# | BH00012 - Bahá'u'lláh - 10360 words - Arabic |
title | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) |
original title | جواهر الاسرار |
time period | 3. Middle and late Baghdad (March 1856–April 1863) |
opening, original |
یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک |
opening, English |
O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted |
abstract | A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpected ways, describing the difficulties encountered in understanding sacred scriptures, offering keys to their symbolic interpretation with reference to a passage in the Gospels, and describing in a manner similar to ‘the Seven Valleys’ the stages traversed by the spiritual wayfarers. |
notes | LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023 |
in catalog | Gems of Divine Mysteries |
in tags | Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries) |
manuscripts | INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x |
publications | BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157 |
translations | GDM |
music | D. Stevenson (¶110) |
subjects | @Jabulqa and Jabarsa, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @mystical themes, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prophecy and fulfillment |
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