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Prayer & Devotion

Prayer, meditation, fasting, and the devotional life.

Key authors Stephen Lambden 12Vahid Rafati 4Keyvan Geula 4Foad Seddigh 4Nabil Fares 4Muin Afnani 4Mehrdad Ehsani 3Wolfgang Klebel 3
Related themes Scripture & TabletsInterfaith & Comparative ReligionTheology & the Nature of GodPersian & Islamic ContextBábí History & the Báb
  • Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
  • Mindfulness Meditation on Metaphors of Leadership and Empowerment used by `Abdu’l-Bahá� and Shoghi Effendi in Relation to Realization of the Tablets of Divine Plan Keyvan Geula · Session #137 · 2016
  • State of Meditation Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #137 · 2016
  • Tablets of the Divine Plan - Heading the Call: The Early Travels of the Mother of the Bahá’ís of South America, Leonora Stirling Holsapple, 1921 to1927 Kristine Leonard Asuncion Young · Session #137 · 2016
  • Tablets of the Divine Plan: Virtues of Effort, Magnanimity, and Sanctity Marlene Koswan · Session #137 · 2016
  • Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 1: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa’i Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 2: Sayyid Kazim al-Rashti Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • Holy Places and Historic Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
  • Significance of some Historical and Holy Places Cited in the Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #132 · 2015
  • A Comparative Study of Súriy-i-Sabr and Qayyúmu’l-Asmá: Clarification of References to Calf, Sámirí, Satan, and Idol Worshipers Foad Seddigh · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
  • A Comparative Study of Various Meanings and Scopes of `Irfán in the Works of Ibn `Arabí and in the Bahá’í Writings Habib Riazati · Session #123 · 2014
  • Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self in One’s Spiritual Transformation, Powered by Love of God Bijan Ghafari · Session #128 · 2014
  • Meditation Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #125 · 2014
  • Some New, Little-known, or Unstudied Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892) Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • Some New, Little-known, or Unstudied Writings of the Báb (1819-1850) Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh Gleaming through the Tablet of Patience Foad Seddigh · Session #121 · 2013
  • Forgiveness: Its meaning and merits from religious as well as scientific viewpoint Keyvan Geula · Session #116 · 2013
  • Scientific Insights into “Here Am I”: Consciousness and Space-Time Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #118 · 2013
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá in Chicago Arash Zare · Session #113 · 2012
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to North America: An Illustrated Story Hussain Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
  • Concept of Self-Knowledge in Bahá’í Writings: An exploration to discover self in light of current psychological findings Habib Riazati · Session #113 · 2012
  • Historical Background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Husein Ahdieh · Session #113 · 2012
  • Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i Imamology: Some introductory Notes on the Twelver Imams and traditions attributed to them in Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i scriptural sources Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
  • Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Honor of Hand of the Cause Jináb-i-Ibn-i-Abhar Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
  • Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Nabil Fares · Session #107 · 2011
  • Health and Healing: A Bahá’í Perspective Arsalan Geula · Session #102 · 2011
  • I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
  • On the Tablet of All Food Peyman Sazedj · Session #104 · 2011
  • Orientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends Mina Yazdani · Session #102 · 2011
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huquq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #100 · 2010
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huqúq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #95 · 2010
  • Prayers and Tablets of Visitation Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh Vahid Rafati · Session #97 · 2010
  • The Genesis of Bábí Ritual as Exemplified in the Khasa’il-Sab`a (‘The Seven Directives’) of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • Ziyarat and the Tablets of Visitation Vahid Rafati · Session #97 · 2010
  • Beginning a Conversation: Scriptural Reasoning and the Bahá’í Faith Ben Schewel · Session #88 · 2009
  • Evolution of Epitaphs: from Islamic Inscriptions to Bahá’í Scripts Ami Schrager · Session #89 · 2009
  • Minimalism and the Bahá’í Faith Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
  • Health, Science and Technology Concepts in “Some Answered Questions” Minou Foadi · Session #83 · 2008
  • In the Heart of All that is: Part 1 Wolfgang Klebel · Session #81 · 2008 · PDF
  • Last Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá for the Bahá’ís in America: A Commentary Katayoun Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
  • Spiritual Impact of Story Telling: A Psychological Analysis Keyvan Geula · Session #86 · 2008
  • The Concept of Holy and Sacred anonymous · Session #83 · 2008
  • The Long Obligatory Prayer: The Mystical Dimension Todd Lawson · Session #83 · 2008
  • A Review of the Mystical themes in the Long Obligatory Prayer Ashkan Monfared · Session #74 · 2007
  • Long Obligatory Prayer, Mirror Neurons and Recent Findings in Neuroscience: A look at changes in human brain and character Keyvan Geula · Session #74 · 2007
  • Prayers and rituals in the Bahá’í Faith: A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá `Alí-Akbar fí Ardi’l-Alif Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani Mazzoli · Session #76 · 2007 · PDF
  • Biblical echoes in the Du`a al-simat (Prayer of the Signs): with some notes on the Commentary of Sayyid Kazim al-Husayni al-Rashti (d.1259/1843) and Babi-Baha’i intertextualities Stephen Lambden · Session #69 · 2006
  • Contemplating the beauty: Nature and the manifestation of God Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #62 · 2005
  • Lawh-i-Hikmat (Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Wisdom): Spiritual Materialism vs. Dialogical Thinking Wolfgang Klebel · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Out of Jewish Roots: Studies of Prayer Patterns in Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Bahá’í Worship Ted Brownstein · Session #65 · 2005 · PDF
  • Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán James B. Thomas · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu’l-Baha Sasha Dehghani · Session #62 · 2005
  • A Bahá’í Perspective on Superstition and Idol Worship: Some of its Implications in Some Selected Beliefs and Concepts Enoch Tanyi · Session #54 · 2004
  • Beauty and Wonder from a philosophical and spiritual point of view Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #54 · 2004
  • Preliminary Account of Shi’i Esoteric Commentary on the ‘Hadith-e Haqiqat’ Bruce Wannell · Session #54 · 2004
  • Health and Nutrition in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Minou Foadi · Session #48 · 2003
  • Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, and Habib Raizati · Session #46 · 2003
  • The Long Obligatory Prayer: A linguistic and theological exploration Ismael Velasco · Session #48 · 2003
  • Surah Al-Shams, The Sun Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Tablet of Bismilih Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • “By the Fig and the Olive”: A Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá in Ottoman-Turkish on the Quranic Sura 95 Necati Alkan · Session #36 · 2001
  • Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
  • Hallowing of the critical and the blessedness of creativity: via `spiritualization as dialectical process’ as the mystical heart of education Roger Prentice · Session #36 · 2001
  • Mystical Themes in Bahá’í Obligatory Prayer Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
  • Mysticism in the African Traditional Religion and the Bahá’i Faith: classification of Concepts and Practices Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Tablet of Visitation for the Báb William McCants · Session #38 · 2001 · PDF
  • Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
  • Tablets of Salman II and Pisar-’Amm (The Issue of Sufferings of the Manifestations of God) Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnemaee · Session #34 · 2001
  • Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru’ya (Dream), and Burhan (Reason) Muin Afnani · Session #34 · 2001
  • Mysticism East and West Farhang Jahanpour · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • The Firm Cord of Servitude Theo Cope · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • The Firm Cord of Servitude Theo Cope · Session #30 · 2000
  • The Lawh-i-Amváj (“Tablet of the Waves” [Billows]) of Bahá’u’lláh, Alwáh-i-Mustagath, Lawh-i-Baqá Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
  • Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
  • An Analytical Study of the Covenant in the Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic) Todd Lawson · Session #18 · 1998
  • Religion and the Arts: The Cyclical Theory in the Bahá’í Faith Moojan Momen · Session #18 · 1998
  • African Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Enoch Tanyi · Session #14 · 1997
  • African Traditional Religion: A Bahá’i View Akwasi Osei · Session #14 · 1997
  • Qa’im (Ariser) and Qayyum (Deity Self-Subsistent): The background and significance of twin messianic advents in Babi-Bahá’i scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Robert Stockman · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’í Faith Robert Stockman · Session #15 · 1997
  • The Good Tree: Distinguishing the Bahá’í Faith From Destructive Cults Stephen Vaccaro · Session #9 · 1996
  • Obedience to Divine Law: Evolution of the Individual’s Perception Azadeh Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #5 · 1995
  • Possible Criticisms of the Baha’i Faith from a Feminist Perspective Lil Abdo · Session #8 · 1995
  • Redefining a Social Contract Rama Ayman · Session #5 · 1995
  • Taqiyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babi and Baha’i Religions Kamran Ekbal · Session #8 · 1995
  • Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas S Fazel · Session #4 · 1994
  • The Validity and Value of An Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Word of Bahá’u’llah John Hatcher · Session #2 · 1994

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