Sunday, May 27, 2012

Plan for 10 Sections of Kitab-i-aqdas Loci

Dear Readers

The Kitab-i-aqdas has the same number of verses as 10 Metonic Cylces or 190 years.  Here is the Wikipedia quote on these cycles:

"In astronomy and calendar studies, the Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris (from Greek words for nineteen years) is a period of very close to 19 years which is remarkable for being very nearly a common multiple of the solar year and the synodic (lunar) month. The Greek astronomer Meton of Athens observed that a period of 19 years is almost exactly equal to 235 synodic months, and rounded to full days counts 6940 days. The difference between the two periods (of 19 years and 235 synodic months) is only a few hours, depending on the definition of the year."

Here is the names of the Vahid years in the Metonic cylce of Baha'i years from the Wikipedia article on the Baha'i calendar:
Years in a Váḥid
No. Persian Name Arabic Script English Translation
1 Alif ألف A
2 Bá’ باء B
3 Ab أب Father
4 Dál دﺍﻝ D
5 Báb باب Gate
6 Váv وﺍو V
7 Abad أبد Eternity
8 Jád جاد Generosity
9 Bahá' بهاء Splendour
10 Ḥubb حب Love
11 Bahháj بهاج Delightful
12 Javáb جواب Answer
13 Aḥad احد Single
14 Vahháb وﻫﺎب Bountiful
15 Vidád وداد Affection
16 Badí‘ بدیع Beginning
17 Bahí بهي Luminous
18 Abhá ابهى Most Luminous
19 Váḥid واحد Unity

It seems like it might make sense in light of these observations to divide memorization of the themes in the Kitab-i-aqdas, history, the periodic table of the elements, and the altitudes of the islands, into 10 sections corresponding to the names of the years.  Let's see how that works in the following posts.

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