Madínatu't-Tawḥíd

Madínatu't-Tawhíd, provisionally translated as The City of Unity, is an Arabic Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh. A portion of the Tablet has been officially translated and published in Gleanings.

Subject and structure

Adib Taherzadeh writes that the Tablet is focused on the oneness of God, asserting that the unity of God has innumerable features that are beyond comprehension, and that God is above any attributes or names that could be applied to Him. The Tablet explains that God's Essence and attributes are one and indivisible, and that it is through the Manifestation of God that multiplicity of those attributes come to be so that man can recognize God as much as is possible.

Taherzadeh also writes that the Tablet states that as all the Manifestations reveal the same attributes of God they are entirely equivalent to one another, with the only distinction being the intensity of each Manifestations Revelation. The Tablet also explains that there is one God who is worshiped by people from different backgrounds in different ways, with any pure words being acceptable in the sight of God.

History

The Tablet was revealed for Shaykh Khanjar, a Bahá'í who had the name Salmán bestowed upon him by Bahá’u’lláh. It was revealed for him as he had asked Bahá’u’lláh to explain the oneness of God.

Official Translation

• Partial translation by Shoghi Effendi in Gleanings

References

• Adib Taherzadeh, Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, Vol. 1, pp 109-118.