Lights of 'Irfán Book 11:

Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Papers published in Lights of ‘Irfán represent the views of their authors.
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'Irfán Colloquia
Bahá'í National Center
1233 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 733-3501
Fax: (847) 733-3527
E-mail: iayman@usbnc.org

General Editor Iraj Ayman
Manuscript edited by Omid Nolley and Jonah Winters
Artwork by Trey Yanc y
Typeset by Jonah Winters, winterswebworks.com
Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
167 B.E. 2010 C.E.
ISBN 978-3-942426-03-9

Copyright © 2010, Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund

                                  Table of Contents  

  Preface.....................................................................................i 
 
  Chronicles of a Birth Part III: Early References to the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions in 
      Spain (1873-1895)
      by Amín E. Egea.........................................................................1

  Reflections on Some Messianic Prophecies in Shaykhi Works
      Y. A. Ioannesyan.......................................................................21

  Textual Context and Literary Criticism: A Case Study based on a Letter from Shoghi Effendi
      Gerald Keil............................................................................55

  The Path of God
      Wolfgang A. Klebel.....................................................................99

  Neoplatonism and the Bahá'í Writings
      Ian Kluge.............................................................................149

  Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh Basít al-Haqíqa)
      Moojan Momen..........................................................................203
      Lawh Basít Al-Haqíqa..................................................................213

  Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation
      Anupam Premanand......................................................................223

  Towards a Contextualization of Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Qiná'
      Sholeh A. Quinn.......................................................................257

  The Indispensability of Consultation for Ordering Human Affairs
      Ian Semple............................................................................271


  Elucidations
  
  Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice...........................................287

  Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice...........................................299

  Authority and Centrality of the Universal House of Justice................................301


  Appendices

  Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book.......................305

  Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Ten................................................306

  Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia......................................................315

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Lights of 'Irfán Book 11:

Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Iraj Ayman, editor

published in Lights of Irfán

Wilmette, IL: Haj Mehdi Armand Colloquium, 2010


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