Bahá’í Ringstone Symbol


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Bahá'í Community of Lake Forest

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Lake Forest  CA  92609-0061
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Meaning of the Bahá’í Ringstone Symbol
"The inscription upon the Bahá’í ringstone is the Symbol of the Greatest Name, Bahá, who is the Manifestation of the essence of God.  It is also symbolic of the three planes representing the Wold of God, the World of Revelation and the World of Creation." (From a letter written on behaf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, 28 February 1938)
The three levels of the design represent: Greatest Name Symbol
the World of God, the Creator, World of God
the World of Revelation, World of Revelation
and the World of Creation, man. World of Creation
The vertical line joins the three horizontal bars together in the same way that the Devine Messengers of God form the link between the World of God and the World of Creation.
The twin five-pointed stars on either side of the design represent the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, the twin Messengers of God for this age.

"Upon the horizon of Eternal Glory two luminous stars have arisen in brilliance: one to the right and one to the left ... this is the mystery of the appearance of the Beauty of Abhá and of the Supreme Highness (the Báb).  And thoughtehse two diagrama at the right and the left have form of stars, they also represent the body of man, with the head, the two arms and the two legs, since this diagram has five points." ('Abdu'l-Bahá: Bahá'í Scriptures, p 479, 1923 ed.)

He also wishes me to inform you that the symbol of the Greatest Name represents an invocation which can be translated either as 'O Glory of Glories' or 'O Glory of the All-Glorious'.  The word glory used in this connection is a translation of the Arabic term 'Bahá' the name of Bahá'u'lláh." (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, April 28, 1935: Bahá’í News, No. 93, p.1, July 1935)
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