Lights of 'Irfan. Papers Presented at the 'Irfan Colloquia and Seminars. Book Nineteen

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