Lights of Irfan volume 21

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                              Table of Contents 

ARTICLES

Myth or Madness: The (Lost) Joy of Religion
Shahbaz Fatheazam .............................................................. 1

A Survey of the Cardinal Maxims of Islamic Philosophy in the Bahá’í Writings
Vargha Bolodo-Taefi ........................................................... 39

Understanding Traditional Discourses
JoAnn Borovicka .............................................................. 111

Which World Are You In?
Ian Kluge .................................................................... 127

The Invocation “Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God…”
Muhammad Afnan trans. Adib Masumian .......................................... 189

The Potent God and the Attracting God: Metaphysics and its Social Consequences
Moojan Momen ................................................................. 191

Tablet of Fitnih (Tribulations) and Its Recipient: Shams-i Jahán
Foad Seddigh ................................................................. 215

IN MEMORIAM

Manuchehr Derakhshani........................................................ 255

Ian Kluge.................................................................... 257