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It was explained earlier in part 2 that faith is [like a] possession that is, it is a possession that belongs to man’s soul, the way knowledge belongs to the soul…
Contributor:
Judah ben Eleazar
Places:
Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)
Date:
1686
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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
Contributor:
‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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When Jephthah set out for the road
He did so full of happiness and joy.
He had a daughter, a solitary cypress,
Her visage fairyborn; two…
Contributor:
Aaron ben Mashiaḥ
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1692
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Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses) is a retelling of the biblical story of Moses, composed in Judeo-Persian verse by the poet Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī. In this scene, Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the…
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Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown
Places:
Tabriz, Ottoman Empire (Tabriz, Iran)
Date:
1686
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They said that before Abraham was created, Nimrod denied belief in God, Blessed Be God, vaunted himself, and then asserted that he was a god. The ancients in his time used to worship and prostrate…
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Unknown
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Ottoman Empire (Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century|before 1519
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Moses who was God’s unique messenger,
Who revealed the Path of God to humankind,
In God’s Presence at Mount Sinai
He received knowledge and insight,
The Torah, the Truth, and the Path
He accepted…
Contributor:
‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century