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Qayyūm Al-asmā
''Qayyūm al-asmā'' or ''Qayyúmu'l-Asmá (Arabic: قيوم الأسماء; transl. "The Self-Subsisting Lord of All Names") is the first long work of Siyyid ʻAlí Muhammad Shírází (Arabic: سيد علي محمد شيرازي), the Báb after his declaration. Also known as the ''Tafsir Surat Yusuf'' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph), this is an essay that was written as a commentary to Surah 12 in the ''Qurʼan'': ''Surat Yusuf'' (سورة يوسف). This composition is similar in its structure to the ''Qurʼan'' itself: it contains 111 chapters (Surahs), each of which contains 42 verses. Name In the standard English transliteration, the name of the essay is "''Qayyūm al-asmā''". Its meaning in Arabic is "the maintainer of the names". The names here refer to the 99 names of God in Islam. "Existence" (qayyum) is the name numbered 63. The book is sometimes called the ''Surat Yusuf'' (Surah interpretation of Joseph), or'' Ahsan al-Qisas'' (Arabic: best story of all stories), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Báb
The Báb (b. ʿAlí Muḥammad; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850), was the messianic founder of Bábism, and one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, in 1844 at the age of 25, claimed to be a messenger of God. He took the title ''Báb'' (; ar, باب; meaning "Gate" or "Door"), a reference to the deputy of the Hidden Imam, while instigating a religious revolution that proposed the abrogation of Islamic laws and traditions, and the establishment of a new religion. Though he was popular among the lower classes, he faced opposition from the orthodox clergy and government, which eventually executed him and thousands of his followers, known as Bábís. The Báb composed numerous letters and books in which he introduced the ideas of a new social order and a promise that a new divine messenger was coming soon. He encouraged learning arts and sciences, gave prescriptions to regulate marriage, divorce, and inheritance, and set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
