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Noun
gleanings- Plural of gleaning
Extensive Definition
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh is a
compilation of selected tablets
and extracts from tablets by Bahá'u'lláh,
the founder of the Bahá'í
Faith. Shoghi
Effendi, head of the Bahá'í 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characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages includes from the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 Bahá'í Revelation,"
according to Shoghi Effendi. 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 Summons of the Lord of Hosts
- The Tabernacle of Unity
- Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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 .
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." It has been
translated into many languages.
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External links
gleanings in German: Ährenlese
gleanings in Portuguese: Seleção dos Escritos de
Bahá'u'lláh