Lights of Irfan volume 4

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Lights of `Irfán

Papers Presented at the
`Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Book IV

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.

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                        Table of Contents  
    
  Preface...................................................................iii    

  An Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí­ Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid
       Necati Alkan...........................................................1
		 
  The Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá'í­ Writings
       Ian Kluge.............................................................17
		 
  The Call into Being: Introduction to a Bahá'í­ Existentialism
       Ian Kluge.............................................................79
		 
  The Tablet to Hardegg (Lawh-i-Hirtí­k): A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh 
       to the Templer Leader Georg David Hardegg
       Stephen Lambden and Kamran Ekbal......................................97
		 
  The Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Náqús) of Bahá'u'lláh
       Stephen Lambden.......................................................111
		 
  The Tablet of Maqsúd (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Guidance on Human Nature 
       and Leadership
       Ramin Neshati.........................................................125
		 
  The Uses of Genealogy and Genealogical Information in Select Persianate 
       and Bábí­/Bahá'í­ Sources: A Preliminary Survey
       Sholeh A. Quinn.......................................................131
		   
  An Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá)
       James B. Thomas.......................................................141
	   
  Bahá'u'lláh's First Tablet to Napoleon
       Ismael Velasco........................................................151
	   
  Elucidations

  Inmates of the Celestial Pavilion
       Research department of the Bahá'í­ World Centre........................163

  Letters of the Quranic Dispensation
       Research Department of the Bahá'í­ World Centre........................165
		 
  The 'Akká Traditions in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
       Moojan Momen..........................................................167
  
  "Thee" and "thee" in the translation of the Súrih of the 
       Temple (Súriy-i-Haykal)
       Khazeh Fananapazir....................................................179
		 
  Appendix
  
  Contents of previous volumes of Lights of 'Irfán...........................181
  
  English-Language Publications of 'Irfán Colloquium.........................183