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]
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ Lambden, Stephen (1993). "The Word Bahá': Quintessence of the Greatest Name". Bahá'í Studies Review. 3 (1).
- ↑ Smith, Peter (2000). "prayer". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 274–275. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Saiedi, Nader (2008). Gate of the Heart. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 312–312, 333. ISBN 978-1-55458-035-4.
External links[edit]
- Questions on Obligatory Prayer and Repetition of the Greatest Name Ninety-five Times a Day Compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, 2004-06-06.
- Bahai9.com: Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás
