Tablet catalog
The Pre-existence of Christ
OOL 05 11121 Phelps: AB 01528
AB 01528•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
The Pre-existence of Christ
Some Answered Questions #028
320 words

قدم بر دو قسم است قدم ذاتیست که مسبوق بعلت نباشد بلکه وجودش بذاته

Question:
What is the meaning of the verse in the Gospel of John: “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”
Translation:
Official translation
Pre-existence is of two kinds. One is essential pre-existence, which is not preceded by a cause
# Name Source Translations
#1 Some Answered Questions, The Pre-existence of Christ Source Persian Translations Arabic
# Name Source Translations
#1 مفاوضات - تفسير الآية الخامسة من الاصحاح السابع عشر من انجيل يوحنّ Source Persian Translations English
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 مفاوضات - تفسير آيهء پنجم از فصل هفدهم انجيل يوحنّ Source Persian Translations English Arabic Resources
MFD. Mufáviḍát-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mir'at, 1993. Original Persian text of SAQ. In this catalog each of the 84 chapters is given its own ID.  https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-questions/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1541.pdf
MFD#28
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-87.html
SAQ. Some Answered Questions. Revised translation, U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2014. English translation of MFD. In this catalog each of the 84 chapters is given its own entry. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-questions/
SAQ#28
http://www.bahai.org/r/116701633