ACKERMANAt a glance
History, context & interpretation
The text and its story
Laws and teachings of the Baháʼí Faith on prayer, fasting, marriage and world unity. It calls for a universal auxiliary language and world peace.
Traditional attribution
Revealed by Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
Historical scholarship
Written by Baháʼu'lláh while imprisoned in Acre.
Context and curiosity
Its authorised English translation was only published in 1992.
Chronology and transmission
This text belongs to Modern Revelations (Ottoman Palestine). The catalogue gives its approximate dating as c. 1873 CE and original language or script as Arabic. The dated manuscript witnesses and traditional claims may not refer to the same historical event.
Sources and further reading
Historical descriptions are educational summaries. Religious traditions, scholarly interpretations and unverified claims are distinguished where possible; imagery may be illustrative rather than an artifact photograph.
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