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Title: Gems of Divine Mysteries

Author: Baha'u'llah

Release Date: June 23, 2005 [Ebook #16939]

Language: English

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Gems of Divine Mysteries

by Baha'u'llah

Edition 1, (June 23, 2005)

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CONTENTS

Baha'i Terms of Use
Introduction
Gems of Divine Mystery

[Frontispiece]

The first page of the Javahiru'l-Asrar, with an added note in
Baha'u'llah's own hand

Javahiru'l-Asrar

Baha'i World Centre

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2002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

INTRODUCTION

The decade-long exile of Baha'u'llah in 'Iraq began under the harshest of
conditions and at the lowest ebb in the fortunes of the Babi Faith. It
witnessed, however, the gradual crystallization of