All papers by Ma'ani


There are 16 papers by Ma'ani

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"Some Answered Questions"� and Its Compiler   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English - Lights18 During her stay in Paris in the early 1900s, Laura Clifford Barney heard of the Baha'i Faith and studied its tenets with May Maxwell, the renowned Baha'i teacher. Laura embraced the nascent Faith and pursued a lifelong career of service to humanity. This paper is about one of her most remarkable achievements: Some Answered Questions is the descript... read online  
Bahá'í-Religion und die islamische Mystic (Sufitum)   e The Bahá'í Faith and Islamic Mysticism (Sufism) Dariush Ma'ani Deutsch 56 Beitrage2  
Collective Security in the Talks of `Abdu'l-Bahá   e Sovaida Ma'ani English 113 Lights14 The principle of collective security as adumbrated by Baha'u'llah and elaborated upon by `Abdu'l-Baha is a prerequisite for a lasting peace of the kind that has hitherto eluded humanity. Its application requires that the international community take a range of steps, including the gradual creation of an international standing force, agreement on th... read online  
Ein mystisches Gedicht Bahá'u'lláhs: offenbart im Síyáh Chál (Rashh-i-Amá)   e A mystical poem of Bahá'u'lláh revealed in the Siyah Chal (Rashh-i-Ama) Dariush Ma'ani Deutsch 63  
Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz on Naw-Ruz 1909   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English 113 Lights14 At the turn of the twentieth century the people of Iran, tired of despotic regimes and the inordinate influence of the clergy, demanded changes in the way the country was governed. Their struggles for democratic reform bore fruit when Muzaffiri'd-Din Shah Qajar signed the decree in 1906 for the establishment of parliament and for constitutional mon... read online  
Greatest Holy Leaf's Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place, The   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English 121 Lights15 Biography of a most remarkable woman in the history of religion, described by Shoghi Effendi as Abdu'l-Baha's "competent deputy, His representative and vicegerent, with none to equal her." The site Shoghi Effendi chose for her burial place was the specific spot on Mount Carmel that determined the location of the Arc, around which are built the inst... read online  
Persian title yet-to-be entered   e Mystic Themes in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Dariush Ma'ani فارسی 6  
Preparing Baha'i Communities in the East and the West to Embrace Gender Equality   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English 100 Lights12 The oneness of humankind is the pivotal principle of Bahá'u'lláh's revelation. Its realization is impossible without restoring to women their rights. Gender equality is an essential prerequisite of the unity of humankind and one of the most difficult to achieve worldwide. Inequality goes back many centuries. Its practice is rooted in time-hon... read online  
The Choice of the West for Abdu'l-Bahá's Epoch-Making Trip   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English 107 Lights13 When `Abdu'l-Bahá gained freedom, after fifty-eight years of exile and confinement, He made preparations for a momentous trip. By August 1910, when He began His trip, the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh had spread beyond the borders of lands gripped in the yoke of Islamic fanaticism and orthodoxy, and was established in areas which enjoyed religious freedo... read online  
Towards of World Federation: It Is Time to Implement Abdu'l-Bahá's Advice   e Sovaida Ma'ani English 107 It was almost a century ago, during His historic trip to the United States, that `Abdu'l-Baha advised a high official in the service of the federal government that he could best promote the interests of his government and people, if he strove in his capacity as a citizen of the world, to gradually apply the principle of federalism to the world beyo...  
Universal House of Justice, The: A Unique Institution in the Annals of Religion   e Sovaida Ma'ani English 121 Never before in the annals of the world's religions has the world encountered an institution remotely resembling the Universal House of Justice. Its uniqueness is apparent in a number of different ways: its origins which lie in the express provisions made for it by Baha'u'llah Himself, the nature of its authority, the scope of its jurisdiction, the...  
فرق متصوّفۀ کردستان در دورۀ بغداد   e Different mystical orders in Kurdistan during the Baghad period Dariush Ma'ani فارسی - Safini2  
موجبات کزینش مغرب زمین بر ای سفر های تاریخ ساز حضرت عبد البهاء   e Choice of the West for the Epoch-Making Travels of `Abdu’l-Bahá Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani فارسی 106 Safini15 Also presented in English. read online  
ماده کردن جوامع بهائی شرق و غرب برای تساوی حقوق رجال و نسا   e Preparing Baha'i Communities in the East and the West to Embrace Gender Equality Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani فارسی - Safini14 Also presented in English. read online  
Verborgene Worte von Bahá'u'llah   e The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh Dariush Ma'ani Deutsch 49 Beitrage1 Zur Person: Geb. 1934, ab 1957 Architekturstudium an der TU Graz, 1964-69 Praxis und wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten in der BRD. 1969-75 Proffessor für Architektur und Raumordnung an der Universität Teheran/Iran. Seit 1975 wieder in i–sterreich, zahlreiche Vortragsreisen und Beiträge über geisteswissenschaftliche und...  
Women and Wisdom in Scripture   e Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani English 125 Lights16 In this paper the treatment of women in religion, the direct and indirect influence of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths in raising awareness about women's plight and transforming attitudes towards them across the globe, the role of linguistic biases in degrading women's status, the role of wisdom in preparing the ground for gender equality, and finally t... read online