Tablet (religious)

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A tablet, in a religious context, is a term used for certain religious texts.

In the Hebrew Bible

Judaism and Christianity maintain that

idol worship of the Israelites
.

In Islam

The Preserved Tablet (al-Lawhu 'l-Mahfuz), the heavenly preserved record of all that has happened and will happen, contains

Arabic: قدر, transliterated qadar, meaning "fate", "divine fore-ordainment", "predestination")[1] is the concept of divine destiny in Islam.[2][3]

In the Baháʼí Faith

The term "tablet" is part of the title of many shorter works of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and his son and successor ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.[4]

See also

  • Book of Life
  • Emerald Tablet
  • Tablet of Destinies
    , a divine tablet of supreme importance in Mesopotamian mythology
  • Stele
  • World's largest book
    , a stone book the pages of which are inscribed stone tablets

References

  1. ^ "Qadar". missionislam.com.
  2. ^ "Biblia Sagrada Online".
  3. ^ Momen, Moojan; Lawson, B.T. (2005). "Lawhḥ". Encyclopædia Iranica.