Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah

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Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah is a compilation of selected tablets and extracts from tablets by Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith. Shoghi Effendi, head of the Baha'i Faith from 1921 to 1957, made the selection and performed the translation, which was first published 1935.

The work consists of "a selection of the most characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages includes from the outstanding works of the Author of the Baha'i Revelation," according to Shoghi Effendi.[1] The passages come from the whole range of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, dated from about 1853 to 1892.

The book is divided in five parts:

  • The "Day of God" (sec. 1-18)
  • The Manifestation of God (sec. 19-69)
  • The soul and its immortality (sec. 70-99)
  • The World Order and the Most Great Peace (sec. 100-121)
  • The duties of the individual and the spiritual meaning of life (sec. 122-166)

Among others, passages from the following works are included:

In addition, works partially translated in Gleanings were published more completely in the following compilations:

The book was published without an index of which passages were derived from which works of Bahá'u'lláh, but such a list has been reconstructed subsequently and is on the web[2] .

Because of its broad selection,Gleanings is one of the first works of Bahá'u'lláh many people read. Rúḥíyyih Rabbání, Shoghi Effendi's widow, called it "a magnificent gift" to the Western Bahá'ís. Queen Marie of Rumania wrote that "even doubters would find a powerful strength in it, if they would read it alone, and would give their souls time to expand."[3] It has been translated into many languages.

Notes

  1. ^ Shoghi Effendi, quoted in Rúḥíyyih Rabbaní, The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith (London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988), 93.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Both the quote from Rúḥíyyih Rabbání and the one from Queen Marie come from Rúḥíyyih Rabbání, The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, 93.

Reference

  • Hatcher, J.S. (1997). The Ocean of His Words: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Baha'u'llah. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baha'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0877432597. 
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1976). The Revelation of Baha'u'llah, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853982708. 
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1977). The Revelation of Baha'u'llah, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853980713. 
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1984). The Revelation of Baha'u'llah, Volume 3: `Akka, The Early Years 1868-77. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853981442. 
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1987). The Revelation of Baha'u'llah, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853982708. 

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