Book Of Certitude

The Kitab-i-qn (Arabic: and Persian: , Book of Certitude), which was translated from Persian into French in 1904 by the first Bah' French Hippolyte Dreyfus is one of the first works of Baha 'u'llh ( 1,817 - 1 892 ), founder of the Baha'i Faith , and his major theological work, which is sometimes seen as the completion of the Bayan. He was the first Baha'i book published when he was lithographed in Bombay in 1882

Siyyid Haji Mirza Muhammad, maternal great-uncle of the Bb ( in 1819 - one thousand eight hundred fifty ), was perplexed by his nephew's claim to be the Q'im, the Mihdi Imam , whose return was announced in the traditions and expected by Muslims before the "Day of Resurrection and Judgement." As he did not take the risk of behaving like Abu Jahl, the uncle of Muhammad , who rejected the revelation of his nephew, he asked council to Baha'u'llah, who had already received the revelation of his prophetic mission in Prison Siyah-Ch l but had not yet made public. The latter replied answered by this book of 200 pages in Persian, written in 48 hours to 15 January 1861 and consists of two distinct parts.

The first deals with the escalation of divine revelation and religious relations between them, since each major monotheistic religion recognizes the previous announcement the next, often in veiled terms. As the recipient of this letter is Muslim , Bah'u'llh uses biblical verses to show him how a Christian could interpret the allegories of his own writings to recognize the holy prophet of Islam Mohammed. With the same reasoning, he shows how a Muslim could from his own writings holy Imam Mihdi recognize in the person of the Bb.

The second largest portion of this book proves the mission of the Bb by evidence of both logic and theology, and one of its passages known as the "Tablet of the True Scientist" is very well known and appreciated. Although written in a symbolic mystique to Shiite Islam, this book sometimes violent anti-clerical expenses, would not deny that the French revolutionaries and Republicans. Here's how Shoghi Effendi summarizes this work:

Within two hundred pages, this book proclaims unequivocally the existence and unity of a personal God, unknowable, inaccessible, the source of all Revelation, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent, he says relativity of religious truth and the continuity of divine revelation, and it supports the principle of unity of the prophets, says the universality of their message, the similarity of their fundamental teachings, the sanctity of their writings and the dual nature of their nature, he denounces the blindness and perversity of the divines and doctors of all ages, quotes and elucidates the allegorical meaning of the New Testament passages, obscure verses of the Qur'an and the secret traditions of Islam, which generated centuries of misunderstandings, doubts and animosities, and dividing between the followers of major religious systems in the world and lists the prerequisites that must fill any true seeker to achieve the object of his research, he demonstrates the validity The sublime character and significance of the revelation of the Bb, praised the heroism and detachment of his disciples, and provides prophesies the triumph of global revelation promised the people of Bayan and confirms the purity and innocence of the Virgin Marie , gives glory to the imams of the faith of Mohammed, celebrates the martyrdom and honor the spiritual sovereignty of the Imam Husayn , he reveals the symbolic meaning of terms such as "return", "Resurrection," "Seal of Prophets" and " Judgement Day "and he suggests three stages of divine revelation and makes the distinction between them, and finally it extends in glowing terms about the glories and wonders of the" City of God "regenerated at intervals determined by the dispensation of Providence, to guide, grow and save all humanity. One could argue that of all the books revealed by the author of the Bah' revelation this book alone, breaking down barriers that had separated from secular so radically the world's great religions, has posed unassailable and broad foundation for a complete and permanent reconciliation of their followers.

Bibliography

• Kitab-i-qn (The Book of Certitude " ), written in Persian by Baha'u'llah, translated into French by Hippolyte Dreyfus and published by Presses Universitaires de France (PUF, Paris, 1st Edition 1904), ISBN 2130401732
• "God Passes By" (God Passes By), written by Sh o gh i Effendi, published by ASN of the Baha'is of France (Paris 1970)
• "Logos and Civilization" (Spirit, History, and Order In The Writings of Bah'u'llh), for Nader to Saied "University Press of Maryland (Bethesda, 2000) ISBN 1883053609
• "Symbol and Secret: Qur'n Commentary in Bah'u'llh's Kitab-i-qn", by Christopher Buck, published "Kalimat Press' (Los Angeles, USA, 1995) ISBN 0933770804
• "A Companion to the Study of the Kitab-i-qn", by C. Hooper Dunbar published by "George Ronald (Oxford, UK, 1998) ISBN 0853984301
• Gallica , the Book of certitude, E. Leroux (Paris), 1904

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