Lights of 'Irfán Book 16:

Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Iraj Ayman, editor

Wilmette: Haj Mehdi Armand Colloquium, 2015

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'Irfán Colloquia
Bahá'í National Center
1233 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 733-3501
E-mail: contact@irfancolloquia.org

General Editor Iraj Ayman
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Cover design by Majid Nolley, majidnolley.com
Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
172 B.E. 2015 C.E.
ISBN 978-3-942426-25-1

Table of Contents

Preface and title pages.................................................................... 3

The Ten Plagues of the Exodus in Light of the Bahá’í Writings
JoAnn M. Borovicka ................................................................... 9

Freud’s Transference and the Four States of Bahá’u’lláh
Wolfgang A. Klebel .................................................................. 27

Procrustes’ Bed: The Insufficiency of Secular Humanism
Ian Kluge ........................................................................... 49

Women and Wisdom in Scripture
Baharieh Rouhani Ma‘ani.............................................................. 93

On Existence and Qualities of the Human Soul
Farjam Majd......................................................................... 123

Shoghi Effendi’s Translation of Terms Related to Law in Bahá’í Scripture
Moojan Momen........................................................................ 175

Shared Prosperity: How Does That Work?
Wendi Momen......................................................................... 199

A Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí)
Julio Savi ......................................................................... 223

“At Dawn the Friend came to my bed”: An early fruit of the Supreme Pen
Julio Savi ......................................................................... 273

Elucidation

Intellectual Life and the Future of Bahá’í Studies
Universal House of Justice ......................................................... 341

In Memoriam

Kamran Ekbal (1946-2014) ........................................................... 347

Appendices

Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and Their Abbreviations ............................ 351

Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books 1-15 ............................................ 352

Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia ............................................... 364

Distributors of ‘Irfán Publications................................................. 365

Vision and Objectives............................................................... 366

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Lights of 'Irfán Book 16:

Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Iraj Ayman, editor

published in Lights of Irfán

Wilmette: Haj Mehdi Armand Colloquium, 2015