Tablets Pertaining to the Covenant:
Adrianople 1863-1868
First presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #32
Bosch Bahá'í School: California, USA
November 23–26, 2000
(see list of papers from #32)
One of the unique aspects of the revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is the establishment of the divinely ordained institution of the Covenant. The period of Adrianople was a time of unprecedented trials and tremendous tests for the followers of the Báb and the Blessed Beauty in relation to the Greater Covenant. It was also a time during which Bahá'u'lláh wished to elucidate upon the station of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and to lay the foundation of the Lesser Covenant. The attempt on the life of Bahá'u'lláh by Yahyá Azal, the Most Great Separation, and the proclamation to the kings and rulers of the world are a few of the most momentous episodes of the years in Adrianople. These and other historical events precipitated the revelation of tablets by the Ancient Beauty elucidating His station as the One Whom God Shall Make Manifest and tablets regarding the station of the Most Great Branch. The main focus of the presentation will circle around three Tablets: the Tablet of Abná'í, the Tablet of the Branch and Lawh-i-Salmán.
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