''Ras͟hḥ-i-ʻAmá'' (''"The Clouds of the Realms Above"'' or ''"Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing"'') is the first known
tablet written by
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
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by ...
, in 1852. It is also the only known tablet of Baháʼu'lláh written in
Qajar dynasty
The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...
Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. It is a poem of 20 couplets in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
, written when Baháʼu'lláh was imprisoned in the
Síyáh-Chál
The Síyáh-Chál ( literally "black pit") was a subterrenean dungeon southeast of Golestan Palace in Tehran. It carries a significant role in the history of the Baháʼí Faith, because its founder, Baháʼu'lláh was held there for four month ...
in
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
.
In February 2019 an authorized translation was published by the
Baháʼí World Centre
The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Israel.
Much of the international governance and coordination of the ...
in the collection ''The Call of the Divine Beloved''.
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A collection of Bahaʼu'lláh's mystical writings published
'' 6 February 2019.
Notes
Further reading
*
Cole, Juan. "Baha'u'llah and the Naqshbandi Sufis in Iraq, 1854-1856", from
Iran East and West: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History, vol. 2' (edited, with
Moojan Momen
Moojan Momen (b. 1950) is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith and Islam, especially Shia Islam, including for Encyclopædia Iranica the British ...
, and contributor); Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1984, pp. 10–12.
* Savi, Julio (2012).
Baháʼu'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863' in: Lights of Irfan, volume 13. Wilmette, IL. pp. 317–361.
*
Sharon, Moshe.
The Early Writings of Baháʼulláh - Clouds and the hiding God: on the origins of some terms'.
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External links
The Utterance Project: Recitation of the Rashḥ-i-ʻAmá with English subtitlesRelated documents on Baháʼí Library OnlineRashḥ-i-ʻAmá – a compendium
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Works by Baháʼu'lláh
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