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| AB12320 | 170 | Persian | ای فرع لطیف سدره رحمانیه خدماتت در این ساحت مذکور و مشقاتت معلوم و مشهود | O graceful branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Thy services in this realm are remembered and thy trials are evident and manifest [3.5s] | INBA85:294 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12348 | 160 | Arabic | ایها الفرع العظیم من السدره المنتهی تالله الحق ان الشرق و الغرب و الشجر و الحجر | O mighty branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! By God, the True One, verily the East and the West, the tree and the stone [3.5s] | INBA85:295 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12253 | 210 | mixed | ایها الفرع المقدس من السدره الربانیه در خصوص برات جناب تاجرباشی و حواله بر شما | O sacred branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Regarding the promissory note of Jináb-i-Tájirbáshí and the remittance assigned to you [4o] | INBA85:296 | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09483 | 80 | Persian | ای مرتضی چه خوش بخت و فرخنده طالع بودی که بخدمت یاران و خصوصا حضرت افنان موفق | O Murtaza, how fortunate and blessed was thy destiny that thou wert enabled to serve the friends, and especially His Holiness the Afnán [3.5s] | INBA85:297 | MKT8.135b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12228 | 240 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای بجناب حیدر قبل علی مرقوم نموده بودید و خواهش نگارش | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hadst written a letter to his honor Haydar-'Ali, making a request for correspondence [3.5s] | INBA85:001 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12298 | 180 | mixed | ای نفوس مبارکه فی الحقیقه آستان مقدس را خادم صادقید و انجمن یارانرا شعاع بارق | O noble souls, verily ye are the true servants of the sacred Threshold and the luminous rays illuminating the assemblage of the friends [4o] | INBA85.314, INBA85.316 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03755 | 190 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای مظاهر الطاف الهی درین دور بدیع اساس متین تمهید تعلیم فنون و معارفست و بنص | O ye recipients of the favors of God! In this new and wondrous Age, the unshakable foundation is the teaching of sciences and arts | INBA85.315 | MKT3.217, MMK1#109 p.131, AKHA_125BE #11 p.512, AVK3.332.09x, DWNP_v6#02 p.002bx, TRBB.052, MJTB.112b, ADH2.013x, ADH2_1#05 p.012x, MMG2#182 p.209x | SWAB#109 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Universal education | - | - | |||||||
| AB00938 | 400 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید پیام آشنا بود و دلیل بر استقامت بر امر الله | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received. It brought a message of friendship and bore testimony to thy steadfastness in the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA85:028 | MMK6#423, AVK1.125.04x, MAS2.009-011 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03532 | 200 | Persian | ایها الفرع الخضر النضر الرفیع من السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم بود معلوم شد و | O verdant and flourishing lofty branch of the Blessed Tree, that which was written hath become known [3.5s] | INBA85:298 | MKT8.170 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02616 | 240 | Arabic | ایها الفرع المنشعب الممدود المرتفع من الشجره المبارکه التی ارتفعت بالحق فی | O thou offshoot, branched forth, extended and elevated, sprung from the Sacred Tree which hath been raised up in truth [3.5s] | INBA85:299 | MKT8.171b, KHSH07.018 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12599 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المجید من السدره المبارکه مراعات بقیه حضرت ورقاء حدیقه ملکوت ابهی | O illustrious offshoot of the blessed tree! Care for the remnant of his holiness Varqá in the garden of the most glorious Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:300 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12470 | 120 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه تحریریکه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده | O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! Concerning the letter thou didst write to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA85:301 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12329 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی و بشماتت و ملامت اعدا | O servant of God! Grievous afflictions have befallen thee, and thou hast endured mighty tribulations and borne the derision and reproach of the opponents [3.5s] | INBA85:302 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05736 | 140 | mixed | ای طبیب حبیب شفاء جسمانی بگیاهی و معجونی و خلاصه و دریاقی میسر گردد و موقت | O beloved Physician! Physical healing is accomplished through herbs and potions, elixirs and antidotes, yet remaineth temporary [3.5s] | INBA85:303 | MKT8.122b, AKHA_134BE #07 p.274, BSHN.140.429, BSHN.144.423, MHT1b.248 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03472 | 200 | Persian | ای مخمور باده میثاق اشعار آبدار که فی الحقیقه چون آب روان بود و سلسبیل عرفان | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! Thy flowing verses are in truth even as running water and the pure fountain of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA85:304 | MSHR5.168, YIK.091-092 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05336 | 150 | mixed | ای ورقه مطمئنه چون در جهان حوادث و اخبار و تاریخ قرون و دهور و اعصار نگری اعظم | O assured leaf! As thou surveyest the happenings, tidings and chronicles of ages, centuries and epochs in this world [3.5s] | INBA85:305 | MKT7.160 | Free will and predestination; fate; Prayer for women; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12307 | 180 | Arabic | ایها المقتبس من نار التجلی فی سدره الانسان هنیئا لک بما سرعت الی الوادی الایمن | O thou who hast drawn illumination from the fire of revelation in the tree of man! Joy be unto thee, for thou hast hastened to the sacred valley [3.5s] | INBA85:306 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10456 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله در هر محل و مکانی موفق بخدمت حضرت یزدانی زیرا بیزار | In this great Dispensation some of the anniversaries are solar and some lunar | INBA85:307 | BRL_DAK#0890, GHA.426ax | RKS.147-148x | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12771 | 40 | Arabic | رب احتکم فی من احتشم و اعتذل و اعتزل من غیر رضائک راجیا صونک و عونک و حسن | O Lord! I have submitted my cause to Thee, abstaining from all that is contrary to Thy good pleasure, and have withdrawn from the affairs of this world, hoping for Thy protection, Thy succor, and Thy grace [4o] | INBA85:308 | Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00904 | 410 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شخص موید نامه ایکه باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید از بدایت تا نهایت | O thou confirmed personage! The letter that thou hast written to Aga Seyad Assadollah was read from first to last… Ye should consider the question of goodly character as of the first importance | INBA85:309 | MMK1#108 p.130x, MJTB.076x | SWAB#108x, LOG#0500x, DAS.1913-10-18 | Education of children; moral education; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12278 | 200 | Persian | والله یحب المحسنین حقا که محسنی و متحصن در حصن حصین لهذا محفوظ و مصونی | Verily, God cherisheth the doers of good, for they, like unto a fortified and steadfast citadel, are ever shielded and preserved [4o] | INBA85:311 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12333 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مناجات و مکاتیب متعدده در حق مدارس همدان و نفوسی که باعانه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The numerous prayers and letters regarding the schools of Hamadán and those souls who have extended assistance [3.5s] | INBA85:312 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04860 | 160 | mixed | ای منفقان برهان ایمان انفاق مال و جانست الذین یجاهدون فی سبیل الله باموالهم | O ye who expend in the path of God! The proof of faith is sacrifice of wealth and life. They who strive in the path of God with their possessions [3.5s] | INBA85:313 | MMK6#184 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12722 | 60 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید با وجود موانع شدیده محض خاطر مبارک جواب مختصر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and despite severe impediments, for the sake of His blessed remembrance, a brief reply is penned [3.5s] | INBA85:317 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12118 | 570 | Persian | ای طائف بقعه نوراء شکر کن خدا را که هزار فرسنگ طی نمودی و مانند باد بادیه | O thou who hast circumambulated the luminous Sanctuary! Give thanks unto God that thou hast traversed a thousand leagues and, like the desert wind, hast journeyed far [3.5s] | INBA85:030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12414 | 140 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان در این ایام منادی نادر شده است و مبلغ کمیاب از هر طرفی فریاد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In these days, the herald hath become rare and the teacher scarce in every direction [3.5s] | INBA85:318 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12415 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت عهد نامه در اسکندریه رسید در حالتیکه ابدا مجال ندارم و بی نهایت خسته | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received in Alexandria at a time when I am utterly bereft of respite and infinitely weary [3.5s] | INBA85:319 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08063 | 100 | Persian | ای دبیر شهیر حضرت حی قدیر امیر مدینه تدبیر و انشا را ستایش فرموده این نام و لقب | O renowned Dabír! He Who is the Ever-Living, the Almighty, has lauded the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment | INBA85:320 | TAH.306, SFI18.272-273 | LOIR20.167-168 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00849 | 420 | Arabic | اللهم یا من سبقت رحمته کل شیء و کملت نعمته علی کل شیء و تمت حجته علی عباده | O Lord! Thou Whose mercy hath surpassed all things, Whose bounty hath been perfected upon all things, and Whose proof hath been completed unto Thy servants [3.5s] | INBA85:321 | AHT.014, TSS.213, MSBH3.159 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12486 | 120 | Persian | ای پدر و پسر مهربان الحمد لله پدر مهرپرور است و پسر پاک گهر و آمیخته مانند شیر | O loving father and son! Praise be to God that the father is affectionate and tender, and the son pure in essence, mingling as milk [3.5s] | INBA85:323a | Call to action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12521 | 110 | Persian | ای دو گل نوبهار محبت الله جناب فروغی علیه بهاء الله ذکر خدمتگذاری شما را باحبای الهی | O two fresh blossoms in the garden of the love of God! His honor Furughi - upon him be the Glory of God - hath mentioned your devoted services to the friends of God [3.5s] | INBA85:323b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12491 | 120 | mixed | ای سلیمان تاسی بان امیر سریر سلطنت عظمی نما و با جمیع وحوش و طیور همدم و همراز | O Sulayman! Follow the example of that sovereign of the exalted throne of mighty dominion, and become an intimate companion to all the beasts of the field and birds of the air [3.5s] | INBA85:324 | Moses; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08255 | 100 | Persian | ای موید آسمانی خداوندیرا بستا که تاییدش ابدیست و بخششش سرمدی بنده موید را | O heavenly-confirmed one! Praise be to God, whose confirmations are eternal and whose bounties are everlasting [3.5s] | INBA85:325a | BSHN.140.390, BSHN.144.385, MHT1b.180a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12225 | 240 | Arabic | الهی الهی قد حیرتنی فی قدرتک و اقتدارک و ادهشتنی من ارادتک و اختیارک حیث حرمت | O my God, my God! I am bewildered before Thy might and Thy power, and am struck with wonder at Thy will and Thy sovereignty, wherein Thou hast deprived [3.5s] | INBA85:325b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12206 | 260 | mixed | الهی الهی هذا عبد قد ازلت عن بصره الغشاء و ملئت له کاس العطاء و کشفت عن | O my God, my God! This is a servant from whose vision Thou hast removed the veil, for whom Thou hast filled the chalice of bounty, and before whom Thou hast unveiled [3.5s] | INBA85:327 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02114 | 270 | mixed | ای نفس موید نامه بلیغ رسید مضمون مشحون از راز درون بود و آن خجلت و شرمساری در | O thou confirmed soul! Thy compelling letter was received. Its contents were laden with inner mysteries, and therein was reflected thy humility and abashment [3.5s] | INBA85:328 | MMK2#154 p.115 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11989 | 260 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | الهی الهی ان عبدک الملتهب بنار محبتک المنجذب الی ملکوت رحمانیتک قد احب ان | O my Lord, my Lord! Verily, this servant, enkindled with the fire of Thy love and attracted to the kingdom of Thy mercy, hath desired to [3.5s]... ...As to the Obligatory Prayer, it hath a Qiblih that is fixed, specified, holy and blessed | INBA85:330 | BRL_IOPF#2.21x | Law of obligatory prayer; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12184 | 290 | Arabic | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اشرقت شمس الحقیقه من الافق المبین و تلوح علی هیاکل | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that the Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the manifest horizon and doth illumine the temples of being [3.5s] | INBA85:331 | Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12614 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق فی الحقیقه آنچه مدح و ستایش زایدالوصف از حضرت موید نمودی محققست | O servant of God! In truth, the abundant praise and glorification that thou hast expressed regarding his honor Mu'ayyad is verily confirmed [3.5s] | INBA85:333 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12656 | 80 | mixed | ای حضرت موید با وجود عدم مجال و تشتت بال و اعتلال احوال مختصر جواب بر سوال | O thou who art confirmed! Despite lack of opportunity, distraction of mind, and indisposition of health, I write this brief response to thy question [3.5s] | INBA85:334a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00058 | 1390 | Arabic | اناجیک یا الهی فی غدوی و آصالی و بهره نهاری و جنح اللیالی و ادعوک بلسانی و جنانی | I commune with Thee, O my God, at daybreak and eventide, in the bright noontide and the dark of night, and I call upon Thee with my tongue and my heart [3.5s] | INBA85:334b | BRL_DAK#0722, MKT1.392, MNMK#008 p.063, ASAT3.046-047x, MAS2.095ax, AADA.142ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12229 | 240 | mixed | ای مجذوبان دلبر حقیقت حضرت مسیح ملیح روح الوجود له الفداء در انجیل میفرماید | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of Truth! The sweet and glorious Christ - may my life be a sacrifice unto Him - in the Gospel saith [3.5s] | INBA85:341 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Scarcity of receptive souls; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12290 | 190 | Persian | ای یادگار حضرت ذبیح ان خاندان و دودمان همیشه مشمول نظر عنایت جمال مبارک بوده | O remnant of the illustrious Dhabih! That family and lineage have ever been the recipients of the loving-kindness of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:343 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12236 | 230 | Persian | ای امه الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد و از استقامت شما بر محبت الله | O handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was noted, and thy steadfastness in the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:344a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07889 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله هر چند بجسم در این آستان حاضر نشدی ولی بروح انشاء الله در جمیع | O handmaid of God! Though thou wert not present in body at this sacred Threshold, yet in spirit, God willing, thou art present in all [3.5s] | INBA85:345a | MKT7.072 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12513 | 110 | mixed | ای سلیل حضرت ذبیح جد بزرگوار ایت هدی بود و رایت ملا اعلی در کاشان نور افشان | O descendant of the illustrious Dhabih! Thy distinguished grandfather was a sign of guidance and a banner of the Most Exalted Assembly, shedding radiance throughout Kashan [3.5s] | INBA85:345b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12480 | 120 | Persian | ای سلاله ذبیح ملیح با وجهی صبیح و نطقی فصیح و قلبی جریح چون جد بزرگوار در لیل | O descendant of that gentle martyr! With radiant countenance, eloquent speech, and wounded heart, like thy noble ancestor [3.5s] | INBA85:346 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10411 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح | O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s] | INBA85:347a | MMK5#263 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12748 | 50 | Persian | ای حفید حضرت ذبیح تاسی بجد بزرگوار کن و همیشه در قربانگاه حق حاضر باش نام او | O descendant of the illustrious Zabih! Follow in the footsteps of your exalted forebear and ever be present at the altar of sacrifice for the Cause of God [4o] | INBA85:347b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12674 | 70 | Persian | ای جلال منجذب بجمال ذوالجلال باش و مشتعل بنار موقده در شجره اجلال الطاف بی | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Be thou enkindled with the fire ignited in the Tree of Divine Glory through boundless favors [3.5s] | INBA85:347c | Being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01427 | 330 | Persian | Excellence in all Things; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action | ای یاران الهی شما را فراموش ننموده و نخواهم نمود دائما گوش هوش منتظر استماع | O ye friends of God! I have not forgotten you and will not forget you. The ear of mind is constantly waiting...Exert every effort to acquire the various branches of knowledge and true understanding. Strain every nerve to achieve both material and spiritual accomplishments | INBA85:033 | BRL_DAK#0276, MKT8.227, AKHA_133BE #10 p.224, AKHA_135BE #13 p.209, BSHN.140.344, BSHN.144.342, TRBB.041x, MHT1b.172 | BRL_ATE#178x, BRL_SOCIAL#188x, BRL_EXCEL#26x, COC#0601x, COC#0791x, LOG#0480x, TCI#3 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Education of children; moral education; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB09401 | 80 | mixed | ای سلاله آن ذبیح قربانگاه عشق چه شود که تو آن شجره متصاعده را شاخ و اجعل لی | O scion of that sacrificial lamb at the altar of love! What if thou shouldst become a branch of that heavenward-soaring tree [3.5s] | INBA85:348a | MMK6#291 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12646 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه متعلمه حمد کن حضرت معبود را که بمقصود رسیدی و بایمان و ثبوت بر پیمان | O learned handmaiden! Render praise unto the Lord, thy God, that thou hast attained thy heart's desire and art confirmed in faith and steadfast in His Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:348b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00253 | 740 | mixed | رب و رجائی و حرزی و ملاذی لک الحمد بما خلقت نفوسا رحمانیه و قلوبا نورانیه | O Lord, my hope, my stronghold, and my refuge! Praise be unto Thee for having brought into being souls endowed with divine compassion and hearts illumined with celestial light [3.5s] | INBA85:349 | MSHR5.263x, YMM.050 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00221 | 780 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما را با وجود آنکه بجان عزیزت فرصت قرائت یکسطر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though I have not the time to read even a single line, thy detailed letter [3.5s] | INBA85:353 | AVK3.319.01x, SFI06.015bx, ANDA#67-68 p.36, YMM.042-044 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00384 | 610 | mixed | اللهم یا ربی الرحمن انت الکریم و انت المنان انی اتضرع الیک باللسان و الجنان | O God, my Lord, the All-Merciful! Thou art the Gracious, Thou art the Bestower. With tongue and heart I implore Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:357 | BRL_DAK#0769, MKT8.246x, AKHA_134BE #07 p.272x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.04x, YMM.038 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for protection; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03053 | 220 | Arabic | یا ایها الروح المستبشر بنفحات قدسیه انتشرت من ریاض الملکوت الابهی و الفردوس | O thou spirit who art gladdened by the sacred fragrances that have wafted from the gardens of the Most Glorious Kingdom and Paradise [3.5s] | INBA85:360 | YMM.051 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00542 | 530 | mixed | از انتشار اجنحه طیور لیل مرقوم نموده بودید هذا ما اخبر به القلم الاعلی فی | Thou hast written regarding the spreading of the wings of the birds of night. As the Most Exalted Pen hath foretold in [3.5s] | INBA85:362 | MMK6#430, YMM.036, AADA.129x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01539 | 310 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی ما الطف سریان محبتک فی القلوب المنجذبه بنفحات قدسک و ما احلی | O God, my God! How gentle is the flow of Thy love in hearts that are drawn to the fragrances of Thy holiness, and how sweet [3.5s] | INBA85:364 | YMM.037 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01595 | 310 | mixed | ای مستقیم بر صراط امر الله استقامت اعظم منقبت عالم انسانی و ابهی موهبت حضرت | O thou who art steadfast in the path of God's Cause! Steadfastness is the loftiest virtue of the human world and the most resplendent bounty of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:366 | MMK6#471, YMM.047 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01785 | 290 | mixed | اوراق آنجناب ملاحظه شد جمیع اذکار منبعث از محبت و خلوص بود و تفاصیل موجود و | The missives of that honored one were perused. All the expressions therein emanated from love and sincerity, and the details were present [3.5s] | INBA85:368 | MKT8.247, AKHA_127BE #05 p.a, YMM.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00663 | 480 | mixed | Light of the World | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله در هر عصر و قرنی مطلع آفاق بتجلی خاصی مشرق و لائح و | O thou who rejoicest in the glad-tidings of God! In every age and century, the Dayspring of the world is made manifest | INBA85:370 | NURA#50, MMK4#103 p.112, YMM.046 | LOTW#50 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01690 | 300 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل تلاوت و مرتل گردید و نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was read and chanted, and brought the utmost joy and spiritual delight [3.5s] | INBA85:372 | YMM.041 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02734 | 230 | Persian | Light of the World | ای طبیب روحانی جسد امکان بامراض شدیده و عوارض مزمنه و علل ساریه و حمای مطبقه | O thou spiritual physician! The body of humankind was afflicted with severe ills and chronic diseases, contagious maladies and prolonged fevers | INBA85:373 | NURA#51, MMK4#104 p.114, YMM.046 | LOTW#51 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB02779 | 230 | mixed | ای یار مهربان من لوح مسطور رق منشور گشت و چون گشودم و در بدایع معانی نظر | O my kind Friend! The written Tablet and unfolded scroll was received, and when I opened it and gazed upon the wondrous meanings [3.5s] | INBA85:375, INBA89:154 | MMK6#367, MSBH3.375, YMM.049 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07802 | 110 | Arabic | یا من توجه الی الله قد فرح القلوب و انکشف الکروب و قرت البصائر و الابصار و | O thou who hast turned unto God! Hearts have been made joyous, sorrows have been dispelled, and both inner vision and outward sight have been gladdened [3.5s] | INBA85:376 | YMM.052 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10260 | 70 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بنار موقده فی شجره المیثاق قم علی اعلاء کلمه الرب و قل ایها | O thou who art enkindled with the fire lit in the Tree of the Covenant! Arise to exalt the Word of thy Lord, and say: O ye [3.5s] | INBA85:377a | YMM.052 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05312 | 150 | mixed | ای ناظر بافق ابهی الیوم جمیع من علی الارض از پی سراب دوانند و از عقب ظل زائل | O thou who gazest towards the Most Effulgent Horizon! Today, all who dwell upon the earth are in pursuit of mirages, running after vanishing shadows [3.5s] | INBA85:377b | YMM.048 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12157 | 330 | mixed | ای بندگان و اماء رحمان جناب آقا نورالله و آقا محمد تبریزی نامه ای مرقوم نموده | O ye servants and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Jinab-i-Aqa Nurullah and Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Tabrizi have penned a letter [3.5s] | INBA85:036 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03375 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت بر استقامت در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write was noted, and praise be to God that it indicateth steadfastness in [3.5s] | INBA85:378 | YMM.040 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Growth of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05159 | 150 | Persian | ای جوان نورانی آن فتای رحمانی آقا میرزا علی اکبر میلانی نهایت سرور و شادمانی | O luminous youth, that divine soul Mirza Ali-Akbar-i-Milani, with utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | INBA85:380 | YMM.058 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10531 | 60 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای شعله محبت الله شعاعرا سطوعی باید و آفتاب را طلوعی و بدر را نوری و نجم را | O flame of the love of God! The ray must shed light and the sun must rise; the full moon must shine and the star must gleam. | INBA85:381a | AHB.131BE #01-02 p.32, ANDA#12 p.74, YMM.058 | BRL_ATE#041 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| AB10420 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حقیقی بهاء الله نامه مختصر را معانی مفصل بود بلکه سفری جلیل بود و | O true servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Though thy letter was brief, its meanings were profound; nay, it was a mighty journey [3.5s] | INBA85:381b | YMM.058, MYD.629 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12774 | 30 | Persian | ای سمی حضرت مقصود دست بذیل اطهر زن و از ما سوی الله منقطع شو و در ظل شجره | O namesake of the desired One! Cling to the hem of His most pure garment, detach thyself from all else save God, and take shelter beneath the Tree [3.5s] | INBA85:382a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08225 | 1040 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه ها ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله حقیقت حال آن دو مظلوم بزرگوار بر | O Herald of the Covenant! The letters were perused. Praise be to God, the true state of those two wronged and noble souls hath been [3.5s] | INBA85:382b | BRL_DAK#0163, MSHR1.042x, YIA.289-292 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Newspapers and the media; publications; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01424 | 330 | mixed | ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم عبدالبهاء نامه رسید در این روزها مصمم حرکت امریکا | O ancient companion and intimate confidant of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter hath arrived, and in these days I am resolved to journey unto America [3.5s] | INBA85:387 | BRL_DAK#0176, MKT4.144, MMK5#056 p.052, YHA1.132x, YHA1.132x (1.270), YIA.335 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00288 | 700 | Persian | ای منادی میثاق مکتوبی که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید در خصوص | O thou herald of the Covenant! The letter that thou didst address to Jinab-i-Manshadi hath been perused. Regarding [3.5s] | INBA85:388 | BRL_DAK#0150, ASAT2.190-191x, AVK3.277.16x, AVK3.344.18, TRZ1.333, MAS5.220-221x, YIA.323-325, YIK.397-399 | Chastisement and requital; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11635 | 440 | Persian | ای منادی میثاق عبدالبهاء در ارسال اجوبه متتابعه حضرات ایادی امرالله مقر | O herald of the Covenant! Abdul-Baha is engaged in sending successive replies to the Hands of the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA85:392 | BRL_DAK#0196, YIA.312-314 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Constitutional revolution in Iran; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11639 | 400 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان نامه ای که در خصوص دو نفس محترم و خلاصی آنان مرقوم نموده | O herald of the Covenant, your letter concerning those two respected souls and their deliverance has been received [3.5s] | INBA85:394 | BRL_DAK#0200, YIA.268-269 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07567 | 450 | Persian | ای منادی میثاق دو نامه یکدفعه وارد و مشروحات بدقت ملاحظه گردید با وجود کثرت | O Herald of the Covenant! Two letters arrived together and their contents were carefully studied. Despite [3.5s] | INBA85:396 | BRL_DAK#0159, AVK4.306x, YIA.308-309 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12355 | 160 | Persian | ای عاشق جمال ذوالجلال نامه شما رسید و مضمون شیرین و دلنشین بود زیرا دلیل | O lover of the Glory of the All-Glorious! Your letter was received, and its contents were sweet and pleasing, for they were evidence [3.5s] | INBA85:038 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01387 | 330 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص معلم مرقوم نموده بودید همان قسم که مجرا داشتید همان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Concerning the teacher of whom thou didst write, proceed as thou hast already arranged [3.5s] | INBA85:399 | BRL_DAK#0154, AYBY.454 #200x, TRZ1.296, YIA.237 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11645 | 370 | Persian | دو طغرا مکتوب آنجناب وارد ولی هیچیک تاریخ نداشت مکتوب اول حکایت جناب استاد | Two letters with your letterhead arrived, but neither had a date. The first letter tells the story of Jinab-i-Ustad [3.5s] | INBA85:400 | BRL_DAK#0199, YIA.340-341 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise of Western values; culture; Smoking; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08227 | 250 | mixed | ای منادی میثاق نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۰ جمادی الاول مرقوم نموده بودی واصل گردید | O herald of the Covenant! The letter thou didst write on the twentieth of Jamádíyu'l-Avval hath been received [3.5s] | INBA85:402 | BRL_DAK#0201, AVK3.280.12x, YIA.326 | Obedience to and respect for government authority; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01762 | 300 | mixed | یا خادم البهاء آنچه بجناب میرزا اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم گردید | O thou servant of Baha! What thou hast written unto Jinab-i-Mirza Asadu'llah hath become known [3.5s] | INBA85:404, INBA88:196 | BRL_DAK#0169, MSHR5.352-353, YIA.350 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11638 | 400 | mixed | الله ابهی الهی تری عبدک الابهر و رقک الاصغر قد تحمل کل مشاق فی سبیلک و کل | O my God! Thou beholdest this radiant servant of Thine, this lowly thrall in Thy presence, who hath borne all hardships in Thy path [4o] | INBA85:405 | BRL_DAK#0202, YIA.221-222 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12176 | 300 | mixed | فی الحقیقه حکومت حاضره ایران در خصوص احبای رحمن بهیچوجه قصور ندارد و بقدر | In truth, the present government of Iran is in no way remiss with respect to the loved ones of the All-Merciful, and to the extent of [3.5s] | INBA85:406 | Contention and conflict; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12488 | 120 | Persian | ای مومنه موقنه نامه تو قرائت گردید و آرزوی تو سزاوار ستایش است و شایان شمول | O assured believer! Your letter was perused, and your aspiration is worthy of praise and deserving of acceptance [3.5s] | INBA85:039 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09267 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک و مبشر میثاق و منادی حق در ان اطراف الحمد لله در این | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty and herald of the Covenant and proclaimer of truth in those regions! Praise be to God in this [3.5s] | INBA85:408 | BRL_DAK#0167, MJMJ3.088bx, MMG2#077 p.084x, YIA.234, MYD.442-443x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10600 | 290 | mixed | ای منادی حق نامه ثانی بتاریخ ۲۶ ذیقعده سنه ۱۳۲۶ ملاحظه شد در خصوص ارسال معلم | O herald of truth! The second letter, dated 26 Dhi'l-Qa'dah 1326, was reviewed regarding the dispatch of a teacher [3.5s] | INBA85:409 | BRL_DAK#0205, AVK2.081.12x, YIA.302-303 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11707 | 170 | mixed | ای منادی میثاق مکتوبی که بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید در خصوص مدیر مدرسه میرزا حسن | O herald of the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to his honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused. Concerning the school headmaster, Mírzá Ḥasan [3.5s] | INBA85:411 | BRL_DAK#0922, YIA.229 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02996 | 220 | Persian | Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics | ای یار مهربان نامه سلخ ربیع الاول سنه ۱۳۲۷ وصول یافت و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O loving friend! Thy letter dated the last day of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1327 was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of our ill-wishers amongst the Yahya'ís [i.e. the Azalís], who accuse the Friends [i.e. the Baha'ís] of sympathy with the Court [or Government, Dawlat], it is certain that the truth of the case will become plain and evident | INBA85:412 | BRL_DAK#0198, YIA.337 | CHU.067b, BLO_PT#011bx | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Non-participation in politics; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB11688 | 190 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان دو عدد نامه آنجناب در یک آن ملاحظه گردید یکی سبب حزن و حسرت | O herald of the Covenant! Two of your esteemed letters were perused at once, one occasioning grief and regret [3.5s] | INBA85:413 | BRL_DAK#0197, YIA.254 | Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11706 | 170 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان نامه های سابق جواب ارسال گردید و از برای نفوس که خواهش نگارش | O herald of the Covenant! Previous letters were answered and in response to those souls who requested correspondence [3.5s] | INBA85:415 | BRL_DAK#0182, YIA.293 | Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12328 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بود که یاران آنسامان مستقیم بر امر | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a clear proof that the friends in that region are firm in the Cause [3.5s] | INBA85:040 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02408 | 250 | Persian | ای منادی میثاق مکتوب اخیر شما ملاحظه گردید در خصوص سفر یزد بسیار موافق ولی | O herald of the Covenant! Your recent letter was perused. Concerning the journey to Yazd, it is most agreeable, but [3.5s] | INBA85:419 | BRL_DAK#0178, YIA.318, ABDA.218-219 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11672 | 240 | Persian | یا من جعله الله من ایادی امره مکاتیب متعدده از آنجناب واصل و هیچیک را جواب | O thou whom God hath made one of the hands of His Cause! Numerous letters from thee have been received, yet none hath been answered [3.5s] | INBA85:420 | BRL_DAK#0166, YIA.363 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05793 | 140 | Persian | ای منادی باسم الله در سبیل الهی گردنرا وقف زنجیر نمودی و پای را مرهون کند | O thou who callest out in the name of God! In the divine path thou hast offered up thy neck to chains and thy feet to fetters [3.5s] | INBA85:422a, INBA88:222 | BRL_DAK#0175, AHB.127BE #07-08 p.186, YIA.243, YIA.456-457, MYD.433 | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10596 | 160 | Persian | Social Action | ای منادی پیمان روزنامه ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه عبارت سلیس و روان و در نهایت | O herald of the Covenant! The newspaper was perused. In truth, the expressions were fluent and eloquent, and in the utmost [3.5s]... ...Guide and counsel at all times the friends of God, one and all, to be occupied day and night with that which is conducive to Iran’s abiding glory | INBA85:422b | BRL_DAK#0189, AVK3.291.03x, YIA.256 | BRL_SOCIAL#015x | Call to action; Newspapers and the media; publications; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB11676 | 230 | Persian | ای ایادی امرالله مکتوب جوف را بشخص معلوم در کمال حکمت یدا بید برسانید و یا | O Hands of the Cause of God! With consummate wisdom, deliver this enclosed letter personally into the hands of the specified individual [3.5s] | INBA85:423 | BRL_DAK#0165, YIA.228 | Contention and conflict; Hands of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11700 | 180 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه شما رسید و نفحه خوشی استشمام گردید و آن وفای بحقوق پدر و | O herald of the Covenant! Your letter was received and a sweet fragrance was inhaled therefrom, and that was your fidelity to the rights of your father and [3.5s] | INBA85:424 | BRL_DAK#0188, YIA.278 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11691 | 190 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه های متعدد رسید از مضمون روح و ریحان حاصل گردید از عدم | O herald of the Covenant! Numerous letters have arrived, and from their contents joy and delight were obtained. Owing to the lack of [3.5s] | INBA85:425 | BRL_DAK#0160, YIA.295 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Newspapers and the media; publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12248 | 220 | Arabic | و انت تعلم یا الهی ذلی و مسکنتی و فقری و مسغبتی و تبتلی و تضرعی و تذللی | Thou knowest, O my God, my lowliness and poverty, my destitution and desperate need, my utter devotion, my supplications, and my complete self-effacement [3.5s] | INBA85:427 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12483 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده الهی شما در کردستانی و آقا میرزا حبیب الله در ترکستان و این عبد در سورستان | O thou servant of God! Thou art in Kurdistan, and Aqa Mirza Habibullah is in Turkistan, and this servant is in Syria [3.5s] | INBA85:041 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12528 | 110 | Persian | ای شخص شخیص خلق ضعیفند و محیل عاجزند و ماگر باید ایشانرا بخوف و رجا نگاه داشت | O distinguished personage! The people are frail and susceptible, and the shrewd soul must guide them through fear and hope [3.5s] | INBA85:428a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Reward and punishment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11746 | 130 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی پیمان نامه های متعدد واصل و از ملاحظه اش روح و ریحان متواصل زیرا | O Herald of the Covenant! Numerous letters were received and from their perusal continuous spirit and joy were attained, for [3.5s]... ...My hope is that the Tarbíyat School may be under the protection of the one true God, and may achieve extraordinary progress | INBA85:428b | BRL_DAK#0203, YIA.297 | BRL_ATE#106x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; High station of the arts and sciences; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB11764 | 120 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان نامه مفصل که در بیروت مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و بدقت ملاحظه | O Herald of the Covenant! Your detailed letter, which you had penned in Beirut, was received and carefully perused [3.5s] | INBA85:429 | BRL_DAK#0158, YIA.282 | Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Hands of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06553 | 120 | Arabic | الهی الهی انی ابتهل الی ملکوت رحمتک و اتذلل الی جبروت سلطنتک و ادعوک بقلب | O my God, my God! I humbly supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy mercy, and abase myself before the dominion of Thy sovereignty, and call upon Thee with my heart [3.5s] | INBA85:430a | BRL_DAK#0151, MJMJ3.014, MMG2#356 p.398, YIA.223 | JHT_A#002 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for healing; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08846 | 90 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای محنت زده در سبیل میثاق صدمات و زحمات در سبیل رب الایات البینات عنایاتست و | O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway of the Covenant! Anguish and torment, when suffered on the pathway of the Lord | INBA85:430b | MNMK#142 p.254, MMK1#191 p.220, MSHR4.331 | SWAB#191 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB11795 | 70 | Persian | لایحه ای که بحسب اصطلاح این ایام راپورت میگویند در خصوص انتشار امرالله در خطه | The report, which according to the custom of these days is termed a memorandum, concerning the spread of the Cause of God in that region [3.5s] | INBA85:431 | BRL_DAK#0185, YIA.342 | Growth of the Cause; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02119 | 270 | Persian | ای یادگارهای آن نفس مقدس مبارک جناب سمی حضرت مقصود الحمد لله بمقصود رسیدند و | O ye remnants of that blessed and sacred soul, his honor Samí, namesake of the Most Great Beloved! Praise be to God, they have attained their goal [3.5s] | INBA85:432 | BSHN.140.283, BSHN.144.283, TSS.174, MHT1b.180b | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12716 | 60 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان عبدک ابوالقاسم یقتسم احبائک فیوضات رحمانیتک و اقسم بجمالک المنیر | O my God, my God! Verily, Thy servant Abu'l-Qasim doth distribute amongst Thy loved ones the outpourings of Thy mercy, and I swear by Thy resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:433 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12662 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق از فضل حق جمعی نه پریشان در پناه الهی هستی نه بی سر و سامان منظور | O servant of the Truth! Through the grace of God thou art united, not scattered; thou art sheltered beneath divine protection, not forsaken and adrift; thou art remembered, not forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:434a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08488 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی انی ابتهل بلسانی و اتضرع بجنانی ان تجعل لعبدک هذا حظا موفورا من | O my God, O my God! I beseech Thee with my tongue and supplicate with my heart to grant unto this Thy servant an abundant portion of [3.5s] | INBA85:434b | MMG2#230 p.258 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12655 | 80 | Arabic | اللهم یا فاتح الابواب و محیر القلوب و الالباب و مهیا الاسباب لنجاح عبادک فی المبدء | O God! O Thou Who art the Opener of Doors, Who bewildereth hearts and minds, and Who prepareth the means for the success of Thy servants in the beginning [3.5s] | INBA85:435a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05999 | 130 | Arabic | اللهم یا موید المخلصین علی السلوک علی صراط مستقیم و الورود فی جنه النعیم و | O God, Who dost aid the sincere ones to tread the straight path and to enter the paradise of delight [3.5s] | INBA85:435b | TSS.175 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12331 | 170 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق رب ابراهیم جناب آقا شکرالله در بقعه نوراء بیاد احباء افتاد و بدعا | O ye two faithful servants of the Lord Abraham! Jinab-i-Aqa Shukru'llah, in the luminous Spot, remembered the loved ones and raised his voice in prayer [3.5s] | INBA85:436 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12327 | 170 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هاتین النفسین المومنتین بک و بایاتک المعترفتین بظهور اثارک | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! These two souls have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and have recognized the manifestation of Thy tokens [3.5s] | INBA85:437 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12615 | 90 | Persian | یار موافقا آنچه در عالم رویا استماع نمودی خطاب ببعضی از ایرانیان بود و اما شما | O thou faithful friend! That which thou didst hear in the realm of dreams was addressed to certain Persians. As for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:042a | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12409 | 140 | Persian | ای مقتبس نور هدی از مصباح الهی جمعی که خود را دلیل راه دانستند و وسیله وصول | O thou who hast acquired illumination from the Divine Lamp! A company of souls, who deemed themselves guides upon the path and means of attainment [3.5s] | INBA85:042b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01578 | 310 | mixed | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | ای دوستان الهی قریب شامست و غروب آفتاب و این انامل از کثرت تحریر خسته | O friends of God! The eventide draweth nigh and the sun setteth, and these fingers grow weary from abundant writing [3.5s]... ...O Thou Pure and Omnipotent God! O Thou my kind Lord! Grant me such power as to enable me to withstand the onslaught of the peoples and kindreds of the world, and give us such might as to cause the waves of our endeavors, like unto the Pacific Ocean | INBA85:439 | BCH.180, DUR2.184x, DUR1.136x, MJMJ1.061ax, MMG2#109 p.122x, MJH.021ax, KNSA.151 (273)x | MNYA.206-207x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB03661 | 190 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان در ایه فرقان میفرماید ثم اورثنا الکتاب الذین اصطفینا من عبادنا | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In the verses of the Qur'án it is proclaimed: "Then We caused those of Our servants whom We had chosen to inherit the Book." [3.5s] | INBA85:440 | BSHN.140.281, BSHN.144.281, MHT1b.182 | Exhortations and counsels; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12657 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله بدون واسطه موسوط شدی و بحضرت مقصود پی بردی از کاس هدی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained without intermediary and discovered the Lord of all desires, having drunk from the chalice of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:441 | Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12606 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال حقیقی الان در شهر مالدن امریک به ذکر آن یار مهربان پرداختم شب و روز | O thou servant of the True Beauty! At this moment in the city of Malden, America, I am engaged in the remembrance of that kind friend, day and night [3.5s] | INBA85:442 | BSHI.059 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12557 | 100 | Persian | جناب بشیرالهی مکاتیب جوف ارسال گشت برسانید فی الحقیقه ابدا فرصت تحریر این جوانها | O thou herald of God! The enclosed letters have been dispatched; do thou deliver them. In truth, there is absolutely no time to write to these youth [3.5s] | INBA85:443a | BSHI.122a | Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12431 | 130 | Persian | ای بشیرالهی دیگر شکایت از انقطاع مراسلات مفرما ملاحظه کن که در جوف چند نامه | O Divine Herald! Complain no longer of the cessation in our correspondence. Behold how many letters are enclosed herein! [3.5s] | INBA85:443b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12407 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نمره ۶۵ رسید از برای عبدالبهاء آسایش جسم و راحت جان فضل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Letter number 65 was received. Through divine bounty, physical comfort and tranquility of soul for 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:444 | BSHI.093 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12478 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های متعدد شما چون ابر بهار فیض معانی و چون جوهر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy numerous letters, like the spring rain, have showered down divine meanings and like unto gems [3.5s] | INBA85:445 | BSHI.093-094 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12743 | 50 | Persian | جناب عندلیب علیه بهاء الله الابهی از جهت خانه شان بشخصی از احباء الله هفتاد | O nightingale of God! Upon thee be the Most Glorious Glory of God. As regards their house, seventy [3.5s] | INBA85:446a | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12476 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قلت فرصت مجبور بر اختصارم نامه مورخ بیست و چهارم جمادی الاول | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Due to scarcity of time I am compelled to be brief. Thy letter dated 24 Jamádíyu'l-Avval [3.5s] | INBA85:446b | BSHI.068-069 | Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12766 | 40 | Persian | یا حضرت بشیرالهی نصف شب است این چند کلمه مرقوم میگردد روز ابدا دقیقه ای فرصت | O thou divine herald! It is midnight as these few words are being penned. Throughout the day, not a moment's respite was found [3.5s] | INBA85:447a | BSHI.126 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12377 | 150 | Persian | ای بشیرالهی نامه شما رسید و همچنین نامه دیگر که در جوف بود الحمد لله بشارت | O divine herald! Your letter was received, as well as the other letter enclosed therein. Praise be to God for these glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA85:447b | Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00650 | 480 | Persian | از ایه مبارکه ان یا رایس قد تجلینا علیک مره فی جبل تینا و مره فی زیتاء و فی | Regarding the blessed verse: 'O Chief! Verily We have manifested Ourself unto thee once upon the Mount of Sinai, and again upon the Mount of Olives, and in...' [4o] | INBA85:448 | MMK6#609, BSHI.029-031 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12510 | 110 | Persian | ای بشیرالهی نامه مختصر شما مفصل بود لفظ موجز بود ولی معانی مفصل زیرا دلیل بر انجذاب | O divine herald! Though brief in words, thy letter was detailed in meaning; though concise in expression, it was replete with significance, for it bore testimony to thy attraction [3.5s] | INBA85:450 | BSHI.040-041 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12773 | 30 | Persian | ای حضرت بشیر این نامه پانزده روز پیش مرقوم شد ولی فرصت ارسال نشد | O thou herald of the Covenant! Though this letter was penned fifteen days ago, opportunity for its dispatch did not present itself [3.5s] | INBA85:451a | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04683 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | INBA85:451b | MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12742 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی | O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o] | INBA85:452a | BSHI.060 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12362 | 160 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی و کهفی الوافی و ملاذی السامی تری احبائک الثابتین علی المیثاق | O my Lord and my God, my All-Sufficing Shelter and my Most Exalted Haven! Thou dost behold Thy loved ones who stand firm in Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:452b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12512 | 110 | Persian | ای یار خوشمزه نامه های تو از بس شیرین و لطیف و خوش طعم و بامزه است فورا | O cherished friend! Thy letters are so sweet, graceful, delectable and delightful that immediately [3.5s] | INBA85:453 | BSHI.117 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12552 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک نامه بیست و دوم محرم ۱۳۳۰ وصول یافت و ملاحظه گردید و | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 Muharram 1330 was received and perused [3.5s] | INBA85:454a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12554 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و بشارت انجذاب و اشتعال احبای الهی از ورود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, bringing the glad tidings of the attraction and enkindlement of the loved ones of God upon arrival [3.5s] | INBA85:454b | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12744 | 50 | Persian | نامه آنجناب وصول یافت ولی فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود | Thy letter was received, and though time doth not permit a detailed reply, this brief response is now penned [3.5s] | INBA85:455a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12475 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک در هر ماهی نامه های متعدد به شما مرقوم میگردد | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! In every month, numerous letters are being penned unto thee [3.5s] | INBA85:455b | BSHI.064 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12678 | 70 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد | O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s] | INBA85:456 | BSHI.101 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12610 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت در عهد و پیمان از سفر امریک و فرنگ به سمت افریک شتافتم و حال در پورت سعید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From my journey through America and Europe, I hastened toward Africa, and now I am in Port Said [3.5s] | INBA85:457a | BSHI.095-096 | Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12644 | 80 | Persian | ای بشیر روحانی نامه دوازدهم شعبان سنه حالیه که به اقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O spiritual herald! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah on the twelfth of Sha'ban of this year [3.5s] | INBA85:457b | BSHI.046 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12715 | 60 | Persian | ای پروردگار بی نیاز بنده درگاهت جناب بزاز را محرم راز فرما و در عرفان برویش | O Lord of boundless grace! Admit Thy servant, Jináb-i-Bazzáz, into the sanctuary of Thy mysteries, and open to him the portals of discernment unto the realms of divine knowledge [4o] | INBA85:044a | Prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03626 | 190 | Persian | ای بندگان یزدان و اماء رحمان قریب غروب است و آفتاب رو به افول و عبدالبهاء بیاد شما | O ye servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The sun is nigh unto setting, the orb of day declineth, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá remembereth you [3.5s] | INBA85:044b | BSHN.140.287, BSHN.144.287, MJMJ2.065ax, MMG2#185 p.212x, MHT1b.174 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11380 | 240 | Persian | ای یار غمخوار نامه های شما الحمد لله کل رسید و مضمون کل مقرون بمژده ثبوت و استقامت... امروز اوّل شخص در این نبأ عظیم | O compassionate friend! Praise be to God, all thy letters were received, and the contents of each bore glad tidings of steadfastness and constancy... Today thou art foremost in this Great Announcement [3.5s] | INBA85:458 | BSHI.013, BSHI.121-122, GHA.250.08x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12783 | 20 | Arabic | یا امه الله فاطمئنی بذکر الله و طیبی نفسا بموهبه الله و انشرحی صدرا بفضل الله ان فضل ربک علیک عظیم عظیم | O handmaiden of God! Be thou assured in the remembrance of God, let thy soul be gladdened through the bounty of God, and let thy breast be dilated through the grace of God. Verily, the favor of thy Lord upon thee is great, great indeed [3.5s] | INBA85:459a | BSHI.012 | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01551 | 310 | Persian | ای بشیر روحانی نامه شما رسید و البته تا بحال عکس فانی بدست مبارک آنحبیب | O spiritual herald! Your letter was received, and assuredly by now my photograph will have reached the blessed hands of that beloved one [3.5s] | INBA85:459b | AVK3.099, BSHI.046-047 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Photographs and recordings; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12203 | 260 | mixed | نامه شماره ۴۸ وصول یافت قدوم آن نفس مبارک با دو فرزند و یک یار عزیز سبب سرور | Your letter numbered 48 was received. The arrival of that blessed soul with two children and one cherished friend was the cause of joy [3.5s] | INBA85:461 | BSHI.011, BSHI.123-124 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12322 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه جناب آقا میرزا محمد باقر خان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused. Verily, his honor Mirza Muhammad-Baqir Khan [3.5s] | INBA85:462 | BSHI.010, BSHI.090-091 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12712 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش | O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s] | INBA85:463a | BSHI.009, BSHI.057b | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12770 | 40 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از مشاکل و غوائل محزون مشو زیرا شریک عبدالبهاءای از این جام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Be not distressed by hardships and tribulations, for thou art a partner of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in partaking of this cup [3.5s] | INBA85:463b | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12404 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قرار معلوم میرزا حسینعلی جهرمی از بمباای بجهرم میرود اظهار | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! According to what is reported, Mirza Husayn-'Ali of Jahrum is departing from Bombay for Jahrum [3.5s] | INBA85:464a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12711 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میشود عبارتی که در نامه | O servant of the Threshold of God! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly. The statement in the letter [3.5s] | INBA85:464b | BRL_DAK#0961, BSHI.007, BSHI.057a | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07679 | 110 | Persian | ای یار عزیز در این ایام مصمم دیار غربم شاید در عبودیت آستان احدیت نفسی برآرم | O dearly beloved friend! In these days I am resolutely bound for the Western realms, that perchance I may draw a breath in servitude at the threshold of the one true God [3.5s] | INBA85:465, BLIB_Or.08117.016, | BSHI.008, BSHI.120, NJB_v02#11 p.001 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05092 | 150 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بی نیاز شیراز در بدایت طلوع صبح حقیقت خلوتگه راز شد و آهنگ | O servant of the Self-Sufficient! At the earliest dawn of the Morn of Truth, Shíraz became a retreat of mysteries, and the song of the Concourse on High began to play | INBA85:466 | AKHA_134BE #07 p.273, AVK3.417.08x, BSHI.059-060, BSHN.140.464, BSHN.144.458, MJMJ2.041ax, MMG2#355 p.397x, MHT1b.183 | ADMS#297 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| AB03641 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه نمرو ۸ رسید و همچنین نامه هاایکه در طی آن بود ولایت فارس | O servant of the Truth! Letter number eight hath arrived, and likewise the letters which were enclosed therein from the province of Fars [3.5s] | INBA85:467 | MMK6#087, BSHI.061-062 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05583 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق الحمد لله استفاضه از مقام محمود نمودی و مظهر فیوضات شاهد مشهود | O thou servant of the Covenant! Praise be unto God, thou hast drawn illumination from the Praiseworthy Station and become a manifestation of the outpouring favors of the Witnessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:045 | MMK6#590 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12187 | 280 | Persian | ای بشیرالهی از تو نامههای متعدده رسید ولی مکتوب اخیر دلیل سرور قلب منیر بود | O divine herald! Though numerous letters were received from thee, thy recent letter brought joy to this illumined heart [3.5s] | INBA85:468 | BSHI.033-034 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12781 | 20 | Persian | جناب بشیرالهی همواره بشارت از روحانیت بندگان حضرت رحمانیت میدهی و علیک البهاء | O esteemed Bashír Iláhí! Thou dost ever proclaim the glad tidings of the spirituality of the servants of the Blessed Lord of Mercy. Upon thee be His glory! [4o] | INBA85:469 | BSHI.122b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12126 | 450 | Persian | ای یادگار آن فداای جمال ابهی مراسلات متعدده شما واصل و بر دلتنگی و احزان شما | O thou who art a memento of that devoted servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Numerous letters from thee were received, and from them thy grief and sorrows were made evident [3.5s] | INBA85:470 | BRL_DAK#0815 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12525 | 110 | Persian | ای یادگار آن دو کوکب رخشنده چندی بود در این ارض مقدسه در جوار روضه مبارکه در | O thou who art the remembrance of those two radiant stars! For some time in this Holy Land, near the blessed Shrine [3.5s] | INBA85:472 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12452 | 130 | mixed | ای مظلومه آفاق دیده زمین و سپهر برین بر مظلومی آن خاندان گریانست و قلب امکان | O thou who art oppressed in all horizons! The eyes of earth and exalted heaven weep over the tribulations of that household, and the heart of all existence is grief-stricken [3.5s] | INBA85:473 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12420 | 140 | Persian | ای یادگار آن نجم بازغ همیشه بیاد توام و در فکر تو آنی فراموش نشده و نخواهی شد | O thou cherished remembrance of that brilliant star! Ever art thou in my thoughts and memory - not for a moment hast thou been, nor shalt thou ever be, forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:474a | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12493 | 120 | Persian | ای یادگار آن طیر حدائق ملکوت محررات متعدده آنجناب واصل و آه و انین از فراق | O cherished remnant of that bird of the gardens of the Kingdom! Your numerous letters have arrived, and sighs and lamentations of separation [3.5s] | INBA85:474b | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12357 | 160 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الیوم خدمت عظمی بعتبه علیاء ثبوت و استقامتست و ثانی مژده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Today the greatest service at the Sacred Threshold is firmness and steadfastness, and second is the glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA85:475 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12495 | 120 | Persian | در خصوص جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله این سلیل آقا رضای جلیل است هر قسم باشد همتی | Concerning Jinab-i-Aqa Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh, the noble scion of the illustrious Áqá Riḍá, let every manner of effort be exerted [4o] | INBA85:476 | Business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12272 | 200 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء در خصوص جناب عزیزالله خان مرقوم نموده بودید شما میدانید | O trusted one of Abdu'l-Baha! Concerning what you wrote about his honor Azizu'llah Khan, you know [3.5s] | INBA85:477 | Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12569 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بعد فاصله صد هزار فرسنگ است ولی الفت حاصله حکم | O thou servant at the Threshold of God! Though physical distance may span a hundred thousand leagues, yet the affection thus engendered hath the power [3.5s] | INBA85:046 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12262 | 210 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و تضرع شدید و ابتهال عظیم سبب شد که بدرگاه رب قدیم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thy fervent entreaty and supplication caused me to turn toward the threshold of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:478 | BRL_DAK#1048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12446 | 130 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء جمال ابهی شاهد و واقف که من بچه مثابه بتو محبت دارم و در جمیع | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! The Blessed Beauty Himself beareth witness and is well aware to what measure I cherish love for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:479 | Personal instructions; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00589 | 510 | mixed | ای نفس موید نامه فصیح و بلیغ چون نافه مشک معطر بود رائحه ایمان و ایقان و ثبوت | O thou confirmed soul! Thy fluent and eloquent letter was even as the scent of musk, diffusing the fragrances of faith and certitude [3.5s] | INBA85:480 | MMK6#057, MJMJ2.008x, MJMJ3.077x, MMG2#234 p.262x | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03377 | 200 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد کن خدا را که از مطلع آمال انوار جهانتاب طالع و لامع و از | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Render thanks unto God that from the Dayspring of hopes the world-illumining rays have dawned forth, radiant and resplendent [3.5s] | INBA85:047 | MMK4#100 p.110 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00196 | 820 | mixed | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت شهید عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ۲۹ ربیع الثانی رسید و از تفاصیل اطلاع | O descendant of His Holiness the martyr! Thy letter of the 29th of Rabi'u'th-Thani was received, and from its contents I have learned [3.5s]... ...The Teachings of Baha'o'llah, the laws of this Cause and the principles of this Manifestation have no deniers. The world is like unto a thirsty fish | INBA85:495 | BRL_DAK#0590, MKT2.257, AMK.155-159, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.154, PYM.112ax, MAS5.090, YHA1.380-381x, YHA1.417x | DAS.1913-12-30x, ADMS#065i05x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB06083 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ات شمامه مشک عنبر بود زیرا رایحه طیبه محبت الله از ان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was as a perfumed breath of musk and amber, for from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:003 | BSHN.140.414, BSHN.144.408, MHT1b.240 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00823 | 430 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه دوم رمضان ۱۳۳۲ وصول یافت مضمون تبتل و تضرع بملکوت ابهی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of 2 Ramadan 1332 was received, testifying to thy humility and reverence before the Abha Kingdom. | INBA85:499, INBA85:532 | KHH1.331 (1.461) | KHHE.469-470 | Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00703 | 470 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه۲۵ صفر ۱۳۲۹ رسید از مضمون چنان معلوم گردید که جواب | O dearly beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter dated the 25th of Safar 1329 was received, and from its contents it became evident [3.5s] | INBA85:502 | AKHA_087BE #10 p.10 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Non-participation in politics; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12309 | 180 | mixed | یا ابن الرجل الرشید الشهید از شهر مالدن مصمم عزیمت بمنتریال قنادا شمال امریکا | O son of that wise and martyred man! From the city of Malden, I am determined to journey to Montreal, Canada, in North America [3.5s] | INBA85:504 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12418 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم شوال ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید بشخص محترم و والا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 9 Shawwal 1339 was received by that honored and exalted personage [3.5s] | INBA85:505 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12134 | 420 | mixed | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه رسید از تکسر مزاج شما و ناتوانی و اسیری فراش | O thou who art dear to 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter was received. I learned of thine ailment, weakness, and confinement to bed [3.5s] | INBA85:506 | Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02332 | 250 | mixed | ای احبای الهی ای یاران میثاق الحمد لله علم میثاق بلند است و انوار اشراق از | O divine friends, O allies of the Covenant! Praise be unto God that the standard of the Covenant is raised aloft and the effulgent lights emanate [3.5s] | INBA85:049 | MMK3#238 p.171 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12238 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ ۷ رمضان ۳۳۹ بود رسید و از مضمون عبودیت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the 7th of Ramadan 1339 was received, and from its contents expressing servitude [3.5s] | INBA85:508 | Past, present and future of Iran; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12168 | 310 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان و یادگار آن یار مهربان مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O steadfast one in the Covenant and cherished memorial of that loving friend! Your letter was received and its contents noted [3.5s] | INBA85:509 | Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12449 | 130 | Persian | ای سه نفس مقرب درگاه کبریاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید حق با شماست | O three souls drawn nigh unto the threshold of the All-Glorious! That which ye had written was perused. The truth lieth with you [3.5s] | INBA85:511a | BRL_DAK#1047 | Words vs deeds; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12363 | 160 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل هر چند چندیست که این خامه بنام تو نامه ننگاشت ولی دائم ذکر | O scion of that glorious personage! Although for some time this pen hath not written a letter in thy name, yet thy mention hath been constant [3.5s] | INBA85:511b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12365 | 160 | Persian | ای عزیز عزیز کمان منما که نفسی برارم مگر انگه بیاد تو افتم و از فضل و عنایت | O dearly beloved! Imagine not that I draw a breath save that I remember thee and am mindful of Thy grace and loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:512 | Business; financial; property matters; Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00330 | 660 | Arabic | یا الهی کیف اذکرک و انطق بثنائک و اتفوه بنعوتک و محامدک و لم یکن ذکری و ثناای | O my God! How can I make mention of Thee, speak forth Thy praise, and give voice to Thy attributes and glorification, when my remembrance and praise [3.5s] | INBA85:513, INBA55:319 | MILAN.202 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12492 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که از طهران مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ و مقروء گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter sent from Tehran was received and perused [3.5s] | INBA85:517a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12386 | 150 | Persian | ای یادگار آن شهید بزرگوار چند روز پیش نامه ای ارسال گردید و حال نیز باثر خامه | O cherished remnant of that noble martyr! Though a letter was dispatched several days ago, now again through the influence of the pen [3.5s] | INBA85:517b | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12447 | 130 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نصوحی بیک سفیر جدید دولت علیه عثمانیه شخص کامل و صادق دولت | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Nasuhi Bey, the new Ambassador of the Sublime Ottoman State, is a person of consummate excellence and unshakeable loyalty to his government [3.5s] | INBA85:518 | Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12260 | 210 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی انی اتضرع الی ملکوت وحدانیتک و جبروت فردانیتک ان یوید بقدرتک | O Lord, my God! I earnestly beseech the Kingdom of Thy oneness and the Realm of Thy singleness to assist through Thy power [3.5s] | INBA85:519 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09432 | 230 | Persian | ای عزیز من مکتوبی که بواسطه جناب میرزا ولی الله خان فرستاده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O my dear one, the letter which thou hadst sent through Jináb-i-Mírzá Valíyu'lláh Khán was received [3.5s] | INBA85:520 | AVK3.251.01x | Call to action; Consultation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12448 | 130 | Persian | ای یادگار آن شمع روشن شهادت کبری مکتوبی از شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O thou remnant of that radiant candle of supreme martyrdom! A letter from thee was received and its contents were noted [3.5s] | INBA85:521 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12777 | 30 | Persian | ای ابن شهید همواره در نظری پیش بصری در آنچه از پیش مرقوم گردید سعی و جهد | O son of the martyred one! Remain ever before mine eyes and strive with all thy might to fulfill that which hath been written aforetime [4o] | INBA85:522a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12261 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی تحریرات واصل و مضمون مفهوم ولی آنچه که این عبد خیر آنجنابست | O servant of the all-glorious Beauty! Your letters have arrived and their contents were noted, but what this servant wishes for your honor is [3.5s] | INBA85:522b | Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11365 | 150 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید محزون مباش مغموم مگرد الحمد لله نجل سعید آن شخص فریدی و مشمول | O scion of the martyr! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Praise be to God, thou art the blessed offspring of that peerless soul [3.5s] | INBA85:523 | AVK3.404.05x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12524 | 110 | Persian | ای نهال بیهمال حدیقه محبت الله نامه آنجناب واصل و مفهوم و معلوم گردید تضرع و ابتهال | O peerless sapling of the garden of the love of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted and understood. With humble entreaty and supplication [3.5s] | INBA85:524a | Personal instructions; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12494 | 120 | Persian | یا ابن من استشهد فی سبیل الله رقیمه لطیفه بلیغه قرائت گردید سبب گشایش دلها | O son of him who was martyred in the path of God! Thy graceful and eloquent letter was read, bringing joy to all hearts [3.5s] | INBA85:524b | Business; financial; property matters; Excellence; distinction; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00371 | 620 | mixed | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره | O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s] | INBA85:525 | MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04234 | 480 | mixed | Translation List | اللهم یا مقدر الامور و الشئون فی ملکه بقوله کن فیکون و یا من قدر البلاء... ای یاران عبدالبهآء نفوس مقدّسی از احبّآء با سرور | O friends of ʻAbdu’l-Baha! With boundless joy, sanctified souls from among the believers hastened to the field of sacrifice | INBA85:051 | BSHN.140.285x, BSHN.144.285x, MHT1a.184x, MHT1b.176x, NANU_AB#29x | ADMS#091 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04809 | 160 | mixed | ای کنیز عزیز الهی شکر کن خدا را که عاقبت محمود بود و خاتمه المطاف فاتحه | O cherished handmaiden of the Almighty! Give thanks unto God, for the end hath proven praiseworthy and the final outcome hath become a beginning [3.5s] | INBA85:530a | MKT7.114, MMK6#473, AVK3.420.10x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12764 | 40 | Persian | ای دو دوست حقیقی سرکار لورد لامینگتون عازم سیاحت ایرانند شخص محترمی هستند | O ye two true friends! Lord Lamington intends to journey to Persia. He is an honoured personage [3.5s] | INBA85:530b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12197 | 270 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه مفصل شما بنهایت حزن و افسوس و غم و الم قرائت گردید | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Thy detailed letter was perused with the utmost grief, regret, sorrow and pain [3.5s] | INBA85:531 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08760 | 340 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید جلیل دو نامه از پاریس از شما رسید اول در اوراق غرق شد با وجود | O scion of the glorious martyr! Two letters from Paris arrived from you. The first was lost among papers, despite [3.5s] | INBA85:534 | MSHR3.354x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Veiling [hijab]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12523 | 110 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب میرزا حبیب الله عازم طهران شد زیرا در اینجا کاری از برای ایشان | O thou who art dear to Abdu'l-Baha! Jinab-i-Mirza Habibullah has departed for Tehran, as there was no occupation here for him [3.5s] | INBA85:536a | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12693 | 70 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء روز فیروز عید است و اشراق انوار ملکوت ابهی در سطوع و لمعان | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! This is a glorious and victorious day of celebration, and the effulgent rays from the Kingdom of Abha are shining forth with radiant splendour [3.5s] | INBA85:536b | Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12522 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله در جمیع امور مویدی امر مریضخانه پیشرفت دارد مدرسه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou art confirmed in all matters. The affairs of the hospital are progressing, and likewise the school [3.5s] | INBA85:537 | East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12623 | 90 | Persian | ای یار عزیز البته نامه ها رسیده حال چون یار و ندیم و مونس جان و دل عبدالبهاء | O cherished friend! Assuredly the letters have arrived, and now, as thou art the companion, confidant and heart's consolation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:538a | Consolation and comfort; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12419 | 140 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه اخیر شما وصول یافت و فورا جواب ارسال میگردد در خصوص | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Thy recent letter was received and immediately a reply is being sent concerning [3.5s] | INBA85:538b | Business; financial; property matters; Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12364 | 160 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء چندی پیش بخط خویش بشما نامه ای در تهنیت عید نگاشتم البته تا | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Some time ago I wrote thee a letter in my own hand, offering felicitations for the Festival. Surely by now [3.5s] | INBA85:539a | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01562 | 310 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر وصول یافت و از گفتگوی با شخصین محترمین بشاشت حاصل | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received, and great joy was obtained from thy conversations with those two honored persons [3.5s]... ...The future of Iran is of the utmost greatness, majesty, and glory, for it is the native land of the Blessed Beauty | INBA85:539b | BRL_DAK#0082, MMK6#447, AVK4.451dx, PYM.113ax, KHSH12.009 | BRL_ATE#061x, ADMS#065i02x | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB01381 | 330 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه تو رسید و از وقایع طهران و پریشانی افکار ایرانیان شرح | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received, and the account of events in Tihran and the confusion of the Iranian people's thoughts [3.5s] | INBA85:541 | DBR.075-076 | Law of cause and effect; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07169 | 110 | Arabic | الهی الهی قد طار طیر من طیور ریاض العرفان الی حدائق قدسک و رجع نسیم من نسائم | O my God, my God! A bird from the gardens of divine knowledge hath winged its flight unto Thy sanctified gardens, and a breeze from among the breezes [3.5s] | INBA85:542 | DBR.025 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02108 | 270 | mixed | ای منسوب بان نفس مطمئنه راضیه مرضیه این مصیبت هائله قلوب عموم را پرخون نمود... هر حیاتی را عاقبت موتی و هر بقائی را فنائی | O thou who art associated with that serene, content and well-pleasing soul! This grievous calamity hath verily rent asunder the hearts of all... Every life must end in death, and every permanence is destined to extinction [3.5s] | INBA85:543 | AKHA_121BE #04 p.j, BSHN.140.381, BSHN.140.475.10x, BSHN.144.376, BSHN.144.468b, MHT1a.186, MHT1b.144 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10705 | 60 | Persian | جناب آقا غلامعلی علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و تحیت اهل ملکوت الابهی فی الحقیقه در خدمت | Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali: Upon thee be the glory of God and His praise, and the greetings of the denizens of the Abhá Kingdom. In truth, in service [3.5s] | INBA85:544 | DBR.080 | Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04419 | 170 | mixed | ای قبسه نار محبت الله در این وقت که برودت قلب دل اهل افق ادنی را احاطه نموده | O spark of the fire of the love of God! In this hour when the coldness of heart hath encompassed the people of the nether realm [3.5s] | INBA85:545 | AKHA_133BE #11 p.254, AHB.124BE #11-12 p.432, DBR.034 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05723 | 140 | mixed | ای شیدای روی دلجوی حق این کره خاک آشیان مرغ خاکی و پرنده ظلمانیست لهذا | O ardent lover of the beauteous face of Truth! This earthen sphere is but a nest for earthbound birds and creatures of darkness; therefore [3.5s] | INBA85:546a | BSHN.140.433, BSHN.140.469, BSHN.144.427, BSHN.144.462, MHT1a.180, MHT1b.138, MHT1b.185, DBR.035 | Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12747 | 50 | Persian | جناب آقا غلامعلی در پناه حق باش و مشمول لحاظ عنایت مکاتیب شما رسید پوسته را | Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali: May thou abide under divine protection and be the recipient of the glances of providence. Thy letters have been received by post [3.5s] | INBA85:546b | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12767 | 40 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان جمیع مکاتیب تا بیستم محرم سنه ۱۳۳۱ با جمیع بروات رسید مطمئن | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! All letters, together with all drafts, up to the twentieth of Muharram 1331, have been received; be thou assured [3.5s] | INBA85:547a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07323 | 110 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیبیکه ارسال نموده بودی رسید از وقایع طهران نهایت احزان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letters thou didst send have reached Me, and concerning the events in Tihran, they conveyed the utmost sorrow [3.5s] | INBA85:547b | DBR.077 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12138 | 400 | Persian | ای یاران الهی حضرت اسحق رحمانی نهایت ستایش را از محبت و مهربانی شما نمودند | O divine friends! The esteemed Ishaq Rahmani offered utmost praise for your love and kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:053 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09835 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان حضرت مقصود جناب آقا غلامعلی وارد و از ایمان و ایقان و خلوص آن یاران | O servants of the Desired One! Jináb-i-Áqá Ghulám-'Alí hath arrived and beareth testimony to the faith, certitude and sincerity of those friends [3.5s] | INBA85:548a | DBR.074 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08343 | 100 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان و اماء رحمن الان در پاریس مشغول بتحریر این نامه مختصر گشتم | O kind friends and handmaidens of the Merciful! At this moment in Paris I have taken up the task of penning this brief letter [3.5s] | INBA85:548b | DBR.073 | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10217 | 70 | Persian | جناب آقا غلامعلی زحمات شما بسیار بود حال که عبدالبهاء بشرق مراجعت کرد بیشتر | Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali: your labours have been manifold; now that 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath returned to the East, they have increased even more [3.5s] | INBA85:549 | AKHA_119BE #02-03 p.112, DBR.065 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12561 | 100 | Persian | یا من توجه وجهه للذی فطر السموات و الارض چه فضل و موهبتی جمال قدم در حق | O thou who hast turned thy face toward Him Who hath fashioned the heavens and the earth! What bounty and gift hath the Ancient Beauty bestowed upon [3.5s] | INBA85:550b | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12437 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب مفصل قرائت گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد الحمد لله دل از قید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was perused and its contents understood. Praise be to God, the heart from bondage [3.5s] | INBA85:551a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12654 | 80 | Arabic | ای رب هذا عبد قد توجه الیک بصفقه رابحه و حقیقه ناجحه و کینونه فالحه و قلب | O my Lord! This is a servant who hath turned to Thee with a gainful exchange, a trimphant truth, and a flourishing essence. His heart [3.5s] | INBA85:551b | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07639 | 110 | Persian | ای وجه منور بنور محبت الله در سبیل الهی سالک و چالاک شو و آهنگ معارج افلاک | O countenance illumined by the light of God's love! Be thou swift and agile in the pathway of God, and wing thy flight unto the celestial heights [3.5s] | INBA85:055 | BSHN.140.391, BSHN.144.386, MHT1b.177 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12517 | 110 | Persian | ای بخشش خدا حق ویردی معنیش بپارسی خداداد است و ترا از این اسم امیدم نصیب | O thou who art God's bestowal! The meaning of thy name in Persian is "God-given", and I cherish the hope that thou wilt receive thy portion from this name [3.5s] | INBA85:056 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12603 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه مشتعله اگر در کرمان و طهران عمری بسر بردی ولی فی الحقیقه در دیار الهی | O thou enkindled leaf! Though thou hast spent a lifetime in Kirman and Tihran, in truth thou dwellest in the realms of the divine [3.5s] | INBA85:057a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12661 | 80 | Persian | ای امه الله جناب آقا غلامعلی ذکر شما را در مسطورات خویش نموده بودند من نیز قلم | O handmaiden of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali made mention of thee in his letter, and I likewise take up my pen [3.5s] | INBA85:057b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00456 | 580 | Persian | ای طائف مطاف ملا اعلی الحمد لله بانچه نهایت آمال مقربین است فائز گشتی و بظل | O thou who circlest round the gathering-place of the Concourse on High! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto that which is the ultimate aspiration of them that are nigh unto Him, and beneath the shadow [3.5s] | INBA85:004 | PYB#043 p.12 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for the departed; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12671 | 70 | Persian | ای دو بنده جمال قدم سراج بهاج الطاف در زجاج قلوب اشراق نمود انوار هدایت کبری | O two servants of the Ancient Beauty! The lamp of divine favors hath shed its radiance through the glass of the hearts, and the lights of supreme guidance have shone forth [3.5s] | INBA85:058a | KASH.241a | Differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08926 | 90 | Persian | ای نفوس مبارکه کاشان مدتی پریشان بود الحمد لله حال پرتو افشانست اشعه ساطعه شمس | O blessed souls of Kashan! For a time ye were scattered, but praise be to God, now the radiance shineth forth and the effulgent rays of the Sun are diffused [3.5s] | INBA85:058b | KHMT.061-062, KASH.241b | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12305 | 180 | mixed | ای یاران من در این دم بیاد شما افتادم و بذکر شما پرداختم یاران الهی سلاله حضرت خلیل | O My friends! In this moment I remember you and engage in your mention - O divine friends, descendants of His Holiness Abraham [3.5s] | INBA85:059 | KASH.241-242 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05301 | 150 | Persian | ای مهتدیان بنور هدی شمع هدی روشنست و افق اعلی بنور جمال ابهی ساطع و لامع | O ye who are guided by the light of guidance! The lamp of guidance is alight, and the Supreme Horizon is radiant and resplendent with the light of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:060 | MMK3#299 p.221, AKHA_127BE #02 p.a, PYB#196 p.03 | Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12750 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده پاینده درگاه الهی سمی بزرگوار حضرت اسحق در قربانگاه سر تسلیم نهاد | O steadfast servant at the Divine Threshold, noble namesake of his holiness Isaac who laid down his head in surrender at the altar of sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA85:061a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05791 | 140 | mixed | ای مقبلان ای عارفان ای عاشقان حمد کنید خدا را که بملکوت وجود اقبال نمودید و | O ye favored ones, O ye mystics, O ye lovers, praise ye God that ye have turned your faces toward the Kingdom of existence [3.5s] | INBA85:061b | MKT8.228, AKHA_127BE #01 p.a, AKHA_129BE #02 p.a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12721 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور گردید و دلالت بر ثبوت | O servant of the Most Glorious Lord! Thy letter was received and its contents became the cause of joy and gladness, bearing testimony to steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA85:062 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12412 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب میرزا ربیع ببقعه مبارکه وارد و در محضر این مسجون حاضر شد | O thou servant of God! His honor Mirza Rabi' arrived at the Holy Shrine and attained the presence of this prisoner [3.5s] | INBA85:063 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12559 | 100 | Arabic | اللهم یا غافر الخطایا و واهب العطایا تغفر لمن تشاء و تعفو عمن تشاء بیدک الامر کله | O my Lord! O Thou Forgiver of sins and Bestower of gifts! Thou dost forgive whomsoever Thou willest and pardon whomsoever Thou pleasest. In Thy hands lie all affairs [3.5s] | INBA85:064 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00202 | 820 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هولاء عباد مکرمون و اماء قانتات سرعوا الی معین رحمانیتک | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! These are honoured servants and devoted handmaidens who have hastened to the Wellspring of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA85:067 | MMK6#062 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07448 | 110 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص مجید پدر بزرگوارت در مدت حیات در سبیل نجات سلوک مینمود | O scion of that illustrious personage! Thy noble father, during his earthly sojourn, did tread the path of salvation [3.5s] | INBA85:068 | BSHN.140.260, BSHN.144.260, MHT2.070b, MSBH10.149 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12518 | 110 | Persian | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل جلیل پناه اسراایل اورشلیم رب جلیلست آن اورشلیم آسمانیست | O descendant of His Holiness Abraham! That glorious Refuge of Israel - the Jerusalem thou seekest - is the celestial Jerusalem of the All-Glorious Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:069 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12440 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر عهد هر چند اشتیاق این عبد بمشاهده روی دلجوی یاران بیش از ایشانست | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though this servant's longing to gaze upon the cherished countenance of the friends exceedeth their own [3.5s] | INBA85:070 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12075 | 160 | Persian | ای یاران این عبد مسجون حضرت طراز و حضرت علی اکبر ایام رضوانرا در آن قریه | O ye friends of this captive servant! His honor Taraz and his honor Ali-Akbar spent the days of Ridvan in that village [3.5s] | INBA85:071 | YQAZ.655b | Exhortations and counsels; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06120 | 130 | Persian | ای پروردگار مهربان این یاران خویش را از بیگانه و خویش بیزار نما و بنفحات ریاض | O Gracious Lord! Make these, Thy companions, detached from both stranger and kin, and enliven them through the fragrances of Thy celestial gardens [3.5s] | INBA85:072 | AKHA_133BE #10 p.220, PYB#046 p.02, MJMJ2.035, MMG2#271 p.303, YQAZ.656a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12222 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده حق الحمد لله آنچه از خامه میثاق صادر مشهود و واضح گردید اعلیحضرت | O servant of God! Praise be to God that whatsoever flowed from the Pen of the Covenant became evident and manifest [3.5s] | INBA85:073 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05237 | 150 | Persian | Light of the World | ای عبدالوهاب در سفر اول جمال قدم بعراق عرب جوانی را ملاقات فرمودند نامش میرزا | O ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab! During His first journey to Iraq, the Blessed Beauty met a young man by the name of Mírza ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab | INBA85:074 | NURA#18, MMK4#019 p.021 | LOTW#18 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12356 | 160 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان عبدک الوهاب حلیم اواب یدعوک بکل ضراعه و ابتهال و یتوب من کل شئون | O my God, O my God! Verily, this Thy servant, Abdul-Vahhab, meek and penitent, calleth upon Thee with utmost supplication, turning away from all save Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:075 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12385 | 150 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید شمامه عنبر بود و مضمون مسک اذفر دلالت بر | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received. It was as fragrant as musk and its contents were as sweet-scented as the choicest ambergris, testifying to [3.5s] | INBA85:076 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02727 | 230 | mixed | ای سلیل حبیب قدیم و رفیق دیرین من پدر بزرگوار در ایام عراق بحضور نیر آفاق | O descendant of the Ancient Beloved and long-cherished companion, thy noble father in the Iraq days in the presence of the Day-Star of the horizons [3.5s] | INBA85:077 | MKT8.111 | Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12306 | 180 | mixed | یار مهربانا این ایام ولوله متارکه است و زمزمه مصالحه قوای عالم آشتی طلبد | O kind friend! In these days there is clamor for armistice, and the murmur of reconciliation rises as the forces of the world yearn for peace [3.5s] | INBA85:078 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12150 | 360 | Arabic | یا ربی الودود الفائض علی حقیقه الوجود فیضا ابدیا فی حیز الشهود المقدر لاحبائه | O my Lord, the All-Loving, Who doth shower upon the reality of existence an everlasting bounty in the realm of being, Who hath ordained for His loved ones [3.5s] | INBA85:080 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02754 | 230 | Persian | ای منتسبین جناب زائر آقا عبدالوهاب آن فائز بعتبه مقدسه ایامی که در بقعه مبارکه | O ye who are associated with the pilgrim, the honored Áqá 'Abdu'l-Wahhab, who attained unto the Sacred Threshold in those days at the Blessed Shrine [3.5s] | INBA85:082 | AKHA_127BE #03 p.a | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07887 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله فیض ملکوت از حدود و قیود ناسوت منزه و مبراست و از شئون جهان چون | O maidservant of God! The effulgence of the Kingdom is sanctified and exalted above the limitations and constraints of the mortal world, and is free from the conditions and circumstances of this earthly realm [3.5s] | INBA85:083 | BRL_DAK#0791, MKT7.064a | Equality of men and women; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12263 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده حق در اقلیم مصر قناد فوج فوج موج میزند ولی شیرینی شما حلاوتی دیگر | O servant of the Truth! In the land of Egypt the candy makers weave their sweet confections in batch after batch, but your sweetness is of a different order [3.5s] | INBA85:084 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12651 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید تا بحال تحریر جواب ممتنع و محال بود زیرا عدم اعتدال | O servant of God! Your letter was received. Until now, writing a reply was impossible and unattainable, due to ill health [3.5s] | INBA85:085 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01467 | 320 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور | O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness | INBA85:086 | NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162 | LOTW#16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB03341 | 340 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه مشکین واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل شد تا بحال خبر مداومت... در خصوص اصحاب کهف سؤال نموده بوديد | O servant of God! The musk-scented letter was received and its contents were noted. Until now, news of steadfastness... As to what thou didst ask concerning the Companions of the Cave [3.5s] | INBA85:007 | MMK6#280x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12637 | 80 | Persian | ای فرع شجره مبارکه فی الحقیقه در خصوص پوسته ها خدمت نمایانی باستان مقدس جمال | O offshoot of the blessed Tree! In truth, concerning the parcels, thou hast rendered a conspicuous service to the Sacred Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:088a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12474 | 120 | Persian | ای بشیر یوسف الهی بشیر مصری مشام پیر کنعانی را به رائحه قمیص یوسفی معطر نمود | O thou herald of the divine Joseph! The Egyptian herald perfumed the senses of that venerable one of Canaan with the fragrance of Joseph's garment [3.5s] | INBA85:088b | BSHI.055-056 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07210 | 110 | Persian | ای امه الله هدایت الله کوهر گرانبهاایست زینت تاج عزت ابدیه متلئلا و درخشنده و | O handmaiden of God! Divine guidance is a priceless gem, gleaming and resplendent as the adornment of the crown of eternal glory [3.5s] | INBA85:089 | MKT7.071b | Call to action; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09454 | 80 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی مطمئن باش که در آستان مقدس مقربه ای و مشمول نظر عنایت | O cherished handmaiden of God! Rest thou assured that thou art near and dear at the Sacred Threshold, and art encompassed by the gaze of His loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:090a | MKT7.116a | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12259 | 210 | Arabic | ایها الفاضل الجلیل قد رتلت ایات شکرک لله بما خرق الحجاب و کشف الغطاء و اراک | O distinguished and noble one! Thou hast chanted thy verses of thanksgiving unto God, inasmuch as He hath rent asunder the veil, lifted the covering, and caused thee to behold [3.5s] | INBA85:090b | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07032 | 120 | Arabic | ایها الرجل النورانی وقفت علی ما جائتنی من صحیفتک الغراء و نمیقتک النوراء و | O thou illumined man! I became informed of the contents of thy eloquent letter and wonderful epistle. There is no doubt that the Doors of the Grace | INBA85:092a | DAS.1914-06-24 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12511 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان در این مدت مکاتیبی از شما نرسید و اگر میرسید جواب مرقوم میگشت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! During this period no letters have been received from thee, and had they been received, replies would have been composed [3.5s] | INBA85:092b | BSHI.072 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12553 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بشیر بشارت عزم زیارت داشت این بسیار محبوب و مرغوب | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of good tidings announced the intention of pilgrimage, which is most welcome and pleasing [3.5s] | INBA85:093 | BSHI.085-086 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12473 | 120 | Persian | ای بشیر ربانی تحریر اخیر واصل گردید و مفاد انجذاب فواد بود که با وجود این بلایا | O divine herald! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents bespoke the attraction of hearts, notwithstanding these tribulations [3.5s] | INBA85:094 | BSHI.044 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12619 | 90 | Persian | ای یار روحانی الحمد لله بنفس رحمانی زنده شدی و از مشکاه نورانی اقتباس اشعه | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God, thou hast been quickened by the breath of the Merciful and hast acquired illumination from the resplendent lamp of His light [3.5s] | INBA85:095a | Condition of search | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02469 | 250 | mixed | یا من احبه الله و احبه من کل قلبی احزان و پریشانی و حسرت و حرمان روحانی نه | O thou whom God hath loved and whom I love with all my heart, let there be no sorrow, perplexity, regret or spiritual deprivation [3.5s] | INBA85:095b, INBA89:240 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12443 | 130 | Persian | ای دو ابناء ملکوت حمد کنید خدا را که فضل و عنایت الهیه شما را موفق بان نمود | O ye two sons of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God that divine grace and bounty hath enabled you to achieve this [3.5s] | INBA85:097 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00577 | 120 | Arabic | هو الله العزیز المتعال. فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ ارید ان اذکرک بذکر المقدسين واسبّحک بتسبيح المقربين مع علم بانّ کلّ ذکر الذي يظهر من عند غيرک | Praise be to Thee, O my God! How oft have I wanted to mention you with the words of the saints and praise you with the praise of those who have drawn nigh, despite knowing that every mention appearing from someone other than You will not reach you | INBA86:195-195 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08438 | 100 | Arabic | یا من توجه بکلیته الی ملکوت الابهی تالله الحق ان علیا من الملاء الاعلی ینادیک | O thou who hast wholly turned thy face unto the Kingdom of Abhá! By God, verily, one from the Supreme Concourse calleth unto thee [3.5s] | INBA87:098a, INBA52:097a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02193 | 260 | mixed | ای امه البهاء علیک البهاء و علیک الثناء یا بقیه تلک النفس القدسیه المتصاعده | O handmaid of Bahá! Upon thee be glory and upon thee be praise, O thou who remainest of that hallowed and ascended soul [3.5s] | INBA87:098b, INBA52:097b | MKT7.214 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07647 | 110 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه و امة الله المهیمن القیوم پدر بزرگوار ترا در این جهان یادگار | O pure leaf and handmaid of the Almighty, ever-watchful God, thy noble father remaineth in this world a cherished legacy [3.5s] | INBA87:100, INBA52:099a | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04614 | 160 | Arabic | البهاء علیک ایتها الورقه المهتزه من نسیم ریاض الابهی المستبشره من نفحات غیاض | The glory be upon thee, O thou leaf that stirreth in the breeze of the Most Glorious gardens, gladdened by the fragrances of the groves [3.5s] | INBA87:101, INBA52:099b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05346 | 150 | Persian | ای یادگار آن شخص جلیل پدر بزرگوار معدن اسرار بود و مهبط آن وار در ساحت اقدس | O thou remnant of that exalted personage! Thy noble father was a mine of mysteries and the recipient of effulgence in the Most Holy Court [3.5s] | INBA87:102a, INBA52:100 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06985 | 120 | Persian | ای یادگار آن شخص جلیل ورق مسطور ملحوظ و منظور گردید الحمد لله چراغی در | O thou embodiment of that glorious personage! Thy written page was observed and perused. Praise be to God, a lamp [3.5s] | INBA87:102b, INBA52:101 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10149 | 70 | Persian | ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه صد هزار ملکه های آفاق آرزوی جاروکشی آستان اولیا داشتند و | O sacred and blessed leaf! A hundred thousand queens of the horizons yearned to sweep the threshold of the chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA87:103a, INBA52:102a | MKT7.215a | Call to action; High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02651 | 230 | Persian | ای اماء رحمن و ورقات طیبه موقنه مطمئنه بفضل یزدان هزاران هزار دختران شهریاران | O handmaidens of the All-Merciful and pure, believing, steadfast leaves, through God's bounty, thousands upon thousands of princesses [3.5s] | INBA87:103b, INBA52:102b | MKT7.215b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Monasticism; asceticism; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00719 | 470 | mixed | یا اماء الرحمن از قرار مسموع محفلی آراستید و بخدمت آستان مقدس برخواستید طوبی | O handmaidens of the Most Merciful! I have heard how you have adorned a gathering and have arisen to serve the Sacred Threshold. Blessed are ye [3.5s]... ...The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours of the Blessed Beauty surround the women believers and the handmaidens who have attained unto certitude | INBA87:106, INBA52:104 | BRL_DAK#0833, COMP_WOMENP#095x, MKT7.218, AKHA_135BE #04 p.71, RRT.043x, QIRT.08bx | BRL_WOMEN#095x, COC#2186x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04376 | 170 | mixed | ای دوستان جمال ابهی اگر بدانید که این خطاب چه قدر عظیم است و مخاطبها چه قدر | O friends of the Abhá Beauty! If ye but knew how glorious is this address and how exalted are they who are thus addressed [3.5s] | INBA87:107, INBA52:106 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00294 | 690 | mixed | Translation List | ای یاران رحمانی این زندانی جناب آقا محمد صادق علیه بهاء الله الابهی بارض مقدس | O divine friends! This prisoner hath received Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad-Sadiq - upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious - in the Holy Land [3.5s]... ...Praised be God, for the friends of Fars are as knights in the arena of knowledge and guardians of the impregnable stronghold of God | INBA87:009, INBA52:009 | MKT1.300, PYM.116x, MJMJ2.079x, MMG2#079 p.086x | ADMS#065i21x | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||
| AB06388 | 130 | Persian | ای ورقه سدره منتهی مدتی بود که راه مقطوع بود و ابواب مسدود لهذا نگارشی نشد | O leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree! For a time the path was cut off and the gates were barred, wherefore no letter was penned [3.5s] | INBA87:108, INBA52:107 | KHAF.282 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05439 | 150 | Persian | یا امه الله من الدوحه المبارکه اگرچه سالهای چند است پیک و پیامی از بقعه مبارکه | O handmaid of God from the Blessed Tree! Though many years have passed without tidings or message from the Sacred Spot [3.5s] | INBA87:109, INBA52:108 | MKT7.220, KHAF.282 | Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05101 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده صادق حق جناب تیرانداز نامه شما را پرواز داد تا بدست اینعبد پر عجز و | O faithful servant of the Truth, Jinab-i-Tirandaz hath caused thy letter to soar until it reached the hands of this most humble [3.5s] | INBA87:110, INBA52:109 | AYT.010-011x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08895 | 90 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی هر چند مرا مجال مفقود با وجود این بذکر تو مشغول شدم تا وجد و | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Though opportunity eludes me, yet am I engaged in thy remembrance with joy [3.5s] | INBA87:111a, INBA52:110a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01731 | 300 | mixed | ای مشتعل بنار موقده در سدره ربانیه جناب ابوی چند سال بود که در جوار جمال قدم | O thou who art enkindled with the fire ignited in the divine Tree! For several years thy respected father dwelt in the presence of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:111b, INBA52:110b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08767 | 90 | Persian | ای سمی محبوب آفاق و ای امه الله المقربه نامه شما مضمون بدیعی داشت و سبب سرور | O namesake of the Beloved of all horizons, O handmaiden of God drawn nigh unto Him, thy letter contained a wondrous theme and brought joy [3.5s] | INBA87:113, INBA52:112 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Naming of children; of individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07313 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله نطقی فصیح داری و بیانی بلیغ قلبی طیب و طاهر خواهی و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God, thou hast an eloquent speech and a fluent tongue, and seekest a pure and spotless heart [3.5s] | INBA87:114a, INBA52:113a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05352 | 150 | mixed | ای یار حقیقی عبدالبهاء را مضمون نامه مسرور نمود زیرا دلالت بر شعله نور هدایت | O true friend! The contents of thy letter brought joy to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, for it betokened the flame of the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA87:114b, INBA52:113b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04437 | 170 | Persian | ای مظاهر تایید الهی امروز قرن عظیم جمال مبین است و روز تایید و توفیق حضرت | O Manifestations of Divine Confirmation! This is the great century of the Most Manifest Beauty, the Day of divine confirmation and heavenly aid [3.5s] | INBA87:115, INBA52:114 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04880 | 160 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه اگرچه آن کوکب نورانی از افق امکان افول نمود ولی از مطلع | O blessed Leaf! Though that luminous star hath set beneath the horizon of contingent being, yet from the dawning-place [3.5s] | INBA87:116, INBA52:115a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10639 | 60 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه روحانیه تا توانی بکمال قوت بسدره الهیه تمسک جو تا نسبت قدمیه و | O spiritual and pure leaf! As much as thou canst, with utmost might, cling thou unto the divine Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:117a, INBA52:115b | MKT7.221b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10913 | 50 | Persian | ای رخشنده بنور محبت الله تابنده باش و در گلشن معرفت الله سازنده و خواننده شو | O thou who art illumined with the light of the love of God! Be thou ever radiant, and in the garden of divine knowledge become thou a builder and a singer [3.5s] | INBA87:117b, INBA52:116a | MKT7.222a | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06041 | 130 | mixed | ای امیر اقلیم اثیر زیرا بندگان آستان حضرت یزدان امروز هر یک جهانگیرند و امیر | O Prince of the ethereal realm! For today, each servant at the threshold of the Almighty Sovereign is a world conqueror and a prince [3.5s] | INBA87:118a, INBA52:116b | High station of the true believer; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06658 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی نامه سابق و لاحق هر دو رسید ولی کثرت غوائل مانع از سرعت | O thou servant of the divine Threshold! Both thy former and latter letters were received, but a multitude of pressing concerns hath prevented a swift response [3.5s] | INBA87:118b, INBA52:117 | Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02668 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله در فکر ذکر حقید و آرزوی اعلای | O servant of Truth! Thy letter was received and perused. Praise be to God, thou art occupied with the remembrance of God and desirest the exaltation [3.5s] | INBA87:119, INBA52:118 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05075 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش اطلاع بر مضمون حاصل گردید محافل بسیار | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and from its perusal its contents became known [3.5s] | INBA87:120, INBA52:119a | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11034 | 50 | Persian | حضرت میرزا نبی خان و جناب آقا میرزا علیخان ای دو یار مهربان جمیع بنده آن | O illustrious Mírzá Nabí Khán and honourable Áqá Mírzá 'Alí Khán, ye two kind companions and servants of all [3.5s] | INBA87:121a, INBA52:119b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04761 | 160 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی عبدالبهاء بهمت و خدمت و حسن سلوک و استقامت و حسن سیاست ثابت و | O true friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Through diligence and service, goodly conduct and steadfastness, and excellence of wisdom, remain thou firm [3.5s] | INBA87:121b, INBA52:120a | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08327 | 100 | Persian | ای یار قدیم نامه ای که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O ancient friend! The letter which thou hadst addressed to his honour Āqā Siyyid Asadu'llāh was perused [3.5s] | INBA87:122, INBA52:120b | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04950 | 160 | Arabic | رب لک الحمد بما اشرق نیر الاحسان من افق العفو و الغفران و اضاء و ازال ظلام | O Lord! All praise be unto Thee, for the Daystar of divine favors hath dawned from the horizon of pardon and forgiveness, hath shed its radiance and dispelled the darkness [3.5s] | INBA87:123, INBA52:121 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03784 | 190 | Persian | ای ورقات منجذبات جناب میرزا حاجی آقا خواهش نگارش نامه نمود که این ورقات | O ye leaves who are attracted! His honor Mírzá Ḥájí Áqá requested the writing of a letter to these leaves [3.5s] | INBA87:124, INBA52:122 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07593 | 110 | mixed | ای مومن ممتحن الحمد لله که آهنگ ملا اعلی بگوش هوش رسید بیدار شدی شنوا گردیدی | O tried believer! Praise be to God that the melody of the Supreme Concourse hath reached thy listening ear; thou hast awakened and become attentive [3.5s] | INBA87:125a, INBA52:123a | MSHR5.320b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10748 | 60 | Arabic | یا رب السموات العلی ان عبدک المبتلی فی سبیلک غلامرضا یطلب الرضا فی الصباح و | O Lord of the exalted heavens! Verily, Thy servant Ghulám-Riḍá, who hath been tried in Thy path, seeketh Thy good-pleasure in the morning [3.5s] | INBA87:125b, INBA52:123b | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00882 | 420 | mixed | یاران مهربانا جناب آقا غلامرضا وارد و بر علو منزلت و سمو منقبت دوستان شاهد و استدعای | Beloved friends! The honourable Áqá Ghulám-Riḍá hath arrived, and beareth witness to the lofty station and exalted qualities of the friends [3.5s] | INBA87:126, INBA52:124 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06799 | 120 | Persian | ای شاعر فصیح و بلیغ قصیده ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه اگر خواهی مذاق عبدالبهاء | O eloquent and articulate poet! The ode hath been perused. Verily, if thou desirest the taste of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:128, INBA52:126a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08199 | 100 | Persian | ای متوجه بمنظر اکبر آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی قرائت شد در انجمن یاران الهی ذکرت | O thou who art turned towards the Most Great Vision! That which thou hadst written was read in the gathering of the divine friends [3.5s] | INBA87:129a, INBA52:126b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03103 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب شیخ رحمانی با کمال ناتوانی مسافات بعیده را قطع نموده و | O servant of God, his honor Shaykh Rahmani, despite utmost frailty thou didst traverse vast distances [3.5s] | INBA87:129b, INBA52:127 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00895 | 410 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و از صعود حضرت اخوان صفا نهایت تاثر حاصل گردید زیرا | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and profound sorrow was felt at the ascension of the esteemed brother of purity, for [3.5s] | INBA87:130, INBA52:128 | MMK6#567x, MAS2.021-022x, MSBH4.088 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00137 | 940 | mixed | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما رفعت رایه فردانیتک و اریت الکل ایات رحمانیتک و هدیت هولاء | O God! O God! Praise be unto Thee for Thou hast unfurled the Flag of Thy Singleness, caused everyone to witness the signs of Thy Mercifulness | INBA87:135, INBA52:132 | SFI17.014-015 | DAS.1913-11-22x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06892 | 120 | Persian | ای مقتبس انوار هدی در این قرن عظیم خداوند کریم تمسک بعهد قدیم جو و تشبث بذیل | O thou who art recipient of the radiant lights of guidance! In this mighty century, seek thou to hold fast unto the ancient Covenant of the All-Bountiful Lord and cling unto His hem [3.5s] | INBA87:012, INBA52:012 | MMK2#270 p.195 | Call to action; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06028 | 130 | Persian | ای اماء رحمن شکر کنید خدا را که در چنین عصر میمنتحصری بعرصه وجود قدم نهادید | O handmaidens of the Merciful! Give thanks unto God that ye have set foot upon the arena of existence in this most blessed and auspicious age [3.5s] | INBA87:138a, INBA52:135a | MKT7.222b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03396 | 200 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون فوت مرحوم ضیاء معلوم گردید سبب تاسف | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents the passing of the late Ziya became known, causing profound regret [3.5s] | INBA87:138b, INBA52:135b | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01607 | 310 | mixed | ای یاران الهی هر چند نامه های متعدده در این مدت مدیده باحبای قدیمه و جدیده | O divine friends! Although numerous letters have been written during this extended period to both old and new friends [3.5s] | INBA87:140, INBA52:137 | MKT8.179 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01213 | 360 | mixed | ایها المقربون ایها المنجذبون ایها المشتعلون بنار محبه الله فی هذا الیوم | O ye who are near, O ye who are attracted, O ye who are enkindled with the fire of God's love in this Day [3.5s] | INBA87:141, INBA52:138 | Growth of the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08661 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما وصول یافت و جزع و فزع از فراق معلوم گردید این ناله | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thy anguish and lamentation at separation became apparent. This plaintive cry [3.5s] | INBA87:142, INBA52:139 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00871 | 420 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن | O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s] | INBA87:143, INBA52:140 | MMK2#060 p.046, TABN.038, ANDA#69 p.07 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03010 | 220 | Persian | ای یاران من از خداوند ذوالمنن چنین آرزو نمایم و عجز و زاری کنم و ناله و | O my friends! Thus do I beseech the Lord of bounties, and make my supplication with utter humility and lamentation [3.5s] | INBA87:145, INBA52:142 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02305 | 260 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک لتعلم ذلی و افتقاری و تری اضطرامی و اضطراری و تسمع | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou verily knowest my degradation and poverty, and Thou beholdest my burning anguish and desperation, and Thou hearest [3.5s] | INBA87:146, INBA52:143 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01979 | 280 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء الان در محفل احباء و انجمن اصفیا حضرت حیدر قبل علی حاضر و | O companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At this moment, in the gathering of the beloved ones and the assembly of the pure in heart, His Holiness Ḥaydar-'Alí is present [3.5s] | INBA87:013, INBA52:013 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00505 | 550 | Persian | ای احبای الهی و یاران عبدالبهاء جناب هاشم تحریری با فصاحت تقریر و ابدع تعبیر | O divine friends and companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Háshim Tahríri, with eloquence of utterance and most beauteous expression [3.5s] | INBA87:148, INBA52:145 | MMK2#301 p.219x | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05093 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید همین است که مرقوم نموده بودی از پیش | O servant of the Truth, what thou didst write was perused, and it is indeed as thou hadst previously written [3.5s] | INBA87:150a, INBA52:147 | Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06122 | 130 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای تلامیذ دبستان حمد خدا را که در امتحان حسن استعداد و قابلیت ظاهر و عیان | O students of the school! Praise be to God that in your tests ye have manifested and demonstrated excellence of capacity and capability [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon Baha’í children to surpass other children in the acquisition of sciences and arts | INBA87:150b, INBA52:148a | MMK1#119 p.137x, MJTB.075x, HUV2.027 | SWAB#119x, LOG#0481x, DAS.1914-10-26x | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||
| AB10654 | 60 | Persian | ای یادگار پیک الهی نزد من بسیار مقربی آنی فراموش نشوی و همچنین جمیع بستگان | O remnant of the divine Messenger! Thou art exceedingly near and dear unto me. Not for a moment shalt thou be forgotten, nor shall thy kindred [3.5s] | INBA87:151a, INBA52:148b | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07338 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق از فضل و موهبت پروردگار امیدوارم که همواره موفق بخدمت دربار | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Through the grace and bounty of the Lord, I cherish the hope that thou mayest ever be confirmed in service at His Divine Threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:151b, INBA52:149 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01619 | 310 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء چندی بود که خاطر این آواره از بلایای وارده بر | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time now, this wanderer's heart hath been weighed down by the calamities that have befallen [3.5s] | INBA87:152, INBA52:150 | MKT9.270, MMK2#304 p.221, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.252 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01921 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضامین دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت بر امر نور مبین بود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its contents were a manifest proof of thy steadfastness in the Cause of the resplendent Light [3.5s] | INBA87:153, INBA52:151 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02600 | 240 | Persian | ای یاران الهی شکر کنید خدا را که مورد نظر عنایت شدید و مظهر الطاف حضرت احدیت | O divine friends, render thanks unto God, that ye have become the recipients of His favoring glance and the object of the bounties of His Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:155, INBA52:152 | MMK2#138 p.103, MMK3#261 p.186 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09198 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از کثرت مشاغل ابدا فرصت ندارم چند روز پیش نامه خطابا بحرم پیک | O servant of God! Due to the multitude of my occupations, I have not a moment's opportunity. Some days ago I addressed a letter to the Sacred Household [3.5s] | INBA87:156a, INBA52:153 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04130 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که از کاس عنایت سرمست شدید و در بزم الست محرمان | O ye companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God that ye have become intoxicated from the cup of His bounty, and are among the intimates at the feast of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA87:156b, INBA52:154a | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04280 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء مکتوب تو واصل گشت و مضمون معلوم گردید یاران الهی را تحیت | O servant of Bahá! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Convey thou My greetings to the friends of God [3.5s] | INBA87:157, INBA52:154b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04572 | 170 | Persian | یا امه الله نهایت ستایش از ایمان و ایقان و وله و انجذاب تو نمودند لازم گشت | O handmaid of God, uttermost praise hath been expressed for thy faith and certitude, thy rapture and attraction [3.5s] | INBA87:014, INBA52:014 | MKT7.210b | Call to action; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02948 | 220 | Persian | ای صهر حضرت سلمان نامه شما رسید هیچ میدانی که عبدالبهاء بچه درجه غریق دریای | O son-in-law of His Holiness Salman! Thy letter was received. Knowest thou to what degree 'Abdu'l-Bahá is immersed in the sea of [3.5s] | INBA87:158, INBA52:155 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01344 | 340 | mixed | ای یاران الهی حمد خدا را نور هدی از افق ارض صاد در نهایت تلئلا پدیدار گشته در | O divine friends! Praise be unto God that the light of guidance hath appeared from the horizon of the land of Sad, resplendent in its utmost brilliance [3.5s] | INBA87:159, INBA52:156 | MKT8.177 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07254 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید و تالان و تاراج معلوم گردید این سنین گذشته | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the plunder and devastation of these bygone years became known [3.5s] | INBA87:160, INBA52:158a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06920 | 120 | Arabic | ای مهتدی بنور هدی فافرح بذکر مولاک بما ایدک و هداک و انقذک و نجاک و اسمعک و | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Rejoice in the remembrance of thy Lord, inasmuch as He hath strengthened thee and guided thee, delivered thee and saved thee, and caused thee to hear [3.5s] | INBA87:161, INBA52:158b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10522 | 60 | Persian | ای سلیمان وقت سلیمانیست و هنگامه کامرانی و دم شادمانی چه که کشور الطاف در | O Solomon! This is the time of Solomon's glory, the season of triumph and the moment of joy, for the realm of divine favors [3.5s] | INBA87:162b, INBA52:160a | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10392 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی از فضل حضرت بیچون در دو آستان پاسبانی و هر دو مقبول درگاه | O servant of the divine Threshold! Through the grace of the Incomparable Lord, thou art guardian at both thresholds, and both are accepted at His Court [3.5s] | INBA87:164a, INBA52:161b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09883 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده شکور رب غفور عنایاتش غیرمتناهی و الطافش بی پایان عواطفش محیط است و | O thankful servant of the Lord, the Forgiving! His bounties are boundless and His favours infinite. His tender mercies encompass all [3.5s] | INBA87:164c, INBA52:162b | MMK3#242 p.174, MMK4#123 p.130 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10137 | 70 | Persian | ای هادی سبیل هدایت پیک عنایت است و اعظم موهبت و ثمره شجره رحمت چه بسیار نفوس | O thou who guidest others on the path of guidance! The messenger of divine favor is the greatest of gifts and the fruit of the tree of mercy. How numerous indeed are the souls [3.5s] | INBA87:167b, INBA52:166a | MKT9.213a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05307 | 150 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای محیی عالم ای خوشا قریحه و طبعی که زلال محامد حق و سلسال ستایش و | O thou who speaketh in praise of the Life-Giver of the world! How blessed is that talent and nature wherefrom flow the crystal waters of God's praise and the pure stream of His glorification [3.5s] | INBA87:015, INBA52:015 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08894 | 90 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی دو دست شکرانه بدرگاه خداوند یگانه بلند نما و ستایش نما که | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Raise thou both hands in thanksgiving unto the threshold of the one true God, and render praise, for [3.5s] | INBA87:168a, INBA52:166b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03388 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که در نهایت عجز و انکسار مرقوم نموده بودی واصل باین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst penned in utmost humility and lowliness hath reached us [3.5s] | INBA87:169, INBA52:168 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08151 | 100 | mixed | ای عاشق جانسوخته جمال رحمانی ایدک ربک علی ابتغاء مرضاته و اعلاء ذکره در سبیل | O thou ardent lover of the Beauty of the All-Merciful! May thy Lord aid thee in seeking His good-pleasure and in exalting His mention in His path [3.5s] | INBA87:170b, INBA52:170a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09879 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند بظاهر تو در شینی ما در سین یعنی ولایت سوریه اما فی الحقیقه | O servant of Truth! Though outwardly thou art in Shín [Shiraz] and We in Sín—that is to say, the province of Syria—yet in reality [3.5s] | INBA87:171a, INBA52:170b | LDR.270 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02327 | 250 | mixed | الهی انت تعلم حالی و تری تشتت شملی و تفرق جمعی و تلهف قلبی فی هجرانی من قربک | O my God! Thou knowest well my state and beholdest the scattering of my affairs, the dispersal of my gathering, and the yearning of my heart in separation from nearness unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA87:171b, INBA52:171 | RHQM1.563-564 (689x) (422-423x), MAS2.020x, NSS.155-156x | Prayer for praise and gratitude; Shaykhis; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07432 | 110 | Persian | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی شکر کن جمال قدیم رب کریم را که مسافت بعیده را طی نمودی | O pilgrim to the shrine of the exalted Concourse, render thanks unto the Ancient Beauty, the Bountiful Lord, that thou hast traversed so vast a distance [3.5s] | INBA87:172, INBA52:172a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09931 | 70 | mixed | ای جناب ابوالقاسم در ارض مقدس بودی و مشاغل عظیمه دمبدم مرا دیدی با وجود این | O esteemed Abu'l-Qásim! Thou wert in the Holy Land and didst witness, moment by moment, my manifold occupations. Despite this [3.5s] | INBA87:173b, INBA52:173 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09329 | 80 | mixed | ای حسین جانها فدای اسم تو این نام محترم در کور فرقان علم بر مظلوم مکرم بود و | O Husayn! Lives are sacrificed for thy name, that revered appellation. In the Dispensation of the Qur'án, it was the standard borne by the honoured and oppressed one [3.5s] | INBA87:173c, INBA52:174a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07211 | 110 | mixed | ای امه الله ورقه موقنه جناب آقا میرزا ابوالقاسم در کمال روح و ریحان وارد بقعه | O handmaid of God, steadfast leaf! His honor Áqá Mírzá Abu'l-Qásim hath entered the sacred shrine in the utmost spirit and fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:174, INBA52:174b | YBN.015b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08308 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه مهتزه شکر کن حضرت رب عزت را که چنین پدری بتو عنایت فرموده که از عشق | O trembling leaf! Give thanks unto the Lord of Glory, that He hath bestowed upon thee such a father, who from love [3.5s] | INBA87:175a, INBA52:175a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09082 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تعلق باهداب رداء الکبریاء سبح و قدس و هلل باسم ربک الحی القدیم و قل | O thou who clingest to the hem of the robe of Glory! Glorify, sanctify, and praise in the name of thy Lord, the Ever-Living, the Ancient, and say [3.5s] | INBA87:175b, INBA52:175b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09882 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده راضی بقضاء حقیقت رضاء اعظم موهبت جمال ابهیست ولی تحقق این صفت که اعظم | O thou servant who art content with the decree of God! In truth, contentment is the greatest gift of the Blessed Beauty, but the realization of this attribute, which is the most exalted [3.5s] | INBA87:175c, INBA52:176a | MMK2#167 p.124 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07537 | 110 | Persian | ای محمود مخمود مباش محسود باش ثلج در یخچال و برف در قلل جبال فراوان و بهائم | O Mahmud! Be thou not subdued, but rather be thou the object of others' emulation. Like snow in the ice-house and upon the mountain peaks, abundant [...] [3.5s] | INBA87:176a, INBA52:176b | HDQI.243 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03673 | 190 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و مضامین معلوم گردید حمد کن خدا را که در سبیل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents were noted. Praise thou God that in the path [3.5s] | INBA87:176b, INBA52:177 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05528 | 140 | Persian | ای امه الله محزون مباش مغموم مگرد روی مخراش و سرشک از دیده مپاش آه و انین مکن | O maidservant of God! Be thou not sorrowful, be thou not disheartened. Rend not thy countenance, shed not tears from thine eyes. Utter not sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | INBA87:177, INBA52:178 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06375 | 130 | Persian | ای ناظر بمنظر اکبر در این ساعت که جمعی در این محضر از بیگانه و محرم حاضر و | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! At this hour when a company of both stranger and intimate are gathered in this presence [3.5s] | INBA87:016a, INBA52:016a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10982 | 50 | Persian | ای ورقه جلیله پرتو شمس حقیقت شامل است و فیوضات جمال مبارک متواصل لهذا بنهایت | O noble leaf! The radiance of the Sun of Truth doth encompass thee, and the bounties of the Blessed Beauty are continuous; therefore with utmost [3.5s] | INBA87:016b, INBA52:016b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03871 | 190 | Arabic | یا من احترق من نار الفراق قد تلوت الورقه الناطقه بمحبه محبوب الافاق و ثبوتک | O thou who art consumed by the fire of separation! I have perused thy missive, which spoke of thy love for the Beloved of all horizons and thy steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA87:178, INBA52:179 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04867 | 160 | mixed | ای مهتز از اهتزاز اوتار محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و | O thou who art stirred by the vibrations of the chords of the love of God! That which thou hast written hath been perused [3.5s] | INBA87:179, INBA52:180 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05222 | 150 | mixed | ای ضرغام اجمه ملکوت جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه فدا در جمیع اوقات ذکر | O Lion of the thicket of the Kingdom of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - make thou mention [3.5s] | INBA87:180a, INBA52:181a | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08911 | 90 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای الهی لسانرا ذکری و عقول را فکری لازم لکن اذکار و افکار مختلف و | O thou who speaketh in praise of the Divine, the tongue must needs occupy itself with remembrance and minds must engage in contemplation, yet varied and diverse are the remembrances and thoughts [3.5s] | INBA87:180b, INBA52:181b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08185 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید بسیار خوش مضمون بود زیرا دلیل بر اشراق نور هدی | O beloved handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were most pleasing, for they testified to the dawning of the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA87:181a, INBA52:182a | MKT7.222c | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09482 | 80 | mixed | ای مدهوش جام خلت الهی علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده المتوالی آفتاب دم غروب و | O thou who art intoxicated with the divine cup of reunion! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace and His successive bounties. The sun at the hour of setting [3.5s] | INBA87:181b, INBA52:182b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02534 | 240 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه آن روحانی ملحوظ این بنده فانی شد از صعود آن فائز بمقعد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter of that spiritual one was brought before this evanescent servant, concerning his ascension [3.5s] | INBA87:182, INBA52:183 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05418 | 150 | Arabic | ربی ربی و ملاذی و موئلی و معتمدی انی اتضرع الیک بروحی و قلبی و فوادی ان تدرک | O my Lord, my Lord, my refuge, my sanctuary, and my reliance! With my spirit, my heart and my inmost being do I earnestly implore Thee to grant [3.5s] | INBA87:183a, INBA52:184 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08123 | 100 | mixed | ای شارب سلسبیل عنایت الهی نور الله جبینک بنضره النعیم بین وجوه العالمین قد تشرف | O thou who drinkest from the Salsabíl of divine favor! May the light of God illumine thy brow with the radiance of bliss amidst the faces of all peoples [3.5s] | INBA87:183b, INBA52:185a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05137 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که چند سال پیش فرستاده بودی امسال رسید از مضمون مفهوم شد که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou didst send several years ago hath but now arrived. From its contents it was understood that [3.5s] | INBA87:184, INBA52:185b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01598 | 310 | mixed | ای منتسبین جناب زائر آقا مرتضی برضای الهی فائز و بفضل و موهبت ربانی حائز از | O ye who are associated with the revered pilgrim, Aqa Murtaza, who hath attained unto divine good-pleasure and acquired heavenly grace and bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:185, INBA52:186 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00377 | 620 | mixed | Translation List | ای یاران الهی خطه شیراز منسوب بحضرت بی نیاز و موطن کاشف اسرار بر اهل راز | O friends of God! The city of Shíraz is connected with the Self-Subsisting; it is the native land of the One Who hath unraveled a myriad mysteries | INBA87:187, INBA52:189 | MKT1.298, AYT.184, PYM.115-116x, YHA1.340x | ADMS#065i22x | Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB08045 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم درگاه محبوب آفاق چندی بود که پاسبان آستان الهی بودی و در درگاه احدیت | O servant of the Threshold of the Beloved of the worlds, for a time thou wast the guardian of the Divine Threshold and at the Court of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:017a, INBA52:017a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08870 | 90 | mixed | ای مظهر لسان صدق علیا علیک فیوضات بهاء الله فی مبدئک و مثواک در جمیع احوال | O manifestation of the exalted tongue of truth! Upon thee be the outpourings of Bahá'u'lláh, in thy beginning and thy resting-place, in all conditions [3.5s] | INBA87:017b, INBA52:017b | MMK6#436 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07660 | 110 | mixed | ای ورقه موقنه نظم و نثر که از کلک و قریحه آن سرگشته و سودائی دلبر آفاق جاری | O thou assured leaf! The prose and verse that flow from thy pen and from the enraptured and impassioned soul of that Beloved of the horizons [3.5s] | INBA87:189, INBA52:191a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02661 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مجبور بر اختصار جوابم و معذورم | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time I am constrained to give but a brief reply, and must beg thy pardon [3.5s] | INBA87:190, INBA52:191b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03971 | 180 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون چون دلالت بر عبودیت حضرت بیچون مینمود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents testified to thy servitude unto the Incomparable Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:191, INBA52:192 | ANDA#82 p.37 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07958 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعبودیت آستان جمال ابهی چون عبدالبهاء قد بفراز و ببندگیش قیام کن تا | O servant of the True One! Rise up, like unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in servitude to the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, and arise to serve Him [3.5s] | INBA87:192a, INBA52:193a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07267 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب واصل شد و فریاد و فغانت مسموع گشت جمیع مراتب و شئون | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and thy cry and lamentation was heard [3.5s] | INBA87:192b, INBA52:193b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03934 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s] | INBA87:193, INBA52:193c | MMK2#340 p.245 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08007 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و نهایت سرور حاصل گردید الحمد لله یاران الهی در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and brought the utmost joy. Praise be unto God, the divine friends [3.5s] | INBA87:194a, INBA52:195 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01688 | 300 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مسطور ملحوظ شد مژده ترقی و انتشار امر در سروستان داده | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was noted, and glad tidings were received of the progress and spread of the Cause in Sarvistan [3.5s] | INBA87:194b, INBA52:196 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07683 | 110 | Persian | ای یار مهربان نامه مسطور وصول یافت و مضامین دلنشین سبب فرح و سرور قلوب | O kind friend! Thy letter was received, and its soul-stirring contents brought joy and gladness to the hearts [3.5s] | INBA87:196, INBA52:198a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07431 | 110 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس نامه شما رسید بشارت بهبودی از علیلی بود سبب سرور قلبی گردید | O thou pilgrim of musk-laden breath! Thy letter was received, bearing glad tidings of recovery from illness, and brought joy to my heart [3.5s] | INBA87:197a, INBA52:198b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10728 | 60 | Persian | نامه شما رسید و چون قرائت گردید بدرگاه احدیت تضرع و زاری شد و طلب تایید | Your letter arrived, and upon reading it, supplications and entreaties were offered at the Threshold of Divine Oneness, seeking confirmation [3.5s] | INBA87:197b, INBA52:199a | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08491 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی انی عبد آمنت بک و بایاتک و اقبلت الی وجه جمالک الاعلی و اخلصت وجهی | O my God, O my God! I am a servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, who hath turned towards the Countenance of Thy Most Exalted Beauty and hath dedicated my face unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA87:018a, INBA87:173a, INBA52:018a, INBA52:172b | Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09445 | 80 | Persian | ای کنیز با تمیز رب عزیز جناب زائر از من رجای تحریر نامه نمود من با وجود عدم | O distinguished handmaid of the glorious Lord, the noble pilgrim hath besought me to pen an epistle. Despite my [3.5s] | INBA87:018b, INBA52:018b | Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02121 | 270 | mixed | ای یار حقیقی لوح مسطور منظور گردید و قلب مشتاق فرح و انبساط یافت الحمد لله آن | O true friend! The written Tablet was received and the longing heart was filled with joy and delight. Praised be God that [3.5s] | INBA87:198, INBA52:199b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03679 | 190 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مرسول رسید دلالت بر مسرت دل و جان و فرح و شادمانی وجدان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, signifying delight of heart and soul, and gladness and joy of conscience [3.5s] | INBA87:199, INBA52:200 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02216 | 260 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بر استقامت در سبیل الهی بود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a glorious proof of thy steadfastness in the divine path [3.5s] | INBA87:200, INBA52:201 | MMK6#101 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01192 | 360 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس نامه شما رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید معلوم است سزاوار یاران | O thou musk-scented pilgrim! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. It is evident that the friends are deserving [3.5s] | INBA87:201, INBA52:203 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10917 | 50 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس نصف شب است اندک فرصتی حاصل چند کلمه تحریر میگردد آن ورقه | O pilgrim of musk-laden breath! It is midnight, and in this brief moment of opportunity I pen these few words [3.5s] | INBA87:203a, INBA52:204 | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08497 | 90 | Arabic | الهی تری ان اسراء سبیلک عطاشا ظماء لسلسبیل عنایتک فقراء باب احدیتک جیاعا | O my God! Thou seest that the captives upon Thy path are thirsting for the flowing stream of Thy grace, and the poor at the gate of Thy oneness are hungering [3.5s] | INBA87:203b, INBA52:205a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04730 | 160 | mixed | ای ثابتان ایراسخان فیض میثاق آفاق را زنده کرد و اهل اشراق را بشوق و شعف آورد | O ye steadfast ones, O ye firm ones! The outpouring of the Covenant hath quickened the horizons and filled the people of enlightenment with joy and ecstasy [3.5s] | INBA87:204a, INBA52:205b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05026 | 150 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذا عبدک الذی اشتعل بنار محبتک و انجذب بنفحات قدسک و لبی لندائک و | O my God, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, who hath been drawn unto the breezes of Thy holiness, and who hath answered Thy call [3.5s] | INBA87:204b, INBA52:206 | Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09055 | 90 | Persian | نامه شما رسید ذکر مطلوب خویش را نموده بودی که هزار و پانصد تومان سند در دست | Your letter was received. You had mentioned your desired matter concerning a bond of one thousand five hundred tumans in hand [3.5s] | INBA87:205a, INBA52:207a | Business; financial; property matters; Courtesy; culture [adab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07274 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما در پاریس رسید در وقتیکه نهایت اشتغال موجود با وجود | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter reached Paris at a time when I was most heavily occupied, notwithstanding [3.5s] | INBA87:205b, INBA52:207b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03311 | 200 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان هولاء تبتلوا الی ملکوتک الابهی و تضرعوا الی جبروتک الاعلی و تمنوا الفناء | O my God, O my God! These have turned to Thy Most Glorious Kingdom and beseeched Thy Supreme Dominion and yearned for effacement [3.5s] | INBA87:206, INBA52:208 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10885 | 50 | mixed | ای ثابت بر عهد الحمد لله موفق بر آن شدی که خدمتی بمقام اعلی نماای این فرش در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou hast been enabled to render a service unto the Most Exalted Shrine [3.5s] | INBA87:207a, INBA52:209a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06091 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق شفقت خداوند را دقت نما که یارانش فراموش نگردند تفقد دلها کند و | O servant of Truth! Observe thou the loving-kindness of God, how His loved ones are not forgotten and how He watcheth over the hearts [3.5s] | INBA87:207b, INBA52:209b | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mosaic imagery; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06973 | 120 | Persian | ای ورقه مبتهله سهراب در این مدت بچنگ افراسیاب افتاده و بجنگ نفس در تب و تاب | O imploring leaf! In this span Sohrab hath fallen into the clutches of Afrasiyab, and in combat with the self doth burn and seethe [3.5s] | INBA87:019a, INBA52:019a | MKT7.219 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04100 | 180 | mixed | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید نامه نبود نافه مشک غزالان بر وحدت بود زیرا رائحه | O blessed souls! Your letter was received. It was not a letter - it was a vessel of musk from the gazelles of oneness, for its fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:019b, INBA52:019b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10394 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس در نامه آرزوی خدمت یاران الهی نموده بودی از اینجهت جواب | O servant of the sacred Threshold! In thy letter thou didst express thy longing to serve the friends of God. Therefore, in response [3.5s] | INBA87:208a, INBA52:210a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06556 | 120 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذا طیر طار من اوکار الاوطان قاصدا مطار طیور القدس فی البقعه | O my God, O my God! This bird hath taken flight from the nests of earthly realms, seeking the celestial heights wherein soar the sacred birds [3.5s] | INBA87:208b, INBA52:210b | Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06695 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و بدرگاه احدیت عجز و زاری گردید که اسباب راحت و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and at the Threshold of His Oneness did I raise my voice in supplication and lamentation, that the means of comfort [3.5s] | INBA87:209a, INBA52:211 | MSHR2.256 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Poems and quotation from poetry; Prayer for prosperity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05612 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید دست تضرع و ابتهال بدرگاه ذوالجلال بلند گردید و از | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. The hands of supplication and entreaty were raised unto the threshold of the All-Glorious, and [3.5s] | INBA87:209b, INBA52:212a | Business; financial; property matters; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03675 | 190 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از وقایع مولمه شمس آباد اطلاع حاصل گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and information was obtained regarding the grievous events of Shamsabad [3.5s] | INBA87:210, INBA52:212b | MSHR2.306 | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04137 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء نامه جمعی از شما وصول یافت و سبب حصول سرور گردید | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! A collective letter from you was received and brought joy [3.5s] | INBA87:211, INBA52:214a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07991 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از عدم مجال مختصر مرقوم می گردد مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حضرت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Due to lack of time, I write but briefly. Be thou confident in the grace and bounty of His blessed Presence [3.5s] | INBA87:212a, INBA52:214b | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ناری از محبت الله در دل و جان برافروختی تا جهانی را | O servant of the One True God! Thou hast kindled a fire of the love of God within thy heart and soul that thou mightest set a world aflame [3.5s] | INBA87:212b, INBA52:215 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09571 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه اماء الهی و کنیزان حریم رحمانی باید بصفتی و سمتی در بین نساء | The handmaidens of God and the bondsmaids in His divine Court should reveal such attributes and attitudes amongst the women of the world | INBA87:213a, INBA52:216a | COMP_WOMENP#077, MKT7.223a | BRL_WOMEN#077, COC#2168 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10569 | 60 | Persian | ای متوجه الی الله شمع هدایت چون بفیض جمال مبارک در زجاجه امکان روشن شد انوار | O thou who art turned towards God! When the lamp of guidance was lit within the crystal globe of contingent being through the bounty of the Blessed Beauty, its rays [3.5s] | INBA87:213b, INBA52:216b | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07869 | 100 | mixed | ای افنان سدره منتهی چندیست که بهیچوجه خبری از شما نرسیده و روشنی از افقتان | O Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree! For some time no tidings from you have reached us, nor any radiance from your horizon [3.5s] | INBA87:214, INBA52:217b | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06838 | 120 | mixed | ای فرع بدیع لطیف سدره مبارکه اگرچه بظاهر از این سجن اعظم و عتبه مبارکه جمال | O wondrous and delicate Branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Though outwardly from this Most Great Prison and blessed Threshold of the Beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:215a, INBA52:218a | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10825 | 50 | Persian | ای افنان شجره مبارکه نامه شما وصول یافت با وجود عدم مجال بجواب سوال پرداختم | O Afnan of the Blessed Tree! Thy letter was received and, despite lack of time, I have undertaken to answer thy question [3.5s] | INBA87:215b, INBA52:218b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10824 | 50 | Persian | ای افنان سدره مبارکه در خصوص اجازه طواف رمس مطهر مرقوم فرموده بودید از کثرت | O Afnan of the Sacred Lote-Tree! Concerning permission to circumambulate the sanctified resting-place, thou hadst written. Due to the multitude [3.5s] | INBA87:215c, INBA52:219a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09358 | 80 | Persian | ای دو شمع روشن اگر فتوری در ارسال سطور رود از کثرت اشغال است و شدت احزان نه | O ye two radiant candles! If there be any delay in dispatching these lines, it is due not to neglect but rather to a multitude of occupations and intensity of sorrows [3.5s] | INBA87:216a, INBA52:219b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10693 | 60 | mixed | ایها الفرع اللطیف من السدره الالهیه پوست در حرکت است و جناب آقا سید تقی | O tender branch of the divine Lote-Tree! The post is in transit, and Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Taqi [3.5s] | INBA87:216b, INBA52:220a | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07729 | 110 | mixed | ایها الفرع المتوجه الی الشجره الرحمانیه فیا فرحا لک من هذه النسبه التی تلوح | O thou branch turning towards the Tree of the All-Merciful! Joy be unto thee for this kinship that shineth forth [3.5s] | INBA87:217a, INBA52:220b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09410 | 80 | Persian | ای شاخ شجره عنایت آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مکتوب حضرت والد نیز | O branch of the Tree of Divine Favor! That which thou hadst written was perused, and likewise the letter of thy father [3.5s] | INBA87:217b, INBA52:221 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09546 | 80 | Persian | ای نفس مطمئنه الحمد لله نامه معانی بدیعه داشت و نفحه معطره جنت ابهی از آن | O serene soul! Praise be to God, thy letter bore wondrous meanings, and from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA87:020, INBA52:020 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06445 | 130 | mixed | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره الالهیه اگرچه بهیچوجه فرصتی نه که بیان محبت و | O wondrous Branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Though no opportunity presents itself to express the love and [3.5s] | INBA87:218a, INBA52:222a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07010 | 120 | Persian | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه شما رسید از مضمون معلوم گردید که عکس بیت مبارک | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your letter was received, and from its contents it became known that the photograph of the Blessed House [3.5s] | INBA87:218b, INBA52:222b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04855 | 160 | Persian | ای منجذب بنفحات الله حمد کن خدا را که پرتو هدایت کبری بر بصیرت و دیده بینا زد | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God, render thanks unto God that the light of supreme guidance hath shone upon thy insight and thy seeing eye [3.5s] | INBA87:219a, INBA52:223 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04158 | 180 | mixed | ایها الفرعان المحترمان من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب آن دو فرع لطیف واصل و از | O ye two esteemed branches of the Blessed Tree! Your letters, from two gracious branches, have been received, and from [3.5s] | INBA87:220, INBA52:224 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06235 | 130 | Persian | ای شاخ لطیف از سدره الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مشاهده گردید و ملاحظه شد سبب | O tender bough of the divine Lote-Tree! That which thou didst write was observed and noted [3.5s] | INBA87:221a, INBA52:225 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10715 | 60 | Arabic | رب اجعل صدر هذا الافنون منشرحا من کل الشئون بنفحات قدسک یا حی یا قیوم و نور | O Lord, make the breast of this branch to be dilated in all things through the holy fragrances of Thy sanctity, O Thou Ever-Living, Self-Subsisting One [3.5s] | INBA87:221b, INBA52:226a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09667 | 80 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق و لاح و ظهر و باح و قدر و اتاح و سمح و اباح لکل کینونه نورانیه | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth and gleamed, Who hath appeared and proclaimed, Who hath ordained and granted, Who hath bestowed and permitted unto every luminous essence [3.5s] | INBA87:221c, INBA52:226b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10743 | 60 | Arabic | یا ایها القضیب الرطیب ان شئت ان ترتفع الی الملا الاعلی و تنشا و تنموا نموا | O thou tender branch! Shouldst thou desire to ascend unto the Supreme Concourse, and to grow and develop in fullness [3.5s] | INBA87:222a, INBA52:227a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09682 | 80 | Arabic | مثل کلمه طیبه لشجره طیبه اصلها ثابت و فرعها فی السماء اعلم ان حسن الاخلاق و | Like unto a goodly tree is the goodly word, its roots firmly fixed and its branches reaching unto heaven. Know thou that goodly character [3.5s] | INBA87:222b, INBA52:227b | The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10842 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه مفصل با عدم فرصت بدقت ملاحظه گردید لهذا مختصر جواب | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy detailed letter hath been perused with due consideration, albeit amidst a scarcity of time; hence, this brief response [3.5s] | INBA87:226, INBA52:230 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09540 | 80 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت وجود اهل سجود را جبینی روشن چون آفتاب انور از فیض مقام محمود | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of existence! The people of prostration are endowed with foreheads radiant as the most luminous sun through the grace of the Praiseworthy Station [3.5s] | INBA87:227a, INBA52:231a | MMK3#244 p.175 | Attaining the life of the spirit; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08914 | 90 | mixed | ای ناطق بذکر الهی گویند انسان ناطقست یعنی مدرک حقائق کلیه و واقف اسرار معانی | O thou who speakest in remembrance of God! They say that man is endowed with speech, meaning he perceiveth universal truths and comprehendeth the mysteries of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:227b, INBA52:231b | MMK2#129 p.098 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07198 | 110 | mixed | ای امه الله جناب آقا سهراب مدتی بود که در درگاه احدیت بخدمت مشغول بود و از | O maidservant of God! For some time past Jináb-i-Áqá Suhráb hath been engaged in service at the Sacred Threshold of the Divine, and from [3.5s] | INBA87:021a, INBA52:021a | MKT7.221a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03508 | 200 | Persian | ای یار مهربان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید چون آن | O kind friend! The letter which thou didst address to Jináb-i-Minshádí hath been perused. Since [3.5s] | INBA87:228, INBA52:232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Law of pilgrimage; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05041 | 150 | Persian | ای اسیر محبت آندلبر آسمانی شکر کن خدا را که ببقعه نوراء رسیدی و بتراب عتبه | O thou who art captivated by the love of that celestial Beloved! Give thanks unto God that thou hast attained unto the luminous sanctuary and to the dust of its threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:229a, INBA52:233 | Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09319 | 80 | Persian | ای جناب باقر ماهر بر نفس قاهری و بقلب طاهری و بدیده ناظری و بروح حاضری خوشا | O Jinab-i-Baqir! Thou who art masterful over the self, possessed of a pure heart, with watchful eyes and an ever-present spirit - how blessed art thou [3.5s] | INBA87:229b, INBA52:234a | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04914 | 160 | mixed | ای یاران مهربان وثیقه اتحاد و اتفاق که بانشاء یکی از بندگان مقرب کبریا مرقوم | O kind friends! The bond of unity and concord, which was penned by one of the near-servants of the Most High [3.5s] | INBA87:230, INBA52:234b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05579 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بعون و عنایت حق موفقی و بخیرخواهی | O thou sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! Give thanks unto God that through His aid and grace thou art confirmed and art successful in doing good [3.5s] | INBA87:231a, INBA52:235 | MMK3#246 p.176 | Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06135 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ات رسید آنچه آه و فغان نماای و مضطرب و پریشان باشی حق با | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. In all wherein thou dost sigh and lament, and art troubled and distressed, the truth is with thee [3.5s] | INBA87:231b, INBA52:236 | MMK6#018 | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02347 | 250 | mixed | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی حمد کن خدا را که لائق و | O servant of God! Grievous blows hast thou sustained and mighty tribulations hast thou endured. Render thou praise unto God that thou art found worthy [3.5s] | INBA87:232, INBA52:237 | MKT8.018b, HDQI.183, ANDA#10 p.05, MSHR2.210x | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10162 | 70 | Persian | ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید بجان عزیزت قسم که عبدالبهاء فرصت تحریر یک سطر | O kind friend! Thy letter was received. By thy precious soul do I swear that 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath not had the opportunity to pen a single line [3.5s] | INBA87:233, INBA52:238a | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03609 | 190 | mixed | اناجیک یا مناجی الناجی فی جنح اللیالی و اذکرک فی صباحی و مساای و اتضرع الیک یا | I commune with Thee, O Thou Deliverer of them that call in the darkness of night, and make mention of Thee in my mornings and evenings, and beseech Thee, O [3.5s] | INBA87:234a, INBA52:238b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05610 | 140 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید مضمون ایت استقامت بر امر حق بود و نشانه شناساای | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents bespoke steadfastness in the Cause of Truth and bore the sign of recognition [3.5s] | INBA87:234b, INBA52:239 | MMK6#397, YMM.309x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Human reality created in the image of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10026 | 70 | Persian | ای عطاء نظام حمد کن خدا را که عطاء عزیز علام گردیدی و شهد بقا چشیدی صبح هدی | O thou 'Atá-Nizám! Render praise unto God that thou hast become a cherished gift of the All-Knowing, and hast tasted the honey of immortality at the dawn of guidance [3.5s] | INBA87:235, INBA52:240a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06161 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه مبارک یاران با نهایت رقت تلاوت گردید و بدرگاه حضرت | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! The blessed letter of the friends was read with the utmost tenderness at the threshold of His holiness [3.5s] | INBA87:236a, INBA52:240b | MMK5#276 p.211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08338 | 100 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی مکاتیبی که بجناب منشادی من ادرک لقاء ربه و بعبدالبهاء مرقوم | O spiritual friends, the epistles addressed to Jinab-i-Manshadí—who hath attained the presence of his Lord—and to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, have been [3.5s] | INBA87:236b, INBA52:241 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05571 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما ملاحظه گردید و مطلب معلوم شد ولی عبدالبهاء باید خیر شما | O servant of the Truth! Your letter was perused and its purport understood, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá must ensure your well-being [3.5s] | INBA87:237a, INBA52:242a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07569 | 110 | Persian | ای منجذب روی بها هر چند خانه بتالان دادی و کاشانه بتاراج لانه ات بروفتند و | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of Bahá! Though they have plundered thy house, laid waste thy dwelling, and despoiled thy nest [3.5s] | INBA87:237b, INBA52:242b | MMK2#300 p.218 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02484 | 240 | Arabic | التحیه و الثناء من الملا الاعلی علیک یا من استشهد فی سبیل الله و انجذب بنفحات | O thou, upon whom be the salutations and praise from the Supreme Concourse, who hast sacrificed thyself in the path of God and art enraptured by the fragrances [3.5s] | INBA87:238, INBA52:243 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03960 | 180 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله نفحات رحمان در انتشار است و صیت ملکوت ابهی در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that the fragrances of the All-Merciful are being wafted abroad and the renown of the Abhá Kingdom is being spread [3.5s] | INBA87:239, INBA52:244 | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01564 | 310 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون واضح گردید که الحمد لله یاران | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that, praise be unto God, the friends [3.5s] | INBA87:240, INBA52:245 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06094 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه حضرت احدیت تبتل و تضرع گردید و طلب آمرزش | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter was received, and with utmost devotion and supplication was it laid before the sacred Threshold of the One True God, imploring forgiveness [3.5s] | INBA87:241, INBA52:246 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02797 | 230 | Persian | ای یاران و اماء رحمن دو مفتون محبت الهی حاجی خان و خان بابا نامه ای نگاشتند و | O ye friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Two souls enamoured of divine love, Haji Khan and Khan Baba, have penned a letter [3.5s] | INBA87:242, INBA52:247 | Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02532 | 240 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب بشیر تحریر نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید و معلوم | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to his honor Bashir was perused, and it became known [3.5s]... ...The residence is under all conditions the property of the first-born son, irrespective of whether or not the deceased | INBA87:243, INBA52:248 | BRL_ATE#053x, BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#4 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Law of inheritance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02238 | 260 | mixed | ای دوست عزیز من نامه شما را بنهایت دقت قرائت نمودم و از قسم شما نهایت بشاشت | O dearly beloved friend, I have perused thy letter with the utmost care and was filled with utmost joy [3.5s] | INBA87:245, INBA52:249 | MMK3#203 p.145x | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01276 | 350 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب آقا مرتضی نامه نگاشته و نامهای مبارک اهل بها را در آن | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Áqá Murtaḍá hath penned a letter and written therein the blessed names of the people of Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:247, INBA52:251 | Praise and encouragement; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02796 | 230 | Persian | ای یاران معنوی اهل ملا اعلی و سکان ملکوت الابهی در صباح میثاق بشکرانه الطاف | O ye spiritual friends of the Concourse on High and dwellers in the Abhá Kingdom! In the morn of the Covenant, in gratitude for His favours [3.5s] | INBA87:248, INBA52:252 | MMK5#282 p.213 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10863 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه جمال مبارک لابه و انابه گردید تا بعنایت حق | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter arrived and was laid before the threshold of the Blessed Beauty with supplications and entreaties, that through divine grace [3.5s] | INBA87:249a, INBA52:253 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07284 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مضمون تبتل بدرگاه حضرت رب الملکوت بود عبدالبهاء نیز | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath been received, its contents a supplication at the threshold of the Lord of the Kingdom. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, likewise [3.5s] | INBA87:249b, INBA52:254a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06129 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان شکر کن خدا را که کاس هدی از دست ساقی بقا نوشیدی و بمنتها | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Give thanks unto God that thou hast quaffed the chalice of guidance from the hand of the Cupbearer of eternity [3.5s] | INBA87:250, INBA52:254b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06188 | 130 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال مبارک الحمد لله درگاه احدیت را پاسبانید و سر باستان منجذب | O ye two sincere servants of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that ye are guardians at the threshold of Divine Unity, with hearts drawn to that ancient realm [3.5s] | INBA87:251a, INBA52:255 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01986 | 280 | Persian | ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب میر عبدالکریم مسافه بعید طی نمود تا باقلیم نباء | O friends and handmaids of the All-Merciful! His honor Mir 'Abdu'l-Karim hath traversed a vast distance to reach the realm of divine tidings [3.5s] | INBA87:251b, INBA52:256 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00926 | 410 | Arabic | و انی یا الهی قد قدرت لی السیر بفضلک فی ملکوت الانفس و الافاق | O my God! Through Thy bounty Thou hast ordained for me to journey through the realm of souls and horizons [3.5s] | INBA87:253, INBA52:257 | BRL_DAK#0408 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05098 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب مرتضی مراجعت بانصفحات مینمایند و ارمغانی از عبدالبهاء | O servant of the celestial Threshold! His honor Murtaza returneth to those regions, bearing a gift from 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:255a, INBA52:258 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09387 | 80 | mixed | ای زائر مشکین نفس رویا تعبیرش آنست که نفوسی قصد آن نمایند تا نار الله الموقده | O thou musk-scented pilgrim! The interpretation of thy vision is that souls shall arise, intent upon approaching the Fire of God enkindled [3.5s] | INBA87:255b, INBA52:259 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03239 | 210 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی من وقت افول آفتابست و من بی نهایت خسته و ناتوان با وجود این | O my spiritual friends! It is the hour of the setting of the sun, and I am infinitely weary and powerless, despite this [3.5s] | INBA87:256, INBA52:260 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07430 | 110 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس آنچه بجناب خان نگاشتی ملاحظه شد سخن گفتی و در سفتی و | O pilgrim of musk-laden breath, that which thou didst pen unto the noble Khan hath been perused. Thou hast spoken and composed [3.5s] | INBA87:257, INBA52:261a | Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04496 | 170 | Persian | ای یاران پارسی من دوستان قدیمید و هموطنان عزیز در این قرن نازنین آفتاب علیین | O My Persian companions, ye ancient friends and cherished compatriots of this blessed century of the Sun of the Most High [3.5s] | INBA87:024, INBA52:024 | YARP2.401 p.310 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06297 | 130 | Persian | ای متمسک بعهد و میثاق نامه اخیر شما بجناب آقا سید اسدالله رسید و بدقت ملاحظه | O thou who cleavest to the Covenant and Testament! Thy recent letter addressed to Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath arrived and been attentively perused [3.5s] | INBA87:258a, INBA52:261b | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06109 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پسر پاک گهرت بادیه پیمود تا رخ بخاک پاک آستان مقدس بسود و مشام | O servant of God! Thy pure-hearted son traversed the desert that his face might touch the hallowed dust of the sacred Threshold, and might breathe its sanctified fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:258b, INBA52:262 | Law of pilgrimage; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03009 | 220 | Persian | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء چون نام مبارک آن روحانیان تلاوت شد حالت عجیبی دست داد | O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! When those blessed names were recited, a wondrous state came over me [3.5s] | INBA87:260a, INBA52:263 | MSHR2.146x | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05185 | 150 | Persian | ای دو حمامه همدم و همراز الحمد لله در گلشن الهی پرواز نمودید و بملکوت راز پی | O ye two companion doves, united in heart and spirit! All praise be to God that ye have soared in the divine garden and winged your way to the Kingdom of mysteries [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that you are soaring in the Divine rose-garden, have found your way to the Kingdom of Mysteries and have become the recipients of the Favors of His Highness the Incomparable One! | INBA87:260b, INBA52:264 | NJB_v04#12 p.005 | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08496 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی و سیدی و رجائی انی ابتهل الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و اتذلل الی جبروت | O my God, my God, my Lord and my Hope! I beseech the Kingdom of Thy loving mercy and humble myself before the might of Thy dominion [3.5s] | INBA87:261, INBA52:265a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05700 | 140 | Persian | ای سرمست باده پیمان نامه مخصوص ارسال میگردد تا سبب شعله نار محبت الله گردد | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! A special missive is being sent forth, that it may cause the flame of the love of God to blaze [3.5s] | INBA87:262a, INBA52:265b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03195 | 210 | Persian | Light of the World | ای مشتاقان جمال دلبر مهربان معشوق عالمیان و محبوب روحانیان و مقصود ربانیان و | O ye who yearn for the beauty of the compassionate Beloved! No sooner had He Who is the Beloved of the worlds, the Desire of the spiritually minded | INBA87:262b, INBA52:266 | NURA#24, MKT2.267, MMK4#030 p.029 | LOTW#24 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB04272 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید جوابی بملا جهان زیر مرقوم گردید البته خواهد رسید | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and an answer hath been penned to Mullá Jahán. Assuredly it will reach him [3.5s] | INBA87:263, INBA52:267 | MMK6#173, MSHR4.009x | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Testing God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06651 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق عون و عنایت حضرت احدیت چون شامل گردد هر نقصی کامل شود و هر شخصی | O servant of Truth! When the assistance and bounties of the Lord of Oneness encompass all, every imperfection is made perfect and every soul attaineth completion [3.5s] | INBA87:264, INBA52:268 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05112 | 150 | Persian | ای پروردگار مفتون جمال خویش محمد حسن را در جوار رحمه کبری پناه ده و باسرار | O Lord! Grant Muhammad Hasan, who is entranced by Thy beauty, shelter nigh unto Thy most great mercy [3.5s] | INBA87:265, INBA52:269a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06181 | 130 | mixed | ای دو برادر یک روح در دو پیکر الحمد لله اخوت جسمانی و معنوی و جسدی و روحانی در | O ye two brothers, one spirit in two bodies! Praise be to God for physical and spiritual, bodily and celestial brotherhood [3.5s] | INBA87:266a, INBA52:269b | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08092 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی در ایندم که نفس رحمانی از ملکوت ابهی مشام عبدالبهاء را معطر | O true friends! In this moment when the breath of the All-Merciful from the Abhá Kingdom hath perfumed the senses of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:266b, INBA52:270 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01178 | 360 | mixed | ای پروردگار مهربان این عاشقان آواره کوی تو آشفته موی تو و دلداده خوی تو پوینده | O kind Lord! These lovers, wanderers in Thy path, with disheveled hair, enchanted by Thy nature, are seekers [3.5s] | INBA87:267, INBA52:271 | MMK2#016 p.010 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06770 | 120 | Persian | ای دو نفس نفیس آفتاب جهان تقدیس چنان اشراق بر آفاق نمود که هر شخص خسیس از | O ye two precious souls! The Sun of sanctification hath shed such radiance upon all horizons that every base person [3.5s] | INBA87:025, INBA52:025a | YARP2.402 p.310 | Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07220 | 110 | mixed | ای آواره من دشت و صحرا پیمودی و احرام کوی دوست بستی و بقدر مقدور رجوع | O wanderer! Thou hast traversed plain and desert, donned the pilgrim's garb in the path of the Friend, and to the extent possible, returned [3.5s] | INBA87:268, INBA52:272a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07753 | 110 | mixed | حضرت افنان سدره ربانیه حسب الاراده المطلقه آنکه چون جناب ابراهیم افندی از | The illustrious Afnan of the divine Lote-Tree! In accordance with the unconditioned will: since the honored Ibrahim Effendi is among those who have newly entered the religion of God | INBA87:269a, INBA52:272b | AFNAN.145-146 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01406 | 330 | mixed | Light of the World | ای فرع جلیل سدره مقدسه مبارکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا در وقتیکه | O thou distinguished branch of the blessed and sacred Lote-Tree! When the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—would visit Haifa | INBA87:269b, INBA52:273 | NURA#08, MMK4#059 p.067, HHA.095, DUR3.099, PZHN v2#1 p.105 | LOTW#08, GEN.323 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||
| AB07036 | 120 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه خبر وصول محفوظ و مصون سبب فرح و سرور | O noble branch of the blessed Tree, news of the safe and secure arrival hath been a source of joy and gladness [3.5s] | INBA87:271, INBA52:275a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09650 | 80 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه چند هفته پیش مکتوب مفصل مرقوم گشت و | O illustrious branch of the Blessed Tree, several weeks ago a detailed letter was penned [3.5s] | INBA87:272a, INBA52:275b | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09833 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی تمسک بذیل تقدیس جواید و در ظل ملیک توحید باهنگ ملا اعلی بتهلیل | O servants of God! Cling ye to the hem of sanctification, and beneath the canopy of the King of Unity raise ye anthems of praise with the melody of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA87:272b, INBA52:276a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05912 | 140 | mixed | ایها الفرع الکریم من الشجره المبارکه التی اصلها ثابت و فرعها فی السماء و توتی | O noble branch of that blessed Tree whose root is firm and whose bough reacheth unto heaven [3.5s] | INBA87:273a, INBA52:276b | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04418 | 170 | Persian | ای فرع منشعب از سدره مبارکه علیک بهاء الله و جوده و عنایته اگرچه جواب نامه آن | O offshoot sprung from the Blessed Tree, upon thee be the glory of God, His bounty and His grace. Although the response to thy letter [3.5s] | INBA87:273b, INBA52:277 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05417 | 150 | Arabic | رب و منائی و الهی و رجائی هولاء عباد سمعوا الندآء و لبوا بکل ولاء و وفاء و | O my Lord, my Master, my God, my Hope! These are servants who have heard the Call and have responded with all loyalty and fidelity [3.5s] | INBA87:274, INBA52:278 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05906 | 140 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه مدتیست که بان حضرت چیزی ننگاشتم هر قدر | O noble branch of the blessed Tree! It hath been some time since I have written unto thee. However much [3.5s] | INBA87:275, INBA52:279 | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04155 | 180 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه الهی الهی هذا فرع من الشجره المقدسه التی | O noble branch of the blessed Tree! O my God, my God! This is a branch from the sacred Tree that [3.5s] | INBA87:276a, INBA52:280 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05911 | 140 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من الشجره المبارکه مکاتیب آن حضرت رسید معانی مبانی ثبوت بر | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! Thy letters have been received, embodying meanings and principles that are steadfast in [3.5s] | INBA87:277a, INBA52:281 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06024 | 130 | Persian | ای افنان سدره منتهی و ای احبای جمال ابهی بیت مقدس و مطاف ملا اعلی را باید از | O Afnan of the Tree beyond which there is no passing and of the friends of the Blessed Beauty! Th e sacred House [of the Bab] and the point of adoration of the denizens of the Concourse on High must be protected | INBA87:277b, INBA52:282a | KHAF.217 | GEN.314 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07453 | 110 | Persian | ای سودائی دلبر آسمانی نامه مفصل ملاحظه گردید معانی بدیع داشت و مضامین دلنشین | O thou who art enamoured of the celestial Beloved! Thy detailed letter was perused; it contained novel meanings and delightsome themes [3.5s] | INBA87:026a, INBA52:025b | YARP2.403 p.311 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07041 | 120 | Persian | ایها المتمسک بالعروه الوثقی چه نگارم که قلب در نهایت جوش و خروش است و جان | O thou who holdest fast to the Most Firm Handle! What shall I write, for my heart is in utmost agitation and turmoil, and my soul [3.5s] | INBA87:026b, INBA52:026 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02297 | 260 | Persian | ایها الفرع المکرم من السدره المبارکه چندی بود که حظرات افنان علیهم بهاء الله | O thou distinguished offshoot of the sacred Lote-Tree! A while ago, the illustrious Afnans, upon both be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious, were summoned and they arrived in the Holy Land | INBA87:278, INBA52:282b | AFNAN.132-133 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01751 | 300 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من دوحه البقاء نورانیت امرالله جهانرا بصبح منیر و نور مبین | O thou exalted branch from the Tree of Eternity! The luminosity of God's Cause hath illumined the world with a brilliant morn and a manifest light [3.5s] | INBA87:279, INBA52:284 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01997 | 280 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع در ایندم که از احزان مظلومیت شهداء چنان آتش حسرتی در دل این | O exalted Branch! In this moment when, from the sorrows at the martyrs' oppression, such a fire of longing doth burn in this heart [3.5s] | INBA87:281, INBA52:285 | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09012 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المحترم من السدره الرحمانیه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree, that which thou hadst written was noted [3.5s] | INBA87:282a, INBA52:286 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11014 | 50 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه یک نسخه از بیان بجناب آقا سید مهدی بدهید | O noble branch of the blessed Tree, give a copy of the Bayán to Áqá Siyyid Mihdí [3.5s] | INBA87:282b, INBA52:287a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01443 | 330 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه مدتیست که آن جناب وارد ارض شین گشته اید و | O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! For some time now thou hast arrived in the land of China [3.5s] | INBA87:283, INBA52:287b | Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00541 | 540 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع | Praise be to God that His Majesty the King exerts the utmost patience, and with justice and equity wards off tyranny and favoritism. In a similar manner, the pillars of the monarchy and the ministers of the government | INBA87:284, INBA52:289 | YHA1.126x, QT108.043x | GEN.194x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00233 | 770 | mixed | یا من یسمع یناحی و صیاحی و نوحی و حنینی الیه فی جنح اللیالی و صباحی و اسحاری | O Thou Who hearest my lamentation and my cry, my weeping and my yearning toward Thee in the depths of night, at daybreak and in the morning hours [3.5s]... ...You wrote that the renovation of the House [of the Bab] might produce a great tumult. Indeed, the illustrious Áqa Mírza Aqay-i-Afnan, upon him be the Glory of God | INBA87:287, INBA52:291 | MMK6#549x, MSHR3.052x | AFNAN.178-180x | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06139 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید سبب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Minshádí hath been perused [3.5s] | INBA87:027, INBA52:027 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02295 | 260 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه قد تلوت کتابک الذی بکت العیون حین اطلاعی | O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree, I have perused thy letter, which moved the eyes to tears as I gazed upon it [3.5s] | INBA87:291, INBA52:295 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03028 | 220 | mixed | ایها الفرع الکریم من سدره المنتهی از کثرت مشاغل و قوت مصائب و عدم فراغت جواب | O noble branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! Due to the multitude of occupations, the intensity of tribulations, and the absence of respite, no reply [3.5s]... ...Your letter of 22 Safar AH 1319 [10 June 1901] was received, and its contents closely considered. You had written about the equity and justice of the victorious ruler | INBA87:292, INBA52:296 | GEN.268x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00140 | 940 | mixed | و انت تعلم یا الهی مبلغ حبی و فرط هیامی و عظیم ودادی و شده تعلقی بافنان سدره | Thou knowest, O my God, the extent of my love, the intensity of my yearning, the magnitude of my affection, and the depth of my attachment to the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree [4o] | INBA87:293, INBA52:297 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00155 | 910 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه آنچه از قلم تحریر تسطیر شد ببصر دقیق | O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! That which was written by the pen of communication passed before these eyes with keen attention [3.5s]... ...In this day, should a person pay attention to the insinuations of the doubters by a needle’s eye, of a certainty he would fall, in such wise that there would be no remedy | INBA87:297, INBA52:301 | AFNAN.138x | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01369 | 330 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی دلع لسان الوجود بمحامده و النعوت و انطق السن الکائنات بالثناء | All praise be unto God, Who hath caused the tongue of existence to speak forth His praise and attributes, and hath made the tongues of created things to voice His glorification [3.5s] | INBA87:001 , INBA52:001 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06696 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از مضمون چنان معلوم گردید که آرزوی دل و جان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that the desire of thy heart and soul [3.5s] | INBA87:028a, INBA52:028a | AYBY.454 #201, TRZ1.305a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07484 | 110 | Persian | ای طائف حول مطاف ملا اعلی دو دست شکر را بدرگاه احدیت بلند نما و بگو ای منتها | O thou who circlest in adoration about the Spot round which circle the Concourse on high! Raise thou thy hands in gratitude | INBA87:028b, INBA52:028b | BRL_DAK#0100, BRL_MON#001, MJMJ3.081x, MMG2#136 p.152x | BRL_POAB#01 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01784 | 290 | mixed | الهی هذا فرع من افنان شجره الاثبات و فنن من فروع دوحه وحدانیتک قد اقبل الیک | O my God! This is a branch from the twigs of the Tree of Affirmation and a shoot from the branches of the Tree of Thy Divine Unity, who hath turned unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA87:301, INBA52:305 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00337 | 640 | Persian | ای افنان سدره مبارکه در خصوص مکتوب آقا سید میرزا آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید کل | O Branch of the Blessed Tree! Concerning the letter from Aqa Siyyid Mirza, all that you had written [3.5s]... ...With regard to the Sacred House in Fars, the believers in Shíraz have made a loud protest. About two months ago, they wrote collectively asking for [me to] intervene in the affairs of the Blessed House…. Concerning the other matter, the consideration you have shown to the American visitors | INBA87:303, INBA52:307 | GEN.340-341x, AFNAN.152x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06839 | 120 | Persian | ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید تلاوت و قرائت گردید و مکاتیب | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! That which thou hadst written was read and recited [3.5s] | INBA87:306a, INBA52:310a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03019 | 220 | mixed | ایها الافنون الشامخ الرفیع علیک بهاء الله و نوره و ضیائه و فضله و عنایته و | O lofty and exalted branch! Upon thee be the glory of God, His light, His radiance, His grace and His loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA87:306b, INBA52:310b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03844 | 190 | mixed | حضرت افنان سدره منتهی علیه بهاء الله الابهی آنچه بقلم روحانی بر صفحه وجدان | The esteemed Afnan of the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon him be the most glorious Glory of God, that which was written with spiritual pen upon the tablet of conscience [3.5s] | INBA87:307, INBA52:312 | MATA.032-033 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05615 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید شکرانه بدرگاه الهی گردید که الحمد لله یاران | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thanks were rendered at the Divine Threshold that, praise be unto God, the friends [3.5s] | INBA87:029, INBA52:029 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03836 | 190 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه چند روز قبل رقیمه ارسال گردید و مراتب | O exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Some days ago a letter was dispatched, wherein [3.5s] | INBA87:308, INBA52:313 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03085 | 210 | Arabic | الهی و محبوبی قد خلقت شجره مقدسه رحمانیه و دوحه کریمه ربانیه و سدره جلیله | O my God and my Beloved! Thou hast verily brought into being the sacred and all-merciful Tree, the noble and divine Bough, and the glorious Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:309, INBA52:314 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03838 | 190 | mixed | ایها الفرع المتدرج فی اعلاء کلمه الله از قرار مسموع از بغداد عزیمت بصفحات سر | O thou twig, who hath excelled in propagating the Word of God! From what hath been heard, thou didst travel from Baghdad to Samarra | INBA87:310, INBA52:315 | KHAF.016, MATA.012-013 | AFNAN.057-058 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02809 | 230 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه از جهت بلایاء و مشقات آن جناب نهایت تاثر | O thou exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! I am deeply grieved by the trials and tribulations that have befallen thee [3.5s] | INBA87:311, INBA52:316 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03839 | 190 | mixed | ایها الفرع النضر الخضل من الشجره المبارکه چندی پیش بنفحات روح و جذبات قلوب | O verdant and flourishing branch of the blessed Tree! Not long ago, through spiritual fragrances and the attractions of hearts [3.5s] | INBA87:312, INBA52:317 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01358 | 340 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنجذب بنفحات القدس المنتسب الی السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده | O branch attracted by the holy fragrances, who art related to the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write [3.5s]... ...You wrote about the Eminent House and the Point of Adoration of the world, may my life be a sacrifice unto its dust. This issue is most important; nay, it stands as the most momentous of all matters | INBA87:313, INBA52:318 | AFNAN.173-174x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrdom of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02294 | 260 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودند مطابق واقع بود در | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write was in accord with reality [3.5s]... ...When the American believers arrive in that realm, show them every consideration and greet them lovingly on my behalf… You had written regarding the blessed Threshold of the Sacred House [of the Bab] | INBA87:315, INBA52:319 | AFNAN.148x, AFNAN.152-153x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06005 | 130 | Arabic | الهی الهی انی عبدک البائس الیائس عن نفسی و فرط خطائی و عظیم حوبی و شدید | O my God, O my God! I am Thy servant, destitute and despairing of mine own self, overwhelmed by my manifold transgressions and grievous sins [3.5s] | INBA87:316a, INBA52:320 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04928 | 160 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه مکتوب واصل و مضمون معلوم گردید کشفیه | O thou august offshoot of the sacred Lote-Tree! Thy missive hath arrived, and its contents stand manifest. The estimate for the restoration of the Blessed House was reviewed and found most agreeable… The Blessed House of the Exalted One must be restored without a hair’s breadth change from its original form | INBA87:316b, INBA52:321 | KHAF.211 | GEN.171, AFNAN.175x | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03533 | 200 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه چندی از پیش در خصوص تعمیر مطاف ملکوتیان | O thou august offshoot of the sacred Lote-Tree! Some time ago, thou hadst written about the restoration of the heavenly point of adoration and the celestial Kaʿbih, and a response was sent to thee | INBA87:317, INBA52:322 | KHAF.210, TSQA3.057 | GEN.170-171 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06669 | 120 | Persian | ای بهائی معروف و مشهور آن دل بلور الحمد لله مشکوه نور گردیده و چون عرفان و | O thou renowned and celebrated Bahá'í! That crystal heart hath, praise be to God, become a niche of light and, through knowledge and [3.5s] | INBA87:030, INBA52:030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03026 | 220 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه آنچه نگاشتید معلوم و واضح شد حمد خدا را | O thou exalted offshoot of the divine Tree! What thou didst write was received and perused. Render thanks unto God that thou wert commissioned… Although at present the horizon of the world of humanity is darkened with turmoil, its foundation shaken to its core | INBA87:318, INBA52:323 | KHAF.213 | GEN.174, AFNAN.175-176x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02453 | 250 | Persian | ایها الفرع الکریم من السدره المبارکه مکتوب مورخ به بیست و پنجم جمادی الثانی | O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! The letter dated the twenty-fifth of Jamádí'th-Thání [3.5s] | INBA87:319, INBA52:324 | Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Shrines and Holy places; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10203 | 70 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه در خصوص خانه که در جوار بیت معظم مبارک | O noble Branch of the Blessed Tree, regarding the house that is situated in the vicinity of the Most Great Sacred House [3.5s] | INBA87:320a, INBA52:325a | Business; financial; property matters; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09013 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنشعب من السدره المبارکه نور الله بصرک بالفیوضات المقدسه المنزله من | O thou branch sprung from the Blessed Tree! May God illumine thy sight with holy effusions sent down from [3.5s] | INBA87:320b, INBA52:325b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02859 | 220 | Arabic | النفحات المعطره التی نفحت من ریاض الملکوت الابهی و النسمات المعنبره التی تهب | The perfumed fragrances wafted from the celestial and glorious paradise, and the musk-laden breezes of the divine and heavenly concourse rest upon thy resplendent resting-place and thy renowned shrine | INBA87:320c, INBA52:326 | KHAF.215 | GEN.178-179 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02299 | 260 | mixed | ایها الفرع النضیر من الشجره المبارکه در جمیع احیان در ظل الطاف و عنایت جمال | O fresh branch of the blessed Tree! At all times thou dwellest beneath the shade of the favors and loving-kindness of the Beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:322, INBA52:327 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04350 | 170 | mixed | ای خادم درگاه الهی مکاتیب متعدده مرقوم شد و ارسال گشت ای مظاهر لطف و عنایت | O servant of the divine Threshold! Numerous Tablets have been revealed and dispatched to thee. These reveal the never-ending and ever-present favors | INBA87:323, INBA52:328 | GEN.340 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02810 | 230 | mixed | ایها الفرع النضیر من السدره الرحمانیه حضرت والد علیه بهاء الله الابهی در یوم | O verdant branch of the divine Lote-Tree! His Holiness the father, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious, on the day [3.5s] | INBA87:324, INBA52:329 | KHAF.225 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03089 | 210 | mixed | ای افنان سدره منتهی علیک البهاء الابهی و علی اخوتک و ذوی قرابتک الثابتین علی | O Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be the Most Glorious Glory, and upon thy brethren and kindred who stand firm [3.5s] | INBA87:325a, INBA52:330 | MATA.227-228 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02648 | 230 | Persian | ای افنان الهی مکتوبی که بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت از | O divine Afnan! The letter thou didst address to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused [3.5s]... ...On the day of the martyrdom of the Bab, may My life be a sacrifice to His dust, circumambulate the sanctified Haram [the House of the Bab] on My behalf and, with the greatest reverence and fervor | INBA87:326, INBA52:332 | GEN.342-343x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08807 | 90 | Persian | ای فرع شجره رحمانیت جناب آقا عبدالغفار مکرر نهایت شکایت از ابویشان حاجی | O branch of the tree of divine mercy! Jinab-i-Aqa 'Abdu'l-Ghaffar hath repeatedly expressed utmost grievance concerning his father Haji [3.5s] | INBA87:327a, INBA52:333a | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06234 | 130 | Persian | ای شاخ شاخسار روحانی مکاتیب متعدده که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou offshoot of the branch of divinity! Thy numerous letters addressed to the honored Manshadí have been considered. The news of the completion of the sacred House | INBA87:327b, INBA52:333b | GEN.181 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08268 | 100 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مخصوص مطالعه رفت و ملاحظه گشت سبب | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! What thou didst write was specially read and considered [3.5s] | INBA87:031, INBA52:031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06265 | 130 | mixed | ای فرع لطیف سدره منتهی هر چند بظاهر از بصر و نظر دوری و از این بساط مهجور لکن | O graceful branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! Though to outward sight thou art far from view and separated from this gathering [3.5s] | INBA87:328a, INBA52:334 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07035 | 120 | Persian | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره المبارکه از این جهت که در این سفر چنانچه باید و | O wondrous off shoot of the sacred Lote-Tree! I am very sorry and sad that, during thy journey, it was not possible to provide appropriate hospitality | INBA87:328b, INBA52:335a | GEN.342 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06582 | 120 | Persian | ای افنان شجره مبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید در این طوفان بلا که | O Afnan of the blessed Tree! That which thou hadst written was noted. In this tempest of tribulation [3.5s] | INBA87:329a, INBA52:335b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07997 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد الحمد لله دلالت بر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Praise be to God, it indicated [3.5s] | INBA87:329b, INBA52:336 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06082 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مورخ ۲۳ شهر جمادی الاولی ۱۳۲۳ که بجناب آقا سید تقی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! The letter dated the 23rd of Jamádíyu'l-Avval 1323, which was to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA87:330, INBA52:337 | Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05044 | 150 | mixed | ای افنان سدره مبارکه چندیست که از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل و مصائب و متاعب فرصت | O Afnan of the blessed Lote-Tree! For some time now, owing to the press of occupations, the tumult of tribulations, the succession of calamities and the weight of afflictions, no opportunity has presented itself [3.5s] | INBA87:331a, INBA52:338a | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08711 | 90 | Persian | ای دو شاخ خرم سدره مبارکه فی الحقیقه روزگار بشما بسیار تلخ میگذرد و ایام در | O ye twin verdant branches of the blessed Lote-Tree! In truth, most bitter are the days that pass over you, and the times [3.5s] | INBA87:331b, INBA52:338b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02040 | 270 | mixed | ای افنان مبارک سدره منتهی نامه شما با صورت وصیتنامه حضرت افنان سدره بقا | O blessed Afnán of the Divine Lote-Tree! Thy letter, together with the testament of the honored Afnán of the Tree of Eternity, was received [3.5s] | INBA87:332, INBA52:339 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06581 | 120 | Persian | ای افنان سدره مبارکه عبدالبهاء در این دو روزه عازم بلاد بعیده است ابدا وقت | O Afnan of the Sacred Lote-Tree! In these two days 'Abdu'l-Bahá is bound for distant lands; no time [3.5s] | INBA87:333, INBA52:340 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07405 | 110 | Persian | ای دو فرع رفیع دوحه مبارکه نامه شما رسید و معانیش دلالت بر ثبوت و رسوخ احبای | O ye two exalted branches of the blessed Tree! Your letter hath reached us, and its contents testify to the firmness and steadfastness of the beloved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:334a, INBA52:341 | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00678 | 480 | mixed | یا بادی الاکوان و بدیع الامکان و ملیک الملک و الملکوت و مالک العزه و الجبروت لک الحمد | O Thou Who art the Primal Origin of creation, the Wondrous Fashioner of all contingent being, the Sovereign of earthly dominion and the Kingdom on high, the Lord of glory and might! Unto Thee be praise [3.5s] | INBA87:334b, INBA52:342 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02739 | 230 | Persian | ای فرع رشیق سدره الهیه حضرت ابوی علیه بهاء الله الابهی با اخوان وارد و بتراب | O graceful branch of the divine Lote-Tree! His holiness my father, upon whom rest the Most Glorious Splendour of God, hath arrived with the brethren [3.5s] | INBA87:337, INBA52:344 | MSHR4.340-341 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09709 | 80 | Persian | یا من آمن بالله و صدق بکلمات الله علم میثاق در قطب جهان بلند است و پرچمش از | O thou who hast believed in God and attested to His words! The standard of the Covenant is raised in the heart of the world, and its banner [3.5s] | INBA87:032a, INBA52:032a | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07919 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب شهزاده غلامحسین بی شین و مین بنده ربانی در نامه خود ستایش | O servant of God, Prince Gholam-Hossein, free from all worldly attachments, in thy letter thou hast offered praise [3.5s] | INBA87:032b, INBA52:032b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06264 | 130 | Persian | ای فرع لطیف از سدره رحمانیه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ شد و آنچه مسطور بود | O delicate branch of the divine Lote-Tree! That which thou hadst written was noted and its contents were perused [3.5s] | INBA87:338a, INBA52:345 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05902 | 140 | Persian | ایها الافنون من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید همیشه کمال | O ye offshoots of the Blessed Tree! Your letters were received and perused. Ever [...] [3.5s] | INBA87:338b, INBA52:346a | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10525 | 60 | Persian | ای شاخ کاخ حدیقه الهی اگر بحقیقت الطاف جمال الهی و عنایات غیبیه رحمانی در حق | O branch of the palace in the divine garden! If in truth thou wouldst comprehend the bounties of the divine Beauty and the unseen favours of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA87:339a, INBA52:346b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10451 | 60 | mixed | ای تازه نهال حدیقه الهی از فضل محبوب عالم جمال قدم روحی و کینونتی و ذاتی | O tender sapling of the divine garden! Through the grace of the Beloved of the worlds, the Ancient Beauty - my spirit, my very being, my essence [3.5s] | INBA87:339b, INBA52:347a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02296 | 260 | mixed | ایها الفرع اللطیف الحبیب من السدره الرحمانیه قد اطلعت بمضامین کتابک الکریم و | O thou tender and cherished branch of the divine Lote-Tree, I have perused the contents of thy noble letter [3.5s] | INBA87:340, INBA52:347b | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09576 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه حمد کن خدا را که از سدره مبارکه روایدی و منتسب عتبه مقدسه ای | O blessed leaf! Praise thou God that thou art sprung from the sacred Tree and art associated with His hallowed Threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:341a, INBA52:349a | MKT7.223b | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07209 | 110 | Persian | ای امه الله ملاحظه نما که پرتو عنایت چگونه بر تو درخشیده و فیض الطاف چگونه بر | O maidservant of God! Observe how the light of grace hath shone upon thee and how the bounties of divine favors have [3.5s] | INBA87:341b, INBA52:349b | MKT7.224a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04109 | 180 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه نامه شما رسید همیشه منظور نظر بوده اید و مشمول بمهربانی | O blessed Leaf! Thy letter was received. Thou hast ever been before Mine eyes and encompassed by loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA87:342, INBA52:350 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08301 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه سدره مبارکه ای رویا صادقست زنجیر کنیزی جمال مبارک است و مربوط باسم | O Leaf of the Blessed Lote-Tree! The vision is true: thou art indeed the chain-maiden of the Blessed Beauty, bound unto His Name [3.5s] | INBA87:343a, INBA52:351a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05502 | 140 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذه امة اقبلت الی جوار رحمتک و توجهت الی عتبه قدسک اسئلک بفضلک و | O my God, my God! This is a handmaid who hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy mercy and directed herself to the threshold of Thy holiness. I beseech Thee by Thy grace [3.5s] | INBA87:343b, INBA52:351b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05518 | 140 | Persian | ای اماء رحمن نامه شما رسید دل و جان شادمان شد که جناب منیر تاسیس محفل تبلیغ | O handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Your letter was received and heart and soul were gladdened that the esteemed Munír established a teaching gathering [3.5s] | INBA87:344, INBA52:352 | MKT7.224b, RRT.044, QIRT.10ax | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04485 | 170 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه شجره سیناء شکر کن خدا را که در ظل ممدود داخل شدی و در تحت لواء | O blessed leaf of the Sinai Tree, render thanks unto God that thou hast entered beneath His sheltering shade and come under the banner [3.5s] | INBA87:345a, INBA52:353 | Education of children; moral education; Importance of prayer; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05433 | 150 | mixed | یا امه الله الورقه النابته علی سدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده و | O handmaiden of God, verdant leaf upon the Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary! Upon thee rest the glory of God, His grace and His bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:345b, INBA52:354 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08303 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه شکر کن که بالطاف جمال قدیم در ظل علم عظیم درآمدی و بحبل متین | O blessed leaf, render thanks, for through the favours of the Ancient Beauty thou hast entered beneath the mighty standard and [clung to] the firm cord [3.5s] | INBA87:346, INBA52:355a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09582 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه سدره الهیه در بحبوحه فردوس رحمانیه بلند شد و شرق و غرب | O sacred and blessed leaf of the divine Lote-Tree, which was raised up in the midst of the Paradise of the All-Merciful, and East and West [3.5s] | INBA87:347a, INBA52:355b | MMK2#347 p.250 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09675 | 80 | Arabic | رب و رجائی ان هذه امه من امائک و ورقه من ورقات شجره رحمانیتک نبتت من سدره | O my Lord and my Hope! This is a handmaid from among Thy handmaids and a leaf from among the leaves of the tree of Thy mercy, sprung forth from the Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:347b, INBA52:356a | Prayer for children and youth; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02385 | 250 | mixed | ای دو قضیب رطیب سدره مبارکه نامه شما رسید و از اتمام بیت مکرم و انتهای حساب | O ye twin verdant twigs of the Sacred Tree! Your missive hath been received, and the news of the completion of the Exalted House and the conclusion of the accounts | INBA87:347c, INBA52:356b | GEN.180 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06565 | 120 | Arabic | الهی و غفار ذنوبی انی اتوسل الیک و اتضرع بین یدیک و اتشبث بذیل غفرانک و ابتهل | O my God and Forgiver of my sins! I entreat Thee and humbly supplicate before Thy presence, clinging to the hem of Thy forgiveness and imploring [3.5s] | INBA87:033, INBA52:033 | BSHN.140.242, BSHN.144.242, MHT2.080b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10695 | 60 | Persian | ایها الفرعان النابتان من السدره الرحمانیه ورقه مسطوره وارد و مضامین معلوم و | O ye twin branches sprung from the divine Lote-Tree! Your letter hath arrived and its contents became known [3.5s] | INBA87:349a, INBA52:357 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02649 | 230 | Persian | ای افنان شجره رحمانیه نامه شما رسید و بدقت مطالعه گردید این خانه که الان | O Afnan of the Divine Tree! Your letter was received and carefully studied. This house, which now [3.5s] | INBA87:349b, INBA52:358 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; House of Justice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01519 | 320 | mixed | ایها الفرعان من السدره المبارکه نامه شما رسید از مضمون مفهوم گردید که الحمد لله در این | O ye twain branches of the Blessed Tree! Your letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that in this [3.5s] | INBA87:350, INBA52:359 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Soul; spirit after death; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00584 | 510 | Persian | ای دو افنان شجره مقدسه مکاتیب شما رسید ولی جواب تاخیر افتاد زیرا کسالت مزاج | O twin offshoots of the sanctified Tree! Thy letters arrived, but a response was delayed due to a severe illness that rendered writing impossible | INBA87:352, INBA52:360 | GEN.173x, GEN.343x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02300 | 260 | Persian | ایها الفروع من السدره الرحمانیه دو نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت و | O ye branches of the Divine Lote-Tree of the All-Merciful! Two letters from you were received which, praise be to God, were a mighty proof of steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA87:354, INBA52:363 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04802 | 160 | Persian | ای فروع نابته از سدره منتهی نامه اخیر شما رسید که خانه معهود را در ۲۲ ماه | O firm offshoots of the sacred Lote-Tree! Your latest letter indicated that the promised house was purchased on 22 Ramadan [9 June 1920] for twenty-six hundred tumans cash | INBA87:355, INBA52:364 | GEN.253-254, AFNAN.189 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03174 | 210 | mixed | ای فرع شجره حقیقت مقبول بارگاه حبیب حقیقی گشتی و مقرب درگاه طبیب روحانی و مظهر | O thou offshoot of the Tree of Reality! Thou hast been accepted at the court of the true Beloved, admitted at the threshold of the divine Physician | INBA87:356, INBA52:365 | GEN.154-155 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03735 | 190 | Persian | ای فرع سدره مبارکه از روزی که شما رفته اید همه بفکر شما هستم که در این سفر | O thou offshoot of the Tree of Reality! Thou hast been accepted at the court of the true Beloved, admitted at the threshold of the divine Physician, and become a sign of the favors of Sanctified God | INBA87:357, INBA52:366 | GEN.335-336 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09162 | 80 | Persian | ای امه الله بامداد است و هرکس بخیالی مفتون و دلشاد و من بقلم و مداد پرداخته | O handmaid of God! It is dawn, and each soul is enchanted and gladdened by some fancy, while I am occupied with pen and ink [3.5s] | INBA87:034a, INBA52:034a | MKT7.130 | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07637 | 110 | Persian | ای همنام من پدر مهربان بالحاح تمام و اصرار و ابرام بلکه بقوت بازو از برای تو | O my namesake, my kind father, with complete insistence and persistence, nay, with the strength of mine arm, on thy behalf [3.5s] | INBA87:034b, INBA52:034b | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01626 | 310 | mixed | ایها الافنان للشجره الرحمانیه نامه شما بتاریخ ۷ ربیع الاول ۳۳۹ وصول یافت ولی | O ye Afnan of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! Your letter dated 7 Rabí'u'l-Avval 339 hath been received, but [3.5s] | INBA87:358, INBA52:367 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02460 | 250 | mixed | حضرت افنان مناجاتی چند ماه پیش طلب عون و الطاف بجهت عموم افنان سدره تقدیس و | O ye illustrious Afnan! A few months ago, a prayer was revealed beseeching protection and divine favors for all the Afnan of the sanctified Tree | INBA87:359, INBA52:368 | GEN.253, AFNAN.187-188 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05901 | 140 | Persian | ایها الافنان النابته من السدره المبارکه نامه مورخ به ۲۰ محرم سنه ۳۳۹ رسید از | O thou offshoot of the divine Lote-Tree! Thy letter dated 20 Muharram AH 1339 [4 October 1920] was received, and its contents caused the utmost joy and felicity on account of the news of the prescribed House | INBA87:361a, INBA52:369 | GEN.254, AFNAN.189-190 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06025 | 130 | Persian | ای افنان شجره بقا جناب آقا محمود عصار مکتوبی بواسطه شما ارسال نمودند و | O twig of the Tree of Eternity! Through thee, the honored Áqa Mahmúd ʿAssar sent a letter and, in it, asked for permission to visit the Blessed House | INBA87:361b, INBA52:370 | GEN.343-344 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06087 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مطمئن بفضل و | O servant of the True One, that which thou didst address to His honor Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused. Rest thou assured in the bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:362a, INBA52:371a | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09664 | 80 | Persian | جناب زائر حاضر خبر ندارد که آنجناب نامه های متعدد از عبدالبهاء داری لهذا باز | The esteemed present visitor doth not know that thou hast numerous letters from 'Abdu'l-Bahá; therefore [3.5s] | INBA87:363a, INBA52:372a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08910 | 90 | Persian | ای نابت از سدره مبارکه چون بشرف انتساب فائزی باید بصفت کمال در کل مراتب ممتاز | O fruit of the blessed Tree! Since thou hast attained the honor of this noble lineage, thou must needs be distinguished by the attributes of perfection in all degrees [3.5s] | INBA87:363b, INBA52:372b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08509 | 90 | mixed | ای افنون سدره رحمانیه در جمیع احوال و احیان بیاد شما مشغولیم و از فضل حضرت | O ye branches of the divine Lote-Tree! At all times and under all conditions We are occupied with thoughts of you, and through the grace of His Holiness [3.5s] | INBA87:364a, INBA52:373a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10032 | 70 | Persian | ای فرع سدره مبارکه ورقه مکتوبه ملاحظه گردید نفحه خوشی استشمام شد الیوم نفوسی | O branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Thy letter was noted and from it a sweet fragrance was inhaled. Today souls [3.5s] | INBA87:364b, INBA52:373b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07852 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی انت الذی غرست شجره رحمانیتک فی فردوس فردانیتک و سقیتها من معین | O my God, my God! Thou art He Who hath planted the Tree of Thy loving-kindness in the Paradise of Thy oneness and watered it from the spring [3.5s] | INBA87:364c, INBA52:374a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05450 | 150 | Persian | یا من انتسب الی الشجره المقدسه نامه رسید و از معانی کلمات تبتل بملکوت رب ایات | O thou who art associated with the Sacred Tree! Thy letter hath arrived, and from the meanings of the words thou hast turned to the Kingdom of the Lord of Signs [3.5s] | INBA87:365, INBA52:374b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Naming of children; of individuals; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06446 | 130 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجمیل من السدره المبارکه الیوم شان نفوس منتسبه بشجره الهیه اینست | O beautiful branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Today the station of souls that are associated with the divine Tree is this [3.5s] | INBA87:366, INBA52:375 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01470 | 320 | mixed | ای بندگان جانفشان جمال ابهی صفحه نورانی و نقشه شمائل رحمانی یاران روحانی | O ye servants who sacrifice your lives for the Beauty of the All-Glorious, O luminous pages and divine portraits, spiritual friends [3.5s] | INBA87:367a, INBA52:376 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07879 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله جناب آقا محمد حسن الحمد لله محفوظا مصونا بملجا اعظم رسیدند و در | O handmaid of God! Jináb-i-Áqá Muhammad-Hasan hath, praise be to God, reached the Most Great Refuge, safeguarded and protected, and [3.5s] | INBA87:035a, INBA52:035a | MKT7.211 | Consolation and comfort; Law of pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07627 | 110 | Persian | ای نهال باغ الهی امیدوارم که همواره از رشحات ابر عنایت تر و تازه باشی و طراوت | O thou sapling of the divine Garden! I cherish the hope that thou mayest ever remain fresh and verdant through the dewdrops from the cloud of grace [3.5s] | INBA87:035b, INBA52:035b | Bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06560 | 120 | mixed | الهی الهی هولاء عباد اجتبیتهم لخدمه امرک و اعلاء کلمتک و نشر نفحات قدسک رب | O my God, O my God! These are Thy servants whom Thou hast chosen for the service of Thy Cause, for the exaltation of Thy Word, and for the diffusion of Thy holy fragrances. O Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:368a, INBA52:377 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03933 | 180 | Persian | ای بندگان مقرب درگاه جمال مبارک شکر کنید خدا را که در موطن حضرت اعلی روحی له | O ye near servants at the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty, render thanks unto God that ye are in the native land of His Holiness the Exalted One, may my spirit be sacrificed for Him [3.5s] | INBA87:368b, INBA52:378 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02047 | 270 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مضمون مفهوم گردید و همچنین نامه ایکه بحضرت | O servants of the Abha Beauty! Your missive arrived, and its contents were made manifest. Similarly, your letter to the illustrious Afnan of the Lote-Tree, upon him rest the Glory of God | INBA87:369, INBA52:379 | GEN.252x, AFNAN.187x | Business; financial; property matters; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02585 | 240 | mixed | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء نامه شما رسید ورقه که در جوف بود بسیار سبب سرور گردید | O ye who draw nigh unto the Court of the All-Glorious! Your letter hath arrived, and the page enclosed therein brought the utmost joy [3.5s] | INBA87:370, INBA52:380 | MMK6#518, HHA.303 | Generosity [kirama]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00149 | 920 | mixed | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا | My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s] | INBA87:372, INBA52:381 | MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08720 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نهال بوستان الهی شکر کنید خدا را که از شجره مبارکه انبات شدید و برشحات | O ye twin saplings of the divine garden! Give thanks unto God that ye were nurtured from the blessed Tree and sustained by its outpourings [3.5s] | INBA87:375, INBA52:384 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08241 | 100 | mixed | Translation List | ای مهتدی بنور هدی جناب آقا محمد حسن فی الحقیقه حیات معنوی و زندگانی ابدی | O thou who art led aright by the light of guidance! Jinab-i-Áqa Muḥammad-Ḥasan truly conferred spiritual existence and eternal life | INBA87:376a, INBA52:385a | YMM.318 | ADMS#095 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB10538 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین حلاوت شهد و شکر صفرا افزاید و علل ایراث کند اما حلاوت جمال الهی روح | O Shirin! The sweetness of honey and sugar increaseth bile and causeth illness, but the sweetness of the Divine Beauty exhilarateth the spirit [3.5s] | INBA87:376b, INBA52:385b | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05644 | 140 | mixed | ای حفید آن نور مبین الحمد لله با نسبت جسمانی زاده عنصر جان و دل آنشخص جلیل | O descendant of that manifest Light! Praise be unto God that through physical lineage thou art born of the very essence and spirit of that glorious personage [3.5s] | INBA87:377, INBA52:386 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10707 | 60 | Persian | جناب آقا میرزا عبدالحسین اگر بطرف هندوستان بجهت ترویج تجارت شما سفر نماید | Should Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza 'Abdu'l-Husayn journey to India for the promotion of trade [3.5s] | INBA87:036a, INBA52:036a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08125 | 100 | mixed | ای شعله نار محبت الله علیک بهاء الله و جوده و عنایته فی کل الشئون اگر بتوانی | O flame of the fire of the love of God! Upon thee be the glory of God, His bounty and His grace in all things [3.5s] | INBA87:036b, INBA52:036b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00454 | 580 | mixed | ای ثابتان ای راسخان در روز غوغا و ضوضاء که جمعی بدون بینه و برهان هجوم بمحل | O ye steadfast ones! O ye firm ones! On this day of tumult and commotion, when a group without proof or evidence made an assault upon [3.5s] | INBA87:378, INBA52:387 | MKT3.208, AKHA_121BE #05 p.b, ANDA#87 p.06 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08602 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده صادق آستان مقدس نامه اول را جواب کافی مرقوم گردید فی الحقیقه مضمون | O thou faithful servant of the Sacred Threshold! A sufficient answer was written to the first letter. In truth, the contents [3.5s] | INBA87:380a, INBA52:389 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05643 | 140 | Persian | ای حضرت بنان حقا عضد یارانی و بازوی قوی ربانیان ایام لقا در خاطر است همواره | O honored Banan! Verily thou art the support of the friends and the mighty arm of the divines. The days of our meeting are ever in remembrance [3.5s] | INBA87:380b, INBA52:390 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01717 | 300 | Persian | Trustworthiness | ای صادق موافق چه اسم مبارکی داری هر نفسی مظهر معنای این اسم باشد یعنی صادق | O pure soul! Follow thou in the footsteps of the truthful and tread the way of the righteous, so that, through truthfulness, thou mayest come to occupy a Seat of Truth | INBA87:381, INBA52:391 | COMP_TRUSTP#43x, MKT4.080, MILAN.144, AKHA_136BE #13 p.197, AVK3.148, YHA1.382x#6, HYB.014 | BRL_TRUST#42x, COC#2054x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
| AB03671 | 190 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه آنجوان نورانی و الفتی الرحمانی رسید و بسیار مختصر و مفید | O steadfast one in the Covenant! The letter of that luminous youth and that divine friendship hath arrived, most concise yet full of meaning [3.5s] | INBA87:382, INBA52:392 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01977 | 280 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی در جهان محافل بسیار تشکیل شده محافل سیاسی محافل تجاری محافل | O spiritual friends! Many gatherings have been formed throughout the world—political assemblies, commercial assemblies, assemblies [3.5s] | INBA87:383, INBA52:393 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04734 | 160 | Persian | ای خادم محفل ملاقات نامه شما رسید چنان معلوم میشود که در شیراز فوج و موج است | O servant of the gathering! Thy letter was received. It appeareth that there is tumult and commotion in Shiraz [3.5s] | INBA87:385a, INBA52:394 | Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10194 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الحبیب الروحانی انی اخاطبک بلسانی و احبک بقلبی و جنانی و اتضرع الی | O spiritual beloved! I address thee with my tongue, and love thee with my heart and soul, and supplicate unto [3.5s] | INBA87:385b, INBA52:395 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02662 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others. | INBA87:386a, INBA52:396 | BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09 | COC#0011x | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Love of God; Music and singing; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07416 | 110 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی بعضی از دوستان که حال صفت درویشی را بهانه نموده اند در گوشه و | O true friend! Some of the friends who have now made the attribute of dervishhood their pretext, in seclusion [3.5s] | INBA87:386b, INBA52:397a | AVK3.368.10 | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Music and singing; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08119 | 100 | mixed | ای سمی حضرت اعلی چون باین اسم مبارک تسمیه گشتی باید بهره و نصیبی از فیض او | O thou who art named after His Holiness the Exalted One! Since thou hast been given this blessed name, thou must acquire a portion and share of His grace [3.5s] | INBA87:387a, INBA52:397b | Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09257 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه بها نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید و باستان مقدس جمال قدم و اسم | O servant at the threshold of Bahá, thy letter was received and perused. At the sacred Threshold of the Ancient Beauty and the Name [3.5s] | INBA87:387b, INBA52:398a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02212 | 260 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر رسید ولی نامه های پیش نرسید حال نامه ها از یاران | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy latest letter was received, but thy previous letters arrived not. Now, as for the letters from the friends [3.5s] | INBA87:037, INBA52:037 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06143 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که این سفر با ثمر بوده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that this journey hath been fruitful [3.5s] | INBA87:388a, INBA52:398b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02302 | 260 | mixed | رب رب ترانی ان صلاتی و نسکی لک یا ملجای و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک متضرعا بعتبه | O Lord, O Lord, Thou beholdest me, verily my prayers and my sacrifice are for Thee alone, O my Refuge and my Shelter. In utmost humility I turn imploringly to Thy threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:388b, INBA52:399 | MMK3#084 p.056x, MMK3#252 p.180x | High station of the true believer; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Prayer for prosperity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07961 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید نافه مشکبار بود که مشام جانرا معطر کرد زیرا دلیل بر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, a musk-laden missive that perfumed the senses of the soul, for it gave evidence of [3.5s] | INBA87:390a, INBA52:400 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07943 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده ثابت حق نامه که باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید آقا | O steadfast servant of the Truth! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath been perused [3.5s] | INBA87:390b, INBA52:401a | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06182 | 130 | mixed | ای دو بنده آستان الهی الطاف نامتناهی شامل گشت تا حامل امانت عظمای الهی گردیدید | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Infinite favors have encompassed you, that ye might become the bearers of God's supreme trust [3.5s] | INBA87:390c, INBA52:401b | MMK2#121 p.093, RAHA.279-280 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07888 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله قرین عزیز بارض مقدس حاضر گشت و بزیارت تربت مبارکه مشرف گردید در | O handmaid of God! Thy cherished companion hath attained the sacred land and been blessed with visiting the holy shrine [3.5s] | INBA87:391, INBA52:402 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04393 | 170 | Persian | ای سعید دو جهان شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود | O thou who art blissful in both worlds! All the parrots of India become sugar-breaking through this Persian sweetmeat that goeth unto Bengal [3.5s] | INBA87:392a, INBA52:403 | HDQI.292, ANDA#47 p.04 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05135 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید هر چند مختصر بود ولی مخابرات قلوب متصل است پیک | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received which, though brief, yet the communications of hearts remain ever connected [3.5s] | INBA87:392b, INBA52:404a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Importance of community building; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08211 | 100 | mixed | ای مشتعل باتش محبت الله شعله ای در آن مجمر زن تا بوی خوش عود و عنبر مشام سکان | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Kindle thou a flame upon that brazier, that the sweet fragrance of aloes and ambergris may perfume the senses [3.5s] | INBA87:393, INBA52:404b | MMK2#059 p.046 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00050 | 1460 | mixed | Light of the World | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب فاروقی بعد از زیارت بعتبه مقدسه و طواف مطاف ملا | O ye dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! After his visit to the Sacred Threshold, and the Centre round which circle in adoration the Concourse on high, Jinab-i-Farúqí came to stay with ‘Abdu’l-Baha | INBA87:394, INBA52:405 | NURA#28, MMK4#177 p.214x, ANDA#73 p.46, MSHR2.023x, MSHR3.051x | LOTW#28, LTDT.070x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB10161 | 70 | Persian | ای یار مهربان حضرات فارسیان و فاروقی عازم سمت مقصودند تا روی و موی بتراب تربت | O kind friend! The honored Persians and Faruqi have set forth towards their destination, that they might prostrate themselves in the dust of that sacred threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:400a, INBA52:411 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08806 | 90 | mixed | ای فاروقی الحمد لله حق را از باطل فارقی و در بوستان محبت الله نخلی باسق و در | O Faruqi! Praise be unto God that thou art one who distinguisheth truth from falsehood, and art even as a lofty palm tree in the garden of the love of God, and in [3.5s] | INBA87:400b, INBA52:412a | Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01701 | 300 | Persian | ای جوان نورانی و عزیز روحانی من نامه تو رسید و از قرائتش چنان مسرتی حاصل شد | O thou illumined youth and my spiritual beloved! Thy letter was received and its perusal imparted happiness... Awaken the friends, for ere long a test shall come. Perchance some persons | INBA87:401, INBA52:412b | MKT3.232, NJB_v04#02 p.004 | SW_v04#03 p.056, SW_v06#12 p.093, SW_v07#16 p.163, BSTW#073ax | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02930 | 220 | Persian | ای دو بنده باوفای جمال ابهی مدتی بود که از فاروق بزوغ و شروقی مشاهده نشده | O ye two faithful servants of the Abha Beauty! For some time now, no dawning or rising hath been witnessed from Farooq [3.5s] | INBA87:402, INBA52:414 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05908 | 140 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه جناب آقا سید هادی امنا و سالما واصل و در | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree, Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Hadi, thou hast arrived safely and securely and [3.5s] | INBA87:403, INBA52:415 | Call to action; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04945 | 160 | Persian | حضرت آقا سید هادی در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک مستریح و از هر غائله فارغ و مطمئن دعا | His honor Aqa Siyyid Hadi, beneath the sheltering grace of the Blessed Beauty, resteth in tranquility, free from every tribulation and secure in his prayers [3.5s] | INBA87:404, INBA52:416a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04157 | 180 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنجذب الی الاصل الکریم اگرچه این مصیبت شدیده بود و بلیه عظیمه در | O thou branch drawn unto the noble root! Although this calamity hath been severe and this affliction grievous [3.5s] | INBA87:405, INBA52:416b | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06447 | 130 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الربانیه در شب و روز و صباح و مساء بلکه در ظلمات | O exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree! In the night and the day, at morn and eventide, yea, even in darkness [3.5s] | INBA87:406a, INBA52:417 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03025 | 220 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الا لهیه چندیست که نظر بحکمت کلیه ابواب مکاتبه را | O thou exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree! For some time now, in accordance with divine wisdom, the portals of correspondence have been [3.5s] | INBA87:406b, INBA52:418 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02298 | 260 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنشعب من السدره المبارکه علیک بهاء الله و نوره و ضیائه و نور | O thou offshoot branched from the blessed Tree! Upon thee be the glory of God, His light, and His radiance [3.5s] | INBA87:407, INBA52:419 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01244 | 350 | mixed | ای ثابت بر عهد نامه اخیر که ارسال نموده بودید وصول یافت مضامین دلیل بر آن بود | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Your recent letter which you had sent was received, its contents bearing testimony to this [3.5s] | INBA87:039, INBA52:039 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04156 | 180 | mixed | ایها الفرع الکریم من الشجره المبارکه در این جهان فانی ملجا و مامنی مجو و در | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! Seek thou neither shelter nor refuge in this fleeting world, and in [3.5s] | INBA87:408, INBA52:420 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11032 | 50 | Persian | حضرت افنان کار جناب میرزا حسن علیه بهاء الله بطول انجامید البته زود اتمام | The endeavors of the honored Afnán, Mírzá Ḥasan, upon whom be the Glory of God, have been prolonged; assuredly they shall soon be completed [3.5s] | INBA87:409a, INBA52:421a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07317 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان حضرت یزدان مدتیست که نامه مرقوم نگردید و مکتوبی ارسال نگشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of the Lord God! For some time no letter hath been penned, nor hath any missive been dispatched [3.5s] | INBA87:409b, INBA52:421b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05913 | 140 | mixed | ایها الفرع المجید من السدره المبارکه اتضرع و ابتهل الی الملکوت الابهی و | O thou glorious branch of the blessed Tree! I supplicate and beseech the Most Glorious Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA87:410, INBA52:422 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04927 | 160 | Arabic | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه تالله الحق ان حوریات القدس فی غرفات | O thou exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree! By God the Truth, verily the holy maidens in the chambers [3.5s] | INBA87:411a, INBA52:423 | BRL_DAK#0913, MKT2.232 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00812 | 440 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه مدتیست این خامه بان حضرت نامه ننگاشته | O exalted branch of the divine Tree! For some time this pen hath not written a letter unto thee [3.5s]... ...Thou hadst written regarding the house that was the dwelling of the illustrious branch of the sacred Tree, the martyred uncle, Áqa Siyyid ʿAlí—may My spirit be a sacrifice unto him | INBA87:411b, INBA52:424 | GEN.257x, AFNAN.194-195x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10031 | 70 | Persian | ای فرع سدره مبارکه باز از باختر بخاور باز گشتیم تا باستان مقدس دو بقعه مبارکه | O branch of the blessed Tree, once more have we journeyed from the West unto the East, to reach the sacred precincts of the two holy Shrines [3.5s] | INBA87:413, INBA52:425 | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05401 | 150 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر نشاط و | O exalted branch of the blessed Tree! Thy letter was received and, praise be to God, it betokeneth thy vitality [3.5s] | INBA87:414, INBA52:426 | Call to action; Manifestation of God as sun; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04929 | 160 | mixed | ایها الفرع العظیم من الشجره المبارکه التی اصلها ثابت فی الارض و فرعها فی | O mighty branch of the blessed Tree whose root is firmly established in the earth and whose branch is in [3.5s] | INBA87:416, INBA52:429a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11400 | 30 | Arabic | رب اید کل من توجه الی مطلع وحدانیتک بتاییدات قدس رحمانیتک و افتح علیه ابواب | O Lord, aid through the holy confirmations of Thy divine mercy all who have turned unto the Dayspring of Thy oneness, and open before them the gates [3.5s] | INBA87:417a, INBA52:429b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09057 | 90 | Arabic | هل سمع الندآء قد تزلزلت ارکان الملا الاولی لما ارتفع الندآء من الملا الاعلی | Lo, have the ears not hearkened to the Call? The pillars of the Concourse of old were shaken when the Call was raised from the Supreme Concourse [3.5s] | INBA87:417b, INBA52:430a | Apocalyptic imagery; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04564 | 170 | mixed | یا ابا الفتوح هنیئا لک هذا الصبوح هر چند فتح ملوک خونریزی مملوکست لکن فتح اهل | O Aba'l-Futúh! Blessed art thou in this dawn. Although the conquests of kings involve the shedding of their subjects' blood, yet the victories of the people [3.5s] | INBA87:420, INBA52:433 | MMK6#491 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02599 | 240 | Persian | ای یاران الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید معانیش دال بر ثبوت بر عهد و | O divine friends! What ye had written was noted, and its meanings testified to steadfastness in the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA87:422, INBA52:435 | BRL_DAK#0048, SFI20.018 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01975 | 280 | mixed | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای یاران رحمانی شمس حقیقت بر آفاق قلوب اشراق نورانیت محبت نمود و غمام موهبت | The purpose of the appearance of the holy Manifestations hath ever been the establishment of fellowship and love in the world of humanity | INBA87:424, INBA52:447a | BRL_DAK#1040, BRL_CONF2018P#15x, MMK2#187 p.135 | BRL_CONF2018#15x | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB07690 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی گویند که نسر طائر در این فلک باهر عبارت از سه ستاره روشن است | O spiritual friends! They say that the soaring eagle in this resplendent firmament consisteth of three luminous stars [3.5s] | INBA87:424a, INBA52:437b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03173 | 210 | Persian | ای فتح بها رق منشورت وصول یافت و چون کاس طهور مورث سرور شد حمد کن خدا را که | O conqueror in the name of Bahá! Thy missive hath been received and, like unto a chalice of pure wine, brought joy. Render thou praise unto God [3.5s] | INBA87:424b, INBA52:437c | Being a source of light; guidance; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04380 | 170 | Persian | ای دوستان سروستان جمال قدیم حضرت نور مبین بیاران آن اقلیم کمال عنایت را | O friends in the cypress-garden of the Ancient Beauty! His Manifest Light hath shown supreme bounty unto the loved ones of that realm [3.5s] | INBA87:425, INBA52:438 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02432 | 250 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء الحمد لله از سروستان نفحات گلستان محبت الله منتشر و رایحه | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be unto God that from Sarvistán the sweet fragrances of the rose-garden of the love of God are wafting [3.5s] | INBA87:426, INBA52:439 | BRL_DAK#0918, MMK6#494 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05289 | 150 | Persian | ای منجذب بنفحات الله نامه مرقوم واصل گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد تمنای تحریری از | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Thou didst request a missive [3.5s] | INBA87:427, INBA52:440 | Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04713 | 160 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان امیدم چنانست که بلطافت اخلاق و رقت قلب و روحانیت کبری و قوه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! My hope is that thou mayest be characterized by refinement of character, tenderness of heart, sublime spirituality and power [3.5s] | INBA87:041, INBA52:041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04312 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان ایامیکه در ارض مقدس بودی و بشرف طواف تربت مقدسه فائز در خاطر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The days when thou wert in the Holy Land and attainedst the honor of circumambulating the sacred Shrine remain in memory [3.5s] | INBA87:428, INBA52:441 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06221 | 130 | Persian | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر ثبوت و رسوخ احبای الهی | O pilgrim to the Shrine of the Exalted One! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it beareth witness to the constancy and firmness of the loved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA87:429a, INBA52:442 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01522 | 320 | Arabic | حمدا لک یا ربی الجلیل شکرا لک یا ربی العظیم علی ما فتحت ابواب الغفران بمقالید | Praise be unto Thee, O my glorious Lord, thanks be unto Thee, O my mighty God, for having opened wide the gates of forgiveness with the keys [3.5s] | INBA87:429b, INBA52:443 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02567 | 240 | Persian | ای شیدائیان نیر آفاق و ثابتان بر میثاق جناب حیدر علی علیه بهاء الله نامه | O ye ardent admirers of the Luminary of the horizons and steadfast ones in the Covenant! His honor Ḥaydar-'Alí, upon him be the Glory of God, wrote [3.5s] | INBA87:431, INBA52:444 | BRL_DAK#0595 | Call to action; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00961 | 400 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند مدتیست که بواسطه قلم و مداد با شما گفتگوای ننمودم | O ye friends of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Though some time has passed since I wrote you letters with pen and ink, yet in the world of spirit | INBA87:432, INBA52:445 | BRL_DAK#0870, MMK2#073 p.056 | BLO_PT#081.73 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB07334 | 110 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نامی رسید از مضامین آشکار و پدید گشت که حین رجوع و وصول | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy distinguished letter was received, and from its contents it became clear that at the time of return and arrival [3.5s] | INBA87:435a, INBA52:449a | MMK6#216 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08671 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت پیمان بمجرد قرائت نامه شما سفارش در خصوص آقا میرزا فتحعلیخان بنفس | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Upon the mere perusal of thy letter, instructions regarding Áqá Mírzá Fatḥ-'Alí Khán were personally [3.5s] | INBA87:435b, INBA52:449b | Consolation and comfort; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02987 | 220 | Persian | ای مومنین و مومنات و ثابتین و ثابتات جناب حیدر علی بدرگاه حضرت کبریا پناه | O ye believers and steadfast ones, men and women alike, Haidar-'Alí hath sought refuge at the threshold of the Almighty [3.5s] | INBA87:436, INBA52:450 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01742 | 300 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء بشارت کبری رسید و خبر پرمسرتی عبدالبهاء شنید مژده الفت | O ye beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Great tidings have arrived, and joyful news hath reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá - the glad announcement of fellowship [3.5s] | INBA87:437, INBA52:451 | MMK2#186 p.134 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05616 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید معانی دلیل بر انجذاب روحانی بود و جاذب تایید | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, its meanings betokening spiritual attraction and drawing confirmations [3.5s] | INBA87:042, INBA52:042 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03683 | 190 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق مکتوب واصل گردید مضمون سبب انشراح صدور بود و دلیل بر حصول | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were a cause of joy to hearts and a testimony to attainment [3.5s] | INBA87:438, INBA52:452 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03514 | 200 | Persian | ای یاران رحمانی جناب حیدر علی در نهایت عجز و نیاز بدرگاه بی نیاز تضرع و | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! Ḥaydar-'Alí, with the utmost lowliness and need, doth supplicate at the Court of the Self-Sufficient Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:439, INBA52:454a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01190 | 360 | Persian | ای دوستان الهی چندی پیش آشفته جمال حق آقا غلامرضا استدعا نمود که بان یاران | O divine friends! Some time ago that enamoured one of the Countenance of Truth, Aqa Ghulam-Rida, earnestly entreated that to the friends [3.5s] | INBA87:442, INBA52:456 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07688 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران حقیقی چه نویسم که قلب در نهایت انجذابست و روح در غایت اشتیاق آتشی از | O true companions! What can I write when my heart is in the utmost state of attraction and my spirit is in the depths of longing, a fire of [3.5s] | INBA87:443a, INBA52:457 | MMK2#053 p.041 | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07360 | 110 | Persian | ای حامی اغنام الهی خدمات و زحمات و مشقات تو در این انجمن مذکور و معروف | O thou who art the protector of the divine flock! Thy services, labors, and tribulations in this assembly are remembered and renowned [3.5s] | INBA87:443b, INBA52:458 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07933 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت احدیت عریضه واصل و ملاحظه گردید عریضه نبود حدیقه انیقه بود | O thou servant at the Threshold of the One God! Thy letter was received and perused. It was not a mere petition, but rather a garden of surpassing beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:444, INBA52:459 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00270 | 720 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما شغفت الاحباء حبا بجمالک و تجلیت علی الاصفیاء فی یوم | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enraptured Thy loved ones with a love for Thy beauty, and for having manifested Thyself unto the pure-hearted in this Day [3.5s] | INBA87:445, INBA52:460 | Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01482 | 320 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید منطوق تضرع و ابتهال و انجذاب و اشتعال بود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its meaning was supplication and entreaty, attraction and ardent devotion [3.5s] | INBA87:043, INBA52:043 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04756 | 160 | Persian | ای دو نفس زکیه ندای شما بسمع اشتیاق مسموع شد و لقای شما محبوب و مرغوب گشت | O ye two pure souls! Your call reached the ears with eagerness, and meeting with you became beloved and desired [3.5s] | INBA87:448, INBA52:463 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09136 | 80 | Arabic | الهی الهی قد سبقت رحمتک و تمت نعمتک و کملت موهبتک علی الذین اعترفوا بوحدانیتک | O my God, O my God! Thy mercy hath verily preceded all, Thy favor hath been perfected, and Thy gift hath been consummated unto those who have acknowledged Thy oneness [3.5s] | INBA87:449a, INBA52:464 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01917 | 280 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان در ایام جنگ ابر سیاه حرب عرصه را بر جمیع تنگ نمود مخابره | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! During the days of war, when the dark cloud of conflict hath encompassed the horizons and restricted the expanse for all [3.5s] | INBA87:449b, INBA52:465 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03406 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت اثر خامه مشکین حلاوت شهد و انگبین داشت لهذا مذاق روحانی شیرین | O steadfast and distinguished one! The effect of thy musk-scented pen possessed the sweetness of honey and nectar, and thus did the spiritual taste prove sweet indeed [3.5s] | INBA87:451, INBA52:466 | NJB_v05#06 p.004x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07650 | 110 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه جناب فرع سدره مقدسه افنان دوحه رحمانیه عازم رجوع بان صفحات است | O blessed Leaf! His Honour the Branch of the Sacred Lote-Tree, scion of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful, is returning unto those regions [3.5s] | INBA87:452a, INBA52:467 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00498 | 560 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الالهیه الحمد لله که فیوضات ملکوت ابهی از جمیع | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Praise be to God that the outpourings of the Most Glorious Kingdom from all [3.5s]... ...In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the absence of means, the unity of all mankind could not have been achieved | INBA87:452b, INBA52:468 | MSHR4.220-221x | PDC.024x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02862 | 220 | Arabic | الهی الهی انی اناجیک بلسان الابتهال متذللا متصدعا متمسکا بحبل التذلل و | O my God, my God! With the tongue of supplication I commune with Thee, abased and broken-hearted, clinging to the cord of lowliness and humility [3.5s] | INBA87:455, INBA52:471 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01548 | 310 | Persian | ای افنان سدره مبارکه الهیه الان که در ذیل جبل کرمل در کمال بشارت بخدمت آستان | O Afnan of the blessed divine Lote-Tree! Now that thou art beneath Mount Carmel in utmost gladness, serving at His Threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:456, INBA52:473 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07645 | 110 | Persian | ای ورقه شجره طوبی منظومه بلیغه و ابیات فصیحه شما رسید و در نهایت روحانیت در | O leaf of the Tree of Paradise! Your eloquent verses and fluent poetry have been received in the utmost spirituality [3.5s] | INBA87:458a, INBA52:475a | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07742 | 110 | Persian | جناب امین علیه بهاء الله حاضر و زبان بستایش آن افنان شجره مبارکه گشوده که | Jinab-i-Amin, upon him be the glory of God, was present and his tongue was loosed in praise of that Branch of the Blessed Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:458b, INBA52:475b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03027 | 220 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه همیشه بدرگاه حضرت احدیه بکمال تضرع و | O thou exalted branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! Ever do thou supplicate with utmost humility at the threshold of His Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:459, INBA52:476 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00478 | 570 | Arabic | لم ادر یا الهی ان اشکو الیک ای بلائی و ابث ای حزنی و ابتلائی ارایت یا محبوبی | I know not, O my God, which of my afflictions I shall bewail before Thee, nor how I should pour forth my grief and tribulation. Behold, O my Beloved One [3.5s] | INBA87:460, INBA52:477 | BRL_DAK#0748, KHAF.067 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03837 | 190 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه نامه ۱۱ رجب بعد از مدتی واصل گردید لذا | O thou exalted branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! The letter of the 11th of Rajab hath, after some time, reached me [3.5s] | INBA87:463, INBA52:480 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01750 | 300 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من الشجره الرحمانیه مصائب جانسوز نیریز البته بسمع شریف | O noble branch of the divine tree, the heart-rending tribulations of Nayriz have undoubtedly reached thy hallowed hearing [3.5s] | INBA87:464, INBA52:481 | MSHR4.252-253 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07367 | 110 | Persian | ای خادم افنان سدره الهیه شکر حی قدیم را که بزیارت روضه مبارکه مشرف شدی و از | O thou servant of the Afnán of the Divine Lote-Tree! Render thanks unto the Ever-Living, the Ancient of Days, that thou hast been privileged to attain the presence of the blessed Shrine and [3.5s] | INBA87:465, INBA52:483 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01863 | 290 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه المرتفعه فی سیناء الظهور قد غاب صبح | O noble branch of the blessed and exalted Tree upon the Sinai of Manifestation, the morn hath [3.5s] | INBA87:466, INBA52:484 | KHAF.254, MATA.224-225 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00970 | 400 | Arabic | و انت الذی یا الهی خلقت و برئت و ذرئت بفیض جودک و صوب غمام رحمتک حقائق | O Thou Who, O my God, hast created, fashioned and brought into being, through the outpouring of Thy bounty and the showers of Thy clouds of mercy, all created things [3.5s] | INBA87:467, INBA52:486 | BRL_DAK#1022, MKT6.199, MKT2.283, KHAF.090 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05827 | 140 | Persian | ای ناظر بافق حقیقت چشم را بمشاهده انوار فیض احدیت روشن و منیر کن و گوش را | O thou who gazest toward the horizon of truth! Illumine and brighten thine eyes to behold the resplendent rays of Divine oneness, and thine ears [3.5s] | INBA87:045a, INBA52:045a | MMK2#018 p.012 | Call to action; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04242 | 170 | Arabic | الهی و محبوبی و مقصودی قد سعی عبدک هذا من بلاده الشاسعه و انحائها الواسعه و | O my God, my Beloved, my ultimate Purpose! This, Thy servant, hath journeyed from distant lands and far-flung regions [3.5s] | INBA87:045b, INBA52:045b | Law of pilgrimage; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07076 | 120 | Arabic | رب مولائی و سیدی و منائی انت رجائی و انت بهائی فضلک غایه آمالی و جودک اعظم | O my Lord, my Master, and my Goal! Thou art my Hope and Thou art my Glory. Thy grace is the summit of my aspirations, and Thy bounty supreme [3.5s] | INBA87:469, INBA52:488 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01442 | 330 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الرحمانیه چند روزی پیش مکتوبی ارسال شد و حال چون | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Some days ago a letter was dispatched, and now [3.5s] | INBA87:470, INBA52:489 | Consultation; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07037 | 120 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه چندیست که خبری از آن فرع رفیع نرسیده و | O noble branch of the blessed Tree, it hath been some time since any tidings have been received from that exalted branch [3.5s] | INBA87:471, INBA52:491 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07728 | 110 | Persian | ایها الفرع الکریم من الشجره المبارکه چون در این ایام سیل شدید در نیریز شده و | O noble branch of the blessed Tree! As in these days a severe flood hath taken place in Nayríz [3.5s] | INBA87:472, INBA52:492a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02452 | 250 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب متعدده ارسال گشت و حال نیز بذکر و فکر | O exalted branch of the blessed Tree! Many letters were dispatched, and now too, with thoughts and remembrance [3.5s] | INBA87:473, INBA52:492b | BRL_DAK#1037 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03315 | 200 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذا فرع من فروع سدره رحمانیتک و دوحه من حدائق کلمه وحدانیتک و سراج | O my God, O my God! This is a branch from among the branches of the Tree of Thy mercy, and a tree from the gardens of Thy Word of Oneness, and a lamp [3.5s] | INBA87:474, INBA52:494 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04535 | 170 | mixed | ایها الفرع المبارک من سدره المنتهی نور الله وجهک بالانوار الساطعه من ملکوت الابهی | O blessed branch of the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing! May God illumine thy countenance with the radiant lights of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA87:476, INBA52:497 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02808 | 230 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه قلب مشتاقان طالب و مائل که در هر ساعتی | O noble branch of the blessed Tree! The hearts of the ardent seekers are drawn and attracted at every hour [3.5s] | INBA87:477, INBA52:498 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01024 | 390 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و نوره و ضیائه و | O noble branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be the glory of God and His praise, His light and His splendour [3.5s] | INBA87:478, INBA52:499 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03859 | 190 | mixed | یا الهی و رجائی تعلم سری و علانیتی و خفاای و جهاری و تعرف مبلغ حبی و شغف ودی | O my God and my Hope! Thou knowest my secret and my manifest self, my hidden and my visible being, and art aware of the measure of my love and the fervor of my devotion [3.5s] | INBA87:480, INBA52:502 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00517 | 550 | mixed | ایها الفرع المجید من الشجره المبارکه الناطقه فی سدره السینا علیک بهاء الله و | O glorious branch, sprung from the blessed tree that speaketh from the Tree on Sinai! Upon thee be the splendour of God and [3.5s] | INBA87:481, INBA52:503 | MMK6#293, KHAF.251 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03913 | 180 | mixed | ای افنون منشعب از سدره الهیه جعلک الله خضرا نضرا رطبا طریا مزهرا مثمرا این | O Offshoot of the Divine Lote-Tree! May God make thee verdant, flourishing, fresh, tender, blossoming and fruit-laden [3.5s] | INBA87:484, INBA52:506 | KHAF.012 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09640 | 80 | Persian | ایتها الورقه المبارکه حضرت فرع شجره رحمانیه آقا میرزا عبدالوهاب در بقعه | O blessed leaf, the revered branch of the Tree of the All-Merciful, Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Vahháb, in the sacred precincts [3.5s] | INBA87:485a, INBA52:507 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08369 | 100 | Persian | ایها الفرع النجیب من السدره الرحمانیه در کمال استعجال مرقوم میشود نفوس مقدسی | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! With utmost haste do I pen these words to those sanctified souls [3.5s] | INBA87:485b, INBA52:508 | Business; financial; property matters; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00873 | 420 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع المنشعب من سدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و نوره و | O exalted branch that hath sprung from the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing! Upon thee be the glory of God, His praise and His light! [3.5s] | INBA87:486, INBA52:509 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09090 | 90 | mixed | یا من صدق بکلمات الله جوهر صدق راستی شئونیست منبعث از حقیقت اشیاء مطابق واقع | O thou who hast truly believed in the Words of God! The essence of truthfulness and sincerity is a condition emanating from the reality of things in conformity with what exists [3.5s] | INBA87:047a, INBA52:047a | AKHB.107 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03024 | 220 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الرحمانیه در چندی پیش در تعزیت فرع شجره مبارکه | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Some time ago, regarding condolences for the branch of the blessed Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:488, INBA52:511 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02142 | 270 | Arabic | ایا نفحات الله تنسمی ایا نسمات الله تنفسی و اقصدی دیار الطرف القبلی ارضا فیها | O Divine Breezes, waft ye forth! O Gentle Winds of God, breathe ye and journey unto the lands of the southern horizon, where that realm doth lie [3.5s] | INBA87:489, INBA52:513 | BRL_DAK#0919, MKT2.281, KHAF.092 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05492 | 140 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی هذا فرع خضل نضر اخضر ریان من سدره فردانیتک رشیق انیق مزین | O my God! This is a fresh, verdant, green and flourishing branch from the Tree of Thy divine Oneness, graceful, beauteous and adorned [3.5s] | INBA87:491, INBA52:515 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05910 | 140 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه هر چند مکاتیب متعدده تا بحال ارسال گشته | O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Though numerous letters have hitherto been dispatched [3.5s] | INBA87:492a, INBA52:516 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04533 | 170 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من الشجره المبارکه نغمات حمامه حدیقه ذکر که بر شاخسار ریاض | O exalted branch of the blessed Tree! The melodies of the dove in the garden of remembrance upon the boughs of the meadows [3.5s] | INBA87:492b, INBA52:517 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05909 | 140 | Arabic | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه لوتعلم بعین الیقین ما یختلج فی هذا | O exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree, if thou couldst perceive with the eye of certitude what stirreth within this [3.5s] | INBA87:493, INBA52:518 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00437 | 590 | Arabic | ایا نسمات الالطاف و ایا نفحات قدس الاسرار هبی الی اشرف الاوطان بقعه الرحمن | O breezes of divine favors and O holy fragrances of mysteries, waft to the noblest of lands, the sacred spot of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA87:494, INBA52:519 | BRL_DAK#0740, KHAF.070 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00806 | 440 | mixed | Light of the World | ای موقن بایات الله گویند که قوای اعظم عالم قوه سلطنت قاهره و سطوت حکومت باهره | O true believer in the verses of God! It is said that the greatest power in the world is the power of an all-compelling sovereignty | INBA87:497x, INBA52:522x | NURA#54, MMK4#117 p.125x, MATA.033-034x | LOTW#54 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| AB07783 | 110 | Arabic | یا طبیبی یا حبیبی قد حزنت لحزنک الشدید و حننت علیک تحنن الطیر الغریب الی | O My Physician, O My Beloved! Indeed, I am grieved by thy grievous sorrow, and yearn for thee with the yearning of a lonely bird [3.5s] | INBA87:003a, INBA52:003a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04953 | 160 | Arabic | رب یا ذا المغفره العظمی و الموهبه الکبری تغفر لمن تشاء و تعفو عمن تشاء و تبدل | O Lord, Possessor of supreme forgiveness and greatest bounty! Thou forgivest whomsoever Thou willest, and pardonest whomsoever Thou pleasest, and transformest [3.5s] | INBA87:003b, INBA52:003b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02647 | 230 | mixed | ای ادیب دبستان جمیع اهل زمین طفلان مهانند و فرزندان نادان سبق خوان پس در | O thou learned one in the school! All the inhabitants of the earth are even as children, and untutored pupils who must learn their lessons [3.5s] | INBA87:048, INBA52:048 | Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09790 | 70 | Persian | ای افنون سدره مبارکه جناب واسطه توصیف مینمود که چون شاخه مخضره بنفحات میثاق | O Afnán of the Blessed Tree! The noble intermediary did praise thee, describing thee as a verdant branch, made so by the fragrances of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA87:499 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08482 | 90 | Arabic | اللهم یا وله قلوب التی اضطرمت فیها نار محبتک و یا جذبه افئده التی ذابت و | O Lord! O Thou Who enkindleth the hearts wherein blazeth the fire of Thy love, O Thou Who draweth unto Thee those hearts that have melted [3.5s] | INBA87:500a | Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10196 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الروح البدیع و المقام الرفیع ایدک الله و سدوک و شدد ازرک و بدد عصبه | O thou soul of wondrous excellence and lofty station! May God aid thee, strengthen thee, fortify thy might, and disperse thine adversaries [3.5s] | INBA87:500b | Call to action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09320 | 80 | Persian | ای جناب ناظم دراری اشعار آقا میرزا علی اکبر اشعار آبدار قرائت گردید ملیح بود | O Jinab-i-Nazim, master of verses! The flowing poems of Aqa Mirza 'Ali-Akbar were read and found to be sweet [3.5s] | INBA87:501a, INBA52:524a | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10536 | 60 | mixed | ای شیدای جمال الهی مکتوب قرائت گردید معانی بدیع بود و مضامین دلنشین ولی خطاب | O enraptured lover of the Divine Beauty! Thy letter was read, its meanings were wondrous and its themes delightful [3.5s] | INBA87:501b, INBA52:524b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07157 | 110 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی اسئلک العفو و الصفح عن عبدک الذی قضی ایامه متذکرا بایامک و | O my God, my Lord! I beseech Thee to grant pardon and forgiveness unto Thy servant, who hath passed his days in remembrance of Thy days [3.5s] | INBA87:502a, INBA52:525 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07117 | 120 | Arabic | یا من ثبت علی العهد القدیم فابسط اکف الابتهال الی ملکوت الجلال و مطلع الجمال | O thou who hast remained steadfast in the ancient Covenant! Spread forth the hands of supplication unto the Kingdom of Glory and the Dawning-place of Beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:502b, INBA52:526 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11168 | 40 | Persian | ای خان عزیز آقا مشهدی حسین الان حاضر محفل و دلیل واضح براینکه شما را فراموش | O dear Khan! Aqa Mashhadi Husayn is now present in this assemblage, and this is clear proof that you are not forgotten [3.5s] | INBA87:503a, INBA52:527a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02006 | 280 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات القدس المنتشره من ملکوت الابهی قد رتلت ایات الشکر لله لما | O thou who art attracted by the holy fragrances wafted from the Kingdom of Abhá! Thou hast chanted the verses of thanksgiving unto God for that which [3.5s] | INBA87:505, INBA52:529 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05025 | 150 | mixed | الهی الهی هذا روح اهتز من تجلیات یوم لقائک و هذا سراج اشتعل من النار الموقده | O my God, O my God! This is a spirit that hath been stirred by the effulgences of the Day of Thy meeting, and this is a lamp that hath been enkindled by the blazing fire [3.5s] | INBA87:506, INBA52:531 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06370 | 130 | Persian | ای ناظر الی الله جناب علیرضا خان علیه بهاء الله الابهی حاضر و خواهش تحریری | O thou who gazest toward God! His honour Ali-Reza Khan, upon him be the Glory of the All-Glorious, is present and requesteth a letter [3.5s] | INBA87:507, INBA52:532 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02708 | 230 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی وای اماء آستان ربانی عبدالبهاء را چنان آرزو که بهریک از احبای | O ye two servants of God, and O ye handmaidens of the Divine Threshold! Such is 'Abdu'l-Bahá's longing for each of the loved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:049, INBA52:049 | MKT7.212c | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08018 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید نشئه روحانی داشت و نفحه رحمانی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! What thou didst write was noted. It possessed a spiritual exhilaration and a divine fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:508a, INBA52:533a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07087 | 120 | Arabic | قد القیت نفسی یا الهی علی عتبتک الطاهره و مرغت وجهی و ناصیتی علی تلک الحضره | I have cast myself, O my God, upon Thy sacred threshold, and pressed my face and brow upon that hallowed court [3.5s] | INBA87:508b, INBA52:533b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07104 | 120 | Persian | یا من استنشق رائحه العرفان در این ساعت که جمعی از دوستان حاضر و ناظر این عبد | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of divine knowledge! At this hour when a company of friends are present and observing this servant [3.5s] | INBA87:509, INBA52:534 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08819 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز آستان ابهائی شکر کن خدا را که موفق بپسری گشتی که متوجها الی الله کوه | O maidservant of the Most Glorious Threshold! Render thanks unto God that thou hast been blessed with a son who standeth firm, turned towards God [3.5s] | INBA87:510a, INBA52:535 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for parents; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10106 | 70 | Persian | ای موقنه بایات الله از فراق نوردیدگان ناله و فغان منما و از هجران جگرپارها آه | O thou who art assured in the Signs of God, raise not thy voice in lamentation at separation from those dear to thee, nor heave sighs of sorrow at thy heart's bereavement [3.5s] | INBA87:510b, INBA52:536a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06316 | 130 | Persian | ای مشتعله بنار محبت الله در این قرن الهی و حشر رحمانی نساای مبعوث شدند که چون | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! In this divine century and heavenly assemblage women have been raised up who, like [3.5s] | INBA87:511a, INBA52:536b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08013 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نمیقه غراء واصل و بکمال روح و ریحان قرائت گردید مدتیست که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy luminous missive was received and perused with the utmost joy and fragrance. It hath been some time since [3.5s] | INBA87:511b, INBA52:537 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03137 | 210 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق ورق مسطور منظور گردید و فغان و شکوی مسموع هیچ دانی که در چه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy missive was received and thy cry and lamentation were heard. Knowest thou in what [3.5s] | INBA87:512, INBA52:538 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04033 | 180 | Persian | ای عزیزان عبدالبهاء جناب عبدالحسین خان وطن مالوف را فراموش نمود و سرگشته کوه | O loved ones of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, His honour 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn Khán hath forsaken his native land and wandereth upon the mountains [3.5s] | INBA87:513, INBA52:539 | Consolation and comfort; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01254 | 350 | Persian | ای سرمست جام هدی شکر کن حضرت کبریا را که از ضلالت و ظلماء نجات یافتی و | O thou who art intoxicated with the cup of guidance! Give thanks unto the Almighty Lord that thou hast been delivered from error and darkness [3.5s] | INBA87:514, INBA52:540 | MSHR5.144-145 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09906 | 70 | Persian | ای پروردگار یک ورقه از سدره رحمانیت ترک گلخن فانی نمود و بگلشن باقیت پرواز کرد | O Lord! A leaf from the Tree of Thy tender mercy hath abandoned this mortal furnace and winged its flight unto Thine eternal rose-garden [3.5s] | INBA87:516a, INBA52:542 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08117 | 100 | Persian | ای سلاله بنده درگاه بها شکر کنید خدا را که از اصلاب طیبه و ارحام طاهره تولد | O progeny of the servant of the Threshold of Bahá, render thanks unto God that ye are born of pure loins and sanctified wombs [3.5s] | INBA87:516b, INBA52:543 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09264 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی خدماتی که در صعود حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه جناب آقا میرزا | O sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! The services rendered at the time of the ascension of His Honour the Afnán of the Sacred Tree, Áqá Mírzá [3.5s] | INBA87:517a, INBA52:544a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10110 | 70 | Persian | ای مونس عبدالبهاء دمی از یادت فارغ ننشینم و بذکر روی و خویت همدم و همنشینم و | O companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Not for a moment do I rest from remembrance of thee, and in the mention of thy countenance and character I am thy constant companion [3.5s] | INBA87:517b, INBA52:544b | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08709 | 90 | Persian | ای دو خادمه احباء الله سزاوار این است که افتخار و مباهات بر ملکه های اقطار | O ye two handmaidens of the loved ones of God! It behooveth you to attain such honor and glory as to surpass the queens of all lands [3.5s] | INBA87:518a, INBA52:545 | High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08085 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی تا چند اهل نقض در وساوسند و تا چند اهل شقاق مخمور خمر نفاق | O true friend! How long shall the people of violation persist in their delusions, and how long shall the people of dissension remain intoxicated with the wine of discord [3.5s] | INBA87:518b, INBA52:546 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09169 | 80 | Persian | ای امه الله در ظل عصمت مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در آمدی و از کاس عطا | O handmaid of God! Thou hast come beneath the shadow of divine protection as one who hath believed in God and is assured of His signs, and from the cup of bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:519a, INBA52:547 | High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07166 | 110 | Arabic | الهی الهی انک انت الغفور انک انت العفو ان عبدک هذا آمن بکلمه رحمانیتک و توجه | O my God, my God! Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, verily, Thou art the Pardoning. This servant of Thine hath believed in the word of Thy mercy and hath turned [3.5s] | INBA87:519b, INBA52:548a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00005 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 10300 | mixed | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets) | ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید | O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s] | INBA87:520, INBA52:548b | MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a | A. Haghighi | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | 1 | * | - | MMAH.237 | ||||
| AB03246 | 210 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء و ثابتان بر پیمان جمال ابهی جناب ابوالحسن علیه بهاء الله در | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and ye who stand firm in the Covenant of the Abhá Beauty! Jináb-i-Abu'l-Ḥasan, upon him rest the Glory of God [3.5s] | INBA87:051, INBA52:050 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08965 | 90 | Persian | ای یار شورانگیز الحمد لله از باده محبت الله جام لبریزی و مشام بنفحات جنت ابهی | O thou stirring friend! Praise be to God, thou art brimming with the wine of the love of God, and thy senses are perfumed with the fragrances of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA87:052a, INBA52:051 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09768 | 70 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان عبدک التجا بباب احدیتک مستغیثا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک مستضیئا من شمس | O my God, O my God! Verily, Thy servant hath taken refuge at the gate of Thine oneness, crying out for succour from the kingdom of Thy mercy, seeking illumination from the sun [3.5s] | INBA87:052b, INBA52:052a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05776 | 140 | Persian | ای مربی نورسیدگان الهی نامه ات رسید قلب مسرور شد که موفق بر امر مبروری اطفال | O Divine Educator of newcomers, thy letter was received and the heart was gladdened that thou art successful in the blessed task of teaching children [3.5s] | INBA87:053, INBA52:052b | Education of children; moral education; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09707 | 80 | Arabic | یا من ایده الله علی الایمان و وجهه الی ملکوت الرحمن و اغرقه فی بحر الفضل و | O thou whom God hath confirmed in faith, turned toward the Kingdom of the All-Merciful, and immersed in the ocean of divine grace [3.5s] | INBA87:054, INBA52:053 | Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08658 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید ولی فرصت مفقود با وجود این بذکرت مشغولم مژده ثبوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, but time is lacking. Nevertheless, I am occupied with thy remembrance and give thee the glad-tidings of steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA87:055a, INBA52:054 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06508 | 130 | Arabic | یا من استمسک بالعروه الوثقی لعمرالله ان سرب الورقاء فی ایکه السناء و حدیقه | O thou who hast clung to the firm cord! By the life of God, the dove hath winged its flight through the garden of splendour [3.5s] | INBA87:055b, INBA52:055a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07244 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر کلک آن ثابت بر پیمان سبب روح و ریحان گردید مضمون بدیع بود و | O servant of God! The effect of thy pen, thou who art firm in the Covenant, brought spirit and fragrance. The contents were wondrous [3.5s] | INBA87:570, INBA52:605 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05540 | 140 | Persian | ای بلبل خوش الحان اشعار فصیح بلیغ ملاحظه گردید الحان بدیع بود و ملیح و ابیات | O melodious nightingale! The eloquent and fluent verses were perused. The tunes were wondrous and sweet, and the verses [3.5s] | INBA87:571, INBA52:606 | MKT5.213b | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02737 | 230 | Persian | ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی اشعار فصیح معانی بدیع داشت و در ثنای آستان اسم اعظم | O Nightingale of the Garden of Inner Meanings! Thy verses were eloquent and bore wondrous significances in praise of the threshold of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA87:572, INBA52:607 | MMK4#028 p.026x | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05488 | 140 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اصطفی و اجتبی نفوسا قدسیه رحمانیه و حقائق انسیه نورانیه و جعلها | Praise be to God, Who hath chosen and singled out holy, divine souls and luminous, human realities, and made them [3.5s] | INBA87:575b, INBA52:611b | BRL_DAK#0330, MKT5.132, MNMK#062 p.141 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10257 | 70 | Persian | یا صغیر السن و منیر الوجه از قرار معلوم نقاهتی از برای شما حاصل لهذا مجبور بر | O thou who art young in years and radiant of countenance, I understand you have been ill and obliged to rest | INBA87:577a, INBA52:613 | DUR3.286, HUV2.021, YHA2.585, PPRP.034 | BW_v13p067, PPRL.021, SEIO.005 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05023 | 150 | Arabic | الهی الهی قد خلقت نفوسا من جواهر الوجود فامنوا بک و بایاتک و طفحت قلوبهم | O my God, my God! Thou hast indeed created souls from the very essence of being, who have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and whose hearts have overflowed [3.5s] | INBA87:577b, INBA52:614 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08937 | 90 | Persian | ای هزار بوستان ذکر الهی الحمد لله که عالم ارواح و قلوب بپرتو انوار نیر اعظم | O thou myriad garden of divine remembrance! Praise be to God that the realm of spirits and hearts is illumined by the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s] | INBA87:056, INBA52:055b | MMK2#017 p.011, AHB.131BE #07-08 p.54 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06261 | 130 | Persian | ای عندلیب گلشن رحمانی حمد خدا را که در این سفر موفقی ستایشیکه از ترقی احبای | O nightingale of the garden of the All-Merciful! Praise be to God that thou art successful in this journey. The praise that from the progress of the beloved [3.5s] | INBA87:578, INBA52:615 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08802 | 90 | mixed | ای عندلیب معنوی همواره در نغمه و ترانه ای و در گلشن معانی گلبانگ میزنی فصاحت | O spiritual nightingale! Ever art thou engaged in melody and song, raising thy voice in the garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:579a, INBA52:616a | MKT5.209b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01951 | 280 | Persian | ای عندلیب گلشن معانی نامه ایکه بعد از رجوع از سروستان مرقوم نموده بودید | O nightingale of the garden of meanings, that epistle which thou didst pen after thy return from Servistan [3.5s] | INBA87:579b, INBA52:616b | MKT5.206 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection of Muhammad; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06001 | 130 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان امتک الرحمانیه و الورقه النورانیه المنتسبه الی طیر حدیقه العرفان | O my God, O my God! Verily, this handmaid of the All-Merciful, this luminous leaf who is associated with the bird of the garden of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA87:581, INBA52:618 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08543 | 90 | mixed | ای بلبل معانی قصیده غراء و فریده نوراء ملاحظه گردید در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت بود | O nightingale of inner meanings! Thy brilliant and peerless ode was noted, and was found to be of surpassing eloquence and grace [3.5s] | INBA87:582, INBA52:619 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04568 | 170 | Persian | یا امه الله المقربه الورقه النورانیه حضرت عندلیب در اعیاد الهیه قصائدی تنظیم | O thou esteemed handmaid of God, thou radiant leaf! The honored 'Andalíb hath composed verses during the divine festivities [3.5s] | INBA87:583, INBA52:620 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04205 | 180 | Persian | یار قدیما و مونس و ندیما مدتیست که موسم خزان بود و حرب عوان لهذا طیور شکور در | O companion of old and intimate confidant! For some time it hath been autumn's season and fierce warfare hath prevailed; thus the birds of gratitude [3.5s] | INBA87:584, INBA52:621 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03043 | 220 | Arabic | ربی ربی ترانی ان اقصی اربی و اعظم آمالی التبتل الیک و ترتیل ایات رحمتک بین | O my Lord, my Lord! I behold Thee as the utmost of my yearnings and the greatest of my hopes. Unto Thee do I turn in devoted supplication, and chant the verses of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA87:585, INBA52:622 | MSBH7.188-189 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05330 | 150 | Persian | ای هزار گلزار الهی همیشه منظور نظر عنایت رحمانیه بوده ای و مشمول الطاف | O thou who art as a thousand divine rose-gardens, ever hast thou been the object of merciful favors and encompassed by loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA87:586, INBA52:624 | MKT5.204 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09196 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم هر چند مشغله مانند باران بهمن است با وجود این سرور یاران منظور | O servant of the Most Great Name! Though occupations descend like winter rains, yet still the joy of the friends is attained [3.5s] | INBA87:057a, INBA52:056a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08845 | 90 | mixed | ای محمود محمود در درگاه احدیت ممدوح و محمودی و در آستان حضرت رحمانیت محبوب و | O Mahmud! In the presence of the Almighty, thou art both praised and praiseworthy, and at the threshold of the All-Merciful, thou art beloved and cherished [3.5s] | INBA87:057b, INBA52:056b | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; High station of the true believer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04204 | 180 | mixed | یابن عندلیب نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید که جناب عندلیب ازین جهان تنگ و | O son of Andalib! Thy letter was received and its contents became known, that his honor Andalib from this narrow [3.5s] | INBA87:588, INBA52:625 | MKT5.212 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05709 | 140 | mixed | ای سلیل عندلیب جلیل ناله و فغان از فراق بکوش این مشتاق رسید و تاثیر شدید نمود | O thou descendant of the illustrious Nightingale! The cry and lamentation of separation hath reached this yearning one and exerted a profound effect [3.5s] | INBA87:589a, INBA52:626 | MKT5.217b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07086 | 120 | Persian | عندلیبا حبیبا ادیبا لبیبا از کثرت مشاغل موفق الی الان بقرائت جمیع اشعار نشدم | O thou nightingale, beloved, wise and discerning! Due to the multitude of engagements, I have not yet succeeded in perusing all the poems [3.5s] | INBA87:591a, INBA52:629 | MKT5.213a | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03381 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب ملاحظه گردید و بر معانی اطلاع حاصل گشت فی الحقیقه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters were perused and their meaning was fully understood, in truth [3.5s] | INBA87:591b, INBA52:630 | MKT5.221 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09826 | 70 | Persian | ای بلبل معانی در خصوص مطلوب شما از جناب صحیح فروش بحضرت بشیرالهی سفارشی | O nightingale of inner meanings! Concerning thy request, a recommendation hath been made to His honour Bashíru'lláh through the esteemed Sahíh-Furúsh [3.5s] | INBA87:593a, INBA52:631 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08969 | 90 | mixed | ای یار مهربان از کثرت مشاغل مجبور بر اختصارم بیقین بدان که اشتیاق عبدالبهاء | O kind friend! Due to the multitude of occupations I am compelled to be brief. Be thou well assured of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's yearning [3.5s] | INBA87:593b, INBA52:632a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06833 | 120 | Persian | ای عندلیب حدیقه حقائق و معانی فی الحقیقه بانواع بلایا و مصائب معذب و مبتلائی | O nightingale of the garden of divine truths and meanings! In very truth thou art afflicted and beset by manifold trials and tribulations [3.5s] | INBA87:594a, INBA52:632b | MKT5.208 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as sun; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09666 | 80 | mixed | حضرت عندلیب ورق مسطور رق منشور شد بر مضمون مطلع گردیدم مقصود اینست که بهر قسم | O 'Andalíb! The written page and unsealed scroll reached me, and I became apprised of its contents. The purpose is that by whatever means [3.5s] | INBA87:594b, INBA52:633 | MMK6#081 | Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08414 | 100 | Arabic | یا امه البهاء فاستبشری بما فاض علیک سحاب الرحمه و سبغت علیک النعمه و اشرقت | O handmaiden of Bahá! Rejoice in what hath been showered upon thee from the clouds of mercy, in the grace that hath been lavishly bestowed upon thee, and in the radiance that hath dawned [3.5s] | INBA87:595a, INBA52:634 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10504 | 60 | mixed | ای رب هاتان الورقهان انبتتا من سدره رحمتک و تحرکتا من نسیم عبق من وادی معرفتک | O Lord! These two leaves have sprung forth from the Tree of Thy mercy and have been stirred by the fragrant breeze wafting from the Valley of Thy knowledge [3.5s] | INBA87:595b, INBA52:635a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02176 | 260 | mixed | اللهم اشرح صدور عبادک المخلصین بنفحات التایید و احی قلوبهم بروح التقدیس و نور | O Lord! Expand the breasts of Thy sincere servants with the breathings of Thy confirmation, and quicken their hearts with the spirit of holiness and light [3.5s] | INBA87:596, INBA52:635b | MMG2#385 p.431 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08713 | 90 | Persian | ای دو فرقدان افق محبت الله حمد خدا را که آن دو برادر مانند دو پیکر یعنی جوزا | O twin stars of the horizon of the love of God! Praise be unto God that these two brothers are even as the twin stars of Gemini [3.5s] | INBA87:004, INBA52:004 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10750 | 60 | Persian | یا من اخلص وجهه لله این شخص که فی الحقیقه مبتهل است چند صباحی یعنی بقدر یک | O thou who hast truly turned thy face to God! This person, who is in truth a suppliant, for several morns -- that is to say, for about one [3.5s] | INBA87:058a, INBA52:057a | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05693 | 140 | Persian | ای زنده بنفحات رحمن در این عصر مجید و عهد کریم جهدی کن و همتی نما که منشا | O thou who art quickened by the divine fragrances in this glorious age and bounteous dispensation, strive and make a mighty effort to become a source [3.5s] | INBA87:058b, INBA52:057b | MMK2#269 p.194 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01334 | 340 | Persian | ای شمع انجمن عرفان در این ساعت که طیر حدیقه وفا بال و پر گشوده که در فضای | O Lamp of the Assembly of Mysticism! In this hour, when the bird of the garden of faithfulness hath spread wide its wings to soar in the heights [3.5s] | INBA87:598, INBA52:637 | MMK5#231 p.179 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01591 | 310 | mixed | ای عندلیب حدیقه الهی چندیست که نغمات آن طیر معانی بسمع مشتاقان نرسیده و الحان | O Nightingale of the divine garden! For some time the melodies of that Bird of inner meanings have not reached the ears of the yearning ones, and the strains [3.5s] | INBA87:599, INBA52:639 | AHB.107BE #16 p.351 | Call to action; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03546 | 200 | Arabic | رب و رجائی و غایه مطلبی و منائی و ملاذی و ملجای و مهربی و مجیری و معینی و | O Lord, my Hope, Ultimate Goal of my desire, my Aspiration, my Refuge, my Shelter, my Haven, my Protector and my Helper [3.5s] | INBA87:601, INBA52:641 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01950 | 280 | Persian | ای عندلیب حدیقه عرفان آن مربی امکان و مهربان سرور لامکان آن مرغ چمنستان | O Nightingale of the Garden of Divine Knowledge, Thou Teacher of contingent being and loving Lord of the realm beyond, Thou Bird of the heavenly meadow [3.5s] | INBA87:603, INBA52:643 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04034 | 180 | mixed | ای عندلیب بوستان الهی دیروز مکتوبی مرقوم و فردا ارسال میشود و الان حضرت افنان | O nightingale of the divine garden! Yesterday a letter was written and tomorrow it shall be dispatched. At this moment, the revered Afnán [3.5s] | INBA87:606, INBA52:646 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04035 | 180 | Persian | ای عندلیب گلستان عرفان جمال الهی مدتی مدید خبری از شما نرسید بعد مراسله ای | O nightingale of the rose-garden of divine knowledge and recognition, for a long time no word was received from thee, until thy letter [3.5s] | INBA87:607, INBA52:648 | MMK5#229 p.179 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04388 | 170 | mixed | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی شکر کن حضرت قیوم را که بچنین بخششی موفق و موید شدی که | O thou who circlest the Most Exalted Concourse, render thanks unto the Self-Subsisting Lord, that thou hast been granted and confirmed with such a bounty that [3.5s] | INBA87:059, INBA52:058 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00863 | 420 | mixed | ای عندلیب حدیقه وفاء آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت و تلاوت گردید بستایش حضرت | O nightingale of the garden of fidelity! That which thou hast written was perused and recited, in praise of the Presence of the Beloved [4o] | INBA87:610, INBA52:652 | MMK2#023 p.015, AKHA_125BE #6-7 p.b, ANDA#53 p.07x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02730 | 230 | mixed | ای شمع روشن محفل احباء الله آثار قلمیه آن ورقاء حدیقه عرفان مورث روح و ریحان | O luminous candle of the gathering of the loved ones of God! The writings from that nightingale of the garden of divine knowledge are the cause of spirit and sweet fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:612, INBA52:654 | MMK6#027 | Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04976 | 160 | mixed | یا من اجتهد بروحه و ذاته و کینونته فی نشر نفحات الله احسنت احسنت بما استقمت | O thou who hast striven with thy spirit, thy being and thine essence to diffuse the fragrances of God! Well done! Well done! for thou hast stood firm [3.5s] | INBA87:614, INBA52:656 | MKT5.214 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02077 | 270 | mixed | ای حمامه حدیقه توحید و عندلیب ریاض تجرید جمال قدیم اوراق بدیعه که باحسن معانی | O Dove of the Garden of Oneness and Nightingale of the Meadows of Detachment! The Ancient Beauty hath adorned wondrous pages with beauteous meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:615, INBA52:657 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03292 | 210 | Arabic | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | یا من انجذب بسطوع نور اشرق من مطلع الاسرار حی علی الفوز العظیم حی علی النور | O thou who art attracted by the rays of the light emanating from the dawning place of mysteries! Hasten to attain true salvation | INBA87:616, INBA52:659 | BRL_DAK#0331, MKT2.230, KNSA.280 (527) | MNYA.388-389 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | |||||||
| AB09199 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی این عبد با کمال خجلت بتحریر این نامه پرداخت زیرا جواب شما تاخیر | O servant of God, this servant hath undertaken to pen this letter with the utmost humility, inasmuch as the reply was delayed [3.5s] | INBA87:060a, INBA52:059 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10403 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکر حی قدیر را که در ملکوت عزیزش مذکوری و در انجمن دوستان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, that thou art remembered in His glorious Kingdom and in the gathering of His friends [3.5s] | INBA87:060b, INBA52:060a | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04229 | 170 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی ترانی کلیل اللسان عن بیان المواهب التی خصصت بها اصفیائک و | O my God! Thou seest me with a tongue too weary to extol the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon Thy chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA87:618, INBA52:660 | BRL_DAK#0332, MKT5.211, MNMK#000 p.003 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05686 | 140 | Arabic | ای رب هذا عندلیب ریاض ثنائک و لیث غیاض ذکرک و ورقاء فردوس محامدک و نعوتک قد | O Lord! This is the nightingale of the gardens of Thy praise, the lion of the forests of Thy remembrance, and the dove of the paradise of Thy commendations and attributes, who hath [3.5s] | INBA87:619, INBA52:661 | BRL_DAK#0333, MKT5.218 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01496 | 320 | mixed | ای عندلیب گلستان الهی موسم بهار الهی هنوز در نهایت طراوت و لطافت و گلشن | O nightingale of the divine rose-garden! The celestial springtime is yet in its utmost freshness and delicacy, and the rose-garden [3.5s] | INBA87:620, INBA52:662 | MSHR3.210 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02001 | 280 | mixed | جناب عندلیب چون آنجناب اهل راز این عبد هستید لهذا از اسرار بیانی نمایم و آن | Esteemed Nightingale! Since thou art privy to the mysteries of this servant, I shall therefore impart unto thee certain secrets, and these [3.5s] | INBA87:622, INBA52:664 | MKT5.215, MSBH7.183-184 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05240 | 150 | Persian | ای عندلیب حدیقه ابهی در این مدت مدیده هر چند با کمال فصاحت و بلاغت قصائد | O Nightingale of the Abhá Garden! Though during this lengthy period thou hast composed verses with utmost eloquence and perfection of style [3.5s] | INBA87:624, INBA52:667 | MKT5.210 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Music and singing; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07063 | 120 | Persian | جناب عندلیب حدیقه معانی پیک امین رحمن حضرت شیخ سلمان علیه نفحات ربه المنان | The illustrious Nightingale of the Garden of Meanings, the trusted messenger of the All-Merciful, His Eminence Shaykh Salman—upon him be the fragrances of his Lord, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA87:625a, INBA52:668 | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08365 | 100 | Arabic | ایها الطیر المغرد فی حدائق العرفان لعمرک اننی بکل وجد و اشواق و حنین لایطاق | O thou melodious bird in the gardens of divine knowledge! By thy life, with utmost ardor and yearning do I experience a longing that cannot be endured [3.5s] | INBA87:626, INBA52:670 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05601 | 140 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه جناب آقا میرزا آقا در کمال روح و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, O sacred bough of the Blessed Tree, His Holiness the Afnán, Áqá Mírzá Áqá, in the utmost spirit [3.5s] | INBA87:627, INBA52:671 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08431 | 100 | Arabic | یا من استنشق رائحه الوفاء اسمع ندآء من یناجیک بروح و ریحان و قل انی وجهت وجهی | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness, hearken unto the call of him who communeth with thee in spirit and sweet perfume, and say: "I have turned my face..." [3.5s] | INBA87:061b, INBA52:060c | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10421 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حقیقی جمال قدم خلقت انسانی و خلقت رحمانی جناب شیخ نهایت رضامندی را از | O true servant of the Ancient Beauty! The human creation and divine creation of Jinab-i-Shaykh evoked utmost satisfaction [3.5s] | INBA87:061c, INBA52:061a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07033 | 120 | mixed | ایها العندلیب الصادح فی ریاض المیثاق هر چند این عبد در تحریر تاخیر مینماید | O thou melodious nightingale warbling in the gardens of the Covenant! Though this servant delayeth in writing [3.5s] | INBA87:628b, INBA52:672b | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00069 | 1250 | mixed | لابتهلن الیک یا الهی و اتضرعن بین یدیک متذللا منکسرا الی ملکوتک الاعلی | I implore Thee, O my God, and beseech Thee with lowliness and contrition, before Thy Most Exalted Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA87:629, INBA52:673 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09557 | 80 | mixed | ای هزار هزاردستان در این عید رضوان سنه قمری شصت ظهور قصیده که انشا فرموده | O thou nightingale of a thousand melodies! On this Festival of Riḍván, in the sixtieth lunar year, thou hast composed a qasídih [3.5s] | INBA87:636a, INBA52:685 | MKT5.205a | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04036 | 180 | mixed | ای عندلیب گلستان عرفان مشاغل بی پایان و وقایع ناگهان و مقتضیات زمان و انتشار | O nightingale of the mystic garden of divine knowledge! The endless occupations, sudden happenings, and exigencies of the time [3.5s] | INBA87:636b, INBA52:681 | Growth of the Cause; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06515 | 130 | mixed | یا من تشرف بتمریغ وجهه بتراب العتبه السامیه در آستان حضرت یزدان حاضر گشتی و | O thou who hast attained the honor of humbling thy countenance in the dust of the exalted threshold, and who hast presented thyself at the Divine Court [3.5s] | INBA87:062, INBA52:061b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04520 | 170 | mixed | ایتها الورقه الروحانیه من السدره الربانیه از فیض تجلی شمس افق توحید بانوار | O spiritual leaf of the divine Tree, illumined by the effulgent rays of the Sun of the horizon of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:638, INBA52:682 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05846 | 140 | Persian | ای ورقات نوراء آنچه مرقوم داشتید ملحوظ گردید و فریاد و فغان از شدت اشتیاق | O illumined leaves! What ye have written was noted, and the cry and lamentation from the intensity of longing [was heard] [3.5s] | INBA87:639a, INBA52:684 | MMK6#250 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09858 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ثابت نابت جمال ابهی خدماتت در یوم عروج حضرت افنان در آستان حضرت رحمن | O steadfast and devoted servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy services on the day of the ascension of His Holiness the Afnán at the Threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA87:639b, INBA52:685a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06345 | 130 | Persian | ای منشی بلیغ شعر و انشاء از تعلقات فن بدیع و بیانست و این عیانست که آوارگان | O eloquent scribe of poetry and prose! These pertain to the arts of rhetoric and exposition, and it is evident that the wayfarers [3.5s] | INBA87:640, INBA52:685b | MKT9.193b | Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01699 | 300 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان جناب جلال نامهای مبارک شما را نگاشته و نامه ای نام شما در | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The honoured Jalal hath written your blessed names, and a letter bearing your names [3.5s] | INBA87:063, INBA52:063 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00960 | 400 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی در این عهد جلیل و قرن عظیم که آفتاب میثاق چون نیر اعظم آفاق | O spiritual friends! In this glorious Dispensation and mighty century, when the Sun of the Covenant, like unto the supreme luminary, shineth forth upon the horizons [3.5s] | INBA87:065, INBA52:064 | MMK2#232 p.166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03553 | 200 | Arabic | قد رتل اهل الفردوس بالحان القدس تلک القصیده الفریده الغراء الفصحی التی خریده | The denizens of Paradise have chanted, in sacred melodies, that unique and resplendent ode, that eloquent and matchless gem [3.5s] | INBA87:067, INBA52:066 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04115 | 180 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت بنهایت اختصار جواب مرقوم میگردد نامه | O spiritual friend! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, the response is being written with utmost brevity [3.5s] | INBA87:005, INBA52:005 | MSHR2.300x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09188 | 80 | Persian | ای آواره حق اگر از خانمان دور و از خاندان مهجور و بی سر و سامان شدی ولی در | O wanderer in the path of God, though thou art far from hearth and home, and separated from thy kindred, and bereft of peace and shelter, yet [3.5s] | INBA87:068, INBA52:067 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07246 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله آگاهی و گواهی که عبدالبهاء را مشاغل و غوائل غیرمتناهی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou knowest and bearest witness that 'Abdu'l-Bahá is immersed in endless occupations and cares [3.5s] | INBA87:069a, INBA52:068a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09332 | 80 | Persian | ای خادم صادق جانفشان هرچه در خدمت یاران بیشتر کوشی کاس عنایت بیشتر نوشی و | O faithful and self-sacrificing servant! The more thou strivest in service to the friends, the more abundantly shalt thou drink from the cup of grace [3.5s] | INBA87:069b, INBA52:068b | MMK2#268 p.193 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04822 | 160 | mixed | ای محب مطلع انوار محبت را مراتب اربعه مذکور و مشهور اول محبت من الله الی | O thou who lovest the Dawning-Place of the lights of love! Love hath four degrees, renowned and manifest. The first is the love from God unto [3.5s] | INBA87:071, INBA52:070 | MMK6#114, RHQM2.1023 (465) (287x) | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Four; five pathways of love; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02581 | 240 | mixed | ای محب جمال قدم و اسم اعظم هیکل عالم چون بحقیقت نگری بمثابه شخص انسانیست | O thou who lovest the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name! When thou observest with the eye of truth, the Temple of the World is even as a human form [3.5s] | INBA87:073, INBA52:072 | MMK6#333, HDQI.238, RAHA.126, ANDA#24 p.04 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Evolution; human evolution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10759 | 60 | Arabic | یا من حی فواده بنفحات محبت الله قد انشرح الصدور بذکرک فی هذا المحفل المشکور و | O thou whose heart is quickened by the fragrances of God's love! The hearts have been gladdened by thy remembrance in this praiseworthy gathering [3.5s] | INBA87:074, INBA52:073 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10752 | 60 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بالنار الموقده فی السدره الربانیه بخ بخ لک یا ایها الناطق بالثناء | O thou who art enkindled with the Fire that flameth in the Divine Tree! Well done, well done, O thou who dost voice His praise [3.5s] | INBA87:075a, INBA52:074a | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08529 | 90 | Persian | ای امیر کشور عرفان آن یار مهربان اگر بید اراده پرده از رخ یاران حقیقی خویش | O Prince of the realm of mystic knowledge! That loving Friend, should He will to draw aside the veil from His true companions [3.5s] | INBA87:075b, INBA52:074b | SFI16.023a | Mystical themes; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07918 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در | O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a | MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04102 | 180 | Persian | ای نهال باغ محبت الله نامه در نهایت روح و ریحان قرائت گردید و از مضمون مفهوم | O thou sapling of the garden of God's love! Thy letter was read in utmost joy and fragrance, and from its contents it was understood [3.5s] | INBA87:076b, INBA52:075b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05437 | 150 | Arabic | یا امه الله قد اتتنی الورقه الناطقه بتوجهک الی الله فکونی مطمئنه بفضله راضیه | O handmaid of God! The speaking leaf that telleth of thy turning unto God hath reached me. Be thou assured through His grace and content [3.5s] | INBA87:077, INBA52:076 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04679 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء در خبر است که در یوم رستخیز زمین بیکدیگر نزدیک گردد اما ندانستند | O servant of Bahá! It is mentioned in tradition that on the Day of Resurrection the earth shall be drawn close together, yet they comprehend it not [3.5s] | INBA87:006a, INBA52:006a | MKT4.033, AKHA_118BE #01-02 p.a, AKHA_124BE #06 p.z, MAS5.096 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06473 | 130 | Arabic | رب و رجائی و غایه املی و منائی قد مس الضر عبدک الخاضع الی جبروت الجلال | O Lord, my Hope, ultimate Object of my desire and aspiration! Affliction hath touched Thy servant who boweth low before Thy glorious Majesty [3.5s] | INBA87:006b, INBA52:006b | Love of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05053 | 150 | Persian | ای امه الله محزونه در این خاکدان فانی بقا بجهت نفسی ممتنع و محال و مجال شبهه | O handmaid of God who art sorrowful in this ephemeral dust-heap! Permanence for any soul in this transitory realm is impossible and beyond the pale of doubt [3.5s] | INBA87:078, INBA52:077 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11048 | 50 | Arabic | ربی و رجائی هذه امه آمنت بک و بایاتک و ابتلت بمصائب السفر فی سبیلک و اشتاقت | My Lord and my Hope! This is a handmaid who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and hath been afflicted with the hardships of journeying in Thy path, and longeth ardently [3.5s] | INBA87:079, INBA52:078 | Prayer for women; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10816 | 50 | Arabic | الهی هذه ورقه خضره فی ریاض العرفان افض علیها من سحاب رحمتک غیث الفضل و | O my God! This is a verdant leaf in the garden of divine knowledge; shower down upon her, from the clouds of Thy mercy, the rain of Thy grace and bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:080a, INBA52:079a | Prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09764 | 70 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی هذا عبد نسبته الی عبدک الذی طرد و نفی فی سبیلک الی ارض السودان | O my God, O my Lord! This is a servant whose lineage traces back to Thy servant, who for Thy sake was banished and exiled to the land of Sudan [3.5s] | INBA87:080b, INBA52:079b | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09877 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مختصر جواب تحریر میگردد بدرگاه احدیت تضرع و زاری شد | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, and a brief reply is herein penned. Supplications and entreaties have been offered at the Threshold of the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA87:081a, INBA52:080a | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06634 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء نامه شما رسید الحمد لله خبر هدایت میرزا فرخ خان داشت که آن مشتاق | O servant of Bahá! Thy letter was received. Praised be God that it brought tidings of the guidance of Mírzá Farrukh Khán, that eager soul [3.5s] | INBA87:081b, INBA52:080b | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05749 | 140 | Persian | ای فرخ الهی الحمد لله رخرا فرخ نمودی و بنور هدایت روشن فرمودی سعادت کبری | O divine Farrukh! Praise be to God that Thou hast made thy face resplendent and illumined it with the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA87:082, INBA52:081 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06648 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق جناب روشن در این انجمن بنور محبت الله مانند شمع روشن شد حال مراجعت | O servant of God! His honor Roshan in this gathering hath been illumined by the light of the love of God even as a bright candle [3.5s] | INBA87:083a, INBA52:082a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02838 | 230 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد تلوت ایات شکرک لله علی ما هداک و نجاک و اجاب دعائک | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have recited verses of thanksgiving unto God for having guided thee, delivered thee, and answered thy prayer [3.5s] | INBA87:083b, INBA52:082b | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05141 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ملاحظه گردید عبارت پر حلاوت بود و دلالت بر استقامت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused; its expressions were full of sweetness and betokened steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA87:085, INBA52:083 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07103 | 120 | Arabic | یا من احرم لیطوف بمطاف ملائکه القدس من الفلک الاعلی فاشکرالله ربک علی هذه | O thou who hast consecrated thyself to circle round the gathering-place of the holy angels from the Supreme Kingdom! Give thanks, therefore, unto God, thy Lord, for this [3.5s] | INBA87:086a, INBA52:085a | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pilgrims; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10802 | 50 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان عبدتک هذه تسترضیک بکل عجز و ذل و انکسار مبتهله الیک فی خفیات | O my God, my God! This handmaiden of Thine seeketh Thy good pleasure with all lowliness, humility and contrition, supplicating unto Thee in her heart [3.5s] | INBA87:086b, INBA52:085b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09816 | 70 | Persian | ای امه الله هیچ دانی که کنیزی جمال مبارک را چه مقام است و چه درجه احترام قسم | O handmaid of God! Knowest thou what station and what degree of honor belongeth to a handmaiden of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:087a, INBA52:086a | MKT7.212a, HDQI.242a | High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08398 | 100 | Arabic | رب و رجائی انی مع فرط عصیانی و وفور خطیئاتی و کثره ذنوبی اتضرع الی رحبه باب | O Lord, my Hope! Despite my excessive disobedience, my abundant transgressions and my manifold sins, I do earnestly supplicate at the threshold of Thy door [3.5s] | INBA87:087b, INBA52:086b | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06759 | 120 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان جمال مبارک مکتوب مختصر شما بغایت مفصل بود این ایجاز اعجاز | O ye two servants of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Your brief letter was indeed most detailed - this concision is truly miraculous [3.5s] | INBA87:007, INBA52:007 | Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08607 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده مخلص حق از فضل جمال ابهی کنز ملکوت بجهت احباء مهیا لهذا انفاق سبب | O sincere servant of the True One! Through the grace of the Abhá Beauty, the treasury of the Kingdom hath been made ready for the loved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:088, INBA52:087 | MMK6#073 | Generosity [kirama]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10355 | 60 | Persian | ای امه الله تمسک بعروه وثقی جو و تشبث بحبل متین حضرت کبریاء آن عروه محکم و | O handmaid of God! Grasp thou the firm handle and hold fast to the mighty cord of the Lord of Grandeur. That firm handle [3.5s] | INBA87:089a, INBA52:088a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09398 | 80 | Persian | ای سرمست جام الست هنگام غروب است ولیکن انوار صبح هدی از مطلع افق ابهی ظاهر و | O thou who art intoxicated with the cup of the Covenant of Alast! Though it is the hour of sunset, yet the light rays of the Morn of Guidance are dawning from the Most Glorious Horizon [3.5s] | INBA87:089b, INBA52:088b | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09572 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه این جهان بسی عرصه تنگ و تاریک و آن جهان بغایت روشن و وسیع و | O pure leaf! This world is indeed a narrow and darksome arena, whilst that world is infinitely luminous and vast [3.5s] | INBA87:090a, INBA52:089a | Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08707 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده حق در این دم بدرگاه احدیت اسم اعظم مناجات مینماید که ای پروردگار | O ye two servants of Truth! At this moment the Greatest Name, at the threshold of Oneness, doth supplicate, saying: O Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:090b, INBA52:089b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10145 | 70 | Persian | ای ورقه مبتهله شمع روشن است و شهد مکرر و آن شاهد روحانی بربطی در دست دارد و | O deeply entreating leaf! The candle is bright and the honey flows ever anew, and that spiritual countenance holds a lute in hand [3.5s] | INBA87:091a, INBA52:090a | MKT7.212b, MSHR5.088 | Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09715 | 80 | Arabic | یا من توجه الی ملکوت التقدیس انی اخاطبک من هذه الناحیه المقدسه المبارکه و انت | O thou who turnest towards the Kingdom of sanctification! Verily, I address thee from this hallowed and blessed Spot [3.5s] | INBA87:091b, INBA52:090b | Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04468 | 170 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی حضرت افنان در مکتوب خویش ذکر آنجناب نموده و خواهش تحریر | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! His Holiness the Afnán hath made mention of thee in his letter and requested a written response [3.5s] | INBA87:092, INBA52:091 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06045 | 130 | Persian | ای آشفته روی دوست در این جهان بسا عاشقان رخ رنگین و موی مشکین و لعل نمکین که | O thou bewildered by the visage of the Friend! In this world there are many lovers of the rosy face, the musky hair, and the salty ruby lips [3.5s] | INBA87:093, INBA52:092 | AKHA_136BE #12 p.181 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01788 | 290 | Persian | ای اماء رحمان در هر کوری از مطالع مقدسه چند نساء منجذبه از مرقد عالم طبیعت | O handmaidens of the All-Merciful! In every region from among the sacred dawning-places are certain women, drawn forth from the sepulchre of the world of nature [3.5s] | INBA87:094, INBA52:093 | MKT7.216, QIRT.08ax | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Excellence; distinction; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09933 | 70 | mixed | ای حبیب روحانی نامه مشکین ملاحظه گردید یریدون ان یخمدوا نار محبت الله | O spiritual beloved! Thy musk-scented letter was perused. They seek to extinguish the fire of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA87:095, INBA52:094 | MMK6#133 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04480 | 170 | Persian | ای هوشیار بیدار سروش یار بود که بهوش آمدی و ندا بگوش رسید سمع اصم البته ندای | O thou awakened and vigilant one! It was the angel's melody that brought thee to consciousness, and the call reached thine ear. The deaf ear shall surely hear the call [3.5s] | INBA87:096, INBA52:095 | YMM.372x, AADA.045 | Development of capacity and readiness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05211 | 150 | Persian | ای سراج وهاج ایندم بوی جانبخش حدائق ملکوت قدم مشام روحانیانرا چنان مشکین و | O radiant lamp! At this hour the life-giving fragrance from the celestial gardens of the Ancient Kingdom hath so perfumed the spiritual senses [3.5s] | INBA87:097, INBA52:096 | Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00524 | 550 | mixed | یا من ادبه الله لنشر نفحاته و اثبات قلوب الضعفاء علی عهده و میثاقه و للقیام | O thou whom God hath trained for the diffusion of His fragrances and the strengthening of the hearts of the faltering in His Covenant and Testament, and to arise [3.5s] | INBA88:071 | BRL_DAK#0287, MKT2.243, AVK3.074.05x | BSR_v21p103 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00509 | 550 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق دو قطعه منشور بثبوت و رسوخ ممهور رسید و به عین رأفت ملحوظ افتاد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Two missives, sealed with constancy and steadfastness, were received and regarded with the eye of loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA88:073 | MSHR2.143x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09874 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده حق صد هزار فرسنگ را قوت فرهنگ در دمی طی نماید و باورنگ سلطنت الهیه | O servant of the Truth! The power of culture can traverse a hundred thousand leagues in a single breath, adorned with the splendour of divine sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA88:079 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01711 | 300 | mixed | ای سرگشته کوی دوست مکتوب مرسول مخاطبا لاقا مهدی ملاحظه و مطالعه گردید حمد خدا | O wanderer in the Friend's domain! The letter addressed to Aqa Mahdi hath been received and perused. Praise be to God [3.5s] | INBA88:080 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00284 | 700 | mixed | ای سرگشته دشت و صحرا محبه الله اگر تبریز تبخیز بود و اردبیل از باده بلایا و محن جامی | O wayfarer in the desert and wilderness of the love of God! Should Tabriz be in tumult and Ardibíl partake of the wine of tribulations and woes [3.5s] | INBA88:081 | BRL_DAK#0760, MKT2.223, MSHR2.032x, MSBH6.473-476, YIA.382-383x, QUM.045-046x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00135 | 950 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی و مشتعلان بنار محبت رحمانی در این خاکدان ترابی آشیانه نمودن | O friends of God and ye who are enkindled with the fire of divine love! Ye have made your nest in this dusty realm of clay [3.5s] | INBA88:084 | MKT4.054, MILAN.159, BSHN.140.208, BSHN.140.356, BSHN.144.208, BSHN.144.354, DUR4.814, MHT1a.171x, MHT1b.129x, MHT2.156, QALAM.011-012 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07467 | 110 | Persian | ای شمع محبت الله در این قرن عظیم که چشم و چراغ قرون اولی و شمس مشرق لامع بر | O Candle of the Love of God! In this mighty century, which is the eye and lamp of former ages and the radiant Sun of the dawning East [3.5s] | INBA88:088 | MMK2#049 p.039, AKHA_134BE #10 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09676 | 80 | Arabic | رب و رجائی هذا عبدک الذی خضع لملیک سلطان احدیتک و خشع لحضره وحدانیتک و آمن | O my Lord and my Hope! This is Thy servant, who hath bowed himself before the King of Thy oneness in humility, and hath submitted himself in lowliness before the presence of Thy singleness, and hath believed [3.5s] | INBA88:089a | MJMJ2.100x, MMG2#314 p.353 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01463 | 320 | mixed | ای امین درگاه الهی شکر کن حضرت مقصود و جمال معبود و سلطان غیب و شهود را که | O trusted one of the divine Threshold! Give thanks unto the intended Lord, the Beauty of the Adored One, and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, that [3.5s] | INBA88:089b | MMK6#354 | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00248 | 740 | mixed | ای خادم درگاه حضرت پروردگار اگر صد هزار زبان بشکرانه بگشاای و بستایش این | O thou servant at the threshold of the Lord! Though thou shouldst unloose a hundred thousand tongues in thanksgiving and in praise [3.5s] | INBA88:090 | DUR1.543x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06485 | 130 | mixed | یا ابن النبیل الذی عرج الی ملکوت ربه الجلیل ایدک الله فی جمیع الشئون و جعلک | O son of the noble one who hath ascended unto the Kingdom of his Glorious Lord! May God strengthen thee in all affairs and make thee [3.5s] | INBA88:094a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01107 | 370 | Persian | ای امین درگاه آلهی چند روز پیش مکتوبی مرقوم وارسال گردید وامروز نیزاین مسطور | O trusted servant of the Divine Threshold! A few days ago a letter was penned and dispatched, and today this epistle is likewise set forth [3.5s] | INBA88:094b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03454 | 200 | mixed | ای عزیز الهی حمد کن خدا را که در مصر محبت الهی عزیزی و در شهرستان عرفان و | O thou beloved of God! Praise thou the Lord that thou art cherished in the Egypt of divine love and art honoured in the city of mystic knowledge [3.5s] | INBA88:096 | AKHA_105BE #12 p.09, DUR1.594, MSBH7.501-502 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB05448 | 150 | Arabic | یا من اسمع الذکر الحکیم قد فاز نار السینا فی فاران السنا و تسعر سعیر الحب فی ساعیر | O thou who hearkeneth to the wise Remembrance! Verily the Fire of Sinai hath triumphed in the Paran of splendor, and the flame of love doth blaze in Seir [3.5s] | INBA88:103 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01492 | 320 | Persian | ای دوستان آن یار مهربان آن آفتاب حقیقت نیر اعظم فلک رحمانیت پرتوش جهانگیر است | O friends of that Loving Friend, that Sun of Truth, that Most Great Luminary in the heaven of divine mercy, whose rays encompass the world [3.5s] | INBA88:104 | MMK2#030 p.020, TZH8.0660 | Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00988 | 390 | mixed | ای امین الهی حضرت احدیت شما را سالها بجهت الیوم تربیت فرمود تا امروز چون شمع | O divine Amin! [3.5s]... ...For years God has been preparing you for this day, in order that you may be illumined | INBA88:107 | MMK6#051, AKHA_103BE #02 p.04, AKHA_105BE #12 p.07, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.121 | SW_v08#16 p.213-214x | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08169 | 100 | Persian | ای قوام الحکما طبیب حقیقی و حکیم معنوی جمال قدم روحی لدریاقه الاعظم الفدا بود | O essence of the wise ones, true Physician and spiritual Sage, the Ancient Beauty - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto His supreme remedy [3.5s] | INBA88:109b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02187 | 260 | mixed | ای احبای الهی جناب کبریاء و حضرت رب بیهمتا جلت عظمه و عظمت قدرته و کبر | O beloved of God! The Majesty of the All-Glorious and the Lord Peerless, exalted be His grandeur and His might supreme [3.5s] | INBA88:112 | MJT.051 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04402 | 170 | Persian | ای سینور مکرم سینای حق پرنور شد وادی مقدس طور شد اسرار حق مشهور شد مطمورها | O esteemed and noble one! The Sinai of Truth hath been illumined, the sacred Valley of Túr hath appeared, and the mysteries of God have been made manifest [3.5s] | INBA88:113 | AHB.123BE #11-12 p.270, DRM.015b, ANDA#54 p.05 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mount Carmel; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07248 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تو عبدالله و من عبد بهآء بیا هر دو همتی بنمائیم و بآستان مقدس خدمتی | O servant of the Divine! Thou art 'Abdu'llah and I am 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Come, let us both arise with steadfast resolve and render service at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA88:115a | PYB#175 p.45, PYB#178 p.33, QUM.258 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07899 | 100 | mixed | ای آیت جود سلطان وجود الطافی که باستحقاق باشد که اعطاء کل ذی حق حقه است در | O Sign of Bounty, Sovereign of existence! Such favours as are justly due, wherein each rightful one receiveth his portion [3.5s] | INBA88:121a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01958 | 280 | mixed | ای متفکر در ملکوت وجود بی خردانی در ملک وجود حیز ناسوت نظر نمودند و حدت بصر | O thou who art pondering upon the Kingdom of Existence! Certain foolish souls in the world of being strive for keenness of vision with their gaze fixed firmly upon this contingent realm | INBA88:123 | VUJUD.023-024 | VUJUDE.033-034 | Harmony of science and religion; Limits of the intellect; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03751 | 190 | mixed | ای مشتاق کوی دوست از شدت شوق چون آتشی و از تشنگی چو نیران سرکش حرارتت سرایت | O thou who yearnest for the abode of the Beloved! From the intensity of thy longing, thou art as a blazing fire, and from thy thirst, thou art like an unbridled flame [3.5s] | INBA88:124 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09968 | 70 | Arabic | ای رب افتح ابواب معرفتک علی وجه عبدک علی الذی توجه الیک و تشبث بالحبل المتین | O Lord! Open wide the gates of Thy knowledge before the face of Thy servant 'Alí, who hath turned toward Thee and held fast to the Most Mighty Cord [3.5s] | INBA88:127b | Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02251 | 260 | mixed | ای طالب صادق و حبیب موافق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت و بمنتهای دقت | O sincere seeker and cherished companion, that which thou hast written was perused with utmost care [3.5s] | INBA88:132 | AHB.118BE #05 p.01, AYT.440, RHQM2.0847-848 (262) (161) | Contention and conflict; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01041 | 380 | mixed | ای احبای الهی از جواهر کلمات رب الایات البینات معین معانی جاری و از هویت کلام | O ye friends of God! From the gems of the words of the Lord of manifest signs doth flow the spring of inner meanings, and from the essence of utterance [3.5s] | INBA88:138 | RHQM1.536-538 (668) (410-411), RAHA.090-091, MSHR1.112x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04897 | 160 | Persian | ای یاران حقیقی دست شکرانه بساحت اقدس دلبر یگانه بلند کنید و آغاز این راز و | O true friends! Raise your hands in thanksgiving to the sacred threshold of the incomparable Beloved, and begin this mystery [3.5s] | INBA88:141, INBA75:028 | AKHA_130BE #05 p.a, DUR1.238, ADH2_1#42 p.064, MJMJ1.097x, MMG2#098 p.112, MMG2#110 p.122, MJH.040 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05862 | 140 | Turkish | ای یار مهربانم هر لساندن مراد بیان معانیدر و هر معانیدن مقصد تبیان مبانیدر | O my kind friend! Every tongue hath for its purpose the expression of meaning, and every meaning hath for its object the elucidation of fundamental truths [3.5s] | INBA88:143a | BRL_DAK#0613, MJT.044 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Language and the structure of reality; Music and singing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04432 | 170 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متمسکین بعهد و پیمان الهی الیوم اهل ملا اعلی از ملکوت ابهی ناظر و از جبروت | O ye who are holding fast unto the Covenant and Testament! This day, from the realms of the All-Glorious, from the Kingdom of Holiness | INBA88:145 | MKT6.108b, MNMK#130 p.244, MMK1#182 p.202, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.283 | SWAB#182 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; The concourse on high; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||
| AB05013 | 150 | Arabic | اللهم یا موید المخلصین بجنود من الملکوت الابهی و موفق الثابتین علی عهدک بقبیل | O God, Who dost aid the sincere ones with hosts from the Most Glorious Kingdom, and grant success unto them that stand firm in Thy Covenant, through celestial legions [3.5s] | INBA88:146 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03440 | 200 | Persian | ای سرگشته کوه و صحرا در سبیل جمال ابهی مکاتیب متعدده ارسال شد امید از فضل | O wanderer of mountain and desert in the path of the Most Glorious Beauty! Many letters were sent. We cherish the hope that through divine grace [3.5s] | INBA88:147a | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09087 | 90 | mixed | یا من توجه الی ملکوت الله احسنت ثم احسنت بما انجذبت بنفحات عبقت من ریاض میثاق | O thou who hast turned thy face to the Kingdom of God! Well done, well done, that thou hast been drawn by the fragrant breathings wafting from the gardens of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA88:148 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05830 | 140 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی چشم بصیرت باز کن تا مشاهده انوار ساطعه و تجلیات لامعه از | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Open thou the eye of insight, that thou mayest witness the effulgent lights and brilliant emanations from [3.5s] | INBA88:149a, Ghazi3072.185-187 | MMK5#243 p.192 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05779 | 140 | mixed | ای مستشرق از شمس هدی هر رحمتی ممکن است که باستعداد و استحقاق و لیاقت و | O thou who art illumined by the Sun of Guidance! Every bounty is possible, according to capacity, worthiness and merit [3.5s] | INBA88:150a | MMK6#010 | Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09053 | 90 | Arabic | مولای مولای انی اتذلل الی سدره الوهیتک و سریر سلطنه ربوبیتک و عرش رحمانیتک ان | O my Lord, my Lord! I humble myself before the Lote-Tree of Thy Divinity, the Throne of Thy Sovereign Lordship, and the Seat of Thy All-Merciful Dominion [3.5s] | INBA88:150b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01836 | 290 | Persian | ای منجذبان روح القدس جناب آقا سید مهدی و جناب آقا سید اسمعیل و جناب آقا | O ye who are attracted by the Holy Spirit, Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Mihdí, Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Ismá'íl and Jináb-i-Áqá [3.5s] | INBA88:154 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00280 | 700 | mixed | الهی الهی انت الذی سبقت رحمتک و سبغت نعمتک و ثبتت حجتک و علت کلمتک و اشتهرت | O my God, my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all things, Whose grace hath abundantly flowed, Whose proof hath been firmly established, Whose Word hath been exalted, and Whose fame hath spread abroad [3.5s] | INBA88:157 | AYBY.357 #039, KHSH09.022x, NFQ.014x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02042 | 270 | mixed | Translation List | ای امه الله قلم چون سمند در جولانست ولی چه فائده که از کثرت جولان خسته و بی | O handmaid of God! My pen is rushing like a phoenix, but to what avail? For after all that rushing, it hath become fatigued and drained of ability | INBA88:160 | MMK3#239 p.172 | ADMS#276 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB06611 | 120 | Persian | ای بشیر چون شیر بشیر مصری حامل قمیص یوسف کنعان بود اما تو حامل پیرهن عزیز مصر | O Bashir! Like unto Bashir of Egypt who bore the garment of Joseph of Canaan, thou art the bearer of the vesture of Egypt's Beloved [3.5s] | INBA88:161a | MKT2.236, MMK2#234 p.169, QT105.2.348, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.02-04, BSHI.042-043, MSHR2.207, MUH3.382 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08600 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در فردوس الهی و جنت ابهائی مقامی | O servant of the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, thou hast a station in the divine Paradise and the Abhá Garden [3.5s] | INBA88:161b | BSHN.140.204, BSHN.144.204, MHT2.115 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08033 | 100 | mixed | ای حامی میثاق از اطراف آذربایجان خبر میدهند که در نشر میثاق نور اشراقی | O steadfast supporter of the Covenant! From the regions of Adhirbayjan cometh news of the radiant spreading of the light of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA88:162a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05453 | 150 | Arabic | یا من اهتز من نفحات الله اسمع ترتیل آیات الشکر الی ملکوت ربک الابهی بما | O thou who art stirred by the fragrances of God, hearken unto the melodious verses of thanksgiving ascending to the Kingdom of thy Lord, the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA88:162b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11137 | 40 | Persian | ای امه الله در ظل وحدانیت ورقاتی محشور شدند که فخر رجال گشتند انشاءالله | O handmaid of God! In the shadow of oneness, certain leaves have been gathered together who have become the glory of men, God willing [3.5s] | INBA88:163a | High station of the true believer; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09395 | 80 | Persian | ای سالار سپاه ایقان لشکر اجسام اگرچه چون هژبر و ضرغام باشند ولی همتشان متوجه | O Captain of the hosts of certitude! Though the armies of bodies be as fierce as lions and mighty as leopards, yet their aspirations are directed [3.5s] | INBA88:164a | AKHA_134BE #13 p.a, BSHN.140.247, BSHN.144.247, MHT2.114b | Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual warfare; struggle; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05701 | 140 | Persian | ای سرمست جام الست الهی یوم الست یوم ظهور است ساعت حشر و نشور است هنگام تجلی | O thou who art intoxicated with the divine cup of Alast! The Day of Alast is the Day of Manifestation, the hour of resurrection and gathering, the time of effulgence [3.5s] | INBA88:164b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08579 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از ثبوت بر میثاق تاجی بر سر نه و خراج ازاقلیم علیین گیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Place upon thy head the crown of steadfastness in the Covenant, and receive tribute from the realm of the Supreme Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:165a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09135 | 80 | Arabic | الهی الهی ترانی متشبثا بذیل رداء رحمانیتک و متمسکا بحبل رحمتک و فردانیتک ای | O my God, my God! Thou seest me clinging to the hem of the robe of Thy mercy, and holding fast unto the cord of Thy loving-kindness and oneness [3.5s] | INBA88:166a | MJMJ3.020a, MMG2#341 p.379 | Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03840 | 190 | Persian | ایها المثلث بالنعمه شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که در کشور نظم شهریاری و در حکمت | O thou who art thrice-blessed with grace, render thanks unto the Lord of Oneness that thou art in the realm of divine order and wisdom [3.5s] | INBA88:166b, INBA89:032b | ANDA#60 p.30 | Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02110 | 270 | Persian | ای منصور مظفر سپاه ملاء اعلی مصفوف است و جنود ملکوت ابهی چون صفوف الوف و | O victorious Mansur! The hosts of the Supreme Concourse stand arrayed, and the legions of the Abhá Kingdom are marshalled in countless ranks [3.5s] | INBA88:167 | MSHR1.036x | Call to action; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10075 | 70 | Persian | ای مستعلی بر شئون ملاء ادنی علو این عالم جسمانی تصوریست وهمی و نمایشی است و | O thou who hast risen above the condition of the concourse below! The glory of this corporeal world is but a figment of imagination and a passing show [3.5s] | INBA88:168a | AKHA_116BE #10 p.324, AKHA_118BE #07 p.d | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01655 | 300 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک المبتهل الیک المتضرع بباب احدیتک الثابت الراسخ علی | O my God! This is Thy servant who doth beseech Thee and supplicate at the gate of Thy oneness, standing firm and steadfast [3.5s] | INBA88:168b | MKT6.037, MJMJ3.003, MMG2#226 p.253 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03235 | 210 | mixed | ای یاران جانی شمس حقیقت در حلل غیب و نقاب بطون مجلل ولی اشراق از کل جهات | O ye cherished companions! Though enshrined in mystic veils and wrapped in the mantle of concealment, the Sun of Truth nevertheless shineth forth from every direction [3.5s] | INBA88:170b | MMK6#384 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09073 | 90 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بالنار الموقده فی سدرة السیناء قد تنفس صبح الهدی و توقد نار | O thou who art ablaze with the fire kindled in the Tree of Sinai! The dawn of guidance hath verily breathed forth, and the fire hath been kindled [3.5s] | INBA88:177b | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03788 | 190 | mixed | ای ولی الهی واضع اسماء و معطی حقیقی اسمت را ولی الله وضع نمود و صفتت را حبیب | O divine Guardian! The Ordainer of names and true Bestower ordained thy name as Guardian of God and thy attribute as beloved [3.5s] | INBA88:178 | MKT8.168, MMK6#507 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09079 | 90 | Persian | یا من انقطع عما سوی الله از قرار نامه که مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم میگردد که مجبور | O thou who hast severed thyself from all save God! From the letter which thou didst pen, it becometh evident [3.5s] | INBA88:180b | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01220 | 360 | Persian | یا من ادخره الله لاعلاء کلمته از صحت و سلامت آنجناب نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل گشت | O thou whom God hath reserved for the exaltation of His Word! Utmost joy and delight were obtained from the news of thy health and well-being [3.5s] | INBA88:180c | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00680 | 480 | Arabic | یا من نادی بمیثاق نیر الاشراق لعمر الله ان القلوب تصاحبک فی الاسفار و ان الارواح | O thou who callest out in the name of the Covenant of the Daystar of the horizons! By the life of God, hearts accompany thee in thy journeys, and souls [3.5s] | INBA88:182 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Prayer for protection; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09085 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء طوبی لنفس استنشق رائحه الوفاء من حدیقه الکبریاء و | O thou who clingest to the hem of glory! Blessed is the soul that hath inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness from the garden of grandeur [3.5s] | INBA88:184 | BSHN.140.256, BSHN.144.256, MHT2.164 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07285 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نظر بملکوت ابهی کن و توجه بجبروت اعلی و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای | O servant of Truth! Fix thy gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, and turn thy thoughts to the Supreme Concourse, and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s] | INBA88:185a | BSHN.140.259, BSHN.144.259, MHT2.142 | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00199 | 820 | mixed | ای مظلوم علماء سوء و اسیر طلاب جهل و نادانی تفصیل اردبیل و صدمات ضرب شدید | O Thou Who art oppressed by the ill-intentioned divines and held captive by students of ignorance and folly! The account of Ardibil and the grievous blows inflicted therein [3.5s] | INBA88:185b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03612 | 190 | Persian | ای احبای الهی حق بایات ملکوتى و آثار جبروتى و رایات ایات تدوینى و اعلام آثار تکوینى | O ye beloved of God! By the signs of the Kingdom and the traces of the Dominion, by the standards of the revealed verses and the banners of creation [3.5s] | INBA88:192a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01674 | 300 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده بهاء چه نویسم و چه اندیشم جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا از | O thou servant of Baha! What shall my pen recount? What shall I think? From the earliest days of the Cause, the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name | INBA88:192b | NURA#60, MMK4#150 p.161 | LOTW#60 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB10661 | 60 | Persian | ای یار موافق در این بامداد که انوار کوکب صبح اشراق شرق و غرب آفاق را احاطه | O agreeable friend! In this dawn when the rays of the morning star encompass the East and West of the horizons [3.5s] | INBA88:194a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00543 | 530 | mixed | الهی الهی قد غشت القلوب غاشیه الاضطراب و حجبت الابصار سبحات الاعتساف و حرمت | O my God, O my God! The hearts have been overwhelmed by the shroud of agitation, and eyes have been veiled by the clouds of tyranny and have been deprived [3.5s] | INBA88:194b | MMK4#155 p.166, MSHR3.151x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02938 | 220 | Persian | ای دوستان رحمانی این خاکدان فانی منزل جغدان بی وفاست و آشیان خفاشان نابینا | O friends of the All-Merciful! This earthly dust-heap is but the dwelling-place of faithless owls and the nest of sightless bats [3.5s] | INBA88:200 | MKT8.091b, BSHN.140.315, BSHN.144.313, DUR4.803, MHT1a.072, MHT1b.030 | Call to action; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06739 | 120 | Persian | ای خلیل جلیل رقیمه ملحوظ افتاد حمد خدا را که از سلسبیل محبت الله نوشیده اید | O noble Khalil! Thy letter was noted. Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the Salsabil of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA88:201 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03564 | 200 | mixed | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره مسطورات از آذربایجان و قزوین و طهران واصل و بر | O thou whom God hath destined for the service of His Cause! Letters from Adhirbayjan, Qazvín and Ṭihrán have been received and upon [3.5s] | INBA88:202 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06870 | 120 | mixed | ای مشتاق درگه حضرت مقصود در کور سابق حدیثی روایت کرده اند الاعمال بالنیات | O thou who yearnest for the threshold of the Desired One! In former cycles a tradition hath been handed down: "Deeds are judged by their intentions." [3.5s] | INBA88:203a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Goodly deeds; actions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01628 | 310 | mixed | ایها المتمسک بالعروه الوثقی در این صبح نورانی که انوار معانی آفاق وحدانی را | O thou who clingest to the Most Firm Handle! In this luminous morn when the lights of inner meanings illuminate the horizons of Divine Oneness [3.5s] | INBA88:203b | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08833 | 90 | Persian | ای مبتهل الی الله ناله و انابه بدرگاه خداوند بیمانند نمودی وبسمع ساکنان ملاء | O thou who supplicatest unto God! Thou hast raised thy plaintive cry and turned in humble entreaty unto the peerless Lord, and it hath reached the ears of the denizens of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA88:205a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03044 | 220 | Arabic | ربی و رجائی و غایه املی و حرزی و موئلی انی بکل ذل و انکسار اترامی فی عتبه | O my Lord, my Hope, the Ultimate Goal of my desire, my Shield and my Refuge! With all lowliness and contrition I cast myself upon Thy threshold [3.5s] | INBA88:207 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01197 | 360 | mixed | ای فرع جلیل سدره مبارکه اریاح مخالف سراج میثاق را احاطه نموده است و امواج نقض ... امر عظیم است عظیم و مقاومت و مهاجمهٴ جمیع ملل | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! The winds of opposition have surrounded the Lamp of the Covenant, and the waves of violation [3.5s]... ...How great, how very great is the Cause! How very fierce the onslaught of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth. | INBA88:208 | AVK4.478cx, PYB#224 p.41, RAHA.130-131 | BADM.123x, GPB.354-355x, WOB.017x, COC#1531x, COC#1681x, DWN_v6#03 p.001x, ABCC.111x | Growth of the Cause; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00400 | 610 | Persian | یا حبیبی و مونسی و انیسی مسطورات مختلفه متنوعه وارد و مضامین در نهایت | O my beloved, my companion and my intimate friend! Various and diverse letters have been received, and their contents are of the utmost [3.5s] | INBA88:209 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10082 | 70 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در این عصر عظیم که تاییدات ملکوت ابهی جمیع جهات را | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God in this great age, when the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom encompass all directions [3.5s] | INBA88:212a | MMK2#031 p.021 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10122 | 70 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی از خدا بخواه که ترا بامری موفق و موید فرماید که چون ستاره | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom Divine! Beseech thou God that He may vouchsafe unto thee success and confirmation in a matter that, even as a star [3.5s] | INBA88:212b | MMK2#032 p.022 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09155 | 80 | Persian | ای اسد میدان فدا شیرانرا فضیلت درندگی و تیزچنگی و بی باکیست ولی هزبران بیشه | O lion of the field of sacrifice! Lions possess the qualities of ferocity, sharp claws, and fearlessness, yet they remain but denizens of the forest [3.5s] | INBA88:213a | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09812 | 70 | Persian | ای امه الله فضل و جود سلطان وجود بدرجه رسیده که نساای در این کور اعظم مبعوث | O handmaid of God! The grace and bounty of the Sovereign of existence hath reached such a degree that the women in this Most Great Dispensation have been raised up [3.5s] | INBA88:213b | Equality of men and women; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01582 | 310 | Persian | ای سرور وفاپرور روحانی و ای مهرجوی کامور رحمانی ای جای تو خالی ای جای تو خالی | O spiritual lord nurtured in faithfulness, O thou seeker of divine love, how empty is thy place, how empty is thy place [3.5s] | INBA88:213c | BRL_DAK#0699, MKT8.106, AKHA_135BE #05 p.93 | Imagery in the Qur'an; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | mixed | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03049 | 220 | Arabic | هو الموسس و المولف بین القلوب لک الحمد یا الهی بما الفت بانفاس عبدک | He is the Founder and the Unifier of hearts! Praise be unto Thee, my Lord, for having united through the breaths of Thy servant [3.5s] | INBA88:218b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07420 | 110 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی عبدالبهاء بنیان نقض نسج عنکبوتست و ایوان پیمان بنیان | O true friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The edifice of violation is but a spider's web, while the structure of the Covenant is firmly established [3.5s] | INBA88:219 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00261 | 720 | mixed | ای اسیر سبیل الهی تفاصیل واقعه مولمه و حوادث مزعجه یعنی فاجعه اردبیل و مشقت | O captive in the Divine Path! The details of the grievous occurrence and distressing events - namely, the tragedy of Ardabil and its hardships [3.5s] | INBA88:223 | ANDA#35 p.24, MSHR5.198x, MSHR5.376x, MUH1.0049 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07865 | 100 | Persian | ای احبای الهی جناب آقا میرزا جلیل در نشر نفحات الله سعی بلیغ و جهد عظیم | O beloved of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Jalil hath exerted mighty effort and strenuous exertion in diffusing the divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA88:226a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00239 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | ای یادگار سه بزرگوار عموی بزرگوارت حضرت حاجی حسن با رخی چون ماه روشن در انجمن | O remnant of three great souls! Thy distinguished uncle, the honorable Ḥají Ḥasan, burned fervently day and night | INBA88:231 | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.b | ADMS#272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB05297 | 150 | mixed | ای منیر پرتو ظهور چون بر قله طور زد سنگ خارا متلاشی شد و صخره صماء متفانی | O Munir! When the radiant effulgence of the Revelation struck Mount Sinai's summit, the adamantine rock was shattered and the impenetrable crag obliterated [3.5s] | INBA88:234a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10270 | 70 | Persian | یا من شم رائحه الوفاء هر حقیقتی از حقائق الهیه و حقائق کونیه چه اعیان چه | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of fidelity! Every reality among the divine verities and cosmic realities, whether essences or [3.5s] | INBA88:234b | AYBY.440 #172 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01537 | 310 | Arabic | التحیه التی فاحت نفحات قدسها علی الارجاء و الثناء الذی عبقت انفاس طیبه فی | The salutation whose holy fragrances waft over all regions, and the praise whose sweet breaths perfume [3.5s] | INBA88:235b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06795 | 120 | Persian | ای سلیمان حضرت مهدی چون سراج هدی در زجاج ملا اعلی برافروخت و چون پروانه حول | O Suleyman! His Holiness the Mahdi, like unto the lamp of guidance, was enkindled within the crystal of the Most Exalted One, and even as a moth circled round [3.5s] | INBA88:237a | MKT9.140b | Call to action; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06703 | 120 | mixed | ای ثابت بر میثاق اهل فتور هر چند شرورند و بی شرم و پرغرور ولی ایشانرا تو | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though the people of neglect be steeped in wickedness, shamelessness and pride, yet thou [3.5s] | INBA88:237b | Compassion; kindness; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05461 | 150 | Persian | یا من ثبت فی امرالله از مفتریات اهل فتور مگدر مشو و از اراجیف زاغان خریف | O thou who art firm in the Cause of God! Be thou not perturbed by the calumnies of the indolent, nor dismayed by the prattle of the crows of autumn [3.5s] | INBA88:238a | MMK2#289 p.210, AKHA_134BE #17 p.a | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10732 | 60 | Arabic | یا ابراهیم ان الخلیل الجلیل قد اخرجوه من الوطن القریب الی العدوه القصوی | O Abraham! Verily the glorious Friend hath been expelled from the near homeland to the furthermost realm [3.5s] | INBA88:247a | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11261 | 40 | Arabic | یا یوسف ایها الصدیق لا تتبئس من الاحتباس فی عنایت الحب و الاحزان | O Joseph, O thou faithful friend, be thou not dismayed by thy confinement in the prison-house of love and sorrow [3.5s] | INBA88:247b | Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11409 | 30 | Arabic | یا رضا ان الرضاء بالقضاء سمه اهل الانقطاع و سنه اهل الانجذاب بنفحات ملکوت | O Riḍá! Verily acceptance of the divine decree is the hallmark of them that are detached from all save God, and the path of those drawn unto the fragrances of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:247c | SFI01.061 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03566 | 200 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله حمد خدارا که بنسیم حدائق حقائق ملکوت ابهی زنده | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! Praise be to God that thou art quickened by the breezes from the gardens of the realities of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:247d | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08164 | 100 | mixed | ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم | O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s] | INBA88:248 | AYBY.429 #145 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11339 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند حقائق جسمانیه در ناحیهء بعیده واقع ولی جواهر صافیه | O servant of God! Though physical realities exist in distant realms, yet pure essences [3.5s] | INBA88:249a | Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02625 | 240 | mixed | یا من اقتبس جذوه من النار الموقده فی سدره السیناء قد تلوت ایات شوقک الی الله | O thou who hast caught a spark from the fire that burneth in the Tree of Sinai, I have read the verses of thy longing for God [3.5s] | INBA88:249b | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05685 | 140 | Arabic | ای رب ترانی مقصوص الاباهر مکسور الجناح متسعر الاحشاء مرتعد الاعضاء بما ورد | O Lord! Thou seest me with clipped wings and broken pinions, my heart consumed with fire, my limbs trembling by reason of what hath befallen me [3.5s] | INBA88:250 | MJMJ2.111, MMG2#345 p.383 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03106 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق محزون مباش مغموم مباش ببشارت حضرت احدیت جام عنایت برگیر | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Take thou the chalice of bounty, through the glad-tidings of the One True God [3.5s] | INBA88:251, INBA89:041 | Belief and denial; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02837 | 230 | mixed | یا من اقتبس نار المحبه من السدره الرحمانیه قد غرست شجره المیثاق فی بحبوحه | O thou who hast kindled the fire of love from the Divine Lote-Tree! Verily, the Tree of the Covenant hath been planted in the midst [3.5s] | INBA88:253, INBA89:048 | Elections; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07788 | 110 | Arabic | یا من استنشق رائحه الوفاء قد اعترضت عصبه النقض علی عبدالبهاء انه اطفاء سراج | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness! A band of Covenant-breakers hath risen against 'Abdu'l-Bahá, claiming that He extinguisheth the lamp [3.5s] | INBA88:254a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10757 | 60 | Arabic | یا من انشاءه الله فی ظل رحمته ابشر بفضل مولاک فان غمام الجود یجود و سحائب | O thou who hast been created by God beneath the shade of His mercy! Rejoice in the bounty of thy Lord, for verily the clouds of generosity pour forth [3.5s] | INBA88:257a | Pain of love; love as veil | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02897 | 220 | Persian | ای پارسیان کشور پارس مشرق زمین است و اهل پارس عزیز و نازنین ملک ایران اقلیم | O Persians! The land of Persia is the Orient of the earth, and the people of Persia are beloved and noble denizens of the realm of Iran [3.5s] | INBA88:257b | YARP2.156 p.166 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01336 | 340 | mixed | ای مدهوش صهبای الهی و پرجوش در آتش محبت ربانی در شب و روز آنی نمیگذرد مگر | O thou who art intoxicated with the heavenly wine and ablaze with the fire of divine love! Not a moment passeth, by day or night, except [3.5s] | INBA88:259 | MKT6.044b, MMK4#084 p.099 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05273 | 150 | mixed | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الهی آنچه از قلم آن نفس زکیه تحریر یافته بود بکمال حب قرائت شد | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of God's love! That which the pen of that sanctified soul hath written was read with utmost affection [3.5s] | INBA88:261 | MKT5.152 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10579 | 60 | Persian | ای مستشرق بانوار هدایت شکر کن حضرت رب قیوم را که در وادی طوی | O wayfarer illumined by the rays of guidance, render thanks unto the Sovereign Lord, the Self-Subsisting, for thou art in the Vale of Tuwa [3.5s] | INBA88:262a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09909 | 70 | Persian | ای پیک محبت الله جبریل در بارگاه رب جلیل ملک مقربست و بنده معظم زیرا واسطه | O thou messenger of the love of God! Gabriel, at the court of the Glorious Lord, is a closely-drawn angel and an exalted servant, for he is the intermediary [3.5s] | INBA88:262b | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10114 | 70 | mixed | ای ناطق بحمد و ستایش پروردگار در این محضر احمد باش یعنی بستایش جلیل اکبر | O thou who speakest forth the praise and glorification of the Lord! Be thou in this presence as Ahmad, that is, engaged in praise of the Most Great [3.5s] | INBA88:263a | MKT9.202a, MMK6#142 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10624 | 60 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی در این عالم ظلمانی شهاب نورانی ذکر خداست و در این تنگنای | O thou who gazest upon the Abhá Kingdom! In this world of darkness, the luminous meteor of the remembrance of God, and in this narrow [3.5s] | INBA88:263b | MKT9.202b, AKHA_134BE #03 p.a, ANDA#50 p.26 | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10085 | 70 | Persian | ای مطلع عبودیت صرفه اگر سلطنت دو جهان خواهی حلقه بندگی در گوش کن و اگر حشمت | O Dawning-Place of pure servitude! Shouldst thou desire sovereignty over both worlds, place the ring of bondage in thine ear; and if thou seekest majesty [3.5s] | INBA88:263c | ANDA#67-68 p.07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10583 | 60 | Persian | ای مشرق انوار ایمان و مطلع اثار ایقان قلب بمنزله مشکاة است | O dawning-place of the lights of faith and dayspring of the signs of certitude! The heart is like unto a niche [3.5s] | INBA88:264a | AKHA_134BE #02 p.a | Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10614 | 60 | Persian | ای موقن بظهور الهی حضرت سید الشهداء روح العالمین فداء در مشهد فداء | O thou who art assured of the divine Manifestation! His Holiness the Prince of Martyrs - may the souls of all be sacrificed in his path - in the place of sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA88:264b | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - |
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