{"title":"Religion - Theosophy","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-koran-al-qur-an-gb-2800","title":"The Koran (Al-Qur'an)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Koran (Al-Qur'an)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease take a look at the important information in this header.\r\nWe encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an\r\nelectronic path open for the next readers.  Do not remove this.\nWe produce about two million dollars for each hour we work.  The\r\ntime it takes us, a rather conservative estimate, is fifty hours\r\nto get any etext selected, entered, proofread, edited, copyright\r\nsearched and analyzed, the copyright letters written, etc.  This\r\nprojected audience is one hundred million readers.  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Ha.\r\n56   26      The Poets\r\n57   15      Hedjr\r\n58   19      Mary\r\n59   38      Sad\r\n60   36      Ya. 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It must,\r\nhowever, be borne in mind that the Korn plays a far greater rle among the\r\nMuhammadans than does the Bible in Christianity in that it provides not only\r\nthe canon of their faith, but also the text-book of their ritual and the\r\nprinciples of their Civil Law.\r\n\tIt was the Great Crusades that first brought the West into close touch\r\nwith Islam, but between the years 1096 and 1270 we only hear of one attempt to\r\nmake known to Europe the Sacred Book of the Moslems, namely, the Latin version\r\nmade in 1143, by Robert of Retina (who, Sale tells us, was an Englishman), and\r\nHermann of Dalmatia, on the initiative of Petrus Venerabilis, the Abbot of\r\nClugny, which version was ultimately printed by T. Bibliander in Basel in\r\n1543, nearly a hundred years after the fall of Constantinople.\r\n\tDuring the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, several translations\r\nappeared both in Latin and in French, and one of the latter, by Andr du Ryer,\r\nwas translated into English by Alexander Ross in 1649.  But by far the most\r\nimportant work on the Korn was that of Luigi Marracci which was published in\r\nPadua in 1698.\r\n\tGeorge Sale's translation first appeared in November, 1734, in a quarto\r\nvolume; in 1764 it was first printed in medium octavo, and the reprint of 1825\r\ncontained the sketch of Sale's life by Richard Alfred Davenant which has been\r\nutilized in the article on Sale in the Dictionary of National Bibliography.\r\nThe Chandos Classics edition in crown octavo was first issued in 1877.\r\n\tSoon after the death of the Prophet, early Muhammadan theologians began\r\nto discuss, not only the correct reading of the text itself, but also to work\r\nout on the basis of first-hand reports the story connected with the revelation\r\nof each chapter.  As the book at present stands in its original form the\r\nchapters are arranged more or less according to their respective length,\r\nbeginning with the longest; except in the case of the opening chapter, which\r\nholds a place by itself, not only in the sacred book of Islam, corresponding\r\nas it does in a manner to our Pater Noster, but also in its important\r\nceremonial usages.  The presumed order in which the various chapters were\r\nrevealed is given in the tabular list of Contents, but it may be mentioned\r\nthat neither Muhammadan theologians, nor, in more recent times, European\r\nscholars, are in entire agreement upon the exact chronological position of all\r\nthe chapters.\r\n\tIt is well for all who study the Korn to realize that the actual text\r\nis never the composition of the Prophet, but is the word of God addressed to\r\nthe Prophet; and that in quoting the Korn the formula is \"He (may he be\r\nexalted) said\" or some such phrase.  The Prophet himself is of course quoted\r\nby Muhammadan theologians, but such quotations refer to his traditional\r\nsayings known as \"Hads,\" which have been handed down from mouth to mouth with\r\nthe strictest regard to genealogical continuity.\r\n\tIt would probably be impossible for any Arabic scholar to produce a\r\ntranslation of the Korn which would defy criticism, but this much may be said\r\nof Sale's version: just as, when it first appeared, it had no rival in the\r\nfield, it may be fairly claimed to-day that it has been superseded by no\r\nsubsequent translations.  Equally remarkable with his translation is the\r\nfamous Preliminary Discourse which constitutes a tour de force when we\r\nconsider how little critical work had been done in his day in the field of\r\nIslamic research.  Practically the only works of first-class importance were\r\nDr. Pocock's Specimen Historio Arabum, to which, in his original Address to\r\nthe Reader, Sale acknowledges his great indebtedness, and Maracci's Korn.\r\n\tIn spite of the vast number of eminent scholars who have worked in the\r\nsame field since the days of George Sale, his Preliminary Discourse still\r\nremains the best Introduction in any European language to the study of the\r\nreligion promulgated by the Prophet of Arabia; but as Wherry says: \"Whilst\r\nreading the Preliminary Discourse as a most masterly, and on the whole\r\nreliable, presentation of the peculiar doctrines, rites, ceremonies, customs,\r\nand institutions of Islam, we recognize the fact that modern research has\r\nbrought to light many things concerning the history of the ancient Arabs which\r\ngreatly modify the statements made in the early paragraphs.\"\r\n\tFor many centuries the acquaintance which the majority of Europeans\r\npossessed of Muhammadanism was based almost entirely on distorted reports of\r\nfanatical Christians which led to the dissemination of a multitude of gross\r\ncalumnies.  What was good in Muhammadanism was entirely ignored, and what was\r\nnot good, in the eyes of Europe, was exaggerated or misinterpreted.\r\n\tIt must not, however, be forgotten that the central doctrine preached by\r\nMuhammad to his contemporaries in Arabia, who worshipped the Stars; to the\r\nPersians, who acknowledged Ormuz and Ahriman; the Indians, who worshipped\r\nidols; and the Turks, who had no particular worship, was the unity of God, and\r\nthat the simplicity of his creed was probably a more potent factor in the\r\nspread of Islam than the sword of the Ghazis.\r\n\tIslam, although seriously affecting the Christian world, brought a\r\nspiritual religion to one half of Asia, and it is an amazing circumstance that\r\nthe Turks, who on several occasions let loose their Central Asian hordes over\r\nIndia, and the Middle East, though irresistible in the onslaught of their\r\narms, were all conquered in their turn by the Faith of Islam, and founded\r\nMuhammadan dynasties.\r\n\tThe Mongols of the thirteenth century did their best to wipe out all\r\ntraces of Islam when they sacked Baghdad, but though the Caliphate was\r\nrelegated to obscurity in Egypt the newly founded Empires quickly became\r\nMuhammadan states, until finally it was a Turk who took the title of Caliph\r\nwhich has been held by the house of Othman ever since.\r\n\tThus through all the vicissitudes of thirteen hundred years the Korn\r\nhas remained the sacred book of all the Turks and Persians and of nearly a\r\nquarter of the population of India.  Surely such a book as this deserves to be\r\nwidely read in the West, more especially in these days when space and time\r\nhave been almost annihilated by modern invention, and when public interest\r\nembraces the whole world.\r\n\tIt is difficult to decide to what extent Sale's citations in the notes\r\nrepresent first-hand use of the Arabic commentators, but I fear that the\r\nresult of a close inquiry only points to very little original research on his\r\npart.  He says himself in his Address to the Reader: \"As I have no opportunity\r\nof consulting public libraries, the manuscripts of which I have made use\r\nthroughout the whole work have been such as I had in my own study, except only\r\nthe Commentary of Al Baidhwi\" . . . which \"belongs to the library of the\r\nDutch Church in Austin Friars.\"\r\n\tNow with regard to these manuscripts which Sale had in his \"own study\"\r\nwe happen to possess first-hand information, for a list of them was printed by\r\nthe executor of his will under the following title: \"A choice collection of\r\nmost curious and inestimable manuscripts in the Turkish, Arabic and Persian\r\nlanguages from the library of the late learned and ingenious Mr. George Sale.\r\nWhich books are now in the possession of Mr. William Hammerton Merchant in\r\nLothbury where they may be seen on Wednesdays and Fridays till either they are\r\nsold or sent abroad.  N.B. These MSS. are to be sold together and not\r\nseparately.\"  They were purchased in the first instance by the Rev. Thomas\r\nHunt of Oxford for the Radcliffe Library, and they are now permanently housed\r\nin the Bodleian Library.\r\n\tThe British Museum possesses a copy of this list which is drawn up in\r\nEnglish and French on opposite pages and comprises eighty-six works in all.\r\nThe list contains very few Arabic works of first-rate importance, but is rich\r\nin Turkish and Persian Histories.  What is most significant, however, is the\r\nfact that it contains hardly any of the Arabic works and none of the\r\nCommentaries which are referred to on every page of Sale's translation of the\r\nKorn.\r\n\tI have therefore been forced to the conclusion that with the exception\r\nof Al-Baidhwi, Sale's sources were all consulted at second hand; and an\r\nexamination of Marracci's great work makes the whole matter perfectly clear.\r\nSale says of Marracci's translation that it is \"generally speaking very exact;\r\nbut adheres to the Arabic idiom too literally to be easily understood . . . by\r\nthose who are not versed in the Muhammadan learning.  The notes he has added\r\nare indeed of great use; but his refutations, which swell the work to a large\r\nvolume, are of little or none at all, being often unsatisfactory, and\r\nsometimes impertinent.  The work, however, with all its faults is very\r\nvaluable, and I should be guilty of ingratitude, did I not acknowledge myself\r\nmuch obliged thereto; but still being in Latin it can be of no use to those\r\nwho understand not that tongue.\"\r\n\tSuch is Sale's own confession of his obligation to Marracci-but it does\r\nnot go nearly far enough.  A comparison of the two versions shows that so much\r\nhad been achieved by Marracci that Sale's work might almost have been\r\nperformed with a knowledge of Latin alone, as far as regards the quotations\r\nfrom Arabic authors.  I do not wish to imply that Sale did not know Arabic,\r\nbut I do maintain that his work as it stands gives a misleading estimate of\r\nhis original researches, and that his tribute to Marracci falls far short of\r\nhis actual indebtedness.\r\n\tIt must be mentioned that Marracci not only reproduced the whole of the\r\nArabic text of the Korn but furthermore gives the original text and the\r\ntranslation of all his quotations from Arabic writers.  It is indeed a\r\nprofoundly learned work and has never received the recognition it deserves.\r\nMarracci had at his disposal rich collections of MSS. belonging to the\r\nLibraries of Italy.  How he learnt his Arabic we do not know.  Voltaire says\r\nhe was never in the East.  He was confessor to Pope Innocent XI, and his work\r\nwhich appeared in Padua in 1698 is dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold\r\nI.  By way of Introduction to his Korn Marracci published a companion folio\r\nvolume called Prodromus which contains practically all that was known in his\r\nday regarding Muhammad and the Religion of Islam.\r\n\tIt may in any case be claimed that the present work presents to the\r\nWestern student all the essentials of a preliminary study of Islam: for Sale's\r\ntranslation and footnotes will give him as clear an idea as can be obtained,\r\nwithout laborious years of study in Arabic, of what is regarded by so many\r\nmillions of men from Fez to the Far East as the revealed word of God and the\r\nunshakable basis of their faith.\r\n\tGeorge Sale was born about 1697 and died in 1736.  Every biography calls\r\nattention to the statement made by Voltaire in his Dictionnaire Philosophique\r\nto the effect that Sale spent over twenty years among the Arabs.  I think this\r\nmust have been a lapsus calami on Voltaire's part, because it is unlikely that\r\nhe would have invented such a story.  Sale must also have been well versed in\r\nHebrew, both biblical and post-biblical, as his numerous allusions to\r\nRabbinical writings testify.\r\n\tTwo years after the publication of his great work Sale died in Surrey\r\nStreet, Strand, his age being then under forty.  In 1720 he had been admitted\r\na student of the Inner Temple-son of Samuel Sale, citizen and merchant of\r\nLondon-and the same year the Patriarch of Antioch had sent Solomon Negri\r\n(Suleiman Alsadi) to London from Damascus to urge the Society for Promoting\r\nChristian Knowledge, then established in the Middle Temple, to issue an Arabic\r\nNew Testament for the Syrian Christians.  It is surmised that Negri was Sale's\r\nfirst instructor in Arabic, though Dadichi, the King's Interpreter, a learned\r\nGreek of Aleppo, guided him, we are told, \"through the labyrinth of oriental\r\ndialects.\"\r\n\tWhatever Sale may have known before-and he certainly had the gift of\r\nlanguages-it is on the Society's records that on August 30, 1726, he offered\r\nhis services as one of the correctors of the Arabic New Testament and soon\r\nbecame the chief worker on it, besides being the Society's solicitor and\r\nholding other honorary offices.  That translation of the New Testament into\r\nArabic was followed by the translation of the Korn into English.\r\n\tIn this edition the proper names have been left for the most part as in\r\nthe original, but the reader must understand that in Sale's day there was a\r\nfreedom in regard to oriental orthography that allowed of many variations.  In\r\nspite, however, of the want of a scientific system, Sale's transcription is on\r\nthe whole clear, and far less confusing than those adopted by contemporary\r\nAnglo-Indian scholars, who utterly distorted Muhammadan names-including place\r\nnames in India-by rendering the short a by u and so forth.  As a few examples\r\nof names spelled in more than one way, the correct modern way being given\r\nfirst, we have Al-Qor'n, Coran, Korn, etc.; Muhammad, Mohammed, Mahomet,\r\netc.; Al-Baidhwi, Al-Beidwi; Muttalib, Motalleb, Motaleb, etc.; Jall ud-\r\nDn, Jalllo'ddn; Anas, Ans; Khalfa, Caliph, Khalif, etc.\r\n\tIt is only within quite recent times that scholars have troubled to\r\nrender each letter of the Arabic alphabet by an equivalent and distinct letter\r\nof the Roman alphabet-and although no particular system has been universally\r\nadopted by European orientalists, every writer has some system by which any\r\nreader with a knowledge of Arabic is able to turn back every name into the\r\noriginal script.  The chief advantage of any such system is that a distinction\r\nis made between the two varieties of s, k, and t, and the presence of the\r\nillusive Arabic letter 'ayn is always indicated.\r\n\t\t\t\t\tE. DENISON ROSS.\nSir Edward Denison Ross\r\n\r\nC.I.E., Ph.D., ETC.\n\n[Written apparently sometime after 1877]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 7440 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Sale, George \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 1, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Sale, George, 1697?-1736 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sale, George,1697?-1736 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43215432876189,"sku":"gb-7440-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/7440.jpg?v=1671287757"},{"product_id":"autobiography-of-a-yogi-gb-7452","title":"Autobiography of a Yogi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAutobiography of a Yogi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n  By W. 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The penetration of daily life by the spirit of religion;\r\n        asceticism, contradictions and influences affecting the\r\n        development of a clerical class and the theory of\r\n        marriage\nA comparison of Christianity with Muhammedanism or with any other\r\nreligion must be preceded by a statement of the objects with which\r\nsuch comparison is undertaken, for the possibilities which lie in this\r\ndirection are numerous. The missionary, for instance, may consider\r\nthat a knowledge of the similarities of these religions would increase\r\nthe efficacy of his proselytising work: his purpose would thus be\r\nwholly practical. 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Hence the object of\r\nsuch comparisons is to trace the course of analogous developments and\r\nthe interaction of influence and so to increase the knowledge of\r\nreligion in general or of our own religion in particular.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 11198 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Becker, Carl Heinrich \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 1, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Chaytor, H. J. 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As the family grew larger and the moans grew smaller,\r\nmany a pinch came on the household, and the parents were glad to accept\r\nthe offer of a relative to take charge of Emily, the second daughter. A\r\nvery proud old lady was this maiden aunt, and over the mantel-piece of\r\nher drawing-room ever hung a great diagram, a family tree, which mightily\r\nimpressed the warm imagination of the delicate child she had taken in\r\ncharge. It was a lengthy and well-grown family tree, tracing back the\r\nMorris family to the days of Charlemagne, and branching out from a stock\r\nof \"the seven kings of France\". Was there ever yet a decayed. 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For my mother has told me how when she would commit\r\nsome piece of childish naughtiness, her aunt would say, looking gravely\r\nover her spectacles at the small culprit: \"Emily, your conduct is\r\nunworthy of the descendant of the seven kings of France.\" And Emily, with\r\nher sweet grey Irish eyes, and her curling masses of raven-black hair,\r\nwould cry in penitent shame over her unworthiness, with some vague idea\r\nthat those royal, and to her very real ancestors, would despise her small\r\nsweet rosebud self, as wholly unworthy of their disreputable majesties.\r\nBut that same maiden aunt trained the child right well, and I keep ever\r\ngrateful memory of her, though I never knew her, for her share in forming\r\nthe tenderest, sweetest, proudest, purest, noblest woman I have ever\r\nknown. I have never met a woman more selflessly devoted to those she\r\nloved, more passionately contemptuous of all that was mean or base, more\r\nkeenly sensitive on every question of honor, more iron in will, more\r\nsweet in tenderness, than the mother who made my girlhood sunny as\r\ndreamland, who guarded me until my marriage from every touch of pain that\r\nshe could ward off, or could bear for me, who suffered more in every\r\ntrouble that touched me in later life than I did myself, and who died in\r\nthe little house I had taken for our new home in Norwood, worn out ere\r\nold age touched her, by sorrow, poverty and pain, in May, 1874.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 11376 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Besant, Annie \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 1, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Besant, Annie,1847-1933 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43216278159517,"sku":"gb-11376-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/11376.jpg?v=1671343298"},{"product_id":"the-fourth-dimensional-reaches-of-the-panama-pacific-international-exposition-gb-12010","title":"The Fourth Dimensional Reaches of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fourth-Dimensional Reaches of the Exposition: San Francisco, 1915\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLines on \"Fourth-Dimensional Insight\" by Ormeida Curtis Harrison.\r\n\r\n(Tissue Facing Frontispiece.)\r\n\r\nA Fourteenth Century Legend\r\n\r\nEssay on the Fourth-Dimensional Reaches of the Exposition. 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At the best, the telling has a\r\nsavour of vanity, and the only excuse for the proceeding is that the\r\nlife, being an average one, reflects many others, and in troublous\r\ntimes like ours may give the experience of many rather than of one.\r\nAnd so the autobiographer does his work because he thinks that, at the\r\ncost of some unpleasantness to himself, he may throw light on some of\r\nthe typical problems that are vexing the souls of his contemporaries,\r\nand perchance may stretch out a helping hand to some brother who is\r\nstruggling in the darkness, and so bring him cheer when despair has\r\nhim in its grip. 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De vragen\r\nnaar aanleiding van deze voordracht gedaan worden\r\nmet de daarop door Mevrouw Besant gegeven antwoorden\r\nopgenomen in het Maandblad \"Theosophia\".\nEr is een moeilijkheid, die gij en ik hedenavond\r\nte overwinnen hebben: een vreemde taal is tusschen\r\nons en zelfs voor hen die de taal kennen, waarin ik\r\nspreek, is het moeilijk het ongewone geluid te volgen.\r\nMoeilijk ook is het voor mij als spreekster, want de\r\ntaal is voor een spreker het instrument, dat hij bespeelt.\r\nDoor de taal bereikt hij de harten en hoofden\r\nzijner hoorders, en indien het instrument ongewoon\r\nvoor hen is, wordt de kracht van den spreker verzwakt\r\nen vermindert de mogelijkheid dat hij de gedachten\r\nen gevoelens zijner hoorders bereikt. Toch\r\nmoeten wij hedenavond met die ongewone taal doen\r\nwat wij kunnen, en terwijl ik spreek zoo helder en\r\neenvoudig als mogelijk is, en gij uwe aandacht leent\r\nzullen wij samen trachten onze moeilijkheid te overwinnen\r\nen het onderwerp begrijpelijk te maken.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 12756 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Besant, Annie \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 28, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Dutch \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Besant, Annie,1847-1933 \/ eBook \/ Dutch","offer_id":43216357228701,"sku":"gb-12756-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/12756.jpg?v=1671348039"},{"product_id":"a-textbook-of-theosophy-gb-12902","title":"A Textbook of Theosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Textbook of Theosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is a school of philosophy still in existence of which modern culture\r\nhas lost sight.\" In these words Mr. A.P. 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The\r\npractical influence of Islam upon individual lives produces results\r\nthat reflect unmistakably the character of its founder, and a careful\r\nstudy of the tenets of the system in relation to its history enable\r\nthe student to estimate the real worth of the man.\nAs the Apostle of God, Mohammed is the ideal of every true Moslem. His\r\nlife is the standard by which the lives of his followers are tested,\r\nalthough he himself confesses that his life was not holy. In the\r\nKoran, and the earlier traditions, he is pictured as being in no way\r\nbetter than his fellows, and as weak and liable to error as the\r\npoorest of his contemporaries. Yet later tradition minimises his\r\nfaults and weakness, and surrounds his person with a halo of glory\r\nthat makes him appear sinless and almost divine. 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The\r\nincongruous sanctity with which his commonplace utterances and petty\r\nactions were invested would have caused fear lest it became derogatory\r\nto his creed of divine unity.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 14064 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Hayes, Herbert E. E. (Herbert Edward Elton) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 16, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hayes, Herbert E. E. 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Cunningham\r\n\r\nDiscrimination of Spirit and Not-Spirit\r\n\r\nWas Writing Known Before Panini?\n\n[The curious information-for whatsoever else the world may think of it,\r\nit will doubtless be acknowledged to be thatcontained in the article\r\nthat follows, merits a few words of introduction. The details given in\r\nit on the subject of what has always been considered as one of the\r\ndarkest and most strictly guarded of the mysteries of the initiation\r\ninto occultismfrom the days of the Rishis until those of the\r\nTheosophical Societycame to the knowledge of the author in a way that\r\nwould seem to the ordinary run of Europeans strange and supernatural.\r\nHe himself, however, we may assure the reader, is a most thorough\r\ndisbeliever in the Supernatural, though he has learned too much to limit\r\nthe capabilities of the natural as some do.  Further, he has to make the\r\nfollowing confession of his own belief.  It will be apparent, from a\r\ncareful perusal of the facts, that if the matter be really as stated\r\ntherein, the author cannot himself be an adept of high grade, as the\r\narticle in such a case would never have been written.  Nor does he\r\npretend to be one.  He is, or rather was, for a few years an humble\r\nChela. Hence, the converse must consequently be also true, that as\r\nregards the higher stages of the mystery he can have no personal\r\nexperience, but speaks of it only as a close observer left to his own\r\nsurmisesand no more.  He may, therefore, boldly state that during, and\r\nnotwithstanding, his unfortunately rather too short stay with some\r\nadepts, he has by actual experiment and observation verified some of the\r\nless transcendental or incipient parts of the \"Course.\"  And, though it\r\nwill be impossible for him to give positive testimony as to what lies\r\nbeyond, he may yet mention that all his own course of study, training\r\nand experience, long, severe and dangerous as it has often been, leads\r\nhim to the conviction that everything is really as stated, save some\r\ndetails purposely veiled.  For causes which cannot be explained to the\r\npublic, he himself may he unable or unwilling to use the secret he has\r\ngained access to.  Still he is permitted by one to whom all his\r\nreverential affection and gratitude are duehis last guruto divulge\r\nfor the benefit of Science and Man, and specially for the good of those\r\nwho are courageous enough to personally make the experiment, the\r\nfollowing astounding particulars of the occult methods for prolonging\r\nlife to a period far beyond the common.G.M.]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 14378 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Mead, G. R. S. 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THE MANVANTARA OPENS\n\nXV.  SOME POSSIBLE EPOCHS IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE\n\nXVI.  THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME\n\nXVII.  ROME PARVENUE\n\nXVIII.  AUGUSTUS\n\nXIX.  AN IMPERIAL SACRIFICE\n\nXX.  CHINA AND ROME:  THE SEE-SAW\n\nXXI.  CHINA AND ROME:  THE SEE-SAW (Continued)\n\nXXII.  EASTWARD HO!\n\nXXIII.  \"THE DRAGON, THE APOSTATE, THE GREAT MIND\"\n\nXXIV.  FROM JULIAN TO BODHIDHARMA\n\nXXV.  TOWARDS THE ISLANDS OF THE SUNSET\n\nXXVI.  \"SACRED IERNE OF THE HIBERNIANS\"\n\nXXVII.  THE IRISH ILLUMINATION\n\nThese lectures will not be concerned with history as a record\nof wars and political changes; they will have little to tell\nof battles, murders, and sudden deaths.  Instead, we shall\ntry to discover and throw light on the cyclic movements of\nthe Human Spirit.  Back of all phenomena, or the outward show\nof things, there is always a noumenon in the unseen.  Behind\nthe phenomena of human history, the noumenon is the Human\nSpirit, moving in accordance with its own necessities and\ncyclic laws.  We may, if we go to it intelligently, gain some\ninkling of knowledge as to what those laws are; and I think\nthat would be, in its way, a real wisdom, and worth getting.\nBut for the most part historical study seeks knowledge only;\nand how it attains its aim, is shown by the falseness of what\npasses for history.  In most textbooks you shall find, probably,\na round dozen of lies on as many pages.  And these in themselves\nare fruitful seeds of evil; they by no means end with the\ntelling, but go on producing harvests of wrong life; which\nindeed is only the Lie incarnate on the plane of action.  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Can one be taught without the\r\nother? It is a practical question for educationists, and France tried\r\nto answer it in the dreariest little cut and dry kind of catechism ever\r\ngiven to boys to make them long to be wicked. But apart from education,\r\nthe question of the bedrock on which morals rest, the foundation on\r\nwhich a moral edifice can be built that will stand secure against the\r\nstorms of lifethat is a question of perennial interest, and it must\r\nbe answered by each of us, if we would have a test of Right and Wrong,\r\nwould know why Right is Right, why Wrong is Wrong.\r\n\n\r\nReligions based on Revelation find in Revelation their basis for\r\nmorality, and for them that is Right which the Giver of the Revelation\r\ncommands, and that is Wrong which He forbids. 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It witnessed, however, the gradual crystallization of\nthose potent spiritual forces which were to culminate in the declaration\nof His world-embracing mission in 1863. In the course of these years,\nand from the city of Baghdd, there radiated,\nShoghi Effendi writes, wave after wave, a power, a radiance and a\nglory which insensibly reanimated a languishing Faith, sorely-stricken,\nsinking into obscurity, threatened with oblivion. From it were diffused,\nday and night, and with ever-increasing energy, the first emanations of\na Revelation which, in its scope, its copiousness, its driving force and\nthe volume and variety of its literature, was destined to excel that of\nthe Bb Himself.1\nAmong these early effusions of the Pen of Glory is a lengthy Arabic\nepistle known as the Javhirul-Asrr, meaning literally the\ngems or essences of mysteries. A number of\nthemes it enunciates are also elaborated in Persianthrough different\nrevelatory modesin the Seven Valleys and the Book of Certitude, those\ntwo immortal volumes which Shoghi Effendi has characterized,\nrespectively, as Bahullhs greatest mystical\ncomposition and His pre-eminent doctrinal work. Undoubtedly the Gems of\nDivine Mysteries figures among those Tablets revealed in the\nArabic tongue which were referred to in the latter volume.2 \nOne of the central themes of the book, Bahullh\nindicates, is that of transformation, meaning here the\nreturn of the Promised One in a different human guise. Indeed, in a\nprefatory note written above the opening lines of the original\nmanuscript, Bahullh states:\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 16939 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 23, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217382408349,"sku":"gb-16939-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/16939.jpg?v=1671427723"},{"product_id":"gleanings-from-the-writings-of-baha-u-llah-gb-16940","title":"Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any\nother information (\"Content\") available on this Site including printing,\nemailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading,\ntransmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the\nfollowing:\nAlthough this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given\nfreely such that no special permission is required, the Bah\nInternational Community retains full copyright protection for all\nContent included at this Site under all applicable national and\ninternational laws.\nLauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention\nof Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom, can\nbefittingly magnify Thy name, nor can the bird of the human heart,\nhowever great its longing, ever hope to ascend into the heaven of Thy\nmajesty and knowledge.\nIf I describe Thee, O my God, as Him Who is the All-Perceiving, I\nfind myself compelled to admit that They Who are the highest Embodiments\nof perception have been created by virtue of Thy behest. And if I extol\nThee as Him Who is the All-Wise, I, likewise, am forced to recognize\nthat the Well Springs of wisdom have themselves been generated through\nthe operation of Thy Will. And if I proclaim Thee as the Incomparable\nOne, I soon discover that they Who are the inmost essence of oneness\nhave been sent down by Thee and are but the evidences of Thine\nhandiwork. And if I acclaim Thee as the Knower of all things, I must\nconfess that they Who are the Quintessence of knowledge are but the\ncreation and instruments of Thy Purpose.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 16940 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 23, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217382473885,"sku":"gb-16940-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/16940.jpg?v=1671427727"},{"product_id":"the-hidden-words-of-baha-u-llah-gb-16941","title":"The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any\nother information (\"Content\") available on this Site including printing,\nemailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading,\ntransmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the\nfollowing:\nAlthough this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given\nfreely such that no special permission is required, the Bah\nInternational Community retains full copyright protection for all\nContent included at this Site under all applicable national and\ninternational laws.\nThis is that which hath descended from the realm\nof glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto\nthe Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed\nit in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous,\nthat they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in\ntheir lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of\nDivine virtue.\nO SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is\nJustice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not\nthat I may confide in thee. By its aid thou shalt see with thine own\neyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own\nknowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor. Ponder this in\nthy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. Verily justice is My gift to\nthee and the sign of My loving-kindness. Set it then before thine eyes.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 16941 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 21, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217382539421,"sku":"gb-16941-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/16941.jpg?v=1671427730"},{"product_id":"three-translations-of-the-koran-al-qur-an-side-by-side-gb-16955","title":"Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e002.013\r\n\r\nY: When it is said to them: \"Believe as the others believe:\" They say:\r\n\r\n\"Shall we believe as the fools believe?\" Nay, of a surety they are the\r\n\r\nfools, but they do not know.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say:\r\nShall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are\r\nthe fools, but they do not know.\nP: And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe;\r\nbut when they go apart to their devils they declare: Lo! we are with\r\nyou; verily we did but mock.\n002.017\r\nY: Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted\r\nall around him, Allah took away their light and left them in utter\r\ndarkness. So they could not see.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 16955 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Ali, Abdullah Yusuf \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 27, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Ali, Abdullah Yusuf, 1872-1952, Pickthall, Marmaduke William, 1875-1936, Shakir, M. H. 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Every man of insight confesseth Thy\nsovereignty and Thy dominion, and every discerning eye perceiveth the\ngreatness of Thy majesty and the compelling power of Thy might. The\nwinds of tests are powerless to hold back them that enjoy near access to\nThee from setting their faces towards the horizon of Thy glory, and the\ntempests of trials must fail to draw away and hinder such as are wholly\ndevoted to Thy will from approaching Thy court.\nMethinks, the lamp of Thy love is burning in their hearts, and the light\nof Thy tenderness is lit within their breasts. 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That all nations should become one in faith and all\nmen as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons\nof men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease,\nand differences of race be annulledwhat harm is there in this?... Yet\nso it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass\naway, and the Most Great Peace shall come.... Yet do We see your kings\nand rulers lavishing their treasures more freely on means for the\ndestruction of the human race than on that which would conduce to the\nhappiness of mankind.... These strifes and this bloodshed and discord\nmust cease, and all men be as one kindred and one family.... Let not a\nman glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in\nthis, that he loves his kind....\nOne hundred years ago, Bahullh, Founder of the Bah Faith,\nproclaimed in clear and unmistakable language, to the kings and rulers\nof the world, to its religious leaders, and to mankind in general that\nthe long-promised age of world peace and brotherhood had at last dawned\nand that He Himself was the Bearer of the new message and power from God\nwhich would transform the prevailing system of antagonism and enmity\nbetween men and create the spirit and form of the destined world order.\nAt that time the splendour and panoply of the monarchs reflected the\nvast power which they exercised, autocratically for the most part, over\nthe greater portion of the earth. Bahullh, an exile from His native\nPersia for His religious teaching, was the prisoner of the tyrannical,\nall-powerful Suln of the Ottoman Empire. In such circumstances He\naddressed the rulers of the world. 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Any person of average intellectual\r\ncapacities, and a leaning toward the metaphysical; of pure, unselfish\r\nlife, who finds more joy in helping his neighbor than in receiving help\r\nhimself; one who is ever ready to sacrifice his own [Pg 7]pleasures for the\r\nsake of other people; and who loves Truth, Goodness, and Wisdom for\r\ntheir own sake, not for the benefit they may conferis a Theosophist.\nBut it is quite another matter to put oneself upon the path which leads\r\nto the knowledge of what is good to do, as to the right discrimination\r\nof good from evil; a path which also leads a man to that power through\r\nwhich he can do the good he desires, often without even apparently\r\nlifting a finger.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 17009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Blavatsky, H. P. 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The French, by their invasion of Tunis,\r\nhave precipitated the Mohammedan movement in North Africa; Egypt has\r\nroused herself for a great effort of national and religious reform; and\r\non all sides Islam is seen to be convulsed by political portents of\r\never-growing [Pg vi]intensity. He believes that his countrymen will in a very\r\nfew months have to make their final choice in India, whether they will\r\nlead or be led by the wave of religious energy which is sweeping\r\neastwards, and he conceives it of consequence that at least they should\r\nknow the main issues of the problem before them. To shut their eyes to\r\nthe great facts of contemporary history, because that history has no\r\nimmediate connection with their daily life, is a course unworthy of a\r\ngreat nation; and in England, where the opinion of the people guides the\r\nconduct of affairs, can hardly fail to bring disaster. It should be\r\nremembered that the modern British Empire, an agglomeration of races\r\nruled by public opinion in a remote island, is an experiment new in the\r\nhistory of the world, and needs justification in exceptional\r\nenlightenment; and it must be remembered, too, that no empire ever yet\r\nwas governed without a living policy. The author, therefore, has\r\nresolved to publish his work, crude as it is, without more delay, in the\r\nhope that it may be instrumental in guiding the national choice. He is,\r\nnevertheless, fully aware of its [Pg vii]defects both in accuracy and\r\ncompleteness, and he can only hope that they may be pardoned him in view\r\nof the general truth of the picture he has drawn.\nSince the last of these essays was written, their author has returned to\r\nEgypt, and has there had the satisfaction of finding the ideas, vaguely\r\nforeshadowed by him as the dream of some few liberal Ulema of the Azhar,\r\nalready a practical reality. Cairo has now declared itself as the home\r\nof progressive thought in Islam, and its university as the once more\r\nindependent seat of Arabian theology. Secured from Turkish interference\r\nby the national movement of the Arabs, the Ulema of the Azhar have\r\njoined heart and soul with the party of reform. The importance of this\r\nevent can hardly be overrated; and if, as now seems probable, a liberal\r\nMohammedan Government by a free Mohammedan people should establish\r\nitself firmly on the Nile, it is beyond question that the basis of a\r\nsocial and political Reformation for all Islam has been laid. It is more\r\nthan all a hopeful sign that extreme moderation with regard to the\r\nCaliphate [Pg viii]is observed by the Egyptian leaders. Independence, not\r\nopposition, is the motto of the party; and no rent has been made or is\r\ncontemplated by them in the orthodox coat of Islam. Abd el Hamid Khan is\r\nstill recognized as the actual Emir el Mumenin, and the restoration of a\r\nmore legitimate Caliphate is deferred for the day when its fate shall\r\nhave overtaken the Ottoman Empire. This is as it should be. Schism would\r\nonly weaken the cause of religion, already threatened by a thousand\r\nenemies; and the premature appearance of an Anti-Caliph in Egypt or\r\nArabia, however legitimate a candidate he might be by birth for the\r\noffice, would divide the Mohammedan world into two hostile camps, and so\r\nbring scandal and injury on the general cause. In the meantime, however,\r\nliberal thought will have a fair field for its development, and can\r\nhardly fail to extend its influence wherever the Arabic language is\r\nspoken, and among all those races which look on the Azhar as the centre\r\nof their intellectual life. This is a notable achievement, and one which\r\npatience may turn, perhaps in a very few years, to a more [Pg ix]general\r\ntriumph. There can be little doubt now that the death of Abd el Hamid,\r\nor his fall from Empire, will be the signal for the return of the\r\nCaliphate to Cairo, and a formal renewal there by the Arabian mind of\r\nits lost religious leadership.\nTo Mohammedans the author owes more than a word of apology. A stranger\r\nand a sojourner among them, he has ventured on an exposition of their\r\ndomestic griefs, and has occasionally touched the ark of their religion\r\nwith what will seem to them a profane hand; but his motive has been\r\nthroughout a pure one, and he trusts that they will pardon him in virtue\r\nof the sympathy with them which must be apparent in every line that he\r\nhas written. He has predicted for them great political misfortunes in\r\nthe immediate future, because he believes that these are a necessary\r\nstep in the process of their spiritual development; but he has a supreme\r\nconfidence in Islam, not only as a spiritual, but as a temporal system\r\nthe heritage and gift of the Arabian race, and capable of satisfying\r\ntheir most civilized wants; and he believes in the hour of their\r\npolitical resurgence. In the mean[Pg x]time he is convinced that he serves\r\ntheir interests best by speaking what he holds to be the truth regarding\r\ntheir situation. Their day of empire has all but passed away, but there\r\nremains to them a day of social independence better than empire.\r\nEnlightened, reformed and united in sympathy, Mussulmans need not fear\r\npolitical destruction in their original homes, Arabia, Egypt, and North\r\nAfrica; and these must suffice them as a Dar el Islam till better days\r\nshall come. 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During this relatively brief but\nturbulent period of the Faiths history, and in the early years of His\nsubsequent exile in 1868 to the fortress town of Akk, He summoned the\nmonarchs of East and West collectively, and some among them\nindividually, to recognize the Day of God and to acknowledge the One\npromised in the scriptures of the religions professed by the recipients\nof His summons. Never since the beginning of the world, Bahullh\ndeclares, hath the Message been so openly proclaimed.\nThe present volume brings together the first full, authorized English\ntranslation of these major writings. Among them is the complete\nSriy-i-Haykal, the Srih of the Temple, one of Bahullhs most\nchallenging works. It was originally revealed during His banishment to\nAdrianople and later recast after His arrival in Akk. 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To say that ever since the Dawn of a New Day\nhas broken upon me I have in the least felt reluctant or disinclined\nto enter into relationship with every one of you, or felt indifferent\nto a Cause which is so close and dear to your hearts, would indeed\nbetray every sentiment of love and fellowship which animates every\none of us in our servitude to His Holy Threshold. It was rather my\nutter exhaustion, my profound feelings of sorrow, the overwhelming\nsense of my own position and responsibilities and the extreme\npressure of work that have caused me to maintain such a long silence\nand seem forgetful of those brave and valiant lovers of the Master in\nthat land.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 19244 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Shoghi, Effendi \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Sep 15, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Shoghi, Effendi,1897-1957 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217587765405,"sku":"gb-19244-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/19244.jpg?v=1671439855"},{"product_id":"the-light-of-divine-guidance-volume-2-gb-19245","title":"The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any\nother information (\"Content\") available on this Site including printing,\nemailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading,\ntransmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the\nfollowing:\nAlthough this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given\nfreely such that no special permission is required, the Bah\nInternational Community retains full copyright protection for all\nContent included at this Site under all applicable national and\ninternational laws.\nIt is with regret and sorrow that I enclose at last the\nlong-protracted translations of Abdul-Bahs\nanswer to your letter. His sudden passing to the Great Beyond has\nplunged us all in profound grief and added heavily to our\npreoccupations and responsibilities. Happily, however, the full\nanswer to your epistle, had been written, and signed by him many days\nbefore his passing and were it not for the desire to have it\nadequately rendered into English and French, it would have reached\nyou far sooner than now. 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