Yazidi Book of Revelation

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Kitêba Cilwe

The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe in Kurdish; also transliterated as Kitab Al Jilwah) is one of two books on the Yazidi religion written in the style of a holy book in the Kurmanji dialect of the Northern Kurdish language, the other being the Yazidi Black Book (Mishefa Reş in Kurdish).^[1] It is claimed that the original text of the Book of Revelation is kept in the Yazidi village of Ba'idn and the original text of the Yazidi Black Book is kept in the village of Qasr 'tzz at-Din.^[2]

Scholars generally agree that the Book of Revelation and the Black Book, which were published in English translation in 1911 and 1913, respectively, are 'forgeries' in the sense they were written by non-Yazidis in response to Western travelers’ and scholars’ interest in the Yazidi religion. Nonetheless they do reflect authentic Yazidi traditions.^[3]

The actual core texts of the religion that exist today are the hymns known as qewl.^[3]

Chapters

The Book of Revelation contains five chapters in order of decreasing length. In all five chapters of this book, the words of God are given in the first person, in contrast to the Black Book, which records the acts of God in the third person.

Chapter one of the Book of Revelation discusses the Yazidi doctrine of the nature of God, who is made to declare that he is the author of what "outsiders call evils". The rest of the chapter deals with the exercise of divine power.
Chapter two describes the omnipotence of God.
Chapter three treats of the omnipotence of God, and begins with the statement that God guides without a scripture.
Chapter four contains a warning against outsiders, and enunciates a doctrine concerning the "corruption" of holy books very similar to that of the Muslims.
Chapter five is a short exhortation to the faithful.

References

↑ Esposito, John L., ed. (1995). The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. New York: Oxford University Press.
↑ Guest, John S (1993). Survival Among the Kurds: A History of the Yezidis. London: Kegan Paul International. p. 154n. ISBN 0-7103-0456-0.
1 2 Encyclopaedia Iranica:Yazidis

External links

English text of The Revelation, from Devil Worship; The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz by Isya Joseph (1919)
Devil Worship; The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz by Isya Joseph (1919) The entire original book.

Kurdish literature

1000s & earlier	Abdus-Samad Babek Eli Herîrî Mala Pareshan Mela Hesenê Bateyî Mishefa Reş Saranjam

1500s-1600s	Malaye Jaziri Ali Taramakhi Faqi Tayran Besarani Ahmad Khani

1700s	Khana Qubadi

1800s	Mehmûd Bayazîdî Nalî Mastoureh Ardalan Mawlawi Tawagozi Sheyda Hewramí Salim Haji Qadirê Koyî Mahwi Sheikh Rezza Talabanî Wefayî Edeb Herîq

Contemporary	Pîremêrd Celadet Bedir Khan Erebê Şemo Qani Cigerxwîn Nari Mela Kake Heme Abdulla Goran Osman Sabri Emînê Evdal Qanate Kurdo Qedrîcan Ibrahim Ahmad Dildar Hejar Hemin Mukriyani Ahmad Hardi Jamal Nebez Suwara Ilkhanizada Sherko Bekas Latif Halmat Abdulla Pashew Rafiq Sabir Mehmed Uzun Bachtyar Ali Firat Cewerî Faryad Shiri Mahabad Qaradaghi

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