A Tutorial on the Kitáb-i-Íqán: A Journey Through the Book of CertitudeA journey through the Book of CertitudeThe Kitáb-i-Íqán is one of the most important Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh revealed this book within the space of two days and two nights, in the last years of His stay in Baghdád (AH 1278-AD 1862). According to Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, The Kitáb-i-Íqán sets "forth in outline the Grand Redemptive Scheme of God" and it "occupies a position unparalleled by any work in the entire range of the Bahá'í literature, except The Kitáb-i-Aqdas Bahá'u'lláh's Most Holy Book."This current book is a record of the journey that the author has taken through The Kitáb-i-Íqán over a period of 12 years. It is not an interpretation or a critical analysis of the content of the book. Neither does it provide any personal opinion. It primarily guides reader through a systematic study of the Íqán while providing some background information on topics raised by Bahá'u'lláh in each paragraph. It is called a tutorial as it attempts to simulate, as much as possible, the tutor-tutored relationship in a self-paced personal study. All the references in the tutorial are sourced either from authoritative Bahá'í materials or obtained from other reliable sources.The 290 paragraphs of The Kitáb-i-Íqán are apportioned for study to 58 chapters. The size and complexity of each chapter reflects the content and intricacy of the issues addressed in the paragraphs included therein. Each chapter starts with an introduction that highlights the key ideas. Then in a coherent manner, background information on the terminologies, references and mystical concepts inherent in each paragraph is provided. The tutorial covers the 266 topics embedded in The Kitáb-i-Íqán. This second edition of the book, which was originally released in 2012, contains many editing improvements, and some changes and additions to the content. |
Contents
8OPPRESSION
83
| 4 |
XXI | 8 |
29SOVEREIGNTY
OF
THE
QÁIM
294
| 29 |
53EARLY
FOLLOWERS
OF
THE
BÁB
572
| 53 |
56PROPHECIES
IN
THE
TRADITIONS
609
| 56 |
49QURÁN
525
| 128 |
ACTIVITIES | 169 |
GLOSSARY | 186 |
22CORRUPTION OF THE TEXT II | 227 |
23LIGHT OF GODS MORN | 239 |
24PROOF OF A MANIFESTATION | 248 |
25DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY | 257 |
26GOD AND HIS MANIFESTATIONS | 266 |
27THE IMAGE OF GOD | 275 |
28UNITY AND DISTINCTION | 285 |
INDEX OF ARTICLES | 645 |
Common terms and phrases
_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Glossary _____________________________________________________________ Glossary Term Abdu'l-Bahá Adib Taherzadeh Akká Answered Questions attributes Báb Bahá'í Faith Bahá'í World Bahá'í Writings Bahá’u’lláh Bahá'u'lláh describes Bahá'u'lláh explains behold Book bounties Cause chapter covers paragraphs Christ clouds contents before starting Day of Resurrection Dispensation divine knowledge earth eternal everlasting exalted Fársí following key points following statement Gleanings glory grace hadiths hath heart heaven heavenly holy Húd human Imám interpreted Introduction This chapter Islám Islamic Jesus Jews Kitáb-i-Aqdas Kitáb-i-Íqán light Manifestations Manifestations of God meaning moon Moses Muḥammad Muslim clergy mysteries obligatory prayer oppression paragraphs and reflect Paragraphs under study Prophets Qá'im Qiblih Qur'an Read these paragraphs reality religion religious leaders sacred Shi'ih Shoghi Effendi signs souls sovereignty stars starting the lesson statement from paragraph station Sun of Truth Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh thee things thou understand the following unity utterance veils Verily verse words Writings of Bahá'u'lláh