05/05/2026
Divinity and Manifestation
by Dr ‘Alí-Murád Dávúdí
https://rb.gy/ksgwi4
Divinity and Manifestation is a concise, yet detailed and systematic, treatise on Bahá’í theology, metaphysics and ontology. It is, in simpler terms, a work explaining the Bahá’í teachings on the nature of reality, the existence and essence of God and the relationship between Him and His creation as mediated through His Manifestations - those incomparable figures in history who express His will and reflect His attributes in the human realm.
It provides a wealth of passages from the diverse source texts of the Bahá’í revelation – some made available in English for the first time here in provisional translation – in support of each point made, including the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the authoritative interpretations of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, His son and successor.
Dr ‘Alí-Murád Dávúdí was a professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran; secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Iran; and eminent Bahá’í thinker of the 20th century who suffered martyrdom, on account of his faith and of his great renown in the Bahá’í community, after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Throughout the course of his life Dr Dávúdí composed influential and highly acclaimed philosophical works and also contributed to the depth and richness of Bahá’í thought through his many and famous talks and written pieces on particular and general philosophical, theological and ethical questions pertaining to the Bahá’í Faith.
