عن الكتاب
`Abdu'l-Baha. Risalih-'i Madaniyyih (Secret of Divine Civilization). Cairo: Matba`at Kurdistan al-`Ilmiyyah, 1911. The Mysterious Forces of Civilization (Persian: Risalih-i-Madaniyyih) is a work written before 1875 by 'Abbas Effendi, known as 'Abdu'l-Baha (the Servant of Baha) (1844-1921). The Persian text was first lithographed in Bombay in 1882 and printed in Cairo in 1911. 'Abdu'l-Baha was the eldest son and appointed successor of Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Bahaâi Faith. The original text of this work was written and published anonymously, and the first English translation (by Johanna Dawud) was published in London in 1910 and Chicago in 1918, under the title "Mysterious Forces of Civilization" written by "an Eminent Bahai Philosopher." This audiobook is based on the 1918 edition. Another translation was completed by Marzieh Gail and published in 1957, with an introduction by Horace Holley. The title was re-translated as "The Secret of Divine Civilization". The book was widely