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Gems of Divine Mysteries

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According to a compilation published in 2000 by researchers at the Wilmette Institute, Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sidihí Isfahání, who was residing in Karbila when the tablet was written, recognized the divinity of Baháʼu'lláh after reading the tablet. When he met Baháʼu'lláh later, he became a
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Baháʼu'lláh himself states that he took "the opportunity provided by" the question "to elaborate on a number of subjects". The introduction of the published English translation lists some of these topics, some of which are: "rejection of the
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of the past," "danger of a literal reading of scripture," "the meaning of the signs and portents of the Bible concerning the advent of the new
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could have been "transformed" (meaning: the return of the Promised One in a different human guise) into Ali-Muhammad the (
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The work was written in reply to a question from Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sidihí Isfahání, a religious leader of the
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First page of the Javáhiru'l-Asrár, with an added note in Baháʼu'lláh's handwriting
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Logos and Civilization - Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh
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Baháʼí World News Service: New volume of Baha'i sacred writings is published
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was one of the projects undertaken in fulfilment of that five-year plan.
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The Ocean of His Words: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Baháʼu'lláh
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The governing body of the Baha'i Faith global community, the
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Arabic epistle by Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith
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The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63
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Brown, Kathryn; Davis, Sharon; Johnson, Karen (2000).
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Index

Texts and scriptures
Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
Days of Remembrance
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
The Four Valleys
Gems of Divine Mysteries
Gleanings
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
Kitáb-i-Badíʻ
The Hidden Words
The Seven Valleys
Summons of the Lord of Hosts
Tabernacle of Unity
Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh
List of writings of Baháʼu'lláh
the Báb
Persian Bayán
Arabic Bayán
Writings of the Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Paris Talks
The Secret of Divine Civilization
Some Answered Questions
Tablets of the Divine Plan
Tablet to Dr. Forel
Tablet to The Hague
Will and Testament

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