Alláh-u-Abhá

Prayer beads, like those pictured here belonging to Bahá’u’lláh, can be used to assist in the daily reciting of Alláh-u-Abhá.

Alláh-u-Abhá (Arabic: الله أبهى, Allāhu ʼAbhā "God is the Most Glorious") Listen Allah-o-Ab-haw) is a greeting that Bahá’ís may use when they meet each other.[1] Abhá is a superlative of the word Bahá',[2] and a form of the Greatest Name.[1]

Baháʼís are asked to repeat the phrase Alláh-u-Abhá 95 times per day, as described by Bahá’u’lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.[3] Nader Saiedi explains that the significance of the number 95 originates from the Persian Bayán, where the Báb states that ninety-five stands for the numerical value of "for God" (lillāh),[4] symbolizing the recognition of the Manifestation of God and obedience to his laws, which are inseparable from each other, as confirmed by Baháʼu'lláh in the opening paragraph of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.[5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Compilations (1983). Hornby, Helen (Ed.) (ed.). Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India. p. 266. ISBN 81-85091-46-3.
  2. ↑ Lambden, Stephen (1993). "The Word Bahá': Quintessence of the Greatest Name". Bahá'í Studies Review. 3 (1).
  3. ↑ Smith, Peter (2000). "prayer". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 274–275. ISBN 1-85168-184-1. 
  4. ↑ Saiedi, Nader (2000). "Chapter 7: The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Date and Constitutive Principles". Logos and Civilization - Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh. USA: University Press of Maryland and Association for Baha'i Studies. p. 266. ISBN 1883053609. OL 8685020M.
  5. ↑ Saiedi, Nader (2008). Gate of the Heart. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 312–312, 333. ISBN 978-1-55458-035-4.

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