| . . . . five, which is the number of the Bab, with nine, which is the number of Baha . . . . |
| [Bahá'í Scriptures 478-479] |
| For full quote, See: Ringstone Symbol |
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| It has been before explained that spirit is universally divided into five categories: the vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, the human spirit, the spirit of faith, and the Holy Spirit. |
| [Abdu'l-Baha, Bahá'í World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 316] |
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| FIVE PHYSICAL AND FIVE SPIRITUAL POWERS |
| In man five outer powers exist, which are the agents of perception, that is to say, through these five powers man perceives material beings. These are sight, which perceives visible forms; hearing, which perceives audible sounds; smell, which perceives odors; taste, which perceives foods; and feeling, which is in all parts of the body, and perceives tangible things. These five powers perceive outward existences. |
| Man has also spiritual powers: imagination, which conceives things; thought, which reflects upon realities; comprehension, which comprehends realities, memory, which retains whatever man imagines, thinks, and comprehends. The intermediary between the five outward powers and the inward powers, is the sense which they possess in common, that is to say, the sense which acts between the outer and inner powers, conveys to the inward powers whatever the outer powers discern. It is termed the common faculty, because it communicates between the outward and inward powers, and thus is common to the outward and inward powers. |
| For instance, sight is one of the outer powers; it sees and perceives this flower, and conveys this perception to the inner power -- the common faculty -- which transmits this perception to the power of imagination, which in its turn conceives and forms this image and transmits it to the power of thought; the power of thought reflects, and having grasped the reality, conveys it to the power of comprehension; the comprehension, when it has comprehended it, delivers the image of the object perceived to the memory, and the memory keeps it in its repository |
| The outward powers are five: the power of sight, of hearing, of taste, of smell, and of feeling. |
| The inner powers are also five: the common faculty, and the powers of imagination, thought, comprehension, and memory. |
[Abdu'l-Baha, Bahá'í World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 317-318] |
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| The Temple is the most great foundation of the world of humanity and it hath many branches. Although the Temple is the place of worship, with it is connected a hospital, pharmacy, pilgrims' house, school for the orphans, and a university for the study of high sciences. Every Temple is connected with these five things. I hope that now in America they will build a Temple† and gradually add to it the hospital, school, university, pharmacy and pilgrims' house with the utmost efficiency and thoroughness. Thou shouldst make known to the believers these details, so that they may realize how important the Temple is. The Temple is not only a place for worship; nay, it is perfect in every way. |
[Abdu'l-Baha, Bahá'í World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 416] |
| † This Temple was dedicated in 1953. |
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| Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five times the words "In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Pure", and then proceed to his devotions. |
[Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 22] |
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| Religion and culture |
| Hinduism |
- The god Shiva has five faces and his Mantra is also called Panchakshari (Five Worded) mantra.
- The goddess Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and intellectual is associated with Panchami or number 5.
- There are five elements in this universe: Dharti, Agni, Jal, Vayu evam Akash (Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Space respectively).
- The most sacred tree in Hinduism has 5 leaves in every leaf stunt.
- Most of the flowers have 5 petals in them.
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| Christianity |
| There are traditionally Five Wounds of Jesus Christ in Christianity: |
- the Scourging at the Pillar
- the Crowning with Thorns
- the wounds in Christ's hands
- the wounds in Christ's feet
- the Side Wound of Christ.
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| Islam |
- The Five Pillars of Islam
- Muslims pray to Allah five times a day
- In Islam, particularly Shia Islam, the Panjetan or the Five Holy Purified Ones are the members of Muḥammad's family: Muḥammad, Ali, Fatimah, Ḥasan, and Ḥusayn and is often symbolically represented by an image of the Khamsa.
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| Judaism |
- The Torah contains five books—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—which are collectively called the Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch (Greek for "five containers", referring to the scroll cases in which the books were kept), or Humash (חומש, Hebrew for "fifth").
- The book of Psalms is arranged into five books, paralleling the Five Books of Moses.
- The Khamsa, an ancient symbol shaped like a hand with four fingers and one thumb, is used as a protective amulet by Jews; that same symbol is also very popular in Arabic culture, known to protect from envy and the evil eye.
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| Sikhism |
- The five sacred Sikh symbols prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh are commonly known as panj kakars or the "Five Ks" because they start with letter K representing kakka (ਕ) in the Punjabi language's Gurmukhi script.
- They are (in Gurmukhi: ਕੇਸ, ਕੰਘਾ, ਕੜਾ, ਕਛਹਰਾ, ਕਿਰਪਾਨ):
- kesh (unshorn hair),
- kangha (the comb),
- kara (the steel bracelet),
- kachhehra (the soldiers shorts), and
- kirpan (the sword) .
- Also, there are five deadly evils:
- kam (lust),
- krodh (anger),
- moh (attachment),
- lobh (greed), and
- ankhar (ego).
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