TY - BOOK AU - Iraj Ayman TI - Lights of 'Irfan. Papers Presented at the 'Irfan Colloquia and Seminars. Book Nineteen SN - 9783942426343 PY - 2018/// CY - Darmstadt, Germany PB - Asr-i-Jadid KW - Baha'i Studies KW - Baha'i Faith N1 - Table of Contents Preface and title pages.......................................................... 3 Some Reflections on the Principle of Unity/Oneness Hooshmand Badee............................................................. 5 Bahá’u’lláh’s Life and Mission: “This is the One Who Hath Glorified the Son” JoAnn Borovicka ........................................................... 23 Laozi: A Lost Prophet? Roland Faber .............................................................. 41 Freedom and the Baha’i Writings Ian Kluge ................................................................ 111 The Kitáb-i-Iqán (The Book of Certitude): Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology Sohrab Kourosh............................................................ 183 Power and the Bahá’í community Moojan Momen.............................................................. 209 A Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh provisional translation by Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani.................. 233 Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani ............................................ 237 The Mathnaví of Rúhu’lláh, the Martyr translated by Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani .............................. 269 The Mathnaví by Rúhu’lláh Varqá, the Martyr: A Few Notes on Its Historical Context and Poetical Content Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani ............................................ 273 The Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets Foad Seddigh ............................................................. 285 End of Days Moshe Sharon.............................................................. 313 Elucidations Bahá’í Fast: a compilation................................................ 327 Persian translation of Arabic verses...................................... 337 Universal House of Justice In Memoriam Dr. Muhammad Afnan (1930 – 2017) ......................................... 339 Dr. Heshmat Shariary (1934 – 2018) ....................................... 342 Appendices Bibliography of Bahá'í­ Writings and Their Abbreviations .................. 345 Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books 1-18 .................................. 347 Publications and Distributors of the 'Irfán Colloquia .................... 361 Vision and Aims of the Irfan Colloquia.................................... 362 UR - http://irfancolloquia.org/lights19/ ER -