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| ABU2720 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باید شخصی رئیس باشد که خود اصرار در ریاست نداشته باشد فی الحقیقه در خیال شهرت و برتری نباشد | The president must be a man who does not insistently seek the presidency. He should be a person free from all thoughts of name and rank; rather, he should say, 'I am unworthy and incapable of this position | BDA1.309.12 | MHMD1.327, VLAB.107 | Elections; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1663 | Words to the Mayor of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باید کوشید تا نوع انسان سعادت ابدی یابد قواعدی در اینخصوص لازم که هم مراتب باقی ماند | We must strive until mankind achieves everlasting felicity. Laws are needed which can both preserve the ranks... As these laws are in conformity with the demands of the time, they will unfailingly prevail | BDA1.291.07 | MHMD1.309 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3125 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 40 | Persian | باید مواظب باشید که جانطه شمارا سارقین در راه بسرقت نبرند بسیار بسیار دقت و مراقبت نمائید | Take heed lest thieves upon the way make plunder of thy purse; be thou exceedingly vigilant and watchful [3.5s] | KHMT.099 | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for protection; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3723 | Words spoken on 1912-12-19 in London | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باید نساء در تربیت خود و تحصیل کمالات بکوشند بتربیت احقاق حقوق خویش نمایند | Women must educate themselves and strive to acquire virtues. Moreover, they must win their rights through education | BDA2.030 | MHMD2.035 | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2721 | Words spoken on 1915-08-14 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | باید نفوس بروح و ریحان خاضع و خاشع شوند. از احبای الهی کمالاتی ببینند، روش و سلوکی ببینند که مجبور | It behooveth souls to become submissive and humble with utmost joy and fragrance. From the loved ones of God must they behold such perfections, such conduct and behavior, that they become compelled [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-14 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10225 | 80 | mixed | باید هر نفسی امروز در آنچه ظاهر شده تفکر کند و بعقل و درایت خود تفحص نماید که | Every soul must, in this Day, ponder upon that which hath been made manifest and, with understanding and wisdom, diligently investigate [3.5s] | UAB.002ax | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02680 | 330 | mixed | Trustworthiness | باین بیان که مانند آفتاب جهان از افق آسمان اوامر الهی طالع و مشرق است ناظر | Fix thine eyes upon this utterance, which, even as the sun in the heavens, hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of God's celestial commandments [3.5s]... ...Were a man in this day to adorn himself with the raiment of trustworthiness it were better for him in the sight of God than that he should journey on foot towards the holy court | INBA19:015, INBA32:015, INBA57:078, BLIB_Or15710.279, , BLIB_Or15722.172, , BLIB_Or15734.2.031, | COMP_TRUSTP#12x, GHA.316ax, UAB.039ax, MAS4.025x, AHB_133BE #03-04 p.003 | BRL_TRUST#12x, COC#2024x | Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | LL#261 | ||||||
| BH04675 | 200 | mixed | باین کلمه علیا که از لئالی بحر علم الهی محسوبست ناظر باشید ضع ما دونی ثم اصعد | Fix your gaze upon this most exalted Word, which is accounted among the pearls of the ocean of divine knowledge: Set aside all else but Me, then ascend [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.038e, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The concourse on high; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08755 | 110 | mixed | باین کلمه مبارکه که بمثابه نیر اعظم از افق فم مشیت مالک قدم اشراق نموده ناظر | Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word which, like unto the Most Great Luminary, hath dawned from the horizon of the mouth of the Will of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA18:035 | FRH.160 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2561 | Words spoken on 1913-05-10 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید چه شور و ولوله ای از تأثیر میثاق جمال ابهی در نفوس افتاده | Behold what abounding ecstasy the Covenant of the Abha Beauty has kindled within the people, and how it has caused the believers to gather together | BDA2.293 | MHMD2.387 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1251 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 250 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید فضل و عنایت حضرت بهآءالله چه کرده ما کجا و شما کجا چگونه ما را در یک بساط | Behold what the grace and bounty of Baha'u'llah have done! Observe where we are and where you are | BDA2.209-210 | MHMD2.269-270 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2833 | Words spoken on 1913-01-31 in Paris | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید ما چگونه در کنائس یهود و نصاری اثبات حقیقت اسلام نمودیم با وجود این مسلمین | Take note of how, in the churches and synagogues, we have established the truth of Islam, and consider the calumnies | BDA2.115 | MHMD2.142-143 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0005 | Words to children and other visitors, spoken on 1913-04-27 in Stuttgart | 400 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید محبت اطفال چه قدر خالص است قلوبشان چگونه پاک است | The love of the children is pure, therefore you can see it in their faces. All of us must have love, especially this love, because it is the Love of God. Our hearts must be like the hearts of the children | BDA2.264-266 | DAS.1913-04-27x, MHMD2.345-347 | Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||
| BH01838 | 480 | Persian | بت آمده با بطی باده با رخی چون آفتاب با دلی ساده ساده ز چه از دنیا ار عقبی | The beloved hath come with pure wine, with a countenance like unto the sun, with a heart pure and simple. Why then turnest thou to this world or the next [3.5s] | INBA30:159 | MAS4.188 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0985 | Words to a mother, spoken on 1913-05-15 | 310 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بتربیت الهی تربیت شوند نه مثل اینکه حالا مادران از بدایت عمر به پسران میگویند | How are your children? Are they well? Do you give them an ideal education? The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. | BDA2.301x | DAS.1913-05-15, MHMD2.398x | Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| AB02916 | 220 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | بجان و دل بکوشيد تا ميان سياه و سفيد الفت اندازيد و وحدت بهائيرا اثبات کنيد | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters were received. Verily, thou | MMK1#075 p.109x | SWAB#075x, SW_v11#05 p.092 | Race unity; racial issues; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| ABU2321 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-31 | 100 | Persian | بجمال افندی لوحی داده فرموده بودند بچندین شهر میروی و ازبیراهه بقم میروی و این مکتوب را بهر واسطه شده | I gave a Tablet to Jamal Effendi and instructed that traveling through certain cities and following an unfrequented route he should reach Qum and to deliver the Tablet to the Sadr A‘zam | ZSM.1914-10-31, KHH1.130 (1.179-180) | KHHE.194-195 | Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00244 | 2540 | mixed | Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers | بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید | Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me" | INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x | AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078 | KSHK#08x | Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372 | ||||||
| ABU1975 | Words spoken to Siyavash Sifidvash on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-24 | 140 | Persian | بجناب میرزا سیاوش از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و محبت را ابلاغ دارید فی الحقیقه | Convey unto his honor Mirza Siyavash, on my behalf, expressions of the utmost yearning and affection. In very truth [3.5s] | YARP2.300 p.245, RMT.032-033, QUM.219.06x, YARD.043x, YARD.086-087 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09807 | 90 | Persian | بجهة حفظ دو دایره اعز امنع اعلی بخط میرزا آقا جان | For the purpose of protection, two exalted, holy and glorious da'iras [verses in the form of a circle], inscribed by Mírzá Áqá Ján [3.5s] | INBA41:285b | Business; financial; property matters; Da'iras and haykals | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2217 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بجهت این بلاد مبلغ منجذب منقطع و عالم بسیار واجب است مثل بعضی از مبلغین جانفشان ایران | In this country it is essential to have teachers who are attracted, wholly severed and learned like some of the self-sacrificing Persian teachers. | BDA1.259.05 | MHMD1.277 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2722 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 70 | Persian | بحر الاعظم جمال مبارک است یعنی جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آوردند | The Most Great Ocean is the Blessed Beauty, meaning that the Blessed Beauty did graciously arrive upon these shores [3.5s] | KHH2.297 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06490 | 150 | Arabic | بحر العرفان ینطق فی قطب الامکان و یدع الکل بالروح و الریحان الی الرحمن ولکن | The Ocean of Divine Knowledge speaks forth from the Pole of Contingent Being, summoning all with spirit and fragrance unto the All-Merciful, yet [3.5s] | INBA51:091, KB_620:084-085 | LHKM2.148 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10798 | 60 | Arabic | بحر الفضل اراد ان یرسل الیک من شطر العدل | The Ocean of Grace desired to send unto thee from the shore of justice [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.142f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04676 | 200 | mixed | بحر بیان از معین قلم رحمن بصورت این کلمات ظاهر الحمد لله در ظل عنایت حق بوده و | The ocean of utterance hath surged forth from the Wellspring of the Pen of the All-Merciful in the form of these words: Praise be to God, for We have dwelt beneath the shadow of His grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.054a, | Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00664 | 1140 | mixed | بحر حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که عالم را وجود عطا فرمود و بطراز امم | The ocean of praise and thanksgiving beseemeth the Lord of Names, Who hath graciously brought the world into existence and adorned it with the ornament of nations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.089, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11043 | 50 | mixed | بحر قدم در امواج است و نور عظم در ارتجاج و هیکل مکرم در ابتهاج فیا طوبی لکم | The Ocean of Pre-existence surgeth, and the Light of Grandeur is astir, and the Temple of Glory rejoiceth. O the blessedness that awaiteth you [3.5s] | INBA38:061d, INBA36:314a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02595 | 340 | mixed | بحر معانی از مطلع فم مشیت رحمانی بصورت این کلمات تجلی فرموده و غیوم اوهام | The ocean of meanings hath shone forth from the Dawning-Place of the Mouth of the All-Merciful Will in the form of these words, and the clouds of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA35:152, INBA57:075, BLIB_Or15719.058b, | NNY.138-140, RHQM1.503-504 (617) (378x), PYB#024 p.01 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.087, LL#006 | ||||||||
| BH05339 | 180 | Persian | بحر معانی از معین قلم رحمانی بقمیص این الفاظ حکمتیه بالغه ظاهر ای اهل ایقان | O people of certitude! The Ocean of inner meanings hath, from the Fountain-head of the Merciful Pen, been made manifest in the raiment of these words of consummate wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.052c, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The power of words; of speech; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03202 | 280 | mixed | بحر معانی از معین قلم رحمانی در کل احیان جاری و ساریست از حق میطلبیم تشنگان | The ocean of inner meanings, flowing forth from the wellspring of the Pen of the All-Merciful, surgeth and courseth through all times. We beseech God that the thirsting ones [3.5s] | INBA35:133, BLIB_Or15719.034c, | HDQI.101, ABDA.017-018, ANDA#47 p.03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10560 | 70 | mixed | بحر معانی در اکثری از اوقات محض جود و فضل بانجناب ترشح نموده الواح منیعه | The Ocean of Divine meanings hath, in most times, through sheer bounty and grace, shed Its dewdrops upon that noble personage through exalted Tablets [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.019i, | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0856 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | Persian | بحمد الله یوم مبارکی است چون که نسبت بحق پیدا کرده مبارک است روز بدو طلوع است | Praised be God! Blessed is this Day, for it hath attained its connection with Truth. Blessed is the day at its dawning [3.5s] | KHH2.299-301 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00166 | 3250 | mixed | بحور حمد و ثنا محبوبی را لایق و سزا که از عنایت بدیعه حکم سیف را مرتفع | The oceans of praise and glorification befit and beseem my Beloved, Who through His wondrous grace hath lifted up the decree of the sword [3.5s] | INBA07:046, INBA28:148, INBA97:130x, INBA77:001, BLIB_Or15717.180, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00484 | 1500 | mixed | بحور حمد و شکر و سماء ذکر و ثنا حزب الله را لایق و سزا که قباع و نباح و مواء | The oceans of praise and thanksgiving, and the heavens of remembrance and glorification, befit and are worthy of the people of God, who amidst barking and snarling [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.014, | AYI2.286x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01330 | 640 | mixed | بحور ذکر و ثنا عبادی را لایق و سزاست که بقوت اسم الهی حجبات نفسانی را خرق | The oceans of praise and glorification beseem those servants who, through the power of the Divine Name, have rent asunder the veils of self [3.5s] | INBA41:010x, BLIB_Or15715.022, | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0986 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-01 | 310 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بخاطر دارم که طفل بودم در طهران در بیرونی در جنب حضرت وحید یعنی جناب آقا سید یحیی | I remember once in Tihran when I was a child, I was sitting by Aqa Siyyid Yahya Vahid | BDA1.280.02x | MHMD1.298x, BKOG.063x, STAB#133 | Call to action; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2434 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1361 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 230 | Persian | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | بخت در عرف دیانت بهائی همان تایید است و تایید همواره متتابع است انقطاع و انفکاک ندارد | In Baha'í philosophy, luck is the same as divine confirmation, which is ceaseless and continuous, never subject to interruption or suspension. | KNSA.292-293 | MNYA.404 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB07737 | 110 | Persian | بخشنده یزدانا این بندگان آزادگان بودند و این جانهای تابان بنور هدایتت روشن و | O Thou forgiving Lord! These servants were noble souls, and these radiant hearts were made illumined and resplendent | BRL_DAK#0107, BRL_MON#12, AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.226, BSHN.140.385, BSHN.144.380, DUR1.045, DUR1.386, ADH2.050, ADH2_6#01 p.167, MJMJ1.086, MMG2#368 p.410, MJH.034a, MHT1a.053, MHT1b.011 | BRL_POAB#12 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00747 | Some Answered Questions #058 The Extent and Limitation of Human Perception | 460 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که ادراکات مختلف است ادنی رتبهء ادراکات احساسات حیوانیست | Know that comprehension varies. Its lowest degree consists in the senses of the animal realm | MFD#58, OOL.C022.58 | SAQ#58 | Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Power of the mind over nature; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00063 | Some Answered Questions #084 The Station of Actions Performed without the Knowledge of God | 1330 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدان که این اعمال و رفتار و گفتار ممدوح است و مقبول و شرف عالم انسانیست | Know that such ways, words and deeds are to be lauded and approved, and they redound to the glory of the human world. | MFD#84, OOL.C022.84 | SAQ#84 | Differences in human capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00105 | Some Answered Questions #037 The Connection between God and His Manifestations | 1070 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدان که حقیقت الوهیت و کنه ذات احدیت تنزیه صرف و تقدیس بحت | Know that the reality of the Divinity and the nature of the divine Essence is ineffable sanctity and absolute holiness | MFD#37, DWNP_v2#01 p.015-018, OOL.C022.37 | SAQ#37 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00096 | Some Answered Questions #029 Sin and Atonement | 1140 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که در انسان دو طبیعت است طبیعت جسمانیه و طبیعت روحانیه | Know that there are two natures in man: the material and the spiritual. The material nature is inherited from Adam | MFD#29, OOL.C022.29 | SAQ#29 | Christ; Christianity; Original sin; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB01145 | Some Answered Questions #063 The Progress of All Things Within their Own Degree | 370 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | بدان که شیء موجود در مقامی توقف ننماید یعنی جمیع اشیاء متحرک است | Know that nothing that exists remains in a state of repose—that is, all things are in motion. | MFD#63, OOL.C022.63 | SAQ#63, BWF.330-331 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of transformation and change; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB00779 | Some Answered Questions #076 The Justice and Mercy of God | 450 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که عدل اعطای کل ذی حق حقه است مثلاً شخصی اجیر | Know that justice consists in rendering each his due…. But if he who has been struck | MFD#76, OOL.C022.76 | SAQ#76 | C. Oja | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Reward and punishment | - | - | ||||||
| AB09024 | Some Answered Questions #075 Two Kinds of Torment | 90 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که عذاب بر دو قسم است عذاب لطیف و عذاب غلیظ | Know that there are two kinds of torment: subtle and palpable. | MFD#75, OOL.C022.75 | SAQ#75 | Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||
| AB00227 | Some Answered Questions #045 The Most Great Infallibility | 770 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدان که عصمت بر دو قسم است عصمت ذاتیه و عصمت صفاتیه | Know that infallibility is of two kinds: infallibility in essence and infallibility as an attribute. | MFD#45, OOL.C022.45 | SAQ#45, LOG#1065x | House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00316 | Some Answered Questions #054 The Procession of the Human Spirit from God | 670 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که قیام بر دو قسم است قیام و تجلی صدوری و قیام و تجلی ظهوری | Know that procession is of two kinds: procession and appearance through emanation and procession and appearance through manifestation. | MFD#54, OOL.C022.54 | SAQ#54 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00399 | Some Answered Questions #062 The Infinite Perfections of Existence and the Progress of the Soul in the Next World | 610 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدان که مراتب وجود متناهیست مرتبهء عبودیت مرتبهء نبوت و مرتبهء ربوبیت | Know that the degrees of existence are finite—the degrees of servitude, of prophethood and of Divinity | MFD#62, OOL.C022.62 | SAQ#62, BWF.328-330, LOG#0684x, LOG#0685x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB00345 | Some Answered Questions #038 The Three Stations of the Divine Manifestations | 640 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدان که مظاهر مقدسه را هرچند مقامات و کمالات غیر متناهیه است ولی کلیهء مراتب ایشان سه رتبه است | Know that, while the Manifestations of God possess infinite virtues and perfections, they occupy only three stations | MFD#38, DWNP_v2#05 p.038-040, OOL.C022.38 | SAQ#38 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Word of God sanctified from time and place | - | - | |||||||
| AB01359 | Some Answered Questions #032 "Many are Called, but Few are Chosen" | 340 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که نظم و کمال در جامعیت عالم وجود چنین اقتضا نماید که وجود منحل بصور غیر متناهی | Know that the order and perfection of the universe require that existence be resolved into countless forms. | MFD#32, OOL.C022.32 | SAQ#32 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Many are called but few are chosen; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree | - | - | |||||||
| AB00077 | Some Answered Questions #047 The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man | 1210 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | بدان که یک مسئله از غوامض مسائل الهیه اینست که این عالم وجود یعنی این کون غیر متناهی بدایتی ندارد | Know that it is one of the most abstruse questions of divine philosophy that the world of existence—that is, this endless universe—has no beginning. | MFD#47, OOL.C022.47 | SAQ#47, BWF.297-300 | Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Evolution; human evolution; Names and attributes of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00062 | Some Answered Questions #082 The Unity of Existence | 1340 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدانکه این مسألهٴ وحدة الوجود قدیم است تخصیص بثیاسفه و صوفیه ندارد | Know that the idea of the unity of existence is ancient and is not restricted to the Theosophists and the Sufis alone. | MFD#82, OOL.C022.82 | SAQ#82 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||
| BH05340 | 180 | mixed | بدانکه خداوند عالم جل و عز روح مؤمن را قبض فرموده در اعلی علیین صاعد | Know thou that the Lord of the world, exalted and glorified be He, hath taken the spirit of the believer, causing it to ascend unto the highest heaven [3.5s]... Know that the Lord of the world, glorified and exalted be He, will take the soul of the believer and cause it to ascend unto the highest heaven | AVK1.308, AYI1.350x | Limits of language; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00046 | Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim | 1500 | Persian | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدانکه شیعیان ایران در اواخر ایام حقیقت شریعت‌الله را فرموش کردند و از اخلاق روحانیان بکلی محجوب | Know that in the latter days the Shí‘ahs of Persia had forgotten the truth of the religion of God | BRL_TTTP#10, NSS.148-152 | BRL_TTT#10 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Letters of the Living; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shaykhis; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB00266 | Some Answered Questions #036 The Five Divisions of Spirit | 720 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدانکه کلیه ارواح پنج قسم است اول روح نباتی و آن قوه‌ئیست که از ترکیب عناصر | Know that in general there are five divisions of spirit. First is the vegetable spirit | MFD#36, DWNP_v2#01 p.001-003, OOL.C022.36 | SAQ#36 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Power of the mind over nature; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual springtime; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB11581 | 10 | Persian | بدانید اگر در عالم هم نباشم همیشه با شما خواهم بود | ...Remember, whether or not I be on earth, My presence will be with you always | DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 | GPB.309x | Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2218 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 110 | Persian | بدانید و مطمئن باشید که آنچه واقع می شود باعث اعلای امر الله است وقتی حضرت اعلی شهید | You, dear ones, must remember that whatever happens is for the progress of the Cause of God. | KNR.043 | KNRE.053 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrdom of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01381 | 620 | mixed | بدایات کلام و غایات ختام ذکر سلطان عما و ملیک بهاست جل عنایته و عظم احسانه | The inception of utterance and the consummation thereof is the mention of the Sovereign of transcendence and the King of Glory, exalted be His grace and magnified be His bounty [3.5s] | INBA36:326, BLIB_Or15722.207, | BRL_DA#254, TZH4.130-131x, ASAT5.309x | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00004 | Madaniyyih (The Secret of Divine Civilization) | 20800 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Secret of Divine Civilization; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Secret of Divine Civilization (book) | بدایع حمد و ثنا و جوامع شکر و سپاس درگاه احدیت پروردگاریرا سزاست که از بین کافه | Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that out of all the realities in existence He has chosen the reality of man | BLIB_Or.08686, IOM.100, BLIB_Or.08117, | SDCP, AVK3.336.14x, AVK3.222.07x, AVK3.290.13x, AVK3.292.05x, AVK3.324.05x, AVK4.317bx, AVK4.328x, AVK4.339x, MSHR3.097x, OOL.C019 | SDC, WOB.037-038x, WOB.192x, LOG#1061 ¶1x, LOG#1417x, LOG#1682x, LOG#1882x, LOG#1883x, BSC.424 #767.1x, SW_v07#18 p.181-182x, BLO_PT#057, STAB#044, STAB#064 | Treatise addressed anonymously to the entire Persian nation, outlining both the secular and the reli … | Bribery and corruption; Call to action; Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Muhammad; Islam; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the mind over nature; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Universal education; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | 1 | * | * | MMAH.234 | ||
| ABU3322 | Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | 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 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1434 | Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart | 220 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بدوِ امر همیشه بیان مظاهر مقدسه بقدر عقل و دانش قوم بوده و تکلم باصطلاح آنها... در این امر رهبانیت نیست | At the beginning of every religious dispensation, the Manifestations of God have always spoken in a way that is suited to the level | BDA2.219 | MHMD2.282-283 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Freedom of thought and action; Monasticism; asceticism; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10799 | 60 | Persian | بر جمیع احبای حق لازمست که در استقامت و مراتب آن تفکر نمایند تا بحکمت بیان حق | It behooveth all the loved ones of Truth to ponder upon steadfastness and its degrees, that they may, with wisdom, proclaim the Truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#289, | Contemplation; Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3464 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند | What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.' | BDA1.124.05 | SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Differences in human capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07008 | 140 | mixed | بر هر نفسی لازم حین خروج از وطن و قرین خود میقاتی از برای سفر معین نماید و میقات را هر قدر معین | It is incumbent upon every soul, when departing from home and kin, to fix an appointed time for the journey, and this appointed time, to whatever extent determined [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.046ax, , NLAI_BH4.124-124x | GHA.164, GHA.180-181x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05008 | 190 | mixed | برادر مکرم انشاء الله بعنایه الله فائز باشی و بما یرتفع به الامر مشغول امر | O esteemed brother! God willing, mayest thou be favoured through His grace and engaged in that which shall exalt His Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.003, | Business; financial; property matters; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04677 | 200 | Persian | برادر مکرم مهربان من امید از حضرت باری عز فضله و جل کرمه انکه | My cherished and loving brother! My hope is from His Blessed Presence, the Lord - exalted be His grace and glorified be His bounty - that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.180a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05009 | 190 | mixed | براستی میگویم هر نفسی در اقبال بافق اعلی باید سمع را از قصص کاذبه که مابین | In truth I say: every soul that turneth in devotion unto the Most Exalted Horizon must needs purge its hearing from false tales that circulate [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.020, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3126 | Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-04-12 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | برای سیاحت و ملاقات انجمنهای صلح آمده ام زیرا اساس ما صلح عمومی | I have come to visit the peace societies of America because the fundamental principles of our Cause are universal peace and the promotion of the basic doctrine of the oneness and truth of all the divine religions. | BDA1.029.11 | MHMD1.038 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| BH01624 | Lawh-i-Rida | 2400 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida) | بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا | By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it. | BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x | BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx | GWB#032x | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | LL#220 | ||||
| ABU1827 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | بزرگان مصر میخواهند وهابی بشوند عقاید وهابیان را پیش گیرند شاید بحرب و ضرب و جنگ | The Egyptian chiefs want to become Wahabbi and promote Wahabbi convictions. Perchance they hope to resist European expansion through wars, violence, confrontations and slaughter. | KHH1.052 (1.073-074) | KHHE.091-092 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03203 | 280 | Persian | بزرگست عنایت حق جل جلاله و محیطست فضلش امروز از سید ایام نزد مولی الانام | Great is the bounty of the True One, glorified be His majesty, and all-encompassing is His grace on this day, the lord of days, before the Lord of all mankind [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.086, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03082 | 290 | mixed | بسا اشجار که باثمار بدیعه الهیه تزیین یابد و ما در تحت تراب مسجون باشیم و چه | Many are the trees that shall be adorned with wondrous divine fruits, while We remain imprisoned beneath the dust [3.5s] | BRL_DA#022, SFI10.016 | Hypocrisy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07010 | 140 | Persian | بسا صبح صادق طالع آمد و شب هجران باخر نرسید و چه عندلیبها که در بستانها | How many a true morn hath dawned, yet the night of separation hath not drawn to its close; and how many nightingales in the gardens [3.5s] | INBA38:049, INBA36:379a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1664 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-24 | 180 | Persian | بسا نفوس به این فکر افتادند و به کلی محو شدند. خلافت فاطمیه دویست سال زحمت کشید بی نتیجه | How many souls have fallen into this thought and been utterly effaced! The Fatimid Caliphate strove for two hundred years, yet all was in vain [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-24 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2981 | Words spoken in Washington, 1912-05-08 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2435 | Words spoken en route to Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بسبب نرفتن من بانجا خیلی متأثر شده اند و با وجود مشاغل بی اختیار از راه دور برای ملاقات آمده اند اگر تا پورتلند و سیاتل | They are upset that I am not going there. However, in spite of the great distance, they have come to see us, notwithstanding the effort involved. Had it been but a one-or two-day trip, I would have gone to Portland and Seattle but the distance is great. | BDA1.314.09 | MHMD1.332 | Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH11244 | 40 | Persian | بستان آمدیم کل بنور بفتیم بخا رستان گلهای رنگ رنگ از هر | We have come unto a garden wherein all is illumined with light; in the rose garden multicolored flowers bloom from every side [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.173b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11482 | 20 | Arabic | بسم الذی ینزل الایات باالحق و کل کان عنها محروما و نستعین بربنا العلی | In the Name of Him Who sendeth down the verses in truth, though all were deprived thereof, and We seek the aid of our Lord, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | INBA66:004 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00090 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanz (Commentary on the Tradition of the Hidden Treasure) | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الل الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تعالی بعلو کبریائیته عن علو اعلی جوهر المجردات و تعظم بذاتیة ازلیته | Praise be to God, Who hath ascended, in the loftiness of His grandeur, above the loftiest essences of the spirit, and hath, by virtue of His eternal essence, manifested His transcendent majesty [4o] | SFI10.057-062 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Seven stages of creation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SFI10.038 | ||||||||
| 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 | 3 | * | - | 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 | ||
| BB00443 | Kitab al-Vahid 18 (Tablet to the eighteenth Letter of the Living) | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله الابد الایزول. ان هذا کتاب من عند الثآء الی هیکل الثامن قبل عشر ان اشهد انه ﻻ اله الا هو الملک القدوس | This is a letter from the letter Thá unto the eighth temple before the ten: I testify that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy [3.5s] | DB.xxii.18, GANJP.007-008, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BB00373 | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الابیر الابیر. قل تعززت بالله الواحد القهار | Say: I have been strengthened through God, the One, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | PR03.150v04-151r06 | Da'iras and haykals; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00539 | 160 | Arabic | بسم الله الاتقن الاتقن. الحمد لله الذی قد استعلی بعلوه فوق کل الممکنات و استرفع بارتفاعه فوق کل الموجودات و استمنع بامتناعه فوق کل الکائنات و استسلط باستسلاطه | Praise be to God, Who hath exalted Himself in His transcendence above all contingent beings, Who hath raised Himself through His loftiness above all created things, Who hath made Himself inaccessible through His inscrutability to all existing things, and Who hath asserted His sovereignty [3.5s] | PR03.150r20-150v03 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00440 | Kitab al-Vahid 04 (Tablet to the fourth Letter of the Living) | 320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاجمل الجمیل. یسبح الله ما فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهم العزیز و الرحیم هو الذی نزل الکتاب | All that is in the heavens and upon the earth, and whatsoever lieth between them, glorifieth God, the Mighty, the All-Merciful. He it is Who hath sent down the Book [3.5s] | DB.xxii.04, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00107 | Kitabu’l-Javad | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الاجود الاجود. بالله الله الاجود الاجود بجود الله الاجود الاجود قل اللهم انک انت جواد السموات و الارض و ما بینهما | By God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Through the bounty of God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F23.089v06-093v06 (19), | 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; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00270 | Li-Ismi’llahi’n-Nazi’ | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الاحفظ الاحفظ. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاحفظ الاحفظ و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و یزال | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is none other worthy of worship, the supreme Guardian, the ultimate Protector. Verily, the divine splendour is from God upon Him Whom God shall make manifest and upon His chosen ones throughout eternity [4o] | PR03.079v26-080v14, PR13.066v-069r | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00618 | 50 | Arabic | بسم الله الاحفظ الاحفظ. الحمد لله لا إله إلا هو الأحفظ الأحفظ قل الله أحفظ فوق کل ذی إحفاظ | In the name of God, the Greatest Protector, the Greatest Protector. Praise be to God! There is no god but Him, the Greatest Protector | INBA36:171 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00117 | Du’a’ ‘ala’l-Abavayn min’ar’Rabb | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الارضی الارضی. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک المثل و لاامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | CMB_F14.124r10-129r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00472 | Kitab al-Vahid 02 (Tablet to the second Letter of the Living) | 270 | Arabic | بسم الله الازل الازول. ان البهاء من عند الله علی اءزل اﻻ یزول و من لسان ذلک الأزل الی اءزل القیدوم | Now the Glory which cometh from God be upon the One Eternal, the One Eternally Active and from the tongue of that One Eternal unto the One Eternally Active, the Pre-Existent. Every affair returns unto I, Myself | DB.xxii.02, LABIB | HURQ.BB48 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00499 | 220 | Arabic | بسم الله الاشفی الاشفی. الله لا اله الا هو الاشفی الاشفی قل الله اشفی فوق ذااشفآء لن یقدر ان یمتنع عن ملیک سلطانه | God, no God is there but Him, the All-Healing, the All-Healing! Say: God is the Supreme Healer, transcending all healing, and none can resist His sovereign might [3.5s] | INBA58:142.02-143.09, LEID.Or4971-6 p3L3, | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00607 | 70 | mixed | بسم الله الاصبر الاصبر ذوالعز والبقا. حضور معظمه جده و والده و خاله سید ١٤ و منتظرین ذکر میشود که الحمد لله علی ظهور انه کلها والله ولی و ولیکن افوض امری الی الله و هو خیر الناصرین و ان البها من کتاب الله علی کل المؤمنین و کل | The fourteen holy personages of his grandfather, his father, and his paternal uncle the sayyid and those who await the Remembrance say: Praised be God for all of His manifestations | PR03.086r12-086r15 | KSHK.BWB | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00466 | Kitab al-Vahid 13 (Tablet to the thirteenth Letter of the Living) | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الاطهر الوفی. سبحان الذی مشیء ما یشآء بأمره قل کل بآیاته ذاکرون هو الذی یشهد علی ما کان العباد | Glorified be He Who ordaineth whatsoever He willeth through His command. Say: All are mindful of His signs. He it is Who beareth witness unto what the servants have done [3.5s] | DB.xxii.13, LABIB | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00437 | Kitab al-Vahid 09 (Tablet to the ninth Letter of the Living) | 320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاظهر المبین. سبحان الذی یخضع له من فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما قل کل الی الله یقلبون | Glorified be He before Whom all that dwell in the heavens and on earth, and whatsoever lieth between them, bow down in adoration. Say: All shall return unto God [3.5s] | DB.xxii.09, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00207 | Ziyaratu’l-Kull | 950 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعدل الاعدل. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تلک لیلة قد فتحت فیها ابواب فضلک و جودک و کرمک و لطفک و منک لاسئلنک فیه بک او لا شیء عندک عدلک و لا کفوک و لا شبهک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night wherein Thou hast opened wide the gates of Thy bounty and generosity, Thy munificence and kindness and grace. I beseech Thee therein by Thy Self, before Whom there existeth no peer in Thy justice, nor any equal, nor any likeness [3.5s] | MKI4494.055 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00276 | Letter to Mulla Naw-Ruz 'Ali | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح ... ان یا یوم النیروز انا قد حققناک من قبل و جعلناک عیداً للعالمین جمیعاً و وعدنا ان نحشرنک یوم القیامة و نعرضک علینا علی صورةالانسان فاذا انا کنا لموفین | Glorified be He Whom all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth and whatsoever lieth between them do magnify, and say: All before Him prostrate themselves in adoration. All praise be unto God Who is extolled... O Day of Naw-Rúz! We have, verily, exalted thee aforetime and ordained thee a festival unto all the peoples, and We have promised to gather thee unto Us on the Day of Resurrection and to present thee before Us in human form, and lo, We are faithful to Our covenant [3.5s] | AHDA.297 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Laws of marriage and dowry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00243 | Letter to Jinab-i-Dhabih Dhakiru'llah | 820 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له قانتون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All are submissive unto Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom prostrate themselves whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth and whatsoever lieth between them! Say: All are prostrate before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s] | CMB_F23.096v06-098v04 (22), | MANU.051-054 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00660 | Salavat-i-Hayakil-i-Tis’ati ‘Ashar | 2320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم صل على هيکل الاول بکل بهائک ابهاه وکل جلالک اجله وکل جمالک اجمله وکل عظمتک اعظمها وکل نورک انوره وکل رحمتک اوسعها | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Primal Temple with all Thy most effulgent Glory, and all Thy most exalted Majesty, and all Thy most beauteous Beauty, and all Thy most supreme Grandeur, and all Thy most radiant Light, and all Thy most expansive Mercy [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.090-095 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00326 | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الکأس و البشقاب | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, and there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Grandeur, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Chalice and the Cup [3.5s] | PR03.086r16-086v21 | The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00371 | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت منزل الاغیاث من لجج جودک و مرسل الامطار من طمطام یم فضلک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, Who sendeth down succor from the deeps of Thy bounty and raineth down from the fathomless ocean of Thy grace [3.5s] | PR03.045v10-046r10, CMB_F23.095r18-096v04 (21), , MKI4511.022v-029r, BYC_collect3.043-045 | MANU.050-051 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00282 | Li-harfi’r-ra’ va’l-ba’ | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزَة و الامتناع و لک القوَة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته و تحبُه من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Omnipotence, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved and lovest in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation [3.5s] | MKI4494.057 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00294 | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و الک العظمة و الاستقلال و الک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Supremacy and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Thou hast ever been one God [3.5s] | PR03.044v06-045r16, CMB_F23.093v08-095r17 (20), , MKI4511.017r-020v, BYC_tablets.001.02-002.17x | MANU.048-050 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00286 | Tafsir hadith "یکتمنه عن غیر اهله" | 680 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و الک العظمة و الاستقلال و الک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Supremacy and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Thou hast ever been one God [3.5s] | CMB_F21.189.14-192-12#29, , MKI4494.061 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00271 | Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise' | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been One God [3.5s] | CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00264 | Li-ithnayni min Ardi’j-Janna | 750 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت غفار | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been the Forgiver [3.5s] | MKI4494.063 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00277 | Li-Haji Mahmud | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته أو تحبنَ من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک أنت الأول یا إلهی لیس قبلک من شیء و أنت الآخر یا محبوبی ولیس بعدک من شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Resplendent Glory, Thine the Might and the Impregnability, Thine the Power and the Exaltation, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Dominion, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved or wilt love in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation. Thou art the First, O my God, and naught existeth before Thee, and Thou art the Last, O my Beloved, and there is none after Thee [3.5s] | MKI4494.059 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00433 | Kitab al-Vahid 17 (Tablet to the seventeenth Letter of the Living) | 330 | Arabic | Translation List | بسم الله الاعلی الحمید. سبحان الذی تخضع له من فی السموات و الأرض قل کل الیه یبعثون هو الذی بیده من فی السموات | Glorified be He before Whom all the dwellers of earth and heaven humble themselves! Say: All shall find life in Him | DB.xxii.17, LABIB | HURQ.BB49, ADMS#036 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00015 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian) | 13900 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Persian) | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد | Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things | INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p | DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b | SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085 | The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | 3 | * | - | NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035 | ||
| BB00066 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic) | 2700 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic) | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود | In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o] | INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a | DLLS, OOL.A005a | HURQ.BB54x | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035 | ||||
| BB00420 | Kitab al-Vahid 07 (Tablet to the seventh Letter of the Living) | 350 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقدر الاعززالعزیز. سبحان الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون هو الذی بیده من فی السموات و الأرض | Glorified be He Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth through His command "Be, and it is!" He it is Who holdeth within His grasp all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | DB.xxii.07, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00448 | Kitab al-Vahid 05 (Tablet to the fifth Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقدم العزیز. سبحان الذی یدبر امر السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما الحی المحیط هو الذی مقتدر | Glorified be He Who administereth the affairs of the heavens and of the earth and of whatsoever lieth between them, the Ever-Living, the All-Encompassing. He, verily, is the Omnipotent [3.5s] | DB.xxii.05, LABIB | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00251 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o] | INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00664 | Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00325 | Bayan al-Taqarub wa Taba'ud | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقوم الاقوم - یا القدیم الاقوم. الذی لا اله الا هو العظیم الادوم شاءالله ان ینشاء سر اسم الاعظم فی هذا اللوح المعظم للرجال ....... لا تخف و لا تحزن فانا مع المحسنین و لمثل هذا فلنجری العاملین والحمد لله رب العالمین | He is God, the Most Great, the Ever-Enduring! God hath willed to manifest the mystery of the Most Great Name in this most exalted Tablet unto men... Fear not, neither be thou grieved, for verily We are with the doers of good, and thus shall they that strive be requited. All praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA14:459-462, INBA53:077-079, INBA67:179-181, INBA_4011C:141-145, , INBA_5006C:348-350, , INBA_6004C:187-189, , INBA_6006C:080-081, , INBA_6010C:455-458, , PR07.067v-068v, AEWB.226-230, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||||
| BB00245 | Tawqi'a Azal | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الاله ذی الاهین قل اللهم انک انت سبحان السموات و | In the name of God, the Divinity, Possessor of Divinities! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Glory of the heavens [3.5s] | QISM.003 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||||
| BB00305 | 610 | Arabic | بسم الله الالهم الالهم. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الالهم الالهم و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول و من | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Most Divine, the Most Divine, and verily all glory floweth from God unto the first Vahid [3.5s] | PR03.149v05-150r18 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00034 | Kitabu’l-Mulk | 5800 | Arabic | بسم الله الاملک الاملک. بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملاک بسم الله المالک المالک | In the name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the King of Kings! In the Name of God, the All-Possessing, the All-Possessing [3.5s] | BYC_pray.001.01-018.22 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00225 | Ziyaratu’l-Avval (in honor of Mulla Husayn) | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الازل الازل و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول الی ما ینتهی الذکر الی ما تقلب الامر باللیل الالیل و بعد اذا اردت | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Eternal, the Everlasting. Verily, all glory floweth from God upon the Primal Unity, until mention shall cease and the Cause shall turn into darksome night. And thereafter, when thou didst [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.092a10-096b03 | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00139 | Du’a’ ‘ala ‘Adadi Ismi’l-Uluhiyya | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاعظم الاعظم و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول و من یشابه ذلک الواحد حین لا یری فیه الاالله الواحد الاقدم وبعد هذا دعاء علی عدد اسم الالوهیة مع عدد اسم الله الوحید | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Most Great, the Most Great! And verily, the glory from God be upon the first Vahid and upon him who resembleth that Vahid when naught can be seen therein save God, the One, the Most Ancient. And following this is a prayer according to the number of the Name of Divinity together with the number of the Name of God, the One [3.5s] | MKI4494.108 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00275 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاقهر الاقهر و انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الانور الانور و بعد اذا ادرکت ما قد قدرالله لک من عرفان ذلک الاسم الاعظم | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the All-Subduing, the Most Compelling. And verily, all glory from God be upon His Light, the Most Luminous, the Most Radiant. And thereafter, shouldst thou attain unto that which God hath ordained for thee of the knowledge of that Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00078 | Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith "شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره" | 2500 | mixed | Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí; Gate of the Heart | Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم | Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest | CMB_F21.035.18-044.13#05, , BYC_pray.099.01-105.02 | KSHG.439, AYT.169, TZH3.020.04-022.21x | GOH.241x, GOH.249x, GOH.290x, GOH.351-353x, GOH.372-374x, HURQ.BB57x, GPB.030x, BLO_PT#185x | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Names and attributes of God; 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 | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036 | ||||
| BB00087 | Kitabu’l-Bashir | 2100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الله لا اله الا هو الابشر الابشر و انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل شیء علی الواحد الاول و من یشاهد ذالک الواحد الی ان لا یحصی احد لا بما یعد و لا بما لایعد و بعد فلتشهدن علی الله | God, no God is there but Him, the Giver of tidings! Verily, the glory from God, and then from all things, be unto the first Vahid, and unto whoso beholdeth that Vahid, until none can reckon their number, neither by that which can be counted nor by that which cannot be counted. Then ye shall testify unto God [3.5s] | PR03.061r04-063r08 | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Love of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00141 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم اسئلک باخریتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تخذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God, I beseech Thee by Thy lastness, exalted above all else, to abase every soul that cleaveth unto the tree of denial [4o] | INBA_6007C.085-090, CMB_F14.136r05-140r08, | Belief and denial; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00177 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03, | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00178 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05, | Fire and light; fire and water; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00599 | Du’a’ fihi ismu’l-A’zam | 80 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رب یا رحمن یا منیع یا قدوس یا هو یا عزیز یا محبوب یا قاهر یا ظاهر یا فرد یا ممتنع یا مهیمن یا قیوم یا قائم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Lord, O Most Merciful, O Inaccessible, O Most Holy, O He, O Mighty One, O Best-Beloved, O All-Compelling, O Manifest, O Single, O Inaccessible, O All-Subduing, O Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | CMB_F14.201r07-201r10, | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00142 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o] | INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03 | Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00161 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07 | Justice and wrath of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00143 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تهلکن کل ذات الف ینسب الی الشجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to bring to naught every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.006a02-012a01 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00127 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان نحفظن و تغنین کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقدرتک علی کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to preserve and enrich every soul possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation, through Thy power over all things [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.282-288, CMB_F14.189r07-194r01, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00180 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی باستقلال سلطنتک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to abase every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation, through Thy sovereign might [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.001a04-005b11 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00162 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان ترفعن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to elevate every being possessing the letter Alif that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.012a03-018a08 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00144 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to grant victory unto every being possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s] | CMB_F14.140r10-144v02, | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00163 | Du’ayi Layliy-i-thaniyyih | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک ببهاء ضیاء علاء رضاء ربوبیتک و جلال و جمال کمال فعال سبوحیتک | O God! I beseech Thee by the splendor, the radiance, the sublimity and the good-pleasure of Thy Lordship, and by the majesty, beauty and perfection of Thy sanctified glory [3.5s] | CMB_F14.174v08-178v04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00391 | Du’ayi Sahar-i-mukhtasar | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بک لا شیء عندک عدلک و لاکفوک و لاشبهک و لاقرینک و لامثالک مستشهدا علی ما اشهدتنی و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self -- for naught before Thee can equal Thy justice, none can be Thy peer, none can bear resemblance unto Thee, none can be joined with Thee, and none can be likened unto Thee -- bearing witness unto that which Thou hast caused me to witness, and all things likewise bear witness, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | CMB_F14.178v05-180r01, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; 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 | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00227 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Ahmar | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک عن الوهیتک باعظمها و کل الوهیتک عظمه عندک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity in its most glorious manifestation, and all Thy divinity is glorious in Thy sight [3.5s] | CMB_F14.233r10-236v05, | Angels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.462, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00181 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Akhdar | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک من ابدیتک بتابدها و کل ابدیتک متابدة عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک کلها | O God! I beseech Thee by Thine Eternity in its perpetuity, and verily all Thine eternity is everlasting in Thy presence and in the Mother Book. O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine eternity in its entirety [3.5s] | CMB_F14.229v01-233r09, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00347 | Du’a’i istidhan mina’l-jannah | 500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا سلطان تعززت یا رحمن فاذن لی و من آمن بک ثم بآیاتک لا من تدخلن جنتک بفضلک ثم رحمتک | O God! I beseech Thee, O Sovereign Who hast shown forth Thy might, O All-Merciful One, grant leave unto me and unto them that have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, that we may enter Thy paradise through Thy grace and Thy mercy [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.020a10-022a10 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00256 | Du’a’ fi avvali kulli laylin min shahri’llah | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا لا اله الا انت ببهاء لا اله الا انت اذ لا اله الا انت ان تصلین علی حرف الباء بما انت علیه من بها لا اله الا انت انک کنت ذا فضل عظیما | O God! I beseech Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is none other God, by the splendor of "There is no God but Thee"—when there is none other God but Thee—to shower Thy blessings upon the Letter B through that glory which is Thine—There is no God but Thee! Verily, Thou art the Lord of surpassing bounty [3.5s] | CMB_F14.156r10-158v03, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00221 | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالملک و الملکوت اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالعز والجبروت | O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First in earthly sovereignty and heavenly dominion. O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First, in might and sovereign power [3.5s] | CMB_F14.121v02-124r09, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00228 | Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء | Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00103 | Ziyarat for the martyrs | 1800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله | The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit | INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01, | TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x | RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| 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? | ||||||||
| 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? | ||||||||
| 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 … | 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 | 3 | * | - | AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368 | see also BB00001 Persian Bayan |
| BB00512 | 200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ذلکم الله ربکم له الخلق و الامر لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الذی یحی و یمیت | This is God, your Lord; His is the creation and the command. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. He it is Who giveth life and bringeth death [3.5s] | INBA78:088-090 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00506 | Answer to Mirza Ahmad Azghandi | 9200 | unknown | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له قانتون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth. Say: all are prostrate before Him. And praise be unto God, Whom all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth do glorify; say: all are humbly obedient unto Him [3.5s]... ...As the Persian children say, the root principles of religion are five and its derivatives six. This indeed is thy Temple | Berlin3655.136r-155r | GOH.357x, GOH.371x | Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00551 | 150 | mixed | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل یعملون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل ینقلبون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له ... و بعد اینکه سئوال از رجعت شده بدانکه یوم ظهور من یظهره الله عز ذکره | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and unto Him do all works return. Praise be unto God, before Whom glorifieth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and unto Him shall all return. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him... And concerning the question about the Return, know thou that the Day of the Manifestation of Him Whom God shall make manifest - exalted be His mention [3.5s] | BYC_raj'at | AVK1.267-268x | Manifestation of God as sun; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00094 | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II | 1900 | Arabic | إلى علماء تبريز | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz) | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و انا کل له ساجدون سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما و انا کل له قانتون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and verily, we all all bow down in adoration before Him. Exalted is He by Whose praise all who are in the heavens and the earth, and all that lieth between them, extol; and we all, indeed, stand in devout obedience unto Him. God beareth witness.. [4o] | TZH2.476-483, AHDA.332x | BLO_PT#221 | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | AHDA.460.06?, MMAH.034 | |||||
| BB00085 | Answer to the Mufti of Baghdad | 2200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما انا کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و فی الارض و ما بینهما انا کل له عالدون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily, we are all bow down in adoration before Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom boweth down whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them—verily, we are all worshippers before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s] | MBA.302-308x | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.097 | ||||||||
| BB00298 | Li-Jinabi’l-Ahmad | 650 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان ذی الملک و الملکوت و سبحان ذی العز والجبروت و سبحان ذی القدرة واللاهوت | Glorified be He Who is Lord of sovereignty and the Kingdom, and glorified be He Who is Lord of might and dominion, and glorified be He Who is possessed of power and divine majesty [3.5s] | MKI4494.085 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00434 | Li-Jinabi Aqa Muhammad Hasan | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم ان لا اله الا انت لاشهدنک ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! There is no God but Thee. I testify, and all things bear witness, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | MKI4494.094 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00095 | Du’a’ li-Man Yuzhiruhu’llah | 1900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت الله لا اله الا انت رب السموات و رب الارض رب کل شیء لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of all things. From time immemorial Thou hast been One God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sustaining, eternal [3.5s] | MKI4494.045, BYC_pray.166.15-176.02 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00293 | Ziyarat for the second to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل قد تفردت بالعزة و البقاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been alone in Thy glory and permanence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.116-119, CMB_F14.091v10-093v09, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00338 | Ziyarat for the fourth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00267 | 730 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعلها ومقدرها و مصورها لن یعزب من علمک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق .... و ان من یظهره الله لحق من عنده و ان اعداد حی الذینهم یؤمنون فأولئک هم فی کتاب الله المقربون | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, their Creator, Ordainer and Fashioner. Not a thing can escape Thy knowledge, whether in the kingdom of command or creation... And verily He Whom God shall make manifest is the Truth from His presence, and they who are numbered among the Living Ones and believe - these indeed are they who, in the Book of God, are among the near ones [3.5s] | INBA58:130.09-133.15 | Chastisement and requital; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00024 | Du’a’ li-Huruf-i-Bismi’llahi’r-Rahmani’r-Rahim | 9400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرهما و مصورهما و مبدعهما و منشئهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, their Ordainer, their Fashioner, their Originator and their Author. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, unique, eternal, ever-living and self-subsisting [3.5s] | CMB_F14.027v09-057r04, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00130 | Munajat li-Hadrat va man ma’ahu | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً متعمداً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been One God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining, Everlasting, Eternal, and hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s] | CMB_F14.214v06-219r09, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00236 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم رب لاسئلنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یومن بمن تظهرنه یوم القیامة ذات حجتک العظمی | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things, to aid every soul who believeth in Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest on the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Thy Most Great Testimony [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.109a01-113a03 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00230 | Du’a’ a’l-Vajib | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s] | INBA58:134.01-141.04 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00147 | Du’a’i yawmi nisfi sha’ban | 1300 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر یحی و یمیت و انک انت الحی لا یموت فی قبضبتک ملکوت کل شیء یبدع ما یشاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command; Thou givest life and causeth death, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not. Within Thy grasp is the dominion of all things; Thou createst what Thou willest [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest cause a person to be destitute of all earthly possessions… O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree of Thy divine Unity… Ordain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee | MKI4494.017, BYC_pray.121.17-126.07 | SWBP#46 (p.135-136x) | SWB#47 (p.189-191x), BPRY.149x, BPRY.232x | B. Lisbeth, Bonnie & Noor | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs | - | - | |||||
| BB00188 | Prayer for Siyyid Husayn | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm [3.5s] | CMB_F14.219r10-223r02, | Justice and wrath of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00086 | Li-avvali man sa’ida ilayh (Mulla Husayn) | 2200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحی و انک انت حی لا تموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | CMB_F23.182v04-188r07 (63), , BYC_misc-b.022a11-031b06 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00167 | Prayer for Ahmad | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and Thine the Praise. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | CMB_F14.057r06-060v08, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00253 | Du’a’ath-Thalith fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I fath-‘Ali | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا فردا حیا قیوما | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God. Thine are creation and command, both in times past and times to come. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01 | Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00051 | Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما قد شهدت علی نفسک و استشهدت کل شیء علی ذلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self and called all things to witness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.211-251, MKI4494.021, BYC_pray.126.11-137.05 | MANU.089-100 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00060 | Du’a’a’th-Thalith li’l-Avval | 2900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک و لا اله الا انت تحیی وتمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | MKI4494.029, BYC_pray.137.08-148.17 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00198 | Du’a’i laylati nisfi sha’ban | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و قد ربیتنی ایاماً معدوده حیث قد سیرتنی فی لجج محبتک و شاهدتنی لحظات انوار وجهتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hast nurtured me throughout numbered days, wherein Thou didst cause me to traverse the depths of Thy love and made me witness lightning glimpses of the radiance of Thy Face [3.5s] | MKI4494.015, BYC_pray.118.01-121.15 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for evening; night | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00369 | Du’ay’i Istijari’l-‘abd mina’n-nar | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الله تقدست یا رباه اجرنی و من آمن بک و آیاتک من النار کلها بجودک ثم کرمک انک کنت جواداً کریماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Sanctified art Thou, O my Lord! Shield me, and whosoever hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, from every fire, through Thy bounty and then Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.018a09-020a08 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00258 | Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00148 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy FIrstness, which verily is exalted [3.5s] | CMB_F14.144v04-148v09, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00254 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Abyad | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من اسمائک باعظمها و کل اسمائک عظمیه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the mightiest of Thy Names, though all Thy Names are mighty in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.223r04-225v09, | Angels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00212 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar | 940 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.225v10-229r10, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00213 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 940 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00302 | Li-Mir Muhammad ‘Ali | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and then all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | MKI4494.086 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00199 | Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک حینئذ یوم الجمعه ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00168 | Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00189 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بما قد خلقت کل شیء له علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou didst create all things unto Him, that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | CMB_F14.148v10-152v01, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00190 | Du’a’ li-avvali man amana bi’llah va man qad sa’ida bihi ila’llah | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت الواحد الاحد الصمد الفرد الحی القیوم المعتمد الذی لم تلد و لم تولد و لم یکون لک کفو و لا عدل و لا شبه و لا قرین | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Self-Subsisting, the Alone, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Sufficient, Who hath neither begotten nor been begotten, and unto Whom there is no peer, nor equal, nor likeness, nor partner [3.5s] | CMB_F14.162v03-166r04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00308 | Ziyara for the martyrs, on Thursday night | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الاسمآء الحسنى بجوهريتها و لک الامثال العليا بجبرويتها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine are the most excellent names in their essence, and Thine the most exalted attributes in their sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.070-077, MKI4515.006r-012v | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Letters of the Living; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00052 | Li-‘Aliyyi’l-A’la | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول ... کلشیء قدیرا ثم لاشهدنک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command, both before and after. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the Sovereign Whose dominion fadeth not, the King Whose rule changeth not... all-powerful over all things. I bear witness unto Thee [3.5s] | MKI4515.024r-027v, MKI4494.097 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00409 | Kitab-i-Aqa Muhammad Hasan-i-Yazdi | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, and then the Glory and the Power, and then the Might and the Empyrean, and then the Strength and the Brilliance, and then the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then givest death and causest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living [3.5s] | MKI4494.093 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00097 | 1900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت ثم العزة و الجلال ثم الطلعة و الکمال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, and then the Glory and the Power, and then the Might and the Empyrean, and then the Strength and the Brilliance, and then the Sovereignty and the human realm, and then the Glory and the Majesty, and then the Splendor and the Perfection [3.5s] | MKI4494.088 | Education of children; moral education; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00030 | Answer to 25 questions of Mulla Ahmad | 6700 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا تفوت ... علی کلشیء قدیرا لاشهدنک و کلشیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One Who vanisheth not... powerful over all things. I testify, and all things testify [3.5s]... ...Should a man be endued with knowledge, and behold Thy [God’s] divine verses revealed during earlier times | CMB_F21.196.06-223.18#31, , MKI4494.065 | BAPT.005x, GOH.093-094x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00387 | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و عدل لا تجول و فرد لا تفوت ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل یا الهی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causeth death, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Just Who deviateth not, the Single One Who faileth not... over all things powerful hast Thou ever been, O my God [3.5s] | CMB_F14.101r10-102v02, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BB00218 | Answer to Hasan | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العظمة و الکبریاء... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست اسمائک یا الهی و تولت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed are Thy names, O my God, and exalted [3.5s] | MKI4494.095 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00191 | Kitabu’n-Nasiri’n-Nasir | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک القوة و الفعال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Power and the Deeds, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.051a03-056a07 | Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00295 | Kitabi Haji Shaykh | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المناعة و الاستجلال ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Inaccessibility and the Transcendence... Thou art powerful over all things. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.056a09-059b01 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00259 | Du’a’ath-Thani fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I Mustafa Quli | 770 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست امثالک و تعالت شئوناتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art powerful over all things. Sanctified are Thy likenesses and exalted are Thine attributes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.081a10-085a02 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00231 | Du’a’al-Avval fi Ardi’l’A’la lil-Murtada | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع و الاستجلال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست اسمائک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed be Thy names [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.077a01-081a09 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00217 | Kitabu’l-Siyyah | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاکبریاء و لک القو و الاستقلال و لک البهجة و الابتهاج | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Pride, Thine the Power and the Independence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.063b01-068a04 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00252 | Kitabu’l-Katib | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک القوة و الفعال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Power and the Action [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.059b02-063a10 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00206 | Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid | 960 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.068a06-073a06 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00272 | Kitabu’l-‘Azim | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.073a07-076b10 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00058 | Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman | 3000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت یحیی و یمیت ... علی کل شیء قدیرا فلاشهدنک و کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causeth death... over all things powerful. Thus do I and all things bear witness [3.5s] | CMB_F14.204r01-213v02, | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00043 | Answer to Kitabi’l-Adyan | 4500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک القوَة و الفعال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک العظمة و الکبریاء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Strength and the Empyrean, Thine the Might and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Power and the Action, Thine the Example and the Exemplars, Thine the Grandeur and the Majesty [3.5s] | CMB_F21.171.10-189.11#28, , MKI4515.055v-074v | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00283 | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Strength and the Empyrean, Thine the Might and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty [3.5s] | CMB_F14.102v04-104v02, | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BB00304 | 620 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Strength and the Empyrean, Thine the Might and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence [3.5s] | MKI4494.106 | Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00192 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما استشهدتنی علیه من شهادة ان لا اله الا انت و ان حروف الواحد اقرب اسمائک الیک فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto that whereunto Thou hast called me to testify - that there is none other God but Thee, and that the Letters of Unity [Vahid] are Thy Names nearest unto Thee in Thy Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.152v03-156r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00246 | Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| BB00125 | Ziyarat for the letter mim | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00133 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03, | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00255 | Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک یومئذ یوم الجمعه و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Day, the Day of Friday, and all things testify that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | CMB_F23.188r09-190r09 (64), , BYC_misc-b.031b08-035a02 | Belief and denial; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00169 | Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju | 1200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word | CMB_F14.158v05-162v01, | SWBP#45 (p.134-134x) | SWB#46 (p.188-189x) | Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BB00082 | 2400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل تسبح کینونیتک بکینونیتک و تقدس ذاتیتک بذاتیتک و توحد نفسانیتک بنفسانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Ever hath Thy very Being extolled Thy Being, and Thine Essence sanctified Thine Essence, and Thy Self proclaimed the oneness of Thy Self [3.5s] | MKI4494.050, BYC_pray.176.05-188.12 | God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00028 | Du’a’ li-Hurufi Bismillahi’l-Amna’i’il-Aqdas | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت منفرداً فی ملیک القدس والجلال و لا تزال کنت مرتفعاً فی علو سماء القدس والاجلال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever dwelt alone in Thy dominion of sanctity and majesty, and wilt evermore remain exalted in the celestial heights of holiness and glory [3.5s] | CMB_F14.060v10-083v08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454-455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00053 | Ziyarat | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم یکن لی قلب اقدر ان اذکرک و لا فؤاد ان اسبحک و لا روح ان اقدسک و لا نفس ان اوحدک و قد ذاب کلی بما قد قضیت و ان لک الامر و الخلق | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I have no heart wherewith to remember Thee, nor soul wherewith to praise Thee, nor spirit wherewith to sanctify Thee, nor being wherewith to proclaim Thy unity. All that I am hath melted away through what Thou hast ordained, and unto Thee belongeth both command and creation [3.5s] | PR02.082v19-085v28, CMB_F23.098v06-107r06 (23), , BYC_tablets.003.11-017.08 | MANU.054-064 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | JRAS.474, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||
| BB00150 | Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.462.03d? | ||||||||
| BB00661 | Prayer for Friday evening | 1980 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00215 | Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God | 930 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00109 | Du’ayi Laylatu aula min Shahri’llah | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و شرفتها و جللتها و جملتها و قدستها بما قد نسبتها الی نفسک و اطلعت فیها آیة | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified, honored, exalted, beautified and sanctified through having associated it with Thine own Self, and wherein Thou didst cause a sign to appear [3.5s] | CMB_F14.166r05-171v04, | Manifestation of God as mediator; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00311 | Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00454 | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاکبر بسم الله الامنع الاقدس شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. He is the Most Great. In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He quickeneth and causeth to die [3.5s] | BYC_tablets.053.02-053.16 | MANU.064-065, TZH3.263?x | Creation of the world; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00118 | Ziyarat for the eight letters | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک القدوس السلام المؤمن المهیمن العزیز الجبار | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.189-197, MKI4494.008 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00312 | Tawqi'a haykal | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له عابدون | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. Say: All bow down before Him. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All worship Him [3.5s] | CMB_F20.029r02-030r19, | AHDA.469, QISM.026 | - | - | AHDA.460.02c, SRC.275 | ||||||||
| BB00080 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the Day of 'Arafa | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و انما البهاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most beauteous names. All who dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them sing His praise. There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And verily the Glory is His [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00232 | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره إنه کان على کل شیء قدیراً شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command. He quickeneth and causeth to die, then causeth to die and quickeneth, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | AHDA.468, QISM.019 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.460.02b | |||||||||
| BB00044 | Kitabu’l-Ba’th | 4400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیرا شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا الله قل کل باللیل و النهار له عابدون | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God beareth witness that there is none other God but God. Say: All, by night and by day, worship Him [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22 | Alchemy; the elixir; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00481 | 260 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life [3.5s] | INBA40:221-221 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00170 | Tablet to Siyyid Muhammad | 1200 | Persian | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً قل هو الحق لا اله الا هو یحی و یمیت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Say: He is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death [3.5s]... ...Inasmuch as every morning I saw thee reciting these words, “I believe in the Mystery of the Family of Muhammad,” | INBA58:172.03-182.09 | KHSH6.010, TZH3.262, TZH3.223.06-225.07 | GOH.129x, GOH.135x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | |||||
| BB00071 | Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك | If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05, | Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00016 | Summary of the Kitab-i-Asma' (= 19:19?) | 13700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاشهد ان فی ذلک الکتاب فی معرفة اسماء الله عز و جل علی عدد کل شیء حیث یعدل واحد فی واحد بالعدد | Bear thou witness that within that Book, concerning the knowledge of the names of God, exalted and glorified be He, there is inscribed a number corresponding to all things, wherein each one is equated with one in number [3.5s] | MKI4491.316-341, | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00417 | Du’a’ li’sh-Shajarati’l-Ula va man i’sta'zalla fi zillih | 360 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. لتصلین اللهم رب علی شجرة وحدانیتک و لتنزلن اللهم علیها ما ینبغی لعلو جودک و ملیک عز صمدانیتک | O Lord, my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Tree of Thy Unity, and rain down upon it that which befitteth the loftiness of Thy bounty and the sovereignty of Thy divine Oneness [3.5s] | CMB_F14.213v04-214v05, | Letters of the Living; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00083 | Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights | 2300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی | And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01, | Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00201 | Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah | 990 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا من یقبل من یقبله نقطة البیان و یا من یرد من یرده نقطة البیان و یا من ینظر الی ما ینظر الیه نقطة البیان | O thou who acceptest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth accept, and O thou who rejectest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth reject, and O thou who beholdest whatsoever the Point of the Bayan doth behold [3.5s]... ...Do Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou hast created or wilt create, and shield me from whatever evil Thou abhorrest | CMB_F14.171v05-174v07, | SWBP#44 (p.133-134x) | SWB#45 (p.187-188x) | Attaining good pleasure of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BB00375 | 440 | Persian | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا مولانا الاکرم قد نزل علی کتابکم من قبل و من بعد... نوشته جان قبل الله با خال رسیده بان مکار و انچه | O my most gracious Master! Your Book was sent down unto me both before and after... the missive, sealed before God, hath reached that crafty one, and that which [3.5s] | PR03.141v13-142r13 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00208 | Li-Validay man yaktub bayna yadi’llah | 950 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الامنع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تقدست | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Dominion and the Justice... over all things powerful art Thou. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Holy art Thou [3.5s] | CMB_F14.129r09-132r09, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00116 | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الاهدی الاهدی. سبحان الله الذی الاله ذی الالهین سبحان الله الربب ذی الربابین سبحان الله الاحد ذی الاحادین سبحان الله الوحد ذی الوحادین | Glorified be God, the God above all gods! Glorified be God, the Lord of all lords! Glorified be God, the One above all that is one! Glorified be God, the Single above all that is single [3.5s] | PR03.086v22-088r24 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00358 | 460 | Arabic | بسم الله الاوحد الاوحد. اللهم صل علی الواحد الاول ثم اعداده فی البهائیین اللهم صل علی الواحد الاول ثم اعداده فی الجلالیین | O God! Send Thy blessings upon the first Vahid and His numbers among those possessed of glory. O God! Send Thy blessings upon the first Vahid and His numbers among those possesed of splendor [3.5s] | BYC_pray.018.25-019.24 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| BB00346 | Tafsir-i-Ayat fi Surati'n-Nur | 510 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. افتتح سر البیان لاظهار ما جعله الله فی الکیان بالوجود .... و بمثل هذا فلیعمل العاملون و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم والحمد لله رب العالمین | The secret of utterance hath been unlocked to manifest that which God hath ordained in the realm of existence.... Even thus must the doers of deeds endeavour, and there is no power nor strength save in God, the Most High, the Most Great, and praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Naught is seen in Me in in the station of My heart save God alone, which is the manifestation of Lordship from God | INBA14:491-494, INBA53:075-077, INBA67:155-157, INBA_4011C:134-137, , INBA_5006C:345-347, , INBA_6006C:077-078, , INBA_6010C:485-488, , PR07.065v-066v | GOH.094x, GOH.103x | Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.458.15, SRC.072, SRC.198 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00633 | 20 | Arabic | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | بسم الله البر العطوف. اللهم یا سبوح یا قدوس یا حنان یا منان فرج لنا بالفضل و الاحسان انک انت الرحمن المنان | O Lord, my God! O Thou the Most Lauded, the Most Holy, the Most Tender, the Most Bountiful! Remove our difficulties by Thy grace and bounty. Thou art, verily, the All-Merciful, the All-Bountiful | NSR_1993.005 | BRL_APBH#24, ADMS#056, KSHK#21, KSHK.BWB | Bass Adjustment, L. Robinson, Zannetta [track 9], unknown (1), unknown (2) | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | |||||||
| BB00474 | Kitab al-Vahid 10 (Tablet to the tenth Letter of the Living) | 270 | Arabic | بسم الله البهی المتباهی. سبحان الذی یقدر مقادیر کل شیء بأمره کن فیکون هو الذی یعلم ما فی السموات | Glorified be He Who ordaineth the measure of all things by His command "Be, and it is!" He it is Who knoweth that which is in the heavens [3.5s] | DB.xxii.10, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00285 | Kitab al-Vahid 19 (Tablet to the nineteenth Letter of the Living) | 680 | Arabic | Tablet to the Nineteenth Temple, The | بسم الله الحی المستعزز البدوح القریب. سبحان الذی قائم علی امره یعلم ما یخرج من السمآء و ما ینزل فی الأرض و ما یصعد الیها | Glorified be He Who standeth firm upon His Cause, the Knower of that which descendeth from the heavens, and that which cometh forth from the earth, and that which ascendeth thereto [4o] | DB.xxii.19, LABIB | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00392 | Kitab al-Vahid 12 (Tablet to the twelfth Letter of the Living) | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الحی المهیمن المحبوب. الملک لله المقتدر المستعزز العزیز المتقدر القدوس هو الذی بعث فی الملک عبداً و الطفه | Sovereignty belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Subduing, the Most Holy, Who hath raised up within His dominion a servant and bestowed upon him His loving-kindness [3.5s] | DB.xxii.12, LABIB | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00672 | Letter to Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الخالق الباری المصور المقتدر القدیر. الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الامکان باشراق انوار وجهه الطالع من افق مشیته... انا اوعدنا الاثیم بالعذاب الالیم و السموم و الحمیم | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all creation through the radiant splendours of His Countenance, rising from the horizon of His Will... Verily, We have promised the sinful ones a grievous chastisement, and boiling waters, and scorching heat [3.5s] | QMSI1.042-043x, NSS.184bx | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00038 | Sahifiy-i-Vaviyyih | 5600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرب الفعال المختار. الحمد لله الذی یفصل بین الناس بالحق فیما هم فیه یختلفون هو الذی انزل الایات | Praise be to God, Who judgeth between men in truth concerning that wherein they differ. He it is Who hath sent down the verses [3.5s] | PR03.193r11-199r07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00340 | 520 | Arabic | Short All-Embracing Visitation Tablet (Ziyārat-i Jāmi'ah-yi Ṣaghīrah), The | بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحیم . اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شریک له و اشهد ان محمدا عبده و رسوله اللهم صل علی محمد و ال محمد السلام علیکم | I bear witness that there is no God but God, alone and without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. O God, send down Thy blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad. Peace be upon you [3.5s] | ASAT3.006-007x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00049 | Ziyarat Jami’atu'l-Kabira | 3600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم [بسمه المکنون الرؤف]. الحمد لله رب العالمین و انما الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و خاتم النبیین ... و اذا اردت زیارت حبیب الله او احد من ائمة الدین طهر ادلا جسمک | Praised be to God, the Lord of all the worlds. And may prayerful devotion [peace] be upon Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets. | INBA50:001-072, INBA_5019C:132-145, , INBA_6009C:173-219, , PR02.090r01-093v09, CMB_F22.019b, , MKI4499.049, AEWB.145-170, | ASAT3.074x | HURQ.BB34x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | JRAS.445, BRHL.63, MSBR.204-205, SRC.045, SRC.202 | ||||||
| BB00310 | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما عالم الغیب والشهادة لن یعزب عن علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, the Knower of all that is hidden and manifest. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or in the earth or in whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F14.086v07-088v03, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BB00329 | Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 550 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00211 | 940 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً ما اتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Unique, Individual, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sufficient. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s] | INBA78:077-088, CMB_F14.083v10-086v05, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BB00351 | Da’irat’il-Hirz | 480 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الرفیع المکین. حمداً لمن خلق الکل علی هیکل محبته و عرف الکل ملک ارادته لئلا یحتجب احد عن طلعة محبوبه و لا یبعد شیء عن مقام قرب مقصوده | Praise be unto Him who hath fashioned all creation in the form of His love and made them aware of the kingdom of His will, so that none might be veiled from the countenance of their Beloved, nor anything be removed from the station of nearness to His purpose [4o] | CMB_F21.063.17-065.15#08, | Da'iras and haykals; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.457.08, MMAH.017 | ||||||||
| BB00235 | Prayer for Friday | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا محبوب من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی فی ملکک اذ اننی اعرف حد کینونیتی بانها معدومة عندک | Glorified art Thou, O God, O Beloved, that I should make mention of Thee through my remembrance, or that I should praise Thee in Thy dominion, for verily I recognize the bounds of mine own being as non-existent before Thee [3.5s] | INBA58:145.08-154.09, INBA78:094-105, INBA82:054-060, BYC_collect3.137-141 | ASAT5.159-163, HNMJ.002-005x, HNMJ.037-040x, HNMJ.040-042x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00370 | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد المحیط. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء حین الذی کنت عندک حرف الباء عدد الاعداد فی العشرات قلت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee at that moment when in Thy presence the letter Bá [3.5s] | PR03.157v17-158r09, BYC_tablets.003.01-003.08x | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00046 | Tafsir-i-Ayati'n-Nur (Commentary on the Verse of Light) | 4200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. الحمد لله الذی خلق کل شیء بامره و قدر مقادیر کل شیء بقوله اذ انه هو الحق به یخلق ما خلق و یبدع ما بدع لا راد و لا مره و لا مرد لتقدیره | Praised be to God Who created all things through His Command and decreed the measure of all things through His Utterance, `Wherefore is He, verily, is the Ultimate Reality (al-ḥaqq)' | PR02.063r12-063r19x, PR07.044r-049v, CMB_F21.155.17-171.08#27, | HURQ.BB12x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.15, MMAH.005 | |||||||
| BB00386 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00011 | Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers) | 22000 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Ethiopian King, The | Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتفرد المتقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاحبن ان اعرجن الیک بجوهر کافور سری و ما قد قدرت فی علانیتی لاصعدن لدیک بما قد قدرت فی ساذج کینونیتی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I verily long to ascend unto Thee with the essence of my most hidden being, and with whatsoever Thou hast ordained in my outward self; that I may rise into Thy presence with that which Thou hast decreed in the pure substance of my reality [3.5s]... ...Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I reached fifteen years of age… Send down, then, upon me, O my God, when I was seven years old and upon him who raised me on Thy behalf, whose name is Mubarak | PR03.004r17-038v18x | SWBP#38 (p.128-129x) | SWB#39 (p.180-182x) | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | see https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopian-King.pdf | ||||
| BB00067 | Answer to Shaykh Nasiru'd-Din Karbila'i | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسمه العلی الاعلی الاعظم الاکبر الارفع الاظهر. حمداً لمن استوی علی عرش فردانیته و تقدس بقدس قدوس کبریائیته | Praise be unto Him Who is established upon the throne of His singleness, and Who hath sanctified Himself with the holiness of His exalted divinity [3.5s]... ...As for what thou did ask regarding the clarification of the issue of pre-existence and the origination of things. There is no doubt that the pre-existence of the eternal Divine Essence | PR02.060r08-063r10, CMB_F21.065.17-077.06#09, | HURQ.BB38x | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00344 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Nahnu Wajhu'llah | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم ما تفسیر قوله علیه السلام نحن وجه الله. فاعلم ان عرباً من العرباء من اهل البادیه سئل عن علی ع عن وجه الله فی قوله | And know thou that an Arab among the Arabs of the Bedouin people asked [Imam] `Alī about the Wajh Allāh (the Face of God) as indicated in His statement: "So wherever you turn there is the Face of God!" | INBA14:489-491, INBA53:056-058, INBA67:138-140, INBA_4011C:115-118, , INBA_6004C:195-197, , INBA_6006C:069-070, , PR07.061r-061v | HURQ.BB40x | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as mediator; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.459.17, SRC.072, SRC.200 | |||||||
| BB00615 | 60 | Persian | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هو العلی العظیم بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا واحد یا احد یا فرد یا صمد یا من لم یتخذ لنفسه | O God! O Single One! O Unique One! O Peerless One! O Eternal One! O He who takes for Himself neither lord nor offspring! You are the One among many, the Hope | PR04.204v15-204v19 | KSHK.BWB | Prayer for healing | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00622 | 50 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هو الله الاکبر الارفع الله اکبر هو الامنع الاقدس الاعلی. قل الله رب و کل له عابدون قل الله حق و کل له قانتون ذلکم الله ربکم و الیه انتم تنقلبون ا فی الله شک حلقکم و کل شیء و انک رب العالمین | Say, God is the Lord and all are worshippers unto Him. Say, God is the True One and all pay homage unto Him. | SWBP#12 (p.108) | SWB#12 (p.153-153) | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00400 | Ziyarat-i-Siyyid-i-Marhum | 390 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هوالملیک المقتدر المختار. جوهر طراز طرز من تطریز طرائز اطراز مجرد حضرت الکافور علیک یا جوهر حضرة الابداع | O essence of the most exalted ornament among the adorning patterns of the pure essence of Camphor! Upon thee, O essence of the court of creation [3.5s] | PR03.052v21-053r15 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00007 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar) | 49500 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الفلق فی کل ما فتق و استفرق و استنطق طراز الازل | Praised be to God, who hath made the Ornament of the scriptural Tablets to be the Book of the Daybreak which is operative within everything such that it is cleft asunder and split apart | INBA53:181-383, INBA_5019C:001-083x, , CMB_F10, , BLIB_Or5080, , HBH_tafkawthar, BYC_kowthar | ASAT2.007-008x, AHDA.466x, OOL.A006 | GOH.069-075x, GOH.111-115x, GOH.177x, MNP.178x, HURQ.BB08x, KSHK#03x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2 | * | - | NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033 | |||
| BB00194 | Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک | I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s] | INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00120 | Ziyaratu’l-Hajja | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اذا دخلت البقعة المبارکة صل فی الحجرة الصغیرة قرب البئر المعطلة .... اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شریک له کما شهد ذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو العزیز الحکیم | When thou enterest the blessed spot, offer thy prayers in the small chamber near the abandoned well... I testify that there is no God but God, alone, without peer, even as His Own Self hath testified unto His Own Self that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise [3.5s] | PR03.050r11-051v19, MKI4499.012, AEWB.171-180, | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00249 | Bayan 'illati Tahrimi'l-Maharim | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد الله کشهادته لنفسه ان لا اله الا هو و هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لمحمد و احبائه سلام الله علیهم کما شاءالله | I bear witness before God, even as He beareth witness unto His Own Self, that there is none other God but Him, and He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto Muhammad and His loved ones - the peace of God be upon them - as God hath willed [3.5s] | INBA14:499-502, INBA67:165-169, INBA_4011C:159-163, , INBA_5006C:352, , INBA_6006C:087?, , INBA_6010C:493-496, , PR07.072r-073r, AEWB.212-216, | HURQ.BB09x | Creation of the world; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Law of divorce; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | SRC.072, SRC.184 | |||||||
| BB00650 | Ziyaratu’l-Jami’ati’s-Saghira | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريک له و اشهد ان محمد عبده و رسوله اللهم صل علي محمد | I bear witness that there is no God except God alone. There can be no doubt about this. And I testify that Muhammad is indeed His servant, and His Messenger | HURQ.BB33x | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00300 | Ziyarat li’n-Nuqta | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک کما قد شهدت لنفسک من دون ان یعرف حکم ذالک احد من خلقک انک انت الله الکبیر المتعال | I bear witness that there is no God but Thee, alone without partner, even as Thou didst testify unto Thine Own Self, ere any among Thy creation could grasp the decree thereof. Verily, Thou art God, the Most Great, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | PR03.053r17-053v23 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00493 | Prayer for the hajj, for Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 230 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا هو و اشهد لمحمد و علی و فاطمه و الحسن و الحسین و علی و محمد و جعفر | I bear witness that there is no God but Him, and I testify unto Muhammad and 'Alí and Fáṭimih and Ḥasan and Ḥusayn and 'Alí and Muhammad and Ja'far [3.5s] | INBA67:176-177, PR07.074v-074v | Chastisement and requital; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||
| BB00354 | Risala fi'l-Tasdid | 470 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم ثبت الله قدمیک علی الصراط ان الله سبحانه تعالی غنی کامل و ان مصنوعه حین ما اصنع جری القلم و قدرها القدر علی کماله بحیث لانقص فیه ..... | Know thou—may God make firm thy footsteps upon the Path—that God, glorified and exalted be He, is the All-Sufficient and Perfect One, and that His creation, from the moment He fashioned it, when the Pen moved and destiny ordained it to its perfection, was such that no imperfection could be found therein [3.5s] | INBA14:483-486, INBA53:061-063, INBA67:143-145, INBA_4011C:121-123, , INBA_6004C:207-209, , INBA_6006C:072-073, , INBA_6010C:477-480, , PR07.062v-063r | ASAT5.237x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | SRC.045, SRC.192, SRC.196 | |||||||
| BB00104 | Ziyarat-i-Husayn (or li-Husayn) | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم یا اخی حکم الزیارة هکذا فاذا وفقت باب الحمر فقل اشهد ان لا اله الا | Know thou, O my brother! The ordinance of visitation is thus: When thou standest before the crimson Gate, say thou: "I bear witness that there is none other God…" [3.5s] | PR02.174r11-175v25 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00269 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-i-Khurasani | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الحکیم و انه لکتاب قد تنزل من لدن بقیة الله امام حق | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, He besides Whom there is no God, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Verily it is a Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the true Imam [3.5s] | INBA67:216-219, INBA91:006.04-010.07, INBA_5019C:319-321, | NSS.078-080 | Call to action; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | FHR#03.02, SRC.190, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00224 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 1 | 900 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár Revealed in Búshihr, An | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن | Read the Book of the Remembrance of thy Lord, no God is there except Him, the Exalted, the Mighty. Such is indeed a Book about which there is no doubt | INBA_4011C:328-332, , INBA_5006C:367-369, , INBA_6012C.262-264x, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | HNU.149-151x, AHDA.102, OOL.A023.1 | HURQ.BB28x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, MMAH.024, SRC.058, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00319 | Letter to Khal-i-Akbar from Masqat II | 570 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb to His Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad (Khál-i-Akbar), Revealed in Muscat | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی ینزل الان الیک کتابا مبینا ان اشکر الله ربک ثم اسجد | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, Who sendeth down unto thee now a manifest Book. Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, and prostrate thyself [3.5s] | HNU.000ii, AHDA.093 | The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.06? | |||||||
| BB00665 | Letter to Mirza Siyyid Hasan Khurasani (from Bushihr) | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک ثم اسجد لحکمه انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم بقیة الله امام حق مبین | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, then humble thyself before His decree. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised. And verily this is a Book sent down through the decree of the Remnant of God, the manifest Imam of Truth [3.5s] | INBA91:018.08-023.02 | TZH3.169x, NSS.082ax | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.13?, FHR#03.02? | |||||||
| BB00241 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1 | 820 | Arabic | First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک من لدن امام حق مبین و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم ربک من لدن علی | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, revealed from the presence of the true and manifest Imam. Verily it is a Book that hath been sent down through the wisdom of thy Lord from the presence of 'Alí [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:332-336, , INBA_5006C:369-371?, | HNU.151-153x, OOL.A023.6 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.029, SRC.064, SRC.192 | ||||||
| BB00571 | Letter to the wife of the Báb, from Masqat | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ربک الذی لا اله الا هو قد نزل باذنه من لدن علی حمید و انه فی حکم الکتاب | Read the book of your Lord God, there is no other god but Him. It descended by His permission from Ali, the Praiseworthy. Verily, the path of God in the heavens and the earth is in the decree of the book | INBA58:170.04-171.04, INBA91:051.11-052.06, PR04.194v01-194v10 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God | - | - | FHR#03.08 | |||||||
| BB00674 | 30 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اکتب شعر الاول یوم الخمیس علی حریرات الخضراء مع عشر علیات و اجعله عندک ثم اکتب شعر الثانی | Write thou the first verse on Thursday upon green silk with ten exalted lines, and keep it with thee, then write thou the second verse [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.494-494b | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00154 | Answer to Mulla Asadu’llah-i-Qazvini | 1200 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Asadu'lláh Qazvíní, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الابداع لا من ابداع قبله و اخترع الاختراع لا من اختراع بعده ثم جعل القدر | Praised be to God Who originated the Formative Genesis (ibtida` al-ibda`), not from any prior formative genesis | PR07.040v-042v, CMB_F21.115.18-120.16#18, | TZH3.013.02-016.11 | HURQ.BB27x | Creation of the world; Degrees of faith; certitude; Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meditation; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||
| BB00100 | Alfayn Munajat | 1800 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی ربهم یحشرون اللهم انت الله رب السموات و الارض تعلم کل شیء و لا یخفی علیک شیئ فی السموات و الارض | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the heavens and earth by His command; then shall they who have believed in God and His signs be gathered unto their Lord. O God! Thou art God, Lord of the heavens and earth, Thou knowest all things, and naught in the heavens or earth remaineth concealed from Thee [3.5s]... ...Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all things… Verily Thou art the Lord of all created things | INBA_5019C:173-188, , PR03.172v13-179r06 | ASAT5.165-167x, HNMJ.096-115, SWBP#42 (p.132-132x) | SWB#43 (p.186-186x), BPRY.150x | Kiya & Parya | Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.14, SRC.072, SRC.190, SRC.202 | ||||
| BB00042 | Risalata’l-Ishraq | 4600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة قبل کلشیء لظهور قیومیته فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق لیعلم کل الذرات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will before all else, that His divine sovereignty might be made manifest in the kingdom of command and creation, and that all atoms might come to know [3.5s] | INBA40:164-180, PR02.142r14-146v13, Berlin3655.126r-135v | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||||
| BB00173 | Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] | INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||||
| BB00064 | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith | 2700 | Arabic | Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه | All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.' | INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207, | SFI05.014-019 | GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x | Creation of the world; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Necessary and possible being; Seven stages of creation; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034 | ||||
| BB00165 | Sharh-i-Du’a’-i-Sabah I | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع کل الذرات الموجودات بامره لا من شیء لتدلعن السن کل الممکنات | Praised be to God Who originated the essences of all the atoms of the realms of existence through His Logos-Command and not by means of anything other than Him | INBA14:400-409, INBA40:155-162, INBA53:411-419, INBA67:219-228, INBA_6010C:398-407, , PR02.179r08-181r20 | TZH3.027x | HURQ.BB39x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.020, SRC.079, SRC.193 | ||||||
| BB00366 | Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd | 450 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence | INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v | GOH.203x | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00105 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s] | INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69) | Infinity and eternity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202 | ||||||||
| BB00538 | 160 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم علی الله یعرضون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی موقفی هذا بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be brought into His presence. O my God! I testify before Thee in this my station that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA64:151.01-151.09 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00054 | Letter to Mirza Hasan Vaqay’-Nigar | 3300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و اقام الکل بحکمه لیعرف کل الموجودات فی مقام عرفان طلعة الذات و آیات ظهورات الصفات | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and hath established all things through His wisdom, that every created thing might attain unto the station of recognition of the Countenance of His Essence and the signs of the manifestations of His attributes [3.5s] | INBA40:180-192, INBA53:385-398, INBA67:085-100, PR02.175r27-179r06, CMB_F28.7.06, | ASAT4.368x | BAPT.002x, HURQ.BB51x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Free will and predestination; fate; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.032, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00061 | Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II | 2800 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition | INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041 | GOH.117x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199 | ||||||
| BB00494 | Hirz fi’s-sijn li-Sayyid Hasan | 230 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته اولئک هم علی الله یعرضون و ان الذین امنوا ثم صبروا فی ایام الله | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth, and beyond them they who have believed in God and His signs - these verily shall be brought into His presence. They that have believed and persevered in the days of God [3.5s] | INBA64:159.09-161.02, PR03.157v01-157v14, MKI4511.074r-075v, BYC_collect3.042-043 | High station of the true believer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00652 | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی اخترع کل الهندسیات بما قبلت نفسها فی مقام الدلالات | Praise be to God Who hath devised all geometric forms, granting each the capacity to occupy the realm of signs [4o] | BYC_collect4.003-004 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00031 | Answer to seven questions | 6500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی استشرق ما اشرق و اطلع ما اطلع و الاح ما الاح و جعل الاستنطاق حرف الاشتقاق فی مبدء الافتراق | Praise be to God Who hath caused to shine forth that which hath shone forth, and caused to rise that which hath risen, and made to gleam that which hath gleamed, and made utterance to be the letter of derivation at the beginning of separation [3.5s] | PR02.168v08-173v09 | Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for protection; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00073 | Letter to Mulla Muhammad Ja'far Kirmani | 2600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی استنطق حرف الکاف من نفسه بنفسه الی نفسه قبل ما اقضت کتابه باذن الله ثم جعله فی مقام الامر بما قبلت نفسه | Praise be to God Who hath caused the letter Kaf to speak forth from His Essence, through His Essence, unto His Essence, ere His Book had been decreed by the permission of God. Thereafter, He hath established it in the station of Command with that which His Essence had accepted [4o] | TZH3.402.15-405.13x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00113 | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی اشرق ما الاح به جواهر المادیات و اذن له بان یستشرق اذا استنطق و افاق من دون سبب و لا حکم من اهل المیثاق | Praise be to God Who hath caused to shine forth that whereby the essences of material things were illumined, and granted it leave to radiate when called to utterance, and to dawn forth without cause or decree [3.5s] | PR03.054v04-056r17, MKI4499.001 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00203 | 970 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی اصطفی من رسله من یشاء و ینزل الرحمة علی من یشاء و یهدی من عباده المؤمنین من یشاء و یطمئن قلوب عباده المؤمنین کما یشاء | Praise be to God Who chooseth whom He pleaseth from among His Messengers, and sendeth down mercy upon whomsoever He willeth, and guideth whom He pleaseth from among His believing servants, and bringeth peace to the hearts of His faithful servants as He willeth [3.5s] | ASAT5.234x, HNMJ.125-131 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00174 | Tafsir-i-Almavadda fi’l-Qurba | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی افرغنی لمشاهدة قمص طلعة حضرة ظهوره فی وسط الجبال و الهمنی | Praise be to God Who hath granted Me to behold the garments of His Manifestation's countenance amidst the mountains and hath inspired Me [3.5s] | PR07.042v-044r, CMB_F21.138.03-143.04#25, | TZH3.053.12-054.15x | Nearness and remoteness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00114 | Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah | 1600 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته | Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence | INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12, | ASAT4.367x | GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247 | |||||
| BB00006 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II) | 6300 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بامره تلجلجت اللاهوتیات بکینونیاتها لها بها الیها فاجتمعت المجتمعات و افترقت المتفرقات | Praise be to God, through Whose bidding the divine essences did surge in their inmost realities, by Him, unto Him, and through Him, whereupon the gathered were joined together and the dispersed were scattered [3.5s]... ...Elevate the alphabetical letters of that divine verse unto the sublime station of the manifestation of their heart | INBA69:377-410x, PR04.051v06-052r06x | GOH.050x, GOH.108x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | GOH.127 | |||||
| BB00445 | Fi Hukmi ‘Ilmi’l-Huruf (musajja'ih) | 300 | Arabic | Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الآیات بانفسها و على الابواب بالالف القآئم فی مظاهرها و على السموات | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the signs in their very essence, and through the Gates by the upright Alif in their manifestations, and through the heavens [3.5s] | INBA67:204-206, PR07.073v-074r | HURQ.BB36 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | |||||||
| BB00239 | Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar) | 830 | Arabic | Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart | Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition | INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212, | GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039 | Grammar and orthography; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | SRC.073, GOH.205 | |||||
| BB00240 | Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s] | INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r | Accounts of dreams and visions; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism of color and light; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00010 | Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon) | 22000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت | Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences | INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr | AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007 | GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2 | * | - | DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115 | |||
| BB00383 | Answer to the son of Mulla ‘Ali-i-Nuri (Kayfiyyata’l-Mi’raj) | 410 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb on the Mi'rāj of the Prophet Muhammad, Addressed to Mīrzá Ḥasan Nūrī | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور المشیة لها بها لیعرفن کل الممکنات | Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself within and through existing realities by virtue of the theophany of His Divine Will | INBA14:390-392, INBA40:197-198, INBA53:402-404, INBA69:416-418, INBA_6010C:388-390, , CMB_F21.104.19-106.11#14, , Berlin3655.120v-121v | ESCH.397 | HURQ.BB13x | Limits of the intellect; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.080, SRC.194 | |||||
| BB00065 | Letter on the apostasy of Mulla Jawad Vilyani = suluk II | 2700 | mixed | Gate of the Heart | Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تعالی بذاتیة ذاتیة ذاتیته عن وصف المجردات و کنهها والحمد لله الذی تقدس بکینونیة کینونیة کینونیته عن نعت المادیات و حقائقها | Praise be to God Who hath exalted Himself, in the very Essence of His Essence, above the description and inmost being of all abstract realities, and praise be to God Who hath sanctified Himself, in the very Being of His Being, above the attributes and verities of all material realities [3.5s] | INBA98:111.13-122.08 | AVK3.055.07x | GOH.043x, GOH.059x, GOH.209x, GOH.248-249x, GOH.302-308x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR, AHDA.450.4, MMAH.040, SRC.190, GOH.030 | ||||
| BB00029 | Tafsir al-Ha II (Tafsir sirr al-ha) (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha’) | 7200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Sirr-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha') | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree | INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x | ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x | GOH.064x | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034 | ||||
| BB00037 | Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina (on singing) | 5600 | mixed | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence | INBA14:432-452, INBA40:202-220, INBA67:233-259, INBA82:096-133, INBA_6010C:430-450, , PR02.146v16-152r04, PR07.110r-117v, UMich962.152-156, BYC_collect4.022x | SFI01.085-095, ASAT4.424-425x | GOH.177x | Martyrs and martyrdom; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.450.5, MMAH.047, SRC.080, SRC.194, GOH.034-035 | |||||
| BB00074 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 3 (Khutbiy-i-Qahriyyih) | 2600 | Arabic | Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقهر بتقهیر تقهر اقتهار قهر قهاریته علی کینونیات المشرکات من الممکنات... اما بعد فاعلم یا ایها الکافر بالله والمشرک بآیاته والمعرض عن جنابه والمستکبر عن بابه | Praise be to God Who, through His transcendent dominion, His sovereign power and His all-subduing might, hath prevailed over the essences of those beings who have joined partners with Him from among all contingent things... And now know thou, O thou who hast disbelieved in God, associated partners with His signs, turned away from His presence and shown pride before His gate [3.5s] | INBA64:127.04-150.07, INBA_4012C.001-013, PR02.045v07-048r26, BYC_collect4.004-012 | RHQM1.438-440 (326-328x), KKD1.104.19, HNU.204-206x, TZH2.241-250, AHDA.359, OOL.A023.8 | Chastisement and requital; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Personal instructions; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MMAH.031, SRC.092-093, SRC.186 | ||||||
| BB00220 | Answer to Haji Muhammad | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تمحص قلوب عباده بما نزل علیهم من آیات کتابه انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و انا ذا فی موقفی هذا اشهد ان لا اله الا الله | Praise be to God Who doth test and purify the hearts of His servants through that which He hath revealed unto them of the verses of His Book. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I, in this My station, do testify that there is no God but God [3.5s]... …I have read your letter and informed myself of what you mentioned In it. I had heard from your companion about the dissension in the holy land [Karbala] | PR07.038r-039r, CMB_F21.108.12-110.19#16, | TZH3.332.06-333.02 | MESSIAH.232x | Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.096 | ||||||
| BB00155 | Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s] | INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; 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 | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00088 | Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi | 2000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird | INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v | NSS.050-055 | GOH.080x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00021 | Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) | 11000 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity | INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v | AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x | GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00045 | Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih | 4200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin | INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r | GOH.109x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021 | ||||||
| BB00089 | Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] | INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v | ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||||
| BB00156 | Sahifiy-i-Mu'tamid (ad-Dawlah) | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الابداع طرز الالف القائم بین الحرفین لیلوح علی هیاکل الاشراف بما لاح من نور صبح الازل ملأ به کل الافاق والصلوة علی النقطة الاولیة التی بوجودها اضاء کل .... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Book of Creation after the pattern of the upright Alif standing betwixt two letters, that it might shine forth upon the temples of the noble ones through that which hath dawned from the light of the Primal Morn, wherewith He hath flooded the horizons. And blessings be upon the Primal Point, through Whose existence [3.5s] | PR02.139r27-140v13 | Creation of the world; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00014 | Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Treatise on Specific Prophethood) | 15400 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الاذن طراز النقطة التی عینت بعد ما شیئت | Praise be to God who made the ornament of the Tablets the Book of Authorization which is the ornament of the Point singled out after such was willed and decreed [by God] | INBA14:321-384, INBA40:081-132, INBA_6010C:311-382, , INBA_4011C.001-060, INBA_4012C.013-076, PR02.115v05-130v22, CMB_F23.169v02-171v02 (57)x, , HBH_nubuwwah (=INBA14), BYC_nubuva, BYC_nubuva2, BYC_three.016-092 | ESCH.357, OOL.A020 | GOH.091x, HURQ.BB50x, GPB.014-015x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | DB.202x, AHDA.448.9, MMAH.042, SRC.076, SRC.196, GOH.034, GOH.199 | |||||
| BB00301 | Fi ‘ili’l-qira’a | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروف بعدة تکرار اسم الوهاب من نفسه و حرف لا لتدلعن السن الممکنات ثناء نفسه فی حرف لا من دون حکم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the letters according to the repetition of His Name, the All-Bountiful, from His own Self, and the letter "Lá," that the tongues of all contingent beings might voice His praise through the letter "Lá" [3.5s] | INBA53:400-402 | Grammar and orthography; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00062 | Prayers for the days of the week | 2800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی الله یحشرون اللهم انک انت الله الفرد الاحد الصمد الحی القیوم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs and who shall be gathered unto Him. O God! Thou art indeed God, the Single, the One, the Eternal, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA58:072.03-095.07, INBA78:001-045, PR03.228r07-231r09, MKI4499.035-047 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.461.01a | ||||||||
| BB00048 | Du'a-yi Alif | 3800 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک لم تزل لن تعرف بسواک و لا تزال .... | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. O my God! How can I call upon Thee, when Thou hast ever been unknowable except through Thine own Self, and shalt ever thus remain [3.5s]... ...I have not claimed a single word of revelation. They say, “He has laid claim to spiritual authority and its trappings.” | PR02.135v06-139r25 | ASAT1.179-182 | MNP.088x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#012x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.067-068, SRC.185 | |||||
| BB00137 | Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida') | 1300 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart | Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما | Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution | CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya | MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013 | BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1 | * | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35 | Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1. | ||
| BB00026 | Javab-i-Ahadin mina’s-sabirin | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الممکنات لشأن قبولهم و صورهم علی هیکل طاعتهم ثم قد اقامهم فی مقامات الامر والنهی لیجزیهم وصفهم ثم افتتنهم لیمیزینهم فسبحانه ما اعجب فتنته و اعظم بینته | Praise be to God, who hath brought into being the contingent beings for the purpose of their acceptance, and hath fashioned them in the form of their obedience. Thereupon, He hath raised them up in the stations of command and prohibition, that He might recompense them according to their true deserts. Thereafter, He hath subjected them to trials, that He might distinguish them. Exalted be He! How wondrous is His trial, and how mighty His proof [4o] | INBA98:122.11-150.04 | TZH3.279.19-280.06x, TZH3.282.21-283.05x, TZH3.283.05-09x, AHDA.187x | Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00121 | Prayer for Hajj Isma'il | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلقنی بامره ثم رزقنی بفضله ثم اطعمنی من جوع لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و ان منتهی دعائی یرجع الی نفسی شاکیاً من قبیح ما عملت | Praise be to God Who created me by His command, then sustained me through His bounty, and nourished me in my hunger. There is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. O my God! How can I call upon Thee when the uttermost end of my prayer returneth unto mine own self, bewailing the unseemly deeds I have wrought [3.5s] | PR03.068v25-070v08, MKI4511.038r-047r, BYC_jabar.169.14-173.19, BYC_collect3.102-111 | HNMJ.136-150 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00012 | Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) | 19300 | Arabic | Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart | Risaliy-i-Jafariyyih (Treatise of Jafar) or Shar-i Du‘á’-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs | INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v | TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 | GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 | ||||
| BB00157 | Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s] | INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.10, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00195 | Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] | INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs for the existence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00653 | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهدت لنفسک بنفسک بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک | Praise be to God, Who hath borne witness unto His own Self, by His own Self, that verily He is God, there is no God but Him, alone, without peer [3.5s] | BYC_collect4.020-022 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00265 | Khutbah fi'l-Bakarih (hin julusihi 'ala'l-safinah al-saghirah) | 740 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد ارفع عبده من البلد المقام علی السفینة الصغیره الی الفلک المسخر فوق الماء من قبل طلوع خط البیضاء من احق السوداء | Praise be unto Him Who hath raised His servant from the settled place, upon the small vessel, unto the ark that saileth upon the waters, ere the rising of the white line from the black horizon [3.5s] | INBA_5006C:339-340?, , PR04.038r13-040v03 | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.242 | |||||||||
| BB00084 | Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) | 2200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء | Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. | INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, | HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x | MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 | |||||
| BB00077 | Ziyarat for Mulla 'Ali Bastami | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تجلی بنفسه لاهل العماء فاستقاموا علی هیکل البهاء و لاهل السناء بالنقطة الثناء حول نقطة الباء | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed Himself unto the denizens of the unseen, enabling them to arise steadfastly around the embodiment of Glory. Unto the people of splendor, He hath manifested the Point of Praise encircling the Point of the Letter “B.” [4o] | PR03.047r24-050r08, PR04.043v06-051r14 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00564 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Nahri va Rafiqih | 140 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تجلی للعباد بنور عزته المتشعشعة من وجه الجلال بلا مثل و لا شبه فی حکم الفؤاد و لا الجلال | Praise be to God who was revealed to the servants by the light of His glory radiating from the face of majesty, with no peer or likeness in the station of the inmost heart nor the concealed beauty | INBA91:152.12-153.08, PR04.194v08-194v16, MKI4499.124a | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00244 | Bayan fi 'Ilm al-Jawamid wa'l-Mushtaqat | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد اولیآئه بالمحامد العظمآء و توحد ابوابه فی علم الجوامد الکبریآء الذی قد نعت | Praise be to God Who hath singled out His chosen ones by sublime glorification and hath unified His gates in the knowledge of supreme grandeur [3.5s] | INBA67:130-134, INBA_5006C:350-352, , INBA_6006C:081-083, , PR07.068v-069v | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||||
| BB00101 | Khutba on the 'Id al-Fitr written in Masqat (Khutbiy-i-Qamariyyih) | 1800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد بالعزة و توحد بالعظمة و تعظم بالکبریاء و تعالی عن مشاهدة الانظار الاحد القیوم والصمد المعبود | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in might, and united Himself in grandeur, and exalted Himself in majesty, and transcendeth the vision of all eyes—the One, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:359-366, , INBA_5006C:326-330, | - | - | FHR#06.04, SRC.063, SRC.187 | |||||||||
| BB00102 | Answer to Mulla Abdu'l-Jalil on 20 questions | 1800 | Arabic | Tablet of Twenty Questions Revealed by the Báb and Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Urūmī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد توحد بالعزة و تقدس بالکبریاء لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم اشهدک اللهم یا الهی فی ذلک الیوم من شهر الصیام الذی قد شرفته و فضلته و جعلته هدی للعالمین | Praise be to God Who hath been distinguished by might and sanctified by grandeur. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. I bear witness before Thee, O my God, on this day of the month of fasting, which Thou hast honored and exalted and made a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA91:111.03-121.01, INBA_5019C:300-304, , PR04.015v13-020v04 | HBAB.167x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Power of prayer; Prayer for fasting; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.01, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00216 | Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s] | INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328, | Anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Pantheism; The cross and the trinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00122 | Khutba on the suffering of Imam Husayn, at sea | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاتیته بالاحدیة القدیمة لما علم بان الحسین یشهد لنفسه بنفسه | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being through His Ancient Unity, inasmuch as He knew that Husayn beareth witness unto His Self through His Self [3.5s] | INBA91:073.10-081.02, INBA_5006C:317-320, , PR04.164r05-168r14 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.08, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00196 | Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati | 1000 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر | Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s] | INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00175 | Khutba on gematria and its sister (‘ilmi’l-Huruf va Ukhtiha) | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بایاته المتجلیه فی غرا لفواد بغیر تشبیه و لا تفریق لیشهد الکل فی مقعد الفضل | Praise be to God Who hath enabled the gnosis of His Essence to be realized through His verses which express theophanic self-disclosure within the grandeur of the inmost heart | INBA67:228-233, INBA91:030.07-036.06, INBA_5006C:315-317, , INBA_5019C:322-324, , INBA_6004C:209-213, | HURQ.BB20x | Alchemy; the elixir; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.09, SRC.063, SRC.187, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00205 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1 | 960 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ | Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00138 | Prayer in reply to Mulla Ahmad Khurasani, Di'bil, et al | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف لعباد نفسه و لو لا تعریفه با لا بداع لکانوا من المنسیین اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الیوم بما تشهد لنفسک | Praise be to God, Who hath made Himself known unto His servants; for, without His revelation and divine guidance, they would assuredly have remained in oblivion. O Lord, I bear witness unto Thee on this day in the very manner that Thou dost bear witness unto Thine own Self [4o] | INBA91:123.04-130.08, INBA_5019C:295-298, | ASAT4.370x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.07, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00402 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abd al-Jalil, on the thanksgiving prostration | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف نفسه بنفسه و تنزه عن مجانسة عباده و تقدس عن مقارنة اثاره | Praise be to God Who hath revealed His Own Self through His Own Self, Who hath exalted Himself above all likeness to His servants, and Who hath sanctified Himself beyond all comparison with His signs [3.5s] | INBA91:121.02-123.02, INBA_5019C:294-294, | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.05, AHDA.459?, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00279 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 2 (Khutbiy-i-Jamaliyyih) | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد علا بعلو ذاتیته علواً سقطت الاشیاء دونه و تعالی بعظم کینونیته علی عرش الاحدیة التی قد خضع الکل لدی وجهه | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the loftiness of His Essence, risen to such heights that all things other than Him have fallen away, and Who hath, through the grandeur of His Being, been exalted upon the Throne of Oneness before which all creation boweth down in submission [3.5s] | INBA91:047.08-051.09, INBA_5006C:324-326, , INBA_5019C:328-330, | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00115 | Khutbiy-i-Mahdiyyih | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عهد لعلو ذاتیته عن وصف الانشاء و اهلها و تقدس بعظم کینونیته عن نعت اهل الثناء و من یشابهها الخطبه السادسه فی البوشهر حمل | Praise be unto Him Who, by the sublimity of His Being, hath transcended all description by His creation and its people, and Who, through the grandeur of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of those who offer praise and their like [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:341-348, , INBA_5006C:359-363, | - | - | FHR#06.01, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||||
| BB00009 | Kitab al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) | 36000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Kitáb al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد نزل الايات بالحق الي عبده لعل الناس بايات ربک يومنون ان اتبع ما اوحينا اليک | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed the verses in truth unto His servant, that perchance mankind might believe in the signs of their Lord. Follow that which We have revealed unto thee [3.5s]... ...This Book is a Dhikr (Remembrance) from God according to the Decree of a wondrous servant [the Bāb]. He is assuredly the True One within the heavens and the earth. | INBA78:069-076x, INBA_4011C.069-100, INBA_7005C, PR04.036r12-038r12x, MKI4507.001x, , IOM.091 | ASAT4.044-45x, AHDA.198x, OOL.A017 | HURQ.BB05x, HURQ.BB15x | 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; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | 1 | * | - | FHR#10, AHDA.446.5, MMAH.064, SRC.061, SRC.189, GOH.031, GOH.380fn3 | The "Suratu'l-Ridvan" is a part of this work | ||
| BB00367 | Letter to Khal-i-Akbar from Masqat I | 450 | Persian | Tablet of the Báb to His Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad (Khál-i-Akbar), Revealed in Muscat | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد نزل الکتاب بالحق فیه آیات بینات لقوم یسمعون و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم الخط الی المحال فی المسقط | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book in truth, wherein are clear verses for people who hear. Verily it is a Book wherein there is no doubt, sent down from the presence of One Mighty, All-Wise. The divine pen hath been directed towards the appointed spot in Muscat [3.5s] | AHDA.091 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | FHR#03.06? | |||||||
| BB00431 | Introduction to the Sahifih Makhzunih | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر یا ایها الحبیب اکتب من ایدی من لیل المجیب حجة الله الاکبر | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is none other god, the Most High, the Most Great. O beloved one! Write from these hands, from the night of the All-Responding One [3.5s] | PR04.057r01-058r04 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00489 | Letter to the great uncle | 240 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to The Greatest Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, Revealed in Isfahán, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی من علی بالبلاء و احمده بما نزل علی من البأساء والضراء بما فعل بغیر حق اهل الشرک و العصیان و ان الی اشکوتنی و حزنی | Praise be unto God, Who hath bestowed upon me the Grace to thank Him for His ordeals. | KKD1.105-106, TZH2.126, AHDA.231 | CHH.023-025 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BB00324 | Letter in reply to four questions | 560 | Arabic | Báb's Epistle Revealed in Isfahán in Response to Four Questions, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] | INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | |||||||
| BB00025 | Kitab-i-A'mal al-sana (sahifa) = Sahifa Fatimiyya (Epistle on the Devotional Deeds of the Year) | 7600 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب بالحق هدی و ذکری للخاشعین و انه لکتاب قد فصل فی حکم شهرالله فی القران هدی و رحمة من عندالله لقوم ساجدین | Praised be to God Who hath, in very truth sent down the Book, a guidance and a remembrance for such as fear God. It is indeed a Book which sets forth regulations pertaining to the month(s) of God in the Qur'an | INBA50:106-158x, INBA_5006C:262-278, , INBA_6007C.413-452, PR04.168v01-194v07, MKI4499.118-147, AEWB.001-060, | HNMJ.021-027x, HNMJ.027-030x, HNMJ.031-036x | HURQ.BB30x | Law of obligatory prayer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#05, AHDA.452.2, AHDA.461.02?, SRC.048, SRC.064-065, SRC.197, GOH.031 | |||||
| BB00002 | Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) | 112000 | Arabic | Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart | Qayyumul-Asma (book) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی | All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind | INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum | ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 | SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x | T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan | Adam; Adam and Eve; Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Belief and denial; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Call to action; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; High station of the true believer; Hypocrisy; Idolatry; Imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Language and the structure of reality; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Outward and inward meanings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; Scarcity of receptive souls; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1 | * | - | FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x | ||
| BB00226 | Answer to Sayyid Ahmad-i-Aqazadih | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشآء من عباده لیبعث یوم الحساب فاشهد الله فی وسط الجبال موقف | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, that they might be raised up on the Day of Reckoning. I bear witness unto God, from amidst the mountains [3.5s] | PR07.029r-030v, CMB_F21.127.07-131.05#21, , BYC_collect3.002-008 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00091 | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr) | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران | Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him. | INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5 | HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107 | DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189 | ||||||
| BB00313 | Answer to one of the believers | 590 | Arabic | Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s] | INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r | Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||||
| BB00018 | Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | 13200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه | Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me | INBA_5006C:284-314, , INBA_6009C:001-171, , PR03.043r-043rx, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x | SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009 | SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x | The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031 | Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa. | ||
| BB00291 | Letter to Tahirih (Maku) | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یبدع ما یشاء بفضله سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون اللهم انی اشهدک و من لدیک | Praise be to God Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His grace, and glorified and exalted be He above all that they describe. O God! I bear witness before Thee [3.5s] | CMB_F21.135.02-138.01#24, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | ||||||||
| BB00140 | Answer to Mulla Rajab-‘Ali | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یتفضل علی من یشآء تذکره و یشکره علی جزاء ثنائه بما وعد فی کتابه فله الحمد حمدا لیشهد له بما شهد له نفسه | Praise be to God Who graciously bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth, and rewardeth with gratitude those who praise Him, even as He hath promised in His Book. Unto Him be all praise - praise that testifieth to that which He hath testified of His own Self [3.5s] | PR07.036v-038r, CMB_F21.120.18-126.08#19, | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00547 | 150 | Arabic | Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یفعل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه وتعالی عما یصفون یا الهی انت الله الذی قد شهدت لنفسک قبل کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Praise be to God, Who doeth whatsoever He willeth by His Command. Glorified and exalted is He above all that they describe. O my God! Thou art God Who hath testified to Thine own Self, before all things, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | KHSH6.005 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | Tablet published in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar vol. 6 p. 22. | ||||||||
| BB00403 | Kitabu’l-Ahmad | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی ما یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو ذو الفضل العظیم و اثنی علی محمد صلی الله علیه و اله بما اثناه الله فی قدم الذات و ذروة الصفات | Praise be to God Who bestoweth His bounty upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Possessor of infinite grace. And I extol Muhammad—upon Him and His kindred be the blessings of God—with such praise wherewith God hath lauded Him in the eternity of His Essence and the summit of His attributes [3.5s] | PR07.031v-032r, CMB_F21.133.09-134.19#23, , BYC_collect3.024-025 | TZH3.460.14-461.16 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.204 | |||||||
| BB00521 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali | 180 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بذکره و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک تری ... و ان ما سئلت من حکم الطاهرة علی الارض الم??دسة فقد اذنت لها من قبل بالخروج لما تقع بها الفتنه هنالک | Praise be to God, Who bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Wise. O my God, how shall I call upon Thee, seeing Thou art the All-Seeing One... As for that which thou hast asked concerning the matter of Tahirih in the sacred land, permission was granted her aforetime to depart when turmoil arose therein [4o] | PR07.030v-030v, BYC_collect3.008-009 | TZH3.331.15-332.05 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00075 | Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) | 2600 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون | Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation | INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid | OOL.A018 | GOH.192x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106 | |||||
| BB00341 | Du'a Tawassul | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اثنی علیک بعد علمی بقطع الکل عن عرفانک و کیف لا ادعوک و ان فؤادی لم تستقر الا بذکرک | Praise be unto God Who sends down whatsoever He Willeth through a command on His part. Praise be He and Exalted be He above whatsoever they do assert | INBA64:013.12-017.10, PR02.053r01-053r29, PR03.128v21-129r23, BYC_jabar.168.07-169.13 | KHSH6.008 | HURQ.BB37 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00176 | Prayer for Laylatu'l-Qadr | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره و یبدع فی کل حین بما یشاء فی الملک سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یاالهی کیف اثنی ذاتیتک و احصی مجد کینونیتک | Praise be to God, Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth by His command, and createth at every moment whatsoever He pleaseth in His dominion. Glorified and exalted is He above all that they attribute unto Him! O God, how can I extol Thine Essence and recount the glory of Thy Being [3.5s] | HNMJ.154-164 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Imam 'Ali; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00050 | Sahifiy-i-Mukhtasar-i-Sulayman Khan | 3500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء سبحانه و تعالی عما یشرکون یا الهی انت الذی ابدعت الموجودات لا من شیء بامرک | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth. Glorified and exalted be He above all that they join unto Him. O my God! Thou art He Who hath brought all created things into being from nothingness by Thy command [3.5s] | MKI4499.026-031 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00013 | Sahifih of 33 prayers | 15600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء سبحانه وتعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اشکو مصابی بعد ما انک تطلع بجریراتی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth. Glorified and exalted be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. O my God! How can I bemoan mine affliction when Thou art aware of my transgressions [3.5s] | TZH3.275.11-276.07x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00214 | Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad | 930 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s] | INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097 | ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193 | |||||||
| BB00238 | Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa | 840 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی | Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o] | INBA67:100-104 | AVK2.009.05x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||||
| BB00032 | Tafsir al-Hamd | 5900 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif | INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69) | ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x | RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x | Da'iras and haykals; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330 | |||||
| BB00106 | Khutba written in Kanakan (Khutbih Bahriyyih) | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس فی الذات و المتفرد فی الصفات القدیم الوتر و القیوم الحی الذی لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified in His Essence and unrivalled in His attributes, the Ancient of Days, the Single One, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:351-358, , INBA_5006C:355-359, | - | - | FHR#06.03, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||||
| BB00309 | Khutbih Qabl az Dibajiy-i-Sahifih | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریآء و المتعظم فی الثنآء و المتفرد فی الانشاء والمتعالی فی البهاء ..... و بمثل ذلک فلیکتب قل یا اهل المشعرین فاتوا برهانکم ان کنتم صادقین والحمد لله رب العالمین | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur, Who is glorified in praise, Who is single in creation, and Who is transcendent in splendor... And thus let it be written: Say: O ye dwellers of the two sanctuaries, bring forth your proof if ye be of the truthful ones. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | PR04.054r15-056v14 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00498 | Khutbata’l-Baladiyya | 220 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریاء والمتفرد فی الآلاء الذی قد ارفع السماء للعماء و قد انشأ السناء للذرالبقاء | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur and is singular in His bestowals, Who hath raised up the heavens unto the celestial realm and hath brought forth resplendent light [3.5s] | INBA67:129-130, PR07.075v-076r | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00158 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.192? | ||||||||
| BB00036 | Tawqi’i-i-Dhahabiyyih (Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyya II) | 5700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد القهار الصمد الوتر الدائم الجبار الحی القیوم المتعال المختار المقتدرالعادل الغفار الذی خلق بامره جوهریات الاسرار | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Eternally Besought, the Unique, the Ever-Abiding, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Exalted, the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the Just, the All-Forgiving, Who through His command hath created the essences of mysteries [3.5s] | INBA53:157-180, INBA86:070-098, PR07.102v-110r, HBH_RisalahDhahabiyyihll, BYC_zahab | HNMJ.071-079x, OOL.A016 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | SRC.080-081, SRC.207, SRC.195 | |||||||
| BB00407 | Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s] | INBA91:192.03-194.10x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Free will and predestination; fate; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00376 | Khatt Li-Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini | 430 | Persian | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عبادالله المسلمین تلاوت آیات ورقه مرسوله را نمودید در مسئله اولی حکم ظاهراست | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His servants who have submitted to His will. Thou didst recite the verses of the missive that was sent, wherein the first matter is clearly evident [3.5s] | HARV.12 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00662 | Javab-i-‘Alim-i-Rashti | 1700 | mixed | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و انّما الصّلوة علی الواحد الاوّل فی کلّ حین و بعد مخفی نباشد بر هیچ فردی که مؤمن بود بخداوند و کتاب او و رسول او و ائمّۀ هدی و مظاهر امر او بر اینکه امروز هیچ امری اهمّ از معرفت مبدء دین ندانسته | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and verily all blessings rest upon the first Vahid at every moment. And furthermore, let it not be hidden from any soul who hath believed in God, His Book, His Messenger, the Imáms of Guidance and the Manifestations of His Cause, that in this Day no matter is more vital than the recognition of the Source of Religion [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.482-494 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00471 | Letter to Mulla Javad and his associates | 270 | Persian | Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و صلی الله علی محمد و اله الطاهرین و بعد چنین گوید فی خلق الله علی محمد بن المرحوم محمد رضا طاب ثراه که جمعی ادعای مقام بابیت امام علیه السلام را نسبت باین بنده ضعیف دانسته اند | Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds, and may His blessings rest upon Muhammad and His pure kindred. To continue: Thus speaketh, in the creation of God, 'Alí-Muhammad, son of the late Muhammad-Ridá, may his rest be sweet, that certain individuals have attributed unto this humble servant the station of the Gate of the Imám, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | INBA91:169.02-170.09 | Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00657 | Tafsir-i Kun wa Yakun | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله مبدع الابداع و منشیء الاختراع وخلاق ما في السموات وما في الأرض الذي لا اله الّا هو | Praise be to God, the Source of creation, the Originator of invention, and the Creator of whatsoever lieth within the heavens and the earth, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00464 | Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون | Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s] | INBA98:110.08-111.09 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00355 | Khatt ila Mirza Siyyid Hasan-i-Khurasani | 470 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب بالحق لیوم لاریب فیه و اعبده و انتظر لنصره فان ایام الذکر عند ربک کان مقضیا | God, no God is there but Him. He hath sent down the Book in truth for a Day whereof there is no doubt. Worship Him and await His triumph, for verily the days of remembrance with thy Lord have been ordained [3.5s] | INBA91:200.01-202.10 | Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.02 | ||||||||
| BB00598 | 80 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله نور السموات و الارض مثل نوره کمشکوة فیها المصباح المصباح المصباح المصباح فی بلوره فوق بلوره البلورة تکاد من فیها مثل ما یضیء | God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp, a lamp, a lamp, enclosed in crystal upon crystal. The crystal well-nigh shineth of itself [3.5s] | PR03.047r12-047r22, BYC_collect3.064-064 | KSHK.BWB | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00514 | 190 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله المعبود مالک الخیر و الجود و انت الرب المودود واجد کل موجود و مفقود | O Thou my God! Thou art the Adored One, the Lord of beneficence and bounty. Thou art the Beloved Lord, the Possessor of all things visible and invisible [3.5s] | PR04.205r01-205v14 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00385 | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله فاطر السموات و الارض تخلق ما تشاء بامرک و تعز من تشاء بحکمک لا اله الا انت الهی و اله کل شیء سبحانک و تعالیت تقدست طلعة ذاتیتک من ان یرفع الیها اعلی طلائع جوهریات المادیات | O Lord, Thou art God, Fashioner of the heavens and the earth. Thou createst, through Thy command, whatsoever Thou willest, and exaltest, through Thy wisdom, whomsoever Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, my God and the God of all things. Glorified art Thou and exalted! The Countenance of Thine Essence is sanctified above the most exalted manifestations of material entities [3.5s] | HNMJ.165-169 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00159 | Prayer for Shaykh Muhammad Rida | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل اللیل والنهار لا اله الا انت رب العالمین یا الهی کیف تحرک شفتای بذکرک کان مملوة قلبی بالعجز والقصاری من ثنائک | O Lord, Thou art God, Fashioner of the heavens and the earth, and Maker of night and day. There is no God but Thee, Lord of all worlds. O my God! How can my lips move in remembrance of Thee when my heart is filled with utter powerlessness to praise Thee [3.5s] | PR03.071r10-072r18, MKI4511.047v-053v, BYC_jabar.165.08-168.06, BYC_collect3.088-093, BYC_collect3.111-116 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00522 | Du'a Hajat | 180 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انزل علی رحمتک فان لک الرحمة کلها اللهم صل على محمد حبیبک و الانبیآء | O Lord! Send down Thy mercy upon me, for verily all mercy is Thine.... O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home | INBA64:017.13-024.03 | SWBP#50 (p.137-137(a)x) | SWB#51 (p.193-193(a)x), BPRY.055, ADMS#143 | L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Nabilinho, Refuge, E. Mahony, B. Khademi, S. Gould, Strong Steep, E. Kuitunen, Ladjamaya, D. Khavari, D. Sylvester, Rosalynd & Pascal, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, M. Stamper, K. Porray, S. Jaberi (?), Bea & Arthur Joy, Juliet & Amelia | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| BB00179 | Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o] | INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09, | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00368 | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بانی عبدک قد آمنت بک و بآیاتک | O God! I testify before Thee that I am Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs [3.5s] | TZH3.270.02-271.06x | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00182 | Du’a’a’l-Vahhabiyya | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بشهادتک لنفسک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت علی حالة الازل لمن یعرفک کما انت انت احد | O God! I testify, through Thy testimony unto Thyself, that verily Thou art God, and there is none other God but Thee. Thou art alone, peerless, unchanging, and eternal, in Thine everlasting state, unto those who recognize Thee as Thou art. Indeed, Thou art the One and the Incomparable [4o] | PR03.046r12-047r10, PR04.205v02-207v13, MKI4499.007, MKI4511.024r-029v, BYC_collect3.126-130 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00320 | 570 | mixed | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما انت تشهد لکینونیتک بذاتیتک قبل خلق الاشیاء و بما انت علیه من انیة الازلیة التی لا یعرفها احد سواک | O God! I testify before Thee unto that whereof Thou Thyself testifieth, through Thine Essence unto Thine own Being, before the creation of all things, and unto that which Thou art in Thine eternal Identity which none knoweth save Thee [3.5s] | MKI4499.010 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00145 | Prayer in reply to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Nahri et al | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک و للخلق عبادک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک و لا لکینونیتک خلقه دون ذاتک | O God! I bear witness before Thee to that whereunto Thou dost bear witness unto Thyself and unto all created beings, Thy servants, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, Single art Thou, without peer, and naught existeth in Thine Essence save Thy Self [3.5s] | INBA91:154.06-161.09, INBA_5019C:311-315, | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | FHR#12.06, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00123 | Answer to Mulla Javad-i-Qazvini | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی افتتح الکتاب بذکرک و ثنآء نفسک لا اله الا انت و لا یعلم احد کیف انت الا انت | O God! I commence this Book with Thy remembrance and praise of Thine own Self. There is no God but Thee, and none knoweth how Thou art save Thee [3.5s] | INBA91:102.03-111.02, PR04.195r02-200r04 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00356 | Letter to Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani | 470 | Arabic | Epistle of the Bab to Karim Khan Kirmani | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکر ربک للورقة الحمراء عن یمین بحر الابیض لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون اقرء کتاب ربک ثم اسجد لامره و انه لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاسمعون | Alif. Lam. Mim. [Revealed from] The Dhikr (Remembrance) of thy Lord unto the Crimson Leaf at the right-hand side of the snow-white Ocean. | HNU.181-182, NSS.182-183 | HURQ.BB24 | Imam Husayn; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.10, AHDA.460.04, MMAH.033 | ||||||
| BB00222 | Letter to Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Khurasani | 910 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Búshihr and Addressed to Mullá Ṣādiq-i-Khurásání | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکرالله للورقة الصفرآء عن یمین الطور لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون و لقد نزلنا الیک کتاباً من قبل | Alif. Lam. Mim. The Remembrance of God hath mentioned the yellow leaf nigh the right-hand side of the Mount [Sinai], [saying] `No God is there except Him' | PYK.003, ASAT4.236-238x, TZH3.149.06-150.13x, AHDA.101 | HURQ.BB25x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.15, MMAH.036 | ||||||
| BB00398 | Letter to the uncle of the Báb | 390 | Persian | Epistle of the Báb to His Uncles, Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad and Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب حکم من بقیة الله امام عدل مبین ان اقرء یا ایها الملاء من ذوی القربی حکم البدع فانه لصراط حق مبین | Alif. Lám. Mím. Lo! This is the Book, a decree from the Remnant of God, the Just and Manifest Imam. Read, O ye concourse of kindred and kin, the ordinance of innovations, for verily it is the path of truth, made manifest and clear [4o] | AHDA.196 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of pilgrimage; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00008 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I) | 43700 | Arabic | Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart | Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه | "Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency | INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69) | ASAT2.064x | TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x | - | - | FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118 | |||||
| BB00128 | Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) | 1400 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم | Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God | INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r | ASAT4.527x | MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] | - | - | FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 | |||||
| BB00465 | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان اتبع ما اوحی الیک الآن من کتاب الله فان امرالله لحق و کل علینا لیعرضون | Follow thou what hath now been revealed unto thee from the Book of God, for verily the Cause of God is the Truth, and all shall be brought before Us [3.5s] | CMB_F23.131r05-131v09 (30), , CMB_F20.012v18-013r04, , HARV.10, BYC_tablets.067.05-068.03 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | KSHK.BWB | 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| BB00019 | Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines) | 13100 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle between Twin Shrines) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید | This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy. | INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x | HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004 | RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Seven stages of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | 1 | * | - | FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031 | |||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00262 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4 | 750 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من لدن امام حق مبین فیه حکم کل شیء لمن اراد ان یتذکر او یکون من المهتدین | This is an Epistle from Him Who is the true, the undoubted Leader. Herein is revealed the law of all things | AHDA.352, SWBP#04 (p.005-008x), OOL.A023.4 | SWB#06 (p.024-028x) | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.025, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00606 | 70 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. بسم الله و بالله و الحمد لله و الجات امری الى الله و ما توفیقی الا بالله و ما النصر الا من عند الله | In the name of God, by God, praise be to God! I commit my affairs to God. I have no success except through God, and no help save from God. Whatsoever blessing we have comes from God | INBA78:090-091, INBA86:194-194 | KSHK.BWB | Angels; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00183 | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تبارک الذی جعل الیوم یوم العید لم یزل و ان فی شطر من اللیل تقترن الشمس بالجلم تلعت شمس البدیعة فی اوا الایام معتدل و فی لیله التقی الفلکان شمس من السبع | Blessed be He Who hath made this day a festival for all time, when even in the watches of night the sun was conjoined with the celestial sphere; when the sun of wondrous newness rose in balanced measure at the dawning of days, and in its night two heavenly orbs, the sun from among the seven, did meet [3.5s] | CMB_F20.018r09-018v03, | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00586 | Khatt li’sh-Shaykh Rafi’-i-Rashti | 100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تبارک الذی ینزل علی من یشاء و روح الامر ان ابشروا لا تخلف فان الله ربک لغفور شکور و انه لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب لامره | Bless Him who sends down the spirit of command on whom He will. Verily, rejoice and do not fear. God, your Lord, is both forgiving and thankful | PR03.043r15-043r18 | KSHK.BWB | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.14 | |||||||
| BB00610 | 60 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تحصنت بذی الملک و الملکوت و اعتصمت بذی العزة و الجبروت | I have sought refuge with the Possessor of the Dominion and the Kingdom. I have sought shelter with the Posessor of Power and Sovereignty. I have trusted in the Living who neither sleeps nor dies | TZH2.379 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00281 | Li-Khalaf | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تنزیل من کتاب ربک فی حکم عبد بعید و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن امام مبین وانه لهو الحق فی السموات و الارض لا یعزب من علمه شیء و انه لعلی کل شیء شهید انا نحن قد نزلنا کتابا من قبل | A revelation from the Book of thy Lord concerning a distant servant. Verily it is a Book wherein there is no doubt, sent down from the presence of a manifest Guide. And verily He is the Truth in the heavens and on earth; naught escapeth His knowledge, and He is witness over all things. We, verily, have sent down a Book before [3.5s] | PR04.013v03-015v11 | - | - | FHR#03.17, AHDA.461.11 | |||||||||
| BB00166 | Ziyarat for Hadrat-i-Quddus | 1200 | Arabic | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus)) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. جوهر مجرد طرز کافور اطهر اطهر انور الذی طلع و اشرق ثم لمع و ابرق ... علیک یا نورالبهاء و ذکر الانشاء و سر القضاء | O pure Essence, ornament of most holy and radiant camphor, that hath risen and shone forth, then gleamed and flashed in brilliance... upon thee, O Light of Bahá, Remembrance of Creation, Mystery of Decree [3.5s] | CMB_F23.146r07-149r08 (51), , MKI4500.124r-126v | HURQ.BB35x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mystical themes; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | For Shaykh Ahmad? | ||||||
| BB00017 | Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) | 13500 | Persian | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود | Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves | INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x, | AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014 | BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 2 | * | - | NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236 | |||
| BB00197 | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. رب انک انت انت حبی ایاک و ذکری انت انت و ذکرک ایای هو قولک هو هو کیف اتوجه الیک بوجهة فردانیتک | O Lord! Verily Thou, Thou art my Love; my remembrance is of Thee alone, Thou art, Thou art; and Thy remembrance of me is Thy Word, it is that it is. How can I turn my face unto Thee with the countenance of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA67:104-109 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00651 | Fi’l-Maut va’l-‘Ama’ | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت السموات و الارض لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر الاحد المقتدر ... اما معنی الحديث الآخر الذی سئل فی الکتاب ان الله کان فی عماء فوقه هواء و تحته هواء | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the Single, the All-Powerful... As to the meaning of that other tradition mentioned in the Book, that God was in a cloud with air above it and air beneath it [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.001-016 | ASAT4.391-393x | HURQ.BB42x | Absolute freedom; independence of God; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00315 | Letter to the uncle of the Báb in Bushihr | 590 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الآیات علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لسمیع علیم و ان ذلک حکم من لدی ان ارسل کتاباً فیه احکام الناس ما هم کانوا عاملین | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, and verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. And this, truly, is a decree from His presence, that I should send forth a Book containing ordinances for mankind according to which they act [3.5s] | INBA91:056.06-059.08 | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | FHR#03.06? | ||||||||
| BB00516 | Letter to Mulla Husayn V | 190 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الروح علی قلبک لتکونن من المنذرین ان اتبع مایلقی الیک من کتاب کریم و لقد ارسلنا من قبل الیک | Glorified be He Who hath caused the Spirit to descend upon thy heart, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Follow thou what is revealed unto thee from this glorious Book, for verily We did send it aforetime unto thee [3.5s] | INBA91:059.10-060.10, PR04.008r14-008v13 | Justice and wrath of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||||
| BB00284 | Letter to Mulla Husayn IV - from Bushihr | 690 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الروح من حکمه الیک لتکونن من المنذرین اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک هذا و کن من الشاکرین | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Spirit through His wisdom unto thee, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Recite thou the Book of thy Lord's remembrance and be thou among the thankful [3.5s] | INBA91:014.08-018.06 | ASAT4.236x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||||
| BB00316 | Khatt mina’l-Masqat ila Salman | 590 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Muscat in Honour of Shaykh Salmán Āl-'Aṣfūr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حمید و انه لکتاب قد فصل فیه حکم البدع تنزیل من لدن علی حکیم | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth amongst His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised. And verily it is a Book wherein the laws of the new creation have been distinctly set forth, a revelation from One All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA91:052.08-056.04, INBA_5019C:330-330, | AHDA.096-098 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prophecy and fulfillment; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.461.13, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00229 | Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid | 900 | Arabic | Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون | Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants | SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x | LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058 | ||||||
| BB00342 | Fi’s-Sighari va’l-Kibar | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الیه یحشرون | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth; then they who have believed in God and His signs shall be gathered unto Him [3.5s] | PR07.030v-031v, CMB_F21.131.07-133.07#22, , BYC_collect3.021-024 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00069 | Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s] | INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00186 | Answer to Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-Rashti, on grammar | 1100 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و اذا اراد لشیء فقیل ان یقول له کن فیکون لموجود الحمد لله الذی تجلی للجوهریات بنور طلعته اللازلیه | Glorified be He Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His command, and when He desireth a thing for it to be, He but saith unto it "Be!" and it is. Praise be unto God Who hath revealed Himself unto all essences through the light of His pre-existent Countenance [3.5s] | PR07.039r-040v, CMB_F21.111.02-115.15#17, | Grammar and orthography; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Monasticism; asceticism; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, GOH.206 | |||||||
| BB00360 | 460 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف اثنی جلالتک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه بعد علمی بانعدام وجودی عندک | Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! How can I extol Thy majesty on this Friday, knowing that my existence is as naught before Thee [3.5s] | AHDA.099 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00531 | 170 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و ان الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فأولئک هم الفائزون | Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. They who have believed in God and in His signs—these are they who shall triumph [3.5s] | LEID.Or4971-5, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00438 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari | 320 | Arabic | Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s] | INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00449 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s] | INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00257 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s] | INBA58:117.08-121.03 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00435 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’ | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s] | INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00444 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s] | INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00450 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s] | INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00395 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s] | INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072 | Imam Husayn; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00659 | 2510 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم رب السموات و الارض و ما بینهما من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی علیک بثنائی فی ملکک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth betwixt them, that I should make mention of Thee by my remembrance of Thee, or extol Thee through my praise within Thy dominion [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.016-028 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00250 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00131 | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم کیف اذکرنک ایای و لاسبحنک بتسبیحی ایاک و ان اعلی ما یتعارج به المخلصون | Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee through my praise of Thee, or extol Thee through my glorification of Thee? For even the most exalted heights to which the sincere can ascend [3.5s] | PR03.089r01-090r25, CMB_F14.021v04-026r02, , MKI4511.064v-072v, BYC_collect3.130-137 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | |||||||||
| BB00132 | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم کیف اذکرنک بذکری ایاک او لاسبحنک بتسبیحی ایاک وان اعلی ما یتعارج به المخلصون من عبادک و ارفع ما یتصاعد به الموحدین من اصفیائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee by my remembrance of Thee, or extol Thy praise through my glorification of Thee? For the most exalted expressions that ascend from Thy sincere servants, and the loftiest utterances that rise up from Thy devoted ones among the steadfast [3.5s] | BN_6518 p.317v, MKI4500.120v-124r, BYC_tablets.037.04-042.08 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00041 | Du’a’ li-Hadrat-i-Ni’ma | 5000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک اشهدک حینئذ بتوحیدی ایاک و اقراری بازلیتک و ایقانی بوحدانیتک بجوهر کافور ذاتیتی و مجرد ظهور کینونیتی و منتهی غایات خفیات انیتی ... قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم یلد و لم یولد و لم یکن له کفوا احد بلی انک انت الله | Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! I testify unto Thee at this moment, through my unity with Thee and my confession of Thine eternity and my certitude of Thy oneness, by the essence of the camphor of my reality, the pure manifestation of my being, and the uttermost boundaries of the hidden signs of my identity... Say: He is God, the One! God, the Self-Subsisting! He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him. Yea, verily, Thou art God [3.5s] | CMB_F14.005v03-021v02, , BN_6518 p.307v, BYC_tablets.018.11-036.06 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00427 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq | 340 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o] | INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00404 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s] | INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066 | The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00124 | Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini | 1500 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s] | INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.08, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00149 | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدن علیک یومئذ اول شهر البدیع شهرالصاد عندک بما قد شهدت علی نفسک بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this day, the first of the wondrous month, the month of Ṣád in Thy presence, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | PR03.001v10-003r02, MKI4511.001-008a | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00289 | Prayer for Friday | 670 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith | INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v | GOH.171x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||
| BB00555 | Li-Mulla Sadiq | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان من الصادقین اللهم انک تعلم کل شیء و ما یعمل العاملون لوجهک و انک قد وعدت علی لسان اولیائک للذین یصبر | God testifieth concerning His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and was among the truthful ones. O God! Thou knowest all things, and whatsoever they who act for Thy sake do perform, and Thou hast promised through the tongue of Thy chosen ones unto them that show patience [3.5s] | PYK.004, TZH3.150.17-151.03 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00587 | Prayer written at the request of Karbala'i 'Ali Asghar Khurasani | 100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده انه من بالله و ایاته و کان من المهتدین الهی انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک | God bore witness to His servant that he believed in God and His verses, and he was of those who are guided. O my God! I bear witness to You by that which you bear witness to Yourself and the saints who have drawn nigh among Your servants | INBA91:153.10-154.04 | KSHK.BWB | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | FHR#12.04, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00336 | Letter to Mulla Husayn II (from Shiraz) | 540 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده فی ذلک الکتاب انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان علی صراط حق مبین و ذلک الکتاب ذکر من بقیة الله لمن اراد ان یؤمن بآیات ربه و یتبع امره و کان من الساجدین | God testifieth in this Book unto His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and hath remained steadfast upon a path of manifest truth. And this Book is a remembrance from the Remnant of God for whosoever desireth to believe in the signs of his Lord and follow His command, and be numbered among those who prostrate themselves [3.5s] | INBA91:001.02-003.12, INBA_5019C:318-319, , PR04.006v13-008r12 | TZH3.140.06-140.18x | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00439 | Letter to Mulla Hasan Gawhar | 320 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥasan Gawhar | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. طه ما نزلنا الکتاب من قبل الا نذکرة لمن شاء ان یوحی بآیات ربک و کان من الساجدین اقرء کتاب ربک لا مبدل فی حکمی و استغفر لامتک لتکونن من المفلحین | Ta. Ha. We did not send down the Book aforetime except it was a memorial for Whomsoever He wills that he should believe in the verses of thy Lord | AHDA.089 | HURQ.BB23x | Chastisement and requital; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | FHR#03.04, AHDA.460.1 | ||||||
| BB00428 | 340 | Arabic | Tablet from the Writings of the Báb, A | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00134 | Ziyarat al-Zahra (Fatimah) | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاذا قمت بین یدی الله ظهر مرقد فاطمه صلوات الله علیها صل فی مقام الذی صلی رسول الله علیه و انه فی بیت فاطمه | If thou standest before God, and the resting-place of Fatimih—upon her be the blessings of God—is made manifest, pray thou in that station wherein the Apostle of God did pray, and it is in the house of Fatimih [3.5s]... ...And I testify that thy [Fatimah's] son [Imam] Hasan is the Hujjat-Allah (Proof of God) and His Wali (Legatee) for through him the Throne was raised up upon the Watery Expanse | INBA_5019C:148-159, , AEWB.180-189, | HURQ.BB31x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.203 | |||||||
| BB00524 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 180 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb in Reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاعلم یا اخ الجلیل و اثبت قدمیک علی صراط الله الجمیل و اعرف ان الله سبحانه ما خلق شیئا | Know thou, O noble brother! Plant thy feet firmly upon the beauteous path of God, and know that God, glorified be He, created naught [3.5s] | INBA67:177-178, INBA_4011C:163-164, , PR07.073r-073v | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00307 | Tafsir-i-Hadith al-Jariyya | 610 | Arabic | Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاقول مستغنیاً بالله فی تفسیر بعض حدیث المروی فی الکافی فی ذکر علم الغیب عن سدیر | I shall, relying on God and in the manner befitting His guidance, offer an interpretation of the tradition recorded in Al-Kafi concerning the knowledge of the unseen as narrated by Sudair [4o] | INBA14:496-499, INBA67:157-160, INBA_4011C:176-179, , INBA_5006C:373-375, , INBA_6004C:189-192, , INBA_6010C:490-493, , PR04.100v01-102r08, PR07.074v-075v, AEWB.230-233, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Outward and inward meanings; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.07, MMAH.052, SRC.057, SRC.199 | |||||||
| BB00219 | Bayan dar Jabr wa Tafwid (fi bayan-i-mas'alati'l-Qadar) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال الله تعالی الذی خلق فسوی والذی قدر فهدی و قال الصادق لا جبر و لا تفویض بل امر بین الامرین فاعلم ان هذه المسئله لما سد الله معرفته عن العقول والنفوس والارواح | God spoke forth Who created all that is other than Him and thus foreordained and proffered guidance. And [likewise] al-Ṣādiq said when God blocked the gnosis of this matter | INBA14:479-483, INBA53:053-056, INBA67:134-138, INBA_4011C:110-115, , INBA_5006C:375-377, , INBA_6004C:192-195, , INBA_6006C:067-069, , INBA_6010C:473-477, , PR07.059v-061r | ASAT4.473x | HURQ.BB41x | Free will and predestination; fate; Limits of the intellect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | MMAH.018, SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BB00415 | Letter to Mulla Husayn III | 360 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال علی علیه السلام اللهم و انی لاعلم ان العلم لا یا رب (؟) کل و لا ینقطع مردود و انک لا تخلی ارضک من حجة انک علی خلقک | Ali, upon whom be peace, hath spoken: O God! Verily I know that knowledge doth not perish, and that its seeker is not turned away, and that Thou dost not leave Thine earth bereft of a proof unto Thy creation [3.5s] | INBA91:004.02-006.02 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||||
| BB00237 | Fi Tafsir-i-Kalimiy-i-Aqul (Commentary on a statement of Siyyid Kazim) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال مولانا علی علیه السلام فی خطبة الطتنجیه علی قائلها الاف الثناء والتحیة الحمد لله الذی فتق الاجواء ... بسم الله والحمد لله افتتح بالله فی شرح سر من الکلمة التی شرحها کلمة الحق روحی | Our Master [Imam] `Alī said (upon him be peace) in the Khuṭbat al-Tutunjiyya (“Sermon of the Gulf”) according to his statement expressive of a thousand degrees of praise | INBA67:125-129, INBA_4011C:171-176, , INBA_5006C:343-345, , INBA_6004C:204-207, , PR07.077r-078r | NSS.069-071 | HURQ.BB18x | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.09, SRC.073, SRC.198 | ||||||
| BB00119 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-‘Ali, uncle of the Bab | 1600 | Persian | Gate of the Heart; Divine Proof and the Challenge of Revelation | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قبله محترم دام عزکم تلاوت آیات کریمه را نموده ولی چه بسیار عجب است که اهل بصیرت ... والسلام خیرالکلام والحمد | O revered uncle, may thy glory endure! I have perused thy kind letter; yet how passing strange it is that the people of insight... Peace be upon the best of utterances, and praise be to [3.5s]... ...This lowly One hath completed the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph in forty days, during which I wrote parts thereof each day | INBA91:170.11-180.06, PR04.200r05-204r11 | TZH3.283.09-286.11x | GOH.124x, MNP.002x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BB00517 | Letter to Haji Siyyid ‘Ali Kirmani (from Medina) | 190 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قد قرئت کتابک هذا فاستمع لماذا القی الیک باذن الله فان ذکر اسم ربک لهو الحق یهدیک الی صراط مستقیم | I have read this, thy letter. Hearken thou, therefore, to that which is imparted unto thee by leave of God, for verily the mention of thy Lord's Name is truth itself, guiding unto the straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:028.09-029.08, INBA_5019C:298-299, , INBA_6012C.260-261, | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.21?, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00483 | Hadrat-i-Haram in Maku? | 260 | mixed | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قل ما شاء الله لا بهآء الا لله رب السموات و رب الارض رب العالمین قل ما شاء الله لا ضیآء الا لله | Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Glory except in God, the Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of all the worlds. Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Light except in God [3.5s] | INBA58:155.01-159.06, CMB_F23.177r05-182v03 (62), | AHDA.470 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | AHDA.460.02d | |||||||
| BB00455 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Fatiha (prefixed to Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. هذه السورة المبارکة عندالله سبعة آیات محکمات الآیة الاولی کتاب محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و فقد جعل الله فیها احکام وجوده مما لا بدایة و لا نهایة و هی جنة الفردوس ... | This blessed Surah, in the presence of God, consisteth of seven inviolable verses, the first verse being the Book of Muhammad - peace and blessings of God rest upon Him and His family - wherein God hath ordained the laws of His existence, having neither beginning nor end, and it is the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA69:156-157, PR02.001v07-001v19, PR40.002, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5276, BLIB_Or5277 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MSBR.200-201 | ||||||||
| BB00322 | Letter to an unnamed recipient re Mulla Husayn | 570 | Arabic | One of the Tablets of Visitation in Glorification of the Station of Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed by the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اذا اردت ان تدخل تلک الارض المقدسة فطهر نفسک و طیب ما عندک | And when thou desirest to enter that sacred land, purify thy soul and sanctify thy possessions [3.5s] | TZH3.140.20-142.21 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00345 | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و السلام على عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السآئل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک | Peace be upon God's sincere servants! O thou who inquireth, verily I have heard all that thou didst write unto Me in thy letter [3.5s] | INBA91:189.02-192.01, PR04.008v15-010v07 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00421 | Fi ‘ilmi’l-Huruf va’l-Iksir (Letter on gematria and alchemy) | 350 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اما السئوال عن علم الحروف فخذ من رأس کل عشرة حرف الاول و احسب علی الاول عنصر النار | As to thy question regarding the science of letters, know that from each set of ten letters, take the first, and reckon the first as representing the element of fire [4o]... ...And now as regards thy question about the Elixir: Know thou that God did not create anything except that He deposited within it a "letter" of the Elixir in accordance with its level of being | INBA67:203-204, INBA_6004C:213-215, , PR07.074r-074v, AEWB.234-236, | HURQ.BB17x | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00364 | Fi Bayani Lawhi’l-Mahfuz (Letter on the Preserved Tablet) (part II) | 460 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و قد سئلک السائل عن اللوح الحفیظ اعلمه بما قد علمک الله المحیط و ها انا ذا القیت الیک من رشحات تلک الالواح المستضیئه | The questioner hath assuredly asked thee about al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ ("The Preserved Tablet"). Inform him then according to what God, the All-Encompassing, hath taught thee [the Bāb] | INBA67:174-176, INBA_4011C:139-141, , INBA_6004C:202-204, , INBA_6006C:079-080, , PR07.067r-067v | HURQ.BB07x | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Law of cause and effect; Seven stages of creation; The cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | |||||||
| BB00537 | 170 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم اللهم صل و سلم و بارک و المفازات اقسم علیک | There is no power nor strength save in God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O God! Bestow Thy blessings, grant Thy peace, and shower Thy benedictions. I beseech Thee by the sanctified realms [3.5s] | INBA78:091-093, INBA86:194-195 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00039 | Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | 5500 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء | God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] | INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, | HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b | Business; financial; property matters; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Justice and wrath of God; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | 2 | * | - | DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00151 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | 1300 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Haqíqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک | And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude | INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v | AADA.014 | GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 | ||||
| BB00675 | 30 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. وصلیت فی الثانی علی خیر خلقه محمد من زاح الضلالة و العلت | And secondly, I invoke blessings upon the noblest of His creation, Muhammad, who dispelled error and affliction [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.494-494a | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00331 | Prayer for Siyyid Husayn | 550 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی انت الذی شهدت لنفسک بنفسک بانک انت الله لا الله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت بلا وجود شیئ معک و لا تزال انک کائن بمثل ما کنت .... | O my God! Thou art He Who hath testified of Thine own Self, through Thine own Self, that verily Thou art God, and that there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thou hast ever existed when naught existed beside Thee, and Thou wilt forever remain as Thou hast been [3.5s] | PR02.132r24-133r06 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00462 | Prayer for Haji Mirza Jani Kashani | 290 | Arabic | Translation List | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف ادعوک بعد عصیانی نفسک و اغفالی عن مواقع حکمک و ادباری عن مقاعد مناجاتک | How can I call on Thee, O my God, after I have rebelled against Thee, neglected the Repositories of Thy decree, and turned away from the Seats of Thy communion? | CMB_F31.040r, | ADMS#130 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.459 | ||||||
| BB00171 | Du’a’a’l-Qur’an | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف اذکرنک علی ما قد خلقتنی و جعلتنی من عندک مرآتاً حیث قد خلقت فی کل شیء سبحانک اللهم ان اشکرنک علی ما جعلتنی من آبائک الکبری او ما قد جعلتنی اسمائک الحسنی .... | O my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when Thou hast created me and made me from Thy presence a mirror wherein Thou hast created in all things? Glorified art Thou, O Lord! That I should render thanks unto Thee for having made me one of Thy greatest signs, or for having made me one of Thy most beauteous names [3.5s] | PR03.003r04-004r16, MKI4511.008a-014b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00579 | Prayer for Mulla Hasan | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها الحبیب قف علی باب المجیب و اتکل علی الله ربی و ربک الذی لا الله الا هو السمیع العلیم | O loved one! Stand at the door of the One Who Answers, and trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no God but Him, the Hearing, the Knowing | INBA67:178-178, INBA_4011C:164-165, , PR04.051v01-051v05, PR07.073r-073r | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00580 | Letter to Mulla Hasan Bajistani | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها السآئل فاعلم ان الله لا یحکم بمرض لنفس الا بما قدمت ایدیه من الخطایا و ذلک ما کانت | O questioner! Know that God does not decree disease for a soul unless it is for the errors its hands have wrought. That is naught but a penance for its sins | INBA67:176-176, INBA_4011C:165-166, , PR07.074v-074v | HBAB.502x, ASAT3.097 | KSHK.BWB | Bringing oneself to account each day; Effort; striving; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||
| BB00519 | Answer to Siyyid Ahmad Aqa-Zadih | 190 | Arabic | Prayer Revealed by the Báb for the Son of Siyyid Kazim Rashti, A | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا صغیر السن یا رطب البدن یا قریب العهد من شرب اللبن الحمد لله الذی انشاء ما فی السموات و الارض بامره | O thou who art young in years, tender of body, and freshly weaned from thy mother's milk! Praise be to God, who hath, through His command, brought into being whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth [4o] | CMB_F21.126.10-127.04#20, , BYC_collect3.001-002 | MUH1.0671-0672, NSS.082b | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00072 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد فی السموات و الارض و له السلام فی ملکوت الامر والخلق سبحانه و تعالی جل ذاتیته من ان یصعد الیها اعلی جواهر الممکنات و علت کینونیته من ان یرفع الی مقام عزها اعلی شوامخ | O Thou Who art praised in the heavens and on earth, and unto Whom belongeth peace in the Kingdom of Command and Creation! Glorified and exalted art Thou! The quintessence of Thy Being is far above the loftiest essences of all contingent things, and the Reality of Thy Self transcendeth the most sublime heights [3.5s] | INBA_5019C:257-264, | ASAT4.509x, AVK1.294-295x, AVK1.323-324x | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00172 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Khaliq [Yazdi] | 1200 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | Tablet to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد و العزة و ماسواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تشهد لنفسک قبل کل شیء لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | O Thou to Whom belongeth all praise and glory, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God, I testify before Thee in this Book to that which Thou didst testify concerning Thine own Self before all things: Verily, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA91:094.12-102.01, PR04.026v04-029v05 | AHDA.183 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.03 | |||||
| BB00152 | Prayer in reply to al-'Alawiyya (Tahirih) | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الجمال و العظمة و الجلال لا اله الا هو الکبیر المتعال شهد الله لذاته قبل کل شیء | O Thou Who art possessed of glory and beauty, of grandeur and majesty! There is no God but Him, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. God beareth witness unto His Own Self before all else [3.5s] | INBA91:145.06-152.10, PR04.029v08-032v13 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.02 | ||||||||
| BB00327 | Sahifiy-i-Mu’tamad | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الوحدة و الجلال و العظمة فسبحانک و تعالیت لما اعلم ان لا سبیل لی بوصفک فاسئلک بحقک ان تصلی علی محمد و آل محمد ظهورات کینونیات اللاهوت و دلالات الملک و الملکوت | O Thou Who art possessed of Glory, Unity, Majesty and Grandeur! Glorified and exalted art Thou above that which I know, for I have no way to describe Thee. I beseech Thee, by Thy truth, to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Manifestations of the divine Essences and the Signs of sovereignty in both the visible and celestial realms [3.5s] | PR02.140v15-141r14 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00323 | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن المستعان المترئف المتعال. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بالحق و ان امره اقرب من ان یقول له کن فیکون و لله ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل الیه لیرجعون و لله بهاء | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them in truth, and verily His command is nearer than to say "Be!" and it is. Unto God belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and in the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All shall return unto Him. And unto God be glory [3.5s] | CMB_F20.004v11-005r19, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00600 | 80 | Arabic | بسم الله الرفع ذی الرفاعین. بالله الله الرفع ذی الارفاع قل اللهم انک انت رفاع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما ثم کل القادرین قل اللهم انک انت | In the name of God the exalting, master of those who exalt through God. God the exalting, master of the exalting. Say: Praise be God! Verily You exalt the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them | PR03.081r03-081r07, PR13.070r | KSHK.BWB | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00202 | Ziyarat-i-‘Ashura | 980 | Arabic | بسم الله الرقیب القریب. فاذا استقرت علی ذالک السریر الاحمر و اشربت ماء الخمر فی کأس القدر … سلام الله الفرد الاحد الواحد الصمد المتکبر المعتمد و سلام اول ذکره فی عالم الابد | If thou didst recline upon that crimson throne and drink of the wine from the cup of destiny... Peace be upon God, the Single, the One, the Alone, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Great, the All-Sufficient, and peace be upon the First to be mentioned in the realm of eternity [3.5s] | PR03.056r19-057v03 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00056 | 3100 | Arabic | بسم الله العزیز الحکیم. اشهد لله فی اول الدین بانه لا اله الا هو و کل له عابدون و ان نقطة الاولی عبده و بهائه لمن فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و ان ادلاء الحی حروف لنفسه کل بامره من عنده یعملون | I bear witness unto God, as the first confession of Faith, that there is none other God but Him, and that all are His worshippers, and that the Primal Point is His servant and His Glory unto all who dwell in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and that the Guides of the Living [Hayy] are the Letters of His Self, all acting by His command [3.5s] | PR24.074r-081r | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Cleanliness and refinement; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of marriage and dowry; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00070 | Prayer for 19 letters | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s] | INBA01:129.05-147.08 | Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00447 | Kitab al-Vahid 01 (Tablet to the first Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله العزیز المحبوب. سبحان الذی له ملک السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما قل کل الیه راجعون هو الذی یهدی من یشآء | Lauded and glorified is He Who is the sovereign Lord of the kingdoms of heaven and earth and whatever is between them. | DB.xxii.01, SWBP#03 (p.003-004), LABIB | SWB#03 (p.009-010), HURQ.BB47 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Preexistence of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | AHDA.460.03 | ||||||
| BB00047 | Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I | 3900 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله العلی الاعلی الاعظم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر القائم القدوس الرفیع العزیز المنیع شهد الله لنفسه بالله لا اله الا هو الفرد الحی | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of all things. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Most Great, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Impregnable. God hath testified unto His Own Self, by God, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Ever-Living [3.5s]... ...For verily God hath created, in the furthermost oceans of plurality, beyond the Alif, countless numerical letters according to His will | CMB_F21.044.16-060.17#06, | GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x | Angels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63 | ||||||
| BB00288 | Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat II | 670 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی الاعلی العظیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبرالمنان و ان لله ملک السموات و الارض | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the dominion of all things. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the All-Bountiful. Verily unto God belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s] | CMB_F21.060.19-063.15#07, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00076 | Tasbih-i-Fatimih | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. اسبح سبحان الذی لا یعلم جوهو وجود کیف هو و لا مجرد موجود این | Glorified be He whose essential Reality none knoweth, and whose pure Being none can fathom [3.5s] | INBA98:176.16-186.10, CMB_F09.088=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , HBH_tasbih | HURQ.BB32x | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203 | |||||||
| BB00377 | 420 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین کفروا بایاتنا الى الله ربک یحشرون ولقد قرئنا کتب الذى نزل الینا قل له انا لکل شاهدون قل اتقوا الله | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command! Those who have denied Our signs shall be brought to account before God, thy Lord. Verily, We have read that which was sent down unto Us. Say: We bear witness unto all things. Say: Fear ye God [3.5s] | CMB_F23.138v09-139v10 (44), , CMB_F20.019r01-019v09, , BYC_tablets.079.06-080.14 | Personal instructions; Shaykhis | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00492 | Li-‘Azim | 240 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الکتاب فیه هدى و ذکرى لقوم یسمعون و انا نحن نزلنا کتاب العدل فیه حکم من لدنا لقوم یعملون | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for a people who hearken. Verily We, even We, have revealed the Book of Justice containing Our decrees for those who act [3.5s] | CMB_F23.138r03-138v07 (43), , CMB_F20.018v05-018v19, , BYC_tablets.078.07-079.04 | Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00480 | Kitab al-Vahid 15 (Tablet to the fifteenth Letter of the Living) | 260 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذی من علی من یشآء بأمره و کل له ساجدون هو الذی یحیی و یمیت قل کل الیه راجعون | Glorified be He Who bestoweth grace upon whomsoever He willeth by His command, and before Whom all prostrate themselves. He it is Who giveth life and causeth death. Say: All return unto Him [3.5s] | DB.xxii.15, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00081 | 2400 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک لا اله الا انت بک عرفتک و بدعوتک صعدت الیک و بما یلهمنی من ذکرک و قدرتک لولا انت ما کنت شیء بدون شماره گذاری | Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Through Thee have I known Thee, and by Thy summons have I ascended unto Thee, and through that which Thou dost inspire me of Thy remembrance and Thy power - were it not for Thee, I would be as naught [3.5s] | CMB_F23.153r13-159v14 (54), | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00535 | 170 | Arabic | Proclamation of the Cause, and the Manifest Sign, The | بسم الله العلی المتکبر القاهر. قد جاء امر فی حکم مستتر اقتربت الساعة و انشق القمر | The Cause, once veiled in mystery, hath now been proclaimed; the Hour is nigh, and the Moon hath been cleft asunder [4o] | INBA60:155-156 | Chastisement and requital; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00027 | Tafsir-i-Haykali'd-Din | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله العلیم ذی العلامین. الحمد لله العلیم ذی العلامین و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول ثم من یشابه ذلک الواحد حیث لا یری فیه الا الواحد الاول ... فکیف یعدل بها والمعلول بالعلة ... | Praise be to God, the All-Knowing, Lord of the Worlds, and verily all glory be from God upon the first Vahid and upon him who resembleth that Vahid wherein naught can be seen save the first Vahid... How then can the effect be equated with the cause [3.5s] | CMB_F23.107r08-126r10 (24), , BYC_tfshaykal | Continual renewal of creation; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; 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; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | SRC.090-091, SRC.200 | ||||||||
| BB00559 | Letter to the third pillar (tawhid) | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. قل الله ربی کل له لمسبحون قل الله ربی کل له یحمدون قل الله ربی | In the name of God, the Peerless, the Ever-Faithful. Say: God, my Lord! All give praise unto Him. Say: God, my Lord! All prostrate to Him | BYC_hand01 | MANU.070-070, QISM.021 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BB00274 | Du’a’a’l-Huzn | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. هو العزیز لم ادریا الهی بایذنب اخرجتنی | He is the All-Glorious! I know not, O my God, for what sin Thou hast cast me out [3.5s] | PR03.201v18-202r25 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00055 | Sahifiy-i-Ha’iyyih | 3300 | Arabic | بسم الله القائم القدوس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین یومنون بالله و ایاته اولئک هم الی الله یقلبون شهد الله انه لا اله | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command. Verily they who believe in God and His signs - these are they who turn unto God. God beareth witness that there is no god [3.5s] | PR03.190v11-193v08 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00446 | Kitab al-Vahid 11 (Tablet to the eleventh Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله القائم القدوس. الحمد لله الذی قد خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین هم یؤمنون بالله و آیاته اولئک هم فی الرضوان | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and verily they that believe in God and His signs, these shall dwell in paradise [3.5s] | DB.xxii.11, LABIB | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00136 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 2 | 1300 | Arabic | Third Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله القهار الشدید. اشهد الله و من عنده بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لما قد احاط به علم الله | I testify before God and those in His presence, that verily there is no God but He, the Mighty, the Wise, and I bear witness to that which the knowledge of God hath encompassed [4o] | RHQM1.441-446 (328-331), TZH3.085.21-089.13, OOL.A023.7 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.030, SRC.092, SRC.192 | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00549 | Letter to the fourth pillar (takbir) | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله المتظهر المتسخر. الله اکبر عما انتم تکبرون الله اعظم عما انتم تعظمون الله اظهر عما انتم تظهرون | God is exalted above that which you magnify. God is greater than that which you glorify. God is more manifest than that which you have revealed [4o] | BYC_hand01 | MANU.070-071, QISM.021 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00380 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih | 420 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s] | INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00096 | Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat | 1900 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o] | INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00442 | Kitab al-Vahid 08 (Tablet to the eighth Letter of the Living) | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعزز الشریف. الحمد لله الذی قد خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین یؤمنون بالله و آیاته اولئک | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and verily they that believe in God and His signs, these are they [3.5s] | DB.xxii.08, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00411 | 360 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتکبر المتطهر. الحمد لله الاول الاخر و الظاهر الباطن و القاهر القائم و القادر العالم | Praise be to God, the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, the Omnipotent and the Self-Subsisting, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | CMB_F20.002r15-003r06, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00408 | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتکبر المتطهر. سبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون قل سبحان الله فی کل حین | Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command "Be, and it is!" Say: Glory be unto God at every moment [3.5s] | CMB_F20.001v02-002r13, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00388 | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعزز المتقدم المتکرم. هو الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بالحق و انه لهو العزیز المحبوب | He it is Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them in truth, and verily He is the Mighty, the Well-Beloved [3.5s] | MANU.074-075 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00384 | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعظم المتظم المتسخر المتنور. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them through His command "Be!" and it was; and praise be to God, before Whom prostrate themselves all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | MANU.072-074 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00184 | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله المتفرد المتقرب. سبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره و ان الیه کل یرجعون و لله ملکوت السموات و الارض و ما بینهما | Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command, and verily unto Him shall all return, and His is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F20.026v08-028v19, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00394 | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدر المتقدس المنیع. سبحان الذی خلق ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون سبحان ... کتاب النقطه لله رب العالمین و هو ثمانیه و خمسین عده الاول من | Glorified be He Who created whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them through His command "Be, and it is."... The Book of the Point belongeth unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and it containeth eight and fifty [3.5s] | BYC_hand01 | MANU.071-072, QISM.021 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00476 | 270 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدر المتقدس. فاشهد فی اول الدین ان لا اله الا هو رب العالمین و ما لله مثل محمد رسول الا من قبل و لا من بعد و لا فی العالمین | Bear thou witness, in the beginning of the Religion of God, that there is no God but Him, the Lord of the worlds, and that none like unto Muhammad, His Messenger, existed before or shall exist after, throughout all creation [3.5s] | CMB_F23.126v10-127r17 (26), , BYC_tablets.056.07-057.04 | MANU.066-067 | Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00491 | 240 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدس المتقدر. تبارک الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله عظیما عظیما | Blessed be He unto whom bow down in adoration all that dwell in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath ever been supremely great [3.5s] | CMB_F20.016r08-016v08, , BYC_tablets.074.05-075.04 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00068 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar II | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحان الذی لم یزل و لا یزال کان وجوده قبل القبل بلا ذکر شیء عنده و لایزال انه هو کائن بمثل ماقد کان | Glorified be He Who hath ever been and shall ever be, Whose existence preceded all that was before, with naught beside Him to be mentioned, Who endureth even as He hath always been [3.5s] | BYC_qadar | ASAT4.472x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00453 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s] | INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00592 | 90 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقوم المتکرم المتقدم المتعظم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و لله الامر من قبل و من بعد | Praise be to God, Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them through His command "Be!" and it is. Unto God belongeth all dominion, both both aforetime and hereafter [3.5s] | CMB_F20.004r02-004v09, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00187 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 5 | 1100 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله المتکبر الشدید. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو الملک القهار العظیم هو الذی یقضی یوم الفصل بالحق | Glory be unto Him Who knoweth all that is in the heavens and in the earth. Verily there is no God but Him | TZH3.082.06-085.20, SWBP#05 (p.009-013), OOL.A023.5 | SWB#05 (p.018-023) | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.027, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00396 | Kitab al-Vahid 14 (Tablet to the fourteenth Letter of the Living) | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله المتکبر العلی. ط‌ن ذکر طلعة ربک علیا نادی بأنی انا الحق قد کتب من عند الله حجة للعالمین جمیعا | Tá. Nún. The mention of thy Lord's exalted Countenance, Who proclaimed "Verily, I am the Truth!", hath been inscribed by God as a testimony unto all the worlds [3.5s] | DB.xxii.14, LABIB | Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00429 | 340 | Arabic | بسم الله المتکبر المتجبر المتعزز المتظهر. قل الله ربی یخلق ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون و له بدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما | Say: God, my Lord, createth whatsoever He willeth by His command "Be," and it is. His is the creation of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F20.005v02-006r11, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00490 | 240 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Haykal (pentacle talisman) Prayer for Protection; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله المتکبر المتجبر. تبارک الذی بیده الملک یبدع ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون لله الامر | Hallowed be the Lord in Whose hand is the source of dominion. He createth whatsoever He willeth by His Word of command | HNU.000iii, SWBP#27 (p.121) | SWB#28 (p.171-172), BPRY.151 | The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, unknown | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BB00576 | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله المتکبر المتنور المتفطر المتعزز المتقدر المتقدس المتفضل المتجلل المتجمل ... الممتنع المنیع. فسبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما و هو العلی المتعالی العظیم | Glorified be He before Whom boweth down in adoration whatsoever dwelleth in the heavens and on earth and all that lieth between them, and He, verily, is the Most High, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or6887 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00563 | Letter to the second pillar (tahmid) | 140 | Arabic | بسم الله المتمجد المتقدس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و انما العزة لله الذی خلق کل شیء | Praise be to God who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them by His command "Be" and it is. Might belongs to God alone, who created everything by His command | BYC_hand01 | MANU.069-070, QISM.021 | KSHK.BWB | Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00459 | Kitab al-Vahid 03 (Tablet to the thid Letter of the Living) | 290 | Arabic | بسم الله المعتمد العلی. الحمد لله الذی تسبح له من فی السموات و الأرض ﻻ اله الا هو العزیز المنیع هو الذی بیده | Praise be to God, Whom all that are in the heavens and on earth do glorify. There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the Incomparable. He it is in Whose Hand [3.5s] | DB.xxii.03, LABIB | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00063 | Kitab al-Hujja II | 2800 | Arabic | بسم الله المقتدر المقتدر. هذا کتاب من عند نقطة البیان عند الله و حجته للعالمین جمیعاً الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه و ذکر اسم حجته و جعله من عند حجته حجة علی العالمین جمیعاً | This is a Book from the Point of the Bayan, Who standeth in the presence of God and is His Proof unto all the worlds, addressed unto him whom God hath made the mention of His Name and the mention of His Proof, and hath made him, through His Proof, a proof unto all the worlds [3.5s] | CMB_F23.082r19-089v05 (18), , BYC_hujjat | Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | JRAS.477, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00426 | Kitab al-Vahid 20 (Tablet to "Him Who will be made manifest) | 340 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh | بسم الله الملاک المعزز. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و کل له قانتون هو الذی بیده | Glorified is He before Whom all the dwellers of earth and heaven bow down in adoration and unto Whom all men turn in supplication. | DB.xxii.20, HNU.244a, SWBP#01 (p.001-002), LABIB | SWB#01 (p.003-005) | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| BB00339 | Kitab al-Vahid 16 (Tablet to the sixteenth Letter of the Living) | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله المهیمن العزیز. قل الذی خلق السموات و الأرض قادر علی کل شیء و کل الیه یرجعون هو الذی یحیی | Say: He Who created the heavens and the earth hath power over all things, and unto Him shall all return. He it is Who giveth life [3.5s] | DB.xxii.16, LABIB | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00469 | Kitab al-Vahid 06 (Tablet to the sixth Letter of the Living) | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله المهیمن القیوم. قدس لله ما فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهم العزیز الحکیم هو الذی بعث الثآء من عنده فضلاً | Hallowed be God, to whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, the Mighty, the Wise. He it is who hath sent forth the letter Thá as a bounty unto [4o] | DB.xxii.06, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00504 | 210 | Arabic | بسم الله النصار. سبحانک اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا لالف الاب و باء البیان و تاء التواب | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name—O Thou Who art the Alif of the Father, and the Bá of the Bayán, and the Tá of the All-Forgiving [3.5s] | PR03.213r27-213v08 | Justice and wrath of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00393 | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الواحد الاحد الفرد الصمد. تبارک الذی له ملک السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له عابدون | Blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth and of whatsoever is between them. Say: All are His worshippers [3.5s] | MANU.076-078 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00337 | Ziyarat | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله تعالی اذا اردت زیارة احد من ائمة العدل اتبع.... اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شریک له کما شهد ذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد ان محمدا عبدک الذی استخلصته لنفسک و اصطنعته لولایتک | I bear witness that there is no God but God, alone and without partner, even as His own Self hath testified unto His own Self that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness that Muhammad is Thy servant, whom Thou hast singled out for Thyself and chosen for Thy Cause [3.5s] | PR03.057v13-058r20, MKI4499.018 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00541 | Li-Hadrati’l-Haram | 160 | Persian | بسم الله تعالی. جان شیرین من حرسک الله تعالی لا تحسبن انقطاع الکتب من ملل | O my sweet spirit! May God, the Most High, protect thee. Think not that the interruption of letters stems from [3.5s]... …God is my witness that since the time of our separation, such griefs encircled me as are beyond description | INBA58:164.05-165.08 | KHAF.166 | RR.240-241 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||
| BB00458 | 300 | Persian | بسم الله تعالی. یا حبیب المکرم والشفیق المحترم حرسکم الله تعالی لا تحسبن الغطاع الکسب عن ملا | O cherished friend and honored companion! May God, the Most High, protect thee! Think not that distance hath severed thee from the concourse [3.5s] | TZH3.262a | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11245 | 40 | Persian | بسم الله علیک یا بدیع انشاءالله بسلامت بگلزار رحمت رحمانی که مرجع | In the Name of God! Upon thee be His grace, O Wondrous One! God willing, mayest thou attain, in safety, unto that Garden of Divine Mercy which is the source [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.134d, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00560 | 150 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم ربک الباری الملک الکافی المتعال المستعان. قل اللهم فاطر السموات و الارض مالک الملک تعلم ما فی نفسی و لا یعلم ما فی نفسک سواک و تشهد ما انا علیه و لا یشهد ذلک غیرک | Say: O my God! O Thou Who art the Maker of the heavens and of the earth, O Lord of the Kingdom! Thou well knowest the secrets of my heart… O Thou Who art the Lord of grace abounding!... | SWBP#68 (p.152-153) | SWB#68 (p.212-213), BPRY.054 | L. Slott | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00209 | 940 | Arabic | بسمه الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی قد طرز الکینونیات الهویة و رشح الاحدیات بالسر السطر البدیعة و ابدع | Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the essences of being with divine identity, and hath infused the realities of oneness with the mystery of His wondrous verses [3.5s] | BYC_jabar.190.13-193.05 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00432 | 330 | Arabic | بسمه العلی الاعلی. اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو سامع الدعاء و دائم العطاء و واسع الآلاء و مالک الاسماء اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو مرسل الالواح و محرک الرواح | O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Hearer of prayer, the Ever-Bestowing, the All-Bountiful, the Lord of Names. O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Sender of Tablets, the Mover of winds [3.5s] | INBA_6009C:227-231, , PR03.045r18-045v08, CMB_F14.004v02-005v02, , MKI4500.120r-120v, MKI4511.020v-022v, BYC_tablets.017.09-018.09 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | |||||||||
| BB00510 | Answer to Mirza Sulayman | 200 | Arabic | Tablet of Divine Courage | بسمه العلی الاعلی. بسمه العلی الاعلی الذی جعله الله عنده مطاعا مکر ما دام مجدا جعلت | In the Name of Him Who is the Most Exalted, the Most High, Whom God hath made to be obeyed and honored, endued with majesty [3.5s] | AVK3.415x | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||||
| BB00477 | 260 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حکیم و لقد قرئنا کتب التی نزلت الینا و انا نحن نشهد لما یحدث فی الارض والله خبیر علیم | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. We have indeed read the books that were sent down unto Us, and We do verily bear witness unto that which transpireth upon the earth, and God is the All-Informed, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | CMB_F20.014r07-014v03, , BYC_tablets.069.15-070.13 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00430 | 330 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی یزکى من یشآء بحکمه ثم الذین امنوا بالله و ایاته الى الله ربک یحشرون | Praise be to God, Who, through His wisdom, purifieth whomsoever He willeth. Then shall they who have believed in God and in His signs be gathered unto God, thy Lord [3.5s] | CMB_F23.136r04-136v11 (41), , CMB_F20.016v10-017r10, , BYC_tablets.075.06-076.08 | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00585 | 100 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Shaykh `Alíy-i-Turshízí (`Azím), A | بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بامره قل ان العاقبة للمتقین و لقد قرئنا کتاب الذی نزلنه باذن الله و علمنا بذکر اسم ابراهیم | Praise be to God, Who bestoweth through His command His grace upon whomsoever He willeth. Say: verily, the ultimate victory belongeth unto the God-fearing. We have indeed read the Book which We revealed by God's leave, and We learned of the mention of Abraham's name [3.5s] | CMB_F23.133v05-133v12 (36), , CMB_F20.014v05-014v10, , BYC_tablets.070.15-071.03 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Moses; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00495 | 230 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. ان اتبع حکم الله فی الحین و لا تخف و اسکن بیت الامن فانا کنا علیکم حافظون ان اصبر و لا تجزع فانا کنا علیکم شاهدون | Follow thou the command of God in this hour, and fear not. Dwell thou in the shelter of security, for verily We are thy Protector. Be patient and grieve not, for verily We are thy Witness [3.5s] | CMB_F23.135r13-136r02 (40), , CMB_F20.015v11-016r06, , BYC_tablets.073.06-074.04 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00414 | 360 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. تبارک الذی نزل الکتاب بالحق فیه آیات بینات من مقام علی هذا صراط عدل قویم وانا لنعلم ما اکتسبت یداک فی دین الله و انا نحن لشاهدون | Blessed be He Who hath revealed the Book with truth, wherein are manifest signs from an exalted station. This is the straight path of justice. Verily, We know what thy hands have wrought in the Cause of God, and We are witnesses [3.5s] | MANU.038-039 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00529 | 170 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. تبارک الذی یمن علی من یشاء بامره قل فیذلک فلیفرح المومنون و لقد قرئنا کتب الذی نزلتها من قبل و انا لکل شاهدون | Blessed be He Who bestoweth His grace upon whomsoever He willeth through His command. Say: In this, then, let the believers rejoice. Verily, We have read the books which thou didst send down before, and We are witness unto all [3.5s] | CMB_F23.134v14-135r12 (39), , CMB_F20.015r18-015v09, , BYC_tablets.072.11-073.04 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00040 | Kitabu’sh-Shahadah | 5000 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. حمد و ثناء ذات اقدسی را سزاوار است که لم یزل منزه بوده طلعت حضرت او از وصف ماسوای او | Praise and glory befit that Most Sacred Being, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s] | INBA64:030.03-033.14x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00503 | 210 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الامر فى الحین على امر مستقر و لقد نزل الیوم ما فصلت الینا و انا نحن لکل شاهدون و ان الصبح نزلنا کتابا الى الذى صدق امر ربک من قبل | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Command in this Hour according to an established decree. Verily, there hath been sent down this Day that which was expounded unto Us, and We, verily, are witnesses unto all things. And at daybreak did We send down a Book unto him who formerly affirmed the Cause of thy Lord [3.5s] | CMB_F23.134r13-134v12 (38), , CMB_F20.015r06-015r17, , BYC_tablets.071.16-072.10 | Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00473 | 270 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذی نزل الآیات بالحق فی کتاب مبین و هو الذی یحق الحق بآیاته و لو کره المشرکون و لقد منناک بما ذکرت فی الکتاب | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth within a clear Book, and He it is Who vindicateth the truth through His signs, though the idolaters be averse. Verily have We favored thee with that which thou hast mentioned in the Book [3.5s] | CMB_F23.131v11-132v01 (31), , CMB_F20.013r17-013v15, , BYC_tablets.068.05-069.03 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00526 | 180 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. قل الآن جاء الاذن من کتاب الله و ان بذلک فلیفرح الخاشعون | Say: Now hath the leave been granted from the Book of God, and by this let them that are lowly rejoice [3.5s] | CMB_F23.133v13-134r11 (37), , CMB_F20.014v12-015r04, , BYC_tablets.071.05-071.15 | Contention and conflict; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00677 | Treatise on the education of children | 2900 | Arabic | بسمه المکنون العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة لا من شیئ بنفسها لنفسها من نفسها و جعلها طراز قمص طلعة حضرة کینونته | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will from naught, through itself, for itself, of itself, and made it the embroidered vesture of His Own Being's Countenance [3.5s] | Berlin3655.052r-059r | The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00470 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 2 (to Haji Mirza Aqasi?) | 270 | Persian | Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Revealed at Síyáh-Dihán, The | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسمه تبارک و تعالی. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بحکمه سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون الله یعلم خداوند شاهد است بر حال من و کفی به شهیدا که ذنبی متحمل نشده ام که باعث چنین حکمی شده باشد | Praise be to God Who bestoweth wisdom upon whomsoever He willeth, and glorified be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. God knoweth, and the Lord beareth witness - and sufficient is He as witness - that I have committed no transgression warranting such a decree [3.5s] | ASAT2.189x, HNU.220-221, TZH2.139-140, AHDA.262, OOL.A023.2 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, SRC.064, SRC.193 | ||||||
| BH01760 | 500 | mixed | بسمی المظلوم فی دیار بارک الله ارضها و لعن اهلها فی کتب انزلها من قبل علی النبیین و المرسلین | In My Name, the Wronged One, in lands whose soil God hath blessed, but whose people He hath cursed in the Books He sent down aforetime unto His Prophets and Messengers [3.5s] | AVK3.210.06x, AVK3.438.11x, MAS7.137ax, AYI2.306x, AYI2.308x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0037 | Public address given on 1912-07-05 | 1790 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید در جمیع کتب مقدسه الهیه بشاراتی است که بشارت میدهد روزی | You are very welcome! In the divine Holy Books there are unmistakable prophecies | AVK2.071.13x, KHF.182, KHAB.322 (330), KHTB2.161, NJB_v04#01 p.001 | PUP#080 (p.220-225), BSC.268 #552, SW_v03#11 p.006-007+009-010, SW_v13#06 p.146, PN_1912 p029 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2436 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | بسیار بسیار مبارک است خیلی خوب است که در هر شهری و هر قصبه و دهی اینکار را بکنند | This is very wonderful! The friends of God must do the same in every town and hamlet and provide a befitting place for the comfort of the itinerant believers | KHH1.021 (1.029) | KHHE.044 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3127 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 40 | Persian | بسیار چای خوبی است چای باید اینطور باشد قند خوب چای خوب آب زلال پیاله پاک | This is very good. Tea must be like this: good sugar, excellent tea, purified water, clean cup and in every way neat and organized. Otherwise, it is better not to drink it. | KHH1.052 (1.073) | KHHE.091 | Cleanliness and refinement; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Personal instructions; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0592 | Words to the believers, spoken on 1913-12-29 | 470 | mixed | بسیار خوب است که در مقام حضرت اعلی در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک همه جمعیم ابدا | It is most significant that we are all gathered here in the Tomb of His Holiness the Bab and beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection. | KHH1.248 (1.347-349) | KHHE.364-366, DAS.1913-12-29 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0733 | Public address given on 1912-05-02 | 400 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | بسیار خوش آمدید امروز صبح بر خواستم دیدم شهر را مر گرفته صفا نگذاشته هر روز صبح | I find this morning that the city is enveloped by a fog and mist. It is a good city | BSB5:3-6:1 | PUP#034 (p.078-079), SW_v03#04 p.015 | Oneness; unity of religion; Rational arguments; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1535 | Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01 | 200 | Persian | بسیار خوش آمدید ماندن ما در اینجا مانند عبادت است امید وارم که نتائج عظیمه حاصل نماید جمیع نفوس خوابند | You must feel very happy because you are here with me and we are associating together with the utmost kindness. | NJB_v04#14 p.002 | DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0617 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-23 | 460 | Persian | بسیار خوش رفتار بود. از روزی که باین امر اقبال کرد خدمت کرد تا نفس اخیر، یعنی فی الحقیقه دقیقه ای فتور نداشت | His holiness [Muhammad Taqi] Afnan was a man of delightful character and sociability. He came to Baghdad when we lived there and visited the Blessed Perfection. | ZSM.1915-06-23 | DAS.1915-06-24 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08648 | 90 | Persian | بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است | ...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there! | NJB_v04#15 p.004x | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.199, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0032 | Words spoken at Minneapolis synagogue in Minneapolis, 1912-09-18 | 1850 | Persian | بسیار مسرورم که خود را بین این جمع می بینم الحمد لله وجوه نورانی نفوس روحانی | I am most delighted to find myself in this gathering. Praise be to God! These faces are radiant, these souls spiritual [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0642, AHB.123BE #07-08 p.191x, KHF.104, KHTB2.245 | Christ; Christianity; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Moses; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06680 | 120 | Persian | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the | بشارت قرب اتمام مشرق‌الأذکار و انتظام باغچه‌ها و عن‌قريب فوران فوّاره‌ها سبب سرور بی‌منتهی شد | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The glad-tidings of the impending completion of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, the arrangement of its gardens | COMP_MASHRIQP#24, MMK6#029x | BRL_MASHRIQ#24 | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Moderation; frugality; simplicity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06491 | 150 | Persian | بشانی آیات الهی نازل که احدی بر احصای آن جز ذات مقدسش قادر نه و الواح منیعه بدیعه | Divine verses have been revealed in such profusion that none save His sanctified Essence is capable of enumerating them, and sublime, wondrous Tablets [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.053b, | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11815 | 390 | Persian | بشخص محترم عرض نمااید که مدتیست در ایران اسباب ویرانی مهیا و مشکلات عظیمه در | Please convey to the esteemed individual that for some time now, the conditions for havoc have been prepared in Iran, and immense difficulties have arisen [4o] | BRL_DAK#0259 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11913 | 100 | Arabic | بشر فی نفسک لنفسک ثم اسرر لذاتک فی ذاتک ثم انقطع عن کل ما خلق من قبل و یخلق من | Rejoice in thine inmost soul and exult in the very essence of thy being, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in the past and all that shall be fashioned in the future | ADMS#304 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10700 | 60 | Arabic | بشری لک ایتها الورقه الخاضعه الخاشعه لله ربک و رب العالمین تبارک الله الذی | Rejoice, O leaf humble and lowly before God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds! Blessed be God Who [3.5s] | AYBY.436 #162 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01719 | 510 | mixed | بشنو بشنو قلم اعلی از اعلی مقام عالم ندا میفرماید ببین ببین نیر برهان از اعلی | Hearken, hearken! The Most Exalted Pen from the loftiest station of the world doth raise its call. Behold, behold! The Sun of proof shineth forth from the heights [3.5s] | INBA15:258b, INBA26:258b | HDQI.104, MAS8.016x, AHB_108BE #07 p.122x, PYK.129, ANDA#45 p.03, LDR.072x | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05010 | 190 | mixed | بشنو ندای حسین را که مابین ارض و سما مرتفع گشته ای حسین ستارهای حقیقی | Hearken unto the call of Husayn which hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven: O Husayn, thou true star [3.5s] | INBA51:063, KB_620:056-056 | LHKM2.130 | Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06110 | 160 | mixed | بشنو ندای دوست یکتا را اگر توجه نمائی در هر عالمی از عوالم الهی که باشی باین | Hearken unto the call of the One True Friend; shouldst thou be attentive, in whatsoever realm of the divine realms thou mayest dwell, thou shalt perceive this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.089c, | Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05710 | 170 | mixed | بشنو ندای مسجون حزین را که از افق سجن مبین ترا ندا مینماید و بحق میخواند حمد کن محبوب | Hearken unto the voice of the sorrow-laden Prisoner, Who from the horizon of the manifest Prison calleth thee and summoneth thee unto truth. Praise be unto the Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#155, | Chastisement and requital; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06111 | 160 | Persian | بشنو ندای مظلوم آفاق را که از شطر سجن مرتفعست آن رفته باز آمد و آن لؤلؤ | Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One of the horizons, which riseth from the direction of the Prison: He Who had departed hath returned, and that Pearl [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.034b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05011 | 190 | mixed | بشنو ندای مظلومرا و بانچه سزاوار یوم الله است قیام نما قلم اعلی کل را وصیت | Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One, and arise to perform that which beseemeth the Day of God. The Most Exalted Pen counseleth all [3.5s] | ABDA.124 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01572 | 550 | mixed | بشنوید ندای الهی را و ببصر حدید و قلب منیر در کلمات بدیعش نظر نمائید و تفکر | Hearken unto the divine Call, and with penetrating vision and illumined heart, ponder the wondrous words He hath revealed, and meditate thereon [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the Sun of Thy Command shone forth above the horizon of Thine inspiration | INBA47:244, INBA33:018bx, BLIB_Or03116.078, , BLIB_Or11096.172, , BLIB_Or15722.019, | AVK3.453.07x, AVK4.060.03, AHM.210, AQMJ2.099x, GHA.340x, MAS4.102ax, NSR_1993.020x, BSHA.060, ADH1.012x, AKHA_105BE #04 p.001x, VUJUD.095.07x | RBB.119x, VUJUDE.138x, JHT_S#001 | almunajat.com [item 28] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#486 | ||||||
| BH09311 | 100 | mixed | بشنوید ندای محبوب عالم را قسم باسم اعظم که هر که شنید حق شنیدن از عالم و | Hearken unto the Voice of the Beloved of the world! By the Most Great Name I swear that whosoever hath heard it hath truly heard from all creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.161b, | AYI2.063 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07011 | 140 | mixed | بشهادت جمیع کتب الهی این یوم مبارک بطراز تخصیص مزین گشته و بیوم الله موسوم | By the testimony of all the divine Books, this blessed Day hath been adorned with the ornament of distinction and hath been designated as the Day of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.185b, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04422 | 210 | mixed | بشهادت جمیع کتب الهی یوم یوم اللهست و امر امر او بکلمه علیا کل را از عدم | By the testimony of all divine Books, this is the Day of God and the Cause is His Cause. Through the Most Exalted Word He hath brought forth all from nothingness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.014, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00173 | Tafsír-i-Áyat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | 870 | mixed | Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná) | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | بشیر اشارات پر بشارات که از مصر وفا عزم کری جهانان نموده از محفل دوستان | The herald of joyous tidings, who from the Egypt of faithfulness hath set forth to traverse the world, hath reached the gathering of the friends [3.5s]... ...The concourse of the Gospel have presently fallen lost in the wilderness of error and purblindness and thus have considered as naught these assertions of the Gospel | MKT2.057, PYM.423x | BLO_PT#026 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| BH03204 | 280 | mixed | بشیر عمای عرش هویه بقمیص سنای عز صمدیه از غیب بقای مدینه وفا جانب مصر بهای | The Herald of the celestial cloud from the Divine Throne, arrayed in the luminous vesture of eternal glory, hath come forth from the unseen realm of immortality in the City of Faithfulness towards the Egypt of splendour [3.5s] | INBA38:032, INBA36:311 | Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0120 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-11 | 1130 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | بشیکاغو و واشنگتن رفتیم و مراجعت نمودیم بسسیار خوش گذشت زیرا اهالی امریک همه | It is only three weeks that we have been away from the New York friends | BDA1.079.x | PUP#045 (p.111-113), SW_v03#10 p.011-012, SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.088 | Praise and encouragement; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2982 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-09 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بصریح انجیل در ظهور اول هم با انکه آن حضرت از مریم متولد شده بود | The Gospel expressly records that in His first coming, although Christ was born to Mary, He Himself said that He came from heaven. Thus, the meaning of 'heaven' is the greatness of the Cause | BDA1.234.11 | MHMD1.251 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| BB00627 | Letter to an uncle of the Báb | 40 | Persian | بطلاب بگوئید که هنوز امر بالغ نشده و موقع نرسیده لهذا اگر کسی غیر از تبعیت از فروعات و معتقدات اسلامیه را بمن نسبت دهد من | Tell the students that the amr [matter/cause] is not yet mature nor has it reached its appointed time | KKD1.036.04-06x | KSHK.BWB | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0849 | Words to George Latimer | 360 | other/unknown lang | Huqúqu'lláh | بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ | After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq. | BRL_HUQUQP#049 | BRL_HUQUQ#049, COC#1176, BSTW#007 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| BH11820 | 130 | Persian | بعد از اتمام این مکتوب دستخط حضرت محبوب فواد جناب ملا علی اکبر علیه بهاء الله | After the completion of this letter appeared the blessed script of the beloved of Fu'ád, Jináb-i-Mullá-'Alí-Akbar - upon him be the glory of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#524 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01253 | 670 | mixed | بعد از اتمام جواب مراسلات متعدده آنجناب از قبل دو مراسله دیگر که تاریخ آن ۲۹ | After completion of the response to thy numerous communications, two further letters dated the twenty-ninth were received from thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.263, , BLIB_Or15732.275, | AVK1.322.04x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04678 | 200 | Arabic | بعد از اطلاع این فانی آنچه مرقوم داشتند همان مکتوب بعینه بساحت اقدس ارسال شد ... یا اسم الجیم و الواو قد حضر لدی المظلوم ما ارسلته الی اسمی المیم و قرئه عبد | After this evanescent one was informed, that which was inscribed was sent exactly as it was to the Most Holy Court... O Name of Jim and Vav! That which thou didst send unto My Name Mim hath been presented before the Wronged One and was recited [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.207a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06492 | 150 | Persian | بعد از اقرار بتوحید باری و اعتراف بما اتی به انبیائه و رسله و ختمهم بمحمد | After acknowledgment of the oneness of God and confession of that which His Prophets and Messengers brought forth, and their Seal, Muhammad [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.278a, , BLIB_Or15711.171, | Business; financial; property matters; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3727 | Words spoken in Ramleh, 1913 | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعد از انقلاب تا حال مکرّر اهل ایران بانتخاب نفوس و تشکیل دارالشّری پرداخته‌اند | Following the revolution up to the present time, the people of Persia have made repeated attempts to elect people and form consultative assemblies, but the efforts have borne no fruit | BDA2.370 | MHMD2.494-495 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Non-participation in politics; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0824 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 360 | Persian | بعد از اینها خوب میشود من از یک چیز متاثر شدم که یکوقت نوشته بودند | After these occurrences, it will be better.... Tolstoy is a deeply learned man. I wanted him to embrace the blessed Cause | KHH1.053-054 (1.074-076) | KHHE.092-094, STAB#112 | Criticism and its limits; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1536 | Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in Julis | 200 | Persian | بعد از حرکت جمال مبارک از بغداد سید مهدی خیلی بی حکمتی نمود. رضوان در محرم واقع شده بود. در دهم عاشورا عید گرفت | After the departure of the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Siyyid Mahdi acted with great unwisdom. The Ridvan festival had occurred in Muharram. On the tenth day, 'Ashura, he held a celebration [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-06 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08149 | 120 | Persian | بعد از حمد حضرت باری جل ذکره احوال کل را سائلیم مخصوص مهد علیا | After rendering praise unto the Lord of all creation, exalted be His remembrance, We inquire after the welfare of all, especially that of the Most Exalted Handmaiden [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.181c, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02596 | 340 | Persian | بعد از حمد و ثنای مقصود عالمیان و اصفیا و اولیای او عرض میشود مکتوب آنجناب | After rendering praise and thanksgiving unto Him Who is the Goal of all worlds, and unto His chosen ones and His loved ones, this missive is submitted before thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.023, | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02140 | 410 | mixed | بعد از ذکر و ثنای محبوب عالمیان و درود بر انبیای عظام عرض میشود که مدتهاست | After the remembrance and praise of the Beloved of all worlds, and salutations upon the exalted Prophets, it is submitted that for some time [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.025, | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2142 | Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعد از شهادت حضرت مسیح از جمله خدماتش این بود که بواسطه ای با امپراطور رومان ملاقات نمود | Following the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, among the services Mary Magdalene rendered was that, by some means or other, she secured a meeting with the emperor of Rome | BDA2.037 | MHMD2.043, STAB#061 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0239 | Words spoken on 1919-09-19 | 840 | Persian | بعد از ظهور امر الله و ظهور مظهر کلی و اعلاء کلمة الله و انتشار ندای الهی | After the appearance of God's Cause, and the manifestation of His universal Manifestation, and the exaltation of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the divine Call [3.5s] | SFI06.020, SFI07.032 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01867 | 290 | mixed | بعد از ظهور حضرت رسول کبریاء محمد مصطفی روحی له الفداء تعالیم الهیه از | After the advent of His Holiness the glorious Messenger, Muhammad Mustafa - may my spirit be sacrificed for Him - the divine teachings [3.5s] | PZHN v1#2 p.10 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10561 | 70 | mixed | بعد از عرفان حق جل جلاله و استقامت هیچ امری اعظم از تبلیغ نبوده و نیست صدهزار طوبی | After recognition of God, glorified be His majesty, and steadfastness, no deed hath been nor shall be mightier than teaching. A hundred thousand blessings [3.5s] | GHA.254x | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10226 | 80 | mixed | بعد از عرفان مطلع وحی الهی و مشرق اوامر صمدانی استقامت از اعظم اعمال بوده باید | After recognition of the Dawning-Place of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring of the commandments of the Lord of Unity, steadfastness must be accounted among the greatest of deeds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.152c, | AQA5#070 p.087a, AYI2.073, AHB_123BE #06 p.154, AKHA_131BE #18 p.a, AKHA_132BE #18 p.a, ANDA#73 p.04 | Call to action; Nearness and remoteness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08150 | 120 | mixed | بعد از عرفان مظهر ظهور الهی و مشرق وحی صمدانی که سلطان عقاید است باید کل | After attaining unto the recognition of the Manifestation of God and the Dawning-Place of His Divine Revelation, Who is the Sovereign of beliefs, all must [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.148e, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07012 | 140 | mixed | بعد از ملاحظه کتاب آنجناب در ساحت اقدس عرض شد یعنی خود آن مکتوب بتمامه | After perusal of thy letter, it was presented in its entirety at the Most Holy Court [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.210b, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0463 | Words spoken on 1916-04-16 in Bahji | 560 | Persian | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of | بعد از من معرکه می شود. خدا اسباب فراهم آورده که من باشم و نباشم تا احباب در اطراف بر ایشان فتوری حاصل نشود | After my departure there will be a short time of quiet in the Baha'i Cause. Then the flame of love and activity... bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-04-16 | SW_v14#06 p.181x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Christ; Christianity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Law of burial and cremation; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3728 | Words spoken on 1912-12-14 in Liverpool | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعد ازین سفر در ممالک عثمانی باید ندای وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومی بلند شود و نوبت آنحُدود خواهد رسید | After this journey, the call of the unity of humanity and universal peace must be upraised in the Ottoman territories. Their turn shall come | BDA2.022 | MHMD2.026 | Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| BH01331 | 640 | mixed | بعد الحمد لمن کان غنیا عنی و عن مثلی عرض میشود دستخطهای عالی که بجناب جود | After rendering praise unto Him Who is entirely independent of me and my like, be it known that the exalted letters addressed to the noble presence [3.5s] | AYBY.209 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11246 | 40 | Persian | بعد انکه دو ساعت از روز گذشته وارد شدیم شما در انجا ما اینجا نار فراق مشتعل | When two hours of the day had passed, We arrived; thou wert there while We remained here, consumed by the fire of separation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.130d, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01520 | Some Answered Questions #006 Christ | 320 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعد حضرت مسیح آمد و گفت که من بروح القدس تولد یافتم اگر چه حال | Afterwards Christ appeared, saying, “I am born of the Holy Spirit.” If it is easy today | MFD#06, OOL.C022.06 | SAQ#06 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00496 | Letter to Haji Mirza Hasan 'Ali, Khal-i-Asghar, in Masqat | 230 | Persian | بعرض عالی میرساند که هرگاه از طریق مرحمت جویای حال حقیر باشید لله الحمد و المنة | May it be submitted unto your honored presence that, shouldst thou graciously inquire after this lowly one's condition, praise be unto God [3.5s] | AHDA.088 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shaykhis | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08379 | 100 | mixed | بعضی از احباء در سر سر مذمت یاران دیگر نمایند و اساس غیبت را در نهایت متانت | Some of the friends, with utmost composure, engage in censure of other friends and lay the foundations of backbiting [3.5s] | INBA72:058, INBA88:324a, INBA89:059 | AVK3.183.12x, GHA.306 | Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge of self | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06112 | 190 | mixed | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | بعضی از احزاب عالم همت بر آن گماشته اند که بلسانهای مخصوصه خود تکلم نمایند و | Certain peoples of the world have endeavored to speak in their own particular languages, and they have deemed this effort to be the cause of their elevation and exaltation | BRL_DA#116, MAS8.116bx, PYB#249-250 p.03 | BRL_ATBH#69, ADMS#211 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00267 | Christ and Baha’u’llah | 720 | Persian | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | بعضی از اشخاص ذکر نموده‌اند که هرچند آثار عظیمه از جمال مبارک ظاهر شده و اعمال غریبه صادر گشته | Some have asserted that, while mighty signs and marvellous deeds have appeared from Baha'u'llah, through which His greatness shines forth as resplendent as the sun | BRL_TTTP#12 | BRL_TTT#12 | Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB11206 | 40 | Persian | بعضی از اوقات در کمال ابتهال متوجّهاً الی اللّه قبر منوّر شمس‌الوزرا را | At times, in a state of utmost supplication, turning unto God, I visit the illumined resting-place of Shamsu'l-Vuzará [3.5s] | MAS5.227x, QUM.012x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3465 | 20 | Persian | بعضی از پیغمبرها شاعر مخصوص داشتند چنانکه شاعر رسول الله حسان بود شاعر ما هم ورقاست | Certain among the Prophets had their chosen poets, even as Hassan was the poet of the Apostle of God, and Varqá is Our poet [3.5s] | MSBH1.265 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1601 | Words spoken on 1913-04-16 in Budapest | 190 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی از تعالیمشان باین امر نزدیک است ولی امرالله جامع جمیع مسائل الهیه است | Some of their [the Theosophists'] principles are similar to the teachings of this Cause. The Cause of God, however, is the embodiment of every divine principle | BDA2.242 | MHMD2.313-314 | Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB00839 | Some Answered Questions #080 True Pre-existence | 430 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی از حکما و فلاسفه بر آنند که قدیم بر دو قسم است قدیم ذاتی و قدیم زمانی | Certain sages and philosophers hold that there are two kinds of pre-existence, essential and temporal | MFD#80, OOL.C022.80 | SAQ#80 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Four causes; God's attributes require the existence of objects; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1537 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08 | 200 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی از فلاسفه را عقیده اینست که او حقیقت فائقه ئی است که در هر انسانی شراره ئی از آن قوهٴ فائقه موجود و او خود در نهایت قوت است | Some of the philosophers believe that God is the Supreme Reality and that every human being has a spark of this divine reality within him | BDA1.183.12 | SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199 | Emanation vs. manifestation; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00475 | Some Answered Questions #069 The Influence of the Stars and the Interconnectedness of All Things | 570 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی از کواکب آسمانیرا بر کرهء ارض و کائنات ارضیه تأثیر جسمانی واضح و مشهود | Certain celestial bodies exert a physical influence upon the earth and its creatures which is clear and apparent | MFD#69, OOL.C022.69 | SAQ#69 | Astrology and numerology; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being | - | - | |||||||
| AB03385 | 200 | mixed | بعضی از مفسّرین ضمیر موته را بحضرت مسیح ارجاع نموده‌اند و گفته‌اند که در مرّه ثانیه چون از آسمان نزول فرماید | Some of the commentators have referred the pronoun "His death" to Christ, and have said that when in His second coming He descendeth from heaven [3.5s] | YMM.340x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2983 | Words spoken on 1913-05-12 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی از نفوس آنچه از کأس عرفان مینوشند هل من مزید میگویند بعضی بالعکس بدیدن | There are those who, after drinking from the cup of true knowledge, say, 'Is there yet any more?' Conversely, there are others who, upon seeing a mirage | BDA2.297 | MHMD2.392 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2834 | Words to two new Baha’ís, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی از نفوس مانند سراجی هستند که باید آنها را روشن کنند و بعضی خود روشنند ولی دیگران | Some souls are like unto the glass chimneys. They are pure and transparent but an outside light must come in and illumine them; there are others who are illumined but they do not confer illumination | BDA2.288-289 | DAS.1913-05-07, MHMD2.380 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of teachers of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1435 | 220 | Persian | بعضی بر آنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل آن منبعث از تفاعل است | All glory be unto Him! Some have held that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings and their dissolution, springeth from interaction [3.5s] | NJB_v14#11 p.352 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Proofs for the existence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2562 | Words spoken on 1913-02-21 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی بر آنند که بواسطهٴ ریاضت و گوشه نشینی تعدیل اخلاق و تقرب الی الله حاصل میشود | Some are of the opinion that, by practising asceticism and withdrawing from society, one can rectify one's character | BDA2.151 | MHMD2.189 | Generosity [kirama]; Monasticism; asceticism; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1362 | Words spoken on 1916-05-02 in Bahji | 230 | Persian | بعضی برآنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل منبعث از تفاعل است و بجهت این احتیاج به مدبر حقیقی ندارند | Some assert that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings, and their dissolution proceedeth from interaction, and for this cause they stand in no need of a True Ordainer [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-02 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11397 | 30 | mixed | بعضی بمیقات معین باید از بلده مبارکه خارج شوند ح شهری ع اطول و بعضی هم باید | Some, at the appointed time, must needs depart from the Blessed City for a month, a year, or longer, whilst others must [3.5s] | INBA71:119a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01631 | Some Answered Questions #066 The Subsistence of the Rational Soul after the Death of the Body | 310 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی را گمان چنین که جسد جوهر است و قائم بالذات است و روح عرض | Some hold that the body is the substance and that it subsists by itself, and that the spirit is an accident | MFD#66, OOL.C022.66 | SAQ#66 | Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2563 | Words spoken on 1912-10-09 in Palo Alto | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی مسیح را خدا بعضی کلمة الله و بعضی نبی الله گفتند و از اینگونه اختلافات | Some called Christ God, some the Word of God, some others the Prophet of God | BDA1.294.06 | MHMD1.312 | Christian doctrine and practice; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2724 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی معتقدند که حرکت ثالث کرهٴ ارض سبب طول و قصر عمر است که این حرکت غیر از حرکت شبانه روز و حرکت | Some think that is a third motion of the earth which is the cause of the length or shortness of life. This motion, they say, is different from the diurnal and annual motions | MAS2.073, BDA1.162.10 | MHMD1.177 | Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2045 | 130 | Persian | بعضی نفوس هستند که بدون سبب عداوت میکنند و اهل غرض هستند مثلا مدیر یکی از جراید فارسی | There are certain souls who, without cause, manifest enmity and are possessed of ulterior motives - as, for instance, the editor of one of the Persian newspapers [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.210-211 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0857 | Words spoken on 1915-09-29 in Haifa | 350 | Persian | بعضی نفوسند که خلق جدید می شوند. مثل اینکه هیچ آن آدم نیست. در نهایت شدت و غضب بود، بی نهایت حلیم می شود | There are certain souls who become created anew. It is as though they are no longer that same person. One who was at the extremity of severity and wrath becometh infinitely gentle [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-29 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02754 | 320 | mixed | Translation List | بعلماء از قول بها بگو ما بزعم شما مقصریم از خاتم انبیا چرا اعراض نمودید از | Convey to the divines these words of Bahá: Ye have deemed Us to be deserving of blame. Why did ye turn away from the Seal of the Prophets? | BLIB_Or15699.098, , BLIB_Or15724.169, , BLIB_Or15726.117, | ADMS#258 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08151 | 120 | mixed | Translation List | بعلماء از قول بها بگو ما بزعم شما مقصریم از نقطه اولی روح ما سواه فداه چه | Convey to the divines these words of Bahá: Ye have deemed Us to be deserving of blame. What fault appeared so conspicuously from the Primal Point | AYI1.340, UAB.051d, NFQ.009, AHB_108BE #01 p.002 | ADMS#257 | Christ; Christianity; Moses; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10227 | 80 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2219 | Words spoken on 1915-09-21 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | بفرمایش حضرت روح که می فرماید "الجسد یحزن والروح یستبشر منهم " جسمم خسته شده است از این سفر | In accordance with the utterance of His Holiness the Spirit Who declareth: "The body grieveth while the spirit rejoiceth in them" - My body hath grown weary from this journey [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-21 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10800 | 60 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1666 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 180 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بقای آنها نسبت بنفوس مقدسه مانند فناست مثل این چوب که وجود دارد ولی نسبت بعالم انسانی | The permanence of those souls, when compared with that of the sanctified souls, is even as non-existence itself | BDA2.010 | MHMD2.012 | Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| BH11247 | 40 | Persian | بقدرت خود کاذب را یعنی صادق ارض طا را اخذ نموده و | By His power He seized the false one - namely, the truthful one of the Land of Ṭá - and [3.5s] | ASAT4.275x | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03471 | 200 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان | Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife | MMK1#083 p.113x | SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11248 | 40 | Persian | بقول شاعر صحرا و باغ زنده و لان کوی دلبراست لذا هر چه | In the words of the poet: Though desert and garden be vibrant with life, the lane of the Beloved alone is truly alive [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.134b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Arabic | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Healing prayer, Long | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing … | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | 2a | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| ABU0203 | Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31 | 900 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بکلیفورنیا رفتیم هیجان شدیدی در نفوس افتاد در یونیورستی دارالفنون و کنائس و مجامع خلق بحرکت آمدند | Welcome, exceedingly welcome! We went to California and a great commotion was set up in the souls.... | BDA1.342.02x | MHMD1.360x, BSTW#132, BSTW#308 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00148 | 930 | mixed | بکمال ثبوت و رسوخ در حفظ و صیانت حصن حصین امر اللّه بکوشید و در ثبوت و استقامت بر عهد و پیمان الهی | With the utmost steadfastness and constancy strive ye to preserve and protect the impregnable fortress of the Cause of God, and remain firm and immovable in your faithfulness to the divine Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#214 p.164x | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07252 | 110 | Persian | Excerpts from Bahá'í Magazine Star of the West related to The Netherlands (1910-1935) | بکوش تا لسان فارسی را درست تحصیل نمائی تا الواح بهاءالله را تلاوت نمائی و معانی آن را ادراک کنی | Strive thou to acquire the Persian tongue with perfection, that thou mayest recite the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and apprehend their meanings [3.5s]... O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to Got that the call… Endeavor to learn the Persian language correctly, that thou mayest recite the Tablets of Baha’u’llah and comprehend their meanings | ANDA#79 p.05x | SW_v02#10 p.004, ADMS#203cx | Growth of the Cause; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11336 | 30 | Persian | Translation List | بکوش که در زبان فارسی نهایت مهارت را حاصل نمائی و الواح جمال مبارک را بخوانی | ...Strive to acquire the utmost proficiency in the Persian language—to read the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty and discover the heavenly significances of their words | ANDA#79 p.05x | ADMS#203bx | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09312 | 100 | mixed | بگو ای انیس جمیع خدمتها و امور راجع بکلمه لا و نعمی است که از مطلع لسان رحمن | Say: O companion! All services and affairs return unto the word "nay" and "yea" that shineth forth from the Dayspring of the tongue of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#270, | Belief and denial; Consolation and comfort; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10228 | 80 | Persian | بگو ای اهل امکان طلعت رحمن میفرماید امروز روز گفتار نیست و هنگام انتظار نه | Say: O people of creation! The Countenance of the All-Merciful proclaimeth: This is not the day for words, nor is it the time for tarrying [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#207, | AHM.315, HDQI.035a | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05342 | 180 | mixed | بگو ای عباد بانچه حق جل جلاله وصیت فرموده عامل شوید امروز روز قرب و لقاست و | Say: O servants! Act in accordance with that which the True One, exalted be His majesty, hath enjoined. This is the Day of nearness and of meeting [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.191c, | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08756 | 110 | mixed | بگو ای عباد صبح ظهور طالع و عرف قمیص متضوع و رائحه رحمن از یمن جانان در هبوب | Say: O servants! The morn of Manifestation hath dawned, and the fragrance of the divine raiment is diffused, and the breeze of the All-Merciful wafteth from the Yemen of the Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.135b, | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10801 | 60 | mixed | بگو ای عباد مظلوم آفاق در یوم معاد کل را بمالک ایجاد دعوت میفرماید مقصود آنکه | Say: O wronged servants throughout all regions! On the Day of Return, He summoneth all unto the Lord of creation. The purpose is that [3.5s] | INBA18:333, BLIB_Or15716.076.01, | HDQI.109 | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Goodly deeds; actions; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05711 | 170 | mixed | بگو ای ناعقین این یوم یوم الله است در او دیده نمیشود جز حق و آثارش امروز | Say: O ye that croak! This is the Day of God; naught is seen therein save His Truth and His signs this day [3.5s]... ...This is the Day which past ages and centuries can never rival. Know this, and be not of the ignorant | INBA23:023 | ADJ.079x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2046 | Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد | Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-16 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03083 | 290 | mixed | بگو چه خوشست کوثر استقامت اگر از دست دوست بیاشامید و چه نیکوست عرف آن اگر بان | Say: How sweet is the Kawthar of steadfastness when quaffed from the hand of the Friend, and how excellent is its fragrance when inhaled therefrom [3.5s] | INBA51:403, BLIB_Or15719.006c, | AVK3.418.10x, LHKM3.302 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09313 | 100 | mixed | بگو قتل نفس دلیل مردی و مردانگی نیست اگر قادرید نفوس پژمرده و مرده را بنفحات رحمانیه | Say: The taking of life is no proof of manliness and valor. If ye be able, revive withered and lifeless souls through the breaths of divine mercy [3.5s] | MAS8.036bx | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09314 | 100 | mixed | بگو یا حزب الله عمر گرانمایه را در خدمت امر صرف نمائید در هر ارضی باید اولیا | Say: O people of God! Spend your precious life in service to the Cause. In every land must the loved ones [3.5s] | AVK3.458.03x | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10229 | 80 | Persian | بگو یا حزب الله و احزاب مختلفه عالم بر نصرت قیام نمائید و عالم محبت و وداد | Say: O Party of God and diverse parties of the world! Arise ye to render assistance and create a realm of love and fellowship [3.5s] | AVK3.217.17x | Call to action; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; True liberty; freedom; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00910 | 900 | mixed | بگو یا معشر العلماء و العرفاء و الامرآء اتقوا الله و انصفوا فی هذا الامر الذی | Say: O concourse of divines, mystics and rulers! Fear ye God and be fair in your judgment of this Cause which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.061, , BLIB_Or15728.015, | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05012 | 190 | mixed | بلایا و رزایای شما نزد این مسجون مظلوم واضح و مشهود است ولکن آنچه در سبیل الهی بر | The trials and tribulations that have befallen you are evident and manifest before this Wronged Prisoner, yet that which in the path of God hath [3.5s] | INBA18:558, BLIB_Or15719.162f, | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01644 | Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firaq (Tablet of the Nightingale of Bereavement) | 530 | mixed | Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) | Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation) | بلبل الفراق علی غصن الافاق ینادی هذا الفراق یا ملا الاشتیاق و طیر الوفا یتغن | The nightingale of separation, perched upon the branch of the horizon, calls out in grief, you who are filled with yearning | INBA38:063, INBA36:376b, INBA71:074b | AQA4#095 p.324x, AQA4a.363x, GSH.042, OOL.B034a, OOL.B034b | SW_v12#16 p.251, BLO_PT#115 | Announces in sorrowful language His departure from Baghdad and reproaches those who had thus far fai … | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 1b | * | - | ROB1.244, MMAH.079, LL#080 | ||
| BH03331 | 270 | mixed | Translation List | بلسان پارسی بیانات الهی ذکر میشود اگرچه لسان عربی احسن است ولکن گفتار | The utterances of God are being spoken in Persian. Though the Arabic language be richer, yet is the Persian tongue more sweet | BLIB_Or15715.373b, | MAS8.110bx | ADMS#217 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Scarcity of receptive souls; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||
| BH01999 | 440 | mixed | بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود تا مقصود من غیر ستر و حجاب بر قاصدان کعبه مقصود واضح | The following words are rendered in the Persian tongue, that the purpose may be unveiled and unobscured for them that seek the Sacred Kaaba of their desire [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.159, , BLIB_Or15719.038, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03084 | 290 | Persian | بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود تا نفوس آن ارض بشنوند و بیابند حق جل جلاله بلسان | In the Persian tongue is this revealed, that the souls of that land may hearken and discover the Truth, glorified be His majesty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.177c, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00982 | 840 | Persian | بلغت فصحی از قبل ذکر نمودیم آنچه را که مشعر بر عنایت محضه و ذکر ابدیه بوده | We have heretofore set forth in eloquent language that which betokeneth pure grace and eternal remembrance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.038.21, | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11044 | 50 | mixed | بلکه پخته ارادهٴ فرار نموده‌ئی که از عرصهٴ بلا و موقف ابتلا بگریزی هیهات هیهات هنوز بسهم اعدا | Nay, rather, thou hast formed a fixed resolve to flee from the arena of tribulation and the station of tests. Alas! Alas! Still by the arrows of the enemies [3.5s] | INBA38:100bx | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2143 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-10 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی اصول ادیان یکی است و شمس حقیقت واحد ولکن در هر یومی از مطلعی نمودار پس بهآئیان معتقد باصول ادیان و متوجه شمس حقیقتند | The basic principles of all religions are the same and the Sun of Truth is one, yet every day it appears from a different dawning point. | BDA1.186.07 | MHMD1.202 | Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3466 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 20 | Persian | بلی امروز یوم جمال قدم و عصر اسم اعظم است روز عروسی است ایام بهار است بعد ایام تابستان و خزان و زمستان میرسد | Yea, this day is the Day of the Ancient Beauty and the Age of the Most Great Name. It is the wedding day, these are the springtime days, after which shall come the days of summer, autumn and winter [3.5s] | KHH2.273a | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2985 | Words spoken on 1919-12-09 | 50 | Persian | بلی اهالی ایتالیا متعصبند وقتیکه وارد ناپولی | Every year, on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year, the Pope would deliver a sermon in the church. One year he invited the Italian king to attend this ceremony. | NJB_v11#19 p.341b | STAB#050 | The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3661 | Words spoken on 1919-12-18 | 60 | Persian | بلی این لوح در اواخر ایام جمال مبارک نازل شد موقعی به ابن ذئب رسید به صعود واقع شده بود | Yes. It was revealed during the latter days of the Blessed Beauty. When it reached the Son of the Wolf, the Ascension [of Baha'u'llah] had taken place | ISA.001 | ISAE.1919-12-18 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09808 | 90 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1252 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 250 | Persian | بلی چنین است این آخوند همیشه ورد زبانش یا لیتنی کنت معک فافوز فوزاًعظیما بود ولی چون خودرا در صحرای کربلا | Yea, verily, such was this divine that forever upon his tongue were the words "Would that I had been with Thee, that I might have attained a most great triumph," yet when he found himself upon the plain of Karbila [3.5s] | KHMT.080-081 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2144 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14 | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی در آیات بدیعه نازل که کار و شغل حکم عبادت دارد ولی این دلیل بر آن نیست که عبادات و اذکار | Religion without prayer is no religion; but in this Movement work and worship must go hand in hand; one must inspire the other. | BDA2.181 | DAS.1913-03-14, MHMD2.230 | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Importance of prayer; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3656 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | بلی زیرا بموجب دستور مبارک عمل نکرده اند در مجمع اتفاق ملل فقط چند دولت | Yes, since they have disobeyed the blessed instructions [of Baha'u'llah]. Only a few countries have representatives in the League of Nations, whereas the representatives must be appointed and ratified by the nation | ISA.012 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2047 | Words spoken ca. 1903 | 130 | Persian | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | بلی صهبای بلا در سبیل جمال اقدس ابهی باید رنگارنگ باشد تا نشئه کامل ببخشد | Yes, in the path of the Blessed Beauty one must drink heartily from the overflowing cup of difficulties and afflictions in order to experience its consummate intoxicating effect. | KNSA.136-137 | MNYA.184 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3653 | Words spoken on 1919-12-21 | 110 | Persian | بلی عاکور همین عکاست فرنگی ها به عکا عاکور میگویند در طول مدت تاریخ | Yes, Achor is this same 'Akka. The Westerners refer to 'Akka as Achor. Over the course of history, it has acquired many names. At first it was 'Aúk, then became 'akúr [Achor] and afterwards 'Akka | ISA.015 | ISAE.1919-12-21 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2564 | Words spoken on 1912-09-04 in Montreal | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی قدر و عظمت این سفر هنوز معلوم نیست بعد معلوم می شود چون ما مقصدی از این سفر جز | Yes, the value and greatness of these travels are not known now... At the time of Muhammad's migration to Medina under divine protection, Abu Bakr was with Him. | BDA1.227.13 | MHMD1.244, STAB#066 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0242 | Words spoken on 1913-04-30 in Stuttgart | 830 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی کمالات این قرن همه نزد عقلای قرون سابقه محال بود آیا از پیش کسی گمان مینمود که زنها | Indeed, the hallmarks of this age were all deemed impossible by the wise ones of former times | BDA2.272-275 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.357-360 | Equality of men and women; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Means of establishment of future civilization; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3745 | Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بموجب تعالیم بهآءاللّٰه عمل کنید بسیاری تعالیم الٓهیّه را میخوانند امّا در موقع فراموش مینمایند | Act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah. Many are the people who peruse the divine teachings, but promptly forget what they have read when the time comes to act | BDA2.258 | MHMD2.336 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2220 | Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بناپارت در عالم ملک یکی از نفوس عظیمه بود ولی فتوحاتش محدود بود منتهی شد | [Napoleon] Bonaparte was a powerful person in this earthly dominion. His conquests, however, were limited. | BDA2.129 | DAS.1913-02-10, MHMD2.160-161 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB11225 | 40 | mixed | بنده پروردگارا نامه شما رسید از عدم مجال در جواب مجبور باختصارم در حین تلاوت | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and due to lack of time I am compelled to be brief. During my perusal [3.5s] | AVK3.078.01x, AVK4.024.12x | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for martyrs; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11017 | 50 | Turkish | بنده مخلصا جمال قدمک بر احسانی الفت قلوب و محبت نفوس در جناب علی اکبر آستان | O thou sincere servant of the Ancient Beauty! The fellowship of hearts and love of souls are manifest in His honor Ali-Akbar of the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA72:151a | BRL_DAK#0318, MJT.095 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11937 | 120 | mixed | بنم رب کریمم و خداوند حیمم بنم حال زارمی باق عاجز و ناتوانم صبرسز و بیقرارم | O my Lord, Most Bountiful, and my God, Most Clement! I am in a state of distress, utterly powerless and helpless, bereft of patience and filled with restlessness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0410 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08152 | 120 | Arabic | بنورک یا الله باسمک یا الله بامرک یا الله و سلطانک یا الله ببهائک یا الله بعزک یا الله | By Thy light, O God! Through Thy Name, O God! By Thy Command, O God! And by Thy Sovereignty, O God! Through Thy Glory, O God! By Thy Might, O God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.174a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06114 | 160 | mixed | Bahá'u'lláh's Warning to Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí in a Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí | بنویس بجناب مهدی انا انطقنا النبیل قبل علی فی صغره لیشهدن الناس قدرتی و | Write, O Mahdi! Verily, We caused Nabil-i-'Ali to speak forth in his childhood that men might witness My power and [3.5s]... ...He, verily is but one of My servants... Should he for a moment pass out from under the shadow of the Cause | BRL_DA#105, MAS4.361x, MAS8.040a, ASAT5.100x | WTAB.006x, GPB.251x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | LL#246 | |||||||
| ABU3739 | Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in London | 40 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بنویسید این الواح مبارکه را بخوانند و نشر دهند سابق مسلمین در تفسیر آلم غلبت الرّوم | Instruct the friends to read and disseminate these Tablets. How impressive are the commentaries which the Muslims of former times wrote concerning these verses: 'The Romans have been defeated…' | BDA2.101 | MHMD2.123 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2725 | Words to the children, spoken on 1912-04-16 | 70 | Persian | به به چه اطفال مبارکی هستند خیلی نورانیند در وجوهشان | These are blessed children. They are very illumined. In their faces the rays of the love of God can be seen. I pray in their behalf | KHTB2.026, NJB_v04#10 p.004 | BSTW#341 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3128 | Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris | 40 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | به بین خدا ما را بکجاها کشانیده چگونه آوارهٴ صحرا و دریا کرده فی الحقیقه این قول حافظ | Consider the places where God has taken us--how He has made us wanderers upon the plains and across the seas. Truly, this passage from Hafiz | BDA2.109 | MHMD2.134 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2726 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید چگونه اقتدار امر الله ولوله در دلها انداخت و چه انقلابی در نفوس افکند چه طور عون و عنایت جمال ابهی پی در پی رسید | Observe how the power of the Cause of God has created a tumult in the hearts and what a revolution it has produced. See how the aid and assistance of the Abha Beauty have reached us | BDA1.415.16 | MHMD1.432 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2437 | Words to Mrs Moody's relatives, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید قدرت حضرت بهآءالله چگونه قلوب را ارتباط داده و شرق و غرب را بهم مربوط ساخته که وقتی دکتور مودی بطهران رفت | Behold how the power of Baha'u'llah has connected the hearts and has joined the East and the West. When Dr Moody first went to Tihran | BDA1.348.09 | MHMD1.367 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH11249 | 40 | Persian | به دنیا و آنچه در اوست مسرور نباشید | Be not gladdened by the world and whatsoever is therein [3.5s] | UAB.047cx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0883 | Words spoken on 1916-02-01 in Haifa | 340 | Persian | به نجف می رفت و چون میرزا حسن عمو داماد او بودند و آشنائی هم بود، جمال مبارک حضرت عبدالبهآء را با آقای کلیم | He was journeying to Najaf, and inasmuch as Mirza Hasan-i-'Ammu was his son-in-law and there existed familiarity between them, he took with him the Blessed Beauty, the Most Great Branch, and the honorable Kalim [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-01 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11557 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #03 | 10 | Arabic | بهاء الله | Baha’u’llah | KHSH04.016, MHA.000ii, AMIN.017#1 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1667 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | بهائی در هر شهری که باشد باید بافعال مشهور آفاق شود. بهائی بودن بعمل است نه بقول. اینست که می فرماید | The Bahá'í, in whatsoever city he may abide, must needs become renowned throughout all horizons by his deeds. The state of being a Bahá'í is attained through action, not through words. This is what He hath decreed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11806 | 810 | Persian | بهائیان بجان و دل خدمت بجمعیت اتحاد و ترقی مینمایند و هم مسلک و هم مشربند و | The Bahá'ís are serving the cause of unity and progress with heart and soul, and they share the same path and principles [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0179 | East and West; communication between East and West; Non-participation in politics; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11625 | 10 | Persian | بهترین غذا سرور است | The best food is happiness. | HKD.270 | SOMH.200 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1302 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 240 | Persian | بهشت و جهنم هم در این عالم است و هم در آن عالم نفوسیکه در اینعالم بهر پیش آمدی تسلیم | Paradise and hell exist both in this world and in that world - those souls who in this world submit to every circumstance [3.5s] | PYB#061 p.16x, KHMT.071-072 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08380 | 100 | Persian | بهمنا گریه ابر بهمن را خنده گلزار و چمن در پی و سبزی و خرمی و شکوفه و گل و ریاحین | The lamentation of the winter cloud precedes the laughter of the garden and meadow, followed by verdure, freshness, blossoms, flowers, and sweet-scented herbs [3.5s] | YARP2.371 p.294, PPAR.111, QUM.243c | Spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0446 | Words spoken on 1913-06-06 in Paris | 610 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بواسطهٴ میرزا محیط خواست در کمال خفا نصف شب بحضور مبارک مشرّف شود چون این استدعای شاهزاده | He [Kayvan Mirza] wished to attain the presence of Baha'u'llah at midnight, through the intermediation of Mirza Muhit and in the utmost secrecy | BDA2.335-337 | MHMD2.445-447 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2986 | Public address given on 1912-09-13 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بودن مدنیت الهیه اسرار ملکوت ظاهر نگردد فیوضات روحانیه تحقق نجوید حکمت و قوهٴ ماورآء الطبیعه جلوه ننماید | With[out] divine civilization the mysteries of the Kingdom are not revealed and the bounties of heaven are not ascertained; supernatural wisdom and power to not manifest themselves | BDA1.243.09 | MHMD1.260 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3129 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 | 40 | Persian | بی پرگار با دستش دایره میکشید دو خط متساوی و متلاصق مانند پرگار و خطکش | Without [the aid of] a compass, he could draw circles. He did this using two equal, perpendicular lines | KHH1.138 (1.191) | KHHE.207-208 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2145 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیائید اینمسئلهٴ مهم را بذهن بسپارید شخصی از طهران نوشته که مشیت کلیه همیشه بر عرش ظهور مستویست یعنی همیشه | Come here and consider this important question. A person from Tihran has written that the Universal Will is always manifest | BDA1.023.06 | MHMD1.031 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3467 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 20 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بیائید ببینید چه ستارهٴ روشنی است من میخواهم احبای جمال مبارک مثل این ستاره روشن باشند | Come and see what a brilliant star this is! I cherish the hope that the loved ones of the Blessed Beauty may be like this shining star | BDA2.013 | MHMD2.015 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1915 | Words spoken on 1912-11-15 in New York | 150 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان انسان دو قسم است یکی بیانی است که فقط منبعث از احساسات شخصی و خیال و فهم اوست این برای همه حجت و میزان نیست | Man explains things in two ways. One explanation originates from his personal feelings... In Jerusalem every now and then they broadcast a promise | BDA1.375.15 | MHMD1.394-395 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1828 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان باید بمشرب حضار و اقتضای وقت باشد حسن عبارات و اعتدال در ادای معانی و کلام است | The explanations must be adapted to the capacity of the hearers and suited to the exigency of the time. | ANDA#79 p.15, MAS5.176b, GTB.015, BDA1.175.08 | MHMD1.190-191, STAB#079 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH10562 | 70 | mixed | بیان شان لسان حال اشجار ناطق حرارت از نار حال از شجر ظاهر امروز آفاق قلوب | The utterance of Their tongue is the voice of the trees: today the warmth of the fire of yearning blazes forth from the Tree, setting aflame the horizons of hearts [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.177d, | Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BHU0039 | 60 | Persian | بیان غصن اعظم و قوت و تصرف و تخیر شان حال معلوم و ظاهر نیست بعد معلوم میشود که فردا وحیدا... اگر ممکن بود هر نفسی اول ورود مدینه عکا غصن اعظم را ملاقات نماید و در خدمتشان ادراک فیض | The power and potency of the Most Great Branch are concealed now, but soon will they be made manifest…. Were it possible, We would recommend that the pilgrims who enter the city of 'Akka go directly to the presence of the Most Great Branch, listen to Him | BSDR.253-254, DHU.040 | STDH.106-107, STOB.077 #105, ABCC.044x | Personal instructions; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00834 | 980 | mixed | بیانات عربی که ببدایع نغمات حجازی از سماء سلطنت صمدانی نازل شد زیاده از حد | The Arabic utterances which descended from the heaven of Divine sovereignty with wondrous Hijazi melodies surpass all bounds [3.5s] | INBA38:001, INBA65:256, INBA57:006, BLIB_Or15722.228, , NLI.32p016v | HDQI.072, MAS8.033bx, AYI2.001x, AYI2.206x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2565 | Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بیانات مبارکه از تواریخ زمان اسلام خیلی مفصل بود از آنجمله حکایت حجاج ظالم | When Hajjaj was named chief of the camp, following a period of disorder, he first issued an edict | BDA2.108 | MHMD2.132, STAB#048, STAB#144 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3290 | Words spoken on 1915-04-18 in Haifa | 30 | Persian | بیت العدل مقام تشریع دارد و آنچه منصوص نیست تشریع نماید و تنفیذی نیست . در ایالات مختلفه انتخابات می شود و بیت عدل تشکیل شود و مرکز را بصلاح دید خود معین خواهند کرد | The House of Justice possesseth legislative authority, and that which hath not been expressly revealed may be legislated by it, and is not revocable. Elections shall be held in diverse provinces, and the House of Justice shall be established, and they shall determine the center thereof according to their own wisdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-04-18 | Elections; House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10802 | 60 | Arabic | بیت بناه الخلیل و طافه العباد و بیت بناه الجلیل و جعله مثواه الاول ما دخل فیه و | The House built by the Friend, which throngs of worshippers circle round, and the House raised by the All-Glorious One, which He made His dwelling-place - the first none entered therein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.091f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2987 | Words to Mirza Munir, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیچاره گمنام شد و در ملک و ملکوت ذلیل گردید چه عزتی داشت ولی چون قدر ندانست | The poor man [Kheiralla] has become nameless and debased both in this world and in the Kingdom. What a high honor he had! | BDA1.011.01 | MHMD1.016 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||
| BH08757 | 110 | Persian | بی‌شائبه شک و ریب انسان از برای معاشرت و ملاقات آمده نفس ظهور انسان گواه | Beyond the shadow of doubt and uncertainty, man hath been created for fellowship and communion, the very manifestation of man beareth witness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.106f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09315 | 100 | mixed | بیقین بدان که حق جل و عز نفوس مقبله را بعنایت بدیعه خود مخصوص فرموده و ثمرات | Know thou of a certainty that God, exalted and glorious be He, hath singled out the souls that turn unto Him through His wondrous favor and the fruits [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.258a, , BLIB_Or15730.027a, | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10803 | 60 | mixed | بیقین بدانید که لدی العرش مذکورید و قلم اعلی بذکر شما متوجه ان المظلوم یذکر | Know ye with certainty that ye are mentioned before the Divine Throne, and that the Supreme Pen hath turned to make mention of you. Verily, the Wronged One maketh mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.182c, , BLIB_Or15719.046a, | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03085 | 290 | Arabic | بیقین مبین بدان لحاظ عنایت حق جل جلاله بارض ص بوده و هست در آن ارض | Know thou with absolute certitude that the glance of God's loving-kindness, glorified be His majesty, hath ever been directed towards the land of Ṣád [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.033.02, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11642 | 180 | mixed | بیقین مبین بدانید هر نفسی الیوم از کوثر محبت الهی آشامید و بافق اعلی توجه | Know with absolute certitude that whosoever hath in this Day drunk from the Kawthar of Divine love and turned toward the most exalted horizon [3.5s] | FRH.026 | Parents and children; youth; families; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1030 | Interview with Prof. Henri Bergson, Paris, ca. Jan. 1913 | 300 | Persian | بین طبیعیون و الهیون در یک مورد وحدت نظر وجود دارد و آن این است که خلقت جمیع | Between the naturalists and the divines there existeth unanimity of view in one matter, and that is this: that throughout creation all things [3.5s] | VAA.254-255x | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05712 | 170 | mixed | بینیاز میفرماید ای کنیز من و فرزند کنیز من ندایم را بشنو الحمد لله از رحمت | The Self-Sufficient One speaketh: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call. Praise be unto God for His mercy [3.5s] | INBA65:044x, INBA30:092ax, INBA81:007b, BLIB_Or15695.164b, , NLAI_BH_AB.019x | AHM.338, DWNP_v6#06-7 p.001x, AQMJ1.155x, ADH1.129 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Scarcity of receptive souls; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01361 | 340 | Persian | پاک جانا فی الحقیقه ثابت بر پیمانی و بنده باوفای آستان یزدان صدمات بیشمار | O pure soul! In truth thou art steadfast in the Covenant and a faithful servant at the Threshold of the Lord amidst countless afflictions [3.5s] | AYBY.367 #051, PYB#201 p.17, KHSH09.008, TRZ1.188 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01161 | 720 | mixed | پاک و مقدس بوده و خواهد بود سلطانیکه افق عالم را بانوار نیر اعظم منور فرمود | Pure and sanctified hath been and ever shall be that Sovereign Who hath illumined the horizon of the world with the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#043, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09534 | 80 | Persian | پاک و مقدسا و بيچون و منزها پرستش ترا سزا که بسا بی سر و پائی را سرور دو جهان نمودی | O Thou Who art sanctified, holy, peerless and exalted! Worthy art Thou of all praise, for Thou hast raised up many a lowly soul to be sovereign of both worlds [3.5s] | MMG2#247 p.278x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09698 | 5700 | mixed | پاک و منرهست پروردگار عالمیان از مدح... یا محمد وجه قدم بتو متوجه و ترا ذکر مینماید | Sanctified and exalted above all praise is the Lord of the worlds... O Muhammad, the Countenance of the Ancient One hath turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things | BRL_DA#223, AVK3.325.13x, GHA.088bx, AKHB.209x, AKHA_103BE #06 p.009x, AKHA_129BE #06 p.206x, AKHA_133BE #10 p.226x | ADJ.077x | S. Scriven, 12th Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival | Education of children; moral education; Hands of the Cause; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09712 | 80 | Persian | پاک يزدانا تأييدی بخش و توفيقی فرما تا بيگانه و خويش فراموش کنيم و از هر ذکری خاموش گرديم | O pure Lord! Grant Thy confirmation and bestow Thy grace, that we may forget both stranger and kin, and fall silent from every mention [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #12 p.ax, MJMJ2.080x, MJMJ3.083x, MMG2#203 p.231x | S. Tirandaz | Being a source of light; guidance; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06410 | 130 | mixed | پاک يزدانا محبوب مهربانا اين ياران آشفتهء بوی تو اند و سر گشتهء کوی تو از هر قيدی رستند | O pure God, loving Lord! These companions are captivated by Thy fragrance and bewildered in Thy path, freed from every bond [3.5s] | MMG2#173 p.200x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03263 | 210 | Persian | پاک یزدانا اگرچه دیوانه و بی لانه و آشیانه گشتم ولی سرگشته کوی توام و آشفته | O pure God! Though I have become crazed and bereft of home and nest, yet am I a wanderer in Thy lane and distraught [3.5s] | INBA75:018 | MSHR2.114, MJH.041, MUH1.0044, YQAZ.434 | Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02814 | 230 | Persian | پاک یزدانا این جمع را شمع عالم کن و این انجمن را گلزار و گلشن محفلش را روضه | O Thou pure God! Make thou this gathering the candle of the world and suffer this assembly to become a rose garden and a verdant meadow. | INBA13:086, INBA75:023 | DUR2.047, ADH2.021, ADH2_1#10 p.018, MJMJ1.040, MMG2#166 p.189, MJH.006 | DAS.1913-09-08, ABIE.293, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00644 | 490 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | پاک یزدانا بیناای و شنوا مقتدری و توانا صیت نبا عظیم در جمیع اقالیم منتشر و | O Thou Pure God! Thou art the Seer and the Hearer! Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty! The fame of Thy Most Great Cause… O ye true friends! Day and night ‘Abdu’l‑Baha calleth his loved ones to mind, and with every breath | INBA75:087 | BRL_DAK#0065, MKT2.136, MILAN.200, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, BCH.005, ADH2_1#53 p.081, MJMJ1.081, MMG2#047 p.047, MJH.031, YHA1.016x | BRL_ATE#092x, TAB.574-576 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for peace and unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01445 | 330 | mixed | پاک یزدانا جمعیم پریشان تو بیگانه ایم خویشان تو افسرده ایم شعله برافروز | O Pure God! We are gathered yet scattered; we are estranged though we are Thy kin; we are dejected - kindle Thou the flame [3.5s] | INBA13:355, INBA75:009, Majlis210461.125-126 | MKT1.414, MNMK#085 p.153, MILAN.215, BCH.095, DUR2.026, ADH2.040, ADH2_1#21 p.035, MJMJ1.035, MMG2#157 p.176, MJH.003 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01999 | 280 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | پاک یزدانا خاک ایران را از آغاز مشکبیز فرمودی و شورانگیز و دانش خیز و گوهرریز | O Thou sanctified Lord! From its earliest days, Thou didst make the soil of Persia to be musk scented and soul stirring, gem laden and knowledge bearing | INBA89:026, NLAI_BH_AB.010b | BRL_DAK#0713, MKT1.438, MKT2.082, MILAN.051, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, AMK.085-086, AMK.159-160, ALPA.014b, DWNP_v3#06 p.041-042, DWNP_v3#11 p.019, PYM.117-119, BCH.027, KHSH12.008, DUR1.152, ADH2_1#49 p.074, MJMJ1.067, MMG2#446 p.490, MJH.024, YARP2.017 p.074, PPAR.055, DLS.168, RMT.208-209 | BRL_ATE#170, ADMS#065i28x | Ahdieh | Education of children; moral education; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB10211 | 70 | Persian | پاک یزدانا دلهای پریشان را التیام بخش و افکار بیچارگانرا | O Pure God! Heal Thou the troubled hearts and the thoughts of the helpless ones [3.5s] | BSHN.140.255, BSHN.144.255, MHT2.153b | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07055 | 120 | Turkish | پاک یزدانا قوللرز و کوله لرز افتاده یز بیچاره یز آواره یز پرگناهز بی انتباهز پراشتباهز | O Pure God! We are Thy servants and bondswomen, helpless, wretched and wandering, steeped in sin, heedless and full of error [3.5s] | INBA72:089 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07738 | 110 | Persian | Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some | پاک یزدانا کل گنه کاریم و تو آمرزگار جمیع جامع عیوبیم و تو کاشف کروب گناه این | O Pure God! We are all sinners, and Thou art the Forgiver; we are all encompassed by faults, and Thou art the Dispeller of sorrows [3.5s] | INBA75:057 | BSHN.140.418, BSHN.144.412, DUR2.156, ADH2.039, ADH2_1#20 p.034, MJMJ1.060, MMG2#249 p.280, MJH.017, MHT1a.060, MHT1b.018 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11392 | 30 | Persian | پروردگار مهربانا این بنده بی سر و سامان رستم ایران را در پناه خویش راحت و | O Thou kind Almighty! Bestow Thou a refuge and protection to this homeless and shelterless servant of Thine, Rostam | YARP2.499 p.366 | DAS.1914-03-28 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07056 | 120 | Persian | پروردگارا آمرزگارا این بندگانرا پناه توای واقف اسرار و آگاه توای جمیع ما | O Lord, O Forgiver! These servants seek Thy shelter, O Thou Who art the Knower of mysteries and art cognizant of all [3.5s] | INBA75:082 | AKHA_128BE #02 p.a, BSHN.140.425, BSHN.144.419, DWNP_v6#02 p.001, DUR1.059, ANDA#01 p.46, ADH2.012, ADH2_1#04 p.011, MJMJ1.078, MMG2#207 p.235, MJH.030a, MHT1a.055, MHT1b.013, MMJA.009, NJB_v04#12 p.004 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07057 | 120 | Persian | پروردگارا آمرزگارا این مرغان شکسته پرند بال و پری ببخش و در اوج عفو و غفران | O Lord, O Forgiver! Grant wings and pinions unto these broken-winged birds, and cause them to soar in the heights of pardon and forgiveness [3.5s] | YARP2.335 p.275 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08381 | 100 | Persian | پروردگارا آمرزگارا بخشندگی و مهربانی سزاوار درگاه خداوندیست و درخشندکی شایان | O Lord, O Forgiving One! Bounty and loving-kindness befit the divine threshold, and radiance is meet therefor [3.5s] | YARP2.483 p.359 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08382 | 100 | Persian | Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some | پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده درگاه اردشیر جمشید پناه ببارگاه آورد جهان نیستی | O Lord, O Forgiver! Thy servant Ardeshir Jamshid-Panah hath turned toward Thy threshold in this world of nothingness [3.5s] | YARP2.588 p.414 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02000 | 280 | Persian | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer for Fathers; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده درگاهت ویندست توجه بملکوت ابهی مینماید و از برای پدر | O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiver! The servant of Thy Threshold, Windust... O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children | BRL_DAK#0213 | BRL_PMDA#25x, BPRY.064x, COC#0844x, COC#1747x, LOG#0770x, SW_v11#19 p.319, BLO_PT#066, BSTW#011 | S. Rowshan, Anke & Armin | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB05409 | 150 | Turkish | پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده شرمنده یی امیدوار ایله نیکوکار ایله فیض احدیتدن | O Lord, O Forgiver! Make of this abashed servant one filled with hope, make him beneficent through the outpouring of Thy oneness [3.5s] | MJT.041 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02458 | 250 | Persian | پروردگارا آمرزگارا توای مهربان توای خداوند عظیم الغفران ما جمله سراپا قصوریم | O Lord, O Forgiver! Thou art the Compassionate One, Thou art the Lord of infinite forgiveness. We are all utterly encompassed by our failings [3.5s] | INBA85:213 | BSHN.140.193x, BSHN.140.327x, BSHN.144.193x, BSHN.144.325x, MHT1b.247, MHT2.148ax | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for forgiveness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08841 | 90 | mixed | پروردگارا آمرزگارا جمعی هستيم پريشان تو هستيم هر چند بيگانه ايم | O Lord, O Forgiving One! We are a scattered band; we are Thine, though we be strangers [3.5s] | MMG2#303 p.338x | Ahdieh | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00518 | 550 | mixed | پروردگارا آمرزگارا چگونه زبان بستایشت گشایم و پرستش و نیایش نمایم تقریر عین | O Divine Providence, O forgiving Lord! How can I ever befittingly sing Thy praise or sufficiently worship and glorify Thee… O Divine Providence, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving! O Thou Almighty God, Thou art the Gracious | BRL_DAK#0110, BRL_MON#22x, BRL_MON#23x, MJMJ2.082, MMG2#124 p.142 | BRL_POAB#22x, BRL_POAB#23x, JHT_A#004 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11826 | 290 | Persian | پروردگارا آمرزگارا هر چند گنهکاریم و ره عصیان پوئیم ولی باب عفو کوبیم و رضای تو | O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! Sinners though we be, treading the path of rebellion, yet we knock at the door of Thy pardon | BRL_DAK#1162, MMG3#129 p.091 | ADMS#197 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10701 | 60 | Persian | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | پروردگارا این اطفال را نهالهای بیهمال کن و در حدیقه میثاق نشو و نما بخش | O Lord! Make these children excellent plants. Let them grow and develop in the garden of Thy Covenant… O Thou kind Lord! I am a little chlid" | INBA75:090 | BRL_DAK#1197, DRM.003a, ADH2.126, ADH2_5#02 p.159, MJMJ1.105, MMG2#437 p.481, MJH.046a, HUV1.009, LABC.003 | BRL_CHILD#15, BPRY.028-029, LABC.003 | Nabilinho, Soulrise Melodies | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for children and youth | - | - | ||||||
| AB09025 | 90 | Persian | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک از عرصه خاک بجهان افلاک شتافتند بگناه خویش مقرند و | O Lord! These pure souls have hastened from the realm of dust unto the world of the celestial spheres. They acknowledge their sins [3.5s] | YARP2.484 p.359 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07739 | 110 | Persian | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک از کیهان خاک بیزار شدند و بجهان راز پرواز کردند تا | O Lord! These pure souls have grown weary of the dust of earth and have taken flight unto the realm of mysteries [3.5s] | YARP2.610 p.424 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09026 | 90 | Persian | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک سوی تو شتافتند و از جوی تو نوشیدند و آرزوی روی تو | O Lord! These pure souls have hastened unto Thee, have drunk from Thy stream, and yearn for Thy countenance [3.5s] | MKT6.188a, ALPA.008b, BSHN.140.367, BSHN.144.365, MHT1b.020b, YARP2.009 p.069 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07740 | 110 | Persian | پروردگارا این نفوس مبارکه را در ظل عنایت بپرور و در صون و عون حمایت محفوظ و | O Lord! Rear these holy souls in the Shadow of Thy favors. Protect them under Thy Shelter. | LMA2.434 | NYR#153 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07741 | 110 | Persian | پروردگارا این یاران پارسی روش راستی داشتند و خداپرستی خواستند و بدوستی | O Lord! These Persian friends have pursued the path of truth, yearned for godliness, and aspired to fellowship [3.5s] | YARP2.466 p.347 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08383 | 100 | mixed | پروردگارا پاک کردگارا این ورقه خضره نضره که در ریاض محبتت روایده و در حدیقه | O Lord, O Purifier! This verdant and flourishing leaf, which hath sprung forth in the meadows of Thy love and in the garden [3.5s] | MJMJ1.115, MMG2#421 p.469 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10702 | Words written in a guest book | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پروردگارا پاک یزدانا شکر ترا کوه و صحرا پیموده گشت و محیط اعظم قطع شد تا اینکه باین اقلیم | O Lord! O Pure One! Thanks be to Thee that, traversing mountains and deserts | HHA.199, YHA1.428, NJB_v05#04 p.002, BDA1.082.13 | SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.091 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| AB07058 | 120 | Persian | پروردگارا خدابخش چشم از این جهان بربست و بجهان تو شتافت تا بخشش یابد و در | O Lord! Khodabakhsh hath closed his eyes to this world and hastened unto Thy realm, that he may receive Thy bounty and [3.5s] | YARP2.546.2 p.389 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09657 | 80 | Persian | پروردگارا خسرو پارسی و گشتاسب نیکنام در اینجهان ناکام بودند در آن جهان کامران | O Lord! Khosrow of Persia and virtuous Gushtasp, though thwarted in this world, shall in the next attain their heart's desire [3.5s] | YARP2.386 p.302 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11605 | 10 | Persian | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | پروردگارا قلب صافی چون در عطا فرما | O God, my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl. | HUV1.013 | BPRY.029 | Geoffrey, Sarah, Shadi & Hoda, Soulrise Melodies, L. Robinson | Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB06463 | 130 | Persian | پروردگارا کردگارا ای یزدان من و خداوند مهربان من این فارسیان یار دیرینند | O Lord, my Creator, O my God and my compassionate Lord! These Persians are ancient companions [3.5s] | INBA13:078, INBA59:245b, INBA75:021 | AMK.303-303, ALPA.046, DUR1.154, MJMJ1.099x, MMG2#450 p.497x, MJH.043a, YARP2.054 p.099, PPAR.115, RMT.024-025, QUM.212, YARD.003x, YARD.026-027 | Music and singing; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09658 | 80 | Persian | پروردگارا کنیز درگاهم و ضعیف ناتوان و تو معین و نصیر بیچارگان ای دلبر مهربان | O Lord! I am Thy handmaiden, weak and helpless, and Thou art the Helper and Protector of the destitute, O loving Beloved [3.5s] | MMG2#424 p.471 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05410 | 150 | Persian | پروردگارا گودرز پارسی خفته بود بیدار شد بیهوش بود هوشیار گشت شهسوار لشکر | O Lord! Gudarz the Parsi lay sleeping but was awakened; was unconscious but gained consciousness. He became a valiant commander of the hosts [3.5s] | YARP2.648 p.441, YQAZ.312 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11226 | 40 | Persian | پروردگارا مرا مستقیم بر امرت بدار و در امتحان ثابت بر محبت کن و در دریای | O Lord! Keep me steadfast in Thy Cause, and in the hour of test make me firm in Thy love. In the ocean of [3.5s] | MMK2#025 p.017, MMG2#103 p.117 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04942 | 160 | Persian | پروردگارا ملجا و پناها در آن بندر یاران مهرپرور یک مجلس انس آراستند و بنفحات | O Lord, my Refuge and my Shelter! In that haven the loving friends have arranged a gathering of fellowship, and through the sweet fragrances [3.5s] | MJDF.134 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05922 | 140 | Persian | پروردگارا مهربانا این جمع توجه بتو دارند مناجات بسوی تو نمایند در نهایت تضرع | O Lord, O Kind One! This gathering turneth to Thee, offering prayers unto Thee in utmost supplication [3.5s] | INBA75:084 | BSHN.140.454, BSHN.144.448, PYM.049, ANDA#03 p.60, ADH2.018, ADH2_1#08 p.016, MJMJ1.077, MMG2#169 p.194, MJH.029, MHT1a.058, MHT1b.016, NJB_v05#05 p.003 | Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for nearness to God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07511 | 110 | Persian | پروردگارا مهربانا نفوسی در اين محفل روحانی در نهايت تبتل و تضرع حاضر شديم | O Lord, O Thou Compassionate One! With utmost lowliness and supplication have we gathered in this spiritual assemblage [3.5s] | MMG2#147 p.165x | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03264 | 210 | Persian | پروردگارا مهربانا یاران سرگشته کوی تواند و دلبسته روی تو مشتاق دیدارند و | O Lord, O Thou Kind One! Thy friends are wanderers in Thy path and enchanted by Thy countenance; they yearn for Thy presence [3.5s] | MMG2#267 p.298 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07896 | 100 | Persian | پروردگارا مور ضعيفم و پشهء نحيف بال و پری شکسته دارم و پائی از دوری باديهء حسرت خسته | O Lord! I am a feeble ant, and a weak gnat with broken wings, and feet grown weary from wandering the wilderness of longing [3.5s] | DUR1.531x, ADH2_1#27 p.137x, MMG2#308 p.345x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10703 | 470 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | پروردگارا واشنگتونرا سعادت و شگون بخش آن خطه و دیار را بپرتو روی یاران | O Lord! Bestow prosperity and blessedness upon Washington; illumine that region and realm with the radiant light of Thy loved ones [3.5s]... ...As regards the seven qualities which thou hadst requested be enumerated, they are as follows.... truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of the human world... O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty | BRL_DAK#0186, HUV2.008x, BNEP.101bx, MMJA.030x | BRL_ATE#111x, BRL_CHILD#14x, BPRY.254x, TAB.459-460, BWF.384-384x, ADJ.026x, COC#2052x, COC#2235x, BSC.452 #828x, PN_various p012x, BSTW#402x | Dawnbreaker Collective, Moonshoes, P. Escobar, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, MANA, P. Giomo, S. Zaat, C. Bolton, Soulrise Melodies, QuiqueSaba, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 3], E. Mahony | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB06464 | 130 | Persian | پروردگارا یزدانا مهربانا این بنده تو از اقصی بلاد شرق بغرب شتافت که شاید از | O Lord, O Divine One, O Compassionate One! This servant of Thine hath hastened from the farthest lands of the East unto the West, that perchance [3.5s] | INBA75:080 | ADH2_1#52 p.080x, MJMJ1.075, MMG2#073 p.080, MJH.028 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for teaching; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00268 | Some Answered Questions #060 The Immortality of the Spirit (1) | 720 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | پس اثبات روح شد که روح انسانی موجود است حال باید اثبات بقای روح را کرد | Having established the existence of the human spirit, we must now establish its immortality. | MFD#60, BSHN.140.515x, BSHN.144.503x, MHT1a.146x, MHT1b.104x, OOL.C022.60 | SAQ#60, BWF.323-326 | Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH02681 | 330 | mixed | پس از حمد دانای پاک و رافع افلاک و طاهرکننده مقام خاک عرض میشود که این کره | Following praise unto the Pure and All-Knowing One, the Exalter of the celestial spheres and Purifier of the earthly realm, it is submitted that this sphere [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.276, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00212 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 6 | 2760 | mixed | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I (Tablet on Alchemy I) | پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه | It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature | INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184 | MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6 | REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05 | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah | - | - | |||||
| ABU1829 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پطرس از تربیت ظاهری مقدس و مبری بود بدرجه ئی که ایام هفته را نمیتوانست نگاهدارد هفت بستهٴ نان می بست | Peter was devoid of all schooling and so untrained that he could not remember the days of the week. He would tie up seven loaves of bread and open one each day. | BDA1.279.15 | MHMD1.297-298 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0951 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 320 | Persian | پنجاه نفر در یک طرفة العین کشته شده اند ولی نمی دانند از برای چه گرگر می روند. جناب شیخ علی اکبر قوچانی | In the twinkling of an eye, fifty souls have been slain, yet they know not why they wail and lament [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2221 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-05-06 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پیام من وحدت عالم انسانی است و صلح عمومی و تطبیق مسائل دنیه با علوم صحیحه تساوی حقوق | My message is the oneness of humanity and universal peace; the harmony of true science and religion | BDA1.073.13 | SW_v19#05 p.140, MHMD1.082 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0347 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 680 | Persian | پیر مردیست در نهایت روحانیت فی الحقیقه جمیع قوایش را در سبیل الهی صرف نموده چقدر خوبست | He [Haji Mirza Haydar 'Ali] is at an advanced age and with utmost spirituality. He has spent all his energy in the path of God. How blessed is he who devotes his life to the Cause | KHH1.285-287 (1.398-401) | KHHE.412-415 | Imam Husayn; Martyrdom of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0987 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-23 | 310 | Persian | پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معارف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکنده گی یعنی تفرق سبب خذلانشان است | Before the minds of them that are endowed with understanding, and the possessors of thought, and the lords of knowledge, it is evident that the dispersion and disunity of the human world is the cause of their abasement [3.5s] | NJB_v14#11 p.352, ZSM.1916-09-23 | Nationalism; love of country; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Race unity; racial issues; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1124 | 280 | Persian | پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معرف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکندگی یعنی تفرق سبب ذلشان است سبب بی سر و سامانیشان است سبب نادانیشان است | Before all those possessed of intellect, the bearers of thought and the lords of wisdom, manifest it is that the world of humanity in its dispersion - that is to say, its disunity - is the cause of its abasement, the cause of its disarray, the cause of its ignorance [3.5s] | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01429 | 600 | Arabic | ت ر ذکر رحمه ربک من فی العالمین جمیعا و یلبس کل الوجود قمیص الفضل لیکون | Ta. Ra. Call thou to mind the mercy of thy Lord unto all who dwell in the world, that He may clothe all existence with the garment of grace [3.5s] | INBA71:078 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2323 | Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تأمل بموجب شریعت اللة لازمست لهذا خیلی مبارکست در جوانی نتائج و برکاتش | Marriage is necessary according to the Law of God, so your plans are most auspicious. | BDA2.267-268 | MHMD2.350 | Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2727 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی | Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries. | BDA1.172.12 | SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2728 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید و نصرت ملکوت ابهی اظهر من الشمس است هیچ چشم و گوشی تا حال چنین تأییدی نه دیده | The confirmation and assistance of the Abha Kingdom are more manifest than the sun. No eye or ear has seen or heard of such confirmations. Christ went into the Temple of the Jews | BDA1.240.12 | MHMD1.257 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2440 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-04 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأییدات جمال مبارک امور خارق العاده ظاهر می کند هر شانی از شئونات جمال مبارک در مقام خود حجتی بالغست | The assistance of the Blessed Beauty brings about extraordinary things. Every act of the Blessed Beauty constitutes in itself a consummate proof. In one of my early writings | BDA1.176.12 | MHMD1.192 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1303 | Words spoken on 1912-09-21 in Omaha | 240 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1830 | Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1602 | Words spoken on 1913-06-11 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0080 | Words spoken on 1919-08-15 in Haifa | 1350 | mixed | تا لب دریا رفتم خیلی اینجا خوش وضعیست چون مثل دربند شمیران میماند | I walked to the seashore; this place is most delightful, for it resembles Darband in Shimiran [3.5s] | SFI06.017, SFI07.029 | Development of capacity and readiness; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2439 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | تاجر ماهوت فروشی چند توپ ماهوت از بغداد خریده | Once a cloth merchant bought some fabric in Baghdad and was taking it to his own town to sell. On the way, he encountered some thieves. | ISA.017 | ISAE.1919-12-30, STAB#160 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3648 | Words spoken on 1916-01-22 | 570 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | تاریخ حاجی میرزا اقاسی حکایت غریبی است حاجی میر.ا اقاسی اهل تبریز بود... میرزا ابو القاسم قائم مقام اول شخص ایران بود | The story of Haji Mirza Aqasi is indeed a strange account. He was from Tabriz [3.5s]... ...Mírza Abuʼl-Qasim, the Qaʼim-Maqam, was the foremost man of Persia and a highly capable individual | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.19-20, RHQM2.1166-1169 (636) (391-393), SFI18.276 | LOIR20.172, BLO_courage.05 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3130 | Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-03-31 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تاریخ حاجی میرزا جانی را کم و زیاد نموده کتابخانهٴ پاریس و لندن فرستادند | They [the Azalis] tampered with the contents of the history of Haji Mirza Jani by removing some of its passages and inserting others. They sent it to the libraries of London and Paris | BDA1.018.01 | MHMD1.024 | Review of publications | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2222 | Words spoken on 1916-07-02 | 110 | Persian | Family Life | تاسیس عائله خیلی مهم است تا انسان جوانست از غرور جوانی ملتفت نمیشود ولی چون پیر شد | It is highly important for man to raise a family. So long as he is young, because of youthful self-complacency | COMP_FAMP#09x, BRL_SWOP#023, GHA.161 | BRL_FAM#09x, BRL_SWO#023, COC#0860x, LOG#0733x | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||||
| BH11710 | 583 | Arabic | تالله الحق ما حضر بین یدی العرش من کلماتک فی عرفانک نفس الله و اثباتک علی امره | By God, the True One! None of thy words concerning thy recognition of the Self of God and thy steadfastness in His Cause have been presented before the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.426 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09316 | 100 | Arabic | تالله ان الذله فی سبیلی عزه و البلاء رحمه و البعد قرب و السم شهد ولکن القوم لا یعرفون | By God! Abasement in My path is glory, tribulation is mercy, distance is nearness, and venom is honey - yet the people comprehend not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.029b, | TISH.377 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06493 | 150 | Arabic | تالله ان مالک الجبروت ینادی من فی الناسوت الی المقام الذی استقر فیه عرش اسمه | By God! The Lord of celestial dominion calleth them that dwell in the realm of dust unto that station whereon hath been established the throne of His Name [3.5s] | INBA41:163 | 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05713 | 170 | Arabic | تالله بالبلاء زاد حب البهاء علی شان مامنعه عن ذکر مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء | By God! Through tribulation hath the love of Bahá increased to such a degree that naught could deter Him from the mention of the Lord of Names and the Creator of heaven [3.5s] | INBA34:312a, BLIB_Or15707.163, , BLIB_Or15735.313, | BRL_DA#336, AQA1#183, HYK.313 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07573 | 130 | Arabic | تالله قد اتی الموعود الذی کان مسطورا فی کتب الله المهیمن القیوم انه اتی بامر | By God! The Promised One hath appeared - He Who was inscribed in the Books of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He hath come by command [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.082b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.075a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06115 | 160 | Arabic | تالله قد اتی الیوم و القوم لا یشعرون انا انزلنا الآیات و اظهرنا البینات و الناس اکثرهم | By God! The Day hath come, yet the people perceive it not. We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, yet most among mankind remain heedless [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.042, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08758 | 110 | Arabic | تالله قد اهتزت سدره المنتهی من نفحات وحی مالک الاسماء و ارتفع ذکر المسجد | By God! The Lote-Tree of the Uttermost Boundary hath been stirred by the breathings of revelation from the Lord of Names, and mention of the Temple hath been raised [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.003c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08153 | 120 | Arabic | تالله قد خلق البصر للمنظر الاکبر یشهد بذلک مالک القدر الذی حبس فی هذا السجن المتین | By God! The sight hath been created for the Most Great Vision - to this testifieth the Lord of Destiny, Who hath been imprisoned in this mighty Prison [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.070a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07574 | 130 | Arabic | تالله قد ظهر کتاب الله و اتی الرحمن من مشرق الایقان | By God! The Book of God hath been revealed, and the All-Merciful hath come from the Dawning-Place of certitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.046c, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08759 | 110 | Arabic | تالله قد ظهر ما کان مستورا فی حجاب العظمه و برز ما کان مکنونا فی علم الله رب | By God! That which was concealed behind the veil of grandeur hath been revealed, and that which lay hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord, hath come to light [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.042c, | Belief and denial; High station of the true believer; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04423 | 210 | Arabic | تالله قد نزل ام الکتاب و القوم لا یفقهون قد قضی ما کان مسطورا فی الکتاب | By God! The Mother Book hath been sent down, yet the people comprehend it not. That which was inscribed in the Book hath been fulfilled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.335d, | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00262 | 2440 | mixed | تالله یا اسمی الجیم قد قرء لدی العرش کتابک و وجدت منه نفحات حبک لله یشهد بذلک | By God! O My Name Jim, thy letter was recited before the Throne, and from it were inhaled the sweet fragrances of thy love for God. He beareth witness unto this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.113, , BLIB_Or15730.053d, , NLAI_22848:274, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p142v, , MKI4522.274, | BRL_DA#308, AQA2#007 p.142, AQA7#489 p.307b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07575 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اتی بسلطان عظیم و انکسر منه ظهر الکفر و انفجر منه ماء معین | Blessed is He Who hath come with mighty sovereignty! Through Him the back of disbelief hath been broken, and from Him hath welled forth the living waters [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.036a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.121, | Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04424 | 210 | mixed | Translation List | تبارک الذی ارسل سفرآئه الی بلاده فضلا من عنده و هو الفضال الکریم انه ما اراد | Hallowed be He Who sent forth His Messengers unto His lands as a token of His grace; He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous | AQA7#322 p.001 | ADMS#141 | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05714 | 170 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اشرق من افق الظهور بسلطان ما منعته قوه العالم ینطق بین الامم انه | Blessed is He Who hath shone forth from the horizon of Manifestation with such sovereignty as no earthly power could withhold, proclaiming amongst the peoples that verily He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.025a, | High station of the true believer; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06494 | 150 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر البهاء و جعله مشرق سلطانه لمن فی الاکوان من الناس من عرف و | Blessed is He Who hath manifested the Glory and made it the Dawning-Place of His sovereignty for all who dwell in the realms of creation among those who have recognized [3.5s] | INBA34:326a, BLIB_Or15707.192, , BLIB_Or15735.337, | AQA1#204, HYK.337 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04185 | 220 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر الغیب المکنون و به دعا من فی العالم الی مقام عجزت عن ذکره | Blessed is He Who hath manifested the Hidden Mystery and thereby summoned all who dwell in the world unto a station words are powerless to describe [3.5s] | INBA33:007 | Chastisement and requital; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04425 | 210 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد و نطق فی قطب الابداع انه لا اله الا هو | Blessed is He Who hath manifested Himself as He wished and willed, and hath proclaimed from the midmost heart of creation that there is none other God but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#118, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04679 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر نفسه لمن فی السموات و الارضین و یدع الکل الی الله المقتدر | Blessed is He Who hath manifested Himself unto all that are in the heavens and on earth, and Who summoneth all unto God, the Almighty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#045, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04680 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اقامنی علی الامر اذ کنت قاعدا و انطقنی بذکره اذ کنت صامتا و اظهرنی | Blessed is He Who raised me up to the Cause when I was seated, and made me speak His praise when I was silent, and manifested me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.137b, , NLAI_22848:335, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p172r, , Ghazi3072.102-106, MKI4522.335, | AQA2#015 p.181, BCH.052 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04681 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الایات بالحق و انطق بها کل شیء بثناء مطلع امره الذی به ظهرت | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and hath caused all things to speak in praise of the Dawning-Place of His Cause whereby they were made manifest [3.5s] | AQA5#038 p.052 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05013 | 190 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و دعا الکل الی افق اشرق منه النور اذ | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and hath called all unto the horizon whence the light hath shone forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.121, , BLIB_Or15734.1.048, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11894 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و نطق امام الوجوه بما ارتعدت به فرائص | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and Who hath spoken before all faces that which hath caused limbs to tremble [3.5s] | Majlis210461.052a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01284 | 660 | mixed | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و جعلها آیه من عنده و حجه من لدنه و برهانا من جانبه | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made them a sign from His presence, a proof from His court, and an evidence from His side [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.086, , BLIB_Or15728.169, | BRL_DA#187, YIA.062-063 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07576 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و جعلها بینات لمن علی الارض انه لهو المقتدر المهیمن | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made them as clear evidences unto all who dwell upon the earth. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA51:387a, INBA49:332, BLIB_Or15715.127c, | LHKM3.177 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07577 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الکتاب بالحق انه ما من اله الا هو یشهد کل شیء بسلطانه | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Book in truth. Verily, there is no God but Him, and all things bear witness to His sovereignty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.149a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; 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; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08154 | 120 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الکتاب و جعله حجه من عنده لمن فی السموات و الارضین انه | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Book and made it a proof from His presence unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth. Verily, He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.156c, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05343 | 180 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الکلمه و فصل بها بین البریه انه لهو المفصل الحکیم و جعلها | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Word and through it hath distinguished between all created things, for verily He is the All-Wise Distinguisher [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.139b, , NLAI_22848:340, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175r, , MKI4522.340, | AQA2#019 p.184 | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09317 | 100 | Arabic | تبارک الذی باسمه تحرک القلم الاعلی و نفخ فی الصور و انصعق من فی ملکوت | Blessed is He by Whose Name the Most Exalted Pen hath been set in motion, the Trump hath been sounded, and all who dwell in the Kingdom were thunderstruck [3.5s] | INBA51:235, KB_620:228-229 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07578 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت الایات انه لهو المقتدر العلیم الحکیم انه ینادی فی کل | Blessed is He in Whose hand lies the dominion of verses; verily, He is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Indeed, He calleth forth in every [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.003, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04682 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت السموات و الارض و عنده خزائن العلوم من کل شیء و ما | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, and with Whom are the treasuries of all knowledge [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.326b, | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00339 | 1940 | mixed | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء یخلق ما یشاء بامر من عنده و انه کان علی کل شیء | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of all things. He createth whatsoever He willeth through a command from His presence, and verily He hath power over all things [3.5s]... ...That so brief a span should have separated this most mighty and wondrous Revelation from Mine own previous Manifestation, is a secret that no man can unravel | BLIB_Or15694.552, , ALIB.folder18p261x | MAS8.037cx, MUH3.269-270x | BNE.020x, GPB.092x, WOB.124x | Absolute freedom; independence of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Literal interpretation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00854 | 960 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک البقا ثم جبروت العز و السنا و فی قبضه ارادته من فی | Blessed is He in Whose grasp lie the dominion of the eternal realm and the empire of glory and splendour, and within Whose grasp are all who dwell therein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.078, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11045 | 50 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه علی کل شیء حکیما یرفع من | Blessed be He in Whose hand is the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily, He is, over all things, All-Wise. He exalteth [3.5s] | INBA36:113d, INBA71:279d | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01113 | 750 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شیء علیما له الجود | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty [3.5s] | INBA36:063, INBA71:223 | RSBB.082 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02087 | 420 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین له الاسماء الحسنی و الصفات العلیا | Blessed be He in Whose hands repose the dominion of the heavens and of the earth. His are the most excellent names and the most exalted attributes [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.431, | Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06116 | 160 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین و انه لهو المقتدر علی ما یشاء و | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He is powerful over whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.280b, | Murder; causing physical harm; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04683 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین و فی قبضته جبروت الامر و الخلق | Blessed is He in Whose hands rests the dominion of the kingdoms of heaven and earth, and within Whose grasp lies the power of command and creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.312, , NLAI_BH2.040a | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06495 | 150 | Arabic | تبارک الذی قدر لاحبائه ما لااطلع به الا هو یشهد بذلک مشرق الوحی ولکن الناس | Blessed is He Who hath ordained for His loved ones that which none but He hath perceived. To this the Dawning-Place of Revelation beareth witness, yet the people [3.5s] | INBA15:324a, INBA26:327b | AQA7#444 p.260 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06117 | 160 | Arabic | تبارک الذی قدر للمقربین من کاوس بلاء عظیم ثم اشتری عن المومنین انفسهم بلقاء اسم | Blessed is He Who hath ordained for them that are nigh unto Him to drink from the chalice of grievous tribulation, and Who hath then purchased from the believers their souls through the encounter with His Name [3.5s] | INBA71:065a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02202 | 400 | Arabic | تبارک الذی له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و کل له عابدون و له ما خلق و یخلق | Blessed is He unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and all are His worshippers, and unto Him belongeth that which He hath created and createth [3.5s] | INBA36:028, INBA71:186 | LHKM2.037, RSBB.017 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07013 | 140 | Arabic | تبارک الذی نزل الایات بالحق و قدر لکل نفس ما اراد انه لهو المقتدر العلیم الحکیم نسقی | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and ordained for every soul what He willeth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.149e, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04426 | 210 | Arabic | تبارک الذی نزل الایات کیف اراد و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses as He willeth and hath caused all things to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | ABDA.085, MSBH3.066 | Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06496 | 150 | Arabic | تبارک الذی نزل الایات و جعلها بینات لاهل الادیان تنادی النار فی الطور و | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made them clear evidences for the peoples of all religions. The Fire crieth out upon the Mount [3.5s] | INBA19:447 | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07014 | 140 | Arabic | تبارک الذی نطق بین العالم و انطق المقربین الی ذکر اسمه الاعظم انه لهو | Blessed is He Who hath spoken amidst the worlds and caused them that draw nigh to make mention of His Most Great Name. Verily, He is [3.5s] | INBA23:169b | KHMI.023 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of words; of speech; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07015 | 140 | Arabic | تبارک الذی نطق و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز العلام قد شهد | Blessed is He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.017a, | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04684 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی یدع العباد الی شطر عنایته بعد الذی کان غنیا عن العالمین یشهد کل | Blessed is He Who summoneth His servants unto the shores of His loving-kindness, though He, verily, hath ever been independent of all worlds [3.5s]... ...the mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth | INBA51:118, BLIB_Or11095#183, , KB_620:111-112 | LHKM2.154 | ADJ.046x, PDC.179x | Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05344 | 180 | Arabic | تبارک الذی یذکر الخلق کیف یشاء ان الذی فاز بذکره و استقام علی امره انه فاز | Blessed is He Who remembereth the creation as He pleaseth. Verily, he who hath attained unto His remembrance and remained steadfast in His Cause hath attained unto victory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.003d, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02522 | 350 | Arabic | تبارک الذی ینزل الامر کیف یشاء و یقدر ما یشاء بنفسه و یدبر فی الملک ما یرید | Blessed is He Who sendeth down the Command as He willeth, and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth through His Own Self, and ordereth in His dominion that which He desireth [3.5s] | INBA36:143b, INBA71:313 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04685 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک الذی ینطق بما ینتفع به العالم ولکن القوم فی حجاب مبین یسمعون ندآء الله | Blessed is He Who speaketh that which profiteth the world, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil, hearing the Call of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.138a, , NLAI_22848:337, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173r, , MKI4522.337, | AQA2#016 p.182 | 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00206 | 2790 | mixed | تبارک الرب الناطق علی العرش الذی باسمه نصب علم انه لا اله الا هو علی طور | Blessed be the Lord, speaking upon the Throne, Who through His Name hath raised aloft the Standard that proclaimeth "There is none other God but Him" upon the Mount [3.5s] | INBA07:001, INBA28:183, INBA97:107.11x, BLIB_Or11097#071, | AVK3.113.13x, AVK3.132.11x, AVK3.464.15x, MAS4.102bx | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#101 | ||||||||
| BH10804 | 60 | Arabic | تبارک الله الذی اری عبدا من عباده حوریة البقاء المزینة المتورة باسم الله الابهی | Blessed be God Who hath shown unto one of His servants the Celestial Maiden of eternity, adorned and resplendent with the Name of God, the Most Glorious [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.178j, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00174 | 3150 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | تبارک الله مقصودیکه عالم را بحرفی پدید آورد و از یوم اول امم را بیوم ظهور | And now concerning thy question regarding the verse which the All-Merciful, exalted be His glory, hath revealed unto Muhammad, the Apostle of God, in the Qur’án: “He employeth the angels as messengers, with pairs of wings, two, three and four…” | BLIB_Or15712.314.04x, | AVK2.159x, MSBH5.063-076, NSS.102-103x | BLO_sazedj#15x | Angels; Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH04686 | 200 | Arabic | تبارک المحبوب الذی یرسل الی القلوب ما یجذبها الی الله رب العالمین قد فتحنا ابواب البیان | Blessed is the Beloved Who sendeth down unto the hearts that which draweth them unto God, the Lord of all worlds. We have, verily, opened the gates of utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.134b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01720 | 510 | Arabic | تبارک المولی الذی نطق و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد | Blessed be the Lord Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak, testifying that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.251, | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00396 | 1720 | mixed | تبارک الیوم الذی تستن فیه یراعه الله فی میدان الذکر و البیان و قلمه الاعلی | Blessed be this Day wherein the Pen of God moveth in the arena of remembrance and utterance, and His Most Exalted Pen doth trace its course [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#026, | AVK3.003.11x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00302 | 2130 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | تبارک الیوم الذی فیه انار افق البیان و استوی الرحمن علی عرش العظمه و الاحسان | Blessed be this Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined and the All-Merciful hath been established upon the throne of grandeur and benevolence [3.5s]... ...To discharge one's obligations is highly praiseworthy in the sight of God. However, it is not permitted to solicit Huquq from anyone | INBA07:052, BLIB_Or11097#030, | BRL_DA#269, BRL_HUQUQP#088x | BRL_HUQUQ#088x, COC#1144x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH08760 | 110 | Arabic | تبارک الیوم الذی فیه تنطق الاشیاء الملک لله مالک الاسماء ولکن القوم فی حجاب | Blessed be this Day whereon all created things proclaim: "The sovereignty is God's, the Lord of Names!" Yet the people remain veiled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.147d, | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01907 | 460 | mixed | تبارک الیوم الذی فیه ظهر ما کان موعودا فی التوراه و الانجیل و فی الزبور و | Blessed be this Day whereon that which was promised in the Torah and the Gospel and in the Psalms hath been made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.110, , BLIB_Or15716.202c, , BLIB_Or15728.060b, | AQA5#157 p.214 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03543 | 200 | Arabic | تبارکت یا ربی الاعلی و تعالیت یا رب الوری لقد تنزهت و تقدست عن کل الشئون و | Blessed art Thou, O my Exalted Lord, and glorified art Thou, O Lord of all creation! Thou hast been sanctified and hallowed above all things [3.5s] | MJMJ3.084, MMG2#031 p.031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07530 | 110 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است | ...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable. | MMK1#125 p.140x | SWAB#125x | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11484 | 20 | Persian | تبدیل مشرق الاذکار بمحلّی احسن و اعلی جائز تعدّد مشرق الاذکار در بلدهٴ واحده مقبول | The transformation of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to a more excellent and exalted place is permissible; the establishment of multiple Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs in a single city is acceptable [3.5s] | AVK4.152.11x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12845 | 50 | Persian | تبریک و تهنیت اقتران مینمایم که مبارک و متیمّن باشد و سبب تسلسل سلاله الی‌الأبد | ...I convey my greetings and felicitations on the occasion of thy marriage. May it be blessed and joyous, and may it lead to the continuation of thy lineage forevermore | BRL_SWOP#020x | BRL_SWO#020x | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06497 | 150 | Arabic | تحب السدره ان تذکر احد افنانها الذی قصدها و سمع ندائها و طار فی هوائها و نطق | The Divine Lote-Tree desireth to make mention of one of its branches who hath turned towards it, hearkened unto its call, soared in its atmosphere, and spoken forth [3.5s] | INBA51:523, BLIB_Or15712.281b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11999 | 80 | Turkish | تحریرات محبانه کزی آلدم قصد و نیت صادقانه کز موافق در گرگ ماموریتکز و کرک | Your loving letters have reached me, and whether in your sincere intentions or sacred mission [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0247 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1744 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 170 | Persian | تحیت محترمانهٴمرا بجمعیت تیاسفی برسان و بگوشما فی | Please give my respectful greetings to the Theosophical Society, and tell them ‘You are in truth promoting the oneness of humanity | KHAB.057 (066), KHTB1.018 | ABS#05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Theosophy; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2147 | Words spoken on 1913-01-20 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تحیت و مهربانی مرا باحبای هونولولو برسانید و بگوید من همیشه بیاد آنها هستم و در حق ایشان | Convey my greetings and kindest sentiments to the Baha'is of Honolulu, and inform them that they are ever in my thoughts | YHA2.779, BDA2.095-096 | MHMD2.116 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||
| BH05345 | 180 | Arabic | تذرف عینی و ینوح قلبی و قلمی و اللسان یقول لک الحمد یا اله العالمین بما | Mine eyes shed tears, and my heart lamenteth, while my pen and tongue declare: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all the worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.036d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.123a, | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3291 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00156 | 910 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00145 | 930 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04164 | 180 | Arabic | ترانی یا الهی کیف یصعد منی النیاح و العویل الی ملکوتک الجلیل اصیح و ابکی بما | O my God! Thou seest how my wailing and lamentation ascend unto Thy glorious Kingdom. I cry aloud and weep by reason of [3.5s] | INBA84:501b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00500 | 560 | mixed | ترانی یا الهی متذللا الی عتبه رحمانیتک متضرعا الی ساحه فردانیتک مبتهلا الی | O my God! Thou seest me abased before the threshold of Thy mercy, supplicating at the sanctuary of Thy oneness, imploring at [3.5s] | MKT6.188b | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00555 | 530 | mixed | ترانی یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب صعقا من تجلی الانوار مندهشا من مشاهده | O my God! Thou beholdest me prostrate upon the dust, struck down by the effulgence of Thy lights, and bewildered by the vision thereof [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0777, MKT1.256, YHA1.378x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1031 | Words spoken on 1910-01-19 | 300 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است باید که بتربیت الهی تربیت کرد که هوائی در نیاید | The education of children is a mighty service. They must needs be educated through divine training, lest they be swayed by desires [3.5s] | NJB_v05#06 p.003, KHH2.155 (2.286) | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1077 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 290 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است که به تربیت الهی تربیت گردد و اخلاق اطفال را باید تربیت کرد | The education of children is a mighty service, whereby they may be trained through divine education, and verily must their character be nurtured and refined [3.5s] | KHH2.286-287 | Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07059 | 120 | Persian | تربیت نسوان اهم از تربیت رجال است زیرا نسوان چون تربیت یابند اطفال نیز در | The education of women is of greater importance than that of men, for when women are educated, children likewise shall [3.5s] | INBA16:225 | MKT7.189, MJTB.088, QIRT.07ax | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3688 | Words spoken on 1913-02-18 in Paris | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تربیت و مدنیّت مادی سبب تحسین اخلاق عموم نشود و مانند تعالیم انبیا و مدنیّت روحانی | Material education and civilization will not improve the character of humanity. Unlike the teachings of the prophets | BDA2.145-146 | MHMD2.181-182 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Muhammad; Islam; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2566 | Words spoken on 1913-01-26 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ترقی هر شیئی در صقع آن است در مراتب جماد و نبات و حیوان و انسان چون ملاحظه شود | The progress of any things occurs within its own station. When one considers the mineral, vegetable, animal, and human stations | BDA2.106 | MHMD2.130 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2567 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ترقیات مادیه اروپا بحد یقف می رسد هر امریکه بحد یقف رسید لابد تدنی نماید | The material progress of Europe is approaching its zenith. Everything that reaches its zenith undoubtedly begins to decline. | BDA1.133.01 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.142-143 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| BH02597 | 340 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08761 | 110 | Arabic | تری یا الهی احبائک فی الذله الکبری بما اکتسبت ایدی الاشقیا ای رب انهم اقبلوا | O my God! Thou seest Thy loved ones immersed in grievous abasement through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought. O Lord! They have turned unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA92:403b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05715 | 170 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB01215 | 360 | Arabic | تری یا الهی العواصف قاصفه للظهور و القواصف قاصمه للاصلاب و الازور رب قد ضاقت | O my God! Thou seest the tempests assailing with violence, and the storms breaking the very backbones. O Lord! The straits have grown dire [3.5s] | INBA16:002 | KHSK.046 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05716 | 170 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH04427 | 210 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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). | |||||
| BH08155 | 120 | Arabic | تری یا الهی صفوتک تحت سطوه اعدائک و اولیائک بین اشقیاء خلقک ای رب تری | O my God, Thou seest Thy chosen ones beneath the dominion of Thine enemies, and Thy loved ones amidst the most wicked of Thy creation. O Lord, Thou beholdest [3.5s] | INBA23:153a, INBA92:404, BLIB_Or15696.070a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04186 | 220 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH09809 | 90 | Arabic | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH10230 | 80 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10231 | 80 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00001 | Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) | 106000 | Persian | Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی | Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) | تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده | All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul | INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2 | BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001 | SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041 | Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath | The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or … | Attaining good pleasure of God; Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's knowledge; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Names and attributes of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Word of God is its own standard; Word of God the cause of creation | 3 | * | - | NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x | see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan |
| BH00214 | 2750 | mixed | تسبیح و تقدیس ذات بیچون را لایق و سزاست که لئالی بحر حکمت و بیان را نمود و | Glorification and sanctification befit the Incomparable Essence, Who hath manifested the pearls of the ocean of wisdom and utterance [3.5s] | INBA27:219 | MAS4.123bx, MAS8.063bx, PYK.138 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09319 | 100 | Arabic | تعال یا قلمی کیف حالک فی هذا الیوم ا اخذک سکر رحیق العرفان | Come, O My Pen! How farest thou on this Day? Hath the wine of mystic knowledge intoxicated thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.094b, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05717 | 170 | Arabic | تعالی الذی اظهر جماله المکنون بانوار احاطت السموات و الارضین و انطق کل شیء | Exalted is He Who hath manifested His hidden Beauty through lights that have encompassed the heavens and the earth, and hath caused all things to speak forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.139c, | AQA5#009 p.012 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08156 | 120 | Arabic | تعالی الذی زین الالواح باسم هذا الظهور الذی به انفجرت ینابیع الحکمه بین البریه و | Exalted is He Who hath adorned the Tablets with the name of this Revelation, through which the fountains of wisdom have burst forth amidst all created things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.149f, | Call to action; Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03631 | 250 | Arabic | تعالی الذی قدر لاهل البهاء ما لاقدره لاهل الانشاء الا انهم مطالع الایقان | Exalted is He Who hath ordained for the people of Bahá that which He ordained not for any in creation, verily they are the Daysprings of certitude [3.5s] | INBA41:003, BLIB_Or11095#295, , NLAI_BH1.099 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01172 | 710 | Arabic | تعالی الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت کان بانوار العرش مضیئا و ینطق فی سدره الوحی | Exalted is He Who hath sent down the verses from the Kingdom that was illumined by the lights of the Throne, and Who speaketh from the Lote-Tree of Revelation [3.5s] | INBA34:121, BLIB_Or15707.025, , BLIB_Or15735.198, | AQA1#012, AVK4.475cx, ASAT3.022x, HYK.198 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#369 | ||||||||
| BH00147 | 3520 | mixed | Fire and Light | تعالی الرحمن الذی اجتذب بکلمته العلیا من فی الارض و السماء و هدی الکل بها فی | Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath, through His Most Exalted Word, drawn unto Him all that are in earth and heaven, and guided all therewith unto His path [3.5s]... ...The majesty and glory of the Cause are as great as its trials and afflictions are intense. However, trials and afflictions are scarce noticed in this day | BLIB_Or15732.070, | BRL_DA#777, NANU_BH#13x, AYI2.010x, AYI2.015x, AYI2.114x, AYI2.115x, AYI2.116x, AYI2.117x, MSHR5.151x | BRL_FIRE_BH#07x | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH07580 | 130 | Arabic | تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل البیان و بشر الکل بلقاء الله المقتدر المهیمن العلیم | Exalted is the All-Merciful, Who hath revealed the Bayán and heralded unto all the meeting with God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.143b, , NLAI_22848:348, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179v, , MKI4522.348, | AQA2#027 p.190b | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00100 | 4220 | mixed | تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله | Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s] | INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02755 | 320 | mixed | تعالی القدیم ذو الفضل العظیم تعالی القدیر ذو النور المنیر تعالی الکریم ذو | Exalted is the Ancient One, Possessor of Great Bounty! Exalted is the All-Powerful, Possessor of Radiant Light! Exalted is the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA51:508 | LHKM3.318 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01147 | 730 | mixed | تعالی الله المقتدر القیوم الذی زین العالم بالاسم الاعظم و به فصل بین الامم و | Exalted is God, the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting, Who hath adorned the world with the Most Great Name, and thereby hath distinguished between the nations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#010, | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00733 | 1060 | mixed | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تعالی تعالی من رفع الفرق و وضع الاتفاق تباهی تباهی من اخذ الاختلاف و حکم | Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused discord to cease… This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord | BLIB_Or15717.130, | BRL_DA#390, COMP_WOMENP#002x, COMP_WOMENP#003x, UAB.038ax, UAB.038cx, MAS8.052x, AYI2.339x | BRL_WOMEN#002x, BRL_WOMEN#003x, COC#2093x, COC#2094x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Equality of men and women; Power of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH06119 | 160 | Arabic | تعالی تعالی من قام امام الوجوه و نطق بما یقرب العباد الی الفرد الخبیر | Exalted, exalted is He Who stood before all faces and spoke that which draweth the servants nigh unto the One, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.044.18, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00765 | 1030 | mixed | تعالی مالک ممالک و سلطان من فی لاهوت الامتناع الذی اظهر عن افق قلم القدم شمس | Exalted is He Who is the Sovereign of all dominions and the King of those who dwell in the celestial realm of abstraction, Who hath caused the Sun to appear from the horizon of the Ancient Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#293, | AVK3.123.10x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00194 | 2910 | mixed | تعالی من انطق القلم و علم الامم و اظهر ما اراد من اسرار القدم لیفرحن بها | Exalted is He Who hath caused the Pen to speak forth, and hath taught the peoples, and hath manifested whatsoever He desired of the mysteries of eternity, that they might rejoice therein [3.5s]... ...No one should demand the Huququ'llah. Its payment should depend on the volition of the individuals themselves, namely such souls that are devout, faithful and well disposed | BLIB_Or11097#050, | AYBY.182, MAS8.150ax, MAS8.150bx, KNJ.013e | COC#1149x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06498 | 150 | Arabic | تعالی من تجلی علی المنظر الاکبر و نطق بما نسفت الجبال و انشق القمر انه لهو | Exalted is He Who hath shone forth upon the Most Great Scene and spoken that whereby the mountains were scattered and the moon was cleft asunder. Verily, He is [3.5s] | INBA19:012b, INBA32:012c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01254 | 670 | mixed | تعالی من نطق و انطق الاشیاء بذکره و ثنائه و تعالی من اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی | Exalted is He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak forth His remembrance and praise, and exalted is He Who hath made manifest that which lay hidden [3.5s] | INBA41:124 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07581 | 130 | Arabic | تعالی مولی الجبروت الذی اتی من افق الاقتدار بامر مبین و دعا الملکوک و المملوک | Exalted be the Lord of Might, Who hath come forth from the horizon of power with a manifest command, and hath called both sovereign and subject [3.5s] | INBA44:012a, BLIB_Or15712.237, , BLIB_Or15734.1.085b, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01632 | 310 | mixed | تعالیت و تقدست یا من تجلی بالاسماء الحسنی من افق الهدی فی الشجره المبارکه علی | Exalted and sanctified art Thou, O Thou Who hast manifested through the Most Beauteous Names from the horizon of guidance in the Blessed Tree [3.5s] | TABN.287 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00133 | 960 | mixed | تعالیت یا الهی بعلو تقدیسک عن محامد الکائنات و تسامیت بسمو تنزیهک عن نعوت | Exalted art Thou, O my God, in the transcendence of Thy sanctity above the praise of all created things, and sublime art Thou in the loftiness of Thy detachment from the attributes [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0564, ASAT2.167-168x, KHAF.118-122, TISH.585x, MATA.070x | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12147 | 380 | mixed | تعالیت یا الهی و تقدست یا ملجای و منائی قد ابدعت الاشیاء بحکمه بالغه فی ملکوت | Exalted art Thou, O my God, and sanctified art Thou, O my Refuge and my Support! Thou hast brought all created things into being through consummate wisdom in Thy celestial Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:528 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12173 | 300 | Arabic | تعالیت یا رب السموات العلی و تقدست یا محیی الرمم البالبه من الفناء لم تزل کنت فی علو | Exalted art Thou, O Lord of the highest heavens, and sanctified art Thou, O Thou Who dost quicken every mouldering bone! From time immemorial Thou hast been in the heights of [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1067 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2569 | Words to some students, spoken on 1915-06-29 | 80 | Persian | تعالیم جمال مبارک نوعی کرده است که احبای الهی از جمیع من علی الأرض ممتازند. اینها از برکت نصایح و تعالیم جمال مبارک | The teachings of the Blessed Beauty have made the loved ones of God distinguished above all who dwell upon the earth. This is through the blessing of the counsels and teachings of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-29 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2836 | Words to some Christian ministers, spoken on 1912-12-01 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تعالیم حضرت مسیح فراموش شده ملاحظه نمائید که مسیح بپطرس میفرماید شمشیر خود را غلاف کن باز میفرماید | The teachings of Christ are forgotten. Consider that Christ commanded Peter to sheathe his sword. He also said | BDA1.398.15 | MHMD1.417-418 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||
| AB01635 | 310 | mixed | تعزيت‌نامه شما بر مصيبت کبری وفات ابی‌الفضائل سبب تسلّی قلوب گرديد | Your letter of consolation regarding the supreme calamity of the passing of Abu'l-Fadá'il hath brought solace to hearts [3.5s] | MMK6#422x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The concourse on high; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00876 | Some Answered Questions #053 The Connection between God and Creation | 420 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | تعلق حق بخلق تعلق موجد است بموجود تعلق آفتاب است باجسام مظلمهٴ | The connection between God and creation is that of the originator and the originated | MFD#53, OOL.C022.53 | SAQ#53, BWF.315-316 | Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH03632 | 250 | Arabic | تعلم یا الهی بان مطلع الظهور طلع من بیته المعمور متوجها الی بیت اخیه الذی سمی | Know, O my God, that the Dawning-Place of Revelation hath gone forth from His prosperous dwelling, directing His steps toward the house of His brother who was named [3.5s] | BRL_DA#361, NFR.052 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09810 | 90 | Arabic | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB09659 | 80 | mixed | تعیین قبله و شهرتش الان مقتضای حکمت بالغه نیست در وقتش اعلان خواهد شد ثم انشر | The designation of the Qiblih and its promulgation doth not, at this time, accord with consummate wisdom. At the appointed hour it shall be proclaimed, and thereafter spread abroad [3.5s] | INBA85:379 | YMM.049 | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00211 | Some Answered Questions #020 Baptism and the Changing Law of God | 800 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تغیر احوال و تبدل و انقلاب زمان از لوازم ذاتیهء ممکنات است و لزوم ذاتی از حقیقت اشیاء | The change and transformation of conditions and the succession and revolution of ages are among the essential requirements | MFD#20, OOL.C022.20 | SAQ#20 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3468 | Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تغییر اوضاع عالم و غلبه امر بهائی بجائی خواهد رسید که از سایر امور جز نمونه‌ای مانند این عمودها باقی نخواهد ماند | The world and its condition will change to such a degree and the Baha’í Cause will prevail to such an extent that nothing but a remnant -- like these pillars -- will remain of the previous order. | BDA1.289.05 | MHMD1.306 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||
| AB00380 | Some Answered Questions #072 Healing without Medicine | 620 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | تفصیل این کیفیت از پیش بیان شد اگر درست ملتفت نشده‌اید تکرار کنیم | A detailed explanation of this matter was provided earlier. If you have not fully grasped it | MFD#72, OOL.C022.72 | SAQ#72 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| BH10805 | 60 | Arabic | تفکر فی فضل مولیک انه یذکرک بما ذکرته لعمری لو تعرف هذا الفضل حق العرفان | Reflect upon the bounty of thy Lord, for He remembereth thee by virtue of thy remembrance. By My life! Wert thou to recognize this bounty with true recognition [3.5s] | AQA5#052 p.067a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05718 | 170 | Arabic | تفکروا یا احبائی فی هذا البدیع الذی به ظهر حکم البدع طوبی لمن عرف و قال لک | Ponder, O My loved ones, upon this wondrous One through Whom the decree of creation hath been made manifest. Blessed is he who hath recognized and proclaimed: "Thine be the glory!" [3.5s] | INBA15:242b, INBA26:244b | PYK.213 | Contemplation; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05923 | 140 | Arabic | تقدست یا الهی عن کل ثنائی و لا احصی ثنا علیک و تنزهت یا مقصودی و لا اجد سبیلا الیک | O my God, Thou art sanctified above all my praise, and I cannot encompass Thy glorification. Thou art exalted, O my Heart's Desire, and I find no pathway unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA21:155b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00591 | 510 | mixed | تقدست یا الهی و تعالیت یا مولائی ان تدرکک افکار اولی الاسرار من اعلی طبقات | Sanctified art Thou, O my God, and exalted art Thou, O my Master, above the comprehension of the thoughts of those possessed of mysteries in the highest ranks [3.5s] | PYB#148 p.04 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01481 | 580 | Persian | تقدیس از مثال و تنزیه از زوال بیننده پاینده را لایق که بیک تجلی عوالم ملک | Sanctified beyond all likeness and exalted above all decay be the Ever-Seeing, the Ever-Abiding, Who through a single effulgence called into being the realms of dominion [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.094, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00894 | 910 | mixed | تقدیس از مثال و تنزیه از زوال مالک مبدء و مال را لایق که بقدرت محیطه و اراده | Sanctified beyond all semblance and exalted above extinction is the Lord of Origin and Return, Who through His all-encompassing power and will [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.089, , BLIB_Or15718.061x, | PYB#248 p.03x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02523 | 350 | Persian | تقدیس و تمجید ساحت قدس حضرت بی زوال را لایق که بفراید علم و خراید عرفان | Sanctification and glorification befit the sacred threshold of the Eternal Lord, Who hath adorned with the ornaments of knowledge and the gems of wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.096, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1539 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-10 | 200 | Persian | تقریبا در یکماه پیش در فرانسه مسیو برنارد کشته شده این شخص اذیت بموری را روا نمیداشت از بس از جنگ | Our companions in Europe report that some people have been killed there. In France they killed [a Baha'í] Monsieur Bernard | KHH1.147-149 (1.205-206) | KHHE.219-220 | Bribery and corruption; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10704 | 60 | Persian | تکلیف آنجناب اینست که خیرخواه شخص محترم باشید و دلالت بر رافت بملت بفرمااید | Your duty is to be well-wishers of that respected personage and guide him towards compassion for the people [3.5s] | INBA17:235 | Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12000 | 80 | Persian | تکلیف حضرت ادیب انست که مداومت در محفل روحانی فرماید و چون رکن متین است باید | The duty of his honor Adib is to maintain constant attendance at the Spiritual Assembly, and as he is a mighty pillar, he must [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0307 | Disregarding bodily comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10806 | 60 | Arabic | تل تیم نیستید و بسیار شیرینید حنظل نیستید و عسلید بعید نبوده قریبید چه که | Ye are not bitter but exceeding sweet; ye are not colocynth but honey; ye are not distant but near [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.085h, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09660 | 80 | Persian | تلغراف شما رسید مضامین که منبعث از حیات وجدانی و انجذابات روحانی بود سرور و | Your telegram was received, and its contents, which sprang from the life of conscience and spiritual attractions, brought joy [3.5s] | INBA84:367a | East and West; communication between East and West; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03265 | 210 | mixed | تلغراف شما رسید و بمژده شفای جناب حاجی نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد در کتاب مبین | Your telegram arrived, and the glad tidings of the recovery of his honor the Hají brought forth the utmost joy and delight [3.5s] | MMK6#379 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00877 | 420 | Persian | تلغراف وصول به نیویورک رسید بسیار مسرور شدیم که الحمد لله سالما رسیدید و امید | Telegraph of your arrival in New York was received and we were immensely gladdened | YHA1.194, KHH1.256 (1.357) | KHHE.374-376 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04187 | 220 | Arabic | تلک آیات الامر قد نزلت بالحق من هذا الفضاء المقدس القدیم و یخبر الناس | These are the verses of the Command which have been sent down in truth from this hallowed and ancient realm, bringing tidings unto mankind [3.5s] | INBA36:168, NLAI_BH1.246 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00734 | 1060 | mixed | تلک آیات الامر نزلت بالحق من لدن مقتدر قیوما و فیها ارتفعت صریخ الله بما | These are the verses of the Command, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Through them hath been raised the Call of God inasmuch as [3.5s] | INBA38:086ax, BLIB_Or03114.074x, , BLIB_Or15725.407, , BLIB_Or15737.197, | BRL_DA#419, LHKM1.049 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08762 | 110 | Arabic | تلک آیات الامر نزلت بالحق و انها لهی العلیا فسوف یخلق الله بها قوما لا یعرفهم احد | These are the verses of the Command, which have been sent down in truth, and verily they are the Most Exalted. God shall, through them, create a people whom none shall recognize [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.077d, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11537 | 2040 | Arabic | تلک آیات الامر نزلت من جبروت البقا و لا یعقلها الا الذینهم طاروا بجناحین | These are the verses of Revelation; they have been sent down from the realm of eternity, and none shall apprehend them save those who have soared… By God! No spot is left on My body that hath not been touched by the spears of thy machinations… What hath proceeded from thy pen hath caused the Countenances of Glory to be prostrated upon the dust | NLAI_BH1.408 | BRL_DA#152 | GPB.169x, GPB.169-170x, GPB.170x, ADMS#216 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06499 | 150 | Arabic | تلک آیات البقاء و فیها من اسرار الله المهیمن العزیز العلیم و یذکر فیه ما یبشر الناس الی لقاء | These are the verses of eternity, wherein lie the mysteries of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, and wherein is proclaimed that which bringeth glad tidings unto mankind of the meeting [3.5s] | INBA71:028 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01573 | 550 | Arabic | تلک آیات البهاء نزلت من سماء القضاء طوبی للسامعین لیس لاحد ان یتمسک بما عند | These are the verses of Glory, sent down from the heaven of destiny. Blessed are they that hearken. None should cling unto that which they possess [3.5s] | INBA18:461, BLIB_Or11095#021, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03633 | 250 | Arabic | تلک آیات التقدیس نزلت من جبروت الامر لکل من آمن بالله ثم بلغ و تنطق بین | These are the verses of sanctification, sent down from the Dominion of the Command unto all who have believed in God and have attained, and they speak amidst [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15737.206, | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09320 | 100 | Arabic | تلک آیات التی جعلها الله حجه لمن فی السموات و الارضین و جعلها دلیلا لنفسه و | These are the verses which God hath made a proof for all who are in the heavens and on earth, and hath ordained them as a testimony unto His Own Self [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.395b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11705 | 654 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح قد نزلت بالحق من سحاب حزن عظیم و لو تشهد ببصر الروح | These are the verses of the Spirit that have been sent down in truth from the cloud of grievous sorrow, if thou wouldst but behold with the eye of the spirit [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.422 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02682 | 330 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق لعل الناس یستشعرون فی انفسهم ثم بایاته فی ایام الروح | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth, that perchance mankind may become aware within themselves, and then through His signs in the days of the Spirit [3.5s] | INBA71:038b | BRL_DA#630 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02683 | 330 | mixed | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من عبد منیب لتسمع نغمات الامر و تکون من الذینهم | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from a penitent servant, that thou mayest hearken unto the melodies of the Cause and be among those who [3.5s] | INBA71:017 | BRL_DA#585 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08157 | 120 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و تنطق بالحق فی ملکوت الامر و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the Powerful One, and they speak with truth in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s] | INBA36:140b, INBA71:310a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07016 | 140 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن قادر مقتدر قدیرا و تبشر الناس بیوم الجمع و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty, powerful and omnipotent, giving glad tidings unto mankind of the Day of Gathering [3.5s] | INBA36:156a, INBA71:327a | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03471 | 260 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت علی قلم البقا من لدی الله العلی الحکیم و فیها ما تطیر به افئده | These are the verses of the Spirit that have descended upon the Pen of Eternity from the presence of God, the Most High, the All-Wise, wherein lieth that which causeth hearts to soar [3.5s]... ...It will shine resplendently within another globe, as predestined by Him who is the Omnipotent, the Ancient of Days | INBA71:049a | MUH3.268bx | GPB.145x2x | Consolation and comfort; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04428 | 210 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم و بها نزلت الرحمه من سماء اسمی | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Wise, and through them hath mercy descended from the heaven of My Name [3.5s] | INBA83:171, BLIB_Or15702.190, , ALIB.folder18p479b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05014 | 190 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت عن جهه عرش عظیما و فیها یذکر الذی آمن بالله و کان | These are the verses of holiness that have descended from the direction of the mighty Throne, wherein is mentioned he who hath believed in God and was [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.328b, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02684 | 330 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت من شطر البقا بقعه التی فیها ینادی الله باحسن صوت بدیع و | These are the verses of holiness which have descended from the realm of eternity, from that Spot wherein God calleth out with a wondrous new voice [3.5s] | INBA71:056 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01548 | 560 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت من لدن عزیز حکیم و یهدی الناس الی جبروت الفضل و یرزقهم | These are the verses of holiness that have been sent down by One Who is Mighty and All-Wise. They guide mankind unto the dominion of grace and bestow sustenance upon them [3.5s] | INBA83:228, BLIB_Or03114.056r, , BLIB_Or15725.518, , BLIB_Or15737.157, , ALIB.folder18p327 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04003 | 230 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم و فی کل حرف منها ستر | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most High, the Most Great, and within each letter thereof lies concealed a mystery [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.624, , ALIB.folder18p477b | Call to action; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10232 | 80 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من جبروت عز علیا لتجذب الذینهم آمنوا بالله و | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the realm of exalted glory, that they may draw unto them such as have believed in God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.348a, | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02388 | 370 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من سحاب فضل بدیعا و بها تطهر افئده العباد عن دنس | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the cloud of wondrous grace, whereby the hearts of the servants are purified from defilement [3.5s] | INBA15:177, INBA26:187b, INBA51:324b, BLIB_Or15694.453, , ALIB.folder18p395 | LHKM3.034 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05719 | 170 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدنا علی العالمین جمیعا لیتبعوا الناس سبل ربهم | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from Our presence unto all the peoples of the world, that they may follow the paths of their Lord [3.5s] | INBA36:137, INBA71:306 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02389 | 370 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و فیها ما یغنی الناس عن | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and in them lieth that which enricheth mankind [3.5s] | INBA36:039, INBA71:198, NLAI_BH1.347 | RSBB.009 | Personal instructions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03205 | 280 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق و انها لظهور الله فی العالمین و جعلها الله منبع علمه و | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth, and verily they are the Manifestation of God unto all the worlds, and He hath made them the fountainhead of His knowledge [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.404, , ALIB.folder18p429 | Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05720 | 170 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق و فیه یذکر کل امر حکیم و فیه ما یقرب الذینهم آمنوا | These are the verses of holiness sent down in truth, wherein every wise decree is inscribed and wherein is that which draweth nigh those who have believed [3.5s] | INBA71:027b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01354 | 630 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق و لایعقلها الا الذین امتحن الله قلوبهم للایمان و | These are the verses of holiness sent down in truth, and none can comprehend them save those whose hearts God hath tested for faith [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.027, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02756 | 320 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت عن سماء عز علیا ویلهم الممکنات ما یغنیهم عن کلشیء | These are the verses of holiness, sent down from the heaven of transcendent glory, enriching all created things with that which shall make them independent of all else [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.118a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05347 | 180 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت من جبروت مشیه الله المقتدر العلی العظیم لیهتدی بها عباد | These are the verses of holiness sent down from the dominion of God's Will, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, that His servants may be guided thereby [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.273b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11719 | 479 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت من لدی الله الواحد الفرد الاحد و یدعو الناس الی فردوس | These are the verses of holiness sent down from God, the One, the Incomparable, the Single, calling mankind unto Paradise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.420 | Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07582 | 130 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب المبین قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت اسمی العزیز المقتدر المهیمن | These are the verses of the Manifest Book, sent down in truth from the dominion of My Name, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.574, , ALIB.folder18p481a | AQA5#138 p.186 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02757 | 320 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم و انها لتنزیل | These are the verses of the Manifest Book, sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great - verily it is a revelation [3.5s] | INBA27:085 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the … | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| BH01761 | Suriy-i-Zuhur | 500 | Arabic | Súriy-i-Zuhúr (Surah of Revelation) | تلک آیات الکتاب قد نزلت علی احسن النغمات و انها بنفسها لیکون حجه علی من فی | These are the verses of the Book, revealed in the most melodious of tones, and they shall, of themselves, stand as testimony against all who dwell therein [3.5s] | INBA83:113, BLIB_Or15702.028, , ALIB.folder18p316 | PYK.115, OOL.B143 | Declares, at a time when He is beset on all sides, that His revelation is the testimony of God that … | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Word of God and human limitations | 2c | * | - | LL#332 | Not to be confused with Lawh-i-Zuhur (BH00686). | |||
| BH07017 | 140 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب لا ریب انه نزل عن جهه عرش ربک المهیمن القیوم و فیه نزل اسرار | These are the verses of the Book. There is no doubt that it hath been sent down from the Throne of thy Lord, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, and therein are mysteries revealed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.124a, , NLAI_BH1.042 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05348 | 180 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق علی لسان بدع مبین و فیه قضت من سنن الاولین لان فیه یذکر | These are the verses of the Book, revealed in truth through a wondrous and manifest Tongue, wherein are concluded the ways of them that have gone before, for therein is mention made [3.5s] | INBA71:050b | MUH3.268-269x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11398 | 30 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم ... و اصدق ما عندکم من سنن الل | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most High, the Most Great... and the most trustworthy of what ye possess of God's ordinances [3.5s] | ASAT4.182x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05015 | 190 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل ربکم العلی العظیم و بها تنجذب افئده | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from the Kingdom of the grace of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, whereby hearts are drawn [3.5s] | INBA34:286 | AQA1#150 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08763 | 110 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب و انها لایه القدم بین | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing, and verily they are the Ancient Sign manifest [3.5s] | AQA6#261 p.255b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01126 | 740 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من لدی الله المقتدر العزیز المختار و یبشر الموحدین الی | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and they give glad tidings unto them that have recognized His unity [3.5s] | INBA83:283, BLIB_Or15737.186, , NLAI_BH1.435, ALIB.folder18p288? | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01012 | 820 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق و جعلها الله دلیلا من عنده ثم ظهورا من لدنه علی من | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth, which God hath made as a testimony from His presence and a manifestation from His realm unto those who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.405, , ALIB.folder18p252, OSAI I.MMS, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02390 | 370 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت من سحاب رحمه منیعا و منها تحیی افئده الممکنات ان تتوجهن | These are the verses of the Book, sent down from the cloud of an impregnable mercy, whereby are quickened the hearts of all created things, should they turn thereunto [3.5s] | INBA51:500, ALIB.folder18p379 | LHKM3.040 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00822 | 990 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها | These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation | BLIB_Or15725.130, | BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax | GWB#149x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#361 | ||||||
| BH07018 | 140 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت من جبروت ربکم العلیم الحکیم | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest Justice, sent down from the dominion of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.050 | ABDA.268-269 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05349 | 180 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین الی الذی اراد ان یهتدی بهدی الله و یکون من | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest, unto him who desireth to be guided by the guidance of God and to be among [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.344, | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04004 | 230 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت اسمه المنزل المقتدر القدیر | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest One, sent down in truth from the dominion of His Name, the Revealer, the All-Powerful, the Almighty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.588, , ALIB.folder18p441 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08158 | 120 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت عز قدیم ان یا غلام | These are the verses of God, the King, the True, the Manifest, which have verily been sent down from the dominion of ancient glory. O youth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.380a, , NLAI_BH2.042 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04688 | 200 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین قد نزلت من جبروت مشیه ربکم الرحمن الرحیم یا | These are the verses of God, the True Sovereign, the Manifest, which have descended from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. O [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.298b, | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05350 | 180 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلت بالفضل علی من فی السموات و الارضین | These are the verses of God, the True Sovereign, the Manifest, revealed through grace unto all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.504, | Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00705 | 1100 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلت من جبروت عز رفیع ان لاتعبدوا الا ایاه و | These are the verses of God, the King, the True One, the Manifest, sent down from the realm of exalted might, that ye worship none but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.208, | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Muhammad; Islam; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03809 | 240 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلناها من سماء الامر و جعلناها هدایه و ذکری | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest, which We have sent down from the heaven of Command and made them a guidance and a remembrance [3.5s] | INBA23:072c, INBA34:242 | AQA1#102 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09321 | 100 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین و نزلناها علی عبد من عبادنا لیتذکر فی نفسه و | These are the verses of God, the True Sovereign, the All-Manifest, which We have sent down upon one of Our servants, that he may ponder within his soul and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.631a, , ALIB.folder18p496a | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01482 | 580 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العدل المبین الی الذی آمن بالله و آیته الکبری فی یوم | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the Just, the Manifest, unto him who hath believed in God and His Most Great Sign in this Day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.416, | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03086 | 290 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العدل المبین الی الذی اهتدی بهدی الروح و توجه الی شطر | These are the verses of God, the King, the Manifest Justice, unto him who hath been guided by the guidance of the Spirit and hath turned toward the Sanctuary [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.352b, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrdom of the Bab; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02449 | 360 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العزیز الحکیم نزلت بالحق لمن فی السموات و الارضین یخاطب | These are the verses of God, the King, the Mighty, the All-Wise, sent down in truth unto all that dwell in the heavens and on earth, addressing them [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#067, | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04429 | 210 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العزیز العظیم نزلت بالحق و انها تذکره للعالمین قد تعطر | These are the verses of God, the King, the Mighty, the Great, which have been sent down in truth as a remembrance unto all the worlds, perfumed with divine fragrance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#253, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03810 | 240 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العزیز العظیم نزلت من جبروت البیان من لدن علیم خبیر طوبی | These are the verses of God, the King, the Mighty, the Great, sent down from the heaven of utterance from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Blessed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#258, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03332 | 270 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العلیم الحکیم نزلت من جبروت ربکم الرحمن طوبی لمن اقبل | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, sent down from the dominion of your Lord, the Most Merciful. Blessed is he who hath turned towards them [3.5s] | INBA34:226 | AQA1#086 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - |
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