In one of His Tablets Bahá’u’lláh wrote: ‘The first person
who devoted himself to philosophy was Ídrís. Thus was he named. Some called him
also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name. He it is who hath set
forth in every branch of philosophy thorough and convincing statements. After
him Bálinus derived his knowledge and sciences from the Hermetic Tablets and
most of the philosophers who followed him made their philosophical and
scientific discoveries from his words and statements...’. In the Qur’án, Súrá
19, verses 57 and 58, is written: ‘And commemorate Ídrís in the Book; for he
was a man of truth, a Prophet; And we uplifted him to a place on high.’
(Footnote to one of the Tablets included in ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
