# | BH00088 - Bahá'u'lláh - 4710 words - Arabic and Persian (mixed) |
title | Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih) |
time period | 6. Late Edirne (September 1867–August 1868) |
opening, original |
کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید |
opening, English |
The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world |
abstract | A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the legendary figure of Mary the Prophetess, describing the various stages in the creation of the elixir, and warning that the rediscovery of its knowledge by the scientists of the day will herald both the maturity of the world and the threat of a desolating affliction. |
notes | LL#391 |
in catalog | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A |
in tags | Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary) |
manuscripts | INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164 |
publications | MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2 |
translations | BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06 |
subjects (colored as in PDF) |
Alchemy; the elixir; Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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