TY  - CHAP
ID  - 3937
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/momen_byzantines
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul
T2  - Lights of Irfán
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A1  - Momen,Moojan
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Y1  - 2001
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VL  - 2
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SP  - 99
EP  - 118
M2  - 151
PB  - Irfan Colloquia
CY  - Wilmette, IL
M1  - AB00007
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-61.html[Makátíb-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, vol. 1, pp. 62–102]
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AB  - Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretations of the word al-Rum, transl. "Rome" or "Byzantium"; different types of soul; the soul's progress through the realms of creation.
N1  - Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000). Also published in Bahá'í Studies Review 12 (2004), pp. 67-90.  See also an updated Word document, momen_byzantines_2020.docx, with some transcription errors fixed by Mike Thomas. Also converted to Word by Keith Bookwalter, 2024.   In the Partial Inventory, ID AB00007, this is referred to as Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown"). [-A.B.]
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KW  - Arc of ascent and descent
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Irfán Colloquia
KW  - Islam
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Quran
KW  - Soul
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith 'Rome was Overthrown')
ER  -