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Súriy-i-Haykal also Súratu'l-Haykal
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Pronunciation: sue-reh-eh-hay-cal, sue-ra-tol-hay-cal
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Tablet of the Temple. In this Tablet Bahá'u'lláh reveals the majesty and glory of the Temple, which is His own Self, and unveils new facets of God's revelation. Bahá'u'lláh ordered this Súrih, together with the Tablets to the Kings, to be copied in the form of a pentacle symbolizing the human-temple.
[BD 216]
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Súrih of the Temple, by Bahá'u'lláh; with the most important of His Tablets to sovereigns of the earth, its Author ordered this Tablet to be written in the shape of a pentacle, symbolizing the temple of man and identified by Him as the "Temple" mentioned by Zechariah. (GPB 212; PUP 427; PDC 47).
[BG 50]
 
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A Bahá'í Glossary
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