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Muin Afnani
- Religion and Science in Harmony: A New Reality Session #15 · 1997 Humanity has witnessed two accelerated trends in its affairs in the twentieth century. One is the rapid growth in scientific and technological achievements which has opened new possibilities, never dreamt of before. The …
- Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Session #24 · 1999 Tablet of Hikmat (Wisdom) This Tablet is arguably the most important philosophical Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh. In the early centuries of Islam, in particular during the Abbasid dynasty, many works of famous Greek philosophers…
- Some of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Akká Session #30 · 2000 Tablet of Hádí The recipient of this Tablet is Hádí Qazvíní who was one of the Letters of the Living. Sadly this person broke the Covenant during the time of Bahá'u'lláh and joined Yahyá Azal. This person should not be c…
- Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru’ya (Dream), and Burhan (Reason) Session #34 · 2001 Tablet of Hikmat (Wisdom): This Tablet is arguably the most important philosophical Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh. In the early centuries of Islam, in particular during the Abbasid dynasty, many works of famous Greek philosopher…
- Tablets Session #38 · 2001 Surah Al-Shams, The Sun: This Tablet was revealed in response to queries of Shaykh Mahmúd, the religious judge of Akka. He had requested for an explanation of a surah (chapter) of the Qur'an called the Sun. This Tablet i…
- From Madaniyyih to Siyassiyyih: A Baha’i Vision of Governance Session #44 · 2002
- From Secret of Divine Civilization to Treatise on Politics Session #46 · 2003 The book of Madaníyyah, "The Secret of Divine Civilization", was written by the Master in Akka in 1875 at the instruction of Bahá'u'lláh. In a Tablet, written in the voice of Bahá'u'lláh's secretary, it is stated that on…
- Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Session #46 · 2003 The Qayyúm al-Asmá' of the Báb, with special reference to the Súrat al-Mulk (QA.1 'The Surah of the Dominion') and the Surat Husayn (QA. 5 'The Surah of Husayn') Stephen N. Lambden The Qayyúm al-Asmá' is the first major …
- Persian title yet-to-be entered Session #50 · 2003
- Book of Bayan (Panel) Session #51 · 2003
- Kuntu Kanz (Panel) Session #51 · 2003
- Persian title yet-to-be entered Session #52 · 2004
- Persian title yet-to-be entered Session #52 · 2004
- Persian title yet-to-be entered Session #52 · 2004
- The Persian Bayán: Form and Content (themes) Session #53 · 2004
- `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Commentary on the Islamic Tradition of “Hidden Treasure” (Kuntu Kanz): Historical Background Session #53 · 2004
- `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet of the Universe - Aflákiyyih Session #53 · 2004
- Persian title yet-to-be entered Session #59 · 2005 General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi which would include a brief summary of the major themes, as well as His major Writings and collections of His Writings.
- General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi: Summary of the major themes Session #60 · 2005 The writings of Shoghi Effendi, written over a period of 36 years (1921-1957), constitute a unique collection of religious writings. These writings can be studied from several perspectives including their forms and conte…
- پاسخ به اعتراضات و حملات و شبهات جاری نسبت به امر و جامعه بهايی Session #66 · 2006
- The Form and Content of False Accusations in recent months Session #67 · 2006
- “نظری بر آثار مبارÚ©ه در Ú©تاب “پیÚ© راستان Session #73 · 2007
- A Brief review of the collection of the Writings addressed to Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas and his descendents Session #74 · 2007
- A Comparison of Western Democracies with the Concept of Governance in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Writings Session #81 · 2008 The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of many forms of governments, some of which subsequently collapsed or changed. The origin of democratic governments in the modern times goes back to about 300 years ago. By t…
- A Review of the History and Content of AntiBahá’í Publications Session #88 · 2009 This presentation explores the historical context as well as the content of some of the accusations published against the Faith. Most of these accusations surfaced in Persian publications and later on some of them were e…
- Ibn al-`Arabi in the Baha’i Writings Session #95 · 2010 Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) is considered the greatest Islamic mystic and philosopher. Due to the range of his influence, both within the Islamic community and outside its circle, he has been called the greatest Muslim after P…
- Exploring the Theme of Mystical Love Session #102 · 2011 The theme of Love is one of the fundamental concepts in Sufism. From the fifth/eleventh century onward, when the focus of Sufism turns gradually from asceticism to speculative mysticism, the concept of love assumes a cen…
- The Development of the Baha’i Community: 1963 2013 Session #116 · 2013 While the growth of the Bahá'í Community under the guidance of the Universal House of Justice in the 50 years since 1963 expands over a wide range, it could be perceived in terms of two parallel sets of activities. On th…
- A Review of Abdu’l-Hamid Ishraq Khavari’s Moházirát (a three volume book) Session #123 · 2014 One of the most interesting set of books that Mr. Abdul-Hamid Ishraq-khavari has authored in Persian is the three volumes of Moházirát (literally meaning Lectures, but more appropriately perhaps could be called Dialogues…