| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abraham | Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers regard Abraham as a founding patriarch of their peoples. Abraham was ordered by God to sacrifice his Isaac as a test of faith. When Abraham was in the process of fulfilling this order, God revoked the command and rewarded Abraham for his faith. He forged a covenant with Abraham and stated that through his offspring, all the nations of the world would come to be blessed. Bahá’ís regard Abraham as a Manifestation of God. |
| abyss | Something that is immeasurably deep or bottomless; a situation of apparently unending awfulness. |
| anachronistic | Belonging to another time; out-of-date or inappropriate to the time in question. |
| anthropological | Relating to the study of humankind, especially the study of cultures. |
| arrogating | Taking or claiming something for yourself without the right to do so. |
| autocracy | A government in which a single ruler holds unlimited power. |
| Avatars | Derives from the Sanskrit term Avatāra, meaning "incarnation" and refers to the descent of a divine being into the mortal realm. The term is used primarily in Hindu texts. For example, Krishna is considered an Avatar of Vishnu, whom many Hindus worship as God. |
این بیانیه که در سال 2005 تحت هدایت بیت العدل اعظم تهیه شده است، بخش هایی از آثار حضرت بهاءالله و کتب مقدسه ادیان دیگر را در مقابل شرایط بحران مذهبی معاصر بررسی می کند.