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Tag "Greatest Name"

tag name: Greatest Name type: General; Terminology
web link: Greatest_Name
references: bahaipedia.org/Greatest_Name; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_symbols#The_Greatest_Name; bahai9.com/wiki/Greatest_Name
related tags: God, Names of; Repetition
referring tags: Allah-u-Abha; Bahá (word); Concentration; Glory (general); Mishkin-Qalam; Ringstone symbol; Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá

"Greatest Name" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (47 results; expand)

  1. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  2. Stephen Lambden. Aspects of Isrá'íliyyát and the Emergence of the Bábí-Bahá'í Interpretation of the Bible, Some (2002). — Islamic "Israelitica" literary traditions, the Bible, and their relationship to the Babi and Baha'i ...
  3. Bahá'í Faith and Islam (2013). — Overview of connections and contrasts between the Baha'i Faith and its parent religion.
  4. Moojan Momen. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (2013). — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
  5. Universal House of Justice. Contacting the Universal House of Justice; Obligatory Prayer, Greatest Name, Exemptions (1998-01-02). — Procedures on contacting the Universal House of Justice; memorandum on obligatory prayer, reciting t...
  6. Ernesto Fernandez. Course on Bahá'í Symbolism (2013-07). — Symbolic forms in the Writings and Baha'i architectural systems, and their analogues in universal re...
  7. Moojan Momen. Dhikr: in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions (1996). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  8. Ernesto Fernandez. El Monte Carmelo y el Nombre Oculto: Mount Carmel and the Hidden Name (2013-06). — Relationship between Mount Carmel and the Greatest Name and their symbolic meanings in the Baha'i Fa...
  9. Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name (1945?). — Explanation of "The Greatest Name," with words of Abdu'l-Baha, as copied by May Maxwell. Source and ...
  10. May Maxwell, comp. Elucidation of the Meaning of the Greatest Name by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mirza Abu'l Fadl (n.d.). — 2-page summary of the meanings and prayerful use of the word Baha (glory, splendour, light).
  11. Nooshfar B. Afnan. Encouragement of the Arts During the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Services of Master Calligrapher Mishkín-Qalam (2023-10). — ‘Abdu’l-Baha promoted the arts, including through support of Mishkin-Qalam and artistic concepti...
  12. Moshe Sharon. End of Days (2018). — On the word “messiah”, the anointed, which describes the redeemer like a priest, consecrated by ...
  13. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name (1968). — Calligraphy, numerology, and theology of Baha and the ringstone symbol.
  14. Mirza Asad'Ullah. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Explanations Concerning Sacred Mysteries (1902). — Essays on the book of Daniel, and on the mysteries of: daily sacrifice, the kingdom, death, prayers ...
  15. Larry D. Curtis, comp. Greatest Name and the 99 Names of God, The: Compilation (1998). — Includes (1) Allah'u'Abha in Arabic, (2) compilation on the Baha'i and Islamic use of "Greatest Name...
  16. Stephen Lambden. Greatest Name, The (al-Ism al-A`zam) (1995).
  17. David William House, comp. Greeting Alláh-u-Abhá, The (2023). — Short but thorough compilation on the use of the greeting Allah-u-Abha, "God is the Most Glorious."
  18. Grover Gonzales. He Whom God Shall Make Manifest: Notes on Gematria, Tetractys, The Báb's identification of Him, and Opposition to Bahá'u'lláh (2020). — On the Bab's use of numerology and cabalistic interpretation of scripture, and his use of amulets an...
  19. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
  20. Adib Masumian. Introduction to the Bahá'í Religiolect, An (2015). — Religious dialects are cultural crossover phenomena, like "Judeo-Arabic" and "Christianese". A relig...
  21. Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, Peter Terry, Michael W. Sours. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): The Obligatory Prayers (2000-11-28).
  22. Pierre Daoust. La translittération bahá'íe: pourquoi, comment (2023). — Cet article explique pourquoi il est important de bien translittérer les mots arabes et comment le ...
  23. Universal House of Justice. Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of (1999-12-28). — Announcement to the Baha'i world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fa...
  24. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  25. Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
  26. William Sears. Meaning of the Bahá'í Ring Symbol (n.d.).
  27. Romane Takkenberg, comp. Names of God (2010-2020). — A list of some of the names of God from English translations of the Baha'i Writings.
  28. Moshe Sharon. New Religions and Religious Movements: The Common Heritage (2004). — The 19th Century; Croce’s religion of liberty; modern religious activity; the Qur'an and classical...
  29. Universal House of Justice. Nine-Pointed Star, The: History and Symbolism (1999-01-24). — The history and the proper place and use of the nine-pointed star, a common Baha'i symbol, in compar...
  30. Universal House of Justice. Obligatory Prayer, Ablutions, and Repetition of the Greatest Name (2004-06-06). — On recitation of the specific verses associated with the performance of ablutions for the medium Obl...
  31. Universal House of Justice. Obligatory Prayer, Questions about (2000-11-28). — Answers to four questions about reciting prayers at meetings; changing language gender; repetition o...
  32. Farjam Majd. Origins of Creation (2014). — Some classical proofs of the existence of God; the meaning of proof, types of proof, and conditions ...
  33. Frank Lewis. Overview of the Abjad numerological system (1999-04). — Numerological analysis of the word baha.
  34. Wolfgang A. Klebel. Reflections about the Greatest Name of God in the Bahá'í Faith (2023). — Two words used in the name of God "Allah’u’Abha": Allah = God and Abha = glorious; name reversal...
  35. Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
  36. Denis MacEoin. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism (1994). — On practices of prayer, invocations, talismans, jewelry, fasting, purity, birth, death, marriage, fe...
  37. Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
  38. Denis MacEoin. Some Bahá'í and Shaykhí Interpretations of 'the Mystery of Reversal' (1982-06). — Prophecies about the appearance of the Qa'im and the significance of certain letters and numbers wit...
  39. Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablet of the Greatest Name, A (2000). — A previously-unpublished authorized translation of a Tablet of Abdu'l-Baha.
  40. Universal House of Justice. Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (2004-07-14). — Short letter about a tablet revealed in commemoration of Baha'u'llah's birthday.
  41. Bahá'u'lláh. William F. McCants, trans. Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám) (1999-11). — Tablet revealed in commemoration of Baha'u'llah's birthday (November 12, 1817).
  42. Abdu'l-Bahá. Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) (1994). — Explanation of the numerological significances of Baha’ and the ringstone symbol.
  43. Universal House of Justice. Translation of Key Bahá'í Terms (2015-05-19). — Arabic terms such as "Alláh-u-Abhá", "Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá", “Mashriqu’l-Adhkár," "H...
  44. Stephen Lambden. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A (2023). — Translation of and commentary on the Shi'i "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadan, and...
  45. Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá', The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God (1998). — The Arabic word baha' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brillian...
  46. Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá, The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name (1993). — History of the concept of the Greatest Name and its place in Baha'i theology.
  47. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá (1991-10-03). — On the meaning and correct transliteration of "Ya 'Aliyyu'l-A'la" (O Thou Most High"), where it can ...

2.   from the Chronology (5 results; expand)

  1. 1850-06-00 — The Amir-Nizam, Mirza Taqi Khan was determined to execute the Bab to halt the progress of His religi...
  2. 1867-09-05 — In this period the extent of the Faith was enlarged with expansion in the Caucasus, the establishmen...
  3. 1899-03-23 — Edward and Lua Getsinger departed Akka and arrived in New York City on the 20th of May. [LGHC30] ...
  4. 1934-08-28 — Mishkin-Qalam's calligraphic rendering of the Greatest Name was registered as a trademark with the U...
  5. 1999-12-28 — In a message from the Universal House of Justice addressed to the Baha'is of the world, some laws of...
 
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