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'''Alláh-u-Abhá''' ({{lang-ar|الله أبهى}}, ''Allāhu {{hamza}}Abhā'' "God is Most Glorious") is an invocation in the [[Bahá'í Faith]]. It is used as a greeting that Baháʼís may use when they meet each other.<ref name="log">{{cite book |author=Compilations |editor=Hornby, Helen |year=1983 |title=Lights of Guidance: A Baháʼí Reference File |publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India |isbn=81-85091-46-3 |url=http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2&chapter=1#n893 |pages=266}}</ref> It can be compared to the [[takbir]] of [[Islam]], ''Allahu Akbar'' "God is Great" or [[Subhan Allah]] "how pure is God". |
'''Alláh-u-Abhá''' ({{lang-ar|الله أبهى}}, ''Allāhu {{hamza}}Abhā'' "God is Most Glorious") is an invocation in the [[Bahá'í Faith]], and an expression of the "[[Greatest Name]]". It is used as a greeting that Baháʼís may use when they meet each other.<ref name="log">{{cite book |author=Compilations |editor=Hornby, Helen |year=1983 |title=Lights of Guidance: A Baháʼí Reference File |publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India |isbn=81-85091-46-3 |url=http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2&chapter=1#n893 |pages=266}}</ref> It can be compared to the [[takbir]] of [[Islam]], ''Allahu Akbar'' "God is Great" or [[Subhan Allah]] "how pure is God". |
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One of the obligations [[Baháʼu'lláh]] set for his followers is to engage in a daily meditation that involves repeating the phrase ''Alláh-u-Abhá'' 95 times.<ref name="smith">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Smith |first=Peter |encyclopedia=A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith |title=prayer |year=2000 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |location=Oxford |pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/274 274–275] |isbn=1-85168-184-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/274 }}</ref> Nader Saiedi explains that the significance of the number 95 originates from the ''[[Persian Bayán]]'', where the [[Báb]] states that ninety-five [[Hurufism|stands for the numerical value]] of "for God" (''lillāh''),<ref>{{cite book |last=Saiedi |first=Nader |year=2000 |title=Logos and Civilization - Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh |section=Chapter 7: The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Date and Constitutive Principles |publisher=University Press of Maryland and Association for Baha'i Studies |location=USA |isbn=1883053609 |ol=8685020M |pages=266 }}</ref> symbolizing the recognition of the [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|manifestation of God]] and obedience to his laws, which are inseparable from each other, as confirmed by Baháʼu'lláh in the opening paragraph of the ''Kitáb-i-Aqdas''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gate of the Heart |first=Nader |last=Saiedi |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |location=Waterloo, ON |isbn=978-1-55458-035-4 |year=2008 |pages=312–312, 333 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTfoaK15t64C}}</ref> |
One of the obligations [[Baháʼu'lláh]] set for his followers is to engage in a daily meditation that involves repeating the phrase ''Alláh-u-Abhá'' 95 times.<ref name="smith">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Smith |first=Peter |encyclopedia=A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith |title=prayer |year=2000 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |location=Oxford |pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/274 274–275] |isbn=1-85168-184-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/274 }}</ref> Nader Saiedi explains that the significance of the number 95 originates from the ''[[Persian Bayán]]'', where the [[Báb]] states that ninety-five [[Hurufism|stands for the numerical value]] of "for God" (''lillāh''),<ref>{{cite book |last=Saiedi |first=Nader |year=2000 |title=Logos and Civilization - Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh |section=Chapter 7: The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Date and Constitutive Principles |publisher=University Press of Maryland and Association for Baha'i Studies |location=USA |isbn=1883053609 |ol=8685020M |pages=266 }}</ref> symbolizing the recognition of the [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|manifestation of God]] and obedience to his laws, which are inseparable from each other, as confirmed by Baháʼu'lláh in the opening paragraph of the ''Kitáb-i-Aqdas''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gate of the Heart |first=Nader |last=Saiedi |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |location=Waterloo, ON |isbn=978-1-55458-035-4 |year=2008 |pages=312–312, 333 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTfoaK15t64C}}</ref> |
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Alláh-u-Abhá (Template:Lang-ar, Allāhu ʼAbhā "God is Most Glorious") is an invocation in the Bahá'í Faith, and an expression of the "Greatest Name". It is used as a greeting that Baháʼís may use when they meet each other.[1] It can be compared to the takbir of Islam, Allahu Akbar "God is Great" or Subhan Allah "how pure is God".
One of the obligations Baháʼu'lláh set for his followers is to engage in a daily meditation that involves repeating the phrase Alláh-u-Abhá 95 times.[2] Nader Saiedi explains that the significance of the number 95 originates from the Persian Bayán, where the Báb states that ninety-five stands for the numerical value of "for God" (lillāh),[3] symbolizing the recognition of the manifestation of God and obedience to his laws, which are inseparable from each other, as confirmed by Baháʼu'lláh in the opening paragraph of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.[4]
In Baháʼí writings, it is usually translated as "God is most glorious" or "God the all-glorious".
The form Allāhu is the nominative case of Allah. The form Abhā is the elative or superlative of the word bahā', meaning "beauty, brilliancy".[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Compilations (1983). Hornby, Helen (ed.). Lights of Guidance: A Baháʼí Reference File. Baháʼí Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India. p. 266. ISBN 81-85091-46-3.
- ^ Smith, Peter (2000). "prayer". A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 274–275. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- ^ Saiedi, Nader (2000). "Chapter 7: The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Date and Constitutive Principles". Logos and Civilization - Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh. USA: University Press of Maryland and Association for Baha'i Studies. p. 266. ISBN 1883053609. OL 8685020M.
- ^ Saiedi, Nader (2008). Gate of the Heart. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 312–312, 333. ISBN 978-1-55458-035-4.
- ^ Lambden, Stephen (1993). "The Word Baháʼ: Quintessence of the Greatest Name". Baháʼí Studies Review. 3 (1).
External links
- Bahai9.com: Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás
- Article on the meaning of Baha[1]
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