the dee...
  86. Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
  87. Hossein Avaregan. Punti Razionali Comuni fra Corano e Vangelo (1990). — Ricerca personale della verità, origine divina di tutte le religioni, analogia delle profezie, uso ...
  88. Todd Lawson. Qur'an and the Apocalyptic Imagination, The (2010). — The Qur'an is regarded as a revelation of a divine message, unveiling truth to humankind at a time o...
  89. Todd Lawson. Qur'an and the Bahá'í Faith, The (2019). — On how tafsir, Islam, and the Qur'an have had a great impact on the form and content of the Baha'i r...
  90. Ted Brownstein. Qur'an and Violence against Non-believers, The (2017). — An examination of two sections of The Qur'an that supposedly authorize the slaughter of innocent non...
  91. Todd Lawson. Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance: The Bab's tafsirs of Qur'an 103 and 108, the Declining Day and the Abundance (1998). — Quranic commentary played a major role in the formation of the Babi movement. Early Babis were impre...
  92. Todd Lawson. Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The: Doctoral dissertation (1987-07). — A study of the Bab's two earliest works, partial commentaries on the Qur'an entitled "Tafsir súrat ...
  93. Brett Zamir, comp. Qur'án, The: Renderings by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse (2003). — Compilation on Islam and the Qur'an, and parallel translation of The Qur'an as translated by George ...
  94. Muhammad. Abdullah Yusufali, trans. Qur'án, The: The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an (n.d.).
  95. Dalton Garis, ed. Qur'anic and Biblical References in the Kitáb-i-Íqán: A Guide to Further Study (2020). — List of quotes from the Bible and the Qur'an referenced by Baha’u’llah in the Kitab-i-Iqan as sh...
  96. Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
  97. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Qur'ánic references in the Bahá'í Writings (2001). — Cross-reference list (incomplete).
  98. Kamran Ekbal. Quranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms of the Kitáb-i Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations, The (1995). — Interpretations and etymologies of Arabic terms for prostitution, virginity, dowry, menstruation, so...
  99. Sam Shamoun. Quranic Witness to Biblical Authority, The (1999). — Written for a Muslim audience, this article expounds on the Muslim view that the Bible is authentica...
  100. David Russell Garcia. Kees Poolman, trans. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
  101. Todd Lawson. Religious Authority and Apocalypse: Tafsír as Experience in an Early Work by The Báb (2013). — Analysis of the Bab's commentary on the Qur'an's longest chapter, Surat al-baqara, regarded as his f...
  102. Báb, The and Bahá'u'lláh et al. Ehsan Bayat, comp. Sadratu'l-Muntahá (2003). — Compilation on "The Tree beyond which there is no passing," including quotations from the Qur'an.
  103. Pritam Singh. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The (1942). — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
  104. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Scriptures of Previous Dispensations (1981). — Excerpts on what writings constitute the holy scriptures of previous Dispensations.
  105. Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
  106. Michael W. Sours. Seeing With the Eye of God: Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation (1991). — Various spheres of interpretation and how their hierarchies reflect theological truth.
  107. Arjen Bolhuis, ed. Sequential Outline of the Kitáb-i-Íqán: condensed version (2021). — Aid to locating main themes and various subjects in Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude, adapted from Ho...
  108. Jonah Winters. Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship (1997). — In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Baha'u'llah rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been t...
  109. Nobel Augusto Perdu Honeyman and Ismael Velasco. Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation (2004). — On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Baha'i scriptures: transl...
  110. Todd Lawson. Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb (2017 Autumn). — With the composition of the Qayyum al-asma, the Bab demonstrated the incredible breadth and depth of...
  111. James B. Thomas. Signs of Prophet-Hood, The: An Exposition on a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2005). — On the signs of a Manifestation of God as articulated by ‘Abdu'l-Baha; the type of proof utilized...
  112. Todd Lawson. Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The (1992). — The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees G...
  113. Moojan Momen. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
  114. Juan Cole. Surih of the Sun (Súriy-i-Vash-Shams): Introduction and Commentary (1994). — Overview of a tablet of Baha'u'llah touching on matters of interpretation and theology.
  115. Jonah Winters. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1999).
  116. Frank Lewis. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1996).
  117. Foad Seddigh. Tablet of Patience (Surih Sabr): Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh and Selected Topics (2014). — This significant Tablet from Ridvan 1863 covers the Seal of the Prophets, appearance and presence of...
  118. Adib Taherzadeh and Nabil-i-A'zam. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview (1999).
  119. Alison Marshall. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary (1999-07). — The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Baha'u'llah's tablet Tafsir hurufa...
  120. Stephen Lambden. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  121. Abdu'l-Bahá. Necati Alkan, trans. Tablet of the Fig and the Olive (2001).
  122. Bahá'u'lláh. Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (2001). — An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to...
  123. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (n.d.). — Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
  124. Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God (2016). — Summary of some themes from the Kitab-i-Iqan, concluding with a long prayer inviting the reader to s...
  125. Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) (2002). — Short one-paragraph Tablet concerning the grades or degrees of certainty.
  126. Bahá'u'lláh. Iskandar Hai, trans. Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín): Excerpt (2002). — Brief comments by Baha'u'llah on the Isaac/Ishmael controversy.
  127. Todd Lawson. Tafsir and the Meaning of the Qur'an: The Crucifixion in Muslim Thought (2010-10-23). — Using Qur'an 4:156-7 as an example, classical tafsīr, “scholastic" exegesis, has not always taken...
  128. Edward Price. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture (2016/2020). — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
  129. Vahid Brown. Textual Resurrection: Book, Imám, and Cosmos in the Qur'án Commentaries of the Báb (2004). — on the notions of textuality underlying the Bab's Qur'anic commentaries; the history of Qur'anic com...
  130. Lameh Fananapazir. Themes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of The Divine Plan Illustrated by Scriptural References to the Bible and the Qur'án (2017). — The Tablets of the Divine Plan, as well as Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament and the Tablet of Carmel...
  131. Robert W. McLaughlin. These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah (1982). — Detailed study of a section from Ishraqat and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
  132. 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 Stu...
  133. Craig L. Volker. Translating the Bahá'í Writings (1990). — In translating the Baha’i writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting bot...
  134. Universal House of Justice. Translations of the Qur'án and Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith, Recommendations Concerning (2002-08-19). — On translations of the Qur'an, and introductory books on the Baha'i Faith.
  135. Todd Lawson. Typological Figuration and the Meaning of "Spiritual": The Qurʾanic Story of Joseph (2012). — Meanings of the famous shirt (qamis) as a symbol of Joseph's spiritual journey and travails in the Q...
  136. David Hornsby and Jane Clark. Unity of Humanity, The: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson (2016). — Biography of Lawson and his personal interests in the Qur'an and the Baha'i Faith, discussion of con...
  137. Universal House of Justice. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990-11-06).
  138. John S. Hatcher. Unsealing the Choice Wine at the Family Reunion (1994). — Baha’i scripture portrays human progress as propelled by two inextricably related capacities: inde...
  139. Sally Liya. Use of Trees as Symbols in the World Religions, The (2004). — The tree is a universal symbol found in the myths of all peoples. This Jungian archetype figures in ...
  140. 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 rev...
  141. Shirley Macias. Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan, The (1991). — Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Baha'i theology; includes a brief com...
  142. David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003-10). — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
  143. Mirza `Isa Khan Isfahani. Ahang Rabbani, trans. With Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Mirza 'Isa Khan Isfahani (2008-03). — Account of a visit to Haifa, December 1919 - January 1920, by a little-known author Mirza 'Isa Khan ...
  144. Juan Cole. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions (2015 Fall). — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...

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  1. 1861-01-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Íqan (The Book of Certitude), 'a comprehensive exposition of the n...
  2. 1938-06-00 — In the June issue of <I>Baha'i News Shoghi Effendi recommended the translation of the Qur'an a...
 
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