Gems of divine secrets

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The first page of the gems of divine mysteries in Arabic

The Epistle Gems of Divine Mysteries or Javáhiru'l-Asrár ( Arabic جواهر الاسرار) Was of Baha'u'llah , the founder of the Bahai revealed -Religion, and is addressed to Siyyid Yusuf-i-Sidihi of Karbala , which it asked how the promised himself Mahdi called in the person of Muhammad Ali ( "The Bab " ) could show. According to the epistle, Baha'u'llah “did not meet the addressee outwardly”, but received his letter with this question through a messenger in Baghdad. In response, Baha'u'llah revealed the gems of divine mysteries in Arabic that same day. The epistle was translated from English into German using the original Arabic text and comprises 74 pages in the German translation. Together with the foreword, glossary, notes and references, the gems of divine secrets occupy 122 pages. Baha'u'llah intended to add to the epistle, but he found "no opportunity and no leisure, since the messenger who came from you was in a great hurry". There is no question that the gems of divine mysteries belong to the “Arabic revealed scriptures” referred to in the Book of Certainty . This means that the gems of divine mysteries were revealed before the Book of Assurance. This reference and the hint in the epistle that Baha'u'llah's enemies stubbornly pursued his life at the time of Revelation allow a rough dating. The Leiden List names 1860–1861 as the time of origin, Baha'u'llah had already received his revelation, but only publicly declared it to be Ridvan in 1863. References to his own revelation are found in the epistle only in indirect form.

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In addition to answering the above question, Baha'u'llah covers a number of other topics similar to those in the Book of Certainty. So he discusses the reason for the rejection of the prophets in times past. In particular he deals with the danger of the literal interpretation of the scriptures and proves this with verses from the four Gospels Matthew , Mark , Luke and John , which refer to the coming of a new manifestation. Baha'u'llah interprets prophecies from the Revelation of John , explains suras of the Koran and traditions of Islam , deals with the continuity of divine revelation and explains terms such as “day of judgment”, resurrection, life and death. He also deals with the stages of the spiritual journey to his final spiritual goal through the “garden of search”, via the “city of love and rapture”, the “city of divine unity”, the “garden of wonder”, the “city of Perishing ”and the“ City of Eternity ”to the“ City without a Name ”. This journey resembles the Seven Valleys in certain places .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adib Taherzadeh: The Revelation of Baha'u'llah (Volume 1) . Bahai-Verlag, Hofheim-Langenhain 1981, ISBN 3-87037-123-4 , p. 188-190 .

literature

  • Baha'u'llah: Gems of Divine Secrets . Bahai Verlag GmbH, Hofheim-Langenhain 2007, ISBN 978-3-87037-420-4 ( online ).
  • Baha'u'llah: Gems of Divine Mysteries. Javáhiru'l-Asrár . Haifa 2002, ISBN 0-85398-975-3 ( online ).
  • Baha'u'llah: Javáhir al-Asrár al munzal min qalam Hadrat Baha'u'llah . Rio de Janeiro 2003.

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