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Alláh-u-Abhá ( ar, الله أبهى, ''Allāhu Abhā'' "God is the Most Glorious") is a greeting that
Baháʼís use when they meet each other.
It can be compared to the
takbir
The Takbir ( ar, تَكْبِير, , "magnification f God) is the name for the Arabic phrase ' (, ), meaning "God is the greatest".
It is a common Arabic expression, used in various contexts by Muslims and Arabs around the world: in formal Salah ...
of
Islam, ''Allahu Akbar'' "God is Great" or
Subhan Allah
''Tasbih'' ( ar, تَسْبِيح, ) is a form of ''dhikr'' that involves the glorification of Allah in Islam by saying: ''"Subhan Allah"'' (; lit. "Glory be to God").
It is often repeated a certain number of times, using either the phalanges ...
"how pure is God".
One of the obligations
Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Persia, and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábí Faith. In 1863, in I ...
set for his followers is to engage in a daily meditation that involves repeating the phrase ''Alláh-u-Abhá'' 95 times.
Nader Saiedi explains that the significance of the number 95 originates from the ''
Persian Bayán
The ''Persian Bayán'' ( fa, بیان - "expression") is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábi religion, written in Persian. The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, known as the Arabic Bayán.
Conte ...
'', where the
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 ...
states that ninety-five
stands for the numerical value of "for God" (''lillāh''), 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''.
The form ' is the
nominative case
In grammar, the nominative case (abbreviated ), subjective case, straight case or upright case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb or (in Latin and formal variants of Engl ...
of ''
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...
'' "
God
In monotheism, monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, and principal object of Faith#Religious views, faith.Richard Swinburne, Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Ted Honderich, Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Ox ...
". The form ' is the
elative of the adjective ' "beauty, brilliancy". In Baháʼí writings, it is usually translated as "most glorious". ''Abhá'' is a superlative of the word
Baháʼ,
and a form of the
Greatest Name
Greatest may refer to:
* ''Greatest!'', a 1959 album by Johnny Cash
* ''Bee Gees Greatest'', a 1979 album by Bee Gees
* Greatest (The Go-Go's album), ''Greatest'' (The Go-Go's album), 1990
* Greatest (Duran Duran album), ''Greatest'' (Duran Duran ...
.
See also
*
Baháʼí symbols
There are several symbols used to express identification with the Baháʼí Faith: the nine-pointed star, a calligraphy known as the "Greatest Name", the Ringstone Symbol, or a five-pointed star.
Nine-pointed star
According to the Abjad system ...
Notes
External links
Bahai9.com: Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás
Bahá'í terminology
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