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ID  - 4721
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/lawson_seeing_double
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad
T2  - Bahá'í Faith and the World's Religions
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A1  - Lawson,Todd
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Y1  - 2005
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SP  - 39
EP  - 87
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PB  - George Ronald
CY  - UK
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M3  - Articles
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LA  - English
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AB  - The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the words of Scripture, and looking in the direction beyond the words, as indicated by the context. This paper also discusses the meaning of Covenant in Islam.
N1  - Two versions of this article are below: an image-scan of the PDF, followed by unformatted text.
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KW  - Alast (Primordial Covenant)
KW  - Birds
KW  - Both worlds
KW  - Covenant
KW  - Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment)
KW  - Imams
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jinn (genie)
KW  - Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic))
KW  - Maid of Heaven
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Nightingales
KW  - Paradise
KW  - Quran
KW  - Reading
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree)
KW  - Shia Islam (Shiism)
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Translation
KW  - Tree (metaphor)
KW  - Trees
KW  - Words and phrases
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