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"By the Fig and the Olive"

 
Author		Necati Alkan
 
Title of item		 "By the Fig and the Olive"
 
Subtitle of item		 `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95
 
Volume		 10
 
Pages		 115-126
Parent publication  		 Bahá'í Studies Review
 
Publisher of this ed.		London: Association for Bahá'í Studies English-Speaking Europe
Date of this edition		 2001
Language		English
Permission		 editor and publisher
Posted		 2010-07-17 by Jonah Winters
Formatted		 2002 by Chris Manvell
Classified in		 Published Articles
URL		bahai-library.com/alkan_fig_olive
Abstract		 A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Bahá: his commentary on the Quaranic Sura of the Fig (#95). 
Notes		 Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36, London School of Economics, England (July 13-15, 2001), online at irfancolloquia.org/36/alkan_fig.

See also translation of this Tablet. This article is also available as a formatted PDF, as published in BSR: alkan_fig_olive_bsr10.pdf.

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Locations		 Turkey; Jerusalem; Israel; Medina; Mecca; Saudi Arabia
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