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Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun, better known as the Fire Tablet, is a tablet written in Arabic by Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, in Akká in 1871.[1] Baháʼu'lláh wrote the tablet in response to questions by a Baháʼí believer from Iran.[1] The authorized English translation was done in 1980 by Adib Taherzadeh and a Committee at the Baháʼí World Centre.
The tablet is written in rhyming verse, has the form of a conversation between Baháʼu'lláh and God, and reflects the sufferings of Baháʼu'lláh.[2] Baháʼís often recite this tablet in times of difficulty.[1]
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Taherzadeh 1984, p. 226.
- ^ Taherzadeh 1984, p. 227.
Sources[edit]
- Baháʼu'lláh (1991) [First published 1871]. The Fire Tablet. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ISBN 087743285-6 – via Internet Archive.
- Taherzadeh, A. (1984). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 3: ʻAkka, The Early Years 1868-77. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-144-2.
Further reading[edit]
- Thomas, James B. (2002). An Exposition on the Fire Tablet of Baháʼu'lláh: (Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún) in: Lights of Irfan, Book 3. Irfan Colloquia, Wilmette, USA. pp. 173–184.