Meaning of Urvatu'l-Vuthqá, "Sure Handle"
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"Urvatu'l-Vuthqá" is a Qur'anic term indicating the belief in the oneness of
God (Fadil Mazandarani in his encyclopedic work, Asráru'l-Athár Vol.IV Pp
333-334). In the English translation of Kitáb-i-Aqdas, #117 it is translated
as "Sure Handle". Bahá'u'lláh in one of His Tablets has the following
statement: "This Covenant of God is "Urvatu'l-Vuthqá". Abdu'l-Bahá in one of
His Writings says," Urvih-yi Vuthqa revealed, from the foundation of the
world,in sacred books and scriptures of the past is the covenant of God."
(same source as above) "Urvatu'l-Vuthqá" in Íqán refers to the veerses or
words of God.
In another occasion that this term is used is in the Tablet of the World
(Lawh-i-Dunyá):
"The aforesaid person hath written such things concerning this people in the
Egyptian press and in the Beirut Encyclopedia that the well-informed and the
learned were astonished. He proceeded then to Paris where he published a
newspaper entitled Urvatu'l-Vuthqá [The Sure Handle] and sent copies thereof
to all parts of the world. He also sent a copy to the Prison of Akká, and by
so doing he meant to show affection and to make amends for his past actions.
In short, this Wronged One hath observed silence in regard to him. We entreat
God, the True One, to protect him and to shed upon him the light of justice
and fairness." (Bahá'u'lláh: Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Page: 95)
The person referred to in the Tablet to the World is Siyyid Jamálu'd-Din
Afghani, a notorious religious and political reformer in the 19th Century
Middle East. According to this statement by Bahá'u'lláh and also as
Abdu'l-Bahá has related, he was a deceitful and hypocritical person
(muza-ver) and while he was in Istanbul he was instigating and plotting
against Bahá'u'lláh and his followers. (Fadil Mazandarani, Asráru'l-Athár
Vol.III p. 42)
— Meaning of Urvatu'l-Vuthqá, "Sure Handle" (Used by permission of the curator)