MIRACLES AND METAPHORS
By Mirzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání,
Translated by Juan Ricardo Cole
Originally published in 1900, in Cairo, Miracles and Metaphors is now available in
English translation. Mirzá Abu'l-Fadl in this collection of essays
and short commentaries writes on the most significant religious and
metaphysical topics with an originality that is both startling and
refreshing. His rational approach to religion renders the book modern and
challenging.
Here are collected Bahá'í answers to old religious controversies: Are the
Scriptures to be taken literally? Do miracles occur? What is an angel? Are the stories
of the Old Testament to be believed? When first published, the answers to these questions
provoked heated controversy among Egyptian intellectuals. Some, such as Mustafá
Kamil and Shaykh 'Alí Yúsuf, greeted them with enthusiasm. Others thundered
their condemnations.
The book is as relevant today as it was then, and is required reading
for any serious student of the Bahá'í Faith.
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