Partial Inventory: #BH00002

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#	BH00002 - Bahá'u'lláh   -   36200 words   -   Arabic and Persian (mixed)
	•  best known   •  authorized translation available
title	Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)
original title	کتاب ایقان
time period	3. Middle and late Baghdad (March 1856–April 1863)
opening, original	الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع
opening, English	No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…
abstract	Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.
notes	LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278
in catalog	Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The
in tags	Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker
manuscripts	BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400
publications	BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017
translations	IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x
music	R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)
subjects	@rejection, opposition and persecution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @Seal of the Prophets, @Manifestation of God as sun, @power of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @literal interpretation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Christ; Christianity, @Moses, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @Noah, @symbolism, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @return of the Manifestations of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @spiritual springtime, @living waters; water of life, @exhortations and counsels, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith, @belief and denial, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @light and darkness, @law of obligatory prayer, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the power of words; of speech

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	The Báb, best-known		Bahá'u'lláh, best-known		Abdu'l-Bahá, best-known

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