Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh
Texts and scriptures of the Baháʼí Faith |
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From Baháʼu'lláh |
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From the Báb |
From ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
From Shoghi Effendi |
Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh is a compilation of selected
The work consists of "a selection of the most characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages from the outstanding works of the Author of the Baháʼí Revelation," according to Shoghi Effendi.[1] The passages come from the whole range of Baháʼu'lláh's writings, dated from about 1853 to 1892.
The book can be divided in five parts:[2]
- The "Day of God" (sec. 1-18)
- The Manifestation of God (sec. 19-69)
- The soul and its immortality (sec. 70-99)
- The World Order and the Most Great Peace (sec. 100-121)
- The duties of the individual and the spiritual meaning of life (sec. 122-166)
Among others, passages from the following works are included:
In addition, works partially translated in Gleanings were published more completely in the following compilations:
- The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
- The Tabernacle of Unity
- Tablets of Baháʼu'lláhRevealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
The book was published without a list of which passages were derived from which works of Baháʼu'lláh, but such a list has been reconstructed subsequently and is on the web.[3]
Because of its broad selection, Gleanings is one of the first works of Baháʼu'lláh many people read.
Notes
- ^ Shoghi Effendi, quoted in Rúḥíyyih Rabbání, The Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (London: Baháʼí Publishing Trust, 1988), 93.
- ^ W. Kenneth Christian (1952). Introduction to the Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh. p. xv.
- ^ Sources of Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
- ^ a b Rabbani 1988, p. 93.
References
- ISBN 0-87743-187-6.
- Hatcher, John (1997). The Ocean of His Words: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Baháʼu'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ISBN 0-87743-259-7.
- Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (1988). The Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust.
- ISBN 0-85398-270-8.
- ISBN 0-85398-071-3.
- ISBN 0-85398-144-2.
- ISBN 0-85398-270-8.
Further reading
External links
- A compendium on Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
- The Gleanings in many languages (incl. bilingual view)
- Muntakhabátí-az-Áthár-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh (Persian/Arabic edition on bahai.org)