''Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun'', better known as the ''Fire Tablet'', is a tablet written in

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Baháʼu'lláh Baháʼu'lláh (, born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Báb ...

, founder of the

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, in Akká in 1871. Baháʼu'lláh wrote the tablet in response to questions by a Baháʼí believer from Iran. The authorized English translation was done in 1980 by Adib Taherzadeh and a Committee at the

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. The tablet is written in rhyming verse, has the form of a conversation between Baháʼu'lláh and

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, and reflects the sufferings of Baháʼu'lláh. Baháʼís often recite this tablet in times of difficulty.

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