The Preface to this book summarizes the major thrust of the book thus: "The great importance of this book is derived from its central figure, Dr. Dahesh, around whom all the events related therein evolve. It is an unpretentious, humble, and true testimony of the man, his deeds, and doctrine, written as a token of gratitude, and tribute to his humanity and unsurpassed greatness, which had the effect of transforming the author's life entirely, making his experience an actual rebirth of his self."
A lecture in English presented in the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions in Antwerpen, Belgium. The author discusses some of the teachings and concepts of Daheshism like its views of God, cosmic order and man's place in the cosmic system, divine justice, reincarnation, just retribution, and freedom. He interprets in light of the Daheshist teachings some of the happenings of daily life and human affairs.
What are the motives behind Dante’s Divine Comedy or Dr. Dahesh’s Inferno? What are Dante’s and Dr. Dahesh’s concepts of Hell? How did they portray the environment of Hell, the devilish methods of torture, the role of the devils, and the conditions of the damned?
You find an answer to these questions and others in the comparative study of two great authors and their books.
الدكتور داهش بأقلام نخبةٍ من معاصريه
هذا الكتاب إضمامةٌ من زهور الفِكر والاٰدب تضعها الدار الداهشية في نيويورك بكلِّ محبة واعتزاز على مائدة الادب العربي بمناسبة الذكرى المئوية الاولى لولادة الدكتور داهش. مصباحٌ يتوهّج بالمعرفة، ويلقي بنورِهِ على جوانب مهمّه من حياة رجل المعجزات وأسراره. ويرسم ملامحَ واضحة لشخصه وأدبه. كما يُظهر غير قليلٍ من معجزاته وخوارقهِ. بعضُها يكشفُ السِترُ عنه للمرّة الاولى إذْ كان مخبوءًا تحت ألسِنة الكُتّاب الذين اجتُرِحَتْ بحضورهم هذه المعجزات. في الكتاب تعريفٌ بشخص الدكتور داهش وبمؤلَّفاته على اختلاف انتماءاتها الفكريَّة والأدبيَّة والفلسفيَّة. وعَبَقٌ من سيرةِ حياته العَطِرة، وقبساتٌ من ورودِه وبرودِه وبروقهِ ورعودِه. داهش يتحدّث عن نفسه ويكشفُ بعض أسراره وكتّابٌ يتحدثون عنه ويُسهِمون في كشف هذه الأسرار. نُخبةٌ مِن كتَّاب لبنان والعالم العربي دخلوا محراب أدب الدكتور داهش وهيكله المقدس، وأدلَوا بدِلاء المحبة والوفاء للكلمة والتاريخ. منهم مَن عرفه ورافقه في رحلة النور والمعرفة والحقِّ واليقين. ومنهم مَن تعرّف إليه من خلال أدبه وروائعه وما ذكِرَ وأُثِر عنه. وقد تتشابك أفكار الكتَّاب حيناً او تفترق، ولكنَّها تلتقي جميعها على فرادةِ هذا الرجُل وفذوذيّتِه وإتيانه بالجديد والمفيد الذي لو أُحسِن الاستماعُ إليه لاوصل سفائن الناس وقلوبهم إلى شواطئ الأمان . كتابٌ ثرٌّ زاخر بالنور والمعرفة. بين دفّتيه كثير عن حياة الدكتور داهش وكنوزه ورموزه. وكثير إلى المتشوقين للتعرّف إلى رجل الروح والأسرار. والوقوف على آرائه ومعتقداته ومعجزاته.
The author in this lecture introduces religious and historical examples in his attempt to prove that the crucial factor in the collapse of civilizations is a moral one. His final conclusion is that the world being dominated today by materialistic values is threatened with total annihilation unless it heeds spiritual and lofty values.
The life of the Lebanese poet, Halim Dammous (1888–1957), in this book, has been divided into two stages: the first stage, materialistic, prior to his belief in Daheshism and the second stage, spiritualistic, following his belief in Daheshism.
This book comes under the literary genre “Aphorism”. It comprises about 1400 proverbs and epigrams, encompassing the different aspects of life: good and evil, man and nature, the individual and the society, spiritual and material life, men and women, happiness and misery… The writer tackles these issues eloquently and poetically.
This is the second volume in the Series, The miracles of Dr. Dahesh and His Wondrous Prodigies. The author continues his account of Dr. Dahesh's miracles which he started in the first volume. They include the instantaneous growth of a seed and the spiritual explanations for this miraculous act, the total integration of one material object with another material object with another material object, and the total change of a newspaper issue into another issue of a future date. What distinguishes this volume is its recording of spiritual messages.
In the middle of 1947, the Lebanese newspapers published news of the execution of Dr. Dahesh in Azerbaijan, north of Iran, providing by way of evidence two photographs supposedly of Dr. Dahesh, before and after the execution. The truth is that Dr. Dahesh, at that time, was living in Beirut away from public notice due to the oppressive persecution by the Lebanese government. As for who was the man executed and what the secret of the news was, the answer to these questions is provided in the introduction to the book.
When news of the death of Dr. Dahesh spread out, his friends and acquaintances paid tribute to him: enumerating his virtues, and his outstanding qualities as well as his positive influence on them. This book comprises the sum total of the eulogies which were written, in addition to selections of the handwriting of those who eulogized him.