Ḥúr-i-’Ujáb
The Wondrous Maid
الحور العجاب
Bahá’u’lláh
Arabic 450 words Best-Known Work Awaiting Translation
Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the people of the world, their rejection of her summons, and her return in sorrow to her abode.
symbolismspiritual emotions and susceptibilitiesmystical themeswine as symbol of spiritual transformationmysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision
* قَد طلَعَ جَمَالُ الْقُدْسِ عَنْ خَلْفِ الْحِجَابِ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيءٌ عُجَابٌ * * وَأَنْصَعَقَتِ الْأَرْوَاحُ مِنْ نَارِ الْإِنْجِذَابِ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَأَمْرٌ عُجَابٌ * * ثُمَّ أَفَاقَتْ وَطَارَتْ إِلَى سُرَادِقِ الْقُدْسِ فِي عَرْشِ الْقِبَابِ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَسِرٌّ عُجَابٌ * * قُلْ كَشَفَتْ حُ