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Nabil Fares
- Obedience to Divine Law: Evolution of the Individual’s Perception Session #5 · 1995 Religion is the outer expression of divine reality and is progressive. The divine utterance is revealed to humankind by each Manifestation according to humanity's capacity at the time. In Islam Muhammad said "Say. If ye …
- Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Session #15 · 1997 The validity of Islamic Hadíth is questioned, scrutinized, rejected by some scholars of theology, and admitted, recognized, accepted by others. The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, have referred to some hadíths in the…
- Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta’ih: Commentary on the “Isolated Letters” Session #26 · 1999 Twenty-nine Súrihs of the Qur'án start with one or more letters of the Arabic alphabet right after the invocation (In the Name of God the Beneficent the Merciful). These letters are known as the "Isolated Letters." Musli…
- Súrihs of Hájj: Pilgrimage to the Two Houses Session #32 · 2000 During the period of Adrianople, Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Súriy-i-Hájj (Súrih of Pilgrimage) for visiting the House of the Báb in Shiráz and sent it to Nabíl-i-A'zam. After Nabíl-i-A'zam carried out the instructions of B…
- The Tablet of Laylatu’l-Quds Session #32 · 2000 This lucid and splendid tablet was revealed in Adrianople in answer to Darvish Sadeq 'Alí. The content of Lawh-i-Laylatu'l Quds opens a view to numerous themes in the Bahá'í dispensation. The topics presented are: the se…
- Comparable Laws: Two Different Dispensations: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Bayán Session #40 · 2002 Is there a relationship between the laws revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and those revealed in the Bayan? What are the laws that were revealed in the Bayan, and abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh? Which ones does His Holiness Bahá'u…
- A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huqúq’u’lláh Session #95 · 2010 The four pillars of the Islamic Religion, are the Obligatory Prayer, which includes ablution and washing, Zakat, Fasting, Pilgrimage to the Sacred House (Kabba) in Mecca. Zakat is of two kinds, compulsory, and voluntary.…
- A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huquq’u’lláh Session #100 · 2010 The four pillars of the Islamic Religion are the Obligatory Prayer, which includes ablution and washing, Zakat, Fasting, Pilgrimage to the Sacred House (Ka`bba) in Mecca. Zakat is of two kinds, compulsory, and voluntary.…
- Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Session #107 · 2011 'Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás (23 May 1844 - 28 November 1921), known to the Arab and Islamic worlds as Abbas Effendi, and to the west as `Abdul-Bahá, was the greatest middle-eastern mind that explained the spiritual and material …