Major themes of the Tablets of the World and Maqsud and their intrinsic relationships to the Secret of Divine Civilization of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Abstract

Among the tablets of Bahá'u'lláh addressing some of the major issues of our age are the Lawḥ-i-Dunyá and Lawḥ-i-Maqṣud. While in Adrianople, 'Abdu'l-Bahá was asked by Bahá'u'lláh to write a treatise dealing with the crisis of the world and offer some of His solutions which lead to the composition of the Secret of Divine Civilization. The purpose of this presentation is to correlate the contents of these three Best-Known works by the revealer and the interpreter of the Cause; examine their common concepts/themes and most importantly their relevance to the current social issues. The Tablet of Maqṣud and the Tablet of the World can be found in the compilation of "Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas". The electronic copies of these two tablets as well as the Secret of Divine Civilization can be found in the English section of Bahá'í Reference Library (www.reference.bahai.org)