Lawḥ-i-Maḥfúẓlow-heh-mah-fooz
(a as in at)Guarded or Preserved Tablet. Occurs only once in Qur’án, 85:21–22: “It is a glorious Qur’án written on the preserved table.” (The plural of lawḥ, alvaḥ, occurs in Qur’án 7:142 concerning the tables of the law, of Moses). Nicholson, Commentary on the Mathnawí, I, 85, says “the heavenly Lawḥ-i-Maḥfúz on which all things are recorded from eternity to everlasting.” BW V, 491 says this “denotes the Knowledge of God and of His Manifestation.”
Lawḥ-i-Malláḥu’l-Qudslow-heh-mal-láh-hol-kodsTablet of the Holy Mariner, “in which Bahá’u’lláh prophesies the severe afflictions” that were to befall Him. (‘Iráq). (GPB 140).
Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúdlow-heh-mack-soodTablet of Maqṣúd, by Bahá’u’lláh (Holy Land).
Lawḥ-i-Maryamlow-heh-mar-yam
(ar as in Harry)Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Mary, addressed to His kinswoman. Herein He pronounces the period of His retirement in Kurdistán as “the most perfect and conclusive evidence” of the truth of His Revelation. (GPB 124).
Lawḥ-i-Nuqṭíhlow-heh-knock-tehTablet of the Point, by Bahá’u’lláh (Adrianople).
Lawḥ-i-Ra’íslow-heh-ra-eessBahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to Ra’ís, “revealed on the morrow of its Author’s final banishment from Adrianople to ‘Akká.” (PDC 63). It strongly denounces ‘Alí Páshá, Prime Minister of Turkey.
Lawḥ-i-Ru’yálow-heh-ro-yawTablet of the Vision, by Bahá’u’lláh (Holy Land, 1873), in which the “Luminous Maid” bode Him hasten to His “other dominions.” (GPB 221).
Lawḥ-i-Sayyáḥlow-heh-sigh-yáhTablet of the Traveller, by Bahá’u’lláh (Adrianople).
Lawḥ-i-Sultánlow-heh-sol-tawnBahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to the Sháh of Persia, despatched from ‘Akká and His lengthiest epistle to any single sovereign. (PDC 40). The recipient put its bearer to death.
Lawḥ-i-Yáqútílow-heh-yaw-koo-teeThe Ruby Tablet, mentioned in Persian Hidden Words No. 47.
Lawḥru’r-Riḍvánlow-heh-rezz-vonTablet of Riḍván, by Bahá’u’lláh (Adrianople).
Lawḥu’r-Rúḥlow-hoar-roohTablet of the Spirit, by Bahá’u’lláh (Adrianople).
Lawḥu’t-Tuqálow-hut-tow-gawTablet of the Fear of God, by Bahá’u’lláh (Adrianople).
Laylílay-leeThe beloved of Majnún, classic Persian loved one.
Letters of the LivingThe first 18 disciples of the Báb; the 19th was the Báb, the 20th Bahá’u’lláh.
Liválevv-aweBanner. Name given by the Master to Lua Getsinger (Louisa A. Moore), “the mother teacher of the West.” (GPB 257).
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