TY  - CHAP
ID  - 1504
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_tablet_auguste_forel
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Tablet to Auguste Forel
T2  - Bahá'í World
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A1  - Abdul-Bahá
A2  - Shoghi Effendi, translator
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Y1  - 1976
Y2  - 1921/09/21
VL  - Vol. 15 (1968-1973)
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SP  - pp. 37
EP  - 43
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M1  - AB00020
M3  - Writings
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LA  - English
L3  - https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_some_answered_questions[Some Answered Questions, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá]
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AB  - A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá written in 1921, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, exploring the soul, mind, spirit, and God's existence, affirming spiritual reality beyond materialism.
N1  - See also the official version on bahai.org, where it is available in various formats.   Also download as formatted PDF.   Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.   See also the Persian version.   In the version at bahai.org, paragraph 2 starts with "Numerous copies of the epistle I had written to Dr. Fisher....", and a note has been added: "Based on historical documents, it is possible that “Dr. Fisher” refers to Dr. Josephine Fallscheer."    For more background information on Auguste Forel and the Bahá'í Faith, and the questions that he had asked to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see The Life and Times of August Forel by Sheila Banani (2005). The Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is described from page 15 and further.    For an in-depth study of this Tablet, see: Ali-Murad Davúdí (2023). The Kingdom of Existence (Malakut-i-Vujud). Fundacion Nehal, Madrid. The prologue (preface) by Dr. Vahid Rafati includes several explanations useful to clarify some potential ambiguities.   This translation by Shoghi Effendi was first published in Star of the West, Volume 14, No. 4, July 1923. An earlier translation by Zia Bagdadi was published in Star of the West, Volume 13, No. 8, November 1922. 
C1  - Formatted 1999 by Ehsan Bayat.
KW  - Advancement of civilization
KW  - Animals
KW  - Arts and crafts
KW  - Auguste Forel
KW  - Bahá'í basics
KW  - Body
KW  - Causality (causation)
KW  - Creation
KW  - Dreams and visions
KW  - Ether (concept)
KW  - Evidence of absence (concept)
KW  - God
KW  - God, Existence of
KW  - God, Names and attributes of
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Interfaith dialogue
KW  - Inventions and discoveries
KW  - Josephina Fallscher
KW  - Kingdoms, Physical
KW  - Life after death (afterlife)
KW  - Manifestations of God
KW  - Mental faculties
KW  - Mind
KW  - Mind, spirit, soul
KW  - Mirrors
KW  - Nature
KW  - Neuroscience
KW  - Philosophers
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Primal Will
KW  - Proofs
KW  - Reality of things
KW  - Reason
KW  - Science
KW  - Senses
KW  - Soul, Human
KW  - Sun
KW  - Tablet to Dr. Auguste Forel
KW  - Teachings
KW  - Tree (metaphor)
KW  - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of
ER  -