TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christopher Buck
TI  - Symbol and Secret : Qur'an Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán
SN  - 0-933770-80-4 (pbk)  0-933770-78-2 (case)
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Kalimat Press
KW  - Kitāb-i-Iqan
KW  - Book of Certitude
KW  - Baha'u'llah
KW  - Baha'i Studies
KW  - Baha'i Faith
KW  - Qur'anic Studies
N1  - This is the first full volume in English devoted to a study of the Kitáb-i Íqán, a book designated by the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith as “foremost among the priceless treasures cast forth from the billowing ocean of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation.” Christopher Buck, a Bahá’í scholar of Islamic Studies, elucidates Bahá’u’lláh’s explanations of the symbolic language found in the Qur’an and in the Gospels. Bahá’u’lláh offers new insight into the meanings of these verses, and Buck illustrates how through those meanings the Kitáb-i Íqán forms a bridge to a new Revelation. Through extensive research, Buck shares the history of the revelation of the Kitáb-i Íqán, the rhetorical techniques which Bahá’u’lláh uses in this work, and its early publication in India at Bahá’u’lláh’s command. He also answers the attacks that non-Bahá’í critics have directed against it. A must-read for students of Bahá’í Scripture
N2  - An analysis of Bahá'u'lláh's commentary on the Qur'an: includes descriptions of circumstances surrounding the writing of the Iqán, as well as the theological issues of revelation and how the Iqán serves as a proof of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions
UR  - https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=4e8fa110db3f6460f3bf69a83706ac76
ER  -