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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH03070

290

Arabic

ان ربک العلی الاعلی من هذا الافق الابهی ینادی کل من فی الارض و السما بان

Verily, thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, doth call from this Most Glorious Horizon unto all who dwell in earth and heaven [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.202,

AB01659

300

Verily, those who quaffed the cup of the great martyrdom in the path of God, are favored

DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v09#10 p.120

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04636

200

Arabic

ان اللوح یلوح بین السموات و الارض و به نزل الروح و نطق الروح الامین ان الذین

Verily, this Tablet shineth betwixt heaven and earth, and through it hath the Spirit descended, and the Faithful Spirit hath proclaimed that they who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#170,

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00378

Fi’l-Khuar

420

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من عبد الله الیک فی حکم ما سئلت منی ان اعلم انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و ما انا من المشرکین و لقد اشتبه الامر عندالناس فی حقی بما اظهرت مما اعطانی الله

Verily, this is a Book from the servant of God unto thee concerning that which thou didst ask of me. Know thou that I am a servant who hath believed in God and His signs, and I am not of them that join partners with Him. And indeed the matter hath become confused among the people concerning me by reason of that which I have manifested from what God hath bestowed upon me [3.5s]

INBA91:180.08-182.10

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BB00135

Kitab al-Hujja I

1400

Arabic

بسم الله الممتنع الممتنع. و ان هذا لکتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه اسم نبیل قبل علی ذکراً من عنده فی العالمین ان یا نبیل قبل علی فاشهد علی انه لا اله الا انا ذوالالاهین

Verily, this is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him whose name God hath made the name of Nabil-before-Ali, a remembrance from His presence unto all the worlds. O Nabil-before-Ali! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Me, the Lord of all divine attributes [3.5s]

CMB_F23.078v09-082r18 (17),

Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MSBR.206-207

BH02193

400

mixed

ان الخادم الفانی یصیح امام وجه العالم و یذکر ما فاز به اذنه باصغاء ما تکلم

Verily, this evanescent servant crieth out before the face of the world and maketh mention of that which his ear hath attained through hearing what was uttered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#049,

MAS8.149x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise and encouragement

BH05290

180

Arabic

ان الیوم ینادی و یقول یا قوم قد ظهر مظهر الامر و به نفخ فی الصور

Verily, this Day proclaimeth and declareth: O people! The Manifestation of the Cause hath appeared, and through Him the Trumpet hath been sounded [3.5s]

INBA41:220, BLIB_Or15713.262b,

LHKM1.109

Call to action; Living waters; water of life; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BB00582

Letter to Hajj Sulayman Khan (from Medina)

110

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد سطرت من ید الذکر هذا علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم غیب السموات

Verily, this book has been written by the hand of this, the Remembrance, Exalted and Wise. Verily, he is exalted upon the straight path. Verily, he knows the invisble world of the heavens and the earth

INBA91:029.10-030.04, INBA_5019C:299-300?, , INBA_6012C.261-262, , CMB_F28.7.03-04,

TZH2.059-060

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.09, FHR#03.22?, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.14?, AHDA.610.12, SRC.191, SRC.192

BB00318

as-Silsilatu'th-Thamaniyya

590

Arabic

Inquiry and Revelation

بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. و لقد ورد الی الیوم کتاب من عبدالله عبدالجلیل فاعلم یا ایهاالواقف علی خط القیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک

Verily, there hath come unto me this day a letter from 'Abdu'llah 'Abdu'l-Jalil. Know thou, O thou who art acquainted with the sacred script, that in the margin there appeareth that which resembleth the blessed handwriting [3.5s]

INBA14:503-506, INBA67:169-172, INBA69:434-437, INBA_4011C:156-159, , INBA_5006C:365-367, , INBA_6004C:198-200, , INBA_6006C:085-087, , PR07.071v-072r, AEWB.217-221,

NSS.073-075

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Outward and inward meanings; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.192x2

BH07208

140

Arabic

قد نزلت الایات علی شان لایحصیها احد الا الله العلیم الخبیر قد یجول القلم الاعلی فی

Verily, the verses have been sent down in such wise that none can reckon them save God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The Most Exalted Pen moveth through [3.5s]

INBA44:178a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01041

800

Arabic

ان الغیب فی هیکل الشهود یبشر العالم باسمه الأعظم ولکن الناس اکثرهم لا یفقهون

Verily, the Unseen, manifest in the Temple of Being, proclaimeth unto the world His Most Great Name, yet most men comprehend it not [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.144b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09233

100

Arabic

ان المشرکین ارادوا ان یطفوا نور الله بجنودهم و قاموا علی اخماد نار سدرتی قل

Verily, the ungodly sought to extinguish the Light of God with their hosts, and arose to quench the fire of My Lote-Tree. Say [3.5s]

AQA6#200 p.028a

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH10170

Arabic

ان المشرکین جعلوا اهلی و احبتی اساری

Verily, the ungodly have taken My kindred and loved ones captive [3.5s]

MAS4.157ax

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08665

110

Arabic

ان العالم من عرف المعلوم اذ اتی باسمه القیوم و العارف من سرع الی المعروف اذ

Verily, the truly learned is he who hath recognized the Known One when He came with His name, the Self-Subsisting, and the mystic is he who hath hastened unto the Sought-After one when [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.006b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.044b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08042

120

Arabic

ان الشجر ینوح و المدر یصیح و الحجر یبکی لهذا المظلوم الذی ورد علیه فی سبیل

Verily, the trees lament, and the clods cry out, and the stones weep for this Wronged One Who hath suffered in the path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.041c,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09750

Arabic

ان السدره تذکر الورقه من اوراقها و امه من امائها و انا المشفق الکریم لاتحزنی

Verily, the Tree maketh mention of one of its leaves and a handmaiden from among His handmaidens, and I am, verily, the All-Compassionate, the Most Bountiful. Be thou not grieved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.285d,

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09230

100

Arabic

ان الشجره تذکر ورقه من اوراقها و تذکرها فضلا من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم

Verily, the Tree doth remember one of its leaves, and remembereth it as a grace from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA41:018a

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09751

Arabic

ان السدره تنادی علی البقعه الحمرآء و یدع الکل الی الله مالک الاسماء یشهد بذلک

Verily, the Tree doth call out upon the Crimson Spot, summoning all unto God, the Lord of Names, thus doth it testify [3.5s]

INBA27:079b

YMM.029

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03523

260

Arabic

قد نطقت السن الکائنات بذکر منزل الایات و لاحت الوجوه من انوار وجهه العزیز

Verily, the tongues of all beings have spoken forth to make mention of the Revealer of Verses, and every face hath been illumined

BLIB_Or11095#308,

AQA6#193 p.022, VAA.209-210

ADMS#104

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard

BH03980

230

Arabic

ان اللسان فی ملکوت البیان یدع الکل الی الافق الاعلی المقام الذی فیه تنطق

Verily, the Tongue in the Kingdom of Utterance calleth all unto the Most Exalted Horizon, the Station wherein it speaketh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.355c,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH06938

140

Persian

ان اللوح یظهر مرة علی هیکل الانسان و یدع الکل الی العزیز الوهاب

Verily, the Tablet appeareth once in the temple of man and calleth all unto the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.275b, , BLIB_Or15724.183,

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06641

150

Arabic

قد اشرقت شمس الحقیقه و التبیان اذ ظهر الانسان من افق المشیه و الاقتدار من اراد ان

Verily, the Sun of Truth and Exposition hath dawned, inasmuch as Man hath appeared from the horizon of Will and Power. Whoso desireth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.125c,

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10761

Arabic

ان الشمس ارادت ان ترسل الیک تجلیا من تجلیات اسمها الاعظم

Verily, the Sun hath desired to send unto thee a revelation from among the revelations of Its Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.143a, , Berlin1237#17

BH03319

270

Arabic

ان الشمس ارادت ان ترسل الیک نورا من انوارها علی هیئته کلمات الله و نفحات

Verily, the Sun desired to send unto thee a light from among its lights in the form of the words of God and divine fragrances [3.5s]

INBA23:263

Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00153

3440

mixed

قد اتی ربیع الذکر و البیان و الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون نبذوا امر الله عن ورائهم

Verily, the springtime of remembrance and utterance hath come, yet most of the people comprehend not, having cast behind their backs the Cause of God [3.5s]

AQA6#219 p.064

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement

BH08037

120

Arabic

ان الخادم اتی لیطبخ من ورق الصین و یشرب منه مولیه القدیم طبخ و احضره لدی

Verily, the servant in attendance hath come to brew from the leaves of China that his Ancient Lord might drink thereof. He hath prepared it and brought it before Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.039b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.129b,

Eulogies; reminiscences; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls

BH01398

610

mixed

ان الخادم یحب ان یزین راس کتابه بما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان و یجعله سجیه

Verily, the servant in attendance desireth to adorn the head of his book with that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án, and to make it his practice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.450,

MSHR3.315x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00660

1150

mixed

ان الخادم یشهد بما شهد مولاه انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و اعترف بما اعترف سلطانه

Verily, the servant beareth witness even as his Lord hath witnessed that there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominant, the Self-Subsisting, and acknowledgeth that which his sovereign hath acknowledged [3.5s]

PYB#407 p.23

BH08045

120

Arabic

ان القیوم قد ظهر بالحق و قام علی الامر بسلطان مامنعته الظنون و الاوهام انه

Verily, the Self-Subsisting One hath appeared in truth and hath arisen to establish the Cause with a sovereignty that no doubts or vain imaginings can withhold [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.041b,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03451

260

Arabic

ان الصخره تنادی و القوم لا یسمعون ان السدره تنادی و القوم لا یفقهون ان النار تنطق

Verily, the Rock crieth out, yet the people hear not; verily, the Sacred Tree doth call aloud, yet the people comprehend it not; verily, the Fire speaketh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.136, , BLIB_Or15728.162b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.031,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09227

100

Arabic

ان الذکر ینادی یا ملا البیان اتقوا الرحمن و لا تکونوا من الظالمین ان اذکروا وصایای

Verily, the Remembrance calleth out: O people of the Bayán! Fear ye the All-Merciful, and be not among the oppressors. Remember ye My counsels [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.054e,

BH08039

120

Arabic

ان الذکر ینادی بین الارض و السماء تالله قد اتی المذکور بامر لایقوم معه من

Verily, the Remembrance calleth out betwixt earth and heaven: By God! The Remembered One hath come with a Cause before which none can stand [3.5s]

ABDA.313

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU0860

Words spoken on 1916-07-09 in Haifa

350

Persian

خواندن کتب خوب است بر اطلاعات می افزاید اهمیت در این است که علوم و فنون از قلوب انسان نبعان کند. اینهمه علوم و فنون که پیدا شده از این است که از قلوب نبعان

Verily, the reading of books is praiseworthy and increaseth knowledge. Of paramount importance is that sciences and arts should spring forth from the hearts of men. All these sciences and arts that have appeared have emanated from the hearts [3.5s]

SFI14.327-328, ZSM.1916-07-09

Contemplation; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB11559

Arabic

ان النقطه المجمله للمعانى قد تفصلت على وجه الانحلال باضمحلال انیتها فاصبحت معنى لائحاً

Verily, the Point that containeth all meanings hath, through the dissolution of its selfhood, been fully unfolded, and hath emerged as a manifest truth [3.5s]

RHQM2.1036-1036 (481) (296-297)

BH06426

150

Arabic

ان القلم یصیح و القلب ینوح فاعتبروا یا اولی الابصار لعمری لو نطلق زمام القلم

Verily, the Pen crieth out and the heart lamenteth. Take ye heed, O ye who are endued with insight! By My life, were We to loose the reins of the Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#210,

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06424

150

Arabic

ان البحر علی صوره الانسان یمشی و یوصی العباد بما ینفعهم فی عوالم ربهم

Verily, the Ocean, in the form of a man, walketh and counselleth the servants with that which shall profit them in the worlds of their Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.300a, , BLIB_Or15730.095c,

AHB_134BE #05-06 p.004

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH10166

Arabic

ان البحر اراد ان یرسل الیک لئالی الحکمه و البیان لتجذبک و یقربک الی الله مولی الانام

Verily, the Ocean willeth to send unto thee pearls of wisdom and utterance, that they may attract thee and draw thee nigh unto God, the Lord of mankind [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.180a,

Praise and encouragement

BH05839

170

Arabic

قد ماج بحر البیان و هاج عرف الرحمن و القوم

Verily, the ocean of utterance hath surged, and the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted, yet the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.005b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God and human limitations

BH06941

140

Arabic

ان النبیل یذکر عبده النبیل لیفرح بذکر مولاه و یکون من الشاکرین ان اجمع امورک

Verily, the Noble One maketh mention of His noble servant, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of his Lord and be numbered among the thankful ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#332,

AYBY.031a, LDR.244

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03605

250

Persian

ان البحر الاعظم اقبل الیک من شطر السجن لیریک لئالی الحکمة و البیان

Verily, the Most Great Ocean hath turned unto thee from the prison-precinct, that it might reveal unto thee the pearls of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.128b, , BLIB_Or15724.157,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03978

230

Arabic

ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یذکر موجا من امواجه لیجذبه الذکر الی مقام تنطق فیه

Verily, the Most Great Ocean desired to make mention of one of its waves, that this mention might draw it unto the station wherein it would speak [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.130a,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BB00057

Du’a’a’r-Rabi’ li’l-Avval

3000

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء الابهی من الله رب الآخرة و الاولی علیک یا نقطة البیان بالغدو و الآصال

Verily, the Most Glorious Splendor from God, Lord of the First and Last, be upon thee, O Point of the Bayan, both in the morning and at eventide [3.5s]

MKI4494.036, BYC_pray.148.19-162.11

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09231

100

Arabic

ان القلم الاعلی یذکر ورقه من الاوراق التی مانقضت المیثاق اذ اظلمت الافاق یا

Verily, the Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of one of the leaves who broke the Covenant when the horizons were darkened, O [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.010a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.053b,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH05663

170

Arabic

ان القلم الاعلی یذکر من سمع الندآء اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء و یبشر الکل بما اشرق

Verily, the Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of him who hearkened unto the Call when it was raised betwixt earth and heaven, and announceth unto all that which hath shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.258a,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BB00349

Ziyarat li-Hurufi’l-‘isma

500

Arabic

بسم الله الملک الحق المبین. و ان اعلی جواهر جوهریة و اعلی طرائز طرزیة التی اشرقت و الاحت ثم اشرقت و ضیائت من ساحة

Verily, the most exalted of essences and the loftiest of ornaments, which first dawned and then shone resplendently, casting its radiance from the precincts.. [4o]

PR02.078r08-079r02x, PR03.051v21-052v20x

Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08040

120

Arabic

ان السدره تنادی باعلی الندآء و تدع الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم من الناس من

Verily, the Lote Tree calleth aloud with the most exalted call, summoning all unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people there are those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.148b, , BLIB_Or15730.065b, , NLAI_22848:360, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p186r, , MKI4522.360,

AQA2#040 p.199

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04146

220

Arabic

ان النور سطع فیهذا الحین من افقی المبین و نطق باعلی الندآء و قال یا اهل ناسوت

Verily, the Light hath shone forth in this hour from the manifest horizon, and hath raised the most exalted call, saying: O dwellers of the mortal realm [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.178a,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04965

190

Arabic

ان النور ینادی و النار تنادی طوبی لاذن سمعت و فازت بما اراده الله فی یومه

Verily, the Light calleth and the Fire doth summon! Blessed is the ear that hath heard and attained unto that which God desired in His Day [3.5s]

INBA27:458, BLIB_Or15713.220a,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05032

150

Arabic

ان طبقات النور النازله من السماء تحف مرقدک الباهر و جدثک الطیب الطاهر یا من

Verily, the layers of light descending from heaven encompass thy resplendent resting-place and thy sacred and pure tomb, O thou [3.5s]

HHA.179, NJB_v04#06 p.004

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Visitation Tablets

BH03187

280

Arabic

ان السماء باعلی الندآء تنادی و تقول قد اتی الموعود بسلطان غلب عوالم المعانی

Verily, the heaven with its most exalted call proclaimeth and declareth: The Promised One hath come with a sovereignty that hath conquered the realms of meaning [3.5s]

INBA19:142, INBA32:130, BLIB_Or15713.114,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10534

Arabic

ان سماء العطاء ارادت ان ترسل الیک نجما من انجم العرفان من شطر اسمها الرحمن

Verily, the heaven of bounty hath willed to send unto thee a star from among the stars of divine knowledge from the direction of the Name, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.143b,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08044

120

Arabic

ان القطره ارادت ان تمنع البحر و الذره ان تستر الشمس بطین الظنون و الاوهام قد

Verily, the drop sought to withhold the ocean, and the atom desired to veil the sun with the clay of idle fancies and vain imaginings [3.5s]

INBA51:094b, KB_620:087-088

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04963

190

Arabic

ان السدره ارادت ان تذکر ثمره من ثمراتها و تبشرها بعنایتها و فضلها و تذکرها بما

Verily, the Divine Tree desireth to make mention of one of its fruits, and to gladden it with tidings of its tender mercy and bounty, and to make mention unto it of that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.130b,

FRH.180-181

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07488

130

mixed

ان السدره ارادت ان ترسل الیک ثمره من اثمارها و ورقه من اوراقها و ذکرا من

Verily, the Divine Tree desireth to bestow upon thee a fruit from among its fruits, a leaf from among its leaves, and a remembrance from its remembrances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.141b,

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00648

490

Persian

ولکن مشکلات اینجاست که هر بدبختی خطاای کند این صادقان که اطاعت و صداقت و خیر

Verily, the difficulty lies herein: whenever a hapless soul errs, it is those who are sincere, obedient, and virtuous who bear the burden [4o]

QT108.123-124

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BH06043

160

Arabic

ان السحاب ینادی باعلی الندآء بین الارض و السماء و یقول یا قوم ??الله قد اتی

Verily, the clouds cry out with most exalted call between earth and heaven, saying: "O people! By God, He hath come!" [3.5s]

AYBY.123, AQMJ2.047ax

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06632

150

Arabic

قد ارتفع الندآء بین الارض و السماء طوبی لاذن فازت و للسان اجاب و لقلب اقبل و

Verily, the call hath been raised between earth and heaven. Blessed is the ear that hath hearkened unto it, the tongue that hath answered it

AQA6#268 p.262, ADM2#026 p.046x

ADMS#014a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06937

140

Arabic

ان الکتاب ینطق و القوم لا یسمعون و القلم یغرد و الناس لایعرفون و اللوح ینوح بما

Verily, the Book speaketh forth, yet the people hear not; and the Pen warbleth, yet mankind perceiveth not; and the Tablet lamenteth inasmuch as [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.206e,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations

BH03452

260

mixed

ان الکتاب ینادی یا ملا الاحزاب لعمر الوهاب قد اتی یوم الماب ضعوا ما عندکم و خذوا

Verily, the Book proclaimeth: O tribes of the earth! By the life of the All-Bountiful One, the Day of Return hath come! Cast aside what ye possess and take [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.220c,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08909

110

Arabic

قد اشرق کتاب الفجر من افق الامر و اضائت به الدیار هذا یوم فیه تنطق الاشیاء

Verily, the Book of Dawn hath risen from the horizon of My Revelation, and through It the land hath been illumined

INBA34:335a, INBA73:117, BLIB_Or15707.209, , BLIB_Or15735.351a,

AQA1#220, AQA7#325 p.004a

ADMS#008

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09753

Arabic

ان الکتاب بنفسه ینطق ولکن الناس لایفقهون ان المکنون ظهر و یری و القوم

Verily, the Book itself speaketh, yet the people comprehend it not. Lo, that which was hidden hath become manifest and visible, but the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.064c,

ABDA.077

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH07485

130

Arabic

ان البیان ینادی بهذا الاسم و یطوف حول اراده ربه ولکن القوم فی وهم مبین انا

Verily, the Bayan calleth out unto this Name and circleth round the will of its Lord, yet the people remain in manifest error [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.004b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.039b,

ASAT2.105x

Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB10248

Arabic

Predictions and prophecies

یا امه الله ان ذلک الطفل مولود و موجود و سیکون له من امره عجبا تسمعین به

Verily, that child is born and is alive and from him will appear wondrous things that thou wilt hear of in the future.

AKHA_105BE #04 p.05, AKHA_103BE #13 p.41, QT105.1.288, AYT.454, DUR3.239, YHA2.577, BHQ.220, BYM.009, ANB.060, PPRP.002, NFQ.020a, KNSA.187, MATA.260, KHH1.341 (1.475)

TAB.484, MNYA.260, PPRL.002

BH00236

2590

mixed

ان الحمد یحمد الله ربه و یقول یا ملا الابرار و یا ملا الاخیار یوم یوم من است

Verily, praise doth praise God his Lord and saith: O Concourse of the Righteous and O Company of the Chosen Ones! This is the Day [3.5s]

INBA31:188

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07738

130

Arabic

قد حضر من احبتی و فاز بما کان مسطورا من قلمی فی لوح امری و کتابی

Verily, one from among My loved ones hath appeared and attained unto that which was inscribed by My Pen in the Tablet of My Command and My Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.255b,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2146

Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji

120

Persian

تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است

Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-23

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Muhammad; Islam; Personal instructions

BH08050

120

Arabic

ان قلمی الاعلی اراد ان یذکر احد افنانی الذی اتخذ لنفسه فی ظل ربه مقاما و فاز

Verily, My Most Exalted Pen hath desired to make mention of one among Mine Afnán who hath chosen for himself a station beneath the shadow of his Lord and hath attained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15703.058,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection

BH11000

Arabic

ان قلمی الاعلی اراد ان یذکر فی الاول افنانه الذی اقبل فی اول ایامه و قام علی

Verily, My Most Exalted Pen desireth to make mention, at the outset, of My Afnán who advanced in his earliest days and arose [3.5s]

ASAT1.158x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH04637

200

mixed

ان قلبی اقامنی علی ذکر القلبین و التوجه الی القبلتین ولو انهما علیهما بهاء

Verily, My heart hath moved Me to make mention of the two hearts and to turn towards the two Qiblihs, though upon them both be glory [3.5s]

AYBY.178

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1836

Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa

160

Persian

خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است

Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-08

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2846

Words spoken on 1915-09-08

Persian

زن و مرد باید فی الحقیقه رفیق باشند غمخوار یکدیگر باشند موافقنشان از روی حقیقت باشد

Verily, man and woman must in truth be companions, consoling one another, and their concord must be founded upon reality [3.5s]

GHA.160

Equality of men and women; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BB00578

120

Arabic

و انک لتعلم انی رایت فی المنام من قبل فی ذلک البیت الذی انا کنت جالسا فیه ان وسطه مرقد

Verily, know that I previously saw in a dream in that House [the Kaaba?] where I was sitting that in its midst was a masoleum on which was a domed sepulcher. When I approached the masoleum, I saw Muhammad al-Jawwad exit from the sepulcher

AVK1.322.19

Accounts of dreams and visions; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH04635

200

Arabic

ان العدل یقول ما حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و الفضل ینادی و یقول یا مولی العالم

Verily, Justice declareth: "Thy letter hath come into the presence of the Wronged One," and Bounty calleth out, saying: "O Lord of the world!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.234b,

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10711

Persian

جناب رشید جمشید نامهای دوستان را حرز جان نموده حتی در این سامان نیز همراه

Verily, Jinab-i-Rashid Jamshid hath treasured the names of the friends as an amulet of the soul, bearing them even in these parts [3.5s]

ALPA.088, YARP2.105 p.126

AB11330

Arabic

ان جمال الذین السائح الشهیر فى کل اقلیم الناشر لرائحة محبة الله اصبح سائحا

Verily, Jamal-i-Din, the renowned traveller throughout every clime who diffuseth the fragrance of the love of God, hath become a wayfarer [3.5s]

MSBH8.140

Eulogies; reminiscences; Stories; anecdotes

BH09808

mixed

بلی بر جمیع اصحاب و احباب لازم است که بر سرایر محبت جالس باشند و بر رفارف

Verily, it behoveth all companions and loved ones to be seated upon the thrones of love and upon the pavilions thereof [3.5s]

INBA38:056c

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0194

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

910

Persian

بلی در این امر شمشیر نفحات الهیه است آن شمشیر میکشت این جان می دهد

Verily, in this Cause, the sword is the divine breezes of God; the physical sword took life, whereas this one bestows life eternal [4o]

KHH2.256-261

Contention and conflict; Growth of the Cause; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU2455

Persian

در قرآن کلمهٴ فان خفتم الا تعدلوا فواحدة دلالت بر این مینماید که عند الله حکم واحد مقبول است

Verily, in the Qur'an the words "if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably, then one only" betoken that in the sight of God the decree of unity is acceptable [3.5s]

AVK4.174.09

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Laws of marriage and dowry

BH04147

220

Arabic

ان فی تغمس البهاء فی بحر البلاء و تقمصه قمیص القضاء لایات لاولی الابصار ان یا

Verily, in the immersion of the All-Glorious One in the ocean of tribulation and His assumption of the garment of destiny there are signs for them that possess insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#257,

BRL_DA#198

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hypocrisy; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11830

121

Arabic

ان فی خروج جمال القدم من ارض السر و دخوله فی الحبس الاعظم لایات للامم

Verily, in the departure of the Ancient Beauty from the Land of Mystery and His entrance into the Most Great Prison are signs unto the nations [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.075

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00669

Ziyarat-i-Hurufi’l-Vahid

640

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فان کنت مثل ذلک الیوم یوم الجمعة بین یدی من یظهره الله طوبی لک لیکفیک عن زیارة حروف الواحد

Verily, if upon such a day - the Day of Friday - thou shouldst find thyself in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, blessed indeed art thou, and this shall suffice thee in place of visiting the Letters of Unity [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.077-080, MKI4515.012v-015r

Apocalyptic imagery; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Visitation Tablets

ABU0708

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

410

Persian

واقعا اگر در ادوار سابق از برای نفوس شکی و ریبی و شبهه ئی بود از این بود

Verily, if in the bygone ages there lingered any doubt, uncertainty or misgiving in the hearts of men, it was for this reason [3.5s]

KHH2.287-290

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Words vs deeds

BH11676

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

Verily, I say, fasting is the supreme remedy and the most great healing for the disease of self and passion

BRL_IOPF#1.17x

Rosalynd & Pascal

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06015

130

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

Verily, I read thy magnificent letter, thy brilliant writing, and found its meanings as the chanting of the verses of guidance

TAB.075

AB12039

120

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity

Verily, I place my brow upon the dust, turn my face towards the Lord of Lords, and invoke Him with all fervour and attraction

BRL_ATE#076

AB12043

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

Verily, I beseech God to cast upon you the glances of the eye of His mercy, to raise you up through His celestial power

BRL_ATE#079

BB00649

Seal of the Báb

Arabic

اننی انا حجة الله و نوره

Verily, I am the proof of God and His light

CMB_F23.132v14-133v04 (33), , CMB_F25.4,

TZH3.068c, QISM.001

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH11555

Seal of Baha’u’llah #17

Arabic

اننی انا وجه الله الانور

Verily, I am the face of God, the most luminous.

KHSH04.017

KSHK#19

BB00164

Li-Harfi’l-Avval

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الاول الاول. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاصلین علی کل ادلائی من اول الذی لا اول له الی آخر الذی لا آخر له و اننی انا خیرالمصلین

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I shall assuredly shower My blessings upon all My chosen guides, from the Beginning that hath no beginning unto the End that hath no end, and verily I am the most gracious of those who bestow blessings [3.5s]

BYC_pray.021.21-024.23

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Letters of the Living; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00523

Li’l-Khalil

180

Arabic

الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له کباناً دائماً اننی انا الله لا الله لا الله الا انا لاکون الی آخر الذی لا آخر له کباناً دائماً ان یا اسم الرحیم

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have existed from the beginning that hath no beginning as an eternal Being. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, and I shall endure unto the end that hath no end as an eternal Being. O Name of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

PR03.085v14-085v21, PR20.083, CMB_F23.176v03-176v14 (60),

MANU.037-038

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Infinity and eternity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00129

Li-Akhiri’l-Mu’min

1400

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون اننی قد کنت ازلاً قدیماً من قبل و من بعد

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have created all things by My command, and whatsoever is other than Me is My creation. Say: O My creation! Worship Me alone. Indeed, I have been from all eternity the Ancient of Days, before and after [3.5s]

TZH2.389-393

Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

AHDA.462.03z?

BB00540

Lawh-i-Naw-Ruz

160

Arabic

Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some

الله اعظم هوالاعز الاجل الامنع الارفع الاقدس من الله تعالی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له نواراً [ ] اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی اخر الذی لا اخر له نورا

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. From the beginning that hath no beginning, I have been a Light, and verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. Unto the end that hath no end shall I remain a Light [3.5s]

AHDA.297

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Tablet revealed by the Bab upon his arrival in Máh-Kú, and named after Mulla Nowruz Ali. [source]

BB00210

Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal

940

Arabic

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal

Lawh-i-Vasaya

بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and

INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx

LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MSBR.206-207x

BB00234

Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa

880

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Saddening another soul

AHDA.461.02?

BB00005

Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes)

98000

mixed

Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification; Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n; Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A; Gate of the Heart

Kitáb-i-Panj Shan (Book of Five Modes); Lawh-i-Hurufat (Tablet of the Letters)

بسم الله الائله الائله. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الائله الائله بسم الله الاله الاله بالله الله الاله الاله بسم الله الموله الموله

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most High, the Most High. In the Name of God, the Divine One, the Divine One. By God, the Divine One, the Divine One. In the Name of God, the Lord Supreme [3.5s]... ...God has not created anything without creating a trace of the elixir within it

INBA01:001-088x, INBA64:085.02-094.05x, INBA82:002-016x, INBA82:066-078x, INBA_6007C.494-541x, PR02.053v07-060r04x, PR02.069r01-075r17x, PR02.154r01-159v28x, PR03.040v05-042v06x, PR03.089v26-136r16x, PR03.241v07-245r27, CMB_F23.002v04-076r03x, , CMB_F15, CMB_F25.3, BLIB_Or5612, BLIB_Or6680, BN_6143, BN_6518 p.002v, MKI4488.134r-315rx, , KB_panj, HBH_panjshan, HBH_panjshan2, BYC_collect3.045-062x, BYC_panj

PANJx, MAS7.114-18x, RBB.098-100x, RBB.109x, MBA.203-209x, MBA.276-293x, MBA.301x, MBA.314-326x, AHDA.467x?, OOL.A012, OOL.A019x

RBB.015-016x, GOH.174-178x, GOH.184-185x, GOH.393fn17x, GOH.191x, GOH.245x, GOH.292x, GOH.348-349x, GOH.368x, MNP.220-222x, HURQ.BB59x, BLO_PT#046x, BLO_alchemy

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Adam; Adam and Eve; Alchemy; the elixir; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Creation of the world; Da'iras and haykals; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Exhortations and counsels; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Names and attributes of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.446.6, AHDA.459.01x, MMAH.038, MMAH.062, SRC.088-090, SRC.093-095, SRC.189, SRC.190, SRC.281, GOH.036

Last part is known as the Lawh-i-Hurufat

BB00242

Kitabu’l-Huzn

820

Persian

هو الاجود الاوهب الالطف الاکرم ... بسم الله الاجود الاجود .... انی انا الله لا اله ا لا انا الأجود الأجود شهد الله الخ ان یا جواد فلتقمص نفسک ثم کل شئ قمیص الحزن

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful. God doth testify… O Thou Bountiful One, thou shalt clothe thyself, and then all things, in the garment of grief [3.5s]

PR03.156v01-157r13x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BB00292

Li-Ismi’l-Akhir

660

Arabic

بسم الله الاخر الاخر. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الآخر الآخر لم یزل کنت ازلاً قدیما و لا یزال لاکونن ازلاً قدیما بما قد خلقت ما قد خلقت من اول الذی لا اول له

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Last, the Last. I have ever been from time immemorial and shall forever remain from time immemorial, inasmuch as I created whatsoever I created from a beginning that hath no beginning [3.5s]

BYC_pray.020.02-021.19

Manifestation of God as mediator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00111

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

1600

Arabic

بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الأءزل الأءزل إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا الأقدم الأقدم إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قديما من قبل ومن بعد کلٌ إيَّاي يعبدون

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Eternal One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Ancient One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, existing from time immemorial, before and after all things. Unto Me alone shall all worship be rendered [4o]

INBA_6007C.255-262

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05289

180

Arabic

ان المظلوم یذکرک لوجه الله و یذکرک بایاته المهیمنه علی من فی السموات و

Verily, He Who is Wronged maketh mention of thee for the sake of God, and remembereth thee through His verses that hold sway over all who are in the heavens and [3.5s]

INBA23:013

BH06978

140

Arabic

انه وصی العباد و من فی البیان بهذا الظهور الظاهر من افق العالم ولکن ملا

Verily, He counseled the servants and them that were in the Bayán concerning this Manifestation that hath dawned from the horizon of the world, yet when [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.046e,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11409

Seal of Baha’u’llah #09

Arabic

شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی و اذا ینطق فی هذا الافق فی کلشیئ بانی

Verily, God testified of Himself through His self that I am living in the most glorious horizon. Whereupon I announce to all things that verily I am God

INBA51:532a

KHSH04.016, ASAT3.169x, AMIN.017#4

KSHK#19

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10169

Arabic

ان الله یذکر امه من امائه لیاخذها جذب الایات و یقربها الی الله مظهر البینات

Verily, God maketh mention of His handmaiden from among His handmaidens, that she may be seized by the rapture of His verses and drawn nigh unto God, the Manifestor of clear proofs [3.5s]

AQA5#015 p.019b

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement

BH10533

Arabic

ان الله قد قدر لکل امر میقات اذا جاء الوعد ینزل ما قدر فی ملکوت القضاء لاهل

Verily, God hath ordained a time for every matter. When the promise cometh to pass, that which hath been decreed in the Kingdom of His command shall be revealed [3.5s]

INBA19:186b, INBA32:169c

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH08927

110

Arabic

قد سمع الله ندآء احبائه من الاشطار و کان طرف الله متوجها الیهم فی کل الاحوال

Verily, God hath heard the cry of His loved ones from every quarter, and His gaze hath remained fixed upon them in all conditions [3.5s]

INBA73:342a, NLAI_BH1.469, NLAI_BH2.213b

Chastisement and requital; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB12278

200

Persian

والله یحب المحسنین حقا که محسنی و متحصن در حصن حصین لهذا محفوظ و مصونی

Verily, God cherisheth the doers of good, for they, like unto a fortified and steadfast citadel, are ever shielded and preserved [4o]

INBA85:311

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

BH10168

Arabic

ان الکرم ینادی الملک لله العزیز الکریم طوبی لکل کریم اقبل الی بحر الکرم و

Verily, Generosity proclaimeth: "The Kingdom is God's, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful." Blessed is every generous soul that hath turned unto the ocean of bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.072a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Generosity [kirama]; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02838

310

Arabic

انا نذکر من قلمی الاعلی من سمی بمحمد فی ملکوت الانشاء و ذکرناه من قبل فضلا

Verily, from My Most Exalted Pen I make mention of him who hath been named Muhammad in the Kingdom of creation, and whom We did aforetime remember as a bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.090,

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03320

270

Arabic

ان الوفاء قد ظهر فی هیکل الجلال علی احسن الجمال و خاطب من فی العالم و قال

Verily, fidelity hath appeared in the Temple of Glory with most beauteous perfection and hath addressed all who dwell in the world, saying [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.052c,

BH08639

110

Persian

البته وجه را اخذ نمائید و لکن بقسمی مرغوب یعنی اسباب کدورت بمیان نیاید

Verily, collect ye the dues, yet in a manner most befitting. That is, let no cause for vexation arise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.097e,

BH02465

360

mixed

ص د ق ذکر رحمه الله من شرب رحیق الایمان و اقبل الی افق الرحمن متمسکا بحبله و

Verily, blessed is he who hath quaffed the wine of faith and turned towards the horizon of the All-Merciful, clinging fast unto His cord [3.5s]

AQA7#389 p.103, NNY.068-069, NNY.199-200

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09226

100

Arabic

ان البهاء ینطق فیهذا الحین الذی ینوح لحزنه الملا الاعلی و سکان مدائن الاسماء

Verily, Bahá speaketh in this hour wherein the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the Cities of Names lament in their grief [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.009.14,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03619

250

Arabic

انا کنا نمشی فی السجن اتت من سماء البیان طیر العرفان و کانت مغرده بما انجذبت

Verily, as We were walking in the prison, there descended from the heaven of utterance the Bird of Divine Knowledge, warbling with that which drew hearts unto rapture [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.017, , BLIB_Or15734.1.033,

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH05310

180

Arabic

انا نلقی الایات من لوحنا المحفوظ الی الذین وجدوا عرف الله و توجهوا الیه بقلوب

Verily We send down the verses from Our preserved Tablet unto those who have found the fragrance of God and have turned unto Him with hearts [3.5s]

INBA15:274a, INBA26:274

PYK.051

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00204

Ma Qala’l-Mir’at

970

Arabic

بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا

Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08

Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08704

110

Arabic

انا وجدنا الانسان راقدا ایقظناه و رایناه بعید اقربناه و کلیما انطقناه لینطق

Verily We found man asleep; We awakened him, and seeing him afar, We drew him nigh, and being mute, We caused him to speak [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.026a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.095a,

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01460

590

Arabic

انا اخبرنا الناس بایام الشداد و ما یحدث فیها فی لوح عز مسطور الذی سطر فیه ما

Verily We forewarned mankind of the days of tribulation and that which would come to pass therein, in a glorious and preserved Tablet wherein was inscribed that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.488,

BRL_DA#667

Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3011

Words spoken in Dec. 1919

Persian

ما دولت عادله را دوست داریم هر دولتی باشد پادشاه قدیم ایران انوشروان اگر چه

Verily we cherish every just government, whatsoever it may be, even as the ancient Persian sovereign Anoshirvan, though he was [3.5s]

NJB_v11#19 p.342

AB10186

Verily thy letter reached Me, and I noted its contents, and the severe trials which surround thee from all sides. Be not sorrowful on this account

BSTW#445x

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04259

220

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک بمحضر ربک الفیاض و توجه الیه وجه القدم فضلا من عنده انه لهو

Verily thy book hath attained unto the presence of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, and the Countenance of the Ancient of Days hath turned towards it, as a token of His grace. He verily is [3.5s]

INBA51:603

LHKM3.158

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Praise and encouragement

AB01095

380

Arabic

و انک انت یا الهی سبقت رحمتک و کملت موهبتک و احاطت قدرتک کل الاشیاء فخلقت

Verily Thou, O my God, Thy mercy hath preceded all else, Thy bounty hath been perfected, and Thy power hath encompassed all things, and thus didst Thou create [3.5s]

Ghazi3072.153-156

BRL_DAK#1009, MKT1.206, BSHN.140.108, BSHN.144.108, MHT2.180

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BB00399

Letter to the Hanafi Imam

390

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم. ثم قد فصلت آیاته باذن ربک على صراط مستقیم

Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise. Then were its verses expounded by the leave of thy Lord upon a straight path [3.5s]

INBA91:023.04-025.04

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Need for an educator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.09

BB00287

Letter to Mulla Husayn I (from Medina)

670

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم عنت السموات و الارض و ما کان الناس فیه تختلفون

Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it standeth exalted upon the straight path. And thy Lord knoweth well the travail of the heavens and of the earth, and that concerning which men are at variance [3.5s]

INBA91:010.09-014.06

Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Justice and wrath of God; Law of pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

FHR#03.01

BB00333

Letter to Sulayman, Sharif of Mecca (addressing the people of Mecca)

540

Arabic

Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی صراط الله فی السموات و الارض ینزل الیک من الآیات بلسان عربی متین

Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it followeth the Path of God in the heavens and on earth, revealing unto thee verses in a mighty Arabic tongue [3.5s]

INBA91:025.06-028.07, INBA_6012C.257-260, , CMB_F28.7.01-02,

AHDA.104

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#03.19, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.12?, MMAH.035, SRC.191, SRC.192

BH00239

2560

mixed

ان الذین سافروا و هاجروا الی الله اولئک لهم اجر عظیم طوبی لاهل النون الذین

Verily they who have journeyed and migrated unto God, theirs shall be a mighty reward. Blessed be the people of Nún who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#245, , BLIB_Or15710.034,

TABN.327

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03069

290

Arabic

ان المظلوم اراد ان یرسل الیک کلمه من ام الکتاب و موجا من امواج بحر رحمه ربک

Verily the Wronged One desireth to send unto thee a word from the Mother Book and a wave from the waves of thy Lord's mercy [3.5s]

INBA51:054, BLIB_Or15695.020, , KB_620:047-048

ADM1#018 p.048x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08919

110

Arabic

Belief and denial; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

قد بشر لسان القدم من فی العالم بظهور الاسم الاعظم و یشهد له بین الامم انه هو

Verily the Tongue of the Ancient gives glad tidings to those who are in the world concerning the appearance

BNEP.078, NJB_v12#08 p.152

SW_v08#14 p.184, SW_v11#14 p.234, BSC.255 #527, BSTW#127

BH02784

320

Arabic

Lawh-i-Hikmat

قد دمدم الرعد و ارتفع هزیز الاریاح و فالق الاصباح فی هذا الشتاء یامر قلمه

Verily the thunder hath rumbled and the howling of winds hath risen, and He Who splitteth the dawn, in this winter, doth command His Pen [3.5s]... ...Say: We have set ablaze the Fire of Utterance in the contingent world, and it is not among the elements which were explained to you and which ye know

INBA51:404, BLIB_Or15729.135, , NLAI_22848:329, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p169r, , MKI4522.329,

AQA2#012 p.177, ANDA#19 p.34x

BLO_failayn

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02288

390

Arabic

قد فتح باب الفردوس الاعلی و خرجت منه طلعه من الطلعات و سارت الی ان قامت فوق

Verily the gate of the highest paradise was flung open, whereby emerged the incomparable Beauty... All things rejoice and clap their hands

BLIB_Or15726.094,

KNSA.033x, KNSA.288x

MNYA.028-029, MNYA.398x, ADMS#159

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU1892

160

Verily the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth.

LOG#2051x, SW_v08#12 p.148x, BW_v01p061

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH06940

140

Arabic

ان النار تنطق انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الوهاب و النور ینادی قد اتی من کان مذکورا فی کتب

Verily the Fire proclaimeth: "There is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Bestower," and the Light calleth aloud: "He Who was mentioned in the Books hath come." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.225,

Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04145

220

Arabic

ان النار تنطق فی السدره الله لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و النور من افق

Verily the Fire hath proclaimed from the Tree on Sinai: "God, and none other besides Him, is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting!" And the Light from the horizon [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art the Almighty and worthy of all praise, the Lord of majesty, the Everlasting. I testify that Thy grace hath enveloped me

INBA51:519

ADM1#053 p.100x

JHT_S#131x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH10167

Arabic

ان السدره تنادی بین البریه و تدع الکل الی الله رب العالمین و تذکر فی هذا

Verily the Divine Tree calleth aloud amidst creation, summoning all unto God, the Lord of the worlds, and maketh mention in this [3.5s]

INBA19:110b, INBA32:102a

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

BH11728

370

Arabic

قد اتی المیقات و اتی منزل الایات من سماء الامر بقوه لاتضعفها ظلم الاشرار

Verily the decreed time has arrived and the Revealer of verses has come from the Heaven of His Cause with a power that will not be weakened by the tyrannies of the evil-doers

BRL_DA#412, TZH5.390-391, TISH.238-239

RIDA.112-114

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03606

250

mixed

ان الکتاب ینادی امام وجوه العالم قد ظهر المکنون الذی کان مستورا عن العیون و

Verily the Book proclaimeth before the faces of the world: He Who was hidden, Who was concealed from all eyes, hath appeared [3.5s]

INBA51:509

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH08666

110

Arabic

ان الکتاب بنفسه ینادی و یقول یا قوم قد اتی الوهاب علی السحاب ان انظروا وجه

Verily the Book itself proclaimeth and saith: O people! The All-Bountiful hath come upon the clouds. Behold ye His countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.133b,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BB00663

Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr

1200

Arabic

انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی

Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.154-160

ABU3670

Words of Abdu'l-Baha in 1919

310

Verily it is so. They are now in Paradise. The German friends are pure, their hearts are overflowing with love, their whole beings are filled with the Cause of God

BBBD.473-474

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Universal peace; world unity

BH07009

140

mixed

براستی میگویم امروز روزیست که آفاق مدائن عالم بانوار اسم اعظم منور گشته

Verily I say, this is the Day wherein the horizons of the cities of the world have been illumined by the lights of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.191,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB12047

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

Verily I say unto thee: I am with you in heart and in spirit. I delight in your joy and my spirit rejoiceth in your happiness

BRL_ATE#080

AB12029

170

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

Verily I say unto thee that if thou be steadfast in this Cause, and arise with all thy power to promote the Word of God

BRL_ATE#077

BH01615

540

mixed

قد ارسل الی حضرتک عریضه من قبل و تلک مره اخری لان کلما یتوجه الیک احد یشتعل

Verily I have sent unto thy presence a petition aforetime, and this is yet another, for whenever anyone turneth unto thee, they are set aflame [3.5s]... ...Blessed the palate that savoreth its sweetness, and the perceiving eye that recognizeth that which is treasured therein

INBA28:046

BRL_DA#113, AVK1.010bx, AVK1.010.10x

GPB.216x

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.279, LL#098

BH00199

2880

mixed

قد فزت بکتابک الذی کان مزینا بذکر المقصود و مطرزا بثناء محبوب العالمین طوبی لک

Verily I have received thy letter, which was adorned with the remembrance of the Desired One and embellished with the praise of the Beloved of the worlds. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BRL_DA#486, AVK3.089.16x, AVK3.445.10x, AVK3.451.15x, SFI14.006-012, ASAT5.054x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00556

150

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers

فاننی انا یا الهی عبدک وفقیرک وسائلک ومسکینک ونازلک ومستجیرک ما کان رضائی

Verily I am Thy servant, O my God, and Thy poor one and Thy suppliant and Thy wretched creature

SWBP#30 (p.123-124)

SWB#31 (p.174-175), BPRY.128-130

Asher & Jasmin

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00330

550

Arabic

و اننی انا القائم الذی کل ینتظرون یومه و کل به یوعدون قد خلقتی الله بامره و جعلنی قائما

Verily I am the Promised One, Whose Day all await and unto Whom all have been promised. God hath created Me through His command and made Me to stand [3.5s]

MBA.327-328x

Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

BB00658

Letter to Rahim

4900

Arabic

بسم الله الامدد الامدد. و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له خیرالائلهین و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی آخر الذی لا آخر له خیرالائلهین ... ان یا اسم الابهی اذا غربت الشمس لم یحط علم بانها فیمن و لا یطلع الا یوم من یظهره الله ذلک رب العالمین

Verily I am God; there is no God but Me! From the beginning that hath no beginning I have been the Best of creators, and verily I am God; there is no God but Me, and unto the end that hath no end I shall ever remain the Best of creators... O Name of the All-Glorious! When the sun hath set, none knoweth wherein it dwelleth, nor shall it rise again save on the Day of Him Whom God shall make manifest, that Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.471-482

BH08102

120

Arabic

انی انا الله لا اله الا انا الرحمن الرحیم انی انا الله لا اله الا انا

Verily I am God, there is no God but Me, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. Verily I am God, there is no God but Me [3.5s]

INBA83:027a, BLIB_Or15723.031a,

BRL_DA#287, AQA4#072a p.000

Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00666

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

810

Arabic

Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما

Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn)

INBA_6007C.063-067

GOH.198-199x

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00020

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

12400

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء

Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures.

INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x

ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002

SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x

C. Serrano (8:10)

A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter in length than the Persian Bayán, the Arabic Bayán contains eleven full unities, whereas the Persian Bayán ends with gate 10 of the ninth unity. The parts of the Arabic Bayán that are not matched by the Persian Bayán (from gate 11 of the ninth unity to the end of the eleventh unity) were written after the Persian Bayán was completed. This work is sometimes assumed to have been written before the Persian Bayán for the simple reason that it seems as if the latter is an elaboration of the former. In reality, however, like the Persian Bayán, most of the Arabic Bayán was written in Mákú, although the last sections may have been written in Chihriq.

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Contention and conflict; Law of burial and cremation; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368

see also BB00001 Persian Bayan

BH00545

1360

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا

Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth

BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072

BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x

GWB#074x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#394

BB00416

Fi Mas’alati’l-Bada’ (Letter on the alteration of the Divine Will) (part I)

360

Arabic

بسم الله المنشأ العلیم الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. قد ابتدء باختراع الکلمات فی ثبات اهل السبحات

Verily hath begun the fashioning of words in establishing those who dwell in the realms of divine glory [3.5s]

INBA67:172-174, INBA_4011C:137-139, , INBA_6004C:200-202, , INBA_6006C:078-079, , PR07.066v-067r, AEWB.221-226,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.057, SRC.190, SRC.192x2

BH09232

100

Arabic

ان الله و سفرآئه و اولیائه یشهدون علی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الوهاب قد نطق

Verily God, His Messengers and His chosen ones bear witness that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.039c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.130a,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06427

150

Arabic

ان الله و ملیکته و اصفیائه و سفرائه و اولیائه یکبرون الذین شربوا کوثر الاستقامة

Verily God, His angels, His chosen ones, His messengers and His loved ones glorify them that have drunk from the Kawthar of steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.024b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.090b,

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BB00022

Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala

10700

Arabic

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها

Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible

INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393,

TZH3.139.10-139.15x

GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x

Alchemy; the elixir; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079

BB00146

Answer to Shaykh ‘Ali

1300

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان الله هو السلام و منه السلام و علیه السلام و الیه یرفع السلام سبحانه و تعالی لا اله الا هو ثم السلام فی السلام عن السلام الی السلام محمد رسول الله صلی الله علیه و آله سر احرف التوحید

Verily God is Peace, and from Him cometh Peace, and upon Him resteth Peace, and unto Him ascendeth Peace - glorified and exalted be He! There is no God but Him. Then Peace within Peace, from Peace unto Peace - Muhammad, the Apostle of God, upon Him and His kindred be Peace - the Mystery of the letters of Unity [3.5s]

ASAT4.370x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11219

Arabic

ان السدره تذکر افنانها فضلا من عندها و الکتاب یذکر حروفاته و البحر امواجه و

Verily doth the Tree make mention of its branches as a token of its grace, and the Book of its letters, and the Ocean of its waves [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.114a,

ABU2434

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

Persian

بخت النصر هم خیلی به بنی اسرائیل مصیبت داد از بسکه بنی اسرائیل متردد

Verily did Nebuchadnezzar bring grievous affliction upon the Children of Israel, inasmuch as they wavered exceedingly in their faith [3.5s]

KHH2.267-268

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship

BB00508

Ziyarat for the ten letters

200

Arabic

انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل من آمن بالله و آیاته علیکم یا ایتها الحروف

Verily all glory from God, and from all them that have believed in God and His signs, be upon you, O ye Letters [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.040-041

BB00667

Ziyarat for the Point

800

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المقدسة ثم الجلال علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعة

Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O thou sacred dust, and all exaltation be upon thee, O thou sanctified earth [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.197-201

BB00389

Ziyarat for the last [to believe]

400

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا جوهر البهآء ثم الجلال علیک یا جوهر الجلال ثم الجمال علیک یا جوهر الجمال

Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O Essence of Glory! Then all Majesty be upon thee, O Essence of Majesty! Then all Beauty be upon thee, O Essence of Beauty! [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.266-268

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BB00233

Ziyarat for Mulla Husayn

880

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المتقدسه ثم الجلال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعه ثم الجمال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المرتفعة

Verily all glory from God be upon thee, O sacred dust, and all majesty from God be upon thee, O hallowed ground, and all beauty from God be upon thee, O exalted earth [4o]

MKI4494.012

BB00654

Tafsir al-Hamd

2100

Persian

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول و من تشابه ذلک الواحد حیث لا یری فیه الا الواحد الاول و بعد فاشهد

Verily all glory from God be upon the first Vahid and upon them that bear likeness unto that Unity, wherein naught can be seen save the first Vahid. And then bear thou witness [3.5s]

BYC_sayyed

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God and human limitations

BB00223

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

900

Arabic

انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الأنور و من یشابه ذلک النور من أدلائه الأظهر الأظهر

Verily all glory from God be upon His Most Luminous Light and upon them that resemble that Light among His most manifest guides [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.061-065, MKI4515.046r-050r

Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BB00678

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

1800

Arabic

و إنما البهاء علیک ان یا هیکل الأول ثم الجلال علیک ثم الجمال علیک

Verily all glory be upon thee, O primal temple, and all majesty be upon thee, and all beauty be upon thee [3.5s]

MKI4515.028v-037v

BB00153

Ziyarat for the two hidden names

200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیکما یا ایهما النوران النیران و الاسمان العالیان و الکلمتان الممتنعان

Verily all glory be from God upon ye both, O ye two resplendent and luminous Lights, ye two most exalted Names, and ye two impregnable Words! [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.069-070, MKI4515.028r-028v

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06635

150

Arabic

قد ارسل الیک کتاب کریم انه من البهاء و انه بسم الله الابدع الاعز الاقدس العلی

Verily a glorious Book hath been sent unto thee. It is from Bahá, and it beginneth with the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Mighty, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.325b,

BB00193

Mina’z-Zahiri fi’l-Mir’at

1100

Arabic

بالله الله العلم القدر. و س اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا السلطان المقتدر قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و اننی انا کنت نصاراً منتصراً

Váv. Sín. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me, the Sovereign, the All-Powerful! Through My command have I created all things, and I, verily, am the Helper, the Victorious [3.5s]

MANU.036-036x

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2908

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

Vanity is a form of egotism, an excessive desire for notice of approval of one's personal appearance or deeds. It is self-conceit and self-hypnotization.

DAS.1914-05-10

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Satan; the Evil One

AB03046

220

Arabic

علیکم ایها النجوم الزاهره و البدور الباهره و الشموس الساطعه التحیه و الثناء

Upon you, O resplendent stars, radiant moons, and shining suns, be greetings and praise [3.5s]

ABDA.316-317, NJB_v05#19 p.006

Eulogies; reminiscences; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets

BH10614

Arabic

علیک یا ایها المتوجه الی الله بهاء ربک الابهی طوبی لک بما شربت سلسبیل اللقاء من ایادی

Upon thee, O thou who hast turned toward God, be the Glory of thy Lord, the Most Glorious! Blessed art thou, for having quaffed the pure waters of reunion from His hands [3.5s]

INBA15:269c, INBA26:270a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Presence of; reunion with God

BH02333

380

Arabic

علیک یا مهدی ذکر الله و تکبیره ان افرح بما یذکر لدی العرش اسمک فی اکثر الاحیان

Upon thee, O Mahdi, be the remembrance of God and His glorification! Rejoice thou in that thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne time and again [3.5s]... ...Know thou that upon Our arrival at this Spot, We chose to designate it as the 'Most Great Prison.' Though previously subjected in another land

INBA51:533

ASAT4.130x

GPB.185x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03858

240

mixed

علیک یا حاء بهاء الله و رحمته و عنایه الله و فضله الحمد لله بخدمت امر علی ما

Upon thee, O Ha, be the glory of God, His mercy, His loving-kindness and His grace. Praise be unto God for thy service to His Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#080, , BLIB_Or15710.070,

Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH07720

130

Arabic

علیک یا حامل البلاء و المنفی فی سبیل الله مالک الاسماء و المسجون بما اعرضت عن

Upon thee, O bearer of tribulations and exile in the path of God, the Lord of Names, O thou Who art imprisoned for having turned away [3.5s]

INBA42:252

KHSH08.005

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00428

340

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. علیک سلام الله ما لاح کوکب و ما تغرد و طیر العماء و دف مجمل القول فی سجن الجبل نیست ما را از قضای حق گله عار ناید شیر را از سلسله

Upon thee be the salutations of God while the stars shine and the celestial birds sing. In brief, though confined in the mountain-prison, we harbour no complaint against the decree of God; the lion feeleth no shame in its chains [3.5s]

KHSH6.006, MSHR5.233x

Degrees of faith; certitude; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00248

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

800

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و إن علیک سلام الله ثم سلام کل من آمن به من قبل و من بعد علیک یا أیتها الشمس المشرقة

Upon thee be the peace of God, then the peace of all who believed in Him, before and after, O thou dawning Sun [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.262-266

Manifestation of God as mirror; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

BH06619

150

mixed

علیک سلام الله و رحمته قد راینا کتابک و قرئناه لا تحزن عما ذکر فی الکوز ان ربک لهو البحار

Upon thee be the peace of God and His mercy! We have beheld thy letter and read its contents. Grieve thou not over that which was mentioned concerning the cup, for verily thy Lord is the Ocean [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#284,

ASAT5.200x

BB00478

Ziyarat for the last [to believe]

260

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ان من بهاءالله علیک ابهاه و من جلال الله علیک اجله و من جمال الله علیک اجمله

Upon thee be the most resplendent glory of God, and upon thee be the most exalted majesty of God, and upon thee be the most beautiful grace of God [4o]

INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Visitation Tablets

AB07084

120

Arabic

علیک التحیه الوفیه و الثناء الجمیل ایها الجلیل الذی فدا روحه فی سبیل ربه تحت

Upon thee be the most faithful greetings and most beauteous praise, O thou noble one who hast sacrificed thy soul in the path of thy Lord [3.5s]

TSHA3.572, MSBH1.245

BH02620

340

mixed

ع ل علیک بهاء الله العزیز العلام و سلامه فی اللیالی و الایام جناب نیاز افندی

Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, and His peace throughout the nights and days, O Niyáz Effendi [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.087a, , LEID.Or4971?,

Justice and mercy; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#065, LL#066

BH01035

810

mixed

م ه علیک بهاء الله مولی الاسماء ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یرسل الیک موجا من

Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Names! Verily, the Most Great Ocean desireth to send unto thee a wave from [3.5s]

INBA41:182

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02524

350

mixed

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

ح س علیک بهاء الله رب العالمین لازال نامه های آنجناب که بعبد حاضر ارسال نمودند... سبحانک یا الهی لو لا البلایا فی سبیلک

Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all worlds! The letters which thou didst dispatch to this servant have never ceased to arrive [3.5s]... ...Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized

BLIB_Or15716.062.03,

BRL_DA#693, PMP#092x, ADH1.007x

PM#092x, BPRY.220-222x

Niaz & Adrian

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Call to action; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.390, LL#181

BH04765

200

mixed

علیک بهاء الله و ما ینبغی لسماء فضله و سحاب جوده و بحر الطافه الذی احاط

Upon thee be the Glory of God, and whatsoever befitteth the heaven of His grace, the clouds of His munificence, and the ocean of His favors that hath encompassed [3.5s]

MSHR4.275x

Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09046

Arabic

علیک بهاء الله و علیک سلام الله یا من آمن بالله و آیاته و صدق بکلماته و تشبث بذیل

Upon thee be the glory of God and upon thee be the peace of God, O thou who hast believed in God and His signs, and hast testified to His words, and hast clung to His hem [3.5s]

TISH.209, ANDA#67-68 p.122

Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB05938

140

Arabic

علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و رحمته و رضوانه یا من آمن بالله و ایقن بایاته و صدق

Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise, and His mercy, and His favor

LMA1.432, NYMG.138

NYR#103

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00583

1300

mixed

علیک بهاء الله و ذکره ثم ثناء کل الاشیا عما خلق بین الارض و السما فی کل زمان و

Upon thee be the glory of God and His mention, and then the praise of all created things between earth and heaven throughout every age [3.5s]

AYBY.159, SFI16.045x

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02598

340

Arabic

ح س علیک بهاء الله و عنایته قد کنت مذکورا لدی المظلوم و یذکرک فیهذا الحین ان

Upon thee be the glory of God and His loving-kindness! Thou hast been remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and He maketh mention of thee at this moment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.127c,

BRL_DA#699

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB07085

120

mixed

علیک بهاء الله و ضیائه یا من اشتعل قلبه من نار محبه الله

Upon thee be the Glory of God and His effulgence, O thou whose heart is set ablaze with the fire of the love of God [3.5s]

MSHR3.195x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB07767

110

Arabic

علیک نفحات الله علیک جذبات ایات الله ایتها الورقه النورانیه و الفریده

Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee the raptures of God's verses, O luminous and unique leaf [3.5s]

PYK.288

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04956

160

Arabic

علیک نفحات الله و علیک تحیات الله و علیک صلوات الله و علیک برکات الله و علیک

Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee be the greetings of God, upon thee be the prayers of God, upon thee be the blessings of God, upon thee be His grace [3.5s]

TSHA3.577

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Shrines and Holy places

AB05419

150

Arabic

علیک نفحات الله و علیک جذبات الله و علیک فیوضات الله و علیک تحیات الله ایها

Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee be the attractions of God, upon thee be the outpourings of God, upon thee be the greetings of God, O thou [3.5s]

MAS9.117

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH03994

230

mixed

اول سلام نطق به لسان العظمه قبل خلق الارض و السماء علیک یا اسم الحاء و المشرق من

Upon thee be the first salutation uttered by the Tongue of Grandeur before the creation of earth and heaven, O thou Name of Há and Dawning-Place from [3.5s]

INBA97:028, BLIB_Or15714.127ax, , BLIB_Or15722.183b,

NNY.122x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02620

240

Arabic

علیک التحیه و الثناء یا فخر النساء المنتسبه الی الشجره المبارکه الثابته الاصل

Upon thee be salutations and praise, O pride of the female kindred of that Blessed Tree whose Root is firmly established

ASAT4.289, IQN.111

LTDT.278-279

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB03275

Tablet of Visitation for Manuchihr Khan

210

Arabic

علیک التحیه و علیک الثناء و علیک الصلاه و علیک البهاء یا سید الوزراء و ملیک

Upon thee be salutations and praise, and on thee rest blessings and glory, O leader of the ministers and sovereign of the rulers, O resplendent sun among the officials

AHB.126BE #05-06 p.140, AYT.195, DLH3.430

ADMS#260

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for martyrs

AB02621

240

Arabic

علیک الثناء و علیک البهاء و علیک التحیه من الجمال الابهی اشهد بانک صدقت

Upon thee be praise and upon thee be glory, and upon thee be greetings from the Most Glorious Beauty. I testify that thou hast spoken the truth [3.5s]

INBA13:153

TISH.279

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

BH06217

160

Arabic

علیک سلامی و رحمتی و عنایتی انشاء الله بذکر حق مشغول باشی و بخدمتش قائم

Upon thee be My salutations, My mercy and My loving-kindness! God willing, mayest thou be occupied with the remembrance of the True One and stand firm in His service [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.305b,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10238

mixed

ح س علیک بهائی ید ظلم اراده نموده انوار آفتاب عدل را ستر کند و نور امر را از

Upon thee be My Glory! The hand of tyranny hath sought to conceal the radiant rays of the Sun of Justice and to veil the light of the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.089a,

BRL_DA#697

Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04766

200

Arabic

Portion of Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí)

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí)

علیک بهائی و ذکری و رحمتی ثم ثناء کل شیء فی کل حین قد قرء بین یدینا کتابک

Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My mercy; then the praise of all things at every moment. We have read before Us thy letter [3.5s]... ...We hear thy cry and supplication at thy remoteness from the Dawning-Place of Light.

INBA42:250, BLIB_Or15725.346b,

EBTB.244, BLO_PT#065x

Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11886

160

mixed

ح س علیک بهائی و عنایتی از حق بطلب عباد خود را بر آنچه از افق اراده اشراق

Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness! Ask thou of God on behalf of His servants that which hath shone forth from the horizon of His Will [3.5s]

BRL_DA#700

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04176

180

Persian

علیک بهائه و نوره و ضیائه و عزه و ثنائه و

Upon thee be His glory, His light, His radiance, His might and His praise [3.5s]

LEID.Or4971-3

AB03853

190

Arabic

علیک التحیه و الثناء یا نظام الشریعه السمحه البیضاء و نظام الطریقه القویمه

Upon thee be greetings and praise, O thou embodiment of the luminous and gracious Law, and exemplar of the straight Path [3.5s]

ABDA.315-316

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11747

130

Arabic

علیک التحیه و الثناء و علیک الموهبه و الصلاه ایتها الحقیقه المنجذبه الی الله

Upon thee be greetings and praise, and upon thee be heavenly gifts and prayers, O thou who art attracted to the divine Truth [3.5s]

YIA.395a

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

AB00594

510

Arabic

علیک التحیه و الثناء و علیک البهاء و علیک السناء یا من خلق من جوهر الوفاء

Upon thee be greetings and praise, and upon thee be glory and splendor, O thou who art created from the essence of fidelity [3.5s]

INBA89:249

TISH.115-116, MSBH3.603-605, MSBH3.587x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00691

1120

mixed

س م علیک بهائی اسم جود علیه بهائی نامهای شما را بساحت اقدس در ایامیکه منظر

Upon thee be glory, O thou who bearest the name of Bounty, upon thee be splendor! Thy letters reached the Most Holy Court [3.5s]… ...The people of God should do all that lieth within their power to protect and preserve the Tablets.... ...The people of God should do all that lieth within their power to protect and preserve the Tablets. In the Land of Ṭá whatever there was in the homes

BLIB_Or15690.238, , BLIB_Or15699.130,

MJAN.054, AYBY.080

LOG#0326x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02408

370

Arabic

علیک البهاء یا مشرق الوفاء من لدی الله فاظر السماء اشهد بک تزینت مدینة العبودیة

Upon thee be glory, O Dayspring of Faithfulness from God! Behold the heaven, for through thee hath the City of Servitude been adorned [3.5s]

NNY.121x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07007

140

mixed

بر عظمت این یوم حق در جمیع کتب شهادت داده تفکر فیما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان

Upon the grandeur of this Day hath God borne witness in all the Sacred Books. Ponder that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.190d,

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH03822

240

mixed

در اول یوم ظهور دیباج کتاب وجود بکلمه مبارکه لا انساب بینکم مزین در آن یوم

Upon the first Day of the Manifestation, the brocaded pages of the Book of Being were adorned with the blessed words "No ties of kinship shall remain between you" on that Day [3.5s]

INBA15:291, INBA26:293, BLIB_Or15699.043a,

HDQI.152, PYK.219, ANDA#41-42 p.05

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0024

Public address given on 1912-08-27

2000

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Harmony of science and religion; Heat and motion; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Second birth; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Universal peace; world unity

Upon the faces of those present I behold the expression of thoughtfulness and wisdom

PUP#096 (p.284-289), FWU.057

ABU3164

Words spoken on 1913-07-28 in Ramleh

Up to the time I was 32 years [old], I never slept in bed, preferring always a piece of mat and as cushion I chose one or two books.

DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU1303

Words spoken on 1912-09-21 in Omaha

240

Persian

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

تا بحال انچه واقع شده جمیع سبب اعلآء امر الله بود مهاجرت جمال مبارک از طهران و حرکت از بغداد

Up to now, whatever has occurred has had the effect of spreading the Cause of God.

BDA1.262.01

MHMD1.280

ABU3506

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts.

BW_v13p1187

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Goodly deeds; actions; Words vs deeds

BH02858

Suriy-i-Dhabih 2

310

Arabic

Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih)

ذ ب قد ارسل الیک من یمن السبحان ما نزل لک من سماء رحمه ربک و منه تفوح رایحه

Unto thee hath been sent, from the right hand of the All-Glorious, what was revealed for thee from the heaven of the clemency of thy Lord

INBA34:197, NLAI_BH2.363

AQA1#060, AVK4.257.11x, ASAT3.010x, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B112.2

ADMS#243

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02283

390

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

سبحانک یا من تسمع ضجیج المنقطعین و صریخ المخلصین و تری ما ورد علیهم من طغاه

Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear to the sighing of them that have rid themselves of all attachment

INBA48:113, INBA49:034, BLIB_Or15739.208,

PMP#081, AQMJ1.071

PM#081

BH01780

500

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العرش و الثری و سلطانی و سلطان الاخره و الاولی بما

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, God of the throne above and of the dust below, my Lord,and the Lord of this world and the world to come, for having awakened me whilst I was slumbering

BLIB_Or15719.086,

ADM3#096 p.110

JHT_S#200

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB01871

290

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اوقدت فی زجاج القلوب سراج الهدی و نورت الابصار بسطوع

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, for Thou hast kindled the lamp of guidance within the glass of hearts and illumined all eyes with radiance [3.5s]

MSBH3.405

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08434

120

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اوقدت سراج احدیتک بین سمائک و ارضک و امددته بدهن حکمتک و

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, for having kindled the lamp of Thy oneness betwixt Thy heaven and Thy earth, and for having sustained it with the oil of Thy wisdom [3.5s]

INBA92:405b

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10647

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما هدیت اولیائک الی البحر الاعظم بجودک و فضلک و سقیتهم منه

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, for having guided Thy companions to the Most Great Ocean in Thy grace and generosity, and for having given them to drink therefrom

ADM3#020 p.030

JHT_S#180

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech

BH10384

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الثناء یا مقصودی و لک البهاء یا مالک الارض و السماء بما

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, and unto Thee be glory, O my Heart's Desire, and unto Thee be splendor, O Lord of earth and heaven [3.5s]

INBA84:154a, INBA84:086a, INBA84:027a.01, BLIB_Or15728.117a,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04053

230

Arabic

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن

Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou art God, and that there is none other God besides Thee.

PMP#135, NFR.060

PM#135

BH06686

150

Arabic

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی سجن فی العکا و تریه یا الهی

Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name Who hath been shut up in the prison-town of Akka

INBA51:459

PMP#048

PM#048

BH00173

3160

mixed

خدمت شارب کاس معانی حضرت اسم جود علیه بهاء الله الابدی عرض میشود نامه آنمحبوب

Unto him who drinketh from the chalice of divine significance, His Holiness the Name of Bounty, upon him be the everlasting glory of God, these words are submitted: The letter of that loved one [3.5s]

MJAN.079, AYBY.216b, MUH3.256x, MSHR2.345x, NSS.117-118x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00397

400

Arabic

بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتظهر المهیمن. و لله الهاء کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله ذا هاء عظیما

Unto God belongeth the transcendent Essence [Há'], both in the past and in the future, and God hath ever been possessed of transcendent Glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.010r02-010v16,

BB00296

660

Arabic

بسم الله المتنور المتعطر المتجب المتعظم. و لله بهاء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله ذا بهاء عظیما

Unto God belongeth the splendor of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God is possessed of surpassing glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.007v09-009r06,

BB00401

390

Arabic

بسم الله المتجلل المتجمل المتفضل المتکفل. لله ملک السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله علی کل شیء قدیرا و لله

Unto God belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath power over all things [3.5s]

MANU.075-076

BH01004

830

Arabic

لله علم السموات و الارض و قد تجلی باسمه العلیم علی کل الاشیا طوبی لمن اقبل

Unto God belongeth the knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and He hath manifested Himself through His Name, the All-Knowing, upon all things. Blessed is he who hath turned [3.5s]

AQA6#239 p.138, MAS8.026ax

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10032

Arabic

و لله غیب غیب السموات و الارض و لن یصل بغیبه احد لا من اهل سرادق البقا و لا

Unto God belongeth the hidden mystery of the heavens and of the earth, and none shall attain unto His mystery save them that dwell within the pavilion of eternity, nor any else [3.5s]

INBA51:308a

LHKM3.062c

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04532

210

Arabic

لله ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین قل کل الاسماء اسمی و ما خلق برهانی طوبی

Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Say: All names are My names, and whatsoever hath been created is My testimony. Blessed be [3.5s]

INBA23:058a, INBA34:291

AQA1#156

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00406

380

Arabic

بسم الله المتذخر المتعفظ المتنظر المتعزز. و لله ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله علی کل شیء قدیرا و لله بهاء

Unto God belongeth all that is in the heavens and upon the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath power over all things. Unto Him be all glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.003r08-004r01,

BB00299

640

Arabic

بسم الله المتشکر المتقدم المتکرم المتعظم. و لله البهاء کله و انا لنستبهین بالله فی کل حین و قبل حین و بعد حین

Unto God belongeth all Glory, and verily we seek illumination from God at every moment, both aforetime and hereafter [3.5s]

CMB_F20.006r12-007v08,

BB00488

250

Arabic

بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. و لله الامر کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله علی کل شیء قدیر

Unto God belongeth all Command, both in the past and in the future, and God is, verily, powerful over all things [3.5s]

CMB_F20.026r05-026v06,

BB00405

380

Arabic

بسم الله المتسخر المتجذب المتکبر المتقدر. و لله الامر کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله ذا اکر عظیما

Unto God belongeth all Command, both in the past and in the future, and God is, verily, possessed of supreme majesty [3.5s]

CMB_F20.009r07-009v19,

BH03263

280

Arabic

لله عمل المخلصین الذین حرکتهم حقیق سدرة

Unto God are the deeds of the sincere ones who are moved by the truth of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

MSHR4.310-311x

BH11577

2410

mixed

ابصار را خبر مینمائیم و بشارت میدهیم خود را از مشاهده آثار مقصود عالم و مالک

Unto every eye we announce the glad-tidings: behold ye the signs of the Lord of the world and its Possessor [3.5s]... ...Peerless is this Day, for it is as the eye to past ages and centuries, and as a light unto the darkness of the times.

BRL_DA#246, YIA.187x

ADJ.079x, GPB.099x

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05836

170

Arabic

قد قدر لکل شیء غذآء من لدی الله المعطی المنعم الکریم قد قدر للعین نعمه

Unto all things hath been ordained sustenance from God, the Bestower, the Bountiful, the All-Generous. For the eye hath been ordained grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.062d,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH08162

120

mixed

جمیع امم را در کتب قبل باین یوم مبارک بشارت دادیم و کل هم منتظر مع ذلک چون شمس

Unto all peoples have We given, in the Sacred Books of old, the glad-tidings of this blessed Day, and all were waiting; yet when the Sun [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.110b,

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3591

Words to Inez Cook spoken in Apr. 1920

Until the sun rises in the West, the door of repentance will remain open.

PN_1920 p113

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Predictions and prophecies; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU1602

Words spoken on 1913-06-11 in Paris

Persian

Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Unity of governments; political unity

تا دولت و ملت مانند شهد و شیر آمیخته نگردند نجاح و فلاح ممتنع و محال است

Until the government [of Persia] and its people become commingled, even as milk and honey, their success and prosperity will remain entirely unattainable

BDA2.345-346

MHMD2.459

ABU1830

Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22

160

Persian

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy

تا حال واقع نشده که از شرق شخصی بغرب بیابد محض انبعاثات وجدانی و ملاقات دوستان الهی

Until now it never happened that someone from the East, impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God... A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place

BDA1.325.14

MHMD1.344

ABU1902

160

Until now it has been said that all religions were composed of tenets that had to be accepted, even if they seems contrary to science.

ADP.102-103

Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Priestcraft; The mind's power of discovery

ABU0144

Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa

1050

Persian

لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند

Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s]

NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3247

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Unser Verhältnis zu Gott, dem Herrn, muß auf zwei Grundpfeilern ruhen: williges Unterordnen des eigenen Willens unter den Göttlichen und Aufrichtigkeit

SDW v13#11 p.112

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Knowledge; recognition of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU2795

Words to Mr King from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24

Unless a man give his whole thought to a subject, he cannot comprehend it fully. He must give his mind to the thing, be free, and then he will understand it.

MAB.083

Effort; striving; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening

BH02600

340

mixed

حمد عمومی از ملکوت عنایت الهی ظاهر و در اینمقام شکر اشیا لازم که از حفیفش

Universal praise hath appeared from the Kingdom of divine bounty, and in this station thanksgiving is incumbent upon all things through His rustling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.017

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2967

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-10-30

Universal Peace is the best panacea for the diseases of the Islamic world

DAS.1913-10-30

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU1409

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

230

Unity is love. It cannot be established without love. Therefore try, as far as possible, to be filled with love.

SW_v08#10 p.121, BLO_PN#002

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2783

Words spoken on 1914-01-14

Unity is an ideal which is confirmed by the Almighty. When I hear the believers are united I am most happy. The Spirit of Baha'o'llah overshadows those souls

DAS.1914-01-14

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0483

Address to women's gathering at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-19

550

Undoubtedly you must be happy; if you are not happy, then who should be happy?... In all the former dispensations, men were considered superior to women.

BSTW#108

Call to action; Equality of men and women; Prophecy and fulfillment; Role and station of women; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2782

Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1913-12-29

Under what tumultuous times the foundation of this divine structure was laid! Owing to the false reports

DAS.1913-12-29

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places

ABU2931

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-09

Under all circumstances, I am happy and well. I am never unwell. The body of man is the result of the composition of the elements and these elements are constantly at war with each other.

DAS.1913-05-09

Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body

ABU2093

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

130

Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length

DAS.1915-04-22

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH08348

120

Arabic

قد ظهر الظلم علی شان عجزت عن ذکره الاقلام به ناح العدل و اخذت الظلمه کل

Tyranny hath manifested itself in such wise that pens are powerless to recount it; whereat justice hath lamented and darkness hath enveloped all [3.5s]

INBA84:208, BLIB_Or15734.2.013a,

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH08347

120

Arabic

قد ظهر الاعتساف فی کل الاطراف این اسیاف جزآئک یا مجزی العالمین قد حبس البهاء

Tyranny hath appeared on every side. Where are Thy swords of vengeance, O Avenger of the worlds? Bahá hath been imprisoned [3.5s]

INBA33:156x, BLIB_Or15730.148bx,

NFR.160

Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

AB11399

Persian

دو قطعه لوح که عکس اثر قلم اعلی مع عکس حضرت غصن الله الاطهر واصل گردید

Two Tablets - a photographic reproduction of the writing of the Most Exalted Pen, together with a photograph of His Holiness the Most Pure Branch - have been received [3.5s]

INBA17:232

ABU1180

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

270

Two or three years ago He wrote to some of the believers in America and also to Dr. Kheiralla, stating these events

PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p043

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition

ABU3666

490

Persian

دو مسئله است یکی عصمت کبری و یکی مسئله علم باری جمیع اینها بر دو قسم است

Two matters there are: one being the Most Great Infallibility, and the other being the question of divine knowledge. All these are divided into two parts [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0730

Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09336

100

Persian

دو امر عظیمست یکی عرفان نباء اعظم و آخر استقامت بر ان کینونت قبول

Two matters are of surpassing greatness: first, the recognition of the Most Great Announcement, and second, steadfastness in its acceptance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.127b,

Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11645

370

Persian

دو طغرا مکتوب آنجناب وارد ولی هیچیک تاریخ نداشت مکتوب اول حکایت جناب استاد

Two letters with your letterhead arrived, but neither had a date. The first letter tells the story of Jinab-i-Ustad [3.5s]

INBA85:400

BRL_DAK#0199, YIA.340-341

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise of Western values; culture; Smoking; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01363

340

Persian

دو مکتوب آنجناب در یکهفته واصل و بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید و از تفاصیلی که مرقوم

Two letters from you were received in one week and were studied with complete attention. From the details which [3.5s]

PYK.250

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0829

360

Persian

عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم که دشمنی در حق دوستان دارد

Two kinds of enmity there are: one is religious enmity, and one is personal enmity of the self that beareth rancor against the friends [3.5s]

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10035

Arabic

ول وجهک یا ایها المظلوم الی الذی ذکر اسمه فی السجن لیفرح بعنایه الله مقصود

Turn thy face, O Thou Wronged One, toward him who hath mentioned Thy name in the prison, that he may rejoice through the bounty of God, the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.009.01,

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10675

Arabic

ول وجهک یا قلم الی من سمی بالمجید ثم اذکره بما نزل علیک من لدن فالق الاصباح

Turn thy face, O Pen, unto Him Who hath been named the All-Glorious, and make mention unto Him of that which hath been sent down upon thee from Him Who cleaveth the dawn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.007.09,

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0348

Words spoken on 1915-03-28

680

Persian

معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان همدیگر بریزند

Tumult hath seized the earth, chaos reigneth, and all souls are moved to rise up one against another [3.5s]

KHF.071, KHAB.455 (456), KHTB3.040, NJB_v05#12 p.003

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Supreme tribunal; War and peace

BH06123

160

mixed

حق جل جلاله اهل عالم را مخصوص معرفت خود خلق فرموده و جمیع را بطراز دانائی

Truth, glorified be His glory, hath created the peoples of the world for His knowledge, and hath adorned them all with the ornament of wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.100b,

BRL_DA#357, SFI12.020

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

BH00520

1420

mixed

حق ناطق و آیات مشرق سبیل واضح دلیل مشهود ولکن اهل ارض باوهام مشغول و از

Truth speaketh, and the verses shine forth; the path is manifest, and the proof evident; yet the people of the earth remain occupied with vain imaginings and are [3.5s]

INBA23:269

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2295

110

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf

BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164

BH07596

130

mixed

حق ظاهر و از افق اقتدار مشرق بگو ملاحظه نمائید که چگونه عالم را بحرکت آورده

Truth hath appeared and from the horizon of might hath dawned. Say: Observe ye how it hath set the world in motion [3.5s]

INBA19:100, INBA32:092a

NSS.121

Apocalyptic imagery; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

ABU3624

Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit.

SW_v08#08 p.098

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3622

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-09

Trustworthiness is the most brilliant jewel in the diadem which crowns man's heavenly attributes.

DAS.1912-12-09, SW_v08#02 p.025

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04634

200

Arabic

ان الامانة شمس اذا اشرقت من افق سماء حکمة اضائت منها الافاق و قدر لها

Trustworthiness is even as the sun: when it dawneth from the horizon of wisdom's heaven, it illumineth all regions, and thus hath it been ordained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.037b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.125b,

Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2894

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

Trust thou wholly in God, and be entirely detached from this world. Then the comfort of this world also will be thine. All these men that thou art beholding

DAS.1913-12-03

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3416

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

Trust in God. Be kind to thy fellow-men, fill the world with the spirit of love.

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3108

Truly I say unto thee, every maidservant who arises in this day in the mystery of sacrifice in the path of God

SW_v07#12 p.115-116

Angels; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0646

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-03

450

Truly I say this is the most prodigious catastrophe and the most ill-boding calamity which has ever taken place on this globe. According to a number of reports already more than 2 million souls are killed or wounded.

DAS.1915-02-03

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0444

Words spoken on 1914-02-13

580

Persian

فی الحقیقه صعود حضرت ابی الفضائل بلیه ای بود از برای اهل بها در جمیع ممالک دنیا

Truly I say the departure of Mirza Abdu'l-Fazl is an irretrievable loss for the people of Baha.

NJB_v05#01 p.005

DAS.1914-02-13

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of learning; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB03885

190

Truly I say many societies are organized in America for the promotion of the thought of peace and universal brotherhood.

CHU.074

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Means of establishment of future civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0743

Words spoken on 1914-01-18

400

Truly I say if at every moment we praise Baha'o'llah a hundred thousand times for His bounties and gifts, we shall be unable to express adequately

DAS.1914-01-18

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1323

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18

240

Truly I say I am well satisfied with both of you... There are many heralds in this world. Here is a herald who summons the people to the love and defense of his country

DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v05#14 p.216-217, SW_v08#16 p.217-218, PN_1914 p100

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0272

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-02

780

Truly God has created all the beings, but has created them that they may be educated. And every existing being is endowed with two perfections - creative and educative.

PN_1900 p027, PN_1900 p050, BSTW#169h

Education and the development of capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal education

ABU2828

Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris

Persian

Growth of the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

اهمیت در حالات و شئون روحانی است اگر شما منجذب بنفحات روحانی باشید

True significance lies in states of spirituality. Should you all be captivated by the sweet savours of spirituality, then I shall always be with you

BDA2.182

MHMD2.231

BH00201

2810

mixed

ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی

True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men

INBA28:366

AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007

PDC.143x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2646

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

True Religion has nothing to do with human imagination. God's Will is independent of human opinion. Personal ideas and mere human prejudice are the great obstacles to spiritual growth.

TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104

Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Unity in diversity; Word of God is its own standard

ABU0472

560

True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure

SW_v13#05 p.102-104

Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2379

Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

100

Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may behold vast and desert places where once lay peopled towns

PN_1911 p017

Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB00003

Maqaliy-i-Shakhs Sayyah (A Traveller's Narrative)

22000

Persian

Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A; Traveler's Narrative, A

Travelers Narrative, A (book)

در خصوص شخص معروف بباب و حقیقت احوال اینطائفه روایات مختلفه و تفاصیل

Touching the individual known as the Bab and the true nature of this sect diverse tales are on the tongues

CMB_F56, IOM.100-101

TNP, AVK3.203.01x, AVK3.210.12, AVK3.214.06x, AVK3.223.01x, AVK3.286.11x, AVK3.473.16x, OOL.C021

TN, GPB.055x, GPB.066x, GPB.075x, GPB.113x, GPB.133x2x, GPB.143x, GPB.159x5x, GPB.197x, GPB.201x, TDH#158.18x, STAB#116

"The ablest and most valuable presentation of the early history of the Faith and of its tenets." (Shoghi Effendi) Recounts events in the life of the Bab and in the lives of His followers and illustrates the character of the Baha'í revelation with numerous quotations from Baha'u'llah's Writings.

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Empty learning; false spirituality; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Growth of the Cause; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

PN_1919 p023

BH07479

130

mixed

امشب که شب سه شنبه نوزدهم ماه حقیقی است دستخط اسمین اعلیین باینفانی رسید و

Tonight, which is the eve of Tuesday, the nineteenth of the True Month, there hath reached this evanescent one a missive from the Most Exalted Names [3.5s]

AADA.140-141x

Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2271

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18

110

Tonight they are holding the Feast of Elijah on the top of Mount Carmel, in memory of his ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire.

DAS.1914-07-18

Empty learning; false spirituality; Mount Carmel; Oneness; unity of religion

ABU0682

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

430

Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears

DAS.1914-12-28

Stories; anecdotes; Things are known by their opposites

ABU0713

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1909-07-11

410

Tonight is a beautiful night because, Praise be to God, the believers of America and Persia are joined here at one table. This is one of the great fruits of the Word of God.

PN_1909 p021, PN_1909 p057, PN_1909C p111, DJT.108-110, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0223

Public address given on 1912-04-18

870

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت

Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia

BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n

BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171

MANA

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Human reality created in the image of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

MHMD1.046-047

ABU0054

The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10

1510

Persian

Paris Talks

امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است

Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature.

BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x

PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x

Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0882

Public address given on 1912-04-18

340

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید

Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends

BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n

PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

MHMD1.047

ABU0404

Public address to Congress of East-West Relations, spoken on 1912-04-20

610

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

امشب من نهایت سرور دارم که در همچو مجمع و محفلی وارد شدم من شرقی هستم

Tonight I am most happy, for I have presented myself to an audience like unto this

BRL_DAK#0711, AMK.309-311, PYB#159 p.44, DUR4.034x, DUR1.100x, MJMJ1.093x, MMG2#178 p.206x, MJH.038ax, KHF.033, KHTB2.030, BDA1.040n

BRL_ATE#185x, PUP#014 (p.035-037), SW_v03#03 p.008-009, SW_v15#08 p.235-236, SW_v19#03 p.087, ADMS#052

unknown

Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity

MHMD1.049

ABU0607

Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool

470

Tonight I am exceedingly happy to find myself in an assembly, the members of which are a recognized factor in philanthropy

SW_v03#17 p.004-005

Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0736

Words spoken on 1912-06-19 in New York

400

mixed

فردا من میخواهم بمونت کلر بروم امروز روز آخر است باز مراجعت خواهم کرد لهذا

Tomorrow I wish to go to Montclair. Today is the last day in which we gather together with you... In former cycles no distinct Covenant has been made…

AMK.261-262, AVK4.288ax

COC#0224x, SW_v04#14 p.237-238, SW_v03#14 p.009-010, SW_v05#15 p.227-228, SW_v08#14 p.187-188, SW_v09#13 p.139+147, SW_v12#14 p.227-228, BSTW#052q

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1213

Words spoken ca. 1915

260

Persian

رفتیم با آقا میرزا حیدر علی بگردیم دیدیم جمعیت زیادی روبه کوه میروند فردا شب عید مارالیاس است

Together with Áqa Mírza Haydar-‘Alí, we went for a stroll. We saw a large multitude going up the mountain, as the next evening was a festivity in honor of Saint Elijah

KHH1.288 (1.401-402)

KHHE.415-416

Empty learning; false spirituality; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB10576

Persian

اليوم که آتش فرقت پرحرقت محبوب آفاق دل وجان دوستان حقيقی را سوخته و بنياد حيات جسمانی

Today, when the burning fire of separation from the Best-Beloved of the horizons hath consumed the hearts and souls of His true loved ones and the foundation of physical life [3.5s]

MMK4#073 p.079x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU3674

250

Today, this man [Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí] has done such a deed and written in such wise that Mutisarrif Pasha wanted to use his statement as evidence to uproot Us completely. He has written

AFNAN.215-216

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of inheritance; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07860

100

mixed

الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت و رسوخ بر امرالله است جمال قدم احبای الهی را از برای

Today, the most paramount of matters is steadfastness and firmness in the Cause of God. The Ancient Beauty hath enjoined upon the loved ones of God [3.5s]

INBA55:148

AYBY.327 #007

Call to action; House of Justice; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3583

Words spoken on 1905-03-26

Today, the most important affair is firmness in the Covenant

SW_v05#15 p.227, SW_v04#14 p.237

Role of the Covenant in preserving unity

AB06014

130

mixed

الیوم اعظم و اهم امور استقامت بر امرالله و ثبوت و رسوخست و تربیت نفوس بلکه

Today, the most exalted and vital of all matters is steadfastness in the Cause of God, constancy and deep-rooted faith, and the education of souls, nay rather [3.5s]

AYBY.331 #013

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1968

Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11

140

Persian

Christian doctrine and practice; Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست

Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity

BDA1.296.06

MHMD1.314

ABU0674

Words spoken on 1914-06-29 in Haifa

430

Today, the friends of God are the illuminated candles of the world of humanity

SW_v09#11 p.130

Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04132

180

Persian

امروز ياران الهی مانند ستاره صبحگاهی الحمد للّه بنور محبّت اللّه روشنند و هر يک سر دفتر عاشقان

Today, praised be God, the friends of God shine even as the morning star with the light of His love, and each is foremost among the lovers [3.5s]

MMK3#284 p.206x

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

BH05450

180

Arabic

قد اصبحت الیوم یا الهی فی جوار رحمتک الکبری و اخذت القلم لاذکرک بحولک بذکر

Today, O my God, I have awakened within the precincts of Thy most great mercy, and have taken up the Pen to make mention of Thee, through Thy power, in remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.025b,

AQA6#266 p.260

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

LL#271

ABU2548

Words spoken on 1919-12-25

Persian

امروز چون عید ولادت حضرت مسیح بود دیدن بعضی دوستان مسیحی رفتم من بموجب امر جمال

Today, inasmuch as it was the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, I proceeded, in accordance with the command of the Beauty, to visit certain Christian friends [3.5s]

ASAT5.144-145

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

AB07764

110

mixed

امروز اگر یاران رخ برافروزند و بوصایای جمال مبارک چنانکه باید و شاید قیام نمایند در اندک

Today, if the friends illumine their faces and arise, as they must and should, to carry out the counsels of the Blessed Beauty, in but a brief [3.5s]

AKHA_104BE #08 p.02

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0501

Words spoken at hotel suite in New York, 1912-05-31

530

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

امروز میخواهم آقامیرزا ولی الله خان را بشما معرفی کنم

Today, I would like to introduce you to Áqa Mírza Valíyu’llah Khan. This young man was the son of Áqa Mírza Varqa

KHTB2.107, NJB_v03#18 p.004

ADMS#177

BDA1.111, MHMD1.118

ABU2427

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

امروز هر فردی باید قیام بتبلیغ نماید و زبان بتبلیغ بگشاید و این عالم بشر را

Today, each believer must arise to teach the Faith and speak of it to seekers. We must rescue the world of humanity from all dangers that threaten it and sacrifice our own comfort for our Divine Beloved.

KHH1.055 (1.077)

KHHE.095

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0518

Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris

520

Persian

Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

امروز میخواستم بیایم اینجا دم در دیدم اروپ‌پلن بلند شده بسیار منظر خوشی بود حقیقت

Today, as I intended to come here, I beheld at the threshold an aeroplane soaring aloft - truly it was a wondrous sight [3.5s]... ...But the flight of the human spirit is through the glad-tidings of God. The flight of the human mind is through the increase of understanding and perception

BRL_DAK#1005, KHTB1.228

BRL_ATE#201x

BH09308

100

mixed

باید الیوم از نفحات آیات الهیه و فوحات قمیص رحمانیه بشانی مسرور باشید که حزن او را اخذ

Today ye must be so transported by the divine fragrances of the verses of God and the sweet emanations of the garment of the All-Merciful that no sorrow may seize you [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.042d,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2661

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10

Today whosoever has arisen to teach the Cause and serve the believers, divine confirmations shall descend upon him; otherwise he is wasting his time.

DAS.1913-03-10

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0911

Words to Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-28

330

Today whosoever arises to promote the Word of God the powers of the world of existence will assist him from all directions. Teaching the Cause is the Magnet which attracts unto man Divine Confirmations

DAS.1914-05-28

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Love as fire; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB11272

Today whosoever arises to herald the Kingdom of Abha, a magnetic power will be produced which shall attract the rays of confirmation

DAS.1913-03-29x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0433

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

590

Today we will speak about Obedience! The Manifestation of God is a perfect example... Real obedience and real sacrifice are identical - absolute readiness to follow and

SW_v08#05 p.060x, SW_v08#17 p.221-222x, TDLA.048-051, BLO_PN#104

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1932

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

150

Today we will occupy ourselves with the glad tidings of God. It is for us to consider how we may educate men that the darkness of ignorance

AELT.212-213

Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0614

Words spoken on 1911-11-30 in Paris

460

Persian

امروز با یکی از خانمها در این مذاکره بودیم که

Today we were engaged in discourse with one of the women concerning this matter [3.5s]

KHF.117, KHAB.121 (132), KHTB1.236

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Second birth; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2826

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-12

Persian

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

امروز در کنیسه موسویان صحبت کردیم شما دیدید که چگونه اثبات شد که حضرت مسیع

Today we spoke in the Jewish temple. You saw how it was proven that Christ was the Word of God

BDA1.307.11

MHMD1.324-325

ABU1463

Words spoken on 1914-06-23

220

Today we have received a newspaper from London containing the photograph of a Bahá'í girl who has given a most dramatic speech before the King and Queen of England

DAS.1914-06-23

Equality of men and women; Means of establishment of future civilization; Role and station of women

BH01488

580

Arabic

خرجنا الیوم فی مقام قاصدا مقاما آخر و نطقنا بما انجذبت به افئده القوم و نطقت

Today We have departed from one place, proceeding unto another, and have given utterance to that which hath enraptured the hearts of the people and caused them to speak [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God, my Master, my Beloved, my cherished Desire! I beseech Thee by the light of the Cause whereby heaven and earth are illuminated

INBA51:422, BLIB_Or15724.041,

ADM1#002 p.009x, LHKM3.092

JHT_S#017x

Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Prayer for purity; chastity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1578

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-11

200

Today we call on Sheik Ibrahim Akki. As you know his two merchant steamers are sunk by the Russian warship in Beirut harbor.

DAS.1915-01-11

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0086

Public address given on 1912-08-06

1310

Christ; Christianity; Conference of Badasht; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Veiling [hijab]

Today we are enjoying temperate weather. As there are many strangers present, we will answer questions.

PUP#088 (p.247-252), SW_v03#18 p.006-007+10, SW_v19#09 p.258, SW_v08#08 p.098-099, PN_1912_heh p028, STAB#110

ABU0630

Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-10

450

Persian

امروز خیلی گرم بود حضرت رسول فرموده است اللهم اجعل صیفنا صیف و شتائنا شتا

Today was exceedingly warm. The Apostle of God - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "O God! Make our summer a summer indeed, and our winter a winter." [3.5s]

MUH3.224

Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Oneness; unity of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1025

Words spoken on 1914-01-22 in Haifa

300

Persian

امروز یک خبر بسیار محزنی رسید خلیل محزن فی الحقیقه بسیار شخص جلیلی بود از جمیع جهات نادر بود

Today very sad news has been received. He [Mirza Abu'l-Fazl] was indeed a very glorious personage... How humble and meek he was! We tried our best to persuade him to keep a servant

MSBH2.349-350x, YHA2.911-912, NJB_v05#01 p.004

DAS.1914-01-22, SW_v09#03 p.025x, SW_v08#06 p.066x

Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of learning; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0255

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04

800

Persian

Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature

امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع

Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s]

KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011

BDA1.354, MHMD1.372

AB07828

110

Today there is no greater service to the Kingdom of God than endeavor in uniting the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful One.

BSTW#504ax

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU2799

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

Today the world's gaze is extended to the lives of the Bahá'ís: when they find a believer committing an evil deed, they may imagine such to be the deed of all the Bahá'ís

PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Words vs deeds

ABU0755

The Two Kinds of Light: Words spoken on 1911-11-05 in Paris

390

Persian

Paris Talks

بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید امروز هوا تاریک است

Today the weather is gloomy and dull! In the East there is continual sunshine, the stars are never veiled

KHAB.125 (137), KHTB1.111

PT#22 p.064, SW_v08#08 p.097-098

Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mirror; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3109

Today the true duty of a powerful king is to establish universal peace: for verily it signifies the freedom of all the people of the world.

SW_v07#15 p.136

Status of kings; future of monarchy; True liberty; freedom; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

AB04504

170

Persian

امروز علم وحدت ميثاق بلند است و ارتباط قلوب محکم تا توانيد از اسرار عهد و ميثاق بيان کنيد

Today the standard of the oneness of the Covenant is raised aloft and the hearts are firmly bound together. To the extent ye are able, proclaim the mysteries of the Testament and Covenant [3.5s]

MMK3#288 p.212x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08637

Persian

الیوم تسلّی عبدالبهاء محبت و خضوع و خشوع احباء است بیکدیگر و تا حقیقت محبت قلبیه و نهایت محویت

Today the solace of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is the love, submissiveness and humility of the friends towards one another, and the reality of heartfelt love and complete self-effacement [3.5s]... ...Thou shouldst endeavour to study the science of medicine. It is extremely useful and serveth as the greatest instrument for the dissemination of the Cause

AVK3.096.15x

COC#1021x, LOG#0961x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3034

Words spoken on 1912-05-12

Today the real king is the soul who serves all, and dear is he who exhibits humility toward all humanity.

SW_v07#18 p.188

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3494

Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa

Today the highest of all the degrees are the degrees of firmness and steadfastness in faith and certainty.

DAS.1914-07-24, SW_v08#16 p.219

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0944

Words spoken on final evening of Western trip on 1913-06-16

320

Persian

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

اعظم و اقدم امور تبلیغ امرالله است این کار مؤید است از جمیع نفوس بیشتر من

Today the greatest of all affairs is to teach the Cause of God and to promote the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts

BDA2.352x

DAS.1913-06-16, MHMD2.468x

ABU1584

Public address given on 1912-04-25

200

Language and the structure of reality; Means of establishment of future civilization; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the existing misunderstandings

LOG#1138x, PUP#025 (p.060-061), SW_v03#03 p.023-024, SW_v11#18 p.304

BH10160

mixed

امروز ابواب بیان مفتوح و نیر عرفان از افق سماء مالک ادیان مشرق و بحار علوم

Today the gates of utterance stand wide open, and the Sun of divine knowledge hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of the Lord of Religions, and the oceans of wisdom surge forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.097b,

LHKM2.230b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3667

450

Today the dynamic energy of the Holy Spirit has poured in such volume through the Messenger of God that even the masses of men have received it… The labour saving machines were given to create leisure for all mankind

SW_v24#04 p.106

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universal education; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU1763

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

170

Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician.

PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1571

Words to the Turkish Consul General, spoken on 1913-04-14

200

other/unknown lang

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language

امروز شرق بهیچوجه مقابلی یا غرب نتواند و با هیچ قوّهٴئ‌ی نه برابری بلکه محافظهٴ خود

Today the armies of Europe, well-drilled, well-provisioned, phalanx-like, are similar unto the waves of the ocean pounding against the shores of Asia…. The East today cannot compete with the West in any way…

BDA2.238

DAS.1913-04-14, MHMD2.308x

ABU0591

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09

470

Persian

Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God

امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس

Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God

AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002

DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009

ABU0098

Public address given on 1912-05-20

1240

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; The animal kingdom; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century

LOG#2080x, LOG#2082x, LOG#2099x, LOG#2103x, LOG#2104x, PUP#051 (p.133-137), SW_v03#08 p.018-020, STAB#129, STAB#130

AB04815

160

Persian

اليوم رمز مصون اسرار محبّت اللّه است که در هويّت قلوب مستور است و نارش در قلوب موقود

Today is the sacred symbol of the mysteries of the love of God that lie hidden in the essence of hearts, and its fire is enkindled within them [3.5s]

MMK2#175 p.128x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09180

110

mixed

یوم یوم نصر و ظفر است امید آنکه بجنود حکمت و بیان اولیایش افئده و قلوب را مسخر

Today is the Day of triumph and victory; it is hoped that through the hosts of wisdom and utterance His loved ones may conquer hearts and minds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15703.081,

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement

ABU0127

Address to the friends at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1913-05-23

1090

mixed

امروز چون مبعث حضرت اعلی بود لهذا جمیع شماها را تبریک میگویم امروز روزی بود

Today is the anniversary of the declaration of the Bab - Peace be upon thee! Today the Bab declared this cause in Shiraz

AMK.296-301, AYT.107, GHA.375, KHF.005, KHAB.436 (437), KHTB3.005

ADP.051-054

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH03183

280

mixed

امروز روزیست پیروز چه که عرف ظهور مکلم طور در آن متضوع طوبی از برای نفسیکه

Today is a victorious day, inasmuch as the fragrance of the Revelation of the Speaker of Sinai is wafting therein. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s]

INBA28:264

AVK2.181.09x, ASAT5.371x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0366

Words spoken on 1919-03-09

650

Persian

امروز روز بسیار مبارکیست متبرک و متیمن است طلوع انوار صبح هدی است

Today is a most blessed Day, sanctified and auspicious; it is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance [3.5s]

AYT.113

Apocalyptic imagery; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU0706

The Two Natures in Man: Words spoken on 1911-11-01 in Paris

410

mixed

Paris Talks

شنیده ام امروز در پاریس عید است عید جمیع قدیسین چرا این ها را شماها قدیس

Today is a day of rejoicing in Paris! They are celebrating the Festival of 'All Saints'. Why do you think that these people were called 'Saints'?

KHAB.113 (123), KHTB1.097

PT#18 p.055

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0508

Words to Agnew, Chase, Sheffler, spoken on 1907-04-12

530

Today is a beautiful day. I have been longing to see such a day. I am very happy. My happiness is from the point that the Power of God has gathered us together…. If there should not be decomposition, composition would not be.

PN_1907 p073x, TTAG.008-011, BLO_PN#101

Composition and decomposition; Critique of Western values; culture; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; War and peace

ABU0600

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12

470

Today in the world of humanity the most important matter is the question of Universal Peace. The realization of this principle is the crying need...

COC#1604x, LOG#1419x, DAS.1914-05-12, SW_v05#08 p.115-117, SW_v07#06 p.041-042, DWN_v1#12 p.007bx, PN_1914 p011

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Means of establishment of future civilization; Relationship between government and people; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU3373

Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-05

Today if you teach one person it is as though you have resurrected a dead soul into life. It is as though you have changed the black stone into diamond. It is as though you have transmuted metal into gold, Satan into angel, animal into man.

DAS.1913-04-05

Metallurgical metaphors; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir

ABU0023

Public address given on 1912-07-14

2030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts

BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016

A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Satan; the Evil One; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; War and peace

ABU0286

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20

750

Today I was thinking over the following subject: The heavenly farmer came and cleared the ground from thorns and thistles.

DAS.1914-07-20

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0658

Words spoken ca. 1914

440

Persian

امروز در احوال بعضی از نفوس سیر میکردم که دهقان آسمانی آمد و اراضی را از خس و خاشاک پاک کرد

Today I was pondering the deeds of certain people. The heavenly Farmer comes and clears the earth of deadwood and debris. The divine Cultivator withstands every grievous trial

YHA1.109-110 (1.224), NJB_v05#14 p.004, KHH1.293-294 (1.408-410)

KHHE.423-425

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU0753

390

Persian

امروز رفتم خضر ایلیا عرب میگوید الیاس جمال مبارک سه روز ... در این امر جمال مبارک یک میزانی قرار داده اند که آن میزان

Today I proceeded forth, and verily Khidr-Elijah of the Arabs, whom they call Elias, spake concerning the Blessed Beauty three days... In this Cause hath the Blessed Beauty established a Balance, and that Balance [3.5s]

QT105.2.230, TRZ1.318

Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1403

Words to some American visitors, spoken on 1913-11-08

230

Today I leave for Port-Said. I am leaving you here for 3 to 5 days. During my absence speak only of divine subjects.

DAS.1913-11-08

Call to action; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0342

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-23

690

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

Today I have been speaking from dawn until now, yet because of love, fellowship and desire to be with you

BDA1.046n

PUP#019 (p.046-048), SW_v03#03 p.015-016, SW_v08#02 p.026, SW_v08#18 p.243

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Wisdom [hikmat]

MHMD1.055

ABU0595

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-13

470

Persian

من امروز ماست خوردم چون آقا میرزا حبیب را دوست میدارم هر چه میگوید میشنوم من ماست

Today I had some yogurt... God forbid if a person is overtaken with pride. During His last days, the Blessed Beauty was greatly annoyed [with Mírza Áqa Jan] to the point that I wanted to punish him physically.... Mírza Áqa Jan did not have a good end.

KHH1.240-242 (1.336-339)

KHHE.355-357, STAB#122

Poems and quotation from poetry; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

ABU0274

Words spoken on 1913-12-20 in Haifa

770

Persian

امروز رفتم یک قدری تا این پائین ها راه رفتم خوب بود عجب است انسان اگر توی

Today I came down here. It was a pleasant walk. Praise be to God, that, through the favor

NJB_v05#11 p.001

SW_v09#02 p.019+023

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0308

Public address given on 1912-04-23

720

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امروز من در نهایت سرورم زیرا می بینم بندگان الهی در این مجمع حاضرند سفید و سیاه

Today I am most happy, for I see here a gathering of the servants of God... ...In the estimation of God there is no distinction of color; all are one in the color

BRL_DAK#0712, KHF.261, KHAB.247 (257), KHTB2.039, BDA1.047n

BWF.267-270, ADJ.037b-038x, ADJ.038x, PUP#018 (p.044-046), FWU.034, SW_v03#03 p.014-015

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.055

ABU1214

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

260

Persian

من امروز خیلی خسته هستم امروز مفتی قنسول و دیگران آمدند چقدر بد گذشت

Today I am greatly wearied, for the Mufti, the Consul and others came, and how grievously did the day pass [3.5s]

KHH2.265-267

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0605

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-03

470

Today I am going to speak to you on the object of the appearance of the prophets. It is evident that the world of humanity is in need of educators.

DAS.1913-11-03

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Need for an educator; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

AB11457

Today firmness in the Covenant is the means of the promotion of the Word of God and conducive to the effect of the word of the teacher.

DAS.1913-03-29x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00030

Some Answered Questions #010 Rational and Traditional Proofs from the Sacred Scriptures

2070

Persian

Answered Questions, Some

امروز در سر این سفره قدری از برهان صحبت بداریم اگر در ایام ظهور نور مبین

Today at table let us speak a little of proofs. Had you come to this blessed spot in the days

MFD#10, OOL.C022.10

SAQ#10, GPB.092x2x, GPB.196x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Twin Manifestations

BH05352

180

mixed

جمیع نسبتها الیوم منقطع است چه که یوم مکاشفه و لقاست و جمیع نسبتها بنفس حق

Today all ties are severed, for this is the Day of unveiling and of meeting, and all relationships pertain to the Truth Itself [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.189c,

Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0183

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

940

Persian

امروز جمعی آمده بودند و میگفتند چرا از شهر بیرون نمیروید بمن اعتراض میکنند که با اینهمه اضطراب و اغتشاش

Today a number of people came to Me and asked, “Why do You not leave the city?”... Sulayman Khan and Mírza Fathu'llah were candle-pierced, that is, they were pierced with bayonets

KHH1.277-280 (1.386-389)

KHHE.400-403

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3131

Words spoken on 1912-09-27 in Glenwood Springs

Persian

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

توجه بمیثاق اطاعت جمال مبارکست و سبب جمع شمل اهل بها واضح بگویم

To turn to the Covenant is to obey the Blessed Beauty which is a cause of gathering together the people of Baha.

BDA1.275.16

MHMD1.294

BH09558

100

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما بارکت علی عبدک الذی شرفته بلقائک و اسمعته آیاتک یا الهی

To Thee be praise, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast blessed Thy servant whom Thou hast honored with Thy presence and caused him to hear Thy verses, O my God [3.5s]

NFR.191

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00647

490

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی بما انزلت الماء الطهور و سقیت به اراض هامده خامده خاویه قبل

To Thee be praise, O my God, for Thou hast sent down the pure water and with it hast watered the barren, lifeless, desolate lands of old [3.5s]

AYBY.370 #056

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09027

110

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اختصصت عبدک الذی شرفته بلقائک و اسمعته آیاتک یا الهی

To Thee be praise, O my God, for having singled out Thy servant whom Thou hast honored with Thy presence and caused to hearken unto Thy verses, O my God [3.5s]

INBA19:187c, INBA32:170c

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07270

140

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما نورت قلبی بنور عرفانک و عرفتنی سبیلک و اریتنی مشرق عطائک

To Thee be praise, O my God, for having illumined my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, for having made me to know Thy path, and for having shown me the Dayspring of Thy bounties [3.5s]

INBA15:280a, INBA26:281

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02684

230

mixed

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و ملاحظه گردید و از ریاض معانی نسیم معطری وزید

To the steadfast in the Covenant: The letter hath been received and perused, and from the meadows of inner meanings a perfumed breeze hath wafted [3.5s]

MILAN.219, AVK4.443ex

Call to action; Constitutional revolution in Iran; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11434

Bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

To the servant of God! I ask God to make thee a growing, developing branch in His vineyard

TAB.653

ABU3322

Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London

Persian

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture

بدرجهئ‌یکه جمیع بهائیان شرق بجهت ترویج صلح جان میدهند بیست هزار نفر خود را فدای امر صلح

To the extent that all the Baha'is of the East are ready to give up their lives in their efforts to promote peace. Twenty thousand souls have sacrificed themselves

BDA2.079

MHMD2.095

AB04165

180

Persian

جناب امین نامه مرسل از بادکوبه رسید و همچنین نامه ای که بتاریخ ۹ ربیع الثانی

To the esteemed trustee, the letter dispatched from Baku hath been received, as well as the letter dated the 9th of Rabi' al-Thani [3.5s]

INBA16:173

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement

ABU2283

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

110

To the Beloved of God, Tell them I love them with all My Heart, that I always think of them and never forget them

DLA.068, BLO_PN#026

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

AB10818

Persian

ای احبای الهی امة الله لوا مدتی در هندوستان بنشر رائحة طیبه محبت الله مشغول بود

To the beloved of God in America--On them be glory and bounty! The maidservant of God, Lua

NJB_v06#12 p.093, ZSM.1915-08-29

SW_v06#12 p.092

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0461

570

To see the joy of divine gladness on your faces is the cause of my happiness, for when I see you happy, I am happy also.

SW_v13#05 p.101, ADP.069-073

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11485

mixed

حجبات اوهام را بدر دریدنیکه صدای آن را اهل سرادقات قدس ربانی بشنوند و جمیع

To rend asunder the veils of vain imaginings, such that they who dwell within the pavilions of divine holiness may hearken unto its call [3.5s]

INBA38:075a

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2363

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22

100

To remove any source of differentiation, the believers must know that the Blessed Bab was giving the glad tidings of the coming of the Blessed Perfection

PN_unsorted p152, AKL.002

Development of capacity and readiness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations

ABU3253

Words spoken on 1912-06-12 in New York

To pray is not to read Psalms. To pray is to trust in God, and to be submissive in all things to Him... Strong ships are not conquered by the sea,--they ride the waves.

SW_v08#03 p.038, DJT.305, FDA.028, ABCC.214, VLAB.115-116, BLO_PN#027

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU1105

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

290

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

To most men who have not heard the message of this teaching, religion seems an outward form, a pretence

AIL.056

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Empty learning; false spirituality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU2923

Words to Mr. Remey, spoken on 1912-04-20

to many people the great Pyramid was the most to be admired structure in Egypt, but to him it had always produced an unpleasing impression, for it recalled to his mind the intense suffering of the thousands of slaves

PN_1912 p060

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Soul is the essential reality of man; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3094

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

To man, the Essence of God is incomprehensible, so also are the worlds beyond this, and their condition

AIL.066

Limits of the intellect; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1013

Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903

310

To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others

TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0050

Words to Anton Haddad ca. 1900

1590

To live in peace, love, union and agreement, and to overlook the faults and defects of others...

BSTW#037

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Methods of teaching the Cause; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2810

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

To know the Truth, to have attained knowledge, is good, but it is only the first step, it is not enough. The only thing that avails for the soul's growth, is to live the truth.

SAS.093

Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds

AB04207

180

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

To him who is looking unto God! O thou who art gazing unto the Center of the Covenant -- may God confirm thee!

TAB.161, BSTW#274b

BH01660

530

mixed

له الشکر و العظمه و البهاء بما قدر لاولیائه فی الحضور نعمه القرب و اللقاء و

To Him be praise, grandeur and glory, for having ordained for His chosen ones in His presence the blessing of nearness and reunion [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.440,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03018

300

mixed

Trustworthiness; Huqúqu'lláh

له الحمد و المنة و له الذکر و الثنآء و العظمة و له القدرة و الرفعة

To Him be praise and gratitude, to Him be remembrance and glorification and grandeur, and to Him be power and exaltation [3.5s]... ...Blessed is that teacher who remaineth faithful to the Covenant of God, and occupieth himself with the education of children… Whoso is privileged to pay the Right of God will be numbered with such as have observed the ordinances… We send our greetings to the friends and exhort them to conduct themselves with rectitude

BRL_HUQUQP#008x, COMP_TRUSTP#25x, ADM3#080 p.096x, AYI2.026x, AYI2.027x, AYI2.028x, AYI2.029x, KHMI.046x, MSHR3.063x, MSBH7.052ax, YMM.178x

BRL_HUQUQ#008x, BRL_TRUST#24x, COC#0577x, COC#1130x, COC#2036x, WOB.107x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2684

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect

SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building

BH11314

Seal of Baha’u’llah #08

Arabic

و لله ملکوت ملک البقاء آت و الروح یعز من یشاء بعزته و یذل من یرید بقدرته

To God belongs the dominion of the king of eternity. The spirit exalts whom it wills by its glory and abases whom it wills by its decree and gives what it wills to whomever it wills.

INBA51:308

LHKM3.062b, KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#2

KSHK#19

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB01360

Some Answered Questions #074 The Relativity of Good and Evil

340

Persian

Answered Questions, Some

بیان حقیقت اینمسئله بسیار مشکل است بدانکه کائنات بر دو قسم است

To explain the truth of this matter is difficult indeed. Know that created things are of two kinds

MFD#74, OOL.C022.74

SAQ#74

Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3590

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

To enter in the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most important duty.

DAS.1913-04-23

The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0217

880

To begin, let it be understood that the Prophets or Messengers of God are holy souls sent by Him to lead us to a knowledge of God and establish laws

BSTW#138

Adam; Adam and Eve; Evolution; human evolution; Imagery in the Qur'an; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2235

Words to people invited for lunch, spoken on 1912-09-02

110

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

شکر نعمآء الهیه هنگام سختی و زحمت لازم زیرا در بحبوبهٴ نعمت هر نفسی میتواند شاکر باشد حکایتیست که سلطان محمود خربزه ئی را برید

To be grateful for the blessings of God in time of want and trouble is necessary

BDA1.222.04

MHMD1.238, STAB#019

ABU2580

Words spoken ca. 1919

Persian

حمام در حقیقت نعمت بزرگی است در رومیلی در تمام خانهها حمام و آب موجود بود

To bathe oneself is a great bounty. Near the army barracks in ‘Akka there existed a public bath which was in a state of ruin

YIK.298-299, ZIAB2.133

STOB.049-050 #057

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters; Cleanliness and refinement; Personal instructions

ABU2250

Words to Prof. Enayat Khan and others, spoken on 1913-05-29

110

To attain to Nirvana means to reach to perfection. This is made possible through the bestowals of God....

DAS.1913-05-29

Being a source of light; guidance; Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Fulfillment of true potential; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03230

Rashh-i-'Ama

280

Persian

Call of the Divine Beloved

Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته

Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down

INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b,

BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093

CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01

Ahdieh

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275

BH11518

Persian

مکرر ذکر شما در بساط اعلی بوده و اصغا شد ارسال مبارک انچه عرف عنایت

Time and again hath thy mention been present before the Most Exalted Court, and that which beareth the fragrance of divine favor hath been graciously received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.178c,

BH05901

170

mixed

مکرر ذکرت از قلم اعلی جاری انشاء الله بانوار آفتاب معرفت منور باشی و از غیر

Time and again hath mention of thee flowed forth from the Most Exalted Pen. God willing, thou shalt be illumined by the radiance of the Sun of divine knowledge and be detached from all else [3.5s]

INBA51:115, BLIB_Or15696.070c, , KB_620:108-109

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0887

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

340

Persian

طهران بسیار مغشوش است واقعا مرحوم مظفرالدینشاه در باره رعایای خود ابدا کوتاهی نکرد

Tihran is in great agitation. In truth, the late Muzaffari'd-Din Shah did all he could for his subjects. But it would have been better to first educate the people of Iran

KHH1.035-036 (1.050-051)

KHHE.067-068, STAB#014

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Non-participation in politics; True liberty; freedom

BH05145

190

mixed

مظلومیتت سبب حزن طائفین عرش اعظم گشته قسم بنیر افق معانی که از این مظلومیت

Thy wronged state hath grieved them that circle round the Most Great Throne. I swear by the Luminary of the horizon of inner meanings that from this oppression [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.078a,

AYBY.039a, MAS8.048bx, SAM.386

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04568

210

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

یا الهی لایعرف توحیدک الا بمعرفه مظهر فردانیتک و مطلع وحدانیتک من یری له ضدا

Thy unity is inscrutable, O my God, to all except them that have recognized Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy singleness

BLIB_Or15715.142b,

PMP#041, AQA6#195 p.024, NFR.072, FRH.066

PM#041

BH07739

130

Arabic

قد حضرت اختک لدی الوجه و سمعنا ذکرک منها ذکرناک بهذا الکتاب العظیم قولی الهی

Thy sister hath attained Our presence, and We heard mention of thee from her. We make mention of thee in this mighty Book. Say: O my God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.193b, , BLIB_Or15726.129b,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for women

AB04859

160

Thy services in Baltimore were truly great and became acceptable and approved. Display thou an effort

SW_v14#07 p.211

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11320

mixed

خدمات آنجناب در آستان مقدّس مقبول و محبوب و مکث در آن ارض و بنای طبابت بسیار بجا و محبوب

Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are accepted and beloved, and thy sojourn in that land and establishment of medical practice are most fitting and well-pleasing [3.5s]

MSBH4.479x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01217

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg)

690

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg)

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg)

قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم

Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God

BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044

BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76

Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the ascendancy and sweetness of the word of God, the mysterious processes by which the abased become exalted and the exalted abased, and the lessons of the past; employs the science of letters and their numerical equivalents in explaining the significance of certain names; and affirms that He and the recipient are moved by the same divine spirit.

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystery of the great reversal; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117

BH04729

200

mixed

ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و ندایت مسموع انشاء الله از عنایت رحمانیه و فیوضات الهیه

Thy remembrance is mentioned before the Throne and thy call is heard. God willing, through the tender mercies of the All-Merciful and the divine outpourings [3.5s]

INBA84:135b, INBA84:071.01, INBA84:013, BLIB_Or11096#079, , BLIB_Or15710.077b,

ADM1#030 p.071x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10573

mixed

ذکرت بمقر مذکور فائز و ناله و حنینت در حب محبوب عالمیان استماع گشت قل یا

Thy remembrance hath reached the Seat of Mention, and thy plaintive cry and lamentation in love for the Beloved of the worlds hath been heard. Say: O [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.183b, , BLIB_Or15719.047f,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH07083

140

mixed

ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور آمد و نفحات محبتت استشمام شد انشاء الله بعنایت سلطان بیزوال

Thy remembrance hath come before the Wronged One, and the fragrances of thy love have been inhaled. Through the grace of the Sovereign Eternal, God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.059b,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05056

190

mixed

ذکرت لدی المذکور حاضر و قلم اعلی از شطر سجن بتو متوجه و ترا ذکر مینماید که

Thy remembrance hath come before the All-Remembering One, and the Most Exalted Pen turneth toward thee from the precincts of the Prison, making mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.092b,

AQMJ2.035x

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH08215

120

mixed

ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و این لوح منیع بلسان پارسی نازل تا عرف قمیص را مره بعد

Thy remembrance hath been mentioned before the Throne, and this exalted Tablet hath been revealed in the Persian tongue that thou mayest once again inhale the fragrance of the garment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.015c,

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement

BH08216

120

mixed

ذکرت لدی الوجه مذکور و باین لوح که مطلع ذکر حق مابین خلق است ترا ذکر نمودیم

Thy remembrance hath been mentioned before the Countenance, and through this Tablet, which is the Dawning-Place of God's mention amongst His creatures, have We made mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.026a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07082

140

mixed

ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و طرف عنایت بتو ناظر از دنیا و شئونات مختلفه او محزون

Thy remembrance hath been made mention of before the Throne, and the glance of divine favour is directed towards thee. Be thou not saddened by the world and its diverse conditions [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#144,

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU1778

Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias

170

Thy present condition is transitory... Dissatisfaction with one's self is a sign of progress. The soul who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan

DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#18 p.184-185x, BNE.084x

Perfection; imperfection of nature; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB12679

Persian

نامه مبارک آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و قباله بعضی از اسهام خانه حضرت حجت نیز واصل

Thy precious letter was received, as was the deed to certain shares of the residence of his honor Hujjat [3.5s]

BSHI.124-125

Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH11851

Persian

اشعار شما که بطراز حب الهی مزین بود بدست این مهجوره فانیه رسید

Thy poem, which was adorned with the ornament of divine love, reached the hands of this exiled and ephemeral one [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.452

BH10613

mixed

عریضه ات در معرض اکبر حاضر و عین مرحمت باو متوجه از بعد و فراق محزون مباش چه

Thy petition was presented before the Most Great Presence, and the eye of loving-kindness was directed towards it. Be thou not saddened by separation and remoteness, for [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.179d,

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement

BH09909

mixed

عریضه ات در سجن اعظم بانوار وجه مالک قدم مزین شد و مدح و ثنای مالک اسما از آن

Thy petition was adorned, in the Most Great Prison, with the lights of the countenance of the Ancient Lord, and from it arose the praise and glorification of the Lord of Names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.057b,

YBN.010b

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05796

170

mixed

عریضه ات رسید در هنگامیکه مالک انام در قصریکه در سجن اعظم واقع است مشی

Thy petition reached Me at a time when the Lord of all names was walking in the palace situated within the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

INBA51:537

LHKM3.327

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02099

420

mixed

عریضه ات بلسان عربی حاضر و عین عنایت بان ناظر و جواب از ام الکتاب بلسان پارسی

Thy petition in the Arabic tongue hath come to hand, and the Eye of Loving-kindness is directed towards it. The response from the Mother Book cometh in the Persian tongue [3.5s]... ...A fleeting moment, in this Day, excelleth centuries of a bygone age

INBA51:264, KB_620:257-258

LHKM3.245

ADJ.078x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08896

110

Persian

عریضه ات رسید و صدر آن اینکلمه مسطور در کار دنیا و آخرت خود حیرانم قلم اعلی

Thy petition hath reached Us, and inscribed at its outset were these words: "I stand bewildered in matters of this world and the next." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.313c,

Belief and denial; Knowledge; recognition of God; Outward and inward meanings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

BH10842

mixed

عریضه ات بمقر عرش فائز و آنچه در او مذکور مشهود گشت انشاء الله بعنایت رحمن

Thy petition hath attained unto the Throne, and whatsoever was mentioned therein hath become manifest, God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.183a, , BLIB_Or15719.047d,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07157

140

mixed

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز حمد کن پروردگار عالم را که شما را روزی نمود آنچه را

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court. Render thou praise unto the Lord of all the worlds, Who hath graciously bestowed upon thee that which [3.5s]

INBA51:191, INBA57:088b, BLIB_Or15715.307c, , KB_620:184-185

LHKM3.341

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH10612

mixed

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و قلم اعلی در اینمقام اشرف ابهی تو را ذکر مینماید و

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and the Supreme Pen, from this most glorious and most resplendent station, maketh mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.302a,

Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02991

300

Persian

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و عبد حاضر تمام ان را عرض نمود طوبی از برای

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and the servant in attendance submitted it in its entirety. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.114,

Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09908

mixed

عریضه ات بمنظر اکبر فائز و راس آن باکلیل ذکر مالک امکان مزین شد ان اشکر و کن

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and its summit hath been adorned with the crown of the remembrance of the Lord of all possibility. Be thou thankful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.057c,

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07719

130

mixed

عریضه ات باصغاء مالک اسماء فائز نیکو است لسانیکه بذکر دوست یکتا ناطق شد و

Thy petition hath attained unto the hearing of the Lord of Names. Well is it with the tongue that speaketh in remembrance of the Peerless Friend [3.5s]

INBA51:072, KB_620:065-066

LHKM2.134

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06216

160

mixed

عریضه ات نزد مظلوم حاضر و بلحاظ عنایت فائز الحمد لله از رحیق بیان رحمن

Thy petition came before the Wronged One and was favored with the glance of loving-kindness. Praise be to God that thou hast partaken of the choice wine of the All-Merciful's utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.262d,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03542

260

mixed

مراسلات متعدده شما در سجن اعظم ملاحظه شد و شکایتهای شما استماع گشت ولکن حق

Thy numerous letters were perused in the Most Great Prison, and thy complaints were hearkened unto. However, Truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.165a,

Consolation and comfort; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08631

110

mixed

اسمت نزد مظلوم مذکور آمد و طرف عنایت بتو متوجه الیوم باید کنیزان حق بکمال

Thy name was mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and the gaze of His loving-kindness was directed towards thee. This day must the handmaidens of God with utmost [3.5s]

INBA18:373, BLIB_Or15719.062b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06015

160

mixed

اسمت محبوبست انشاء الله بانچه سزاوار این اسمست فائز باشی اقبال و توجهت و

Thy name is well-beloved. God willing, mayest thou attain unto that which befitteth such a name. Thy devotion and attention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.313a,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06903

140

Persian

اسمت نزد مظلوم مذکور و این لوح امنع اقدس لوجه الله نازل لیجذبک و اولیائه

Thy name hath been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed for the sake of God, that it may draw thee and His loved ones unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.052.20,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06016

160

mixed

اسمت نزد مظلوم مذکور ندایت مسموع و باین لوح مبارک جواب عنایت شد از حق میطلبیم

Thy name hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, thy call hath been heard, and in response this blessed Tablet hath been vouchsafed. We beseech God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.085,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08926

110

Arabic

قد ذکر اسمک لدی العرش و نزل لک ما تفرح به قلوب اولی الالباب انه لسیف الله بین

Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and there hath been sent down unto thee that which rejoiceth the hearts of them that are endued with understanding. Verily, it is the Sword of God amidst [3.5s]

RSBB.172a

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04941

190

mixed

اسمت لدی العرش مذکور لذا قلم اعلی باسمت جاری و ساری هذا فضل کبیر ان اعرف قدره

Thy name hath been mentioned before the Divine Throne; wherefore the Most Exalted Pen floweth and moveth in thy name. This is a great bounty, shouldst thou recognize its worth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#076, , BLIB_Or15710.116a,

AYI2.031x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05457

180

Arabic

قد ذکر اسمک تلقاء الوجه فی هذا السجن و نزلت لک آیات لایعادلها ملک العالمین

Thy name hath been mentioned before Our face in this Prison, and verses have been sent down for thee that all the kingdoms of the world cannot equal [3.5s]

INBA34:307a

AQA1#176

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05253

180

mixed

اسمت لدی الوجه مذکور لذا این کلمات منیعه بدیعه از افق الطاف مالک بریه لائح و

Thy name hath been mentioned before His countenance, wherefore these sublime and wondrous words have shone forth from the horizon of the favors of the Lord of creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.113.06, , BLIB_Or11096#094, , BLIB_Or15710.048,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11767

224

mixed

مراسله شما که باشارات حبیه و رشحات جذبیه مرشح بود واصل شد و بین یدی العرش

Thy missive, which was redolent with loving allusions and imbued with the dewdrops of attraction, hath been received and laid before the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.399

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03713

250

mixed

نوشته آنجناب که بکلیم مرقوم شده بود رسید و ملاحظه شد ولکن نفحات حزنیه از

Thy missive, which had been addressed to Kalim, was received and perused; however, grievous fragrances [3.5s]

INBA38:104, BLIB_Or15696.161b, , BLIB_Or15738.083,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07608

130

mixed

دستخط رسید شرح احوال معلوم شد لله الحمد صحت موجود در هر حال عنایت حق

Thy missive was received and its contents were noted. Praise be to God that health prevaileth. In all conditions the grace of God is present [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.099c,

BH06756

150

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب علت فرح و انبساط قلوب اولی الالباب گشت امیدواریم لازال در ظل

Thy missive hath become the cause of joy and the dilation of the hearts of them that are endued with understanding. We cherish the hope that under the shadow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.002ax,

Consolation and comfort; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02703

330

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب لدی الوجه حاضر و آنچه در فقره تقسیم مرقوم داشتند فرمودند نعم ما

Thy missive hath attained unto Our presence, and concerning that which thou didst write regarding the division, He hath declared: How excellent [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#247x, , BLIB_Or15710.043,

Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity in diversity

BH09836

mixed

ذکرت لدی الوجه مذکور و بلحاظ مالک ظهور فائز گشت از حق جل و عز استقامت خواستی

Thy mention was remembered before the Countenance, and attained unto the gaze of the Lord of the Manifestation. From God, exalted and mighty be He, thou didst seek steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.068a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09355

100

mixed

ذکرت در مکتوب سمندر مذکور لذا توجه الیک المظلوم و ذکرک فی هذا اللوح المسطور

Thy mention was recorded in the letter of Samandar, wherefore the Wronged One hath turned toward thee and made mention of thee in this inscribed Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.284b, , BLIB_Or15710.227b,

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH05383

180

mixed

ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و از مشرق ظهور این کلمه مبارکه مسطور ای اسد غیر حق

Thy mention hath been voiced before the Throne, and from the Dayspring of Revelation hath this blessed word been inscribed: O lion, besides the Truth [3.5s]

INBA81:145, BLIB_Or03116.086r.03, , BLIB_Or11096#126,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04730

200

mixed

ذکرت لدی المذکور مذکور آمد و از قلم اعلی جواب نازل انشاء الله بما یحبه الله

Thy mention hath been mentioned before the Most-Mentioned One, and from the Most Exalted Pen a response hath been sent down. God willing, it shall be according to that which God loveth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.196, , BLIB_Or15715.084a,

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

BH07084

140

mixed

ذکرت نزد مظلوم مذکور و این کلمات عالیات خالصا لوجه الله نازل و در هر حرفی از

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of this Wronged One, and these exalted words have been revealed purely for the sake of God, and in each letter [3.5s]

AQA7#403 p.187

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06168

160

Persian

ذکرت نزد مظلوم مذکور و این لوح امنع اقدس در جواب نازل تا بعنایت حق جل جلاله

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed in response, through the grace of God, glorified be His majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.009a, , BLIB_Or15724.185a,

Living waters; water of life; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08804

110

Persian

ذکرت نزد مظهر ظهور مذکور و قلم اعلی متوجها الیک میفرماید ای عبد قدر این ایام را بدان و در

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Manifestation of Revelation, and the Supreme Pen, turning unto thee, proclaimeth: O servant! Know thou the value of these days and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007a,

AQA5#089 p.105

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08214

120

mixed

ذکرت در سجن اعظم مذکور و لحاظ عنایت الهی متوجه بقاصدان کعبه مقصود بوده هر نفسی الیوم

Thy mention hath been made in the Most Great Prison, and the glances of divine favor have been directed towards them that seek the Ka'bah of their heart's desire. Every soul today [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.069f,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH05829

170

Arabic

قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المظلوم فی سجنه الاعظم و اجابک بما تضوع منه مسک المعانی بین

Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One in His Most Great Prison, and He hath answered thee with that wherefrom the musk of inner meanings hath been diffused [3.5s]

INBA51:186a, KB_620:179-179

LHKM3.165

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04451

210

Persian

ذکرت نزد مظلوم بوده و هست باسمت نازل شد آنچه که سبب حیات ابدیست

Thy mention hath been and is before the Wronged One, and there hath been revealed in thy name that which is the source of everlasting life [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.058b,

AB05002

160

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

Thy letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers

TAB.498-499x

BH04539

210

mixed

نامه ات مطهرا عن ذکر الغیر بمنظر اکبر انور وارد لله الحمد بفیوضات نامتناهیه

Thy letter, wholly sanctified from mention of aught else, hath arrived at the Most Great and Most Luminous Horizon. Praise be to God for His boundless outpourings of grace [3.5s]

INBA18:054

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00676

1130

mixed

Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action

دستخط آنجناب که دوازدهم شهر محرم الحرام تاریخ آن بود رسید و بشرف اصغاء مالک

Thy letter, which was dated the twelfth of the sacred month of Muharram, hath been received and hath attained unto the presence of its Lord [3.5s]... ...The purpose of learning should be the promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through crafts… The one true God—exalted be His glory—hath ever been and will continue to be exalted above every expression of praise

INBA28:440

BRL_HUQUQP#006x, AYI1.338x, UAB.033cx, QUM.073-074x, VUJUD.123x

BRL_SOCIAL#142x, BRL_SCHOLAR#22x, BRL_HUQUQ#006x, COC#0010x, COC#1100x, VUJUDE.164x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship

BH10388

Persian

مکتوب شما که بذکر الهی و ثنای او مزین بود رسید

Thy letter, which was adorned with the remembrance and praise of God, was received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.131d,

BH03013

300

mixed

کتابت که مشعر بر مراتب عجز و نیستی و فنای بحت و عدم بات بود در محضر اقدس وارد

Thy letter, which testified to the degrees of powerlessness, nothingness, utter annihilation and absolute non-existence, hath reached the Most Holy Presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#065,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH04834

200

mixed

نامه آن کلمه مصدره دیباج کتاب محبت قلب را بنور فرح روشن نمود و بعد از اطلاع

Thy letter, that effulgent Word adorning the preface of the Book of Love, illumined the heart with the light of joy, and upon perusal [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.015, BLIB_Or15700.274b, , BLIB_Or15711.139,

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09991

mixed

کتابت در سجن اعظم بلحاظ عنایت مالک قدم فائز شد ان اشکر ربک بهذا الفضل العظیم

Thy letter, in the Most Great Prison, hath been honoured with the gaze of loving-kindness of the Ancient Lord. Render thou thanks unto thy Lord for this supreme bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.261a, , BLIB_Or15730.021b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00576

520

Persian

نامه که بتاریخ شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۸ مرقوم نموده بودید رسید سئوالاتی چند فرموده

Thy letter, dated the month of Sha'ban 1338, hath reached me, wherein thou didst pose several questions [3.5s]... ...As to the supplication of one’s needs in holy places: Since those sites are associated with God, they are, therefore, the most exalted of all spots. It is certain that the supplication of one’s needs in the most exalted of spots is not like praying in other places

AVK2.213.07x, AVK4.147.04x, MAS2.027-030, YARP2.135 p.153

ADMS#312x

Higher encompasses the lower; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Shrines and Holy places; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Persian

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in the voice of one of His supporters, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth through the eye of the heart and refuting seven specific accusations levelled by a certain follower of Mírzá Yaḥyá. The answers emphasize the importance of ‘He Whom God shall make manifest’ in the writings of the Báb, declare Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to be the fulfilment of that promise, assert that the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh is the same as that between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and warn the questioner of the wrath of God.

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

AB04611

170

Thy letter written May 19th, 1920, duly received. Notwithstanding the lack of time

SW_v12#03 p.058-059

Newspapers and the media; publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07258

Lawh-i-Kimiya 4

140

mixed

کتابت بلسان عربی لدی العرش حاضر و بلسان پارسی جواب آن نازل بسمع طاهر مقدس اصغا

Thy letter written in the Arabic tongue is present before Our Throne and the reply hath been revealed in the Persian language

BLIB_Or11096#130, , BLIB_Or15722.050a,

MAS1.045-046, OOL.B197.4, VUJUD.097

VUJUDE.148-149

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Law of cause and effect; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09994

mixed

کتابت مشاهده شد آنچه نوشتی نزد حق مقبول چه که رضای الهی را خواستی اگر در این

Thy letter was seen. That which thou didst write hath been accepted in the sight of God, inasmuch as thou didst seek His good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.196a, , BLIB_Or15719.156b,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10381

mixed

کتابت دیده شد و ندایت اصغا گشت و جوابت از قلم اعلی نازل الیوم آنچه لازم و

Thy letter was seen and thy call was hearkened unto, and thy reply hath been sent down from the Most Exalted Pen. Today that which is needful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.178b,

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB12024

Meetings, Bahá'í

Thy letter was received. Thou hast written in regard to the Sunday meeting, saying that it is established in the utmost of love.

BRL_MEET.AB#15x

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11986

Persian

نامه شما رسید از تاسیس محفل روحانی در طبرستان مرقوم نموده بودید بسیار سبب سرور

Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written about the establishment of the Spiritual Assembly in Tabaristan, which brought exceeding joy [3.5s]

INBA79.062a

Exhortations and counsels; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB06480

130

Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it contained the glad tidings of the firmness and uprightness

SW_v09#11 p.123

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB05132

150

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید حمد خدا را که مژده صحت و عافیت تو داد و خبر این

Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it imparted the good news of thy health and safety and indicated that thou art ready to enter an agricultural school.

MMK1#126 p.141

SWAB#126, BWF.377-378x, LOG#1857x

Agriculture; High station of the arts and sciences; Work as worship

AB07822

110

Thy letter was received. On account of the death of thy father and brother the utmost sorrow and regret was produced.

SW_v07#19 p.192

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death

AB07149

120

Thy letter was received. Its perusal indicated thy faith and firmness in the Covenant

SW_v08#16 p.219-220x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB04595

170

Thy letter was received. Its contents perused with attention. From its words I heard a sweet melody and that melody was the psalm of the love of God.

DAS.1914-08-17, SW_v08#12 p.142-143

Love as fire; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB09721

Thy letter was received. It was in indication that (thou art) firm and steadfast in the

SW_v08#16 p.215-216

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB01816

290

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید دلیل بر سرور قلب و نهایت خلوص نیت و قیام بر

Thy letter was received. It showed the happiness of thy heart, the utmost purity of thy motives, and thy determination to serve the Cause of God

BRL_DAK#0849

MAX.288

Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB09054

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نامه ات رسید و سبب سرور گردید تا بحال خدمت بملکوت الهی نمودی و موفق گردیدی

Thy letter was received. It became conducive to happiness. Up to the present thou hast been serving in the Kingdom of God and hast been assisted.

MKT7.002a

TAB.226

AB09842

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده الهی نامه رسید امیدوارم که در صون حمایت حق محفوظ و مصون مانی و همواره

Thy letter was received. I hope that thou mayest be protected and assisted under the providence of the True One, be occupied always in mentioning the Lord

MMK1#128 p.142

SWAB#128

Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Work as worship

AB05977

140

Thy letter was received. From its contents, it became evident that, Praise be to God! The lights of the Kingdom are spreading

DAS.1914-07-07, SW_v09#10 p.119

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause

AB10304

Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that a report is circulated in those parts that I am departing for India.

DAS.1913-11-07

Personal instructions

AB11366

Persian

ای شهناز نامه تو رسید با امة الله طائره همیشه مکاتبه نما تا سبب انجذاب جان و

Thy letter was received. Correspond always with the maidservant of God, Taereh, so that it may prove to be the cause of the attraction

NJB_v02#02 p.003x

BLO_PT#052.15

Personal instructions

BH09041

110

mixed

نامه ات رسید بلحاظ عنایت فائز و باصغا مزین حمد کن مقصود عالمیان را که ترا موید

Thy letter was received, attained unto the glance of grace and was adorned with hearing. Praise thou the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath confirmed thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.313a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB11985

Persian

مکتوب شما واصل و تصاویری که ارسال فرموده بودید واصل گردید مگر صد و چهل عدد

Thy letter was received, as were the photographs that thou hadst sent, save one hundred and forty [3.5s]

INBA79.037a

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB12744

Persian

نامه آنجناب وصول یافت ولی فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود

Thy letter was received, and though time doth not permit a detailed reply, this brief response is now penned [3.5s]

INBA85:455a

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions

AB00033

1760

mixed

مراسله آنجناب واصل و بر وقوعات و هذیان مفتریان اطلاع حاصل گردید از اینگونه

Thy letter was received, and the doings and ravings of the calumniators described therein have been noted [4o]

INBA59:254

BRL_DAK#0725, MKT5.118, MSHR3.097x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09832

Persian

نامهٴ تو رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که نهایت آرزو داری که من بآنصفحات شتابم من را نیز نهایت اشتیاق

Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that thou dost cherish the utmost desire for me to hasten to those regions. I, too, have the most intense [3.5s]

NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consultation; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04836

200

mixed

نامه شما رسید و بلحاظ عنایت فائز ندایت را شنیدیم در جمیع احیان در نظر بوده و

Thy letter was received and, through the glance of divine favor, was granted audience. Thy call did We hear, and in all times hast thou been before Our sight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.062b,

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06298

160

mixed

نامه ات رسید و بلحاظ فائز و باصغا مشرف لله الحمد ضوضای امم ترا از مالک قدم و

Thy letter was received and was graced by Our gaze and favored with Our hearing. Praise be to God that the clamor of the nations hath not withheld thee from the Ancient King [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.199, , BLIB_Or15726.102,

Goodly deeds; actions; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03912

240

mixed

مکتوب شما رسید و تمام ملاحظه شد قد اتی القوم بظلم تکدر به الملک و الملکوت و ظهر

Thy letter was received and studied. Verily, that people hath been guilty of such oppression as hath cast gloom over the dominions of earth and heaven

INBA97:029, BLIB_Or15719.099a,

NNY.182-183

EBTB.049x

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB06535

130

Thy letter was received and read. Thou hast invited me to America, saying: "In that region and in that country

SW_v02#06 p.006

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

BH04833

200

Persian

نامه ات رسید نظر ... در ساحت اقدس عرض شد عرف محبت الهی از ان متضوع

Thy letter was received and its contents were presented at His Most Holy Court. The sweet fragrance of Divine love was wafted therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.311b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02481

250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively

TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x

Call to action; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01873

290

Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals

BSTW#188

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02107

270

Persian

ای منجذب عهد و پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل

Thy letter was received and its contents imparted utmost joy, because it indicated firmness and steadfastness in the Cause of God

BRL_DAK#0907, ANDA#74 p.07, MATA.284

MAX.290

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH07831

130

mixed

کتابت مشاهده شد و بانوار وجه فائز گشت از بحر کرم الهی غفران طلب نمودی قد غفرک

Thy letter was received and attained unto the lights of the Divine Countenance. From the ocean of celestial bounty thou didst seek forgiveness, and verily He hath forgiven thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.005b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02231

400

mixed

نامه ات نزد مظلوم حاضر و لحاظ عنایت بان متوجه لله الحمد بطراز محبت الهی مزین

Thy letter was presented before the Wronged One and the glance of His loving-kindness was directed towards it. Praise be to God, it is adorned with the ornament of divine love [3.5s]

INBA15:262b, INBA26:263, BLIB_Or15690.287, , BLIB_Or15699.090b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10390

mixed

نامه ات تلقاء عرش حاضر و ملاحظه شد انشاء الله در کل احوال باوامر الهیه که در

Thy letter was presented before the Throne and was perused. God willing, thou shalt in all conditions abide by the divine commandments which [3.5s]

INBA23:178a, BLIB_Or15710.198b, , BLIB_Or15719.156a,

AQA6#278 p.271a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH09548

100

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه فائز گشت الیوم هر نفسی فی الحقیقه از رحیق

Thy letter was presented before the Throne and was blessed with the radiant lights of His countenance. Today, verily, every soul partaketh of the pure wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.019h,

Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06284

160

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه فائز گشت الحمد لله از کاس رضای الهی آشامیدی و

Thy letter was presented before the Divine Throne and was illumined with the light of His countenance. Praise be unto God that thou hast quaffed from the chalice of divine good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.002a,

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08449

120

Persian

نامه ات بین یدی الوجه حاضر و آنچه در او مسطور مشاهده شد حمد کن محبوب عالمیان

Thy letter was present before the Face, and whatsoever was inscribed therein was beheld. Praise thou the Beloved of the worlds [3.5s]

INBA27:474a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH05888

170

Persian

کتابت را در منظر مظلوم عبد حاضر لدی الوجه معروض داشت نفحات محبت از آن

Thy letter was laid before the sight of the Wronged One by Abd, who presented it in His presence, and the sweet fragrances of love were wafted therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.309a,

Many are called but few are chosen; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06739

150

mixed

کتابت بانوار عرش منور و بلحاظ مالک اسماء فائز و مشرف امریکه الیوم محبوبست استقامت

Thy letter was illumined by the lights of the Divine Throne and blessed with the glances of the Lord of Names. That which is beloved in this Day is steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.006d,

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Outward and inward meanings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01733

510

mixed

کتابت مشاهده شد و ندایت اصغا گشت لم تزل و لاتزال در نظر بوده و انشاء الله

Thy letter was beheld and thy call was hearkened unto. Thou hast ever been, and wilt forever remain, within sight, God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.186b, , BLIB_Or15722.136b,

AVK1.008.19x, AVK3.352.06x, MAS8.111bx

Alchemy; the elixir; Empty learning; false spirituality; High station of learning; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03386

270

mixed

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت دیده شد و ندایت شنیده گشت انشاء الله لازال بافق اعلی ناظر باشی و بما یحب

Thy letter was beheld and thy call was heard. God willing, mayest thou remain ever-gazing toward the Most Exalted Horizon and that which He loveth [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou didst graciously remember me through Thy Most Exalted Pen, at a time when Thou wert held in the Most Great Prison

BLIB_Or15697.078b,

BRL_DA#091, AVK4.069.03x

BRL_APBH#14x, RBB.126x, KSHK#22

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

LL#463

BH04072

230

mixed

نامه ات رسید و باصغاء مظلوم فائز گشت ان یا حسین بشنو ندای سدره منتهی را که در

Thy letter reached Us and attained unto the hearing of this Wronged One. O Hussein! Hearken unto the Call of the Divine Lote-Tree which doth [3.5s]... ...That which hath been made manifest in this preeminent, this most exalted Revelation, stands unparalleled in the annals of the past

INBA19:177b, INBA32:161b, INBA57:084, BLIB_Or15697.181, , BLIB_Or15710.290a,

ADJ.077x, WOB.104-105x, WOB.167x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's knowledge; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07279

140

mixed

نامه ات در سجن اعظم باینمظلوم رسید نفحات محبت از او استشمام شد انشاء الله

Thy letter reached this Wronged One in the Most Great Prison, and the sweet fragrances of thy love were inhaled therefrom. God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.292a,

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement

BH09570

100

mixed

مکتوبت در سجن اعظم بنظر این مسجون رسید و اذن حضور خواسته بودی این فقره در

Thy letter reached this Prisoner in the Most Great Prison, and thou didst seek permission to attain His presence. This matter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.067d,

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH03704

250

mixed

کتابت در سجن اعظم نزد مظلوم حاضر و آنچه در او مسطور عبد حاضر معروض داشت

Thy letter reached the Wronged One in the Most Great Prison, and that which was inscribed therein was presented by the servant who stood in His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.168, , BLIB_Or15715.064c,

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09017

110

mixed

کتابت در سجن اعظم بنظر مظلوم رسید و راس آن باکلیل بیان مالک امکان مزین گشت الحمد لله

Thy letter reached the Wronged One in the Most Great Prison, and its summit was adorned with the crown of utterance of the Lord of all possibility. Praise be to God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.161d,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06299

160

mixed

نامه ات نزد مظلوم حاضر و تمام آن اصغا شد لله الحمد عرف محبت الهی از آن متضوع

Thy letter reached the Wronged One and was heard in its entirety. Praise be to God, the fragrance of divine love was wafted therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.244b,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for teaching; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH10864

mixed

کتابت در سجن اعظم بانوار وجه مالک قدم فائز شد و آنچه در او مسطور مذکور آمد

Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison, illumined by the light of the Countenance of the Ancient King, and that which was inscribed therein was mentioned [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.302c,

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH04831

200

mixed

نامه ات در سجن اعظم امام وجه مظلوم حاضر و عبد حاضر او را قرائت نمود شنیدیم

Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison and was recited in the presence of this Wronged One by the servant who was present; We hearkened unto it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.106b,

Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH06758

150

mixed

نامه ات در سجن اعظم وارد و بلحاظ مظلوم آفاق فائز گشت و تموجات بحر بیان از قلم رحمن

Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison and attained unto the gaze of the Wronged One of all horizons, and the waves of the ocean of utterance surged forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.065e,

AQA5#081 p.097

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement

AB09917

Thy letter of April 10th 1914 was perused. Whenever thou desirest thou hast permission to come to the Presence

DAS.1914-04-25

Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions

BH04068

230

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و طرف الله بان ناظر طوبی لک بما وفیت میثاق الله و عهده

Thy letter is present before the Throne, and the eye of God is fixed thereon. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast remained faithful to the Covenant and Testament of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#110,

AVK4.475bx

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09040

110

Persian

نامه ات بین یدی حاضر ولکن قلم امر در این ایام در جواب متحیر است چه که معلوم

Thy letter is before Me, yet in these days the Pen of Command standeth bewildered in reply, inasmuch as it is known [3.5s]

INBA38:079a

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03123

290

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و اردت به ان تجرب ربک العلی العظیم هذا ما نهیت عنه فی کل

Thy letter hath reached Us, wherein thou didst desire to put to the test thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. This is that which thou hast been forbidden in all things [3.5s]... ...Is there any excuse left for any one in this Revelation? No, by God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne!

INBA34:215

AQA1#076

GPB.220x, PDC.009x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Testing God

BH04835

200

Persian

نامه آنجناب رسید لله الحمد بطراز محبت مطرز بود و بنور معرفت مزین از حق

Thy letter hath reached Us, praise be unto God, adorned with the ornament of love and embellished with the light of recognition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.137b,

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04832

200

mixed

نامه ات رسید ندایت را شنیدیم و در سجن اعظم از مالک قدم آنچه مصلحت است از برای

Thy letter hath reached Us, and We hearkened unto thy call. In the Most Great Prison We beseech from the Ancient Lord that which is meet and seemly [3.5s]

BRL_DA#416, AVK3.404.18x, PYB#006-007 p.01

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08923

110

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و سمعنا ما نادیت به الله من قبلک و احبائی فی هناک و اجبناکم

Thy letter hath reached Us, and We have hearkened unto what thou didst call out to God, and to My loved ones who are there, and We have answered thee [3.5s]

MJAN.041b, AYBY.074a

Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05824

170

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و اسمعنا ما نادیت به الله رب العالمین و اجبناک بهذا اللوح الذی تضوع

Thy letter hath reached Us, and We have hearkened unto thy call unto God, the Lord of the worlds, and We respond unto thee through this Tablet which diffuseth its fragrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.310c,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10008

mixed

نامه ات رسید و بذکر قلم اعلی فائز گشتی تفکر در فضل حق نما که از افق سجن اعظم

Thy letter hath reached Us, and thou hast attained unto mention by the Most Exalted Pen. Reflect upon the grace of God, from the horizon of the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.178a,

Chastisement and requital; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03253

280

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و سمع المظلوم ندائک و اجابک لسان عنایته فی ملکوت بیانه بما

Thy letter hath reached Us, and the Wronged One hath hearkened unto thy call, and the tongue of His loving-kindness hath answered thee from the Kingdom of His utterance with that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.043a,

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10863

mixed

کتابت حاضر و آنچه در او مذکور شنیده شد انشاء الله ندای رحمن را در کل احیان

Thy letter hath reached Us, and that which was mentioned therein hath been heard. God willing, may the Call of the Most Merciful be heard in all times [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.067c,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement

BH08924

110

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و عرض ما فیه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه انا قد سمعناه

Thy letter hath reached Us, and that which was contained therein hath been presented before Our Face by the servant in Our presence. Verily, We have hearkened unto it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.091d,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05109

190

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و وجدنا منه عرف الخلوص لله رب العالمین و اجبناک بهذا الکتاب

Thy letter hath reached Us, and from it We perceived the fragrance of sincerity unto God, the Lord of the worlds, and We have responded unto thee through this epistle [3.5s]

INBA84:191a, BLIB_Or15715.015a,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06231

160

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و عرفنا ما فیه نسئل الله بان یوفقک علی حبه و رضائه و یثبتک فی

Thy letter hath reached Us and We have taken cognizance of its contents. We beseech God that He may enable thee to attain unto His love and good-pleasure and make thee steadfast [3.5s]

INBA48:180, BLIB_Or15739.315,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH02470

360

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و قرئه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بلوح لا تعادله الواح الارض

Thy letter hath reached Us and been perused by this servant present before the Countenance. We have answered thee with a Tablet unto which the tablets of earth cannot be compared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.077,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God

BH10642

mixed

کتابت حاضر و بانوار منظر اکبر فائز ندایت اصغا شد و ذکرت مشاهده گشت انا

Thy letter hath reached Us and been illumined by the lights of the Most Great Countenance. We hearkened unto thy call and beheld thy mention. Verily [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.182b, , BLIB_Or15719.047c,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH08922

110

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک فی المقام الذی کان ام الکتاب عن افقه مشهودا و اخذناه بید

Thy letter hath reached this Station wherefrom the Mother Book was witnessed above its horizon, and We took it with Our hand [3.5s]

INBA48:202a, BLIB_Or15739.342,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02287

390

mixed

قد بلغ الی هذا المسجون کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه نسئل الله بان یوفقک علی عرفانه و

Thy letter hath reached this Prisoner and We have taken note of its contents. We beseech God to graciously enable thee to attain unto His recognition [3.5s]

AQA7#515 p.360

Limits of the intellect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH09551

100

mixed

کتابت نزد مظلوم حاضر شنیدیم و دیدیم و باینکلمه علیا جواب عنایت فرمودیم کن

Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One. We have hearkened unto it and beheld it, and have deigned to answer with this Most Exalted Word [3.5s]

INBA51:410b, BLIB_Or15715.020b,

LHKM3.354

Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07181

140

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و عرضه العبد الحاضر اجبناک بلوح لاح من افقه نیر

Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and the servant in attendance hath laid it before Him. We answer thee through a Tablet from whose horizon a luminary hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! At Thy mention am I enraptured,at the sound of Thy voiceam I made to tremble, by the sweet-scented breezes of Thy Revelation am I given life

INBA51:456a, BLIB_Or15716.070.07,

ADM1#050 p.096x

JHT_S#115x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God the cause of creation

BH03688

250

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف حبک لله رب العالمین نسئل الله ان

Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of thy love for God, the Lord of all worlds. We beseech God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.077a,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02469

360

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی العرش و کان مطرزا بذکر ربک و مقدسا عما سویه لعمری انه خیر لک

Thy letter hath reached the Throne, adorned with the remembrance of thy Lord and sanctified from all else. By My life, this is better for thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#055, , BLIB_Or15710.085,

ADM1#014 p.041x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH06654

150

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک فی مقر قد کان ذکره مقدسا عن الاذکار و وصفه مقدسا عن الاوصاف و

Thy letter hath reached the Spot whose remembrance is sanctified above all mention and whose description transcendeth all praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.021a,

The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01558

560

mixed

نامه ات بمقر عرش وارد و لحاظ عنایت بان متوجه آنچه در او مذکور مفهوم گشت قد

Thy letter hath reached the seat of the Throne, and the glance of loving-kindness hath been directed towards it. Whatsoever was mentioned therein hath become known [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.097r, , BLIB_Or11096#028, , BLIB_Or15710.113, , NLI.32p090r

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05107

190

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و عرفنا ما فیه و اجبناک بما ینجذب به الموحدون الی

Thy letter hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and We have understood that which was contained therein, and have answered thee with that which draweth those who believe in divine unity unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.060e,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH09465

100

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و انزلنا لک ما تقر به العیون لاتحزن عن الدنیا و

Thy letter hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and We have revealed for thee that which shall gladden the eyes. Grieve not over this world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.038b,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05456

180

mixed

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک اجبناک بهذا الکتاب مبین قد وجدنا من کلماته عرف حبک

Thy letter hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and We have answered thee through this perspicuous Book. From thy words We have inhaled the fragrance of thy love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.122a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02549

350

Persian

نامه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و نفحات محبت از او متضوع حمد کن محبوب عالم را که بانوار کلمه مزین

Thy letter hath reached the Most Holy Court, and from it wafted the fragrances of love. Praise thou the Beloved of the world, Who hath adorned thee with the light of His Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.075,

Prayer for nearness to God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03687

250

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک فی السجن الاعظم منظر الله مالک القدم و فیه سئلت الله مولی العالم

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Prison, the Spot wherein God, the Lord of Eternity, doth gaze, and therein thou didst beseech God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.213, , BLIB_Or15715.087b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04822

200

Persian

کتابت در سجن اعظم حاضر و آنچه در او مذکور باصغا فائز انشاء الله لازال از کوثر

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Prison, and that which was mentioned therein hath been heard. God willing, thou shalt ever drink from the Kawthar [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.298a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09993

mixed

کتابت مره بعد مره در سجن اعظم وارد و بلحاظ عنایت محبوب عالمیان فائز انشاء الله

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Prison time and again, and hath been favoured with the glances of loving-kindness of the Best-Beloved of the worlds, God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.018c,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10349

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک فی المنظر الاکبر و یخاطبک مالک القدر و یقول قولی سبحانک اللهم یا

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Horizon, and the Lord of Destiny addresseth thee, saying: Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s]

INBA51:252a, KB_620:245-245

NFR.235, AYT.031, RHQM1.280-280 (344) (206-206), OOL.B179b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH10380

mixed

کتابت بمنظر اکبر فائز و آنچه در او مذکور مشاهده شد طوبی لک بما اقبلت الی

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Horizon, and that which was mentioned therein was beheld. Blessed art thou for having turned unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.182a,

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08334

120

Arabic

قد حضر لدی العرش کتابک و عرفنا ما فیه سوف نقضی لک ما ینفعک ان ربک لهو العلیم

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne, and We have taken cognizance of its contents. We shall ordain for thee that which shall profit thee. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Knowing [3.5s]

INBA15:000, INBA26:001a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

BH09019

110

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و ندایت استماع شد الحمد لله باین فیض اعظم فائز شدی و

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne, and thy cry hath been heard. Praised be God that thou hast attained unto this most great bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.171b,

AQA7#335 p.015

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Meditation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09549

100

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و ندایت بگوش عنایت اصغا شد انشاء الله در سبیل محبوب از

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne, and thy call hath been heard by the ear of grace. God willing, in the path of the Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#210, , BLIB_Or15710.065a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08421

120

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و نفحات محبتت از آن متضوع و آنچه خواسته از قبل عطا شد

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne, and the sweet fragrances of thy love are wafted therefrom, and that which thou didst seek was granted from aforetime [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.185a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03014

300

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بلحاظ عنایت فائز و آنچه مسطور مقبول افتاد نعیما لک بما

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and hath been graced with the glances of loving-kindness, and that which was inscribed therein hath found acceptance. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#063, , BLIB_Or15710.083c,

PYK.018

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH09018

110

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بلحاظ عنایت مالک اسما فائز و مشرف و آنچه مذکور استماع

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and hath been graced with the favoring glance of the Lord of Names, and that which was mentioned hath been heard [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#131,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08419

120

Persian

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه فائز انشاء الله در جمیع احوال بذکرالله

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and been illumined by the light of His Countenance. God willing, thou shalt in all circumstances remain engaged in the remembrance of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.133d,

Attaining good pleasure of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement

BH10382

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بلحاظ مالک اسماء فائز و محض فضل راس آن را بایات منیعه

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and been favored with the gaze of the Lord of Names, and through sheer grace its beginning hath been adorned with exalted verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.260b, , BLIB_Or15730.023c,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Law of obligatory prayer; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BH05823

170

Arabic

Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God

قد حضر کتابک بین یدینا و اطلعنا بما فیه نسئل الله بان یکشف لک ما اردته... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی اسئلک بآیاتک الّتی احاطت الممکنات

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have taken cognizance of its contents. We beseech God that He may unveil unto thee that which thou didst seek [3.5s]... ...Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee, by Thy signs that have encompassed the entire creation

INBA27:473, INBA48:155, BLIB_Or15739.279,

PMP#002x

PM#002x

BH08331

120

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرئناه فی سرادق القدس فی ملا العالین و بذالک غفر

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have perused it within the sacred pavilion amidst the Concourse on High, and thereby hath forgiveness been granted [3.5s]

INBA71:040b

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00949

870

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اجبناک بالحق رحمه من لدنا علیک لتکون شاکرا بفضل

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have answered thee with truth as a mercy from Us unto thee, that thou mayest be thankful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.170, , Berlin1237#04

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

BH03872

240

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و توجه الیه لحاظ ربک المقتدر العزیز المنان و وجدنا منه

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and thy Lord, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, hath turned His gaze upon it, and We found therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.122r, , BLIB_Or11096#058,

KHSH13.008

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07184

140

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و توجه الیه لحاظ ربک العلیم الخبیر و اجبناک اذ خرج مالک القدم

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, hath been directed towards it, and We have answered thee when the Ancient King came forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.012b,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03251

280

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و وجدنا منه رایحه حبک ربک العلی العظیم و نسئل الله بان

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and from it We perceived the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. We beseech God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.261b,

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03871

240

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک تلقاء الوجه فی السجن و کان مزینا صدره بالکلمه التی اجبناها فی

Thy letter hath reached Our presence in this Prison, and its breast was adorned with the word wherewith We had answered [3.5s]

INBA34:268a, INBA51:385, INBA49:365

AQA1#130, LHKM3.137

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01816

490

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرئناه و انا کنا قارئین فاشهد فی سرک بانه لا اله الا

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof. Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA51:319, INBA36:103, INBA71:267

LHKM3.029

Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04486

210

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused it [3.5s]

INBA41:362

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09928

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و فاز بلقاء ربک و سمعنا ما فیه و اجبناک رحمه من لدنا و انا

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and thou hast attained unto the meeting with thy Lord, and We have hearkened unto that which was therein and answered thee as a mercy from Our presence, and verily We [3.5s]

AQA5#056 p.071

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01965

450

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و کان برهانا علی حبک و اقبالک و خضوعک و خشوعک و استقامیتک علی امر

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and standeth as a testimony to thy love and devotion, thy humility and submissiveness, and thy steadfastness in the Cause [3.5s]

LEID.Or4971-2,

BH06294

160

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب رسید الحمد لله مشعر بر صحت و عافیت بود و اینکه درباره توجه بعجم

Thy letter hath reached Me and, praise be to God, it bore tidings of thy health and well-being, and concerning thy turning towards Persia [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.013a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06232

160

mixed

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک الذی یحکی عن توجهک الی الله و انقطاعک عما سواه نسئل

Thy letter hath reached Him Who hath been wronged, which telleth of thy turning unto God and thy detachment from all else save Him. We beseech [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.098c,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God

BH00890

920

mixed

نامه ات بین یدی الوجه فایز و آنچه در او مسطور مشاهده شد لله الحمد فی کل

Thy letter hath reached before the Face of the Presence, and whatsoever was inscribed therein was observed. Praise be to God in all things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.042c, , BN_suppl.1754.144-147

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH07182

140

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و قراناه و اطلعنا بما اردت فی سبیل الله رب العالمین

Thy letter hath indeed reached the presence of the Wronged One, and We have perused it and apprehended that which thou didst intend in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.144b,

BH10341

Arabic

قد بلغ تلقاء الوجه کتابک و قرئناه انا کنا قارئین نسئل الله بان یوفقک علی

Thy letter hath indeed reached the Presence and We have perused it, for verily We have ever been the Reader. We beseech God that He may graciously enable thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.349a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09992

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه مزین گشت ندای کل استماع شد و غفران رحمن

Thy letter hath come into the presence of the Throne and been adorned with the lights of His countenance. The cry of all was heard, and the forgiveness of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.068d,

AQA5#090 p.106a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01878

470

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه من خفیات حبک و کنا من الشاهدین و

Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have learned what lay concealed therein of thy love, and We were among those who witnessed [3.5s]

INBA81:104

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04778

200

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و سمعنا ما نادیت به الله فی جهرک و نجویک ان ربک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی انا الّذی اردت رضائک

Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have hearkened unto that which thou didst call upon God, both in thy public utterance and thy private communion. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will

INBA35:020, INBA48:153, BLIB_Or15739.276, , NLAI_BH1.176

BRL_DA#783, PMP#121x, AQMJ2.113cx, AQMJ1.114x

PM#121x

BH09550

100

mixed

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و طرف اقدس بان ناظر و اول آن این کلمات مذکور الهی اگر کاس

Thy letter hath come before the Face, and the Most Holy Gaze hath beheld it, and at its outset these words were recorded: "O my God! If..." [3.5s]

INBA19:409b, BLIB_Or11096#199,

AYI2.263

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04253

220

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی العرش وجدناه مقدسا عن ذکر الاغیار و مطهرا عن اشارات الغافلین

Thy letter hath come before the Divine Throne, and We have found it sanctified from the mention of others and purified from the allusions of the heedless [3.5s]

INBA18:068, BLIB_Or11096#105,

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

BH01654

Second Tablet to Faris

530

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و وجدنا منه عرف الحب و الوداد لذا نزل لک هذا اللوح

Thy letter hath come before Our Countenance, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of love and affection; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]... ...The Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath blown, and from Zion hath appeared that which was hidden, and from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God

INBA81:153, BLIB_Or11095#030,

BRL_DA#274, AVK3.121x, SFI16.038-039, ASAT4.432x, YIK.120-121

GPB.211x, PDC.125x, PDC.165x2x, PDC.165-166x, PDC.167x, BSB7:3-4 p27x, HURQ.BH77

Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Christians

LL#085

BH01779

500

mixed

کتابت حاضر و بلحاظ فائز از حق میطلبیم ترا مؤید فرماید بر آنچه که امروز لایق و سزاوار است

Thy letter hath come and attained unto Our gaze. We beseech God that He may graciously aid thee in whatsoever is meet and befitting in this Day [3.5s]

INBA57:068x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB10091

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

نامه ات رسید و از میهمانی هر نوزده روز مرقوم نموده بودی

Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write of the Nineteen Day festivity, and this rejoiced my heart.

MMK1#049 p.088x

SWAB#049x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

AB11862

200

Persian

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Non-participation in politics; Universal peace; world unity

نامه شما رسید در حق جلال الدوله و سائر آواره گان ایران بقدر مقدور نهایت رعایت

Thy letter hath been received. Do thou thy utmost to show Jalalu’d-Dawlih and other Iranian refugees maximum consideration and kindness… The aim of the Baha’ís is to raise aloft the banner of the world’s Great Peace, to eradicate the foundations of war

BRL_DAK#0088

BRL_ATE#095x

BH05825

170

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی العرش اجبناک بما لاتعادله زخارف العالم و

Thy letter hath been received, and the servant in attendance before the Throne hath laid it before Us. We have answered thee with that which the ornaments of the world cannot equal [3.5s]

AQA7#516 p.362

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10004

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب واصل و بر مضامین آن اطلاع حاصل مدتی ارسال جواب بعلت عدم اسباب

Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted. For a time the sending of a reply was delayed owing to want of means [3.5s]

MSHR1.076x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11101

Arabic

قد قرء کتابک لدی المظلوم و قبلنا ما

Thy letter hath been read before the Wronged One, and We have accepted that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.021

BH03880

240

Arabic

قد قرء کتابک لدی العرش سمعناه باذن العنایه و اجبناک بهذا اللوح الذی لاح من

Thy letter hath been read before the Throne; We have hearkened unto it with the ear of loving-kindness and have answered thee through this Tablet which hath shone forth from [3.5s]

INBA19:014, INBA32:014, BLIB_Or11095#273,

AVK1.334.17x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10350

Arabic

قد قرء کتابک لدی العرش و قبلنا ما اردت فی سبیل الله رب العالمین ان افرح بما

Thy letter hath been read before the Throne, and We have accepted what thou didst intend in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds. Rejoice thou in what [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.020?, BLIB_Or15726.045b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement

BH04779

200

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم فی هذا السجن الاعظم و قرئه العبد الحاضر و اجبناک

Thy letter hath been presented before this Wronged One in this Most Great Prison. The servant-in-attendance read it aloud, and We respond to thee with this lucid Tablet

BLIB_Or15697.040,

AQA7#423 p.215, TAH.199a

ADMS#249

Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God

BH02156

410

mixed

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه وجدنا منه توجهک الی

Thy letter hath been presented before the Wronged One, and the servant in attendance laid it before His countenance. Therein We perceived thy turning unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.221,

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08418

120

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و آنچه در ذکر محبوب عالمیان معروض داشتی شنیده شد

Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and whatsoever thou didst mention in remembrance of the Beloved of all worlds hath been heard [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.015b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH08420

120

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و راس آن باکلیل ذکر الهی مکلل و مزین شد تا گواهی باشد

Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and its head hath been crowned and adorned with the diadem of Divine remembrance, that it may serve as a testimony [3.5s]

INBA84:135a, INBA84:070, INBA84:012.11, BLIB_Or15710.197b, , BLIB_Or15715.119a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10643

mixed

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بنفحات قمیص وصال فائز ندایت شنیده شد و این ذلتی که

Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne and hath been made to attain unto the fragrances of the Robe of Reunion. Thy call hath been heard, and this abasement which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.256b, , BLIB_Or15730.020b,

Living waters; water of life; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00972

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3

850

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام

Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body

INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172,

BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c

GWB#086x, PNAK.86

Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#438

BH05889

170

mixed

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بنور حضور منور و آنچه در او مذکور ملاحظه شد حمد محبوب

Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance and illumined by the light of Our presence, and that which was mentioned therein hath been observed. Praise be to the Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#086,

BRL_DA#204

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH05900

170

mixed

مکتوبت در ساحت اقدس حاضر و عین عنایت بان ناظر حمد محبوب امکان را که بعرفانش

Thy letter hath been presented at the Most Holy Court, and the Eye of Loving-kindness gazeth upon it. Praise be unto the Beloved of all existence, Who through His knowledge [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#099, , BLIB_Or15710.065b,

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH10865

mixed

کتابت ملاحظه شد و ندایت اصغا گشت انه اجاب من ناداه انه لهو المجیب البصیر

Thy letter hath been perused and thy call hath been hearkened unto. Verily, He answereth him who calleth upon Him. He, verily, is the All-Answering, the All-Seeing [3.5s]

INBA51:104a, BLIB_Or15710.184a, , BLIB_Or15719.046c, , KB_620:097-098

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of obligatory prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00006

Lawh-i-Sarraj

26800

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj)

نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه

Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world.

INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124

BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201

BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51

One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth.

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

BH01883

470

mixed

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و طرف عنایت بان ناظر لله الحمد که بطراز ذکر و ثنای حضرت

Thy letter hath been laid before the Presence, and the gaze of grace is directed towards it. Praise be unto God that it is adorned with the mention and praise of the Lord [3.5s]

INBA19:402b, BLIB_Or03116.122, , BLIB_Or11096#038x,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09015

110

mixed

کتابت بانوار قرب منور و بلحاظ الطاف مشرف قد سمعنا ندائکم و اجبناکم بهذا

Thy letter hath been illumined with the lights of nearness and honored by the glances of favor. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this [3.5s]

INBA51:363b, BLIB_Or15710.180a,

LHKM3.349

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04524

210

mixed

کتابت بانوار منظر اکبر مشرف و بلحاظ عنایت مالک قدر فائز بحضور کتابک لدی الوجه غفر

Thy letter hath been illumined by the lights of the Most Great Countenance and, through the favoring glance of the Lord of Power, hath attained unto presence before the Face [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#107,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06637

150

Arabic

قد استضاء کتابک من انوار افق الوحی و تشرف بلحاظ عنایه ربک الغفور الکریم و

Thy letter hath been illumined by the lights of the horizon of Revelation and hath been honored with the glances of thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

INBA51:465

LHKM3.183

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH07277

140

mixed

مکتوبت بانوار عرش فائز و در سجن اعظم بلحاظ مالک قدم مشرف گشت انشاء الله در

Thy letter hath been illumined by the lights of the Divine Throne and hath attained, in the Most Great Prison, unto the gaze of the Ancient King. God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.262a, , BLIB_Or15730.026h,

Belief and denial; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05511

180

mixed

کتابت بانوار منظر اکبر مزین شد انشاء الله در کل احوال بعنایات محبوب عالمیان فائز

Thy letter hath been adorned with the lights of the Most Great Countenance. God willing, mayest thou be the recipient, in all conditions, of the favors of the Beloved of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.022a,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03538

260

mixed

کتابت بتوجهات لحظات مالک اسماء و صفات فائز و بانوار منظر اکبر منور

Thy letter hath attained unto the tender mercies of the Lord of Names and Attributes, and hath been illumined by the lights of the Most Great Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.206, , BLIB_Or15719.048c, , BLIB_Or15722.149,

AVK3.419.09x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07259

140

mixed

کتابت بمنظر شمس حقیقت فائز و آنچه در او مذکور مشهود آمد الیوم باید جمیع

Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of the Sun of Truth, and whatsoever was mentioned therein hath become evident. On this Day must all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.171a, , BLIB_Or15719.047g,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH10641

mixed

کتابت بلحاظ مالک اسماء فائز اینکه از تحیر نوشته بودی ان التحیر محبوب فی

Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of the Lord of Names. Concerning that which thou didst write about bewilderment, know thou that bewilderment is beloved in [3.5s]

INBA51:102a, BLIB_Or15710.168a, , BLIB_Or15719.046d, , KB_620:095-095

Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH05512

180

mixed

کتابت بساحت اقدس فائز انشاء الله در کل احیان از کئوس عرفان نفس رحمن بیاشامید

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Holy Court. God willing, mayest thou, at all times, drink from the chalices of divine knowledge of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.073a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05513

180

mixed

کتابت بساحت اقدس فائز و طرف عنایت الهی بان متوجه حق لم یزل و لایزال باحبای

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Holy Court and the divine favor hath been directed thereunto. The True One, Who hath ever been and ever shall be, hath turned towards His loved ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.152a, , BLIB_Or15719.023g,

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03136

290

mixed

کتابت بمنظر اکبر فائز الحمد لله عرف محبت رحمانی از او متضوع بوده ان فضل ربک

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon. Praise be to God, from it wafteth the fragrance of divine love. Such is the bounty of thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.003c,

AVK3.448.13x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.b

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hypocrisy; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09016

110

mixed

کتابت بمنظر اکبر فائز و آنچه در او مذکور مشاهده شد لاتحزن من الدنیا و

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and that which was mentioned therein hath been observed. Grieve not over this world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.191b, , BLIB_Or15719.147b,

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God…

INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030

BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021

BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x

Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

LL#036, LL#411

BH05902

170

mixed

نامه ات در منظر اکبر بلحاظ عنایت مالک قدر مشرف و فائز گشت انه یجیب من دعاه و

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, achieving honor and favor through the gracious regard of the Lord of Destiny. Verily, He answereth him who calleth upon Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.178, , BLIB_Or15722.175,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH10862

mixed

کتابت بمنظر اکبر فائز و طرف مطلع امر بان متوجه الحمد لله بذکر مذکور فائز شدی

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and turneth toward the Dawning-Place of the Command. Praise be unto God that thou hast been mentioned in remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.179c,

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06741

150

mixed

کتابت در منظر اکبر بلحاظ مالک قدر فائز و نفحات حب از آن استشمام شد بلی الیوم

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and hath been favored with the gaze of the Lord of Power, and from it the sweet fragrances of love were inhaled. Yea, today [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.025e,

AQA6#281 p.274, VAA.205-205b, AKHA_106BE #04 p.002

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04286

220

Persian

مکتوبت بمنظر اکبر فائز و بلحاظ عنایت مالک اسما مشرف اظهار حزن نموده بودی

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and been honored by the glance of favor of the Lord of Names. Thou hadst expressed thy sorrow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.314b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04538

210

mixed

نامه ات باصغاء مظلوم فائز الحمد لله بذکر و ثنای محبوب عالمیان موید شدی و از

Thy letter hath attained unto the hearing of this Wronged One. Praised be God that thou hast been enabled to offer praise and glorification unto the Beloved of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.268a,

YFY.116

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10905

330

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی العرش و فاز بانوار وجه ربک القادر المهیمن المتعال العزیز الحکیم... یا الهی اسئلک باسمک المهیمن علی الأشیآء بأن تقدر لی ما ینفعنی فی الدنیا و الآخرة

Thy letter hath attained unto the Divine Throne and hath been illumined by the effulgent rays of thy Lord's countenance, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Wise... O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Compelling over all things, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and in the life to come [3.5s]

ADM2#104 p.188x, FRH.054-055

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for prosperity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH09038

110

mixed

مکتوبت در سجن اعظم بلحاظ عنایت فائز و حنین قلبت در حب و فراق از آن اصغا گشت

Thy letter hath attained unto Our presence in the Most Great Prison and been honored with gracious favor, and the yearning of thy heart in love and separation hath been heard [3.5s]

INBA51:192b, BLIB_Or15715.308a, , KB_620:185-186

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01972

450

mixed

Trustworthiness; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بلحاظ عنایات مالک اسماء مشرف طوبی لنفس حضر لدی العرش

Thy letter hath attained the Divine Presence and hath been honored with the gaze of loving-kindness of the Lord of all Names. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Throne [3.5s]... ...I counsel you, O friends of God, to comport yourselves with the utmost trustworthiness in your dealings with my servants and people.

INBA51:217, BLIB_Or11096#053, , BLIB_Or15698.223, , BLIB_Or15710.065a, , BLIB_Or15720.220, , BLIB_Or15740.170, , KB_620:210-211

BRL_DA#278, COMP_TRUSTP#32x, AVK3.058.03x, IQT.223, MAS4.172bx

BRL_ATBH#17x, BRL_TRUST#31x, COC#2043x, PNAK.85, ADMS#001x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09571

100

Persian

نامه ات رسید و حنین قلبت اصغا شد الحمد لله بآنچه محبوبست موید شدی

Thy letter hath arrived, and the yearning of thy heart was heard. Praise be to God that thou hast been confirmed in that which is beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.209a,

BH11095

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و امسکنا القلم الی ان اتی المیقات اطلقنا زمامه و ذکرناک بما

Thy letter hath arrived before Us, and We withheld Our Pen until the appointed time had come. Then did We loose its rein and make mention of thee with that which [3.5s]

INBA51:140a, BLIB_Or15715.254d, , KB_620:133-134

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04254

220

mixed

قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بهذا اللوح المبین نسئل الله

Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant in attendance before the Face. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. We beseech God [3.5s]... ...The first person who devoted himself to philosophy was Idrís. Thus was he named. Some called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name.

INBA51:242, KB_620:235-236

LHKM3.284, YMM.242x

TB#09n3

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

LL#409

BH04485

210

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و عرفنا ما فیه و قبلناک لنفسی العلی العظیم و اثبتنا

Thy letter hath appeared before the Throne, and We have taken cognizance of what was contained therein. We have accepted thee unto Our exalted and mighty Self, and have confirmed thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.599, , ALIB.folder18p470a

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04067

230

mixed

کتابت در منظر اکبر حاضر و بصر الله بان ناظر طوبی از برای نفوسی که بحجبات

Thy letter hath appeared at the Most Great Horizon and the Eye of God gazeth upon it. Blessed are the souls who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.090r, , BLIB_Or11096#071, , BLIB_Or15710.029,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04957

160

Thy letter dated December 21, 1918, reached us... Concerning

SW_v10#01 p.012-013

Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB10240

360

mixed

نامه به تاریخ ۲۷ رجب سنه حالیه رسید تهنیت رجوع بشرق بود و خبرهای خوش از طهران

Thy letter dated 27 Rajab of the current year reached us, conveying the joyful tidings of a return to the East and good news from Tihran [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1006, MAS2.026x, YIA.343-344

Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02895

310

mixed

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بطرف عنایت مالک اسماء مشرف انشاء الله در کل احیان

Thy letter came into My presence and was honored by the favoring glance of the Lord of Names. God willing, at all times [3.5s]

INBA35:083, BLIB_Or15710.155, , BLIB_Or15719.021a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10644

mixed

کتابت لدی المظلوم فائز و بانوار منظر مقصود مزین گشت حمد کن محبوب عالمیان را

Thy letter attained unto the presence of the Wronged One and was adorned with the lights of the countenance of the Desired One. Render praise unto the Beloved of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.179a,

Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11824

130

mixed

نامه ات تلقاء وجه در سجن اعظم بشرف اصغاء مالک قدم فائز شد این عمل تو عندالله

Thy letter attained unto Our presence in the Most Great Prison and was honoured by the hearing of the Ancient of Days. This deed of thine, in the sight of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#289

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06740

150

mixed

کتابت بمحضر مالک اسما فائز گشت و ندایت اصغا شد انشاء الله در کل احیان بانوار

Thy letter attained the presence of the Lord of Names, and thy call was hearkened unto. God willing, at all times [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.003a,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement

BH08416

120

Persian

کتابت در سجن حاضر و توجه الیه طرف المظلوم الذی دعا الکل الی الله

Thy letter arrived in the Prison and the gaze of the Wronged One who summoneth all unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting was directed unto it

MAS4.023ax

HURQ.BH81

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH03711

250

mixed

نامه ات رسید و باصغاء مظلوم فائز لله الحمد عرف عرفان از او در هبوب و رائحه

Thy letter arrived and attained unto the hearing of this Wronged One. Praise be to God that the fragrance of divine knowledge wafteth therefrom and its sweet scent [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.119a,

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11874

190

Persian

Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

نامه شما با دو نقشه مشرق الاذکار رسید هر دو نقشه ملاحظه گردید سبب سرور قلوب شد

Thy letter and the two plans for the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar were received. Both plans were reviewed, and cheered the hearts

BRL_DAK#0421, COMP_MASHRIQP#20

BRL_MASHRIQ#20

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB03276

210

Persian

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life; Family Life

اگر چنانچه فی الجمله مراعات پدر و مادر را نیز بنمائی که فی الجمله راضی شوند رضایت منست

Thy last letter was received and its contents brought joy. Thank thou God, for thou art engaged in serving the Word of God… With regard to the Obligatory Prayer, this should be said individually, but it is not dependent on a private spot… If thou wouldst show kindness and consideration to thy parents so that they may feel generally pleased

COMP_FAMP#51x, COMP_PDLP#32x

BRL_ATE#175x, BRL_IOPF#2.22x, BRL_FAM#51x, BRL_PDL#32x, TAB.463-464, COC#0843x, LOG#0767x, LOG#1527x

Law of obligatory prayer; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH10988

mixed

اشعار آبدار شما سبب فرح و بهجت قلوب گردید و مخصوص در ساحت اقدس عرض شد

Thy flowing poem hath become the cause of joy and gladness to hearts, and were especially presented at the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.210c,

Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB09642

mixed

ایمان و ایقانت مسلم و اقبال و عرفانت مصدق و قال رجل مومن من آل فرعون یکتم

Thy faith and certitude are firmly established, and thy hope and knowledge bear witness. And there spoke a believing man from among the people of Pharaoh who concealed his faith [3.5s]

MMK6#469

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB09504

mixed

نامه نامی رسيد و اراده صادق معلوم گرديد. حلاوت لفظ و ملاحت معنی و فصاحت گفتار

Thy distinguished letter arrived and thy sincere intention became evident. Sweet were its words, graceful its meaning and eloquent its utterance [3.5s]

MMK6#588x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11445

Thy detailed letter... was duly received. Its contents produced joy and happiness

SW_v08#16 p.219x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB03741

190

Thy detailed letter was received. Indeed, it was not a letter but a spiritual rose-garden in which the flowers of inner meaning

MAX.290-291

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

BH06611

150

mixed

ضجیج و صریخت اصغا شد و اشتعال نار محبتت ملاحظه گشت در هر محل که بودی دوست با

Thy clamor and cry were hearkened unto, and the flame of Thy love was witnessed ablaze in every place where the Friend did dwell [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.117b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH05528

180

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد کتابت بمنظر اطهر فائز گشت هر نفسیکه لله برآید در آنحین بمحضر

Thy call was heard, and thy book attained unto the Most Holy Presence. Every soul that riseth up for God's sake in that moment attaineth His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.131c,

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH10011

mixed

ندایت در سجن اعظم اصغا شد و نامه ات بلحاظ مظلوم عالم فائز گشت انشاء الله بر

Thy call was heard in the Most Great Prison, and thy letter attained unto the presence of the Wronged One of the world. God willing [3.5s]

INBA23:168, BLIB_Or15710.197a, , BLIB_Or15715.119b,

AQA6#284 p.276

Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03268

280

mixed

ندایت بساحت اقدس انور اعلی رسید و آنچه ذکر نمودی عبد حاضر معروض داشت

Thy call hath reached the Most Holy, Most Luminous and Most Exalted Court, and that which thou didst mention, this servant hath duly presented [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.371b,

Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04288

220

mixed

ندایت باصغای مالک اسما فائز شد و آنچه عرض نمودی عبد حاضر لدی العرش معروض… بگو ای اله من و محبوب من و سیّد من و سند من

Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Lord of Names, and that which thou didst present hath been laid before the Servant, Who standeth in the presence of the Throne [3.5s]... ...Say: O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Mainstay, the Object of my desire! My heart, my soul, and my tongue attest that Thou hast ever been one

INBA30:105x, BLIB_Or15710.225, , BLIB_Or15719.130b,

AHM.360x, AQMJ1.170x, BSHA.063, ADH1.131

ADMS#133x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03546

260

mixed

ندایت باصغای مظلوم عالم در سجن اعظم فائز شد نعیما لک بما اقبلت الی قبله الوجود

Thy call hath reached the ear of the Wronged One of the world in the Most Great Prison. Blessed art thou for having turned unto the Qiblih of existence [3.5s]

INBA41:207, BLIB_Or15719.071b, , ALIB.folder18p501a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07852

130

mixed

ندایت بسمع قبول اصغا شد و لسان عظمت بجوابت از قبل و بعد ناطق آنچه بر مخلصین

Thy call hath been hearkened with the ear of acceptance, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken in answer, both before and after, that which concerneth the sincere [3.5s]

INBA51:132b, BLIB_Or15710.180b, , KB_620:125-126

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH08452

120

mixed

ندایت اصغا شد و توجهت بشطر اقدس لدی الله معلوم و واضحست انا قبلنا عملک فی

Thy call hath been heard, and thy turning toward the Most Holy Court is known and manifest before God. We have accepted thy deed in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.034b,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH05529

180

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و ناله ات اصغا گشت در بلایا و رزایا بحق اقتدا کن یعنی صابر و

Thy call hath been heard, and thy lamentation hath been hearkened unto. In tribulations and calamities, follow thou the path of truth - that is to say, be patient [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.016a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09044

110

Persian

ندایت اصغا شد و کتابت بانوار منظر اکبر منور گشت و تلقاء وجه معروض آمد اوست

Thy call hath been heard, and thy Book hath been illumined with the splendors of the Most Great Countenance, and hath been presented before His Face. He is God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.131b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09575

100

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و نفحات محبتت استشمام گشت ان ربک لهو السمیع البصیر باید بکمال

Thy call hath been heard, and the fragrances of thy love have been inhaled. Verily thy Lord, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Thou must with utmost [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.065b,

AVK3.400.03x

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09045

110

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و اشتعال نار محبتت فی سبیل الله مشاهده گشت الحمد لله باینمقام

Thy call hath been heard, and the enkindled flame of thy love in the path of God hath been witnessed. Praise be unto God for this station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.168a, , BLIB_Or15730.016b,

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Love of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05903

170

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و آنچه بعبد حاضر لدی العرش نوشته بودید نزد مظلوم ذکر نمود

Thy call hath been heard, and that which thou didst write to the servant in attendance before the Throne was mentioned unto the Wronged One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.226b, , BLIB_Or15715.055c,

GHA.341b.08x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07854

130

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و کتابت مشاهده گشت ان ربک مبدل الشده بالرخاء و العسر بالیسر انه

Thy call hath been heard and Thy letter witnessed. Verily, thy Lord is He Who transformeth hardship into comfort and difficulty into ease. He, verily [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.066a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08453

120

mixed

ندایت باصغا فائز و اقبالت مشهود از حق میطلبیم ترا تایید فرماید بر امریکه

Thy call hath been heard and thy devotion is manifest. We beseech God that He may graciously assist thee in this matter [3.5s]

ANDA#79 p.10

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH05105

190

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا اخوک و فاز بلقاء الغلام و انه لیجزی عباده المریدین الذین

Thy brother hath appeared before Us and attained the presence of the Youth. Verily, He rewardeth His devoted servants who desire [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.342,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04269

220

mixed

کتاب آنجناب در سجن اعظم تلقاء وجه حاضر و آنچه در او مسطور اصغا شد طوبی لک بما

Thy book hath reached Our presence in the Most Great Prison and that which was inscribed therein hath been heard. Blessed art thou for that which [3.5s]

INBA51:336, BLIB_Or15730.021e,

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09485

100

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک بالمنظر الاکبر اذ یمشی مالک القدر و ینطق بالایات التی بها استفرح

Thy book hath gained access to the Most Great Vision, when He Who holdeth all destiny in His grasp doth walk and uttereth verses that bring joy [3.5s]

INBA51:341b

Consolation and comfort; Prayer for women; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07203

140

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک بمنظر المظلوم و تشرف باستماع من سجن فی سبیل الله رب العالمین

Thy book hath attained unto the presence of the Wronged One and hath been honored by the hearing of Him Who is imprisoned in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.068c, , BLIB_Or15738.096b,

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09936

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک بالمنظر الاعلی و توجه الیه طرف الله مالک الاسماء و قرئنا ما تکلمت به

Thy book hath attained unto the Most Exalted Presence, and toward it hath turned the Face of God, the Lord of all names, and We have read that which thou didst speak [3.5s]

INBA84:123b, INBA84:062a, INBA84:005a

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07202

140

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک باصغاء المظلوم فی هذا المقام الکریم حین الذی استوی جمال القدم علی

Thy book hath attained unto the hearing of the Wronged One in this glorious station, at the hour when the Ancient Beauty had established Himself upon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.233, , BLIB_Or15715.090b,

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02341

380

mixed

قد فاز کتابک بفوز الاکبر بما حضر فی هذا المنظر اذ کنا فی بلایا لایحصیها الا

Thy book hath attained unto supreme triumph by appearing at this Scene, whilst We were encompassed by tribulations none can reckon save [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#052, , BLIB_Or15710.080b,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11525

Arabic

و کذلک اظهرنا تیهور الأمر عن هذا التاهور الذی ارتفع فی هذا الهوآء ثم احصرت منه دیجور القدس فی هذا البلد الأمین

Thus have We revealed the manifestation of the Cause from this Epiphany that hath been raised in this atmosphere, whereupon the sanctified darkness was confined in this trusted land [3.5s]

ASAT5.197-198x

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03305

270

Arabic

اذا ینادی لسان الله عن ورآء سدره المنتهی مخاطبا لمن فی الارض و السماء و یقول

Thus doth the Tongue of God call out from beyond the divine Lote-Tree, addressing those who dwell in earth and heaven, saying [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.305a, , NLAI_BH2.071b

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03966

230

Arabic

اذا ینادی قلم الاعلی بان ابشروا یا ملا الوفا بما جرت فلک الحمرا علی لجه الاسما

Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen proclaim: Rejoice, O concourse of the faithful, for the Crimson Ark hath sailed upon the sea of names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.580, , ALIB.folder18p437

AQA7#520 p.366

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB01283

The Transference of Matter across the Kingdoms of Existence

350

Persian

Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

در کائنات نامتناهیه اعظم وسائط تجدد وجود بلکه ترقی قضیۀ اکل و مأکول است

Throughout this endless universe the greatest means for the progress and renewal of existence is that all things are eaters and eaten.

BRL_TTTP#08

BRL_TTT#08

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change

ABU0588

Address to the Baha'is at banquet, Great Northern Hotel in New York, 1912-11-23

480

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause

Throughout the world there are innumerable meetings and assemblages, more or less important

PUP#132 (p.447-448)

BH05028

190

mixed

در قرون و اعصار اهل ایران از علما و غیرهم علی زعمهم بحق متمسک و بحق ناطق و در

Throughout the centuries and ages, the people of Persia, both divines and others, have, according to their own belief, clung to truth and voiced the truth, and in [3.5s]

INBA18:030

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0593

Words spoken on 1915-09-09 in Haifa

470

Persian

در سفر امریکا همیشه ذکر و فکر من روضهٴ مبارکه بود و این شعر سعدی را می خواندمآخر ای کعبهٴ مقصود کجا افتادی

Throughout my journey in America, my thoughts and remembrance ever dwelt upon the Sacred Shrine, and I would recite these words of Sa'di: "O Ka'bih of my heart's desire, where art thou situated?" [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-09

Humor; jokes; Rational arguments; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

BH07047

140

mixed

در جمیع ایام این مظلوم بمثابه شمس از افق سماء ظهور ظاهر و مشرق لعمر الله

Throughout all days, this Wronged One hath, like unto the sun, shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Revelation. By the life of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.248,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05027

190

mixed

در جمیع ایام و لیالی عباد الله منتظر ظهور مشرق وحی الهی بودند و چون آفتاب حقیقت

Throughout all days and nights the servants of God awaited the dawning of the Dayspring of divine revelation, and when the Sun of Truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.153b,

Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BB00418

360

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

یا الهی انت الذی عرفتنی نفسک بظهورک و الهمتنی ذکرک بتجلیاتک انت الاقرت الذی لا یحول بینی و بینک شیء

Through Thy revelation, O my God, Thou hast enabled me to know Thee, and through the radiance of Thine effulgent splendor

HNMJ.150-154, SWBP#67 (p.151-152x)

SWB#67 (p.211-212x)

Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2981

Words spoken in Washington, 1912-05-08

Persian

Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

بسبب ندانستن آنگونه معانی همیشه ملل از مظاهر فیوضات علة العلل محتجب می گشتند

Through their ignorance of these meanings people have always remained veiled

BDA1.077.x

MHMD1.086

ABU0917

Words spoken ca. 1915

330

Persian

خداوند بلسان مظهر وحی خود فرموده " یا ابن الروح احب الاشیاٌ عندی الانصاف

Through the tongue of His Manifestation, God has revealed: “O Son of Spirit! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice..." ...people that investigate claims for themselves learn the fundamental truth. We walk in a path that has no interest in other people's affairs.

KHH1.289-290 (1.402-404)

KHHE.416-418

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom

BH10800

mixed

بفول زرانگیز آقا ضیاء آمد و بکلمه عززناهما بثالث متکلم و همچنین آقا بدیع لذا باین لوح

Through the stirring eloquence of Aqa Zia did he come, and through the word "We strengthened them with a third," and likewise through Aqa Badi', therefore by this Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.129b,

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

ABU1172

Words spoken on 1915-03-26 in Abu Sinan

270

Persian

مظاهر مقدسه الهی بقوه ملکوتی نفوس بشری را

Through the power of the Kingdom, human beings are saved from the grip of nature by the sanctified Manifestations of God and are illumined by the light of divinity.

KHH1.197-198 (1.276-277)

KHHE.288-289, BSR_v13 p.095

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

BH06113

160

mixed

بعنایت مالک اسما بمقام اعلی الاعلی که لقای حضرت دوست است فائز گشتی و نفحات

Through the loving-kindness of the Lord of Names thou hast attained unto the most exalted Summit, which is the presence of the Best-Beloved, and the sweet fragrances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.156d,

AQA5#077 p.093

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05451

180

Arabic

قد اصبحنا الیوم فضلا من لدی الله رب العالمین و توجهنا الی مقام آخر الذی

Through the grace of God, the Lord of all worlds, We have this day risen and turned Our face towards another station which [3.5s]

AQA5#165 p.223

Mount Carmel; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11507

Persian

جناب شاپور از فضل و عنایت پروردگار مهربان میطلبیم که چون شاپور مستولی بر ممالک

Through the grace and tender mercy of the loving Lord, we beseech that His eminence Shapur may, like Shapur of old, gain sovereignty over the realms [3.5s]

INBA84:483a

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB12441

130

Persian

از جود سلطان وجود امیدواریم که در این ایام افتتان و امتحان آن منجذبین جمال رحمن

Through the bounty of the Sovereign of existence, we cherish the hope that in these days of test and trial, those souls who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

QUM.098, QUM.124b

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3110

Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone; inflammable matter jets out from the interior of the earth

SW_v16#04 p.473

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3060

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07

Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone

PN_1904 p007, PN_1904 p039, TTAW.010, BLO_PN#102

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11364

Through the blood which they shed the earth hath been impregnated

GPB.080x

Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

ABU3635

Words to American pilgrims spoken around April 1907

Through prayer, supplication, purification of the heart and good wishes.

SW_v08#04 p.045

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH01318

650

mixed

یک حرف از اسم کریمش تجلی نمود عالم و ما فیه ظاهر و هویدا گشت آنچه موجود از

Through one letter of His glorious Name was the revelation made manifest, and the world and all that dwell therein became visible and evident [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.096,

Consultation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05341

180

Arabic

بذکری خرقت الاحجاب و باسمی نورت البلاد و بسلطانی تزلزلت ارکان الذین هم کفروا

Through My remembrance have the veils been rent asunder, through My Name hath the land been illumined, and through My sovereignty have the pillars of them that disbelieved been made to tremble [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#209,

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02846

310

Persian

بجانان جان همی دریافت ره از بوی او مهر و مه آمیخت با هم روی او و ابروی او

Through His fragrance did the soul find its way to the Beloved; sun and moon commingled in His face and brow [3.5s]

INBA30:167

MAS4.176

Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Pain of love; love as veil; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

LL#012

BH04250

220

Arabic

قد اصبحنا الیوم بنعمه الله و رحمته و فضله و عطائه و کنا ناطقا ذاکرا اذا ورد غصنی الاکبر

Through God's grace and mercy, His bounty and His bestowal, We have risen this day and were engaged in utterance and remembrance when the Greater Branch arrived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.039b,

Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05487

140

Persian

از طهران سه فقره از طرف آقا سید نصرالله و حاجی غلامرضا در اروپا رسیده ولی

Three letters have arrived in Europe from Ṭihrán on behalf of Áqá Siyyid Naṣru'lláh and Ḥájí Ghulám-Riḍá [3.5s]

INBA16:168

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters

ABU3750

Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said

Persian

Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Purpose; goal of creation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

افکار مال و منال و آمال جاه و جلال صرف اوهام است خدا محض عمران دنیا این اوهام را در سرها انداخته

Thoughts of wealth and riches, as well as hopes of rank and glory, are sheer illusion. God has cast these thoughts into our minds only so that this world might prosper; apart from this, they are of no importance

BDA2.360

MHMD2.479-480

BH11662

120

mixed

اگرچه به قول قائل قبل رسائل این عبد در آن حضرت مسائل بیجواب و کلمات ناصواب بوده

Though, in the words of a speaker from former times, the letters this servant hath sent to thee are ostensibly questions that need no answer

SFI18.284

LOIR20.182

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06750

150

Arabic

ما حضر بین یدینا کتابک ولکن عندنا علم ما سطر فیه و ان ربک بکل شیء علیم و

Though thy book hath not been brought before Us, yet We are indeed aware of all that hath been inscribed therein, for verily thy Lord is all-knowing of all things [3.5s]

INBA73:077a, NLAI_BH1.480, NLAI_BH2.228a

AQA6#207 p.037b

Angels; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3740

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14

Persian

Call to action; Newspapers and the media; publications; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

هر چند این جرائد اگر بیغرضانه بنویسند سبب آگاهی نفوس است ولی ما مقالاتی در جرائد ملکوت نوشتیم

Though these newspapers will, if written impartially, inform the people, yet we have written articles in the newspapers of the Kingdom

BDA2.139

MHMD2.172

BH10033

Arabic

و لو ان روایح الافتتان فی ایام الشداد قد اخمدت سراج حب الرحمن فی صدور الناس

Though the winds of sedition in these days of ordeal have extinguished the lamp of the All-Merciful's love in the hearts of men [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.387b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04281

220

Persian

گریه غمام و صیحه سحاب اگر چه سبب و علت خذهای ارض و جبال

Though the weeping of the clouds and the lamentation of the heavens be indeed the cause and reason for the sustenance of earth and mountains [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.136c,

BH09196

100

Persian

اگرچه فتنه سنه شداد اکثری از ناس را از شطر محبوب غافل نموده ولکن بدایع فیض و

Though the turmoil of these grievous times hath rendered most people heedless of the presence of the Beloved, yet the wondrous outpourings of grace [3.5s]

AYBY.023a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH02504

350

mixed

اسم اگرچه مدل بموسومست ولکن این در رتبه خلق مشهود و اما حق مقدس از اسم و رسم

Though the Name is signified by symbols, yet this pertaineth to the station of creation; verily God is sanctified above all names and attributes [3.5s]... ...The hour is approaching when the most great convulsion will have appeared.… I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads

INBA81:146

AVK1.105.11x, AVK4.461ax, RAHA.153x, YMM.170x

ADJ.081x, TDH#058.4x, PDC.004x

Degrees of faith; certitude; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3158

Words spoken on 1913-01-28 in Paris

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Law of transformation and change; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies

هر چند استقلال ایران را بباد دادند ولی ایران روز بروز رو بترقی است نا امید نباید بود

Though the independence of Perisa has been cast to the wind, yet does it continue to progress with every passing day

BDA2.110

MHMD2.136

ABU0865

Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa

350

Persian

هر چند اساس معین است مثل اساس حضرت مسیح اما اگر کسی در میان نصاری سیر کند می بیند که

Though the foundation is established, even as was the foundation laid by Jesus Christ, yet should one journey amidst the Christians, one beholdeth that [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-12

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Reincarnation; Theosophy

BH06406

150

mixed

اگرچه حوادث زمان و ظهورات افتتان قلوب را مکدر نموده ولکن افئده صافیه و نفوس

Though the events of the time and the manifestations of trials have cast a shadow upon the hearts, yet pure hearts and sanctified souls [3.5s]

INBA18:070, BLIB_Or15719.160b,

Chastisement and requital; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04944

190

mixed

اگرچه ابر تیره ظلم چهره و انوار آفتاب عدل را از ظهور منع نموده ولکن لیس هذا

Though the dark clouds of oppression have veiled the countenance and rays of the Sun of Justice from appearing, yet this is not so [3.5s]

INBA19:010b, INBA32:011, BLIB_Or15710.293, , BLIB_Or15719.094b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05638

170

Persian

اگرچه دفتر عاشقان ببیان طی نشود و نامه مشتاقان بقلم امکان اتمام نپذیرد ولکن

Though the book of lovers cannot be traversed by mere narration, and the epistle of the yearning ones findeth not completion through the pen of the world, yet [3.5s]

INBA38:050a, INBA36:377, NLAI_BH1.335

BRL_DA#616, ASAT4.016x, YBN.030c

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU1073

Words spoken on 1913-03-18 in Paris

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Exhortations and counsels; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes

اگر چه حال پاریس مخمود است ولی عاقبت باهتزاز آید زیرا شبهای بسیاری در اینجا من طلب تأیید

Though Paris is today sunk in apathy, its soul will soon be stirred, for I have spent many a night here praying

BDA2.187

MHMD2.238

BH05525

180

Persian

نامه از شما نرسید ولکن جواب ارسال میشود فی الحقیقه بی ذکر مذکور شدید

Though no letter was received from thee, yet is an answer being sent. In truth, thou hast been mentioned though no mention was made [3.5s]

INBA36:451a, NLAI_BH1.293

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00841

970

mixed

اگرچه مدتها است که هبوب عنایتی از شطر آنجناب بر قلب این مسکین نوزیده و قلم

Though long hath it been since any breeze of loving-kindness from thy direction hath wafted o'er the heart of this lowly one, and the pen [3.5s]

INBA27:409

BRL_DA#117, AYI2.143x, TSHA2.068x, PYK.023

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09128

Persian

اگر چه بظاهر در محفل قرب حاضر نیستی اما فی الحقیه در خلوتخانه قلوب مذکور و

Though in outward appearance thou art not present in the gathering of nearness, yet in truth, in the innermost chambers of hearts, thou art remembered [3.5s]

AYBY.452 #192, SAM.392

Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Saddening another soul; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2736

Words spoken on 1913-02-01 in Paris

Persian

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

در این مدت ولو در غرب بودم ولی همیشه رویم بسوی احبای شرق بود و تأیید ایشان را

Though I have been in the West throughout this span of time, yet my face has ever been turned towards the Baha'is of the East

BDA2.117

MHMD2.145

ABU2918

Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906

Though I had not time to answer all the letters you brought from your cities, you are the true letters that I send unto them as answer. For there are two kinds of letters

PN_1906 p073, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Outward and inward meanings

AB03855

190

mixed

حقيقت بشريّه هر چند در نهايت ضعف و ناتوانی است ولی موهبت ربّانيّه در غايت قوّت و توانائی

Though human reality abideth in the uttermost weakness and impotence, yet divine bestowals are in the fullness of might and power [3.5s]

MMK3#164 p.115x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09523

100

mixed

کاسنی اگرچه در ظاهر تلخ است در باطن بس شیرین این وصف کاسنی ظاهریه است که در

Though chicory is outwardly bitter, in its essence it is most sweet. This description pertaineth to the outward chicory that [3.5s]

INBA38:071a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3710

Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London

Persian

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Wisdom [hikmat]

هر چه بطرفین نصیحت شد و راه صواب نموده و بمداخلهٴ همسایه‌ها انذار گشت

Though admonitions were given to both sides, though the right path was shown to them, and though they were warned about meddling from their neighbours

BDA2.045

MHMD2.054

AB04148

180

Persian

این بندهٴ بها شکایت با حکایت از انقطاع مائده روحانى نموده بودی که یک سال است

Thou, servant of Bahá, hadst voiced thy complaint and recounted the story of being deprived of spiritual sustenance for the span of a year [3.5s]

INBA13:229

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Humor; jokes; Material and spiritual existence; two books

BH03776

240

mixed

از قبل بذکر حق جله جلاله فائز گشتی و حال ابن اسمی اصدق علیهما بهائی و

Thou wert enraptured aforetime with the mention of God, exalted be His glory, and now this My Most Truthful Name, upon both of whom rest My splendor [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.028b,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB11604

Thou shouldst continue thy profession and at the same time try to serve the Kingdom of God

COC#1022x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship

BH04427

210

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

تری یا الهی بان ورقه من الاوراق التی تورقت من سدره وحدانیتک و دوحه فردانیتک

Thou seest, O My Lord, one of the Leaves grown out of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the mighty stock of Thy Singleness, surrounded by unbelievers, men and women alike... Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its branches

Majlis210461.117ax

PMP#180x, NFR.065

PM#180x, LTDT.263-264, JHT_S#064

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution

Part 3 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH04687

200

Arabic

تری یا الهی اشتیاق العشاق الی ام الافاق شوقا للقائک و احتراقهم بنار الهجر فی

Thou seest, O my God, the yearning of the ardent lovers for the Mother of Horizons, their longing to attain Thy presence, and their burning in the fire of separation in [3.5s]

NFR.074

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH04186

220

Arabic

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

تری یا الهی عبادک تمسکوا باسمائک و یدعونها فی اللیالی و الایام و اذا ظهر من

Thou seest, O my God, how Thy servants have been cleaving fast to Thy names, and have been calling on them

INBA92:362

PMP#118

PM#118

BH09809

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers

تری یا الهی کیف اجتمع علی احبتک طغاه خلقک و عصاه بریتک ما من ارض الا و قد

Thou seest, O my God, how Thy loved ones have been encompassed by the rebellious amongst Thy creatures

INBA49:068a, INBA92:314b

AQMJ1.015

BPRY.229, JHT_S#031

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH10231

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

تری یا الهی کیف حال بین عبادک و مظهر نفسک ظلم المعرضین من خلقک ای رب فانزل

Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee

INBA92:353a

PMP#115

PM#115, BPRY.247

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH10230

Arabic

تری یا الهی کیف اشتعلت نار الاعتساف و خبت مصابیح الانصاف الی ان اخرجونا

Thou seest, O my God, how the fire of tyranny hath blazed forth and the lamps of justice have been extinguished, until they drove us into exile [3.5s]

INBA92:386b

Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06118

160

Arabic

تری یا الهی محبوب الامکان بین ایدی المحتجبین و المظلوم بین ایدی الظالمین قد

Thou seest, O my God, how the Beloved of the world is in the hands of them that have veiled themselves from Thee, and how He is subject to the oppressors

NFR.093

JHT_S#184

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11620

300

Arabic

تری یا اله الاسماء و سلطان البقاء احتراق افئده المشتاقین من توقد نیران القضاء

Thou seest, O God of Names and Sovereign of eternity, how the hearts of the yearning ones are consumed by the fires of destiny [3.5s]

FRH.027

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09318

100

Arabic

تری یا اله الاسماء و فاطر الاشیاء اولیائک بین ایادی الظالمین من خلقک الذین

Thou seest, O God of Names and Creator of all things, Thy loved ones in the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures who [3.5s]

AQA6#241 p.144

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02806

320

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا اله الرحمن و المقتدر علی الامکان تری عبادک و ارقائک الذین یصومون فی

Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls… Thou seest, O Lord, our suppliant hands…

GWBP#138 p.192, AHM.110, TSBT.050, NFF5.031, OOL.B090.08

GWB#138

E. Mahony

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for forgiveness

LL#244, LL#271

ABU3291

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ترانا یا الهی مجتمعین علی هذه المائدة شاکرین لنعمتک ناظرین الی ملکوتک

Thou seest us, O my God, gathered around this table, praising Thy bounty, with our gaze set upon Thy Kingdom.

AVK4.070, MAS5.256, BDA1.310.01

MHMD1.327, ABCC.308

BH02597

340

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

تری محبوبک یا الهی بین ایدی اعدآئک و تسمع حنینه بین اشقیاء خلقک ای رب هذا

Thou seest Thy dear One, O my God, lying at the mercy of Thine enemies, and hearest the voice of His lamentation

PMP#032, NFR.021

PM#032

AB00070

1240

Arabic

ترانی یا الهی معترفا بروحی و ذاتی و حقیقتی و کینونتی بعجزی و فقری و فناای

Thou seest me, O my God, with my spirit, my essence, my reality and my being, confessing my powerlessness, my poverty and my nothingness [3.5s]

INBA16:201

BRL_DAK#0635, MKT1.165

Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00499

560

Arabic

ترانی یا الهی مبتهلا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک متضرعا الی جبروت وحدانیتک مهتزا من

Thou seest me, O my God, supplicating before Thy merciful Kingdom, humbly beseeching at the threshold of Thy divine Unity, trembling with [3.5s]

INBA88:135b

AYBY.343 #025

Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00145

930

Arabic

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace

ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و

Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold

INBA16:069

MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002

BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215

BH05346

180

Arabic

ترانی یا الهی فی السجن بین الحزبین و تسمع ضجیجی و حنین قلبی بما ورد علی

Thou seest me, O my God, in captivity between two factions, and hearest my cry and the lamentation of my heart for that which hath befallen me [3.5s]

NFR.089

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00156

910

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers

ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من

Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty

MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x

SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH08754

110

mixed

باید بلسان و روح و قلب بشکر محبوب عالمیان ناطق باشی چه که از تو ظاهر فرمود

Thou must, with tongue and spirit and heart, render thanksgiving unto the Beloved of all worlds, for that which He hath manifested through thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.211a, , BLIB_Or15719.161a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2980

Words to a Persian student, spoken on 1914-06-24

Thou must strive day by day so that the fire of the Love of God may burn brighter and brighter upon the censer of thy heart

DAS.1914-06-24

Effort; striving; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Study; deepening

ABU1924

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-21

150

Persian

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge of self; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

همیشه ملتفت حال خود باش بهبین چه نقصی داری کوشِش نما تا آن را اصلاح کنی چشم انسان

Thou must look to thyself and within thyself and find thine own errors and weaknesses. If thou hast any imperfection thyself, try to improve it.

BDA2.310

DAS.1913-05-21, SW_v08#11 p.138, MHMD2.410-411, BSTW#338

AB02479

250

Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward

DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007

Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00140

940

mixed

و انت تعلم یا الهی مبلغ حبی و فرط هیامی و عظیم ودادی و شده تعلقی بافنان سدره

Thou knowest, O my God, the extent of my love, the intensity of my yearning, the magnitude of my affection, and the depth of my attachment to the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree [4o]

INBA87:293, INBA52:297

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications

BH09810

Arabic

تعلم یا الهی بانی ما اردت فی الملک الا اصلاح العالم و تهذیب نفوس الامم لعل

Thou knowest, O my God, that my sole aim on this earth hath been to rehabilitate the world and edify the souls of its peoples

ROB4.000

BRL_DA#342

ADMS#099

Prayer for governments and rulers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02944

300

Arabic

انت تعلم یا الهی بان شفتائی مافتحتا الا باذنک و ماجری قلم القدم الا بامرک و

Thou knowest, O my God, that my lips have not been opened save by Thy leave, and that the Ancient Pen hath not moved except by Thy command [3.5s]

INBA48:131, INBA49:204, INBA92:195, BLIB_Or15739.243,

AQMJ1.101

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05311

180

mixed

انت تعلم یا الهی بانی ما اشکو فی حبک عن البلایاء و لااجزع فی سبیلک عن الرزایاء

Thou knowest, O my God, that I complain not of tribulations in Thy love, nor do I shrink from calamities in Thy path [3.5s]

INBA73:354, NLAI_BH1.501, NLAI_BH2.242b

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB12248

220

Arabic

و انت تعلم یا الهی ذلی و مسکنتی و فقری و مسغبتی و تبتلی و تضرعی و تذللی

Thou knowest, O my God, my lowliness and poverty, my destitution and desperate need, my utter devotion, my supplications, and my complete self-effacement [3.5s]

INBA85:427

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB05167

150

Persian

Bahá'í Prayers

ای خدا تو شاهدی و گواهی که در دل و جان آرزوای ندارم جز آنکه برضایت موفق گردم

Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure

BRL_DAK#0221, MMK2#004 p.002, MMG2#401 p.447

BPRY.203-204

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07759

110

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers

رب انت تعلم بان النفوس محفوفه بالنواب و الافات و محاطه بالمصائب و الرزیات کل بلاء

Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial doth attack man

BRL_DAK#1186, ADH2.065, ADH2_2#06 p.097, MJMJ1.020, MMG2#348 p.389, MJH.066a, NSR_1978.135b, NSR_1993.148

BPRY.154, TAB.619, BSC.431 #781, RBB.139-140x

J. Cavanagh

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00529

1410

Persian

حمد مقدس از ما عند الناس محبوبی را سزاست که جمیع عالم را بکلمه واحده خلق فرمود

Thou hast, by the grace of God and the limitless mercy of the Lord, attained to the greatest martyrdom, and this station surpasseth physical martyrdom

BLIB_Or15727b.203, , BLIB_Or15732.214,

BRL_DA#598

ADMS#241x

Chastisement and requital; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB07480

110

Persian

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

مرقوم نموده بودی که از احبّا شنيدی که انسان اگر ترقّی ننمايد محو و نابود گردد مقصد عدم صرف نيست

Thou hast written that some of the friends have informed thee that if man does not progress, he will perish and become nonexistent.

MMK3#047 p.029x

BLO_PT#080.47x

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Differences in human capacity; Soul; spirit after death

AB00542

530

mixed

از انتشار اجنحه طیور لیل مرقوم نموده بودید هذا ما اخبر به القلم الاعلی فی

Thou hast written regarding the spreading of the wings of the birds of night. As the Most Exalted Pen hath foretold in [3.5s]

INBA85:362

MMK6#430, YMM.036, AADA.129x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00651

1170

mixed

حمد و شکر اولیا و اصفیاء حق را لایق و سزاست آنانکه کوثر حیوان را که از قلم

Thou hast written about the sum belonging to Hadrat-i-Varaqiy-i-'Ulya… Whatever was sent, hath been received.

INBA31:112

BRL_DA#374

LTDT.054x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places

BH10852

Arabic

قد ذکرت ربک مره بعد مره و ذکرت من القلم الاعلی کره بعد کره ان اعمل ما وصیناک

Thou hast made mention of thy Lord time and time again, and mention hath been made of thee by the Most Exalted Pen again and again. Act thou according to that which We have enjoined upon thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.019a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00447

Commentary on the Fig and the Olive

590

mixed

و التین و الزیتون ایت کریمه نک دقایق معانیسندن سوال بیورلمشدر معلوم عالیلریدر

Thou hast inquired about the subtle meanings of the blessed verse “By the Fig and the Olive.”

MJT.146

BLO_PT#128

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB11351

mixed

در خصوص وحی مرقوم نموده بودید ائمّهٴ اطهار مطالع الهام بودند و مظاهر فیض حضرت رحمان وحی اختصاص بحضرت رسول

Thou hast inquired about divine Revelation. The holy Imams were the dawning-places of inspiration and manifested the bounty of the All-Merciful. Divine Revelation was confined to Mubammad, the Messenger of God. Thus, we do not refer to the words of the Imams as the Word of God, but we regard them as divinely inspired

AVK2.032.17x, MAS2.022x, VUJUD.141.02x

VUJUDE.155x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Imamate; the Caliphate

BH11099

Arabic

قد فزت بالحضور و سمعت الندآء و شربت رحیق البیان من ایادی الفضل و العطاء ان

Thou hast indeed attained unto the presence, hearkened unto the Call, and quaffed the choice wine of utterance from the hands of bounty and bestowal [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.120b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement

BH09996

Persian

Excellence in all Things; Social Action

لازال در نظر بوده و خواهی بود انشاء الله در ظل عنایت الهی و سحاب مکرمت ربانی

Thou hast ever been, and wilt continue to be, before Mine eyes. If God willeth, thou shalt abide beneath the shade of divine favor and the clouds of celestial bounty [3.5s]... ...Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit of the human tree hath ever been and will ever be perfections

BLIB_Or15698.328, , BLIB_Or15720.320, , BLIB_Or15740.250,

BRL_DA#137, IQT.328, UAB.040dx

BRL_SOCIAL#051x, BRL_EXCEL#05x, COC#0560x, COC#0770x

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of learning; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06285

160

Persian

لازال نزد مظلوم مذکور بوده و هستی از اول امر الی حین من غیر ستر و حجاب عباد

Thou hast ever been and art still remembered before this Wronged One, from the inception of the Cause until this hour, without veil or concealment from the servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.022a,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00326

660

Arabic

قد خلقت یا الهی کونا جامعا و کیانا واسعا بفضاء غیر متناه قصرت عن حدوده العقول

Thou hast created, O my God, an all-encompassing universe and a vast existence within an infinite expanse, before whose bounds all minds stand powerless [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0458, MKT1.191

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05751

170

mixed

ذکرت لدی المظلوم بوده و هست از حق میطلبیم ترا ماید فرماید تائیدیکه

Thou hast been, and art, remembered before the Wronged One. We beseech God that He may graciously aid thee with His confirmation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.113a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU1408

Words to Mirza Ali Akbar

230

Thou hast been with me for a long time, and I have grown to love thee very much. When I love people

DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v05#01 p.006-007, SW_v07#10 p.095-096

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; High station of teachers of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07635

130

mixed

ذکرت مکرر لدی المظلوم مذکور و در هر کره بذکر حق فائز شدی این ذکر از نعمتهای

Thou hast been repeatedly remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and in each instance hast thou attained unto the remembrance of God. This mention is among the bounties [3.5s]

AQA7#450 p.269

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06549

150

mixed

ذکرت در سجن اعظم نزد مظلوم مذکور و از افق ابهی و قلم اعلی اینکلمات نازل

Thou hast been remembered in the Most Great Prison before the Wronged One, and from the Most Glorious Horizon and the Supreme Pen these words have been sent down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.002a,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07207

140

Arabic

قد کنت مذکورا لدی العرش فی کل سنه الی ان بلغت السنون الی هذه السنه التی فیها

Thou hast been remembered before the Throne throughout every year until the years attained unto this year wherein [3.5s]

INBA51:181b, KB_620:174-175

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH06670

150

Arabic

قد کنت مذکورا لدی المظلوم فی هذا الیوم الذی فیه فک الرحیق المختوم باسم الله

Thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One on this Day whereon the sealed Wine hath been unsealed through the Name of God [3.5s]

INBA51:196b, KB_620:189-190

BH10227

mixed

بعنایت حق فائز شدی لله الحمد و بصراطش آگاه گشتی لله الفضل ذکرت مذکور و لحاظ

Thou hast been favored by God's grace, praise be unto Him, and become aware of His path, all glory be unto God. Thy remembrance is noted in His presence [3.5s]

INBA15:354a, INBA26:357a

AQA7#484 p.304b

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07761

130

mixed

قد فزت بکوثر الذکر مره بعد مره و این از فضلهای بزرگ الهی است امروز شان دوستان

Thou hast attained, time and again, unto the Kawthar of remembrance, and this is among God's great bounties bestowed upon His friends this day [3.5s]

INBA41:287, BLIB_Or15715.273e,

LHKM1.116

Differences in human capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH11100

Arabic

قد فزت باللقاء و شربت رحیق الوصال من ید الفضل و العطاء ان المظلوم یسئل الله

Thou hast attained unto the meeting and drunk the choice wine of reunion from the hand of grace and bounty. The Wronged One beseecheth God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.120a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU0185

Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914

940

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible

DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381

AB00353

630

mixed

ای بنده الهی سوال از عصمت انبیای سلف نموده بودی مظاهر مقدسه ما ینطق عن الهوی

Thou hast asked about the infallibility of the ancient prophets. The Holy Manifestations uttered that which was revealed unto them… Thy second question concerneth the impregnation of Mary through the Holy Spirit. This is an established and certain fact

MMK6#504x, AVK1.324x, AVK2.049, AVK2.186.18x, MAS2.081x, MAS9.004, MSHR5.075-077

KSHK#25x, ADMS#222x

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Outward and inward meanings; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB00624

500

mixed

یا ملجای و ملاذی یا ربی و رجائی انی ابتهل بکل ذل و انکسار الی ملکوت رحمانیتک

Thou has written concerning the pilgrims and pilgrims' note. Any narrative that is not authenticated by a Text should not be trusted

AVK3.483.12x, AVK4.319x, PYK.235

LOG#1431x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11762

240

mixed

Social Action

در فقره جناب ملا حسین و ابن ایشان علیهما بهاء الله مرقوم فرموده بودید

Thou hadst made reference in thy letter to agriculture. On this matter He hath laid down the following universal rule

BRL_DA#392

BRL_SOCIAL#201x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Agriculture; Consolation and comfort; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

AB07082

120

Persian

در مسئله خلقت استفسار نموده بوديد . متصوّفين چنان اعتقاد نمايند که حقائق اشيا از حقّ ظهور يافته

Thou hadst inquired concerning the matter of creation. The mystics thus believe that the realities of all things have become manifest from the True One [3.5s]

MMK3#021 p.014x

Emanation vs. manifestation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB12027

180

Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The power of example

Thou hadst asked about the meaning of the statement “the transgressions of the parents will affect four generations of their descendants

BRL_ATE#086

AB01544

310

Arabic

انت تشهد یا الهی بعبودیتی و ذلی و فقری و مسکنتی و عجزی و فقری بباب احدیتک و

Thou dost witness, O my God, my servitude and my lowliness, my poverty and my destitution, my powerlessness and my indigence at the threshold of Thine oneness [3.5s]

INBA59:080

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05716

170

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

تری یا الهی بان البهاء یذکرک بعد الذی ورد علیه من البلا ما لایقدر ان یحصیه

Thou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to remembrance

INBA92:399a

PMP#051, AKHA_124BE #06 p.j

PM#051

AB02091

270

mixed

ملاحظه مينمائی که نور حقيقت شرق و غرب را روشن نموده شمع ايران آن ممالک بعيده را منوّر کرده

Thou dost observe how the Light of Truth hath illumined both East and West, and how the Candle of Iran hath brightened those distant lands [3.5s]

MMK2#088 p.068x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad

BB00059

3000

Arabic

و انک یا الهی ربیتَنی فی الاعجمیینَ و ربیتَنی بمثلِ الامیینَ لیوم

Thou didst, O my God, nurture me among those who speak not Arabic, and didst rear me in the manner of the unlettered ones [3.5s]

HNMJ.169-197

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09831

Persian

مرقوم نموده بودی که احبّای بوستون و مالدن نهایت سرور داشتند که شاید من به امریک خواهم آمد

Thou didst write that the friends in Boston and Malden were filled with utmost joy at the prospect that I might come to America [3.5s]

NJB_v02#02 p.003x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10399

Persian

از بلايای وارده و رزايای نازله اشاره نموده بوديد اين ره عشق است و از لوازم ذاتيه اش جانفشانی است

Thou didst refer to the calamities that have befallen thee and the tribulations that have descended. This is the pathway of love, and self-sacrifice is among its essential requirements [3.5s]

MMK3#199 p.143x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01990

280

Arabic

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Necessity for Prayer, The

ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله قد قرئت نمیقتک اللطیفه الانشاء البدیعه المعنی

Thou didst question the necessity for prayer, and the wisdom that might lie behind it. What reason could there be, thou didst ask

BRL_DAK#0682

BRL_ATE#174x, SW_v04#18 p.303, SW_v08#04 p.044-045

Importance of prayer; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB03941

180

mixed

ذکر بلايا و مصائب و رزايا نموده بودی و فرياد و فغان کرده بودی حقّ با شماست اگر خون بگريی سزاوار است

Thou didst make mention of tribulations, calamities and afflictions, and didst raise a cry of lamentation and wailing. Thou art in the right - if thou shouldst weep tears of blood, it would be fitting [3.5s]

MMK3#207 p.149x, NANU_AB#50x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom

BH10258

Persian

ذکر امین و حواله وجه نموده بودید در جواب ذکر شود جناب امین علیه بهآء الله اگر چه

Thou didst make mention of the Trusted One and the remittance of funds. In reply let it be mentioned that His honor the Trusted One, upon him be the Glory of God, although [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.208a,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH03670

250

Persian

سفر نمودی و هجرت کردی تا آنکه فائز شدی بمقامیکه در جمیع کتب الهی از قلم اعلی مذکور

Thou didst journey forth and migrate until thou didst attain unto that station which hath been mentioned by the Supreme Pen in all the divine Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.335,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB11172

Persian

سؤال فرموده بودید که اگر قصوری سرّی از نفس صادر و شخصی دیگر تشهیر دهد

Thou didst ask regarding a circumstance wherein one soul committeth a hidden fault and another person discloseth it [3.5s]

AVK3.185.14x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions

AB07077

120

mixed

سؤال از تکلیف فرموده بودی تکلیف اینست که شریک و سهیم عبدالبهآء گردی

Thou didst ask concerning thy duty. Thy duty is this: that thou shouldst become a partner and associate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

AHB.118BE #10 p.000x, MSBH5.129-130x, YQAZ.124x

AB09864

mixed

سؤال از روح بعد از صعود نموده بوديد که آيا روح بعوالم جسمانی و آنچه بر او وارد شده منتبه است يا نه

Thou didst ask concerning the spirit after its ascension, whether it is conscious of the physical worlds and that which hath come upon it, or not [3.5s]

MMK3#049 p.031x

Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment

AB09920

Persian

سؤال از عالم روح نموده بوديد که بعد از صعود از اين جهان بجهان پنهان چگونه و چسانست

Thou didst ask concerning the realm of spirit and how it is, after ascension from this world to the hidden realm [3.5s]

MMK3#041 p.025x

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB08275

100

Persian

آرزوی قوّهء تبلیغ مینمائی این آرزو نهایت آمال مخلصین است البته انسان کامل

Thou desirest the power to teach; this desire is the ultimate aspiration of the sincere ones [3.5s]

AVK3.481.15x

Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05571

180

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

یا الهی تری عبدک جالسا فی السجن منقطعا عن دونک و ناظرا الی افق عنایتک و

Thou beholdest, O my God, Thy servant who dwelleth in this prison-house, wholly detached from any one but Thee

INBA35:021a, INBA48:154, INBA49:049, INBA92:167b, BLIB_Or15739.278,

PMP#063, AQMJ1.116, ASAT1.021x

PM#063

BH05715

170

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

تری یا الهی اشراق شمس کلمتک من افق سجنک بما ارتفع فیه ذکرک بلسان مظهر ذاتک

Thou beholdest, O my God, the Day-Star of Thy Word shining above the horizon of Thy prison-city

INBA44:089, INBA92:401

BRL_DA#036, PMP#027

PM#027

BH04311

220

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

یا الهی تری بان السکر اخذ عبادک الذین اعرضوا عن جمالک و اعترضوا علی ما نزل

Thou beholdest, O my God, how bewildered in their drunkenness are Thy servants who have turned back from Thy beauty

INBA92:340b

PMP#112

PM#112

AB00346

640

mixed

ترانی یا الهی قد استغرقت فی بحار الحیره و خضت فی غمار الذهول و لم دار کیف

Thou beholdest me, O my God, immersed in the oceans of wonderment and plunged in the depths of bewilderment, and I know not how [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0763, MKT1.285b, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.253x, MJMJ2.054, MMG2#386 p.432, YHA1.367-368x (2.736)

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07579

130

Arabic

ترانی یا الهی و تسمع ندائی فیهذا الاصیل فو عزتک جذبات شوقک و نفحات قمیصک قد

Thou beholdest me, O my God, and hearest my cry in this eventide. By Thy might, the raptures of longing for Thee and the fragrances of Thy garment have [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.147a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1250

Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30

250

Persian

آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی

Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth?

ZSM.1914-06-30

DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024

Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal language

BH07634

130

mixed

ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و اسمت از یراعه تقدیر مرقوم اشکری ربک بهذا الفضل

Thou art remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and thy name hath been inscribed by the Pen of Destiny. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.110c,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09835

mixed

ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و طرف عنایت بتو متوجه تو از نفوسی هستی که بلقا فائز

Thou art remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and the glance of His loving-kindness is directed towards thee. Thou art among those souls who have attained unto His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.345a,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03346

270

mixed

ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و اسمت از قلم اعلی جاری و نازل حمد کن مقصود عالم را

Thou art remembered before the Wronged One, and thy name hath flowed from and been revealed through the Most Exalted Pen. Render praise unto Him Who is the Desired One of the world [3.5s]

INBA51:441

LHKM3.308

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Meditation; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08160

120

Persian

توئی آنعلیمیکه هیچ امری از تو مستور نبوده و نخواهد بود و توئی آنخبیریکه از

Thou art He, the All-Knowing, from Whom no matter hath been nor shall ever be concealed, and Thou art the All-Informed, Who [3.5s]

INBA65:063, INBA51:002, INBA30:102, KB_620:281-281

AHM.355, AQMJ1.167

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB00045

1530

mixed

Light of the World

و انت الذی یا الهی تقدست اسمائک الحسنی و تنزهت امثالک العلیا عن ادراک عقول

Thou art He, O my God, Whose most beauteous names and most sublime likenesses are sanctified above the comprehension

CMB_F65.001-005x, PR12.001x

NURA#72, MMK4#173 p.196

LOTW#72

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Limits of the intellect; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04990

190

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

انت الذی یا الهی باسمائک یبرء کل علیل و یشفی کل مریض و یسقی کل ظمئان و یسرع

Thou art He, O my God, through Whose names the sick are healed and the ailing are restored, and the thirsty are given drink

BRL_CHILD#03, PMP#147, AHM.199, MMTF.003

PM#147, BPRY.100, DAS.1914-09-12

R. Leigh

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing

LL#479

BH10545

Arabic

انت الذی اسمعناک فی اول الایام حفیف سدرتی و خریر کوثر بیانی و صریر قلمی

Thou art He whom We caused to hear, in the earliest days, the rustling of Our Lote-Tree, the murmuring of the Kawthar of Our utterance, and the shrill voice of Our Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.052b,

Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0784

Words to Mrs C. et al, spoken on 1920-10-24

380

Thou art accepted before God. Even though you may be weak here... Never forget these days--remember them.. The cool breeze does not always blow; the rain does not always come

PN_1920 p086

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1656

Words spoken ca. 1900

190

Man's distinction from the animal; Outward and inward meanings; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah

BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144

ABU0563

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

490

Those who lack wisdom think that the worlds of God are limited to the material universe. They deny that there are spiritual realms.

AELT.187-190

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3287

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-01

Persian

Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; War and peace

آنچه در زمین اسباب حمل و نقل آلات و اسباب حرب و قتال ساخته اند در هوا نیز چنان خواهند

Those who have provided the means for transporting arms and ammunition and the instruments of wars and massacres on earth will do so in the air.

BDA1.020.01

MHMD1.027

ABU2878

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Those who first arose to persecute us and plotted against us are now seeking a means for reconciliation. We have no quarrel with anyone

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH07849

130

mixed

مدعیان محبت بسیار ولکن اهل وفا که فی الحقیقه بافق اعلی ناظر باشند بسیار کم

Those who claim to love are many, yet they who are faithful and who in truth gaze toward the Most Exalted Horizon are exceeding few [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.149, , BLIB_Or15719.026b, , BLIB_Or15722.127a,

AYI2.032x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0033

Public address given on 1912-12-04

1850

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

نفوسی که خبر از عالم حقیقت و تتبع در کائنات ندارند اکتشاف حقایق

Those who are uninformed of the world of reality, who do not comprehend the

ANDA#43-44 p.161, KHTB2.333, BDA1.405.02

PUP#139 (p.462-468), BSC.292 #598, FWU.107, SW_v07#08 p.069-071+074-076, MHMD1.423-429

Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU0805

Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-29

370

Those who are endued with spiritual insight see in the small chapter a typical portrayal of the present upheaval in all parts of the world

DAS.1914-11-29

Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and mercy; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace

BH10020

Persian

نفوسیکه خود از اعلم و افضل و اکمل

Those souls who regard themselves the most learned, most distinguished and most perfect [3.5s]

MAS8.067.15x

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00812

1000

mixed

نفوسیکه از آذان محرومند باصغا فائز نشوند کور از آفتاب قدرت ربانی و ظهورات صنعت صمدانی

Those souls who are deprived of ears shall not attain unto hearing, even as the blind perceive not the sun of divine power and the manifestations of the craftsmanship of the Eternal [3.5s]

AYI2.120x, AYI2.121x, AYI2.123x, AYI2.124x, AYI2.125x, AYI2.126x, AYI2.204x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime

ABU3385

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Those Prophets who are Manifestations of God, sent by God (Avatars) are of the Essence (logos) and quite untouched by the faith of disciples

PN_1911 p007

Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others

AB00153

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

920

mixed

Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd); Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

صنادید متصوفه که تاسیس عقیده وحدت الوجود نموده اند مرادشان از آن وجود وجود

Those pre-eminent Sufis who founded the doctrine of the “unity of existence” never intended by this term the universally predicated existence

MKT3.354, MNMK#148 p.274, DWNP_v1#06 p.001-004

BLO_PT#164

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU1876

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01

160

Those persons who are firm in the Faith during these days shine like unto the brilliant sun and are the cause of the tranquility of the hearts; but those whose hearts are not set aglow

DAS.1914-12-01

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2716

Words spoken on 1913-05-06 in Paris

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

آن نفوس پر غفلت و غرور گمان مینمودند که خود لیاقت و استحقاقی دارند غافل از اینکه

Those people, filled as they are with pride and ignorance, deemed themselves to be worthy or deserving, oblivious of the fact

BDA2.286

MHMD2.377

AB02482

240

mixed

Light of the World

احبای الهی که از خلیج کلیم ببحر رب عظیم و طمطام جمال قدیم توجه نموده اند در

Those loved ones of God who have turned from the Mosaic gulf towards the ocean of the Almighty Lord and the billowing waters of His Ancient Beauty

NURA#38, MMK4#074 p.080

LOTW#38

Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03605

190

Arabic

الهی الهی هذا یوم النیروز و صباح الالطاف یلوح بنور مشرق ساطع لائح من فیض ملکوتک

This, O God, my God, is the day of Naw-Rúz. The morn of heavenly bounties shineth with the resplendently radiant light

MAS9.031

ADMS#149

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

ABU0328

Words spoken on 1915-09-10

700

Persian

امسال سال امتحان و افتتان است از هر جهت در قرآن میفرماید

This year is the year of tests and trials from every direction, as He hath revealed in the Qur'an [3.5s]

NJB_v15#10 p.312

Hypocrisy; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0229

Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa

860

Persian

امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم

This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-10

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH05702

170

mixed

این مسجون مظلوم در جمیع لیالی و ایام بندگان و کنیزان الهی را بافق اعلی و مقام اسنی

This wronged Prisoner, throughout all nights and days, calleth the servants and handmaidens of God unto the Most Exalted Horizon and the Supreme Station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.164b,

Praise and encouragement; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04000

230

mixed

این مظلوم در سجن و غیر سجن کل را بافق اعلی دعوت نموده جمیع اشیا شهادت میدهند

This Wronged One, whether in prison or out of prison, hath summoned all to the Most Exalted Horizon, whereunto all things bear witness [3.5s]

INBA27:057, INBA33:141

Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03807

240

mixed

این مظلوم در این شب مبارک رمضان احبای رحمن را ببدایع ذکر و ثنا ذکر مینماید

This Wronged One, on this blessed night of Ramadan, maketh mention of the loved ones of the All-Merciful with wondrous praise and glorification [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.090c,

SFI07.015b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06105

160

Persian

این مظلوم در جمیع احوال اولیای حق را ذکر مینماید و باعمال طیبه و اخلاق مرضیه

This Wronged One, in all conditions, remembereth the loved ones of God, through pure deeds and praiseworthy conduct [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.216,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Petitions to authorities

BH06486

150

mixed

این مظلوم مسجون شاربان کوثر محبت رحمن را تکبیر میرساند و میگوید قسم بانوار

This Wronged One, imprisoned, sendeth salutations unto them that drink from the Kawthar of the All-Merciful's love, and saith: I swear by the lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.282b, , BLIB_Or15710.229b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH05704

170

mixed

این مظلوم مسجون شهادت میدهد بوحدانیت حق جل جلاله و فردانیت او مبعوث فرمود رسل

This Wronged One, imprisoned, beareth witness to the oneness of God - glorified be His majesty - and His singleness, Who hath sent forth the Messengers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.032c,

Call to action; Effort; striving; Meditation; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02952

300

mixed

این مظلوم از اول ایام الی حین بین ایادی اعدآء مبتلی باساء و ضراء بمقامی رسیده

This Wronged One, from the earliest days until this hour, hath been afflicted with trials and tribulations at the hands of His enemies, reaching such extremity of adversity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.088,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07566

130

Persian

این مظلوم در بحبوحه بلایا و رزایا اولیای حق را ذکر نموده و مینماید

This Wronged One, amidst the tumult of trials and tribulations, hath made mention and continueth to make mention of the loved ones of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.091c, , BLIB_Or15726.009b,

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00528

Lawh-i-Bismillih

1410

Persian

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God

Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God)

این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن

This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance.

BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033

WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165

Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day.

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#079

BH10124

Arabic

یشهد المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم لم یزل کان غنیا فی ذاته و الذی

This Wronged One testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He hath ever been veiled in the ancient eternity of His Essence

BRL_DA#607, LHKM1.070a, VUJUD.117-118

VUJUDE.168

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04180

220

mixed

Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some

این مظلوم لله آنجناب را دعوت مینماید امروز روزیست عظیم نیکوست حال نفسیکه

This Wronged One summoneth thee unto God. Great indeed is this Day. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s]

INBA65:027x, INBA30:083x, INBA81:012, NLAI_BH_AB.022x

AHM.324, DWNP_v5#11 p.001-002, AQMJ1.145x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10220

mixed

این مظلوم در لیالی و ایام عباد و اماء حق جل جلاله را بما یقربهم الی الله دعوت نموده بعضی باصغا فائز

This Wronged One hath, throughout the nights and days, summoned the servants and handmaidens of God, glorified be His majesty, unto that which draweth them nigh unto Him. Some have hearkened thereunto [3.5s]

AYI2.345x

Consolation and comfort; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04179

220

mixed

این مظلوم در جمیع احوال عباد را بافق اعلی دعوت نموده و از غنی متعال مسئلت

This Wronged One hath, in all conditions, summoned the servants unto the Most Exalted Horizon and beseeched the All-Possessing, the Most High [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.190b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05333

180

mixed

این مظلوم در لیالی و ایام اهل ارض را بافق الهی دعوت نمود و بلایائی را در این

This Wronged One hath, during the nights and days, summoned the peoples of the earth unto the divine horizon, and amidst these [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.036d,

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH05005

190

Persian

این مظلوم اراده نموده کنیزهای حق جل جلاله را ذکر نماید تا ذکر الهی اماء آن ارض

This Wronged One hath purposed to make mention of the handmaidens of God, glorified be His majesty, that divine remembrance may reach the maidservants of that land [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.006,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02898

310

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب در سجن اعظم بنظر اینمظلوم رسید و اینکه سوال از حکم الله در امر

This Wronged One hath perused thy letter in the Most Great Prison and is apprised of thine enquiry concerning the commandments of God… Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath turned his face

BLIB_Or15710.240,

BRL_DA#249, AQA5#143 p.193, MAS8.188ax, TBP#17n

TB#17n

B. Spriggs

Knowledge; recognition of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for service; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship

LL#103

BH04178

220

mixed

این مظلوم جمیع اهل عالم را بمعروف امر نموده و از منکر نهی و از حق جل جلاله

This Wronged One hath enjoined upon all the peoples of the world that which is commendable and hath forbidden them that which is reprehensible, by the power of God, glorified be His majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.325c,

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07262

140

mixed

لازال اینمظلوم عباد را بآنچه سزاوار مقامات و حفظ مراتب بود وصیت نمود و مقصودی جز تسکین نار بغضا

This Wronged One hath continually counselled the servants with that which befitteth their stations and preserveth their ranks, having no purpose save to quench the flames of hatred [3.5s]

AYI2.094x

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH06485

150

mixed

این مظلوم گواهی داده و میدهد بسلطان وجود و مالک غیب و شهود و باینکه از برای

This Wronged One hath borne witness, and doth bear witness, unto the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen, that [3.5s]

INBA41:212

Satan; the Evil One; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00285

2210

mixed

این مظلوم بین انیاب ذئاب بوده و هست در این حالت صریر قلم اعلی قطع نشد و ندآء

This Wronged One hath been and is between the fangs of wolves; yet even in this state the Most Exalted Pen hath not ceased its flow, nor hath the Call been silenced [3.5s]... ...Of all the peoples of the world, they that have suffered the greatest loss have been, and are still, the people of Persia

BLIB_Or15698.030, , BLIB_Or15712.022b, , BLIB_Or15720.032, , BLIB_Or15740.027,

BRL_DA#261, AVK1.279.13x, AVK3.244.15x, IQT.030, AYBY.089, AQMJ2.006x, ASAT1.263x, ASAT3.219x, ASAT5.363x, TRZ1.078ax

PDC.143-144x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05334

180

Persian

این مظلوم وصیت مینماید دوستان الهی را بر اعمالیکه سبب علو و علت سمو امرالله

This Wronged One counselleth the friends of God to such deeds as will conduce to the exaltation and elevation of the Cause of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.360c,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH03469

260

mixed

این مظلوم از شطر سجن ندا مینماید و کل را لوجه الله بافق اعلی دعوت میفرماید

This Wronged One calleth out from the precincts of the Prison, and summoneth all, for the sake of God, unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

INBA23:161

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1243

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

260

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

this would depend upon the respective stations of the two. If both had the same degree of development, they would be reunited immediately after death.

AIL.074

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0441

Words to Shaykh Yousef and others, spoken on 1915-02-21

580

This world of ours is very, very old, subject to periodic revolutions and cyclic fluctuations. Motion and change are its two fixed rules. These two laws are inseparable from each other.

DAS.1915-02-21

Composition and decomposition; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of transformation and change; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Progress only takes place within its own degree

ABU3498

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02

This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0833

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-10

360

This world is like unto a vast theatrical stage. The audience is composed of the whole human race. The range and variety of the plays acted upon this stage are as numerous

DAS.1915-02-10

Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2630

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18

This world is like unto a theatre on the stage of which all kinds of drama, plays, tragedies, comedies and operas are presented

DAS.1914-11-18

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace

ABU0892

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

340

This world is a world of darkness, affliction, and work. It is like the womb; one must bear in patience its troubles and its pains.

AELT.184-186

Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2945

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London

This world is a theatre. It is not an eternal world: it is a stage where every kind of play is enacted.

SFQ.231

The ephemeral and the eternal; Things are known by their opposites; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07567

130

mixed

این یوم بدیع منیر در جمیع کتب الهی بیوم الله معروف و موسوم طوبی از برای

This wondrous, radiant Day hath been known and designated in all the divine Books as the Day of God. Blessed be they who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.036b,

Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09303

100

Persian

این روز بدیع باعلی الندآء اهل انشا را متذکر مینماید و میفرماید بافصح بیان من

This wondrous Day, with the Most Exalted Call, summoneth the people of creation and proclaimeth with most eloquent utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.263e,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2762

Words spoken on 1914-07-16

This wonderful Cause has not been properly introduced into China. It is very necessary that it should be done.

DAS.1914-07-16

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2304

110

This wonderful age has rent asuner the veils of superstition…. Music is most important. Music is the heart's own language. Its vibrations uplift the spirit

SW_v15#05 p.131

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Music and singing

ABU2460

Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش

This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect.

BDA1.057.14

SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066

ABU2170

Words to Ethel Rosenberg, spoken on 1904-04-30

120

this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire

PN_1904 p026

Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1383

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken around 1909-10-15

230

This was a spiritual condition recognized through the physical senses.... It was just as if two clear crystal goblets were filled with pure water. They were so clear the goblets could not be seen - only the water

PN_1909C p105

Love as fire; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0279

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

770

This was a place for dirt and refuse and loathsome to look upon. During the days when Akka was in confusion and the whirlwind of tests was violent, and a rumor persisted

PN_1906 p066, SUR.256-258, BLO_PN#001

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Need for an educator; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2555

Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa

Persian

این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند

This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-19

Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2714

Words spoken on 1915-01-09 in Abu Sinan

Persian

این جنگ بلای خانمانسوزی است ولی بعد از این نفوس صلحجو زیاد خواهد شد

This war is indeed ruinous and devastating in its effects. However, afterwards, the number of peace-loving people will grow considerably

KHH1.145 (1.201)

KHHE.216, BSR_v13 p.086

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace

ABU2715

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26

Persian

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال

This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness

BDA1.206.11

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223

AB00256

Some Answered Questions #034 Peter and the Papacy

730

Persian

Answered Questions, Some

این بیان مسیح تصدیق قول پطرس است در وقتی که گفت چه اعتقاد بمن داری

This utterance of Christ is an affirmation of Peter's reply, when Christ asked: “Whom do ye believe me to be?”

MFD#34, OOL.C022.34

SAQ#34, PN_1905 p008x

Christian doctrine and practice; High station of learning; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Priestcraft; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Christian clergy

ABU2415

100

This universe is not created through the fortuitous concurrences of atoms; it is created by a great law which decrees that the tree bring forth certain definite fruit.

ADP.140-140

Creation of the world; Critique of Western values; culture; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Law of cause and effect; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

AB11009

Persian

این رساله در سن صباوتدر (ادرنه) مرقوم شده است در بعض مواقع بعضی تعبیرات

This treatise was penned in the years of childhood in Adrianople, and at certain times, some expressions [3.5s]

MKT2.055, HHA.021, KHSH08.093

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2787

Words spoken on 1914-06-04 in Tiberias

This town [Tiberias] is very sacred in the estimation of the Jews, yet they seldom think of its improvement and cleanliness.

DAS.1914-06-04

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU2013

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19

140

This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California

PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e

Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2395

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11

100

This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten.

AHV.013, BLO_PN#045

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Universality of the Cause

BH00971

850

mixed

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن شرب رحیق الوحی و اعترف بما نطق به لسان العظمه انه لا

This tablet is revealed from The Realm on High to the one who has born witness to that which was revealed by The Tongue of Grandeur

BLIB_Or15712.297,

AVK4.429ax, LHKM1.165, LMA2.016

NYR#129

Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10394

Arabic

هذا اللوح فیه قدر حفظ ما کان

This Tablet containeth in measured form the preservation of all that hath been [3.5s]

INBA35:003b

Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00395

Some Answered Questions #059 Man's Comprehension of God

610

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some

این مسئله را زمان فرصت لازم و در سر ناهار بیان مشکل است

This subject requires ample time, and to explain it at table will be difficult.

MFD#59, OOL.C022.59

SAQ#59, BWF.321-323

Human reality created in the image of God; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1749

Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London

Persian

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Justice and mercy; Kindness to and rights of animals; Unity; oneness of humanity

این بحث بین افراد بود چنانچه ذکر شد بشر حقّ انتقام ندارد امّا اگر ملّتی تعدّی کند

This subject has been discussed among people for some time. As was mentioned previously, no one has the right to take revenge

BDA2.080

MHMD2.096-097

ABU2405

Words spoken on 1919-06-06

100

This spiritual communication and mutual exchange of thoughts is conditioned upon certain facts

SW_v10#18 p.336

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU1301

Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart

240

Persian

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal peace; world unity

اینگونه صلح از مقتضیات این عصر است و هر چند جمیع انبیای الهی خلق را بصلح و یگانگی

This sort of peace is one of the exigencies of this age. Though all the Prophets of God have summoned humankind to peace and unity

BDA2.261-262

MHMD2.340-341

BH11395

Persian

این عبد از اهل علم نبوده و بلاد بعید نرفته و بحسب ظاهر در بیت یکی از رجال دولت متولد شد و باو منسوب

This servant was not among the learned, nor did He journey to distant lands. According to outward appearances, He was born in the house of one of the nobles of the state and was related unto him [3.5s]

AVK2.354.14x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal ; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

BH04417

210

mixed

این عبد لازال اولیا را ذکر نموده و کل را بافق اعلی دعوت فرموده ولاکن

This servant hath unceasingly made mention of the friends and summoned all unto the Most Exalted Horizon, yet [3.5s]

INBA41:106

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH00857

960

mixed

لازال این عبد از عباد الله جز صدق و انصاف نخواسته و این معلوم آنجناب بوده که

This servant hath at all times sought naught from among the servants of God save truth and justice, and this hath been known unto that honoured one [3.5s]

INBA38:114.02, INBA57:055

UAB.031bx, AYI2.251x

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH10253

Persian

دستخط عالی را این عبد بعبد حاضر لدی العرش داد و بعد از مشاهده تکبیر لا یحصی خدمت

This servant gave the exalted letter to the servant in attendance before the Throne, and after its perusal offered boundless glorification [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.206b,

Praise and encouragement

BH01950

450

Arabic

این عبد دستخط آنحضرت را بساحت اقدس ارسال داشت و بانوار منظر اکبر منور و فائز

This servant dispatched the handwriting of His Holiness unto the Most Holy Court, and it was illumined and blessed by the lights of the Most Great Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.205,

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01101

760

mixed

گواهی میدهد اینخادم بر ضعف و عجز و قصور و از حق جل جلاله مسئلت مینماید که عباد

This servant beareth witness to his weakness, impotence and shortcoming, and beseecheth God, glorified be His majesty, that His servants [3.5s]

INBA31:176, BLIB_Or15701.342,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0949

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

320

Persian

این مدرسه خیلی اهمیت دارد در عالم وجود اعظم از دانائی چیزی نیست

This school holdeth great import in the world of existence, for nothing is more exalted than knowledge [3.5s]

KHH2.253-255

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Universal education

BH06785

150

Arabic

هذه شجره القدس ارتفعت بالحق و یغن علی افنانها قلم البقا بالحان بدیعا و ینفق

This sacred Tree hath been raised up in truth, and upon its branches the Pen of Eternity warbleth with wondrous melodies [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.608b, , ALIB.folder18p484a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB08358

100

Persian

این حلق بها در حلقه فتاد آن طوق بلا موی تو بود هر نفحه مشک کاید بمشام از خلق

This ring of eminence hath fallen into that noose of tribulation - it was thy tress; every musk-fragrance that reacheth the senses cometh from creation [3.5s]

INBA21:183 (234)

BRL_DAK#0304, MJH.019

Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU1288

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

250

This revered personage was the first Bahai in America. He served the Cause

SW_v03#13 p.014-015, SW_v04#11 p.186+189, ABCC.066x

Bringing forth results; fruit; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0307

Words spoken at reading room and library for the blind in San Francisco, 1912-10-13

730

This revered lady, Mrs. Rowan, is indeed doing the world of humanity a great and useful service, for she assists those who are blind

ECN.345+495x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

BH07632

130

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فی العالم لیجذبهم الی الله رب العالمین انا ذکرنا فی کل الاحیان

This remembrance proceeding from Us unto those who dwell in the world is intended to draw them unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, We make mention at all times [3.5s]

INBA41:013, NLAI_BH1.103a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07622

130

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن تحرک من هبوب اریاح رحمه ربه الرحمن و توجه الی الوجه الذی به اشرقت

This remembrance is from Our presence unto him who hath been stirred by the wafting of the breezes of his Lord's mercy, the All-Merciful, and hath turned toward the Countenance wherefrom illumination hath shone forth [3.5s]

INBA23:068

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02210

400

Arabic

ذکر الله من لدی البهاء للذی آمن بربه و کان من المومنین فی ام الالواح من قلم

This remembrance is from Bahá unto him who hath believed in his Lord and was numbered among the faithful in the Mother Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.070, , BLIB_Or15737.193,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03834

240

mixed

ذکر من لدنا لمن سرع الی الله ثم حیرته اعمال الذین بعدوا عن الهدی بما اتبعوا الهوی الا

This remembrance hath proceeded from Our presence unto him who hastened unto God, yet was bewildered by the deeds of such as strayed from guidance through following their base desires [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#061,

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05376

180

mixed

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بایام الله رب العالمین لیقربه الی مقام لایری فیه الا انوار

This remembrance from Our presence is unto him who hath attained unto the Days of God, the Lord of all worlds, that it may draw him nigh unto a station wherein naught is beheld save the lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.354a,

TAH.202

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The power of words; of speech

ABU0585

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22

480

This refers to the great disturbance which is to occur in that day--the latter day. That those souls who occupy the highest stations shall be reverted to the lowest

PN_1909F p087, PN_1909F p105, AKL.004-006

Christian doctrine and practice; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mary Magdalene; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU3080

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning.

PN_1919 p017x, BSTW#319

Race unity; racial issues

ABU2233

Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco

110

Persian

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence

دو جواب دارد یکی جواب فلسفی و یکی ملکوتی جواب فلسفی آسان است چه که

This question may be answered in two ways, philosophically as well as spiritually. ...in philosophy the spirit is energy

BDA1.317.06

MHMD1.335

ABU2197

Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh

120

This power is not verbal. It must be actual, demonstrative, dynamic. This power has gone out of the body of Islam.

DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v08#08 p.102

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU1727

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

180

This power is neither heavenly nor spiritual; neither is it an influence from disembodied spirits. It is the human spirit-magnetism

LOG#1753x, DLA.037-038, BLO_PN#026

Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power of imagination; thought; right intention

ABU3676

230

This pearl rosary and a ruby ring originally belonged to Mírzá Musa Jawahiri, the son of Mírzá Hadi, and were both in that box

AFNAN.213-214

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU3463

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

Persian

این صلح بعد از انقلابات و حوادث عظیمه است که رخ می گشاید ... بلی در همین عصر و قرن که در او داخلیم

This peace shall be unveiled after mighty commotions and momentous happenings... yea, in this very age and century wherein we now find ourselves [3.5s]

KHH2.273b

Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Universal peace; world unity

BH11239

Persian

این فقره یعنی تفسیر شمس و قمر موافق عقاید حزب شیعه نوشته شد چه که

This passage, concerning the interpretation of the sun and the moon, hath been set forth according to the beliefs held by the Shí'ih sect, inasmuch as [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.080b,

ABU1559

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

200

This parable was revealed on behalf of Peter and Paul, because at first Paul was one of the adversaries of the Revelation... The 'fatted calf' is the Heavenly Table of Knowledge

PN_1901 p024

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judas; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

BH04671

200

mixed

این لیل از لیالی ماه مبارک رمضانست حکمت اقتضا نمود صوم اختیار کردیم در شب

This night, being among the nights of the blessed month of Ramadan, wisdom hath ordained that We should observe the fast in the evening [3.5s]

INBA18:036

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of fasting; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0110

Public address given on 1912-04-25

1180

Persian

East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

امشب شب مبارکی است شایان نهایت سرور و ستایش است بجهاتی چند اولا الحمد لله

This night is a very blessed night, worthy of the utmost praise and joy for many reasons.

KHTB2.046, BDA1.052

SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.060-061

AB12004

mixed

این روزنامه را در غرب شخصی از خارج طبع نموده و فصلی مفصل در این امر مرقوم

This newspaper has been published in the West by a person from abroad, and a detailed chapter concerning this Cause hath been written therein [3.5s]

INBA79.059a

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications

AB03557

200

Arabic

هذه الامه لاتصلح اواخرها الا بما صلح به اوائلها کانت العرب مشته الثمل مفرقه

This nation shall not find rectitude at its end, save through what secured its righteousness at the beginning. The Arabs were scattered and dispersed [3.5s]

MMK6#321

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Muhammad; Islam; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2516

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

This narrative cannot be literally true, as the earth is round and not to be surveyed from any mountain. The meaning is this: Man has two natures

AELT.121-122

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

BH09805

mixed

این کلمه تامه علیا در این حین از ملکوت امر الهی نازل یا ابن اصدق المقدس ارجع

This Most Exalted Perfect Word hath at this moment been sent down from the Kingdom of the Divine Command: O son of the Most Holy and Most Truthful One, return thou [3.5s]

INBA15:270a, INBA26:270b

PYK.057

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]

ABU1908

Words spoken on 1912-10-21 in San Francisco

160

This morning we were speaking of the fact that God never leaves anything unexplained. He will make everything manifest, even though it may remain hidden for a long time.

ECN.184

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0454

Words spoken on 1912-10-12 in Oakland

580

This morning we spoke in the Temple Emanu-El at the invitation of Dr. Meyer, who is a most broadminded man. In Persia there are a great many Jews who have become followers of Bahá’u’lláh.

ECN.130

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH05705

170

mixed

این نامه منزول از ساذج قبول بارض محبور است و انشاالله بعد از وصول مقبول خواهد

This missive, descended from the Pure Source of acceptance unto the land of delight, will, God willing, be accepted upon its arrival [3.5s]

INBA38:045b, INBA36:379b

Love of God; Nearness and remoteness

BH01185

700

mixed

این نامه از این عبد حزین غمین بشطر حضرت مشفق امین ارسال میشود که ای یار

This missive is sent forth from this sorrowful and grief-stricken servant unto that All-Merciful and Trusted One: O Friend! [3.5s]... ...A race of men, incomparable in character, shall be raised up which, with the feet of detachment, will tread under all who are in heaven and on earth

INBA38:081bx, INBA66:120x

BRL_DA#436, KHSH07.009, PYB#210 p.04x

ADJ.031x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2785

Words to Haji Mirza Haydar Ali, spoken on 1914-04-15

This Mirza Ahmad has become the 'recorder of my deeds'. As soon as I open my mouth he takes out his notebook. If I make a joke, it will be spread all over Europe.

DAS.1914-04-15

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humor; jokes

BH09829

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن تقرب الی البحر الاعظم و شرب منه باسمی العزیز الوهاب انا نجزی

This mention is from Us unto him who hath drawn nigh unto the Most Great Ocean and hath drunk therefrom, through My Name, the Mighty, the Bestower [3.5s]

INBA19:020a, INBA32:019b, BLIB_Or15696.055c,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2767

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

this meant the River of those who went before; that is to say, the religious laws of each preceding prophet are annulled... In the time of Christ the commands of Moses were as dry bones

PN_1901 p023

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB10785

This means when the mirror is purified and turned toward the sun, the Bestowals of the sun will become reflected therein. The disc of the sun does not enter

DAS.1913-03-20x

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror

ABU2603

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

this means that the death of the body is of no importance and not in the least to be feared... It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils.

PN_1901 p002, NRMM.205

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3119

Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris

Persian

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

این امور اهمیت ندارد و قابل جواب نه امری که بنیان آن اوهن از بیوت عنکبوتست

This matter [of Shu'a'u'llah's attacks] is of no importance and is unworthy of a response… In spite of all the love and support I have him, Mirza Badi'u'llah caused a fresh adversity with every passing day

BDA2.182

MHMD2.231-232

ABU2954

Words spoken on 1909-02-22

This material food was very simple, just enough for life, but that the spiritual food was varied and abundant

AKL.012

Christian doctrine and practice; Condition of search; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH04520

210

Arabic

کتاب معلوم نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم للذی اضاء من انوار الوجه اذ اتی

This manifest Book hath been sent down from the presence of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath been illumined by the light of the Countenance when He came [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#199, , BLIB_Or15696.061a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0946

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

320

Persian

این شخص بخیال خودش در صدد قلع و قمع شجره مبارکه بر آمده ولی خودش نمیداند که منادی امر الله

This man thinks that he is uprooting the Tree of the Cause and does not see that he is promoting the Divine Faith. The Ancient Beauty has stated, “Whosoever arises to harm us is indeed a teacher of the Cause

KHH1.038-039 (1.054-055)

KHHE.072-073

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11521

Arabic

هذه ورقه نوراء قد جعلناها حاملة للئالی الحکمة و البیان من ینظر الیها انه من اهل البهاء

This luminous Tablet have We made the bearer of pearls of wisdom and utterance. Whoso gazeth upon it is verily of the people of Bahá [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.127a,

BH10671

Arabic

هذه ورقة نوراء و صحیفة بیضاء التی زیناها بعهدی و میثاقی امام وجوه العباد امرا من

This luminous leaf, this snow-white scroll, which We have adorned with Our Covenant and Testament before the faces of all men, by Our command [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.094a,

BH00401

1710

mixed

خادم مسکین متحیر و متفکر که چه ذکر نماید و که را وصف کند و ستایش گوید حق جل

This lowly servant, bewildered and deep in thought, wondereth what to utter, whom to describe, and how to render praise unto the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA15:429, INBA26:433

AHM.068, GHA.017.11, GHA.032ax, TSBT.011, MSHR5.113-114x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.299, LL#191, LL#230

BH00510

1450

mixed

این عبد فقیر معروض میدارد که اگرچه تفصیل حرکت از ارض سر و بلایای وارده در آن ایام

This lowly servant submitteth that although the detailed account of the departure from the Land of Mystery and the tribulations that befell in those days [3.5s]... ...locked in each other's arms

NLAI_BH1.521, NLAI_BH2.257.18

BRL_DA#615, RHQM1.364-364 (446) (271x), YIK.186-189

GPB.187x

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03857

240

Arabic

عرض این فانی خدمت جنابعالی آنکه دستخط آقائی حضرت افنان ۹۲ علیه منکل بهاء

This lowly one submits unto your eminence that the letter of his gracious honour, the Afnán - upon him be the glory of Bahá - hath been received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.066,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement

ABU0584

Words spoken ca. 1900

480

This lesson is to explain, if it be possible for either a believer or an unbeliever to advance in the next world. The believer attains to eternal life in this world.

PN_1900_heh p046, PN_1900 p113

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death

BH01908

460

mixed

تلک ورقه تحکی عن زفرات قلبی و عبرات عینی و جذبات نغمتی و اصفرار وجهی بما

This leaf telleth of the sighs of My heart, the tears of Mine eyes, the rapturous melodies of My song, and the pallor of My countenance by reason of what [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.170,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02802

320

Arabic

هذه ورقه الفردوس قد ارسلناها الیک و فیها ما تقر به عینک و عیون الموحدین و

This Leaf of Paradise have We sent unto thee, wherein lieth that which shall gladden thine eyes and the eyes of them that believe in divine unity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.484,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3732

Words spoken on 1913-06-01 in Paris

Persian