Lights of Irfan volume 2


click for larger image

Lights of `Irfán

Papers Presented at the
`Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Book II

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) 733-3502
E-mail: iayman@usbnc.org

Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund

158 B.E. 2001 C.E.

Copyright © 2001, Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund

Prepared by Trey and Lynne Yancy. 

                         Table of Contents 
       
 Preface................................................................iii     
       
 Perception Into Faith: A Radical Discontinuity Within Unity 
       William Barnes.......................................................1 

 An Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple) 
       Mohamad Ghasem Bayat................................................11 

 The Firm Cord of Servitude 
       Theo Cope...........................................................35 

 The Human Intellect: A Bahá'í-inspired Perspective 
       Adrian John Davis...................................................45 

 The Perfect Man and the Manifestation of God 
       Y.A. Ioannesyan.....................................................53 

 The Mystic Cup: The Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá'í Faith 
       LeRoy Jones.........................................................69 

 A Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: 
 Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár 
 An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations 
       Franklin D. Lewis...................................................83 

 The Tablet of Unity (Lawh-i Ittihád): A Provisional Translation 
       Moojan Momen........................................................93 

 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Quránic Verses Concerning 
 the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul 
       Moojan Momen........................................................99 

 "What I Want to Say is Wordless":  
 Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship 
       Ismael Velasco.....................................................119 

 Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islám in 
 The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh 
       Brian A. Wittman...................................................135 

 "Point" and "Letter" in the Writings of the Báb 
       Muhammad Afnan.....................................................149