See original version at bahai-library.com/thomas_fire_tablet.
COLLECTIONS | Published articles, Study Guides |
TITLE | An Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh |
AUTHOR 1 | James B. Thomas |
DATE_THIS | 2002 |
VOLUME | Book 3 |
TITLE_PARENT | Lights of Irfan |
PAGE_RANGE | 173-184 |
PAGE_TOTAL | 151 |
PUB_THIS | Irfan Colloquia |
CITY_THIS | Wilmette, IL |
DATE_1ST | 1871 |
ABSTRACT | A description of Bahá'u'lláh's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacrifice, and an account of its historical context; mystical intercourse between the twin stations of Bahá'u'lláh, human and divine. |
NOTES | Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #34, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 18-20, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/34/thomas_fire. |
TAGS | - Bahá'u'lláh; - Christianity; - Interfaith dialogue; - Persecution; Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Fire (metaphor); Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Manifestations of God; Opposition; Poetry; Suffering; Tests and difficulties; Words and phrases |
CONTENT | Abstract: This tablet reveals a mystical intercourse between the twin stations of Bahá'u'lláh, human and divine, that expresses a powerful message of victory and great promise. To understand the Fire Tablet it is essential to know of events and conditions pertaining to the Bahá'í Faith that preceded the time of the writing of the tablet. In Adrianople, Mírzá Yahyá and Siyyid Muhammad provoked catastrophic events within the Bahá'í community that resulted in exile to 'Akká. Their actions would escalate in that prison and would cause great harm to the Faith. Download: lights3_thomas.pdf.
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