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Lights of 'Irfán Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars Book XI Papers published in Lights of 'Irfán represent the views of their authors. Reproductions from this compilation are permitted provided that the sources and authors are clearly indicated. 'Irfán Colloquia Bahá'í National Center 1233 Central Street Evanston, IL 60201 Phone: (847) 733-3501 Fax: (847) 733-3527 E-mail: iayman@usbnc.org General Editor Iraj Ayman Manuscript Edited by Omid Nolley and Jonah Winters Artwork by Trey Ya ncy Graphic Design by Majid Nolley, majidnolley.com Typeset by Jonah Winters, winterswebworks.com Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund 167 B.E. 2010 C.E. ISBN 978-3-942426-03-9 Copyright © 2010, Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund

                        Table of Contents  
    
  Preface.....................................................................................i 
 
  Chronicles of a Birth Part III: Early References to the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions in 
      Spain (1873-1895)
      by Amín E. Egea.........................................................................1

  Reflections on Some Messianic Prophecies in Shaykhi Works
      Y. A. Ioannesyan.......................................................................21

  Textual Context and Literary Criticism: A Case Study based on a Letter from Shoghi Effendi
      Gerald Keil............................................................................55

  The Path of God
      Wolfgang A. Klebel.....................................................................99

  Neoplatonism and the Bahá'í Writings
      Ian Kluge.............................................................................149

  Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh Basít al-Haqíqa)
      Moojan Momen..........................................................................203
      Lawh Basít Al-Haqíqa..................................................................213

  Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation
      Anupam Premanand......................................................................223

  Towards a Contextualization of Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Qiná'
      Sholeh A. Quinn.......................................................................257

  The Indispensibility of Consultation for Ordering Human Affairs
      Ian Semple............................................................................271


  Elucidations
  
  Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice...........................................287

  Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice...........................................299

  Authority and Centrality of the Universal House of Justice................................301


  Appendices

  Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book.......................305

  Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Ten................................................306

  Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia......................................................315