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STORIES TOLD BY
ABDUL-BAHÁ
Compiled by Dr Amir Badiei
Published by George Ronald
Most religious traditions use stories. They can impart truths, they can
convey a message to the hearers, or they can stimulate thought. They give a
human aspect to what the teller is trying to put across and so can have a much
greater effect than just setting out the key points. Those from a Christian
background will be most familiar with the parables of Jesus, themselves
building on rabbinical tradition.
These stories told by Abdu'l-Bahá have been collected from a
variety of sources and cover a wide range of subjects. Some of them will appeal
to the reader immediately, others bear more thought. Some are inspiring.
Others, it has to be said, seem a little unexpected in their subject matter and
approach to it: perhaps these are more meaningful to readers of an Eastern
tradition. Over all it is an interesting collection.
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