all items, details

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed

ای بنده زیبنده آستان مقدس خبر وحشت اثر فوت آن کنیز عزیز الهی بانجمن رحمانی

O befitting servant of the Sacred Threshold! The grievous tidings of the passing of that cherished handmaiden of God reached the divine gathering [3.5s]... ...O Thou Kind Lord! This dearly cherished maidservant was attracted to Thee, and through reflection and discernment longed to attain Thy presence

BRL_DAK#1199, MJMJ3.111x, MMG2#419 p.465x, YARP2.434 p.326

BPRY.045-046x

M. Sparrow

AB01151

370

Arabic

یا احباء الله و اودائه انی بقلب مشتعل بنار محبتکم و صدر منشرح بذکرکم و عین ناظره

O ye beloved of God and his friends! With a heart kindled by the fire of your love...If ye be truly united, if ye agree to promote that which is the essential purpose, and to show forth an all-unifying love, I swear by Him Who causeth the seed to split

BRL_DAK#0982, MKT1.162, MNMK#038 p.123

COF.029-030x, PN_various p020x, BLO_PT#214

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0030

Public address given on 1912-06-09

1860

mixed

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

من از مملکت بعیده شرق میایم مملکتی که همیشه نور آسمان در آن طلوع نموده مملکتی

I come here from distant countries, from Oriental climes… O Thou forgiving Lord! Thou art the shelter of all these Thy servants… Baha’u’llah hath proclaimed the universality of education, which is essential to the unity of mankind

BRL_DAK#0184, KHF.228, KHAB.303 (312), KHTB2.129, NJB_v04#12 p.001

BRL_ATE#107x, BPRY.082-083x, LOG#0492x, LOG#2097x, PUP#062 (p.172-176), SW_v05#07 p.099-102, SW_v09#07 p.085

S. Tirandaz

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01438

600

Arabic

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Love of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک یا الهی تعلم بانی ما اردت فی امرک نفسی بل نفسک و لا اظهار شانی بل اظهار

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that my sole aim in revealing Thy Cause hath been to reveal Thee and not my self

INBA73:347, INBA49:080x, BLIB_Or15739.193, , NLAI_BH1.493, NLAI_BH2.236b

BRL_DA#694, PMP#065

PM#065

AB00963

400

mixed

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Power of prayer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

مشرق الأذکار هر چند بظاهر بنيان جسمانيست ولی تأثير روحانی دارد و سبب الفت قلوب و اجتماع نفوس گردد

His honor… presented the map of the land… Although to outward seeming the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is a material structure, yet it hath a spiritual effect

MMK1#060 p.093x

SWAB#060x, SW_v05#05 p.068+73x, SW_v06#07 p.052x, SW_v06#17 p.135x, SW_v07#07 p.057x, BW_v01p060

BH08263

120

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

سبحانک یا الهی تری کل ذی استقامه حرکته اریاح الامتحان و کل ذی استقرار انقلبته

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble

INBA92:340a

PMP#013

PM#013

AB07153

120

...As to thy question concerning the 54th chapter of Isaiah This chapter refers to the Most Exalted Leaf

TDH#064.17x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11853

220

Persian

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای یاران رحمانی خبر تاسیس مشرق الاذکار رسید که در آن دیار محامد و نعوت الهی

O ye loved ones of God! The news was received that a Mashriqu’l-Adhkar hath been established

BRL_DAK#0417, COMP_MASHRIQP#30

BRL_MASHRIQ#30

BH02886

310

Arabic

کتاب الکرم انزله مالک القدم و الذی تزین به انه ممن یشار بالبنان و یصلی علیه

This is the Book of Generosity which hath been revealed by the King of Eternity. Whoso adorneth himself with this virtue

BLIB_Or15696.042c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.137b,

BRL_DA#206, BRL_HUQUQP#010, AVK3.159.17x, NNY.171-172, HQUQ.003x

BRL_HUQUQ#010, COC#1123, LOG#1033x

Praise and encouragement

BH09310

3030

mixed

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

حبذا یوم اللّه ظاهر و عرف قمیص متضوع و سدره ناطق امروز… باید نفسی عباد را لله متذکر نماید که شاید بر اداء حقوق موفق شوند

How sweet is this Day of God when His fragrance is wafting, and the Vesture diffuseth its perfume, and the Divine Lote-Tree speaketh forth! On this day [3.5s]... ...Someone must needs remind the servants of God, that perchance they may be privileged to meet their obligations of Huquq, thus attaining a sublime station

BRL_DA#083, BRL_HUQUQP#089x, GHA.105.04-05+07-10x, GHA.107.05x

BRL_HUQUQ#089x, COC#1147x

BH02484

360

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سلک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم و تمسک بالعروه

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath walked the path of God, manifest and straight, and held fast unto the cord [3.5s]... ...The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner

INBA34:181, INBA84:170, INBA84:098b, INBA84:039, BLIB_Or15707.155, , BLIB_Or15735.306,

BRL_DA#656, GWBP#045 p.071ax, AQA1#047, ASAT4.333x, HYK.036

GWB#045x

LL#443

ABU0676

Public address given on 1912-04-16

430

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

خوب مجلسی است قوای مادیه نمیتواند این گونه نفوس را

Souls from the East and from the West have been brought to this spot... Christ appeared in this world nineteen hundred years ago

KHF.192, KHAB.244 (255), KHTB2.027, NJB_v04#10 p.001, BDA1.036n

PUP#008 (p.018-020), SW_v03#10 p.006-007, BSTW#209

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

MHMD1.045

AB01131

370

mixed

ای یاران الهی بشارت کبری اینکه هیکل مطهر منور مقدس حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء

The most joyful tidings is this, that the holy, the luminous body of the Bab ... after having for sixty years been transferred from place to place

INBA16:229

BRL_DAK#1075, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.40, ASAT5.028x, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.11, AHB.110BE #17-18 p.346, AYT.225, HHA.105, DUR3.117, RHQM1.085-086 (114) (066-067), YHA1.126x (1.256), MLK.065, QT108.044-045

GPB.276x, ABCC.126

Growth of the Cause; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places

AB10093

...Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the Covenant, Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou showest kindness unto all nations

GPB.389x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God

INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685

NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018

SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x

almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi

Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه

O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree

INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b

NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053

SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045

B. Parmar

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.

Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH01042

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II)

800

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II)

ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی

O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise

INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b

NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054

SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040

States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس

O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared

INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b

NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062

SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042

W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2)

Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00347

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

1900

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من

O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God

INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a

NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان

Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive.

INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099

NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121

SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434

G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber

The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306

Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries.

BH11542

The day is approaching when the faithful will behold the daystar of justice shining in its full splendor from the dayspring of glory.

ADJ.028ax

BH00743

1050

mixed

جذب و ولهی در مدینه عشاق ظاهر چه که جوهری از جواهر ثمینه قصد کان خود نموده و

Rapture and ecstasy have appeared in the City of the Lovers, inasmuch as a precious gem from amongst the priceless jewels hath set forth towards its Mine [3.5s]... ...Know thou, of a truth, these great oppressions that have befallen the world are preparing it for the advent of the Most Great Justice

INBA51:158b, KB_620:151-155

BRL_DA#553

ADJ.027x, PDC.007x

The Badasht Project

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04820

200

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین انه یعرف الناس مطلع الالهام و یهدیهم

The Book which hath been sent down in truth from before God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, it maketh known unto men the Dawning-Place of divine inspiration and guideth them [3.5s]... ...Say: He hath appeared with that Justice wherewith mankind hath been adorned, and yet the people are, for the most part, asleep

INBA51:127, KB_620:120-121

LHKM2.164

ADJ.027x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BHU0045

God is My witness! Were it not contrary to the Law of God, I would have kissed the hand of My would-be murderer, and would cause him to inherit My earthly goods

ADJ.027x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

BH00002

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)

36200

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The

Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع

No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…

BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400

BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017

IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x

R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)

Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278

AB12045

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

The friends of God and the handmaids of the All-Merciful should know that in every movement of ‘Abdu’l-Baha

BRL_ATE#066

BHU0055

God is My witness that I have never seen the book you refer to. I regard, however, through the power of God, ... whatever you wish me to do as easy of accomplishment

GPB.122x

Power of faith; power of the spirit

ABU1161

Public address given on 1912-04-13

270

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

ایام ظهور مظاهر مقدسه بهار الهی است اراضی قلوب را سبز

Praise be to God! This is an illuminating gathering. The faces are brilliant

KHF.193, KHAB.239 (249), KHTB2.011, NJB_v04#14 p.002, BDA1.031n

PUP#004 (p.009-011), SW_v03#08 p.004-005

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

MHMD1.040-041

AB00482

Some Answered Questions #071 Spiritual Discoveries

560

Persian

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

اکتشافات روحانیه بر دو قسم است یک نوع اندکی اوهامست که مصطلح اقوام سائره است

Spiritual disclosures are of two kinds: one, which is commonly referred to among other peoples, is mere imagination

MFD#71, OOL.C022.71

SAQ#71

ABU0701

Address to the Baha'is at Dyer home in Washington, 1912-04-24

420

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

A meeting such as this seems like a beautiful cluster of precious jewels -- pearls, rubies, diamonds, sapphires

BDA1.048n

PUP#023 (p.056-057), SW_v03#03 p.021-022, SW_v19#03 p.089

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.057

AB10275

Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name

BPRY.024-025, SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v2#03-4 p.019, BP1926.018

BB00583

110

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم فاغفر لی وللذین هم قد حملوا امرک انک انت الملک الغفار الکریم وادخل اللهم عبادک الذین هم یومئذ

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beg Thee to forgive me and those who support Thy Faith.

SWBP#56 (p.142-142)

SWB#57 (p.200-200), BPRY.062

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB12052

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

Every assembly held for the purpose of bringing about unity and concord will be conducive to turning strangers into friends

BRL_ATE#084

BH01010

Lawh-i-Mawlud

820

Arabic

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth)

ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر

O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages

INBA08:622

AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42

DOR#42

R. Yazhari

Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles’ and announcing the dawning of the morn of divine revelation.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.174

AB01105

370

Persian

ای اماء رحمن محفل رحمانی که در آن مدینه نورانی تاسیس نمودید بسیار بجا و مجری

O handmaids of the Lord! The spiritual assemblage that ye established in that illumined city is most propitious….

MKT7.014, MMK1#095 p.121, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d, AVK3.334.16x, AVK3.335.11x, TRBB.073, MJTB.097x

SWAB#095, LOG#0511x

Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB09024

Some Answered Questions #075 Two Kinds of Torment

Persian

Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness

بدان که عذاب بر دو قسم است عذاب لطیف و عذاب غلیظ

Know that there are two kinds of torment: subtle and palpable.

MFD#75, OOL.C022.75

SAQ#75

BH06026

160

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

الهی الهی ندآئک اجتذبنی و صریر قلمک الاعلی ایقظنی و کوثر بیانک اسکرنی و رحیق

O God, my God! Thy call hath attracted me, and the voice of Thy Pen of Glory awakened me.

INBA61:048

ADM2#087 p.162, AQMM.038

BPRY.165, SW_v14#02 p.047, DWN_v3#06 p.043, DWN_v4#04 p.090-091

AB00067

1250

mixed

Literal interpretation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad

ای بنده حق صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود پرتوش بشارت کبری بود و مژده اش

O servant of the one true God! When the Morn of divine guidance dawned above the Most Exalted Horizon, its rays brought tidings of great joy

BRL_DAK#0718, NURA#05, MMK4#143 p.145, MSHR1.123x, MSHR4.053x

LOTW#05

AB12040

110

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

Likewise, when the regiments of an army and the members of a legion stand together and are connected with one another

BRL_ATE#083

AB00227

Some Answered Questions #045 The Most Great Infallibility

770

Persian

House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

بدان که عصمت بر دو قسم است عصمت ذاتیه و عصمت صفاتیه

Know that infallibility is of two kinds: infallibility in essence and infallibility as an attribute.

MFD#45, OOL.C022.45

SAQ#45, LOG#1065x

BH11831

120

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of obligatory prayer; Rejection of Muhammad; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Words vs deeds

...O My brother! How great, how very great, can the law of obligatory prayer be, when, through His mercy and loving kindness

BRL_IOPF#1.09x

BH00312

2080

mixed

یا نبیل قبل علی علیک بهائی و ذکری و ثنائی طوبی لک بما حضرت لدی الوجه و سمعت

O Nabil-i-'Ali! Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My praise! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto My presence and hearkened unto My voice [3.5s]... ...Should a man appear ere the lapse of a full thousand years - each year consisting of twelve months

BLIB_Or11096#001, , BLIB_Or15698.129, , BLIB_Or15720.128, , BLIB_Or15740.101,

BRL_DA#077, AVK2.276.13x, AVK3.180.19x, AVK3.466.03x, AVK4.257.13x, IQT.129, TZH5.006, MAS8.113ax, ASAT1.195x, ASAT3.097x, AKHA_121BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_121BE #06 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #05 p.bx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax, OOL.B195

WOB.132x

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB06925

120

Persian

Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

ای مومن بالله سراج ایمان چون در زجاج قلب و روان برافروزد شعاع ساطعش بر ارکان

O thou believer in God! [3.5s]... ...When the light of faith is kindled in the lamp of the heart and soul, its spreading rays illumine every limb of the body

BRL_CONF2018P#04x, MMK2#044 p.033

BRL_CONF2018#04x

BH05154

190

Arabic

Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

هذا شهر فیه ولد الاسم الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص العالم و استبرک بقدومه

This is the month wherein was born He Who beareth the Most Great Name, Whose appearance hath caused the limbs of humankind to quake

INBA41:224, NLAI_BH1.180

MAS4.342, AMB#45

DOR#45

R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2)

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

LL#173

AB11281

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire of Thy love and ablaze with the flame

BPRY.176, TAB.618, BSC.429 #776, PN_1909F p002, VTRM.032

MJ Cyr, M. Sparrow, Yasmin, TaliaSafa, A. Wensbo, Sarah, Nava & Sahar, Sofia, Avinash, Goleta & Pradheep, E. Lilian, N. Chiang

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH05077

190

Arabic

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک یا الهی ترانی محبوسا فی هذا السجن و تعلم بانی ماوردت فیه الا فی سبیلک

Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest me shut up in this Prison, and art well aware that I have entered it solely for Thy sake

INBA92:356

PMP#068, AQMJ2.086

PM#068

AB09637

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایتها المومنه بوحدانیه الله اعلمی انه لاینفع الانسان الا حب الرحمن و لاینور

O thou believer in the oneness of God! Know thou that nothing profiteth a soul save the love of the All-Merciful, nothing lighteth up a heart

MKT2.333a, MNMK#077 p.148, MMK1#151 p.174

SWAB#151, TAB.053

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01521

Some Answered Questions #031 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

320

Persian

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

حقائق مقدسهء مظاهر الهیه را دو مقام معنویست یکی مظهریت است

The sanctified realities of the Manifestations of God have two spiritual stations: One is that of manifestationhood

MFD#31, OOL.C022.31

SAQ#31

AB00754

450

Persian

Education and the development of capacity; House of Justice; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

و امّا تفاوت بين مدنيّت طبيعيّه که اليوم منتشر است و بين مدنيّت الهيّه

O Thou Servant of the Beauty of Abha! I received thy letter, and the books... As to the difference between the natural civilization which is, in the present day

MMK1#105 p.129x

SWAB#105x, SW_v02#03 p.003-004, SW_v07#07 p.055x, SW_v07#15 p.134x, SW_v14#05 p.146x, BSTW#299

AB02904

220

Persian

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Consultation; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ای ثابت بر پیمان در ایام حضور و تشرف بتربت مقدسه بعضی سوالات نموده بودید فرصت

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! During the days when thou wast present here

BRL_DAK#0030, AVK4.152.07x, AVK4.240.06x

BRL_ATE#031, MAAN#17

BH07535

130

mixed

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Living waters; water of life; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

انشاء ??لله در کل احیان از رحیق حیوان بیاشامید و بذکر محبوب عالمیان مشغول

God willing, may ye at all times drink from the life-giving waters and be engaged in remembrance of the Best-Beloved of the worlds [3.5s]... ...The ordinances of God have been sent down from the heaven of His most august Revelation. All must diligently observe them

BLIB_Or15710.163, , BLIB_Or15722.131,

BRL_DA#664, GWBP#133 p.185x, UAB.021cx, AYI2.049x, AYI2.195, PYB#187 p.03

GWB#133x

LL#455

ABU0679

The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races: Words spoken on 1911-11-24 in Paris

430

Persian

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

میگویند یک ترن در رود سن افتاده بیست و پنج نفر غرق شده و امروز در پارلمان

I have just been told that there has been a terrible accident in this country. A train has fallen into the river and at least twenty people have been killed.

BRL_DAK#1241, KHAB.197 (207), KHTB1.204, KHTP.152

PT#37 p.115, SW_v07#11 p.106-107, SW_v16#08 p.616, ABS#13

BH00579

Lawh-i-Maryam

1300

mixed

Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam)

ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا

O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation.

INBA38:087, INBA28:386

BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31

DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048

Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaymaniyah, the dispirited character of the Bábí community upon His return, and His efforts to instil new life into it; alludes to His still-hidden messianic secret and counsels purity of heart as a precondition to its recognition; and announces His withdrawal from the community.

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164

BH05716

170

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

تری یا الهی بان البهاء یذکرک بعد الذی ورد علیه من البلا ما لایقدر ان یحصیه

Thou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to remembrance

INBA92:399a

PMP#051, AKHA_124BE #06 p.j

PM#051

BH00542

1370

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Reward and punishment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

یا مهدی عالم منقلب و احدی سبب آنرا ندانسته باسا و ضرا احاطه نموده ارض آرام

O Mihdi! The world is in turmoil, yet none hath discerned the cause thereof. Tribulation and affliction have encompassed the earth, which findeth no peace [3.5s]... ...There is no objection to offering for sale that which is donated in the name of Huquq…. Whoso desireth to offer Ḥuqúqu’lláh with the utmost joy and eagerness

BLIB_Or15697.193, , BLIB_Or15738.156, , LEID.Or4971 item 7b?,

BRL_HUQUQP#086x, AVK4.461bx, MAS4.109x, RHQM1.575-575 (702) (431-431x), SAM.268, KHMT.142x, LDR.120x, YQAZ.438x

BRL_HUQUQ#086x, COC#1153x, COC#1154x

LL#152

BH01554

560

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

عرض این فانی خدمت سمندر نار الهی آنکه الحمد لله در هر پوسته از نفحات طیبه

The supplication of this evanescent one before that divine Phoenix of fire is this - that, praise be to God, in every missive wafted the sweet-scented breaths [3.5s]... ...Huququ'llah is indeed a great law. It is incumbent upon all to make this offering, because it is the source of grace, abundance, and of all good

BRL_DA#405, BRL_HUQUQP#013x, AYBY.190, GHA.103ax

BRL_HUQUQ#013x, BPRY.287x, COC#1105x, LOG#1032x

Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05517

180

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

لک الحمد یا الهی علی ما قلبت وجوه عبادک الی یمین عرش الطافک و انقطعتهم عما

Praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast turned the faces of Thy servants towards the right-hand of the throne of Thy gifts

INBA48:150, INBA49:208, INBA92:148, BLIB_Or15739.271,

PMP#161, AQMJ1.110b

PM#161

almunajat.com [item 15], K. Porray

AB04757

160

Persian

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای دو نفس مبارک نامه های شما رسید دلیل بر آن بود که تحری حقیقت نمودید و از

O ye two blessed souls! Your letters were received. They showed that ye have investigated the truth and have been freed from imitations

MMK1#014 p.026

SWAB#014

BH00413

1690

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض

Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory

INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v

BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x

GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x

LL#421

BH11759

240

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای واصل بفراق مبتلی شدی و انا الفراق و لا ابالی و انا المفرق و لا اخاف

O thou who hast attained! Thou hast been afflicted with separation, and I am Separation and care not; I am the Separator and fear not [3.5s]

BRL_DA#088

BRL_ATBH#79

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08838

110

Arabic

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اخذت الظلمه کل الاقطار و احاطت الفتنه کل الاشطار

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Darkness hath fallen upon every land, and the forces of mischief

INBA92:329

PMP#011

PM#011

BH02035

430

Arabic

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ان یا مصطفی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرأناه و انا کنا قارئین و سمعنا حنین قلبک

O Mustafa! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have read it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof, and We have hearkened unto the yearning of thy heart [3.5s]... ...Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish

BLIB_Or15694.336, , ALIB.folder18p347

BRL_DA#646, GWBP#062 p.084ax, PYB#337 p.09

GWB#062x, PDC.014x

LL#416

AB10467

190

mixed

Justice and wrath of God; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید آن انجمن با رایس فی الحقیقه

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. That gathering with its president truly [3.5s]... ...As for those who are engaged in government service, they should perform their duties with the utmost fidelity, trustworthiness, rectitude, uprightness, integrity and high-mindedness

INBA79.064

BRL_DAK#0369, COMP_TRUSTP#55x

BRL_TRUST#54x, COC#2066x, LOG#1472x

ABU0405

Public address given on 1912-04-13

610

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

چند روز است من به نیویورک آمدم پیش از این به اروپا رفتم

It is a few days since my arrival in New York; but before coming to New York

KHTB2.013, NJB_v04#10 p.004, BDA1.032n

PUP#007 (p.016-018), SW_v03#07 p.003-004

Harmony of science and religion; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature

MHMD1.042

AB11578

...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage

COF.053x

Shrines and Holy places

BH01822

Lawh-i-Amr

490

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations

هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام

This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested

INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157

BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x

GWB#067x

ROB2.161, LL#047

AB01283

The Transference of Matter across the Kingdoms of Existence

350

Persian

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change

در کائنات نامتناهیه اعظم وسائط تجدد وجود بلکه ترقی قضیۀ اکل و مأکول است

Throughout this endless universe the greatest means for the progress and renewal of existence is that all things are eaters and eaten.

BRL_TTTP#08

BRL_TTT#08

BH03075

290

Arabic

ان یا ورقاء ان استمع الندآء من مطلع الکبریاء المرتفع فی سجن عکا انه لا اله الا انا

O Dove! Hearken unto the Voice raised from the Dayspring of Grandeur in the Prison of 'Akká: Verily, there is none other God but Me [3.5s]... ...Abandon that which ye possess, and seize that which God, Who layeth low the necks of men, hath brought

INBA19:013, INBA32:013b, Majlis934.108-111

TZH6.0779-0780

PDC.006-007x

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world

AB11605

Persian

Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

پروردگارا قلب صافی چون در عطا فرما

O God, my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.

HUV1.013

BPRY.029

Geoffrey, Sarah, Shadi & Hoda, Soulrise Melodies, L. Robinson

ABU0309

Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-10-14

720

mixed

این دفعه دوم است که در مجمع احبای پاریس آمدیم الحمد لله می بینم رویهای احبای

This is the second time that we have come into the gathering of the beloved friends in Paris. Praise be to God, I behold the faces of the loved ones [3.5s]... ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah the West will have replaced the East

KHAB.076 (086), KHTB1.046, NJB_v02#14-16 p.016

COF.030bx2x, GPB.253x, GPB.253-254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes

AB02473

250

Arabic

یا من توجه بکلیته الی ملکوت الله انی بملا السرور قرئت الرق المنشور الذی بعثته

O thou who hast turned with thy whole being to the Kingdom of God! With utmost joy did I read the epistle thou didst send [3.5s]... ...The East hath, verily, been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Erelong will this same light shed a still greater illumination

INBA59:195

COF.030bx, GPB.254x, GPB.396x

Growth of the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God and human limitations

AB01143

370

mixed

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Parliaments; constitutional government; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ایها المخلصون ایها المنجذبون ایها الثابتون علی العهد و المیثاق الحمد لله راه مسدود مفتوح گشت

O ye who are sincere! O ye who are enraptured! O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant and Testament!

BRL_DAK#0066, MKT3.311

BRL_ATE#091

BH00064

Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters)

5270

mixed

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم

Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased

INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157,

BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b

BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005

A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died.

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272

BH01972

450

mixed

Trustworthiness; Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بلحاظ عنایات مالک اسماء مشرف طوبی لنفس حضر لدی العرش

Thy letter hath attained the Divine Presence and hath been honored with the gaze of loving-kindness of the Lord of all Names. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Throne [3.5s]... ...I counsel you, O friends of God, to comport yourselves with the utmost trustworthiness in your dealings with my servants and people.

INBA51:217, BLIB_Or11096#053, , BLIB_Or15698.223, , BLIB_Or15710.065a, , BLIB_Or15720.220, , BLIB_Or15740.170, , KB_620:210-211

BRL_DA#278, COMP_TRUSTP#32x, AVK3.058.03x, IQT.223, MAS4.172bx

BRL_ATBH#17x, BRL_TRUST#31x, COC#2043x, PNAK.85, ADMS#001x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10274

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness and remoteness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا اله السماء زین راس البهاء بتاج الشهاده فی سبیلک کما زینت هیکله

Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the crown of martyrdom

INBA92:383a

PMP#017, AQMJ2.047b

PM#017

AB01023

390

Arabic

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایتها العصبه المویده بجنود من ملکوت الابهی طوبی لکم بما اجتمعتم فی ظل کلمه

O ye co-workers who are supported by armies from the realm of the All-Glorious! Blessed are ye, for ye have come together... O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to Thy Holy Face

INBA88:382, INBA89:127

MNMK#030 p.113, MMK1#042 p.082, NSR_1978.120x, NSR_1993.133x, MMJA.021

SWAB#042, BPRY.300-301x, TAB.001-003, BWF.404-406x, BADM.020-021x, COC#1371x, SW_v01#04 p.007-0008x

Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00781

1020

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت بمنظر اکبر وارد و آنچه از آیات الهیه سوال نموده بودید عبد حاضر لدی

Your letter reached the Most Great Being, and the servant in attendance, on behalf of the Countenance, responds to what you have asked about the divine verses

BLIB_Or11096#026, , BLIB_Or15722.046, , NLAI_BH3.159

BRL_DA#550, AVK2.105.09x, MAS1.008.2x, MAS1.010x, ASAT4.089, ASAT5.036x, NSS.206x

BRL_ATBH#35x, KSHK#16x

Grammar and orthography; Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Law of inheritance; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

AB01069

380

Persian

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای زائر مشکین نفس باید چون مانند نفحات بان دیار مرور نماای پیامی از عتبه

O thou musk-scented pilgrim! It is incumbent upon thee to pass through those lands like unto a fragrant breeze

INBA84:242

BRL_DAK#0463, MKT3.180

BRL_ATE#121

BH00154

3430

Arabic

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک

Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast

INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001,

AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x

BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#466, LL#471

AB03327

200

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Importance of community building; Parents and children; youth; families; Praise and encouragement

ای اماء رحمن مدرسه بنات اهم از مدرسه ذکور است زیرا دوشیزگان این قرن مجید باید

O ye handmaids of the Merciful! The school for girls taketh precedence over the school for boys, for it is incumbent upon the girls of this glorious era

BRL_DAK#0389, COMP_WOMENP#042x, MKT4.013, PYB#002-003 p.03, TAH.316, TRBB.066, MJTB.132, ANDA#41-42 p.97

BRL_ATE#150, BRL_WOMEN#042x, COC#0631, COC#2133x

BH01525

Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl

570

mixed

Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action

قد کتب علی کل مدینه بان یجعلوا فیها بیت العدل و یجتمع فیه النفوس علی عدد البهاء

Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth that in every city in the world a house be established in the name of justice wherein shall gather pure and steadfast souls to the number of the Most Great Name

INBA35:037, BLIB_Or15722.053, , PR05.007a-009a, Majlis934.026-031, BN_suppl.1753.076-078

BRL_DA#228, LHKM2.068, GHA.214x, UAB.011dx, PYB#203 p.03x, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, AKHA_087BE #05 p.001, PYM.130x

BRL_SOCIAL#012x, BRL_LSA#02x, BRL_LSA#15x, BW_v25p021-022x, COC#0562x, COC#1356x, COC#1368x, COC#1369x, LOG#0007x, LOG#0156x

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; House of Justice; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10596

160

Persian

Call to action; Newspapers and the media; publications; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

AB01686

650

mixed

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که بتاریخ ۷ شهر ذی الحجه ۳۳۹ بود وصول یافت عالم... باری مرقوم نموده بوديد خلق عموماً گرفتارند

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 7 Dhi’l-Hajjih 1339, was received. The world particularly Iran is in commotion… The friends must engage in the work of developing Persia

BRL_DAK#0673, MMK6#520x, MSHR3.235x

BRL_SOCIAL#016x

AB12034

150

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

...And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection, and loving-kindness vouchsafed by the All-Glorious Lord

BRL_SOCIAL#017x

BH00767

1030

mixed

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات نیر

Praise be unto Him Who is the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and the unseen, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification through a single effulgence from amongst the effulgences of His Light [3.5s]... ...It behoveth the loved ones of God to occupy themselves under all circumstances with that which is conducive to the edification of human souls... O Nasr! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Providence

BRL_DA#445, KHSK.098-101

BRL_SOCIAL#011x, CRADLE.042x

AB00452

580

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ای احبای الهی کور عظیم است و اشراق شدید و عصر خداوند مجید امکان در حرکت است

O ye beloved of God! How great is this Dispensation! How bright the effulgence of this Age, the Age of the All-Glorious Lord

INBA55:288, INBA88:036

NURA#65, MMK4#161 p.175, QT108.120-121

LOTW#65

AB05586

140

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ای پدر و پسر روحانی پدر باید همواره بتربیت پسر کوشد و تعلیم تعالیم آسمانی دهد

The father must always endeavour to educate his son and to acquaint him with the heavenly teachings. He must give him advice

BRL_DAK#0883, COMP_FAMP#55, MMK2#334 p.242, TAH.340

BRL_FAM#55, COC#0849, LOG#0766x

AB00274

710

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action

ای دختر ملکوتی من در راه آهن رو بسانفرانسیسکو میرویم بیاد خوی تو افتادم

O My heavenly daughter! While journeying by rail to San Francisco, thoughts of you came to my mind [3.5s]... ...The question of economics must commence with the farmer and then be extended to the other classes

BRL_DAK#0217, AVK4.347x, AVK4.348x, MAS2.061-064x, KHF.219, KHAB.041 (049), KHTB3.084, BDA1.189.15

BRL_ATE#048x, BRL_SOCIAL#211, LOG#1858x, LOG#1859x, BSC.453 #831x, SW_v07#15 p.146-147x, SW_v19#11 p.346-347x, MHMD1.206-208

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Maintainance of degrees in society; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB00156

910

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من

Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty

MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x

SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01880

470

Arabic

Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Imagery in the Qur'an; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

قل انا انزلنا من جهه العرش ماء البیان لینبت به من قلوبکم نبات الحکمه و

Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth

INBA34:148, BLIB_Or15707.087, , BLIB_Or15735.249,

GWBP#018 p.036, AQA1#026, HYK.249

GWB#018

Turning Point

LL#402

BH00778

1020

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Twin Manifestations

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام لکل الانام لیزکی بها انفسهم و

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast

INBA48:080, INBA49:180, INBA92:278, BLIB_Or15739.151,

PMP#056, TSBT.029x, NFF5.034, AKHA_123BE #10 p.ax, ABMK.009, OOL.B090.07

PM#056, BPRY.275

N. Chiang

LL#271, LL#474

AB02400

250

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در میان خلق ازدواج عبارت از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were noted. Marriage, among the mass of the people

MMK1#084 p.114, AKHB.199-200, GHA.159, HYB.046, NJB_v12#09 p.160

SWAB#084, BWF.372-373x, LOG#1266x, BSC.457 #840x, BLO_PT#052.11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU0651

The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04

450

Four; five pathways of love; God's love for His own Essence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love

PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x

Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein

BH03716

250

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الذی یذکر الله بلسانه من العشی الی الاشراق و من الاشراق یجری

This is the Book of Him Who maketh mention of God with His tongue from eventide unto dawn, and from the break of day doth cause to flow forth [3.5s]... ...Soon, will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead

INBA34:234

BRL_DA#071, AQA1#094

GPB.217x, PDC.027x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02126

270

Persian

Attaining good pleasure of God; Education and the development of capacity; Fulfillment of true potential; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای یاران الهی اینعصر عصر رحمانیست و این قرن قرن روحانی ذرات اشیا در وجد و

...Each soul must consider where the good-pleasure of God resideth and what conduct, manners, and words will draw him nigh unto his Lord

BRL_CONF2018P#03x, MMK2#244 p.175, HDQI.261, ANDA#31 p.05

BRL_CONF2018#03x

BH04254

220

mixed

قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بهذا اللوح المبین نسئل الله

Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant in attendance before the Face. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. We beseech God [3.5s]... ...The first person who devoted himself to philosophy was Idrís. Thus was he named. Some called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name.

INBA51:242, KB_620:235-236

LHKM3.284, YMM.242x

TB#09n3

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

LL#409

AB00722

Some Answered Questions #051 The Appearance of the Spirit and the Mind in Man

460

Persian

Evolution; human evolution; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree

ابتدای تکون انسان در کرهء ارض مانند تکون انسان در رحم مادر است

The beginning of the formation of man on the terrestrial globe is like the formation of the human embryo

MFD#51, OOL.C022.51

SAQ#51, BWF.312-313

AB00615

500

mixed

Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes

ای نفوس مبارکه نامه ای که بجناب رحمت الله مرقوم شده بود ملاحظه گردید مضمون

O ye blessed souls! The letter ye had written to Rahmatu'llah hath been perused. Many and various were the joyful tidings it conveyed

MKT3.291, MMK1#063 p.094, TABN.034b

SWAB#063

BH01352

630

mixed

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

انشاء الله بعنایت حق جل جلاله از رحیق عرفان بیاشامی و بافق اعلی ناظر باشی

God willing, through the bounty of the True One, exalted be His glory, thou shalt quaff from the choice wine of divine knowledge and fix thy gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One.... God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth

BLIB_Or15715.249,

BRL_DA#676, GWBP#007 p.015ax

GWB#007x, ADJ.078x, GPB.099x, PDC.015x

L. Slott, Nadia & Roshan, M. Hadji, B. Montgomery, T. Ellis, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 10-11]

BH00587

Lawh-i-Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji

1290

mixed

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Siyyid-i-Mihdiy-i-Dahaji (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji)

ان یا اسمی ان احمد الله بما جعلناک امطار الفضل لما زرعناه فی الاراضی الطیبه

O my Name! Yield thou praise unto God for having graciously chosen thee to be a shower of bounty for that which We have sown

BLIB_Or15710.097, , BLIB_Or15738.100, , Majlis934.133-147

BRL_DA#103, AVK3.468.12x, AVK3.470.15x, AVK4.480ax, ASAT5.206x, ASAT5.256x, TBP#13, OOL.B163

TB#13, GPB.216x

T. Ellis, L. Harley

Praises a prominent teacher of the Bahá’í Faith, declares that the complete victory of the Cause of God will be achieved through speech and utterance, and stipulates the prerequisites of effective speech: that it possess moderation and refinement, be delivered with tact and wisdom, and have penetrating influence, all of which require detachment and purity of heart on the part of the speaker.

Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ROB4.236, LL#245

AB00475

Some Answered Questions #069 The Influence of the Stars and the Interconnectedness of All Things

570

Persian

Astrology and numerology; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

بعضی از کواکب آسمانیرا بر کرهء ارض و کائنات ارضیه تأثیر جسمانی واضح و مشهود

Certain celestial bodies exert a physical influence upon the earth and its creatures which is clear and apparent

MFD#69, OOL.C022.69

SAQ#69

AB00056

1420

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء چندیست که از بعضی بلاد یک آهنگ دلربا بگوش جان نرسیده

O ye the cherished loved ones of Abdu'l-Baha! It is a long time now since my inward ear hath heard any sweet melodies out of certain regions

MNMK#123 p.235, MMK1#188 p.210, ASAT4.356x, BSHI.111-116

SWAB#188, TAB.375-382

S. Toloui-Wallace

Ottoman commissions of investigation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00446

590

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Tablet addressed to the Bahá'ís of Mosul

Tablet addressed to the Bahá’ís of Mosul

هیکل عالم از مصدر ایجاد چون صورت و هیئت آدم موجود شده و فی الحقیقه مرآت

As preordained by the Fountain-head of Creation, the temple of the world hath been fashioned after the image and likeness of the human body.

INBA57:100, Ghazi3072.143-149

BRL_DAK#0378, BRL_HUQUQP#023, MKT5.129

BRL_HUQUQ#023, COC.p.071x, COC#1159

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of Huququ'llah; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Unity in diversity

AB02568

240

Persian

Call to action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ای صاحب دل بینا هر چند بصر جسمانی مفقود ولی الحمد لله بصیرت قلب موجود دل

O thou possessor of a seeing heart! Although, materially speaking, thou art destitute of the physical sight

MKT3.099, MMK1#018 p.035

SWAB#018, JWTA.031-032, SW_v10#02 p.017-018

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات

O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts

INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167

BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027

GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171

A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063

Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015.

AB02342

250

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای خداوند مهربان شکر ترا که بيدار نمودی و هشيار کردی چشم بينا دادی و گوش شنوا احسان نمودی

O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received... O compassionate God! Thanks be unto Thee for Thou hast awakened me and made me conscious…. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto glass

BRL_DAK#1193, MMK3#011 p.006x, MMG2#102 p.116x

BPRY.071x, TAB.640-641, BSC.431 #782x, SW_v02#04 p.012, BSTW#293ex

MJ Cyr, T. Nosrat, A. Youssefi

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10886

Persian

Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

چنين اوقات ياران الهی فرصتی يابند و وقت غنيمت شمرند و جولان کنند

...It is at such times that the friends of God avail themselves of the occasion, seize the opportunity, rush forth and win the prize

MMK1#212 p.258x

SWAB#212x

AB00055

1420

mixed

Trustworthiness; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

اللهم یا من سبقت رحمته و کملت نعمته و احاطت قدرته و تمت حجته و ظهرت ایاته

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed all things, whose gift is made perfect, whose power hath encircled the world… Ye who are the sincere well-wishers of the state, who are the dutiful and compliant subjects of the government

INBA16:185

COMP_TRUSTP#53x, MILAN.132, AVK3.287.07x

BRL_TRUST#52x, TAB.395-404, COC#2064x, LOG#1473x, TEW.029-035

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00184

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states II)

840

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای احبای قدیم و یاران ندیم در قرآن عظیم میفرماید یختص برحمه من یشاء این

O ye old believers and intimate friends! God says in the great Qur'an... These twelve Central states of the United States... O Lord, my God! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway

MKT3.045, AHB.110BE #06-07 p.102, RRT.146x, ADH2.110x, ADH2_3#04 p.144x, MMG2#208 p.236x, MJH.063x, FRTB.078

TDP#11, BPRY.215-216x, TDH#158.5x, COF.031x2x, COF.069x, COF.121x, GPB.254-255x, GPB.351x, GPB.397x, BSC.515 #977, SW_v10#07 p.124-126

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 6]

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

UDP.023

ABU0588

Address to the Baha'is at banquet, Great Northern Hotel in New York, 1912-11-23

480

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause

Throughout the world there are innumerable meetings and assemblages, more or less important

PUP#132 (p.447-448)

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi

Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)

ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما

O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation

INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059

BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x

GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55

Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234

BH00668

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

1140

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery

BLIB_Or07851.011b, , CMB_F32.077, , PR05.038b-042a, OSAI_TC 29v-32r, MKI4523.198, , BN_suppl.1753.054-059

ZYN.201, ISH.198, UAB.040ax, TBP#05, TUM.098-102x, OOL.B147

TB#05, LOG#1881x, GPB.215x3x, GPB.218x3x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.153 #125-137x

Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead.

Free will and predestination; fate; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.118, EBTB.062, MMAH.101, GSH.159, LL#339

ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient.

AB00582

510

Persian

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Critique of Western values; culture; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای ثابت بر پیمان از صعود حضرت آقا موسی حزن و اندوه رخ نمود و مشکلات واقعه از

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The news of the ascension of his honor Aqa Musa

BRL_DAK#0008

BRL_ATE#008, MAAN#25

BH08822

110

Arabic

Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی ابتلی بین ایدی المشرکین من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thy Most Great Name, Who hath been sorely afflicted

INBA48:200b, INBA49:050, INBA92:170b, BLIB_Or15739.340,

PMP#003

PM#003, BPRY.188

AB00165

880

mixed

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ای منادی میثاق نامه های محرر چون جامهای مکرر نشئه صهباء داشت و نفحه حدیقه

O herald of the Covenant! Thy letters, like chalices filled repeatedly, carried the exhilaration of heavenly wine and the fragrance of the garden [3.5s]... ...This is my firm, my unshakable conviction, the essence of my unconcealed and explicit belief -- a conviction and belief which the denizens of the Abha Kingdom fully share… Therefore, in this day the doors of contention must be barred and the causes of strife prevented

INBA21:160b, INBA72:059, INBA88:076

BRL_DAK#0060, MKT2.247, AVK4.291bx, YHA1.014x

BRL_ATE#094x, WOB.133x

AB05805

140

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای منجذب میثاق جمال قدم باین عبد وعد فرموده اند که نفوسی مبعوث گردد که ایت

O thou who art enamoured of the Covenant! The Blessed Beauty hath promised this servant that souls would be raised up... O my God, aid Thou Thy servant to raise up the Word

MMK1#203 p.242

SWAB#203, BPRY.200-201x

C. Signori

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies

ABU0346

Address to the Baha'is at Breed home in Cambridge, 1912-05-23

680

mixed

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

ای احبای الهی امروز من بدارالفنون کلارک رفتم در شهر ووستر در آنجا خیلی جمعیت

Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer… This is 23 May, the anniversary of the message and Declaration of the Bab

BRL_DAK#0954, AYT.117x, KHTB2.083, NJB_v03#06-08 p.006, NJB_v04#05 p.001, BDA1.103n

PUP#052 (p.138-139)

MANA (1), MANA (2)

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Harmony of science and religion; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

MHMD1.110

BH10163

170

mixed

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity of thought and belief

یا غلام قبل حسین مخصوص جمیع اسامی مذکوره در نامه آیات بدیعه منیعه نازل

O Ghulam Qabl-Ḥusayn! For all the names mentioned in the letter, have We caused to be sent down verses wondrous and sublime [3.5s]... ...This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace

BRL_DA#649, GWBP#004 p.012bx

GWB#004x, WOB.161x

Gus & Emma, C. Zein, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland (1), S. Sunderland (2), S. Scriven

LL#089

AB07272

110

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای بنده جمال مبارک خوشا بحال تو که بخدمتی مشغولی که سبب روشناای رخ در ملکوت

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Blessed art thou, since thou art engaged in rendering a service which will make thy face to shine in the Abha Kingdom

BRL_DAK#0365, TRBB.047

BRL_ATE#154, COC#0608

BH08836

110

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری عبراتی و زفراتی و تسمع حنینی و عویلی و ضجیجی ای رب

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and lamentations, and hearest my sighing

INBA48:204a, INBA49:060b, INBA92:162b, BLIB_Or15739.345,

PMP#016, AQMJ1.043

PM#016

BH06706

150

mixed

Call to action; Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

کتاب الهی ظاهر و کلمه ناطق ولکن نفوسیکه باو متمسک و سبب و علت انتشار گردند

The Book of God is wide open, and His Word is summoning mankind unto Him. No more than a mere handful, however, hath been found willing to cleave to His Cause

BRL_DA#796, GWBP#092 p.122ax

GWB#092x

AB01261

350

Persian

ای کنیزان عزیز الهی نامه هفتم محرم در سنه گذشته حال ملاحظه گردید چون تا بحال

O beloved handmaidens of God! The letter of the seventh of Muharram from last year has now been perused. Since until now [3.5s]... ...In this wondrous Dispensation the favours of the Glorious Lord are vouchsafed unto the handmaidens of the Merciful. Therefore, they should, like unto men, seize the prize

COMP_WOMENP#098x, MKT7.107, PYB#227 p.03x, QIRT.10bx

BRL_WOMEN#098x, COC#2189x

Equality of men and women; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03273

210

Persian

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

شخص محترما تالیف شما بشارت غنی را مطالعه نمودم فی الحقیقه آراء سدیدی در آن

O respected personage! I have read your work, The Gospel of Wealth, and noted therein truly apposite and sound recommendations

MMK1#079 p.111, AVK3.258.03x, NJB_v12#04 p.094

SWAB#079, LOG#1863x, DAS.1913-01-10

AB00815

Some Answered Questions #002 Proofs and Evidences of the Existence of God

440

Persian

Knowledge; recognition of God; Necessary and possible being; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Rational arguments

و از جمله دلائل و براهین الوهیت آنکه انسان خود را خلق ننموده بلکه خالق و مصور دیگری است

Among the proofs and arguments for the existence of God is the fact that man has not created himself

MFD#02, OOL.C022.02

SAQ#02

AB06420

350

mixed

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای یاران و اماء رحمن مدتی بود که عبدالبهاء را آرزو چنان که در آنسامان مشرق

O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! For some time past 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath yearned to journey to those regions of the East [3.5s]... ...'Abdu'l-Baha hath long cherished the desire that a Mashriqu’l-Adhkar be upraised in that region. Praised be God

BRL_DAK#0265, MMK1#059 p.092x

SWAB#059x

AB11928

120

mixed

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای خادم مهمانخانه حق هر چند خادمی فی الحقیقه مخدومی هرچه بظاهر بنده ولی بحقیقت

O thou who art serving at the Pilgrim House of the Lord! Thou art a servant, but in reality thou art ministered unto—a steward, but in truth master of all

BRL_DAK#0367

BRL_ATE#137

BH01976

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و حی بکلمه الاعظم التی

This is the Book from Him Who is imprisoned, unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and was quickened through His Most Great Word that [3.5s]... ...God hath prescribed unto everyone the duty of teaching His Cause

INBA15:192, INBA26:192, BLIB_Or15725.417,

ADJ.045x

Power of prayer; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB10589

Persian

Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای مفتون جمال حقیقت حسنها زائل گردد و گلها خار برویاند

Mortal charm shall fade away, roses shall give way to thorns, and beauty and youth shall live their day and be no more.

MMK1#175 p.198

SWAB#175, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027-028

T. Ellis

AB04648

160

Persian

Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Monasticism; asceticism; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Thankfulness; gratitude

ای اهل ملکوت چقدر از نفوس که مدت حیات عبادت نمودند و ریاضت کشیدند و آرزوی

O ye peoples of the Kingdom! How many a soul expended all its span of life in worship, endured the mortification of the flesh

MKT3.457, MMK1#006 p.017, DAUD.25

SWAB#006

BH00647

Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin)

1170

mixed

Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin)

ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع

O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed.

BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318

BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066

BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x

Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative for remaining distant, asking him whether it is better to die in his bed or in the path of God; and calls the people of a certain village not to grieve over their suffering and not to engage in rebellion and revolt but to eschew dissension and strife and to be characterized with divine attributes.

Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427

AB04390

170

mixed

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای سرمستان جام الست شکر حضرت قیومرا که در ظل خباء عظیم داخلید و در جنت ابهی

O ye who have quaffed an intoxicating draught from the cup of fidelity to the Covenant!

BRL_DAK#0012, MKT5.184, YIK.291

BRL_ATE#012, MAAN#29

AB10201

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ایها الطاهر القلب زکی النفس بدیع الخلق جمیل الوجه

O thou who art pure in heart, sanctified in spirit, peerless in character, beauteous in face! Thy photograph hath been received revealing thy physical frame

MNMK#074 p.147, MMK1#078 p.111

SWAB#078

ABU0619

We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris

460

Persian

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور

When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections.

KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207

PT#38 p.118

BH09404

100

Arabic

Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک یا رب الکائنات و مرجع الممکنات اشهد بلسان ظاهری و باطنی بظهورک و بروزک

Glory be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all beings and the Ultimate Aim of all creation! I testify with the tongue of both mine inner

INBA15:343b, INBA18:009, INBA26:347b, INBA51:362, INBA27:479b

BRL_DA#002, BRL_HUQUQP#001, ADM1#049 p.095, AQMJ2.095b

BRL_HUQUQ#001, BPRY.287-288, COC#1158

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00963

850

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

الحمد لله الذی اسمعنا فصل الخطاب و انزل علینا الکتاب و اظهر لنا سر المبدء

Praise be to God Who hath caused us to hear the decisive Word, and hath sent down unto us the Book, and hath revealed unto us the mystery of the Beginning [3.5s]... ...Thou has written that they have pledged themselves to observe maximum austerity in their lives with a view to forwarding the remainder of their income to His exalted presence

BLIB_Or11097#077,

BRL_DA#264, BRL_HUQUQP#019x, QUM.079.05x

BRL_HUQUQ#019x, COC#1155x

BH00576

1300

mixed

Consultation; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنقطه من الکتاب الاعظم علی اوراق العالم اذا ظهرت الکتب و

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed through a single Point from the Most Great Book upon the pages of the world when the Books appeared and [3.5s]... ...Members of the human race! Hold ye fast by the Cord which no man can sever. This will, indeed, profit you all the days of your life

BLIB_Or15715.097c,

BRL_DA#745, GWBP#164 p.220x, AVK4.460bx, MAS4.349ax

GWB#164x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.081x, GPB.183x, GPB.185x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.004x, PDC.136x, WOB.194x

LL#414

BH01071

780

Arabic

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت کنت کنزا مکنونا فی غیب ذاتیتک و رمزا

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being

PMP#038

PM#038

BH09386

100

Arabic

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری کیف احاطت البلایا عبادک فی کل الاطراف و کل قاموا

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how Thy servants have everywhere been compassed with tribulations

INBA51:487a, INBA92:328b

PMP#130, ADM1#052 p.098

PM#130

BH04607

1180

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

احمد و اشکر من جعلنی فائزا بنفحات بیانکم اسبح و اقدس من جعلنی مهتزا بظهورات

I praise and give thanks unto Him Who hath caused me to be enraptured by the sweet fragrances of Thy utterance. I glorify and sanctify Him Who hath made me to be stirred by the manifestations [3.5s]... ...The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief.

BRL_DA#744, GWBP#061 p.083bx, AVK4.472x, ASAT1.021x, PYB#264 p.06x, AHB_133BE #01-02 p.003x, PYM.273x

GWB#061x, LOG#0422x, ADJ.082x, GPB.217x2x, PDC.004x, PDC.190x, WOB.033x, WOB.046x, WOB.181x, DWN_v1#07 p.001x

BH00558

1340

mixed

یا اهل قفقاز قد سالت البطحاء و انار الافق الاعلی لعمری افتر ثغر الحجاز بما

O people of the Caucasus! Batha (Mecca) hath flowed with water, and the Supreme Horizon

BRL_DA#378, TZH6.1108-1113, MAS4.211x, RHQM2.0887-887 (308) (192-193x), QT105.2.123, ASAT4.504-505x, RAHA.248bx, YFY.128-131

BRL_ATBH#15x, MAAN#32x

Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; High station of learning; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04798

160

Persian

Non-participation in politics; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه شما رسید و تقریر غراف ت??لستوی نیز قرائت گردید

O thou who art dear to 'Abdu'l-Baha! Thy letter was received, and the report of Count Tolstoy was also perused

BRL_DAK#0018, MAS9.040, PZHN v1#2 p.39

BRL_ATE#019, MAAN#05

AB00531

540

mixed

Prayer and Devotional Life

ای بندگان آستان مقدس الهی شمس حقیقت از افق عالم اشراق فرمود و در قطب آفاق در

O ye servants of the Sacred Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the horizon of the world and ascended to the zenith of the heavens [3.5s]... ...A Baha'í is known by the attributes manifested by him, not by his name: he is recognized by his character, not by his person... We should memorize the Hidden Words, follow the exhortations of the Incomparable Lord, and conduct ourselves in a manner

INBA16:035

BRL_DAK#0696, COMP_PDLP#83x, MKT2.113, MILAN.149, AMK.009-010, AVK4.240.09x, BSHN.140.360, BSHN.144.358, MHT1b.153, YHA1.382x#2

BRL_PDL#83x, COC#0155x, COC#0396x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03287

280

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for protection; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

یا الهی قد کاد ان یصفر ما نبت فی رضوان عز فردانیتک فاین امطار سحاب رحمتک و

Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God!

INBA92:345

PMP#070, AQMJ2.130

PM#070

AB00713

Some Answered Questions #027 The Trinity

470

Persian

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

حقیقت الوهیت که منزه و مقدس از ادراک کائناتست و ابداً بتصور اهل عقول

The reality of the Divinity is sanctified and exalted beyond the comprehension of all created things

MFD#27, OOL.C022.27

SAQ#27

AB06211

130

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ای رب ثبت اقدامنا علی صراطک و قو قلوبنا علی طاعتک و وجه وجوهنا لجمال رحمانیتک

Make firm our steps, O Lord! In thy path and strengthen Thou our hearts in Thine obedience… Reveal then Thyself, O Lord, by Thy merciful utterance

INBA59:027a

MILAN.208, BSHN.140.323, BSHN.144.321, BCH.183, MAS5.143, ADH2.044, ADH2_1#22 p.038, MJMJ1.008, MMG2#105 p.118, MJH.059, MHT1a.046, MHT1b.004, NSR_1978.117, NSR_1993.130, KNSA.246-247 (459)

BPRY.069-070, MNYA.340, SW_v13#12 p.331, BP1926.022

L. Slott, J. Crone

AB12015

Persian

Agriculture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Work as worship

ای طالب تایید چون طفل عزیزت را امتحان کنند از درگاه الهی رجا نمایم که موفق و و مؤید گردد

O seeker after confirmation! Since thy dear child is taking his examinations, my fervent wish at the divine Threshold is that

BRL_DAK#0420

BRL_SOCIAL#204x

AB06704

120

mixed

Trustworthiness; Social Action

ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه بمرحوم جمال افندی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! I have perused that which thou didst write to the late Jamal Effendi [3.5s]... ...Commerce, agriculture and industry should not, in truth, be a bar to service of the one true God. Indeed, such occupations are most potent instruments and clear proofs

COMP_TRUSTP#52x, MSHR4.079x

BRL_SOCIAL#205x, BRL_TRUST#51x, COC#2063x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship

BH11762

240

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Agriculture; Consolation and comfort; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

در فقره جناب ملا حسین و ابن ایشان علیهما بهاء الله مرقوم فرموده بودید

Thou hadst made reference in thy letter to agriculture. On this matter He hath laid down the following universal rule

BRL_DA#392

BRL_SOCIAL#201x

BH00870

Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer)

940

Arabic

Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Long

بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک

I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!

INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103

BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025

BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053

Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith

Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing of disease and the alleviation of distress.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection

GSH.186, LL#052

AB07922

100

Persian

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن

O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless

NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014

LOTW#15

BH08846

110

Arabic

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الرحمن بان تحفظ عبادک و امائک عند هبوب اریاح

Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens

INBA23:051b, INBA81:094

PMP#143, ADM2#006 p.018, NFR.182, AQMJ2.090

PM#143

BH00062

5330

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود

Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations

BLIB_Or15733.050,

BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x

GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x

ROB2.417, LL#413

AB00738

460

mixed

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای فرع لطیف شجره مبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و معانی روحانیش حلاوت مذاق رحمانی

O tender twig of the blessed Tree! Thy numerous letters have been received, and their spiritual meanings were honey-sweet upon the palate of the soul

BRL_DAK#0036, NURA#30, MMK4#041 p.045

LOTW#30

AB03494

200

mixed

Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Justice and wrath of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

ای نفوس مطمئنه از نصوص الهیه چه در کتاب اقدس و چه در سائر الواح اینست که

O ye who have peace of soul! Among the divine Texts as set forth in the Most Holy Book and also in other Tablets is this

MMK1#101 p.124, MJTB.113, VAA.135-135

SWAB#101

AB12036

140

Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

The meaning is this: Although those ill-mannered ones offered thee insults and taunts, cursed and reviled thee

BRL_ATE#114

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

BH07678

130

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

سبحانک یا الهی قد ظهرت طلایع ربیع فضلک و اخضرت بها اراضی مملکتک و امطرت سحاب

Glory to Thee, O my God! The first stirrings of the spring of Thy grace have appeared and clothed Thine earth with verdure.

INBA92:351

PMP#117, AQA6#222 p.120, AQMJ1.003

PM#117

AB08846

Persian

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

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

AB11270

...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life

TDH#046.4, COC#1683x

Call to action

AB02734

230

Persian

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

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

ABU1079

The Spiritual Meetings in Paris: Words spoken on 1911-11-04 in Paris

290

Persian

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude

در اروپا مجامع بسیار تشکیل میشود از قبیل مجالس تجارت زراعت معارف سیاست جغرافیا

All over Europe today one hears of meetings and assemblies, and societies of all kinds are formed. There are those interested in commerce

BRL_DAK#1234, KHAB.124 (135), KHTB1.109

PT#21 p.062

Stefan & Marie, K. Porray

AB01574

310

O thou well-wisher of humanity! Thy letter was received. Utmost sorrow

ADJ.039x, SW_v12#06 p.121-122

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB10765

...I hope that ye may cause that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white race

ADJ.039x, ADJ.055x, LOG#1790x

Predictions and prophecies; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB10764

...Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship

ADJ.039x

Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11543

...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet

ADJ.039x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; The concourse on high

AB09729

...One of the important questions which affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind

ADJ.038x, ADJ.055x

Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB11540

...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony

ADJ.038x, LOG#1792x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Music and singing; Unity in diversity

AB11539

...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception

ADJ.038x

Human reality created in the image of God; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11541

...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them

ADJ.038x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Race unity; racial issues

AB11570

...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose

ADJ.038x

Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Purpose; goal of creation; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11292

...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together

ADJ.038-039x, SW_v12#05 p.103

Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues

AB11461

...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white

ADJ.037bx, MBW.136x

Race unity; racial issues; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB11278

...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable

ADJ.037bx, LOG#1794x

Human reality created in the image of God; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB11443

...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole

ADJ.037bx

Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11548

...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself

ADJ.037bx

Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11562

...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity

ADJ.037bx

Equality of men and women; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04818

200

Arabic

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و

A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness

INBA34:290

GWBP#141 p.197, AQA1#155

GWB#141, ADJ.032x

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

LL#187

AB12024

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

Thy letter was received. Thou hast written in regard to the Sunday meeting, saying that it is established in the utmost of love.

BRL_MEET.AB#15x

BH07689

130

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

سبحانک یا من تری و لاتری تسمع ضجیج احبتک عن کل الاقطار و صریخ اهل ولایتک من

Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations

INBA49:088b, INBA92:321

PMP#020

PM#020

BH00407

1700

mixed

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

الحمد لله الذی نور القلوب بذکر احبائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و اظهر ما اراد بامره و قدرته... ان یا قلم الأعلی نحبّ ان نذکر

Praise be to God Who hath illumined the hearts through the remembrance of His loved ones, His chosen ones and His friends, and Who hath manifested whatsoever He willeth through His command and His power [3.5s]... ...O Kamal! The heights which, through the most gracious favor of God, mortal man can attain, in this Day, are as yet unrevealed to his sight

BLIB_Or15704.160, , BLIB_Or15713.290bx,

BRL_DA#650x, GWBP#109 p.139cx

GWB#109x, WOB.168x

R. Yazhari, E. Mahony

BH03447

Salat-i-Vusta (Medium Obligatory Prayer)

260

Arabic

Obligatory prayer, Medium

الهی قو یدی لتأخذ کتابک باستقامة لا تمنعها جنود العالم ثم احفظها عن التصرف

Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take hold of Thy Book with such steadfastness

PMP#182, AHM.081, TSBT.019, NFF1.008x, ABMK.006, OOL.B176b

PM#182, BPRY.004-007, SW_v06#14 p.112, BP1929.017-019x

Law of obligatory prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

LL#230

AB00052

1450

mixed

Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود

O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe

INBA17:070

NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x

LOTW#73

AB03471

200

Persian

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان

Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife

MMK1#083 p.113x

SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052

BH00848

970

Arabic

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک ... فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه مظاهر النفی

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast called into being

INBA48:085, INBA49:174, INBA92:293, BLIB_Or15739.160,

PMP#178, TSBT.022, NFF5.068, ABMK.014, RAHA.110x, OOL.B090.05

PM#178

LL#271, LL#473

BH00017

8350

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره

O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis

BLIB_Or15691.040, , BLIB_Or15715.066c, , BLIB_Or15729.028, , NLAI_22848:066, Berlin1237#12, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v, , UMich962.156-158x, MKI4522.066,

BRL_DA#222, AQA2#001 p.002, AVK3.190.14x, AVK3.203.08x, AVK3.212.02x, AVK3.283.08x, MAS4.158x, MAS8.007ax, KHSK.015x, QT105.2.163, QT105.2.217, ASAT1.166x, ADH1.068x, ADH1.106x, QUM.028x

BRL_ATBH#36x, GPB.217x, WOB.104x, WOB.109x, RKS.005-006x

S. Jaberi

Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#051

AB00477

Some Answered Questions #039 The Human and the Divine Station of the Manifestations

570

Persian

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

گفتیم که در مظاهر ظهور سه مقام هست اول حقیقت جسمانیه که تعلق باین جسد

We stated before that the Manifestations of God have three stations: First, the material reality

MFD#39, OOL.C022.39

SAQ#39

AB07401

110

Persian

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

ای دو ستاره فرقدان الحمد لله بنور هدایت روی تابان دارید و خوی مشکین و مقبول

O ye twin shining stars! Praise be to God, for your faces are resplendent with the light of guidance, and your dispositions are pleasing and favoured

NURA#34, MMK4#057 p.065

LOTW#34

BH00806

1000

mixed

Translation List

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از وصف و تبیان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcending utterance and speech, and hallowed beyond description and exposition, befitteth Him Who is the Object of all creation [3.5s]... ...It behooveth whosoever willeth to journey for the sake of God, and whose intention is to proclaim His Word and quicken the dead

AVK4.477.04x, AYI2.134x, AYI2.136x, AYI2.137x, AYI2.138x, AYI2.139x, PYB#143 p.03x

TDH#057.5x, ADMS#331x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0270

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05

780

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده

This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores

ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11

PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

BH00598

1270

Arabic

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ای رب یا الهی کلما ارید ان افتح لسانی ببدایع اذکار عز وحدانیتک او احرک شفتی

O Lord my God! Whensoever I attempt to unloose my tongue to extol the wondrous expressions of Thy transcendent oneness

INBA48:067, BLIB_Or15739.131,

TSBT.114, ABMK.021, AMB#11

DOR#11

BH02294

390

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

هر منصفی شهادت داده و میدهد که اینمظلوم از اول ظهور کل را بافق اعلی دعوت

Every unbiased observer will readily admit that, ever since the dawn of His Revelation, this wronged One hath invited all mankind to turn their faces towards the Dayspring of Glory

BLIB_Or15715.328b,

BRL_DA#795, GWBP#059 p.081bx, SFI16.045-046x

GWB#059x, ADJ.032x, GPB.194x4x, GPB.196x

LL#375

AB11863

200

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای طبیب جسمانی و روحانی نامه ات که بتاریخ ١٢ ابریل ١٩١٩ بود رسید

O physician of the body and the spirit! Thy letter dated 12 April 1919 was received and renewed our old covenant

BRL_DAK#0424

BRL_ATE#117

BB00004

Kitab-i-Jaza' (Book of the Reckoning)

>100000

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

فلتسبحن الله فی دین الحق تسبیحاً عظیماً. سبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت یاقوتیات السموات و الارض وما بینهما فلتسبحن الله فی دین الحق تسبیحاً عظیماً... شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له ساجدون

Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the ruby-like realms of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Therefore glorify ye God in the true Faith with mighty glorification. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All are His worshippers. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All bow down before Him [3.5s]... ...God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the kingdoms in the heavens and on the earth and all that is between them

PR09.001-274x, PR40.099v-204vx, CMB_F23.190r10-199r12 (65)x, , MKI4488.029r-133vx, MKI4500.001-119vx, MKI4517, BYC_misc-a.001-203x, BYC_jazax, BYC_misc-b.130a05-162a03x

TZH3.070.12-072.21x, SWBP#13 (p.108-109x), SWBP#14 (p.109-109x), SWBP#49 (p.136-137x)

SWB#13 (p.153-154x), SWB#14 (p.154-155x), SWB#50 (p.192-193x), BPRY.231-232x

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Angels; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Cleanliness and refinement; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Continual renewal of creation; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Creation of the world; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Free will and predestination; fate; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Imam 'Ali; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Letters of the Living; Life and death; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Limits of the intellect; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Muhammad; Islam; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for parents; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Predictions and prophecies; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Purpose; goal of creation; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Return of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The first and the last; the seen and the hidden; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God the cause of creation

JRAS.482, MSBR.206-207, SRC.095, SRC.102

BB00365

450

Arabic

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

اذا اشرقت شمس البهاء عن افق البقا انتم فاحضروا بین یدی العرش ایاکم ان تقعدوا بین یدیه او تسلوا ما لا اذن لکم

When the Daystar of Bahá will shine resplendent above the horizon of eternity it is incumbent upon you

SWBP#24 (p.116-117)

SWB#25 (p.164-166)

BH00421

1670

Arabic

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

یا ملا الارض و السماء اسمعوا شهاده الله من لسان ربکم الابهی انه شهد لنفسه

O concourse of earth and heaven! Give ear to the testimony of God that proceedeth from the mouth of your Lord, the All-Glorious. He verily hath testified

BLIB_Or15692.019, , BLIB_Or15706.042, , BLIB_Or15714.031,

AVK2.022.14x, DWNP_v2#09 p.076-078x, TSBT.142, ASAT5.146x, AMB#16

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Christians; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

AB04317

170

Persian

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای ثابت بر پیمان سوال از سفر مبارک نموده بودی جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast asked concerning the travels of Baha’u’llah. The Blessed Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—travelled directly from Ṭihran to Hamadan

NURA#19, MMK4#021 p.022

LOTW#19

AB10951

Persian

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Nineteen-Day Feast; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ضیافت نوزده روزه بسیار سبب فرح و سرور قلوبست اگر چنانکه باید و شاید

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, it rejoiceth mind and heart. If this feast be held in the proper fashion

MMK1#051 p.089x

SWAB#051x, LOG#0799x

BH00113

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian)

3970

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای

O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this

INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001

BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b

HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061

S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80)

The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

AB10989

Persian

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of

ای ورقه مومنه از فضل بی منتها آنچه خواهی بخواه ولی اگر از این عبد شنوی جز

Beseech thou from God's infinite grace whatsoever thou desirest. But wert thou to heed my advice thou wouldst desire naught save

MMK2#045 p.034

BRL_PMDA#20, COC#1741

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

AB10880

...This glory shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete subjugation

PDC.147x

Non-participation in politics; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB11611

...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun

PDC.147

AB08583

200

mixed

Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که مدتیست از مکاتیب محروم

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of being deprived of communications for some time… Thou has enquired regarding a certain passage from the Epistle addressed to the Wolf

BRL_DAK#0257, NURA#13, MMK4#008 p.006x, YMM.164x

LOTW#13

AB01359

Some Answered Questions #032 "Many are Called, but Few are Chosen"

340

Persian

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Many are called but few are chosen; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree

بدان که نظم و کمال در جامعیت عالم وجود چنین اقتضا نماید که وجود منحل بصور غیر متناهی

Know that the order and perfection of the universe require that existence be resolved into countless forms.

MFD#32, OOL.C022.32

SAQ#32

AB02523

240

mixed

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای تشنه حقیقت ایران ویرانست و جمیع احزاب فی الحقیقه تیشه بدست گرفته بریشه این

O ye who thirst for the truth! Iran is in ruins; indeed, all parties have taken an axe in hand

BRL_DAK#0078, PYB#086 p.04

BRL_ATE#065

BH00821

Tablet of the Divine Springtime

990

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء

The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching.

BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027,

GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06

GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x

R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221

AB04789

160

Persian

Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای طالب حقیقت قوت و عظمت بهاء الله را ملاحظه نما که در اندک مدت شرق و غربرا

O thou seeker after truth! Behold the power and greatness of Baha’u’llah! Within a short span of time, He hath stirred up the East and the West

NURA#02, MMK4#065 p.075

LOTW#02

BH11176

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا غصن اعظم لعمر الله نوازلک کدرتنی ولکن الله یشفیک و یحفظک و هو خیر کریم

O Most Great Branch! By My life! Thy tribulations have grieved Me, but God shall heal thee and preserve thee, for He is the Best, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]... ...The glory of God rest upon Thee and upon whosoever serveth Thee and circleth around Thee

INBA81:087a

BRL_DA#244, AHM.106, HDQI.006b, AHDW.009, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196, ANDA#03 p.46

BRL_ATBH#42, WOB.135x

almunajat.com [item 20]

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

LL#092

AB03755

190

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Universal education

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

BH01125

Prayer for the Fast (Dawn)

740

Arabic

Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting)

اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men

INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124

PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04

PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011

The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#467

BH00994

Suriy-i-Ism

830

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Suriy-i-Ism

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و

O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God

INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214

BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125

GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37

MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes

Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#143, LL#310

AB06032

130

Persian

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Importance of prayer; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Photographs and recordings; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای امه الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید قدر امة الله بریتنگهام را

O handmaiden of God! That which thou hadst written was perused. Value thou the maidservant of God, Mrs. Brittingham [3.5s]... ...if you seek immunity from the sway of the forces of the contingent world, hang the Most Great Name in your dwelling

BRL_DAK#0044, SFI07.022a

BRL_ATE#105x, LOG#1769x

AB00097

The Declaration of Baha’u’llah

1130

Persian

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God

جواب جمال مبارک از بدو طفولیت اطوار و آثار و گفتاری عجیب داشتند

From the beginning of His childhood Baha'u'llah was possessed of such astonishing qualities

BRL_TTTP#11

BRL_TTT#11

BH02535

350

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی یشهد لسان سری و جهری و اعضائی و جوارحی و عروقی و اشعاری

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart

INBA92:368

PMP#069

PM#069

AB00502

550

mixed

Past, present and future of Iran; Prayer for protection; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

اللهم یا الهی تری ان سلیل محمود قد اخذته الرجفه و الفجاه من کل عدو عنود و ضاق

O Lord, my God! Thou seest how the son of Mahmúd hath been seized with trembling and dismay, at the hand of hostile enemies

NURA#22, MMK4#026 p.024x, MSHR5.213-214

LOTW#22

BH07545

130

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای اهل بها بشنوید وصیت قلم اعلی را از اراده خود بگذرید و باراده او ناظر باشید

O people of Bahá! Hearken unto the testament of the Most Exalted Pen. Forsake your own will and fix your gaze upon His Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.262a,

BRL_DA#024, SFI11.021, NFQ.010, AKHA_116BE #09 p.268

BRL_ATBH#40

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07594

130

mixed

Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

حضرت رحمن انسانرا بینا و شنوا خلق فرموده اگرچه بعضی او را عالم اصغر

The All-Merciful hath conferred upon man the faculty of vision, and endowed him with the power of hearing

BLIB_Or15715.254b,

BRL_DA#797, GWBP#162 p.219ax

GWB#162x

LL#440

ABU0491

Beauty and Harmony in Diversity: Words spoken on 1911-10-28 in Paris

550

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Unity of thought and belief

The Creator of all is One God. From this same God all creation sprang into existence

PT#15 p.043

BB00525

180

Arabic

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

فلتراقبن یوم من یظهره الله فانی ما اغرست شجرة البیان الا لتعرفنی و اننی انا اول ساجد له

It behooveth you to await the Day of the appearance of Him Whom God shall manifest. Indeed My aim in planting the Tree of the Bayán

SWBP#26 (p.118-119)

SWB#27 (p.167-168)

AB03183

210

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death

ای کنیز عزیز الهی هر چند مصیبت فرزند فی الحقیقه بسیار جگرسوز است و فوق طاقت بشر

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Although the loss of a son is indeed

MMK1#171 p.195

SWAB#171, SW_v10#19 p.340, SW_v14#02 p.040

M. Sparrow, L. Harley

AB06891

120

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for parents

ای مقبل بخدا نامه ات رسید و از وفات والده ات تاسف حاصل گردید ولی تو محزون

O thou who hast turned thy face toward God! Thy letter was received, and grief was felt at the passing of thy mother. However, thou must not sorrow [3.5s]... ...O Thou forgiving God! Forgive the sins of my loving mother, pardon her shortcomings

BRL_DAK#0054

BRL_APAB#19x

ABU0493

The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris

540

Persian

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Differences in human capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity in diversity

دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر

Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind

BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108

PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH01393

620

mixed

Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí); Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Munajat-i-Jinab-i-Samandari (Prayer for Shaykh Kazim Samandar)

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی عبد حاضر مکتوبیکه بنام آنجناب بود تلقاء وجه عرض نمود و

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! A servant present did lay before the Face a letter that bore thy name [3.5s]... ...In regard to his affairs, let him repeat nineteen times: Thou seest me, O my God, detached from all save Thee

BRL_DA#006, MJAN.008b, AYBY.059b, MAS8.094x, NSR_1993.024bx, SAM.054, TRZ1.073

BRL_APBH#10x, BLO_PT#069x, BLO_PT#070x

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, E. Mahony, J. Lambshead, S. Jaberi, friends in Bahrain

Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB05574

140

Persian

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ای بنده دلبر مهربان بهاء الله عنوانی اشرف از این نیابم که ترا خ??اب بان نمایم

O thou servant of the kindly Beloved, Baha'u'llah! I can find no nobler title than this

BRL_DAK#0015

BRL_ATE#016, MAAN#02

AB00032

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada III)

1770

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای حواریون بهاء الله روحی لکم الفداء نفس مبارک موعود در کتاب مقدس رب الجنود

O ye apostles of Baha'o'llah - may my life be a ransom to you! The blessed person of the promised One... It behooveth the loved ones of God to be enamoured of one another and to sacrifice themselves... O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions... O Lord! The ocean of rebellion is surging

MKT3.027, AKHA_107BE #07 p.04x, AKHA_107BE #07 p.02x, AKHA_105BE #01 p.01x, QT105.1.374, HHA.258x, ADH2.072x, ADH2_2#10 p.102x, MMG2#056 p.056x, FRTB.060

TDP#08, BPRY.209-212x, BWF.423-429, ADJ.050x, ADJ.061-062x, ADJ.062x, BADM.035x, COF.007x, COF.020x, COF.028x, COF.069x, GPB.238x, GPB.254x, TDH#158.5x, TDH#158.17x, TDH#158.23x, COC#0252x, BSC.539 #985, SW_v11#02 p.032-037, SW_v10#06 p.104, SW_v12#14 p.228+236, SW_v14#03 p.085, DWN_v2#05 p.034, DWN_v5#09 p.002-003x

B. Lisbeth, Nadia, Zaynab & Earl, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 3]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

UDP.055

ABU0689

Public address given on 1912-07-23

420

Love of God; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wealth inequality and its moderation

The Baha'is must not engage in political movements which lead to sedition. They must interest themselves in movements which conduce to law and order… Strive, therefore, to create love in the hearts

PUP#084 (p.238-239), SW_v04#07 p.122, SW_v07#15 p.148

A. Youssefi

BH03564

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta

260

mixed

Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر

Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory

INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081

GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167

GWB#055x, LTDT.270x

MUH1.0034, LL#062

AB00476

Some Answered Questions #015 True Felicity

570

Persian

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

شرافت و علویت هر کائنی از موجودات بامری مشروط و بکیفیتی مربوط

The honour and exaltation of every existing thing is contingent upon certain causes and conditions.

MFD#15, OOL.C022.15

SAQ#15

BH03111

290

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اقر کل عارف بالعجز عن عرفانک و کل عالم بالجهل تلقاء

Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent! Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth

INBA48:130, INBA61:039x, INBA49:022, BLIB_Or15716.136a, , BLIB_Or15739.241,

BRL_DA#435, ADM2#004 p.014x, AQMM.060, AQMJ1.086

BPRY.136, SW_v13#12 p.322, DWN_v5#05 p.001-002

BH01978

450

Arabic

Family Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق انه لذکری للعالمین و فیه ما نسقیهم کوثر الحیوان الذی جری

This is the Book sent down in truth - verily it is a remembrance unto all the worlds, wherein We give them to drink of the Living Waters of Kawthar which flow [3.5s]... ...We have caused thee to return to thy home as a token of Our mercy unto thy mother, inasmuch as We have found her overwhelmed with sorrow… Say, O My people! Show honour to your parents and pay homage to them

BLIB_Or15725.486,

BRL_DA#381, COMP_FAMP#44x, AVK3.056.18x, MAS8.184

BRL_ATBH#06x, BRL_FAM#44x, COC#0824x, LOG#0768x

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00570

Some Answered Questions #026 The Second Coming of Christ and the Day of Judgement

520

Persian

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

در کتب مقدسه مذکور است که مسیح دوباره آید و بعلاماتی مشروط است

It is recorded in the sacred scriptures that Christ will return and that His return is conditioned upon the fulfillment of certain signs

MFD#26, OOL.C022.26

SAQ#26

AB00189

830

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء پیک امین رسید و پیام یاران الهی را در عالم روحانی

O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A trusted messenger hath arrived and hath, in the world of the spirit, delivered a message from God's loved ones.... In every dispensation the command of friendship and the law of love have been revealed... Now the believers of God must live in accord with these divine teachings.... O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts.

MKT1.303, MNMK#090 p.162, MMK1#007 p.017, MILAN.141, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.255, BCH.110, MJMJ2.020ax, MMG2#074 p.081x, YHA1.371-372x (2.746)

SWAB#007, BPRY.201x, DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v08#11 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x, ABIE.111, BLO_PN#007

C. Serrano, G.H. Miller, Soulrise Melodies, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 1]

Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01611

540

mixed

ذکر بلایای احباب شده بود الحمد لله که احبای الهی هر یک علی قدره از کاس بلا در

Mention was made of the tribulations of the loved ones. Praised be God that each of His loved ones hath, in the measure decreed for him, drunk from the chalice of affliction [3.5s]... ...detachment, love and trust in God

BLIB_Or11096#023, , BLIB_Or15710.003, , NLAI_BH1.519, NLAI_BH2.255b

MAS8.005x

GPB.182x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#388

BHU0046

This journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys

GPB.182x

Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

AB11905

140

mixed

Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای طائف حول حرم تقدیس شکر کن خدا را که بسماء تقدیس صعود نمودی و بمعراج توحید

O thou who circlest round the Holy Sanctuary! Render thanks unto God that thou hast soared unto the heaven of sanctity

BRL_DAK#0319

BRL_ATE#124

AB00236

760

Persian

Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای بنده حضرت یزدان در خصوص تربیت صبیان و تعلیم کودکان سوال نموده بودی اطفالی

O thou servant of God! Thou didst ask as to the education of children. Those children who, sheltered by the Blessed Tree, have set foot upon the world

BRL_DAK#0391, AKHB.220, TRBB.060, MJTB.101, ANDA#26 p.56

BRL_ATE#151, COC#0627

ABU0122

Public address given on 1912-05-02

1120

PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017

When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe

ABB.062

Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs for the existence of God; Things are known by their opposites

ABU0054

The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10

1510

Persian

Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death

امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است

Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature.

BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x

PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x

BH10688

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

یا ایها المذکور لدی المظلوم فی حین الخروج عن المدینه قل الهی الهی خرجت من بیتی

O thou who art remembered before the Wronged One at the time of departure from the city! Say: My God, my God! I have gone forth from my home [3.5s]... ...O God, my God! I have set out from my home, holding fast unto the cord of Thy love, and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care

PMP#164x, AHM.209, AQMJ2.100, TSBT.236, NSR_1993.023b, NFF1.024x, ABMK.064

PM#164x, BPRY.147x

A. Youssefi, The Descendants, almunajat.com [item 27]

LL#482, LL#484

BH04631

200

mixed

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

امریکه لم یزل و لایزال مقصود نبیین و غایه رجای مرسلین بوده باراده مطلقه و

The Revelation which, from time immemorial, hath been acclaimed as the Purpose and Promise of all the Prophets of God

BLIB_Or15715.254a,

BRL_DA#790, GWBP#003 p.012ax, OOL.B175

GWB#003x, ADJ.078x

LL#258

BH07782

130

Arabic

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

قل سبحانک یا الهی کیف اشکرک بما اختصصتنی بین عبادک و اصطفیتنی لعرفان نفسک بعد

Praised be Thou, O my God! How can I thank Thee for having singled me out and chosen me above all Thy servants

PMP#018, AQMJ1.002ax, AQMJ1.025x

PM#018

AB00006

Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure)

8270

mixed

Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan)

Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure)

الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات

Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace

INBA13:411x

BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x

BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x

S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God; Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769.

AB03600

190

Arabic

الهی الهی انی بکل تضرع و توجه و تذلل و تبتل اناجیک بلسانی و جنانی و روحی و

O God, my God! With utter lowliness and fervour, humility and devotion, I implore Thee with my tongue and my heart

BRL_DAK#0109, BRL_MON#25, AYBY.390 #077, TRZ1.000i, MJMJ2.066, MMG2#407 p.453, ASAM.000c

BRL_POAB#25

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05364

150

Persian

ای یاران الهی دست تضرع و نیاز بساحت قدس خداوند بی انباز بلند کنید و مناجات

O Thou incomparable God! We are Thy humble servants, and Thou art the All-Glorious. We are sinners

BRL_DAK#0093, BRL_MON#024, MKT5.043, LMA2.432, MJMJ2.019x, MMG2#149 p.167x

BRL_POAB#24

S. Tirandaz

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for tests and difficulties

AB00518

550

mixed

پروردگارا آمرزگارا چگونه زبان بستایشت گشایم و پرستش و نیایش نمایم تقریر عین

O Divine Providence, O forgiving Lord! How can I ever befittingly sing Thy praise or sufficiently worship and glorify Thee… O Divine Providence, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving! O Thou Almighty God, Thou art the Gracious

BRL_DAK#0110, BRL_MON#22x, BRL_MON#23x, MJMJ2.082, MMG2#124 p.142

BRL_POAB#22x, BRL_POAB#23x, JHT_A#004

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB07253

140

mixed

ای بنده آزاد حق شاد باش و شاد باش زیرا قلب عبدالبهاء بیاد تو مشغول و لسانش

O free servant of God! Be thou happy, be thou happy, for the heart of Abdul-Baha is occupied with thy remembrance and His tongue occupied [3.5s]... ...O my kind Lord, O Thou the desire of my heart and soul! Bestow upon Thy friends Thy loving-kindness

BRL_DAK#0089, BRL_MON#021, MMG2#202 p.230x

BRL_POAB#21

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10231

Arabic

ربی و سلطانی و ملیکی و مالکی انی ادعوک بلسانی و جنانی و وجدانی ان تلبس عبدک

O my Lord, my King, my Ruler, and my Sovereign! I call upon Thee with my tongue, my heart, and my soul

BRL_DAK#0097, BRL_MON#020, MJMJ3.098a, MMG2#144 p.162

BRL_POAB#20

Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB02235

260

Persian

ای دلبر مهربان این یاران سرمست جام پیمانند و در محبتت سرگشته و بادیه پیما از فراقت

O Thou kind and beloved Lord! These friends are exhilarated with the wine of the Covenant and are wanderers in the wilderness of Thy love

BRL_DAK#0099, BRL_MON#019, AKHA_127BE #07 p.ax, MJMJ2.102x, MMG2#292 p.324x, FRH.094-095

BRL_POAB#19

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB07006

180

mixed

ای یاران عبدالبهاء فریاد و فغان شما بملاء اعلی رسیده و آه و انین شما یقین است

O friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Your outcry and lamentation hath reached the Concourse on High, and assuredly your sighs and moaning [3.5s]... ...O Lord, our God! We are helpless; Thou art the Lord of strength and power. We are wretched; Thou art the Almighty

BRL_DAK#0095, BRL_MON#018x, MMG2#058 p.061x

BRL_POAB#18

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching

AB03308

200

Arabic

اللهم یا الهی و ملجای و ملاذی انی کیف اذکرک بابدع الاذکار و افصح المحامد و

O Lord my God, my Haven and my Refuge! How can I befittingly make mention of Thee

INBA59:207, INBA79.014, INBA88:206

BRL_DAK#0103, BRL_MON#17, MILAN.207, ADH2.060, ADH2_2#04 p.091, MJMJ1.005, MMG2#123 p.141, MJH.058, NSR_1978.114, NSR_1993.127

BRL_POAB#17

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB02984

220

Persian

ای منجذبان جمال ابهی در هویه قلب بحور محبت یاران پر موج و هیجان … ای قوی قدیر کل در قبضه قدرت اسیریم تو مجیر تو دستگیر عنایتی کن

O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! In the depths of the heart, the seas of love for the friends surge with waves and fervor [3.5s]... ...O Thou Omnipotent Lord! We are all held within the mighty grasp of Thy power

INBA13:208, INBA21:194 (244), INBA88:111 , INBA75:045

BRL_DAK#0090, BRL_MON#016x, MILAN.212, AKHA_128BE #05 p.a, ADH2_1#45 p.067, MJMJ1.051x, MMG2#205 p.233x, MMG2#239 p.268, MJH.012b, NJB_v12#08 p.151x

BRL_POAB#16x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB08272

170

Persian

ای نجم لائح در افق محبت الله نغمه جانفزای رحمانی که از حنجر روحانی آن بلبل

O star shining in the horizon of the love of God! The soul-uplifting melody of the All-Merciful, which from the spiritual throat of that nightingale [3.5s]... ...O Lord! What an outpouring of bounty Thou hast vouchsafed, and what a flood of abounding grace Thou hast granted

BRL_DAK#0104, BRL_MON#15x, MJMJ3.099x, MMG2#283 p.315x

BRL_POAB#15x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08694

Persian

ای خداوند مهربان این دل را از هر تعلقی فارغ نما و این جان را بهر بشارتی

O Thou kind Lord! Sanctify my heart from all attachment, and gladden my soul with tidings of joy

BRL_DAK#0106, BRL_MON#14, MMG2#038 p.039

BRL_POAB#14, ADMS#037

L. Harley

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for detachment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07942

410

mixed

ای بنده پاک یزدان حمد خدا را که ایامی چند در ارض مقدس موطن انبیا در کمال روح

O pure servant of the Lord! Praise be to God that thou didst spend some days in the Holy Land, the homeland of the Prophets, in utmost joy [3.5s]... ...O Divine Providence! Immerse the father and mother of this servant of Thy Threshold in the ocean of Thy forgiveness

BRL_DAK#0092, BRL_MON#013x, MMG2#406 p.452x

BRL_POAB#13x

Prayer for parents; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07737

110

Persian

بخشنده یزدانا این بندگان آزادگان بودند و این جانهای تابان بنور هدایتت روشن و

O Thou forgiving Lord! These servants were noble souls, and these radiant hearts were made illumined and resplendent

BRL_DAK#0107, BRL_MON#12, AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.226, BSHN.140.385, BSHN.144.380, DUR1.045, DUR1.386, ADH2.050, ADH2_6#01 p.167, MJMJ1.086, MMG2#368 p.410, MJH.034a, MHT1a.053, MHT1b.011

BRL_POAB#12

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10471

210

Persian

ای ثابتان بر پیمان همیشه در نظرید و پیش بصرید و حاضر محضرید و آنی فراغت از یاد

O ye steadfast in the Covenant! Ye are ever present in my thoughts, before my vision, and in my presence, and not for a moment do I cease to remember you [3.5s]... ...O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! A noble soul hath ascended unto the Kingdom of reality

BRL_DAK#0094, BRL_MON#011x, BSHN.140.491x, PYB#036 p.20x, MHT1b.151x

BRL_POAB#11x, ADMS#029x

S. Tirandaz

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01954

280

Persian

ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه شکر کن حضرت پروردگار را که ثابت و راسخ بر عهد و

O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou art firm and steadfast in the Covenant and [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Grant me a measure of Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy care and protection

BRL_DAK#0096, BRL_MON#010x, MMK6#478, ANDA#67-68 p.61, MJMJ3.076x, MMG2#456 p.508x, MUH2.1097x

BRL_POAB#10x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Predictions and prophecies

AB08489

Arabic

الهی الهی انی اتوجه الیک و استفیض من بحور شفائک رب ایدنی علی خدمه عبادک

O God, my God! I have set my face towards Thee, and supplicate the outpourings of the ocean of Thy healing

BRL_DAK#0098, BRL_MON#009, KHH1.195 (1.273)

BRL_POAB#09, KHHE.284-285, DAS.1915-04-04, BSR_v13 p.095

Prayer for healing

AB01339

340

Persian

ای منجذب جمال الهی انچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از گلشن معانی رائحه

O thou enthralled by the Divine Beauty! That which was written by thee was perused… O Divine Providence! Awaken me and make me conscious

BRL_DAK#0111, BRL_MON#08x, MMK2#158 p.118, MMG2#057 p.060x

BRL_POAB#08x

Ahdieh, S. Rezaie and M. Vahman

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03660

190

Persian

ای ثابت بر پیمان خوشا بحال تو که بخدمت امرالله قائمی خوشا بحال تو که ثابت بر

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Happy art thou for thou hast arisen to serve the Cause and art steadfast in the Covenant.

INBA89:082

BRL_DAK#0101, BRL_MON#07x, MMK2#001 p.001, AHB.109BE #02 p.02, DUR3.197x, ANDA#17 p.40x, MJMJ3.079bx, MMG2#150 p.168x

BRL_POAB#07x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB09273

460

mixed

ای بنده مقرب جمال مبارک نامه مفصل رسید و بدقت ملاحظه گردید در خصوص جناب حاجی

O thou near servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy detailed letter was received and carefully considered, regarding His Honor Haji [3.5s]... ...O Divine Providence! Perplexing difficulties have arisen and formidable obstacles have appeared

BRL_DAK#0105, BRL_MON#06x, MMK2#010 p.006x

BRL_POAB#06x

Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB03524

200

Persian

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای یزدان مهربان این نفوس یاران تواند و این جمع پریشان تو مفتون انوار جمالند و

O Thou kind Lord! These souls are Thy friends who are gathered together and are carried away by Thy love

BRL_DAK#0091, BRL_MON#005, MMG2#201 p.229

BRL_POAB#05, TAB.142, PN_various p008

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11974

Persian

ای سرگشته بادیه محبت الله دست عجز و نیاز بملکوت ابهی دراز کن و آغاز نماز و

O wanderer in the desert of the love of God! Stretch forth thy hands in supplication to the Abhá Kingdom and begin thy prayer [3.5s]... ...O my eternal Beloved and my adored Friend! How long shall I remain bereft of Thy presence

BRL_DAK#0084, BRL_MON#004x

BRL_POAB#04x

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05754

180

Persian

ای کنیز الهی نامه مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم

O handmaid of God! Your detailed letter was perused, but due to lack of time, a brief reply is being written [3.5s]... ...O Thou peerless and loving Lord! Though capacity and worthiness are lacking, and it is infinitely hard to withstand tribulations

BRL_DAK#0102, BRL_MON#03x, MMG2#104 p.117x

BRL_POAB#03x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition

AB04900

160

Persian

ای یاران روحانی من شب و روز در یاد روی شما هستیم و روز و شب بذکر رخهای دلجوی

O My spiritual friends! Night and day we are mindful of your countenances, and day and night we remember your radiant faces [3.5s]... ...O Thou unseen Friend! O Desire of all in this world and the world to come! O Thou compassionate Beloved! These helpless souls

INBA13:152

BRL_DAK#0108, BRL_MON#02x, MJMJ2.105x, MMG2#000a p.000a, MMG2#229 p.257

BRL_POAB#02x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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

AB03269

The Meaning of the Invocation "He is God"

210

Persian

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

جواب این مصطلح اهل شرق از اسلام است مقصد آنان اینکه در هر امری باید ابتدا باسم خدا نمود

This is a common practice in the East among the Muslims, and their intent is that one must begin all things with the mention of God.

BRL_TTTP#04, MAS9.022-023x

BRL_TTT#04, TTCT.03-05

Christ; Christianity; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Law of fasting; Moses; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00904

410

mixed

Education of children; moral education; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

BH02504

350

mixed

اسم اگرچه مدل بموسومست ولکن این در رتبه خلق مشهود و اما حق مقدس از اسم و رسم

Though the Name is signified by symbols, yet this pertaineth to the station of creation; verily God is sanctified above all names and attributes [3.5s]... ...The hour is approaching when the most great convulsion will have appeared.… I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads

INBA81:146

AVK1.105.11x, AVK4.461ax, RAHA.153x, YMM.170x

ADJ.081x, TDH#058.4x, PDC.004x

Degrees of faith; certitude; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH10696

Arabic

یا حسن یذکرک المظلوم اذ کان مستویا علی عرش الامر من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم

O Hassan! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee whilst seated upon the throne of Command, from the presence of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]... ...The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads, and beneath your feet, saying: `Taste ye what your hands have wrought!

BLIB_Or15734.1.005.09,

ADJ.081x, PDC.004x

Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Personal instructions

BH10140

Grieve thou not over those that have busied themselves with the things of this world

ADJ.081x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11541

The days are approaching their end, and yet the peoples of the earth are sunk in grievous heedlessness

ADJ.081x

BH00056

5660

mixed

الله لا اله الا هو الذی ینطق فیکل شیء انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال

God, no God is there but Him, Who speaketh in all things. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty [3.5s]... ...Soon will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other refuge to fly to for anyone

INBA27:147

BRL_DA#085, TZH4.212-213x, MAS4.359bx, RHQM1.214-214 (271x) (162-162x), KHAF.035x, PYK.186

ADJ.081-082x

Consolation and comfort; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH02573

350

mixed

یا هدهد علیک بهائی ندای مظلوم را بگوش قلب بشنو و در آثارش بچشم حقیقت نظر نما

O Hudhud! Upon thee be My glory! Hearken with thy heart's ear unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and with the eye of truth gaze thou upon His signs [3.5s]... ...Purity and chastity have been, and still are, the most great ornaments for the handmaidens of God

INBA18:360

AVK3.425.16x

ADJ.032x

Chastity and purity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03218

280

mixed

حمد مقدس از شبه و مثال محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که بیک کلمه علیا اهل ملکوت

Sanctified praise, transcendent above all likeness and comparison, befitteth that Eternal Beloved Who, through a single exalted Word, called into being the denizens of the Kingdom [3.5s]... ...God hath verily made chastity to be a crown for the heads of His handmaidens. Great is the blessedness of that handmaiden that hath attained unto this great station

INBA27:053, BLIB_Or15715.264d,

ADJ.032x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastity and purity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06247

160

Arabic

قد نزل الکتاب و اتی الوهاب اذا راینا اهل الحجاب فی ولج و اضطراب قد هرعوا الی

The Book hath been sent down and the All-Bountiful hath come. Thus did We behold the people of the veil in tumult and agitation, hastening unto [3.5s]... ...They that follow their lusts and corrupt inclinations have erred and dissipated their efforts. They indeed are of the lost

INBA34:324a, BLIB_Or11095#346, , BLIB_Or15707.188, , BLIB_Or15735.334,

AQA1#201

ADJ.032x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God and human limitations

BH01185

700

mixed

این نامه از این عبد حزین غمین بشطر حضرت مشفق امین ارسال میشود که ای یار

This missive is sent forth from this sorrowful and grief-stricken servant unto that All-Merciful and Trusted One: O Friend! [3.5s]... ...A race of men, incomparable in character, shall be raised up which, with the feet of detachment, will tread under all who are in heaven and on earth

INBA38:081bx, INBA66:120x

BRL_DA#436, KHSH07.009, PYB#210 p.04x

ADJ.031x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04961

190

Arabic

ان استمع لما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدس بریه العرفان مقر الذی فیه یوقد و یضیء

Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the holy sanctuary in the wilderness of divine knowledge, the spot wherein shineth forth and is kindled the Sacred Fire [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! The world, its vanities and its glory, and whatever delights it can offer, are all, in the sight of God, as worthless

INBA44:118, INBA36:167, NLAI_BH1.237, NLAI_BH1.350

ADJ.030-031x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB00081

Some Answered Questions #003 The Need for an Educator

1190

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Need for an educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Unity of governments; political unity

چون ما نظر بوجود میکنیم ملاحظه مینمائیم که وجود جمادی و وجود نباتی

When we consider existence, we observe that the mineral, the vegetable, the animal

MFD#03, OOL.C022.03

SAQ#03, LOG#0997x

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح

O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties!

INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037

ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012

TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x

D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja

Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension.

Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024

AB09643

330

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Tablet of Paradise

این الواح ملکوتست که از قلم اعلی در لوح محفوظ مرقومست چنین الواحی از عالم

These [the Ruby Tablet and the fifth Tablet of Paradise] are the Tablets of the Kingdom which have been recorded by the Supreme Pen in the Preserved Tablet...What is meant is that unless man knoweth God, he will remain deprived of knowing his own self. First and foremost it is incumbent upon man to apprehend the light of the Sun

BRL_DAK#1218, MAS2.056ax, MAS2.056cx, MAS2.057bx

BRL_DA#214x, BLO_sazedj#21x, BLO_sazedj#22x, BLO_sazedj#24x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Knowledge of self; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast

AB11522

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

از رأی حکيم حاذق بنصّ مبارک نبايد خارج شد و مراجعت فرض ولو نفس مريض

...According to the explicit decree of Baha’u’llah one must not turn aside from the advice of a competent doctor

MMK1#135 p.153x

SWAB#135x, LOG#0945x, LOG#0965x

BH03796

240

Arabic

انا نذکر من انجذب من الندآء اذ ارتفع من الافق الاعلی و اقبل الی الله رب

We make mention of him who hath been attracted by Our Call when it was raised from the summit of transcendent glory

INBA51:327, BLIB_Or15713.130, , BLIB_Or15715.267b,

LHKM3.129, TBP#17g

TB#17g

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

AB06566

The Three Kinds of Prophets

120

Persian

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Manifestation of God as sun; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

انبیای الهی بر سه قسمند قسمی مظاهر کلیه هستند که بمثابه شمسند بظهور

There are three kinds of divine Prophets. One kind are the universal Manifestations

BRL_TTTP#01

BRL_TTT#01

BH04175

220

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای کنیز خدا حمد کن محبوب حقیقی را که بعرفان نفسش تو را هدایت فرمود بسی از

O handmaiden of God! Render praise unto the true Beloved, Who hath guided thee to the knowledge of His Self. Many souls have [3.5s]

INBA57:046

PYB#245 p.03

BRL_ATBH#52

High station of the true believer; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB09321

Persian

Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای جوان ربانی همواره در خاطر بودی و بیادت مالوفیم ایام ملاقات فراموش نگشته

O thou Divine youth! Thou hast ever been present in my mind, and at all times

BRL_DAK#0002

BRL_ATE#002, MAAN#19

BH00545

1360

Arabic

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

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

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

BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072

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

GWB#074x

LL#394

BH00195

Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice)

2910

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین

This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits

INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083,

BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094

BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016

M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani

Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276

BH10581

Arabic

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا صمنا بامرک و افطرنا بحبک و رضائک فاقبل منا یا الهی

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! We have observed the Fast in conformity with Thy bidding

HDQI.126b, ANDA#29 p.03, OOL.B090.11

BRL_IOPF#3.03, BPRY.285

Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for forgiveness

LL#271

BB00379

420

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ای رب کیف احمدک على تجلیات العظمى ونفحاتک الکبرى علی فی الکهف حیث لا یعادله شیء فی السموات ولا فی

How can I praise Thee, O Lord, for the evidences of Thy mighty splendor and for Thy wondrous sweet savors which Thou hast imparted… Whomsoever Thou dost suffice shall not be put to grief

SWBP#41 (p.130-132)

SWB#42 (p.183-186)

S. Jaberi

BH05241

190

mixed

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

یا ورقتی بگوش جان ندای رحمن را بشنو از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و ترا بذکر

O My Leaf! With the ear of thy soul hearken thou unto the Call of the All-Merciful, Who hath turned towards thee from the Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept pure and undefiled, must, at all times and from every direction, hearken to the voice that uttereth these holy words

INBA51:312, BLIB_Or15715.338b,

BRL_DA#743, GWBP#165 p.222ax, LHKM3.296

GWB#165x

LL#387

AB01720

300

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای عزیزان عبدالبهاء لایحه های شما را در نهایت ابتهاج تلاوت نمودم سبب روح و

O ye whom Abdu'l-Baha loveth! I have read your reports with great joy; they are of a nature to cheer and refresh the heart and gladden the soul.

MMK1#040 p.079, NJB_v01#10 p.001-002

SWAB#040, TAB.010-011, BWF.410-410x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Entry by troops; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

BH04746

200

Arabic

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری و محبسی و ابتلائی فو عزتک قد عجز القلم عن

Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my dwelling-place, and the prison into which I am cast

INBA51:596, INBA49:085, INBA92:318

PMP#008

PM#008

AB00956

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states I)

400

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan

Tablets of the Divine Plan

ای منادیان آسمانی ایام نوروز است همیشه بیاد آن یاران مهربان هستم و از درگاه

O ye heavenly heralds! These are the days of Naurooz. I am always thinking of those kind

MKT3.003, AHB.120BE #01 p.01, FRTB.036, NJB_v10#10 p.204

TDP#01, ADJ.057x, BSC.505 #972, SW_v07#10 p.087-088, SW_v09#14 p.159-160

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.005

BH01194

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2

700

Arabic

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی

O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople)

INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206,

BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b

GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x

GSH.180, LL#373

ABU0260

Address to the Baha'is at Rauscher's Hall in Washington, 1912-11-09

800

PUP#124 (p.418-421), SW_v06#13 p.097-099

I feel a keen sense of joy in being present at this banquet this evening, for -- praise be to God!

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB05542

140

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education

ای بنات ملکوت در قرن سابق بنات ایران بکلی از تعلیم محروم نه مکتبی و نه

O ye daughters of the Kingdom! In past centuries the girl children of Persia were deprived of all instruction.

BRL_DAK#0388, MKT4.025a, AHB.120BE #11-12 p.394, TAH.317, TRBB.068, MJTB.134, ANDA#41-42 p.98

BRL_ATE#149, COC#0633, DAS.1913-11-18

BH00872

940

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر

A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body

INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266,

AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058

BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08235

120

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

سبحان الله خزائن ملوک و ملکات در یوم ظهور مذکور نه و لدی الله مقبول نه ولکن

Great God! In this glorious Dispensation the treasures laid up by kings and queens are not worthy of mention, nor will they be acceptable in the presence of God

BRL_DA#386, BRL_HUQUQP#015x, AQA5#162 p.220

BRL_HUQUQ#015x, COC#1137x

AB12084

570

Arabic

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

رب و رجائی و مطلبی و منائی تری عبدک الخاضع لسلطنتک الخاشع لباب احدیتک المتشبث

O my Lord, my Hope, my Aim, my Heart's Desire! Thou seest Thy servant, who hath bowed down before Thy sovereignty, who hath prostrated himself at the gate of Thy oneness, who hath clung fast [3.5s]... ...Verily, with a sincere heart, I have rendered thanks unto God for His having aided the friends, despite their poverty and lowliness, to contribute to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar

BRL_DAK#0823, COMP_MASHRIQP#33x

BRL_MASHRIQ#33x

ABU1175

This Great and Glorious Cause: Words spoken on 1911-11-28 in Paris

270

Persian

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

موسیو در یفوس امروز صدایش گرفته نمیتواند

In these gatherings where we have met and spoken together you have all become acquainted with the principles of this dispensation, and with the reality of facts. Unto you it has been given to know these things

KHTB1.231

PT#52 p.176

BH04569

210

Arabic

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

یا الهی لک الحمد بما طلع فجر عیدک الرضوان و فاز فیه من اقبل الیک یا ربنا

Praise be to Thee, O my God, that the dawn of Thy Riḍván Festival hath broken, and that therein one who had sought Thy presence hath attained his goal

INBA44:116, INBA73:044, INBA92:402

TSBT.155, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.a, ABMK.030, AMB#08

DOR#08

AB06528

130

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

O seeker of Truth! If thou desirest that God may open thy (spiritual) eye, thou must supplicate unto God, pray to and commune with Him at midnight… O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom of oneness

BPRY.061x, TAB.676-677

D. Stevenson, A. Wensbo, M. Sparrow, M. Sparrow, The Bird & The Butterfly, G. Sterling, G. Sterling

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00559

530

Arabic

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for women

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اناجیک فی سری و ذاتی و کینونتی و حقیقتی و اذکرک بروحی و

Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord! O my Lord! I cry unto Thee from within the depths of my heart

BRL_DAK#0070, AKHT2.509, AKHT2.509a

BRL_APAB#23

AB01768

300

mixed

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

یا من انجذب من نفحات الله البدار البدار الی مغفره من ربک و رحمه العجل العجل

O thou who art enraptured by the sweet savours of God! Make haste, make haste towards the forgiveness and mercy of thy Lord

NURA#62, MMK4#157 p.169

LOTW#62

BH02575

350

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یک اسم از اسماء الهی صانع است و صنعت را بسیار دوست داشته و میدارد لذا هر یک

One of the names of God is the Fashioner, and He hath loved and doth love craftsmanship; therefore each one [3.5s]... ...One of the names of God is the Fashioner. He loveth craftsmanship. Therefore any of His servants who manifesteth this attribute is acceptable in the sight of this Wronged One

BLIB_Or15715.374c,

BRL_DA#209, YMM.300x

BRL_ATBH#46x, COC#0002x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

AB00919

Some Answered Questions #052 The Appearance of the Spirit in the Body

410

Persian

Fulfillment of true potential; Relationship of the soul to the body; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

حکمت ظهور روح در جسد اینست روح انسانی ودیعهء رحمانیست

The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a divine trust

MFD#52, OOL.C022.52

SAQ#52, BWF.313-314

BHU0041

It is more manifest than the sun.... Refer to the farman of the government which is in your possession..... My name is Baha'u'llah, and My country is Nur. Be ye apprized of it.

GPB.190x3x

BH00015

Lawh-i-Istintaq

9560

mixed

سبحانک یا من بک حقق الذات فی الذات و تردی کینونة القدم برداء الاسماء... این عبد تا ان یوم از لسان عظمت ایات قهریه باین شان استماع ننموده

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Essence is realized within the Essence, and the Ancient Being is adorned with the mantle of Names [3.5s]... ...My name is Bahá’u’lláh (Light of God), and My country is Núr (Light). Be ye apprized of it.

BRL_DA#587, MAS4.220-260, MUH3.384-385x, RHQM2.0746x (141-154) (090x), QT108.128-130x, OOL.B168

GPB.190x, BTO#15

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#128

BH00133

3730

mixed

Prayer for Illumination

اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم

If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement

INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax

AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax

GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0059

If one of your soldiers were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held responsible, and be punished in his place?

GPB.190x

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11543

Were We to make mention of what befell Us, the heavens would be rent asunder and the mountains would crumble

GPB.189-190x

LL#419

ABU0280

Public address given on 1912-11-07

770

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

In the world of nature we behold the living organisms in a ceaseless struggle for existence

PUP#120 (p.400-402), SW_v06#03 p.019-021, SW_v17#11 p.333

AB10738

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

اين اطفال را تربيت بهائی خواهم تا در ملک و ملکوت ترقّی نمايند و سبب سرور دل و جان

...My wish is that these children should receive a Baha’í education, so that they may progress both here and in the Kingdom

MMK1#100 p.124x

SWAB#100x

BB00522

Du'a Hajat

180

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انزل علی رحمتک فان لک الرحمة کلها اللهم صل على محمد حبیبک و الانبیآء

O Lord! Send down Thy mercy upon me, for verily all mercy is Thine.... O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home

INBA64:017.13-024.03

SWBP#50 (p.137-137(a)x)

SWB#51 (p.193-193(a)x), BPRY.055, ADMS#143

L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Nabilinho, Refuge, E. Mahony, B. Khademi, S. Gould, Strong Steep, E. Kuitunen, Ladjamaya, D. Khavari, D. Sylvester, Rosalynd & Pascal, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, M. Stamper, K. Porray, S. Jaberi (?), Bea & Arthur Joy, Juliet & Amelia

Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08848

110

Arabic

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک یا الهی تری بهائک فی حصن العکا مسجونا مظلوما بما اکتسبت ایدی الاشقیا

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest how He Who is Thy Light hath been shut up in the fortress-town of Akka

INBA49:097b, INBA92:385a

PMP#131, AQA6#226 p.124, AQMJ1.027, KHMI.013

PM#131

ABU0706

The Two Natures in Man: Words spoken on 1911-11-01 in Paris

410

mixed

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

شنیده ام امروز در پاریس عید است عید جمیع قدیسین چرا این ها را شماها قدیس

Today is a day of rejoicing in Paris! They are celebrating the Festival of 'All Saints'. Why do you think that these people were called 'Saints'?

KHAB.113 (123), KHTB1.097

PT#18 p.055

AB00152

920

Persian

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for healing; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ای منجذبه ملکوت الله آنچه بتاریخ ۱۹ آگست سنه ۱۹۰۵ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God: Thy writing of August 19, 1905, was considered, and the contents were a source of joy.... The prayers which were written for the purpose of healing

BRL_DAK#0227, MNMK#156 p.290x, MMK1#139 p.156x, MMK5#144 p.112x

SWAB#139x, LOG#0924x, LOG#1761x, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SW_v08#18 p.230x, DLA.084, MAB.008b, BLO_PN#026, BSTW#369a

BH01184

700

mixed

انا نحب ان نری کل واحد منکم مبدء کل خیر... ان یا مقصود ان استمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من هذا المقام

...It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind

BLIB_Or15715.152cx,

GWBP#146 p.202bx, LHKM2.277x

GWB#146x

Creation of the world; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#452

BH01850

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani

480

mixed

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání)

قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him

BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036

BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080

GWB#160x

Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.177, LL#240

ABU0188

Public address given on 1912-05-25

930

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

I am going away from your city, but I leave my heart with you. My spirit will be here... O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning to Thee

BPRY.089-090x, BWF.228-231, LOG#0731x, PUP#054 (p.143-146), FWU.018

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB06076

130

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List

ای بنده بهاء نامه پارسی باهنگ عراقی تاثیر الحان حجازی داشت و نشئه عراقی داد

O servant of Bahá! Thy Persian missive possessed the melody of Iraq and the influence of Hijazi strains, imparting the exhilaration of Iraqi tones [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written concerning obligatory prayer. Such prayer is binding and mandatory for everyone

INBA17:019

AVK4.094.02x

BRL_IOPF#2.12x, ADMS#292x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of obligatory prayer; Living waters; water of life; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08257

120

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تسمع ضجیج المشتاقین فی البعد و الفراق و تشهد

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, my Master! Thou hearest the sighing of those who, though they long to behold Thy face

INBA48:187, INBA49:222, BLIB_Or15739.323,

PMP#064

PM#064

AB00240

760

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mahmúd's Diary

ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء شرق معطر نما غرب منور نما نور ببلغار ده روح بسقلاب

O ye close and dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! In the Orient scatter perfumes, And shed splendours on the West. Carry light unto the Bulgar… Make haste to love!

MKT2.273, MNMK#101 p.185, MMK1#218 p.260, MILAN.146, AKHA_110BE #12 p.02, AKHA_120BE #11 p.b, AMK.045-046, AVK3.167.13x, AVK3.477.17x, BCH.065, ABB.180x, MAS5.144, ADH2.094x, ADH2_2#17 p.122x, MSHR4.053x, MMG2#286 p.317x, MSBH4.036x, YHA1.379x, BDA1.357.06x, KHH2.081 (2.151)x

SWAB#218, TAB.566-570, BSC.305 #623-628, SW_v04#01 p.020-021, MHMD1.376x, TEW.007-010, BSTW#125

B. Weber, N. Hamilton, Nickole & Alexander

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10127

Arabic

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

قد حلّت أیام الصیام وصام فیها العباد الذین طافوا حول العرش وکانوا من الفائزین

The days of fasting have arrived wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne and have attained Thy presence have fasted.

OOL.B090.10

BRL_IOPF#3.02, BPRY.260-261

Law of fasting; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03509

260

mixed

Tablet of the Garden of Ridván (Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Bagh-i-Ridvan (Tablet of the Garden of Ridvan); Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

صبح یوم مبارک جمعه از قصر سفر نمودیم و در بستان وارد هر شجر بکلمه ناطق و هر

On the morning of the blessed Friday We proceeded from the Mansion and entered the Garden.

BRL_DA#066, MAS8.125x, YMM.138

BRL_ATBH#66, ROB4.015, BLO_PT#129

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power of prayer

LL#070

BH09085

Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead)

110

Arabic

Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead)

یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک

O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs

BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b

PM#167, BPRY.035

Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas to constitute the only exception to the general prohibition on congregational prayer.

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

LL#231

BH04171

220

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای خورشید نامه ات بین یدی الله وارد و بر مقر استوای عرش رحمانی فائز له الحمد

O Khurshid! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of God and hath been elevated to the seat of glory upon the throne of the All-Merciful. Unto Him be praise [3.5s]

INBA38:124, INBA23:213, INBA57:053

BRL_ATBH#33

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00348

640

mixed

Crisis and Victory

یا من فدیت روحک و جسمک و نفسک و ذاتک فی سبیل الله علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه بما

O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit, thy body, thy soul and thy very being in the path of God! Upon thee be the glory and praise of God, inasmuch as [3.5s]... ...The darkness of error that has enveloped the East and the West is, in this most great cycle, battling with the light of Divine Guidance

MKT1.252, MMK3#103 p.068x, PYB#021 p.02, MSHR3.346x

BRL_CRISIS#11x, ADJ.006x2x, COC#0268x, COC#1529x, COC#1530x

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mary Magdalene; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04743

200

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی بعزتک استعزت اولو العزه و الاعزاز و بقدرتک

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority

INBA48:148, INBA49:056, INBA92:168, BLIB_Or15739.268,

PMP#105, AQMJ1.050

PM#105

AB07508

170

Persian

Martyrs and martyrdom; Nineteen-Day Feast; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید مشغولیت بسیار لهذا اختصار سزاوار از مس نوبلاک

...As to the Nineteen Day festivity, it is of the utmost importance that the friends should gather at a meeting where, in complete attunement and love

BRL_DAK#0433, BBBD.182

BRL_ATE#155x, COC#0927x, BBBD.183

AB00336

Some Answered Questions #067 Eternal Life and Entrance into the Kingdom of God

650

Persian

Attaining the life of the spirit; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

سؤال از حیات ابدیه و دخول در ملکوت مینمائید ملکوت باصطلاح ظاهری آسمان گفته

You have asked concerning eternal life and entrance into the Kingdom. The Kingdom is outwardly referred to as “heaven”

MFD#67, BSHN.140.504x, BSHN.144.492x, MHT1a.158x, MHT1b.116x, OOL.C022.67

SAQ#67

BH01591

Suriy-i-Dhabih 4

550

Arabic

Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih)

قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی

The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!”

INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445

BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x

GWB#015x, GPB.155x

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#385

AB08704

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

من منتظر آنم که نیویورک مبروک گردد و آوازهٴ ثبوت بر عهد و میثاق از آن شهر بآفاق رسد

...I eagerly anticipate the day when New York will become a blessed spot… Bless Thou, O King of Kings, the city of New York!

SCT.294x

BRL_ATE#047x

The Descendants, B. Marks, L. Slott

BH00034

Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub)

7050

Arabic

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb)

Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه

This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart

INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08

BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138

WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation.

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327

BH11199

270

mixed

فرمودند لو ملا البیان کلهم یتفکرن فی هذا النوم الذی اریناه فی المنام لیکفیهم

He saith: Were all who dwell in the realm of utterance to ponder upon this dream which We have shown forth in sleep, it would suffice them [3.5s]... ...Know verily that the veil hiding Our countenance hath not been completely lifted

BRL_DA#430

WOB.116x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00027

7660

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین

Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously

INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x,

BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x

BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x

AB01048

380

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

...Convey warmest, most loving greetings to Mark Tobey on my behalf, and heartfelt affection to Marguerite Bull.

BRL_ATE#034x, BRL_IOA#12x

Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship

AB04433

170

Persian

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Stories; anecdotes

ای محب عالم انسانی نامه تو رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت و سلامت تو بود

O lover of humankind! Thy letter hath been received, and it telleth, God be praised, of thy health and well-being…. One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise

MKT3.399, MMK1#144 p.165, AVK3.184.10x

SWAB#144, LOG#0319x

C. Oja

AB01059

380

mixed

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam Husayn; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل فرصت

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. Due to the multitude of occupations and difficulties, time is [3.5s]... ...If a man were to perform every good work, yet fail in the least scruple to be entirely trustworthy and honest, his good works would become as dry tinder

COMP_TRUSTP#47x, AVK3.158.06x, MSHR3.198

BRL_TRUST#46x, COC#2058x

BH00187

3020

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

الحمد لله الذی انزل الفرقان فی الرمضان و انه هو نور البیان قد اشرق من افق

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Qur'an in the month of Ramadan, and verily He is the Light of Utterance that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye at all times to the cord of trustworthiness and hold fast the hem of the garment of truthfulness: thus biddeth you He Who is the Truthful, the Trusted One

BLIB_Or15700.024, , BLIB_Or15711.152,

COMP_TRUSTP#27x, PYK.356x

BRL_TRUST#26x, COC#2038x

ABU0825

Public address given on 1912-08-17

360

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power of the mind over nature; Relationship of the soul to the body; Suffering and imprisonment; The mind's power of discovery; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

Although the body was weak and not fitted to undergo the vicissitudes of crossing the Atlantic

PUP#091 (p.263-264)

BH09498

100

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for detachment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

قل اللهم یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک باسمک الذی به ظهر مطلع قوتک و

O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is the Day-Spring of Thy might

PMP#138, NFR.211

PM#138, BPRY.158

A. Bryan, M. Yazhari

ABU0437

Public address given on 1912-07-01

590

Differences in human capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Law of Huququ'llah; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

What could be better before God than thinking of the poor? For the poor are beloved

PUP#077 (p.216-217), FWU.036, SW_v04#06 p.102-103

ABU1482

The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

220

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering.

PT#57 p.191

AB03231

210

Persian

ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی نام مبارک محبوب بیهمتا جمال ابهی را در منتهای جذب

O ye beloved friends of God and handmaids of the Merciful! Call ye to mind the blessed Name of our peerless Beloved, the Abha Beauty

BRL_DAK#0069, AHB.132BE #09-10 p.11, BSHN.140.462, BSHN.144.456, MHT1b.189

BRL_ATE#049, BLO_PT#130

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

AB02916

220

Persian

Race unity; racial issues; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity in diversity

بجان و دل بکوشيد تا ميان سياه و سفيد الفت اندازيد و وحدت بهائيرا اثبات کنيد

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters were received. Verily, thou

MMK1#075 p.109x

SWAB#075x, SW_v11#05 p.092

BH00425

1650

Arabic

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام

This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership

INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108

BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax

GWB#054x

LL#460

BH09704

100

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

یا من بلائک دوآء صدور المخلصین و ذکرک شفاء افئده المقربین و قربک حیوه

O God! The trials Thou sendest are a salve to the sores of all them who are devoted to Thy will

INBA48:208a, INBA30:121x, INBA41:281b, BLIB_Or15739.351a,

PMP#055, AHM.061, AQMJ1.006b

PM#055

LL#506

BH00122

3850

mixed

امطار رحمت رحمانی هاطل و آیات در کل حین از قلم اعلی نازل و نفسه الحق ظاهر شده

The showers of divine mercy are pouring down, and the verses are in every moment being sent down from the Supreme Pen, and the Truth itself hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The divines of Persia committed that which no people amongst the peoples of the world hath committed

ADM2#036 p.060x, MJAN.238b, AYBY.294b, AQMJ2.015bx, AYI2.388x, AYI2.390x, TRZ1.078bx

GPB.231x, JHT_S#035x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03535

260

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه و نطق بثناء ربه بین العباد لیجذبه ندآء الرحمن

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of the Countenance and hath voiced the praise of his Lord amidst the servants, that the call of the All-Merciful may draw him near [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines! Ye shall not henceforward behold yourselves possessed of any power, inasmuch as We have seized it from you

INBA28:363, BLIB_Or15715.130b,

GPB.231x, PDC.133x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01742

510

Arabic

یا عباس یذکرک المظلوم بذکر تنجذب به المقربون الی الله المهیمن القیوم قد اتت

O Abbas! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee with such remembrance as draweth them that are nigh unto God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, into rapture. Verily, it hath come [3.5s]... ...When We observed carefully, We discovered that Our enemies are, for the most part, the divines

BLIB_Or15713.054,

GPB.231x, PDC.136x

Call to action; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00714

1090

Arabic

الحمد لله خالق الاشیاء و فاطر السماء و له الاسماء الحسنی و الصفات العلیا اصلی

All praise be unto God, Creator of all things and Fashioner of the heavens, unto Whom belong the most excellent names and the most exalted attributes. I pray [3.5s]... ...We have invited all men to turn towards God, and have acquainted them with the Straight Path. They [divines] rose up against Us

BLIB_Or15727a.096,

GPB.231x, PDC.143x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04058

230

mixed

کتاب اعظم میفرماید عالم از انفاس نفوس ظالمه مکدر بوده و هست حق موعود ظاهر

The Most Great Book proclaimeth: The world hath been and is yet darkened by the corrupt breaths of the oppressors. The Promised Truth is made manifest [3.5s]... ...The source and origin of tyranny, have been the divines. Through the sentences pronounced by these haughty and wayward souls

BLIB_Or15715.101a,

BRL_DA#268

GPB.231x, PDC.131x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11545

The divines of Persia ... have perpetrated what the Jews have not perpetrated during the Revelation of Him Who is the Spirit

GPB.231x

AB00197

820

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Letter to Martha Root

ای عاشقان حقیقت و خادمان عالم انسانی چون از گلشن افکار و نوایای شما بوی خوشی

O ye lovers of truth! O ye servants of mankind! Out of the flowering of your thoughts and hopes, fragrant emanations

MKT3.065, MNMK#114 p.219, MMK1#202 p.238, AHB.124BE #06-09 p.35, DWNP_v2#06 p.050-052, PYB#047 p.23

SWAB#202, ADJ.088-089x, PDC.186x, WOB.030x, SW_v14#12 p.355-356, BLO_PT#051

Equality of men and women; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Prophecy and fulfillment; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB06380

130

mixed

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal

ای نورسیده گان بهائیان و طالبان علم و عرفان انسان را امتیاز از حیوان بچند چیز

O ye young Baha'i children, ye seekers after true understanding and knowledge! A human being is distinguished from an animal in a number of ways.

MKT4.104, MMK1#118 p.136, AKHA_123BE #04 p.b, AKHA_133BE #11 p.255, AHB.121BE #07 p.000, PYB#202 p.96, MJTB.073, ANDA#41-42 p.96

SWAB#118

ABU0100

Public address given on 1912-09-02

1230

Man's distinction from the animal; Second birth; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I am exceedingly happy to meet you. Praise be to God! I see before me souls who have unusual capability

PUP#099 (p.302-306), ABIC.001-003

AB05725

140

Persian

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ای طالب حق مکتوب رسید از من خواهش نگارش تاریخ نموده بودی و همچنین نبواتیکه در

O thou seeker of truth! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked me for a written history as well as a record of the prophecies concerning the Bab and Baha’u’llah

NURA#09, MMK4#002 p.001

LOTW#09

BH02628

340

Arabic

Tablet about Ashrafs mother

لا تجزعی من غربتک تالله لو تنظرین بعینی لتفدین نفسک فی سبیلی بما جعلک الله

Grieve thou not in thine exile. By God! Wert thou to behold through Mine eyes, thou wouldst sacrifice thyself in My path, through that which God hath made thee to be [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf’s mother, whose son laid down his life in the Land of Zá (Zanján). He, most certainly, is in the seat of truth

INBA34:182

BRL_DA#074, GWBP#069 p.092x, AQA1#048, TISH.509-510

GWB#069x

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

LL#363

BH08600

120

Arabic

Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

یا من بلائک دوآء المقربین و سیفک رجاء العاشقین و سهمک محبوب المشتاقین و

O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine to such as are nigh unto Thee... I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee, and fixed his hope on the wonders of Thy grace

INBA48:192, INBA30:123bx, BLIB_Or15739.330,

PMP#133, PMP#134, AHM.066, AQMJ1.010, NSR_1993.030, ADH1.032

PM#133, PM#134, BPRY.074x, BPRY.220x

Ahdieh

LL#502

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

AB02018

Some Answered Questions #055 Soul, Spirit, and Mind

270

Persian

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

از پیش بیان شد که کلیهء ارواح در پنج نوع تقسیم میشود روح نباتی روح حیوانی روح انسانی روح ایمانی روح القدس

It was already explained that in general spirit is divided into five categories: the vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, the human spirit, the spirit of faith, and the Holy Spirit.

MFD#55, OOL.C022.55

SAQ#55, BWF.316-317

AB12033

150

East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

In brief, though outwardly far away and remote, and burning with the fire of separation, yet, because we are inebriated with the same wine

BRL_ATE#071

AB07380

110

Persian

Importance of prayer; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای خلیل الحمد لله سلسبیل هدایت را از ید رب جلیل نوشیدی و بسبیل خداوند کریم پی

O Khalil! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the pure stream of guidance from the hand of thy glorious Lord, and hast followed the path of thy benevolent Lord [3.5s]... ...Observe the Obligatory Prayer which is available to thee so that the gate of bounty may be opened and utmost spirituality attained

CPF.262

BRL_IOPF#2.15x

AB03017

220

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون تحریرک البدیع الانشاء و اطلعت

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted the contents of thy letter, which was beautifully composed, was informed of thy sorrow... O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee, trusting in Thee

MNMK#069 p.145, MMK1#090 p.118x, MMK1#234 p.305x

SWAB#090x, BPRY.065-066x, TAB.094-095, BWF.394-395x, BSC.434 #786x, CUPAB.010-011x

K .Key, E. Mahony

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06563

150

Arabic

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

سبحان الذی نزل الحکم کیف شاء انه لهو الحاکم علی ما اراد یا احبائی ان اعملوا

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed laws in accordance with His good-pleasure. Verily, He is sovereign over whatsoever He wisheth

INBA51:070, KB_620:063-064

LHKM1.073, GHA.036.11, GHA.045, GHA.046x

BRL_IOPF#1.13, KSHK#23

AB00204

810

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران باوفا ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله نیمه شب است و جمیع چشمها آسوده

O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Baha'u'llah! Now, in the midwatches of the night... O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth... Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth… Pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless and wanderers...

INBA16:064

MKT3.423, MNMK#099 p.182, MMK1#233 p.302, AYT.522x, HDQI.207, ANDA#02 p.54x, ANDA#14 p.04x, ADH2.086x, ADH2_1#31 p.049x, ADH2_2#13 p.114x, MJMJ1.109x, MMG2#277 p.310x, MMG2#347 p.386x, MUH1.0532, YHA1.101-102x (1.207)

SWAB#233, BPRY.155-157x, BPRY.319x, BSC.548 #993, SW_v12#14 p.229-231, BSTW#103

M.C. Kennedy

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00159

3380

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قد اظهر امره بین العباد بسلطان مامنعه الاعراض... این یوم را شبه و مثل نبوده و نیست چه که جمال قدم بر عرش اعظم مستوی جذب ظهور

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath manifested His Cause amidst His servants with a sovereignty that no opposition can withhold. Peerless and incomparable is this Day, for the Ancient Beauty is established upon the Most Great Throne, drawing forth through His Revelation [3.5s]... ...Gracious God! The people of God suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill. During the events that came to pass, they were the embodiments of utter meekness

INBA27:234

BRL_DA#762, HDQI.138x, MAS8.074bx, PYK.174

BRL_ATBH#63x

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB06194

130

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی انسان آنچه بلسان گوید باید باعمال و افعال اثبات کند اگر

O ye two well-loved handmaids of God! Whatever a man's tongue speaketh, that let him prove by his deeds. If he claimeth to be a believer

MMK1#115 p.135, AKHA_103BE #07 p.05, PYB#219 p.05, TRBB.042, MJTB.108

SWAB#115, TAB.507, LOG#1515x, SW_v08#05 p.058x

Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Words vs deeds

AB03713

190

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای زائر کوی یار تحمل مشقت راه نمودی تا آنگه پناه ببارگاه الهی آوردی دو مرتبه

O thou pilgrim to the land of the Beloved! Thou didst endure the toils of travel till at last thou didst arrive at the sanctuary

BRL_DAK#0462, TAH.231a

BRL_ATE#120

ABU0192

Public address given on 1912-05-06

930

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West

BDA1.074n

PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324

East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace; Wealth inequality and its moderation

MHMD1.082

BH00053

Ishraqat (Splendours)

5740

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors)

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعظمه و القدره و الجمال و توحد بالعزه و القوه و الجلال و

Praise be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur… I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving

BLIB_Or07851.016b, , KB_262:002-032, CMB_F32.002, , PR05.030b-037a, OSAI_TC 8r-20v, MKI4523.050, , BN_suppl.1753.001-023

AVK2.273.14x, AVK3.157.10x, AVK3.203.11x, ZYN.092, ISH.050, GHA.202x, UAB.024ax, UAB.025x, UAB.037bx, UAB.042bx, UAB.043bx, UAB.057dx, ASAT4.057x, ASAT4.250x, TBP#08, TUM.076-080x, OOL.B011

TB#08, BPRY.183x, LOG#0578x, ADJ.028ax, COF.095ax, GPB.057x, GPB.208x, GPB.217x, GPB.218x3x, GPB.219x, PDC.185x, WOB.041x, WOB.186-187x, SW_v08#10 p.123x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#17 p.286x, DWN_v2#07 p.051-054x, DWN_v5#01 p.005x, DWN_v6#10 p.001ax, BSC.236 #497-523

almunajat.com [item 36]

Explains the meaning of the ‘most great infallibility’ and the nature of the authority of the Manifestations of God, proclaims the fulfilment of prophetic expectations derived from various passages in the Qur’an, recalls a vision of the personified virtue of trustworthiness, and proclaims nine ‘splendours’: religion as source of order in the world; the promotion of the ‘Lesser Peace’ by the rulers of the world; the commandments of God as source of life to the world; the importance of praiseworthy deeds and upright character; the conferral of government positions based on merit; union and concord among all people, which can be achieved by establishing a universal language; the importance of parenthood and the education of children; entrusting administrative affairs to the trustees of the House of Justice; and religion as the most potent instrument for establishing unity in the world.

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Justice and mercy; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.146 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, MMAH.215, GSH.154, LL#022, LL#334, LL#397

AB00920

Some Answered Questions #017 The Birth of Christ

410

Persian

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Creation of the world; Evolution; human evolution; Rational arguments

در این مسئله در میان الهیون و مادیون اختلاف است الهیون بر آنند

In regard to this question the divine and the material philosophers disagree: The former believe

MFD#17, OOL.C022.17

SAQ#17

AB11191

Persian

ای منجذب جمال الله در این روز مبارک یوم مولود نیر آفاق و کوکب اشراق بیاد تو

O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! On this blessed day, the birthday of the Day-Star of the world

BRL_DAK#0003

BRL_ATE#003, MAAN#20

Praise and encouragement

ABU0653

The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris

450

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Words vs deeds

Paris Talks (book)

When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone...

PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137

T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends

First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912.

AB00228

Some Answered Questions #061 The Immortality of the Spirit (2)

770

Persian

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

دیروز در بحث بقای روح بودیم بدان که تصرف و ادراک روح انسانی بر دو نوع است

Yesterday we were discussing the immortality of the spirit. Know that the influence and perception of the human spirit is of two kinds

MFD#61, BSHN.140.509x, BSHN.144.497x, MHT1a.152x, MHT1b.110x, OOL.C022.61

SAQ#61, BWF.326-328

ABU0023

Public address given on 1912-07-14

2030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts

BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016

A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Satan; the Evil One; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; War and peace

AB06829

120

Persian

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

ای عبد بها موسیقی از علوم ممدوحه در درگاه کبریاست تا در جوامع کبری و صوامع

O servant of Baha! Music is regarded as a praiseworthy science at the Threshold of the Almighty, so that thou mayest chant verses at large gatherings

BRL_DAK#0077, COMP_MASHRIQP#32, MKT5.203, AVK3.364.03, KHSH02.003, GHA.196, HYB.191

BRL_IOA#11, BRL_MASHRIQ#32, COC#1419, LOG#1363x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high

AB01218

Some Answered Questions #018 The Greatness of Christ

360

Persian

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

شخصی بزرگوار خواه بی‌پدر خواه باپدر یکسانست بی‌پدری اگر فضیلت است

A great man is a great man whether or not he is born of a human father. If being without a father were a virtue

MFD#18, OOL.C022.18

SAQ#18

AB00063

Some Answered Questions #084 The Station of Actions Performed without the Knowledge of God

1330

Persian

Differences in human capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity

بدان که این اعمال و رفتار و گفتار ممدوح است و مقبول و شرف عالم انسانیست

Know that such ways, words and deeds are to be lauded and approved, and they redound to the glory of the human world.

MFD#84, OOL.C022.84

SAQ#84

AB03355

200

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت از

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter thou didst write to his honor Manshadi was perused [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the children: from the very beginning, the children must receive divine education

MMK1#099 p.124x, MSHR2.208

SWAB#099x

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

mixed

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

AB00324

660

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of Huququ'llah; Predictions and prophecies

ای وحید فرید نامه ۵ محرم ۱۳۲۹ رسید هر چند چند روز پیش نامه مفصلی بشما مرقوم

O peerless and unique one! Your letter of 5 Muharram 1329 arrived, and although a few days ago a detailed letter was written to you [3.5s]... ...As to the Huquq, it is payable on whatever is left over after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence

INBA17:145

BRL_DAK#0671, BRL_HUQUQP#046x, MMK6#411x, AVK2.239.17x, AVK2.257.16x, AVK4.146.12x, AVK4.451.07x, MAS2.075-078, MSBH6.027-030

BRL_HUQUQ#046x, COC#1165x

BH10231

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution

تری یا الهی کیف حال بین عبادک و مظهر نفسک ظلم المعرضین من خلقک ای رب فانزل

Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee

INBA92:353a

PMP#115

PM#115, BPRY.247

AB00413

600

mixed

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes

ای یاران حقیقی الواح مسطوره و اوراق منشوره و اسماء مذکوره کل ببقعه مبارکه

O ye true friends! The letters ye wrote, the pages ye penned, and the names ye mentioned were all received in the Holy Land

INBA13:001, INBA59:272

NURA#35, MMK4#063 p.072, MSHR2.062x

LOTW#35

ABU0138

Public address given on 1912-11-09

1070

PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293

Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance

Composition and decomposition; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

BH00586

1300

mixed

یوم یوم الله است و کل ما سواه بر هستی و عظمت و اقتدار او گواه بعضی شناخته و

This is the Day of God, and all else besides Him beareth witness to His Being, His Grandeur and His Power. Some have recognized [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things.

INBA39:045, BLIB_Or11096#014, , BLIB_Or15698.155, , BLIB_Or15720.152, , BLIB_Or15740.119,

BRL_DA#665, AVK1.015.13x, AVK2.021.02x, AVK3.386.15x, IQT.155, RSBB.100, MAS8.108cx, ASAT5.285x

PDC.133x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01360

Some Answered Questions #074 The Relativity of Good and Evil

340

Persian

Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

بیان حقیقت اینمسئله بسیار مشکل است بدانکه کائنات بر دو قسم است

To explain the truth of this matter is difficult indeed. Know that created things are of two kinds

MFD#74, OOL.C022.74

SAQ#74

AB12855

Seize thy chance, exert every effort, and pay no heed to matters that do not yield any fruit

BRL_ATE#085

ABU0733

Public address given on 1912-05-02

400

Persian

Oneness; unity of religion; Rational arguments; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity in diversity

بسیار خوش آمدید امروز صبح بر خواستم دیدم شهر را مر گرفته صفا نگذاشته هر روز صبح

I find this morning that the city is enveloped by a fog and mist. It is a good city

BSB5:3-6:1

PUP#034 (p.078-079), SW_v03#04 p.015

AB02326

250

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

الهی الهی هولاء عباد انجذبوا بنفحات قدسک فی ایامک و اشتعلوا بالنار الموقده

O God, my God! These are servants attracted in Thy days by the fragrances of Thy holiness, enkindled with the flame

INBA55:090, INBA87:503b, INBA52:527b

BRL_DAK#1188, MKT1.484, ADH2.025, ADH2_1#12 p.022, AHDW.097

BPRY.179-181, BP1926.011-012

BH09071

110

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Conduct in finance and business; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God

یا اباالحسن بتجارت مشغول باش علی شأن لا یسرک ربحها و لا یحزنک خسارتها کن فی کل الأحوال

O Abu'l-Hasan! Occupy thyself with commerce in such wise that neither shall its profit gladden thee nor its loss grieve thee. In all conditions remain thou steadfast [3.5s]... ...Commerce is as a heaven, whose sun is trustworthiness and whose moon is truthfulness. The most precious of all things in the estimation of Him Who is the Sovereign Truth is trustworthiness

COMP_TRUSTP#35x, PYB#178 p.03x

BRL_TRUST#34x, COC#2046x

BH02680

330

mixed

Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

باین بیان که مانند آفتاب جهان از افق آسمان اوامر الهی طالع و مشرق است ناظر

Fix thine eyes upon this utterance, which, even as the sun in the heavens, hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of God's celestial commandments [3.5s]... ...Were a man in this day to adorn himself with the raiment of trustworthiness it were better for him in the sight of God than that he should journey on foot towards the holy court

INBA19:015, INBA32:015, INBA57:078, BLIB_Or15710.279, , BLIB_Or15722.172, , BLIB_Or15734.2.031,

COMP_TRUSTP#12x, GHA.316ax, UAB.039ax, MAS4.025x, AHB_133BE #03-04 p.003

BRL_TRUST#12x, COC#2024x

LL#261

ABU0555

Spiritual Aspiration in the West: Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris

500

Persian

Critique of Eastern values; culture; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

من از شرق آمدم بغرب در شرق میشنیدم که

You are very welcome! From Eastern lands I have come to the West to sojourn awhile among you. In the East it is often said

KHAB.128 (139), KHTB1.113

PT#23 p.066

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

mixed

Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj)

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام

The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him

PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076

BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024

BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69

Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the light of unity over the whole earth, being clothed in the garment of trustworthiness, establishing the transcendence of God, and casting away the causes of abasement and embracing that which leads to exaltation.

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

GSH.186, LL#049

BH00006

Lawh-i-Sarraj

26800

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj)

نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه

Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world.

INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124

BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201

BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51

One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth.

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

BH10203

Persian

Empty learning; false spirituality; Hypocrisy; Priestcraft; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای بگم اصحاب نار باش و اهل ریا مباش کافر باش و ماکر مباش در میخانه ساکن شو و

Be thou of the people of hell-fire, but be not a hypocrite. Be thou an unbeliever, but be not a plotter.

COMP_TRUSTP#39, AHM.376

BRL_TRUST#38, COC#2050

BH01106

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum

760

Arabic

یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله

O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God

INBA65:072

BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198

TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed

BH02198

Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq

400

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved)

ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد

Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery

INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048

GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21

GWB#151, DOR#21

R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke

Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘rose-garden of changeless splendour’, calling them to detach themselves from the world and to taste ‘the abandonment of enraptured love’, and warning them of the fleeting nature of their opportunity.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064

BH07679

130

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا الهی لااجد فی مملکتک من یقدر ان یقبل الیک حق الاقبال او یستمع ما

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I can discover no one in Thy realm who can befittingly turn unto Thee

PMP#152, NFR.150

PM#152

AB07326

110

Persian

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Review of publications

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه سلخ ذیقعده وصول یافت و مضمون مشحون بثبوت و رسوخ بر

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter dated the last day of the month of Dhi'l-Qa'dih

BRL_DAK#0029

BRL_ATE#030, MAAN#16

AB02000

280

Persian

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer for Fathers; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده درگاهت ویندست توجه بملکوت ابهی مینماید و از برای پدر

O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiver! The servant of Thy Threshold, Windust... O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children

BRL_DAK#0213

BRL_PMDA#25x, BPRY.064x, COC#0844x, COC#1747x, LOG#0770x, SW_v11#19 p.319, BLO_PT#066, BSTW#011

S. Rowshan, Anke & Armin

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

BH03386

270

mixed

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت دیده شد و ندایت شنیده گشت انشاء الله لازال بافق اعلی ناظر باشی و بما یحب

Thy letter was beheld and thy call was heard. God willing, mayest thou remain ever-gazing toward the Most Exalted Horizon and that which He loveth [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou didst graciously remember me through Thy Most Exalted Pen, at a time when Thou wert held in the Most Great Prison

BLIB_Or15697.078b,

BRL_DA#091, AVK4.069.03x

BRL_APBH#14x, RBB.126x, KSHK#22

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

LL#463

BB00169

Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju

1200

Arabic

Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word

CMB_F14.158v05-162v01,

SWBP#45 (p.134-134x)

SWB#46 (p.188-189x)

JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

ABU0268

Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30

790

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee.

BDA1.063n

BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x

A. Rae

Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MHMD1.071

AB08597

Persian

Call to action; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای بنده حق همتی بنما و دامنی بکمر زن و قصد مقامی بلند تر از افلاک نما ای بنده حق رخش

O true servant of God! Gird up thy loins, set firm thy steps, exert a mighty effort, and enter the plane of sacrifice

AKHA_127BE #09 p.a, DUR1.058, ANDA#23 p.54, KNSA.137

BRL_ATE#099, MNYA.185

BH00030

7400

mixed

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن

Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words.

INBA44:205

AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x

DOR#09x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.278, LL#333

ABU0474

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30

560

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection

BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021

Chastity and purity; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

AB00399

Some Answered Questions #062 The Infinite Perfections of Existence and the Progress of the Soul in the Next World

610

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death

بدان که مراتب وجود متناهیست مرتبهء عبودیت مرتبهء نبوت و مرتبهء ربوبیت

Know that the degrees of existence are finite—the degrees of servitude, of prophethood and of Divinity

MFD#62, OOL.C022.62

SAQ#62, BWF.328-330, LOG#0684x, LOG#0685x

AB06971

120

mixed

ای ورقه طیبه مبلغه حال وقت نطق و بیانست و زمان تبلیغ و تبیان زبان بگشا و بیان

Now is the time to speak forth and to deliver speeches, the time to teach and to give testimony. Loosen thy tongue, expound the truths

COMP_WOMENP#101, MKT7.147b, MSBH10.151b, QIRT.16b

BRL_WOMEN#101, COC#2192

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH00228

2630

mixed

Family Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی سخر القلم و اظهر منه من البیان ما لایعلم الا من ایده الله

Praise be unto God Who hath made the Pen to be subservient and hath caused to flow therefrom such utterances as none can comprehend save those whom God hath aided [3.5s]... ...Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light… It is the bounden duty of parents to rear their children to be staunch in faith

BLIB_Or15704.068,

BRL_DA#763, COMP_FAMP#39x, COMP_WOMENP#036x, UAB.010cx, MSHR2.199x

BRL_ATBH#29x, BRL_ATBH#85x, BRL_FAM#39x, BRL_WOMEN#036x, COC#0561x, COC#0563x, COC#1135x, COC#2127x, LOG#0706x

Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00381

Some Answered Questions #022 The Miracles of Christ

620

Persian

Life and death; Miracles and their interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

مظاهر مقدسهء الهیه مصدر معجزاتند و مظهر آثار عجیبه هر امر مشکلی و غیر ممکنی

The Manifestations of God are sources of miraculous deeds and marvellous signs.

MFD#22, OOL.C022.22

SAQ#22, PN_1905 p007, BAVA.017-019x, BLO_PN#021x

ABU0970

Address to the Baha'is at Kinney home in New York, 1912-04-11

320

Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)

How are you? You are welcome. After arriving today, although tired, still I had the utmost longing and yearning to see you

PUP#001 (p.003-004), SW_v03#10 p.004-005

R. Yazhari

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

First chapter of the book "The Promulgation of Universal Peace", a collection of 140 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 1912 visit to the United States and Canada.

ABU0984

The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

310

Persian

Paris Talks; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

انسان حیوان نبات حتی جماد جمیع حیاتشان باب است حتی حیات جماد باب شفافی منجمد

In the Gospel according to St John, Christ has said: 'Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.'… The love of God is spoken of as fire, for it burneth away the veils, and as water, for it is the source of life

BRL_DAK#0881, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.060-061, KHAB.139 (150), KHTB1.125

BRL_ATE#088, PT#27 p.079

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB01145

Some Answered Questions #063 The Progress of All Things Within their Own Degree

370

Persian

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of transformation and change; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death

بدان که شیء موجود در مقامی توقف ننماید یعنی جمیع اشیاء متحرک است

Know that nothing that exists remains in a state of repose—that is, all things are in motion.

MFD#63, OOL.C022.63

SAQ#63, BWF.330-331

BH09872

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

سبحانک یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی شرب خمر رحمتک من ایادی فضلک و ذاق طعم حبک فی

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace the wine of Thy tender mercy

INBA92:332a

PMP#012, AQMJ2.083

PM#012, BPRY.145

BH03380

270

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لیقرب به من فی الامکان الی البحر الذی تموج باسمه العظیم من

This is a Tablet sent down by the Lord of mercy that the people of the world may be enabled to draw nigh unto this Ocean

ASAT1.167x, TBP#17k

TB#17k

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.060?

BH10132

Blessed are the people of Baha! God beareth Me witness! They are the solace of the eye of creation.

ADJ.076x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement

BH00177

3140

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List

حمد بساط حضرت موجودی را که وجود را موجود فرمود و عالم را بانوار اسم اعظم منور

Praise be unto the Court of that Being Who brought existence into being and illumined the world with the lights of His Most Great Name [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon everyone to discharge the obligation of Huquq. The advantages gained from this deed revert to the persons themselves

INBA15:001, INBA26:001b, BLIB_Or15701.360,

BRL_DA#399, BRL_HUQUQP#011x

BRL_HUQUQ#011x, COC#1102x, ADMS#351x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00302

2130

mixed

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

تبارک الیوم الذی فیه انار افق البیان و استوی الرحمن علی عرش العظمه و الاحسان

Blessed be this Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined and the All-Merciful hath been established upon the throne of grandeur and benevolence [3.5s]... ...To discharge one's obligations is highly praiseworthy in the sight of God. However, it is not permitted to solicit Huquq from anyone

INBA07:052, BLIB_Or11097#030,

BRL_DA#269, BRL_HUQUQP#088x

BRL_HUQUQ#088x, COC#1144x

AB01489

320

Persian

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

ای ثابته بر میثاق نامه شما بتاریخ ۲۳ نوفمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید و از مضامین معلوم گردید

O thou firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 23 November 1918 was received. Its contents indicated that, praise be to God, thou art engaged in the service of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

BRL_DAK#1238, COMP_MASHRIQP#27x

BRL_MASHRIQ#27x, SW_v10#01 p.010-011, SW_v10#11 p.216-217

AB04273

170

Persian

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ای بنده آستان الهی نامه ای که بسید اسدالله مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید بعد از مراجعت

O servant of the divine Threshold! The letter which thou didst address to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused. After returning [3.5s]... ...The teacher, when teaching, must be himself fully enkindled, so that his utterance, like unto a flame of fire, may exert influence

MMK1#217 p.260x, YHA2.1000-1001x, YARP2.111 p.136, NJB_v04#15 p.003x

SWAB#217x

N. Affolter

BB00550

Letter to Him Whom God shall make manifest

150

Arabic

Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh

هو الابهی. الله لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و ما بینهما و هو المهیمن القیوم

He is God, no God is there but Him, the Almighty, the Best Beloved. All that are in the heavens and on the earth and whatever lieth between them are His.

PR20.100, MKI4500.128r-128v

QISM.020, SWBP#02 (p.002-003)

SWB#02 (p.006-008)

L. Slott

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

SRC.096

BH00296

2170

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

انک انت یا الهی لما استویت علی کرسی عز فردانیتک و تعلیت علی عرش رحمت

Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy transcendent unity

INBA49:187, INBA92:241, BLIB_Or15739.032,

PMP#184, TSBT.157, AMB#22

PM#184, DOR#22

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB04891

Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírza

160

Persian

Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá); Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یار مهربان آنچه کلک مشکین نگاشت شادمانی بخشید و خرمی آورد

O kind Friend! What thy musk-laden pen hath inscribed bestowed joy and brought delight. It was not a dew-drop

BRL_DAK#0415, SFI10.021

BRL_ATE#144, EBTB.155, BLO_PT#169

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00846

970

Arabic

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق

Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name.

INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207

BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011

GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x

T. Ellis

ROB3.026, LL#198

BH01716

510

Arabic

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám); Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

ان یا معشر العشاق تالله هذه للیله ماظهر مثلها فی الامکان و ان هذا لفضل من

O concourse of ardent lovers! By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation

INBA51:114, INBA73:002, BLIB_Or15696.181f, , KB_620:107-108x

AYT.055, OOL.B205, AMB#44

DOR#44, BLO_PT#157

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08250

100

mixed

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power of prayer; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ای موقن بایات الله جناب شیخ سلمان در سجن اعظم وارد و بزیارت رمس مطهر فائز از

O thou who art assured by the signs of God! The honorable Shaykh Salman hath arrived at the Most Great Prison and attained the blessing of visiting the sacred and hallowed shrine [3.5s]... ...In this day, no greater manifestation of love and kindness can be conceived in the world of existence than this

INBA55:140, INBA84:268a

BRL_DAK#0032x

BRL_ATE#033x

AB11475

...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you

ADJ.042x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB10550

Persian

Conduct in finance and business; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

نیت باید چنین باشد که در این تجارت بقدری عادلانه و منصفانه رفتار شود

...Your criterion should be to pursue your commercial activities with such fairness and equity as to be a cause of guidance to others

COMP_TRUSTP#50x

BRL_TRUST#49x, COC#2061x

AB02467

250

Persian

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude

یا شقیقتی العزیزه الحمد لله در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک در اقلیم فرنگ نسیمی از

Praise be to God, within the sheltering grace of the Blessed Beauty, here in the lands of the West a breeze hath blown from over the rose-gardens of His bestowals

BRL_DAK#0386, MMG2#263 p.292x, BHKP_2#09

BRL_ATE#147, BHK_2#09

BH10742

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ان یا صغیر السن ان ربک یدعو نفسه بلسانک و یقول یا من بیدک ملکوت الاشیا و جبروت الاسمآء ترانی صرت غریباً فی حبّک

O Thou Who holdest within Thy grasp the Kingdom of names and the Empire of all things

BRL_DA#038

BRL_APBH#02

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude

BB00560

150

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

بسم ربک الباری الملک الکافی المتعال المستعان. قل اللهم فاطر السموات و الارض مالک الملک تعلم ما فی نفسی و لا یعلم ما فی نفسک سواک و تشهد ما انا علیه و لا یشهد ذلک غیرک

Say: O my God! O Thou Who art the Maker of the heavens and of the earth, O Lord of the Kingdom! Thou well knowest the secrets of my heart… O Thou Who art the Lord of grace abounding!...

SWBP#68 (p.152-153)

SWB#68 (p.212-213), BPRY.054

L. Slott

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00419

Some Answered Questions #033 The Return of the Prophets

600

Persian

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of the Manifestations of God

جمال مبارک در ایقان بیان اینمطلب را مفصل و مشروح مرقوم فر??وده‌اند

Baha'u'llah has set forth a lengthy and detailed explanation of this matter in the Book of Certitude.

MFD#33, OOL.C022.33

SAQ#33

BH01542

560

Arabic

اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تری ما تری و تشهد ما تشهد و تنظر یا محبوبی کیف ابتلیت

O my God and my Lord! Thou seest what Thou seest, and Thou witnessest what Thou dost witness, and Thou beholdest, O my Beloved, how I have been afflicted [3.5s]... ...Before Me, riseth up the Serpent of wrath with jaws stretched to engulf Me, and behind Me stalketh the lion of anger intent on tearing Me in pieces

INBA36:128, INBA71:295, INBA92:137

PDC.014x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00552

1350

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء التی کانت علی العالمین محیطا و ینزل منها فیکل حین

This is the Book sent down in truth from the heaven that hath encompassed all the worlds, and from which there descendeth at every moment that which hath been ordained [3.5s]... ...Wert thou to hear with Mine ear, thou wouldst hear how Ali [the Bab] bewaileth Me in the presence of the Glorious Companion

INBA92:218x, BLIB_Or15694.537, , ALIB.folder18p137-142

ASAT4.157x

PDC.013-014x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11551

behave towards the government of the country in which they reside with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness

GPB.219x

AB05886

140

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

...It is the wish of my heart and soul that the Sun of the divine heavens will shine with such splendour

BRL_ATE#039x

AB05042

150

Persian

Being a source of light; guidance; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای اطفال عزیز من نامه شما رسید ولکن چنان فرحی حاصل شد که بتحریر و تقریر نیاید

O my dear children! Your letter was received. A degree of joy was attained that is beyond oral as well as written expression

MMK1#120 p.138

SWAB#120, SW_v10#11 p.221

AB00268

Some Answered Questions #060 The Immortality of the Spirit (1)

720

Persian

Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

پس اثبات روح شد که روح انسانی موجود است حال باید اثبات بقای روح را کرد

Having established the existence of the human spirit, we must now establish its immortality.

MFD#60, BSHN.140.515x, BSHN.144.503x, MHT1a.146x, MHT1b.104x, OOL.C022.60

SAQ#60, BWF.323-326

ABU0102

Public address given on 1912-11-10

1210

Call to action; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Things are known by their opposites; Transcendence; unknowability of God

What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence

PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x

BH01814

490

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا لعلی قد ظهر عن افق الابهی یسمع و یری و ینطق

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that this is He, the Most Exalted, Who hath appeared from the horizon of the All-Glorious, Who heareth and seeth and speaketh [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of the Almighty! Were I to recount to thee the tale of the things that have befallen Me, the souls and minds of men

INBA18:049, INBA73:177, BLIB_Or15694.330, , ALIB.folder18p344

WOB.174x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09724

100

Recall to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials... heart was torn with agony...

WOB.174x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05237

150

Persian

Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

BH04427

210

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

تری یا الهی بان ورقه من الاوراق التی تورقت من سدره وحدانیتک و دوحه فردانیتک

Thou seest, O My Lord, one of the Leaves grown out of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the mighty stock of Thy Singleness, surrounded by unbelievers, men and women alike... Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its branches

Majlis210461.117ax

PMP#180x, NFR.065

PM#180x, LTDT.263-264, JHT_S#064

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution

Part 3 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH01728

510

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و یجذب بها قلوب من یشاء و انه کان علی ما یشاء قدیرا... الثّنآء الّذی ظهر من نفسک الأعلی و البهآء الّذی طلع

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and through them doth draw unto Himself such hearts as He willeth, and verily He is powerful over whatsoever He desireth [3.5s]... ...The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty

INBA83:223, INBA49:286, BLIB_Or15702.289, , NLAI_BH1.177, ALIB.folder18p325

PMP#180x, ASAT4.077x

PM#180x

Chastisement and requital; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

BH06772

150

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک انه لبشاره من لدی الرحمن علیک و علی اهل الاکوان خذه بید

This is a Book from Us unto thee. Verily, it is a glad-tiding from the All-Merciful unto thee and unto the peoples of all the worlds. Take it with the hand [3.5s]... ...The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty!

INBA34:319, BLIB_Or15707.179, , BLIB_Or15735.327,

PMP#180x, AQA1#194, HYK.327

PM#180x

Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment

Part 2 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH09728

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

اسئلک یا الهی بالکلمه التی فیها کنزت لئالی علمک و بالبحر الذی ماج باسمک... صلّ اللّهمّ یا الهی علی عبادک الفائزین و امائک الفائزات

I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Word through which Thou hast treasured the pearls of Thy knowledge, and by the Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name [3.5s]... ...Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have attained unto Thee

INBA18:381a

PMP#180x, AQMJ2.027b

PM#180x

Prayer for protection; Prayer for women; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#341

Part 4 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH02307

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

380

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و

The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty

INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120

PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33

PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x

A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown

Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often recited in His Shrine.

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341

Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org

BH11837

110

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

All praise be to the one true God Who hath assisted His loved ones to observe the Fast and hath aided them to fulfill that which hath been decreed in the Book

BRL_IOPF#1.18x

BH00398

1720

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمدا لمن لایوصف بالمقال الذی لایقوم معه الرجال و الابطال و هو الظاهر فی یوم

Praise be unto Him Who cannot be described by utterance, before Whom no men or heroes can stand, Who is manifest in the Day [3.5s]... ...O Samandar! How many are the souls who with the utmost endeavour and effort, collect a handful of worldly goods and greatly rejoice in this act

INBA66:107x, BLIB_Or15727b.092, , BLIB_Or15732.208,

BRL_DA#255, AYBY.204, AQMJ2.106x, GHA.103bx, HQUQ.011x, AKHA_131BE #15 p.443x

BRL_ATBH#30x, COC#1145x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Law of Huququ'llah; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB02794

230

mixed

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Social Action

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء یکی از دوستان نامه ای در خصوص مکتب عشق آباد مرقوم

O dear friends of 'Abdu'l-Baha! [3.5s]... ...One of the friends hath sent us a letter regarding the school at 'Ishqabad… Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts

BRL_DAK#0370, TRBB.054

BRL_SOCIAL#186x, BRL_IOA#13x, COC#0018x, COC#0619x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

AB05463

150

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge

یا من قام بکلبیه علی خدمه امرالله آنچه در خصوص دارالتعلیم مرقوم نموده بودید

O thou who hast arisen to serve the Cause of God with all thy being! What thou hadst written as to the school is a cause for great rejoicing… This school is one of the vital and essential institutions which indeed support and bulwark the edifice of humankind

BRL_DAK#0272, AHB.120BE #09 p.333, AVK3.329.13x, TRBB.055, TSQA2.048, SAHA.048, MYD.455

BRL_SOCIAL#187x, COC#0621

AB03179

210

Persian

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه رسید و فریاد و فغان و ضجیج و اجیج تاثیر شدید نمود گمان

O cherished handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and your lamentation, cry and passionate plea produced a profound effect [3.5s]... ...In this day the duty of everyone, whether man or woman, is to teach the Cause. In America, the women have outdone the men in this regard and have taken the lead in this field

COMP_WOMENP#100x, MKT7.116b, MSBH10.151cx, QIRT.16ax

BRL_WOMEN#100x, COC#2191x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00021

Suriy-i-Muluk

8150

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings)

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله

This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth.

INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b

NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x

SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world.

ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319

AB00552

530

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

ای یاران ممتحن عبدالبهاء از قرار معلوم شخصی شریر شهیر در آنصفحات بر غنی و

O sorely tried friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! It hath become apparent that a wicked person in those regions hath assailed and attacked both rich and poor

NURA#12, MMK4#006 p.003, RHQM2.0841-842 (255-256) (156-157x), MAS5.281, MSHR5.050x

LOTW#12

AB01155

370

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Petitions to authorities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

یا من تمسک بالعروه التی لا انفصام لها حمد کن خدا را که از کاس ثبوت و رسوخ

O thou who hast held fast unto the unbreakable Handle! Render thanks unto God that thou hast quaffed

INBA13:293b

BRL_DAK#0001, MKT5.200, KHSK.102

BRL_ATE#001, CRADLE.044-045

BH09397

100

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

سبحانک یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت لنفسی راحه فی حبک و لا سکونا فی امرک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that in my love for Thee I have not sought any rest, that in proclaiming Thy Cause

INBA49:090, INBA92:322b

PMP#090

PM#090

ABU0316

Public address given on 1912-08-05

710

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The people of Christianity have clung to literal interpretation of the statement in the Gospel.... You have asked concerning approval of Christian Science treatment and healing. Spirit has influence

PUP#087 (p.245-247), BSC.379 #710, SW_v03#18 p.004-006, SW_v08#04 p.045-046

Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB04183

180

Persian

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

یا امه الله نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل

O maidservant of God! Thy letter dated 9 December 1918 was received. Its contents were noted. Never lose thy trust in God.

MMK1#178 p.200

SWAB#178

T. Ellis, S. Kouchekzadeh

BH00532

Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil

1410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع

This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty

INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147

BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126

PDC.111-112x

A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations in the world, from the Messengers of God, to individuals such as couriers who may be unaware of their role in propagating the divine message, to the Bábí and Bahá’í kings of the future, to the newly designated ‘people of Bahá’—His own followers, upon whom lies the responsibility of delivering the message to others.

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.201, LL#311

AB00061

Some Answered Questions #013 Commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Revelation of John

1370

Persian

Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

از پیش گذشت که مراد از شهر مقدس و اورشلیم الهی در کتب مقدسه

We have explained before that what the sacred scriptures most often mean by the Holy City

MFD#13, OOL.C022.13

SAQ#13

BH00984

830

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

سؤالاتیکه در احکام الهیه نموده بودید عرض شد از مطلع عنایت این جواب مشرق و

The questions which thou didst ask concerning the divine ordinances were submitted, and from the Dayspring of loving-kindness this answer hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...A number of people in various regions are at present illumined with the light of faith, but with the exception of a few, they have not been privileged as yet to observe the injunctions

INBA73:061, BLIB_Or15722.127b, , NLAI_BH4.100-105

BRL_DA#757, AVK3.116.12x, GHA.133.10x, ASAT4.170x, ASAT4.170x, MSBH5.413bx

BRL_ATBH#02x, COC#1120x, LOG#1039x

House of Justice; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

ABU0523

Public address given on 1912-12-03

520

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; Study; deepening; Suffering; rejection of Christ

I have been informed that the purpose of your class meeting is to study the significances

PUP#137 (p.458-460)

AB00441

Some Answered Questions #070 Free Will and its Limits

590

Persian

Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree

این مسئله از مهمات مسائل الهیه است و بسیار غامض است

This is one of the most important questions of divinity and it is most abstruse.

MFD#70, OOL.C022.70

SAQ#70

BH08828

110

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی جعلته قیوما علی الاسماء و به انشق حجاب

Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! I ask Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast set up above all other names

INBA19:143b, INBA32:132a, INBA48:194a, INBA49:054, BLIB_Or15739.332,

PMP#084

PM#084

AB00425

590

mixed

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Race unity; racial issues

ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک نامه مورخ به ۲۲ جون ۱۹۰۹ واصل گردید الحمد لله مکاتیب

O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 June 1909 was received. Praise be to God that correspondence [3.5s]... ...As to Mr. Robert [Turner], the news of his ascension saddened the hearts. He was in truth most devoted

BRL_DAK#0138, AOTY.055x, YIK.089-091

BRL_ATE#098x, BLO_PN#010

AB00779

Some Answered Questions #076 The Justice and Mercy of God

450

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Reward and punishment

بدان که عدل اعطای کل ذی حق حقه است مثلاً شخصی اجیر

Know that justice consists in rendering each his due…. But if he who has been struck

MFD#76, OOL.C022.76

SAQ#76

C. Oja

AB11291

...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit

WOB.169x

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02443

360

Arabic

انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الینا و نسقیه کوثر العنایه مره بعد مره لیقربه الی

We desire to mention him who hath set his face towards Us and to let him once again drink deep from the life-giving waters

INBA15:303, INBA26:306

PYK.047, TBP#17l

TB#17l

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Presence of; reunion with God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#043

AB06000

130

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers

اللهم یا موید کل سلطته عادله و سلطنته قاسطه علی العزه الابدیه و القدره

O my God! O Thou Who endowest every just power and equitable dominion with abiding glory

BRL_DAK#0053, MKT2.313

BRL_APAB#17, SW_v08#11 p.141, SW_v09#06 p.075, SW_v24#09 p.258, JHT_A#001

AB00915

410

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای یاران نورانی و اماء رحمن چون ظلمات نادانی و غفلت از عالم یزدانی و احتجاب

O ye illumined loved ones and ye handmaids of the Merciful! At a time when the sombre night of ignorance, of neglect of the divine world

MNMK#096 p.176, MMK1#016 p.031, AKHA_122BE #06 p.b, NJB_v01#13 p.001

SWAB#016, TAB.502-504, BWF.352-353x, TOR.205-208, BSTW#145

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00103

1070

Persian

Higher encompasses the lower; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Manifestation of God as mirror; One universal law; attractive power of love; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ای حقیقتجو شخص محترم نامه که بتاریخ چهارم آپریل ۱۹۲۱ بود رسید و بکمال محبت

O thou distinguished personage, thou seeker after truth! Thy letter of 4 April 1921, hath been read with love. The existence of the Divine Being

MKT3.380, MNMK#146 p.269, MMK1#021 p.044, DWNP_v1#02 p.003-005, KHF.008, KHAB.025? (034), KHTB3.008

SWAB#021

BH00069

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers)

5150

Persian

Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع

Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day

INBA63:001, INBA66:213

BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178

BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x

Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regarding the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

Business; financial; property matters; Grammar and orthography; Law of divorce; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of marriage and dowry; Parents and children; youth; families

ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279

AB00019

Some Answered Questions #011 Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of the Revelation of John

4060

Persian

Apocalyptic imagery; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

در باب یازدهم آیهء اول از مکاشفات یوحنا میفرماید "و نئی مثل عصا بمن داده شد

In Revelation 11:1–2 it is said: “And there was given me a reed like unto a rod

MFD#11, OOL.C022.11

SAQ#11, GPB.092x

AB01183

360

mixed

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه دوازدهم ذی القعده ۳۳۷ رسید اما نامه سابق نرسید مرقوم

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 12 Dhi’l-Qa‘dih 1337 was received, but the earlier one hath not arrived

NURA#29, MKT9.101b, MMK3#153 p.106x, MMK4#038 p.043x, MAS2.083x

LOTW#29

AB07155

110

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

استبشری یا امه الله بما عرفت الحق و سمعت ندائه و انجذبت الی نفحاته فارکعی و

Rejoice, O maidservant of God!—for that thou hast known God and heard His call and art attracted to His breaths! Then prostrate thyself... My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast favored Thine humble maidservant

BRL_DAK#0086

BRL_APAB#22x, BPRY.249-250x, TAB.139, BSC.427 #771x, SW_v09#09 p.101x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU1897

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-11-16

160

High station of the true believer; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

Wherever the mention of Baha'u'llah rises up, that is the paradise of Abha.

PUP#129 (p.437), BSTW#088

AB10839

Persian

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای باوفا از قرار مسموع شما را نیت چنان که خانه خویش را گاهی باجتماع بهاایان

O faithful one! I have heard that it is your intention to make your home occasionally a meeting place for the Bahá'ís [3.5s]... ...We hear that thou hast in mind to embellish thy house from time to time with a meeting of Baha’ís

BRL_DAK#0254, MMK1#057 p.091x

SWAB#057x

BH01050

800

mixed

Call of the Divine Beloved; لوحی است از حضرت بهاءالله (حرف باء) خطاب به میرزا هادی قزوینی (حرف هاء) [از حرف "باء" به حرف "هاء\']

From the Letter Bá’ to the Letter Há’

قد ارسلت الیک من قبل کتابا علی لسان عربی مبین و اذا انزل علیک هذاللوح

I addressed unto thee aforetime an Epistle in the lucid Arabian tongue

BLIB_Or15722.232,

AVK1.063.12x, SFI08.017, ASAT5.311x, NSS.137x

CDB#3

Differences in human capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love of God; Mystical themes; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH07117

140

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فو عزتک من تتابع البلایا منع قلم الاعلی من اظهار ما هو

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I swear by Thy might! Successive afflictions have withheld the pen of the Most High from laying bare

INBA48:177, INBA92:159, BLIB_Or15739.310,

PMP#006, AQMJ1.134

PM#006

AB04797

160

mixed

ای عبید رشید و اماء رب مجید قرنها بگذرد و دهرها بسراید و هزاران اعصار منقضی

O ye the valiant servants and handmaids of the All-Glorious! Ages, cycles, nay thousands of generations must pass away

MKT8.127

GPB.099x2x, WOB.110x2x, WOB.167x, COC#0221x, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.026-027

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00108

Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak

4040

Persian

Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví-yi Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One

Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak

ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب

You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred

INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14,

BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089

GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28

Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown

Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of God and the divine springtime but warning that it can only be perceived by those possessing a spiritual eye.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270

AB03565

200

mixed

یا من انجذب بنفحات الله ان الرب المجلی علی الطور بقوه الظهور مرج البحرین بحر

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Verily the Lord Who revealed Himself upon the Mount through the power of Manifestation hath caused the two seas to surge forth [3.5s]... ...Concerning the Manifestations that will come down in the future 'in the shadows of the clouds,' know verily that in so far as their relation to the source of their inspiration

INBA59:112a

MMK6#514, YMM.204x

GPB.099x, WOB.111x, WOB.167x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

BH08326

120

Arabic

قد تحرکت افلاک سماء العالم من هذا البیان الذی نطق به لسان العظمه البرهان لله

The heavens of the world were set in motion by this utterance which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken forth as a testimony unto God [3.5s]... ...But for Him no Divine Messenger would have been invested with the robe of prophethood, nor would any of the sacred scriptures have been revealed

BLIB_Or15697.132,

GPB.099x, WOB.104x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04860

200

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

و اما حکایت عفو و مغفرت بعد از عرض امام وجه این آیات نازل قوله تعالی یا سمندر

As to the account of pardon and forgiveness, after presentation before the Presence, these verses were revealed - His exalted Word: O Samandar! [3.5s]... ...As to the children: We have directed that in the beginning they should be trained in the observances and laws of religion

PYB#219 p.03x, TRZ1.352x, MSBH4.227-228x

BRL_ATBH#23x, COC#0575x

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of Huququ'llah

ABU0204

Public address given on 1912-06-20

900

PUP#074 (p.206-209), SW_v03#10 p.023-024

I am about to leave the city for a few days rest at Montclair. When I

Composition and decomposition; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Unity in diversity

BH03471

260

Arabic

تلک آیات الروح نزلت علی قلم البقا من لدی الله العلی الحکیم و فیها ما تطیر به افئده

These are the verses of the Spirit that have descended upon the Pen of Eternity from the presence of God, the Most High, the All-Wise, wherein lieth that which causeth hearts to soar [3.5s]... ...It will shine resplendently within another globe, as predestined by Him who is the Omnipotent, the Ancient of Days

INBA71:049a

MUH3.268bx

GPB.145x2x

Consolation and comfort; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

BH04855

200

Arabic

هذا لوح یحکی عن جبروت البقا و هذا لفضل من الله علی الخلایق جمیعا قل ان فی اخراج

This is a Tablet that telleth of the Kingdom of Eternity and this is a bounty from God unto all created things. Say: Verily, in the sending forth [3.5s]... ...That the Spirit should depart out of the body of Iraq is indeed a wondrous sign unto all who are in heaven and all who are on earth

INBA71:050a

MUH3.268cx

GPB.145x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB00267

Christ and Baha’u’llah

720

Persian

Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

بعضی از اشخاص ذکر نموده‌اند که هرچند آثار عظیمه از جمال مبارک ظاهر شده و اعمال غریبه صادر گشته

Some have asserted that, while mighty signs and marvellous deeds have appeared from Baha'u'llah, through which His greatness shines forth as resplendent as the sun

BRL_TTTP#12

BRL_TTT#12

BH00528

Lawh-i-Bismillih

1410

Persian

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God

Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God)

این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن

This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance.

BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033

WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165

Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day.

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#079

BH11455

He that partaketh of the waters of My Revelation will taste all the incorruptible

WOB.107x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02618

Some Answered Questions #079 The Reality of the World of Being

240

Persian

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Life and death; Material world a reflection of the spiritual

طائفهء سوفسطائیه بر آنند که موجودات عبارت از اوهامات است هر موجود وهم محض است

The sophists hold that all existence is illusory, indeed, that each and every being is an absolute illusion

MFD#79, OOL.C022.79

SAQ#79

ABU0139

Public address given on 1912-11-29

1060

PUP#133 (p.449-452), SW_v07#12 p.109-111+115

This evening I wish to speak to you concerning the mystery of sacrifice. There are two kinds of sacrifice

Justice and mercy; Original sin; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06877

150

Arabic

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

یا من کل شیء مضطرب من خشیتک و کل الوجوه ساجده عند ظهورات انوار وجهک و کل

O Thou the dread of Whom hath fallen upon all things, before the splendors of Whose face the countenances of all men are downcast

INBA48:164, INBA61:065, INBA92:179, BLIB_Or15739.292,

PMP#125, AQMJ1.125, RAHA.026-027

PM#125

AB00128

970

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع

O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants

INBA85:270

MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396

SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027

E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB03257

320

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المرسل الی انطون افندی العزیز

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have read thy letter addressed to the dear Anton Effendi [3.5s]... ...Regarding the statement in The Hidden Words, that man must renounce his own self, the meaning is that he must renounce his inordinate desires

BRL_DAK#0219, MNMK#050 p.134x, MMK1#181 p.201x

SWAB#181x, LOG#0596x, DLA.090x, BLO_PN#026x

BH00003

Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

920

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance

Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث

Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation

INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8,

AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32

TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546

A. Youssefi

Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord.

Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

ABU0818

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

370

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

You are all exceedingly welcome. Do you realize how much you should thank God for His blessings?

PUP#067 (p.187-189), SW_v03#10 p.015

BB00630

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

اللهم انک انت مفرج کل هم و منفس کل کرب و مذهب کل غم و مخلص کل عبد و منقذ

O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction

SWBP#51 (p.137-137(b)x)

SWB#52 (p.193-193(b)), BPRY.227-228

S. Toloui-Wallace, unknown, E. Mahony, Omid & Ariella, K. Porray

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties

BH11105

mixed

قسم بآفتاب معانی که از ظلم این ظالمان قامتم خم شده و مویم سفید گشته

By the Sun of inner meaning, by reason of the oppression of these oppressors hath My frame been bowed and My hair turned white [3.5s]... ...The cruelties inflicted by My oppressors have bowed Me down, and turned My hair white. Shouldst thou present thyself before My throne

MAS8.037ax

GPB.169x, PDC.013x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11537

2040

Arabic

تلک آیات الامر نزلت من جبروت البقا و لا یعقلها الا الذینهم طاروا بجناحین

These are the verses of Revelation; they have been sent down from the realm of eternity, and none shall apprehend them save those who have soared… By God! No spot is left on My body that hath not been touched by the spears of thy machinations… What hath proceeded from thy pen hath caused the Countenances of Glory to be prostrated upon the dust

NLAI_BH1.408

BRL_DA#152

GPB.169x, GPB.169-170x, GPB.170x, ADMS#216

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00427

590

mixed

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابتان بر میثاق نیر اعظم اشراق چون از افق عراق طلوع فرمود و پرتوی نورانی از

O ye who stand fast and firm in the Covenant! No sooner had the Most Great Luminary of the world risen above the horizon of Iraq

NURA#25, MMK4#036 p.039, MSHR4.139-140

LOTW#25

BH08855

110

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک یا الهی و اله کلشیء و بهائی و بهاء کل شیء و رجائی و رجاء کلشیء و

Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my Glory and the Glory of all things

PMP#042, NFR.213, ABDA.114

PM#042, BPRY.077, BSC.432 #784

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness and remoteness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB01170

360

Persian

Arcs of ascent and descent; Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ای ادیبان ای طبیبان جناب امین و یاران ستایش از همت بی پایان نموده اند... تعليم اطفال و پرورش کودکان اعظم مناقب عالم انسان

O men of learning and physicians! His honor the Trustee and his companions have praised your boundless endeavor [3.5s]... ...The education and training of children is among the most meritorious acts of humankind and draweth down the grace and favor of the All-Merciful

MMK1#103 p.126x, AKHA_131BE #10 p.270, YMM.205x

SWAB#103x

BH02153

410

mixed

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

قد اتی یوم فیه اتت السماء بدخان مبین و اتی یوم فیه مرت الجبال کمر السحاب

The Day hath come wherein the heavens have brought forth a manifest smoke, and the Day hath come wherein the mountains move as move the clouds [3.5s]... ...O my Lord, my Master, and the Goal of my Desire! I have heard that Thou hast declared this to be a Day whereon if anyone, with complete sincerity

INBA30:107x, INBA45:202, BLIB_Or15715.031a,

BRL_DA#236, AHM.365x, AQMJ1.174x, ADH1.091, AKHA_133BE #11 p.250

BRL_APBH#17x, ADMS#035x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11094

Prayer for the departed.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!

BPRY.041

Y. Mesbah, The Humming Birds, D. Gundry, K. Bartlett, Hailey & Milton, The Hummingbirds, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, N. Bahraini, W. Heath

AB04669

160

Persian

Importance of community building; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای بنده الهی نامه ات رسید مضامین بدیع و بلیغ بود و مقاصد بلند و رفیع عالم

O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. Its contents were lofty and sublime, and its aim high and far-reaching.

MMK1#224 p.271

SWAB#224, SW_v11#05 p.091

AB01674

300

Persian

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

BH02699

330

mixed

Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of teachers of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

قلم اعلی در کل حین ندا میفرماید ولکن اهل سمع کمیاب الوان مختلفه دنیا اهل

The Pen of the Most High is unceasingly calling; and yet, how few are those that have inclined their ear to its voice! The dwellers of the kingdom of names have busied themselves with the gay livery of the world

INBA51:453, BLIB_Or15715.253a,

BRL_DA#683, GWBP#096 p.128x, LHKM3.311

GWB#096x, ADJ.066-67x, ADJ.075x, ADJ.079x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.377x, WOB.202x

G. Munro, M. Sparrow, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 11]

LL#422

AB00077

Some Answered Questions #047 The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man

1210

Persian

Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Evolution; human evolution; Names and attributes of God

بدان که یک مسئله از غوامض مسائل الهیه اینست که این عالم وجود یعنی این کون غیر متناهی بدایتی ندارد

Know that it is one of the most abstruse questions of divine philosophy that the world of existence—that is, this endless universe—has no beginning.

MFD#47, OOL.C022.47

SAQ#47, BWF.297-300

BH00041

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II

7070

mixed

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال

All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve

INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199

BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x

BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00495

560

mixed

Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ای مبارک فرزند آن بزرگوار خبر موحش مدهش شهادت آن سراج هدی سبب اندوه و احزان

O blessed child of that noble soul! The shocking and devastating news of the martyrdom of that lamp of guidance hath caused sorrow and grief [3.5s]... ...O peerless Lord! Praised be Thou for having kindled that light in the glass of the Concourse on high

MKT1.428, AKHA_107BE #05 p.02, DUR1.513x, TISH.123-124, MSBH3.607-609, NANU_AB#09

BRL_APAB#12x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH01403

Lawh-i-Salman II

610

mixed

Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán)

Lawh-i-Salman II (Tablet to Salman II)

ای سلمان در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضایای الهی راضی باش ملاحظه کن که این

O Salmán! Follow thou in all things the example of the One true God, and be content with whatsoever He ordaineth.

BLIB_Or11096#022, , BLIB_Or15710.001, , NLAI_BH2.208

BRL_DA#128, AVK1.135.12x, MJMM.124, BSHN.032x, MHT2b.060x, DRD.036, MAS4.167x, ASAT1.209x, ASAT4.315x, OOL.B077

PDC.115-116x, WIND#180, HURQ.BH56

Emphasizes the fleeting nature of this world, that those who remain occupied with it are heedless of this truth, and that one of the signs of the maturity of the world is that none will be found to bear the burden of kingship and its earthly cares.

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.025, ROB3.157, MMAH.188, GSH.179, LL#233

AB01394

330

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Kindness to and rights of animals; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من حیوان نظیر انسان در نزد اهل حقیقت بسیار عزیز است لهذا

O my dear celestial daughter! [3.5s]... ...The followers of truth hold dear not only human beings but animals as well.

BRL_DAK#0222, AVK3.197.19, MAS5.152-153

BRL_ATE#130x

ABU0020

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-18

2100

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

حمد میکنم خدا را که با شما هستم باسباب ظاهره و قوه ملکی چنین مجلسی فراهم نمودن

I praise God that I am with you. Such an assembly would be utterly impossible to hold through worldly power and outward means

BDA1.380.10x

PUP#131 (p.442-447), FWU.104, SW_v06#08 p.059-061+064, DWN_v6#08 p.001-002x, MHMD1.399x

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Second birth; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity

BH00972

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3

850

mixed

Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام

Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body

INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172,

BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c

GWB#086x, PNAK.86

LL#438

AB07838

110

...A few, unaware of the power latent in human endeavor, consider this matter as highly impracticable

WOB.038x

Effort; striving; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB01558

310

mixed

ای بنده جمال ابهی مسائلی که سوال نموده بودی ابدا فرصت جواب نه در هر روز

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Concerning the questions thou didst ask, I have absolutely no time to reply each day [3.5s]... ...The station which he who hath truly recognized this Revelation will attain is the same as the one

MKT8.025, MKT9.054, AVK2.038.16x, MAS2.015

WOB.111x

Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB11414

...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth

WOB.111x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; East and West; communication between East and West; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

BH00295

Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence)

2180

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence)

ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین

Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him

INBA73:186

BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087

BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x

Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150

AB02483

420

Persian

Bribery and corruption; Call to action; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Relationship between government and people; Service to others; to the Cause of God

از قرار اخبار موروده اعلیحضرت شهریار خلدالله ملکه بصرافت طبع و طیب خاطر اراده

According to reports that have reached us, His Imperial Majesty—may his sovereignty endure—hath, of his own volition and with utmost sincerity of purpose, intended [3.5s]... ...Those persons who are selected to serve the public, or are appointed to administrative positions, should perform their duties in a spirit of true servitude and ready compliance

BRL_DAK#0987, COMP_TRUSTP#56x, AVK3.284.04x

BRL_TRUST#55x, COC#2067x, LOG#1474x

AB03676

190

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و همچنین وکالت نامه که بجهت آقا میرزا محسن

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, and likewise the power of attorney

BRL_DAK#0028

BRL_ATE#029, MAAN#15

BH05405

180

Arabic

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

سبحانک یا اله العالمین و محبوب العارفین ترانی جالسا تحت سیف علق بخیط و تعلم

Glory to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all worlds, and the Beloved of all such as have recognized Thee! Thou seest me sitting under a sword

INBA92:355

PMP#102

PM#102

BH01888

470

Arabic

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of fasting; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام علی عبادک و به طرزت دیباج کتاب اوامرک بین

These are, O my God, the days whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to observe the fast. With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book

INBA92:370

PMP#085, AHM.115, TSBT.053, NFF5.051, OOL.B090.03

PM#085, BPRY.270

K. Porray, E. Mahony, B. Weber, unknown

LL#271, LL#472

BH06429

150

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ان یا امه الله ان اذکری ربک بهذالدعاء سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the fire of Whose love hath set ablaze the hearts of them who have recognized Thy unity

INBA48:171, BLIB_Or15739.301,

PMP#126, AQA7#342 p.021

PM#126, BPRY.242

BH08834

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی بین ایدی الاعدا و الابن محمرا بدمه امام وجهک یا من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! Thou seest me in the hands of Thine enemies

INBA92:405a

BRL_DA#265, NFR.171, ASAT4.416x, FBAH.227

TDH#064.11x, GPB.188x, JHT_S#194

Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.213, LL#485

ABU0882

Public address given on 1912-04-18

340

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید

Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends

BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n

PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

MHMD1.047

BH00074

4990

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Blessed is the Spot (text)

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل

Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence

INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326

BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x

BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x

D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0196

Public address given on 1912-04-26

910

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

در این انجمن محترم میخواهم در خصوص وحدانیت الهیه تکلم کنم بدیهی است که حقیقت

I wish to speak upon the subject of divine unity, the oneness of God, before this revered assemblage… O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful!

BRL_DAK#0573, KHF.114, KHAB.260 (270), KHTB2.049, KHTB3.045, NJB_v05#04 p.001, BDA1.054n

BPRY.112-113x, PUP#046 (p.113-116), SW_v03#07 p.013-014

D. Djalili, Stevie & Tory, M. Levine [track 6], A. Youssefi

Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.062

BH07105

140

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Prayer for healing

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی به احییت العباد و عمرت البلاد و

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name through Which Thou didst stir up Thy servants

PMP#019, ADM1#081 p.141

PM#019, BPRY.097

AB03051

220

mixed

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

یا احباء الله و ابناء ملکوت الله ان السماء الجدیده قد اتت و ان الارض الجدیده

O ye beloved of God! O ye children of His Kingdom! Verily, verily, the new heaven and the new earth are come.

INBA21:071, INBA55:333, INBA59:085, INBA59:202b, UMich962.115-116, UMich991.053-055

MKT2.103, MNMK#048 p.133, MMK1#003 p.012, MILAN.055, QT105.1.240, AVK2.188.01x, TZH8.1188, RHQM1.590-591 (720) (442), MJZ.012

SWAB#003, BWF.350-351, SW_v14#12 p.358

Angels; Continual renewal of creation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB06162

130

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای ثابتان بر عهد هر محفل روحانی که بعنایت الهیه تشکیل گردد و اعضا در نهایت

O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Abdu'l-Baha is constantly engaged in ideal communication with any Spiritual Assembly

MMK1#046 p.086

SWAB#046, BWF.410-411x, COC#0178x, SW_v12#01 p.028, BSTW#197, BSTW#458

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for morning; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH01120

Lawh-i-Napoleon I

750

mixed

First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee

BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x

GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x

Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; reminds the Emperor of two pronouncements he had made on behalf of the oppressed and the helpless; and calls upon him to inquire into the condition of those who have been wronged, including Bahá’u’lláh and His fellow exiles.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199

BH04977

190

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر الذین اقبلوا الی الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و اجابوا

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of them that have turned unto the Countenance after the perishing of all things, and have answered [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines! Fling away idle fancies and imaginings, and turn, then, towards the Horizon of Certitude

INBA28:224, BLIB_Or15715.110a,

PDC.136x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08360

120

Arabic

قد نطق کل حجر و مدر بما نطق به الکتاب ولکن القوم فی مریه و شقاق اذا ارتفع

Every stone and clod hath voiced that which the Book hath uttered, yet the people remain in doubt and dissension when it is raised [3.5s]... ...Among the people are those who said: `He hath repudiated the divines.' Say: `Yea, by My Lord! I, in very truth, was the One Who abolished the idols!

BLIB_Or15697.131b,

PDC.136x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11863

Law of obligatory prayer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon

BRL_IOPF#1.05x

BH03262

280

Arabic

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

لک الحمد یا الهی بما زینت العالم بانوار فجر لیل فیه ولد من بشر بمطلع

All praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast adorned the world with the splendour of the dawn

BLIB_Or15726.028b,

ADM2#002 p.012x, NFR.039, TBP#17b, AMB#41

TB#17b, DOR#41, DAS.1915-03-22

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB06030

130

Persian

ای امه الله المبارکه اشعار بدیع ملاحظه گردید که بابدع الحان از حنجر روحانی

O blessed handmaiden of God! Your sublime verses were perused, which have emerged with the most wondrous melody from your heavenly throat [3.5s]... ...'Abdu'l-Baha's supreme joy is in observing that a number of leaves from among the handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty have been educated, that they are the essence of detachment

COMP_WOMENP#040x, MKT7.032b, PYB#227 p.03, YBN.016b, YBN.269x

BRL_WOMEN#040x, COC#2131x

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU1814

The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-15

160

Persian

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Study; deepening

از فرط محبت بشما تضرع و زاری من بملکوت الهی این است که شماها را تایید نماید

You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly. Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and that, one and all, you may participate

KHAB.168 (179), KHTB1.166

PT#30 p.093

E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2)

AB00822

430

mixed

ای ثابت بر پیمان الان که یوم یکشنبه شانزدهم ربیع الثانی سنه هزار و سیصد و

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! On this Sunday, the sixteenth of Rabi'u'th-Thani in the year thirteen hundred and [3.5s]... ...The dark blue and white domes inverted

INBA85:205

ANDA#57 p.22, MSHR3.034

PDC.151x

Growth of the Cause; Justice and mercy; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00657

1160

Arabic

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها

Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you!

INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172

BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165

GWB#121

AB00602

500

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای ثابت بر پیمان سه ٣ نامه از تو متتابعا رسید بدون فاصله از مضامین معلوم گردید که در کلیولند

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Three consecutive letters have been received from thee. From their contents it became known

MKT3.069, MNMK#125 p.241, MMK1#186 p.207

SWAB#186, LOG#0606x, SW_v10#14 p.271-272

AB01546

310

Persian

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل

...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him

INBA13:338, INBA59:298b, INBA88:254b, INBA89:187

MMK1#055 p.091x, AVK4.148.03x, AVK3.142.10x

SWAB#055x

AB05167

150

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای خدا تو شاهدی و گواهی که در دل و جان آرزوای ندارم جز آنکه برضایت موفق گردم

Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure

BRL_DAK#0221, MMK2#004 p.002, MMG2#401 p.447

BPRY.203-204

BH00346

1910

mixed

یا مهدی استمع ندآء من کان متغمسا فی بحر البلاء و اذا تمهله الامواج یرفع راسه

Hearken, O Mahdi, unto the call of Him Who is drowning in a sea of tribulation.

BLIB_Or11096#013, , BLIB_Or15698.116, , BLIB_Or15720.116, , BLIB_Or15738.108, , BLIB_Or15740.091, , LEID.Or4971-7 p4,

BRL_DA#279, AVK2.307.06x, IQT.116, RSBB.085, ASAT3.115x, ASAT3.132x, ASAT4.287x, ASAT4.406x, ASAT4.432x, ASAT4.496x, ASAT5.256x

PDC.028x, KSHK#24

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01115

750

mixed

ندآء الله از شطر عکا مرتفع و میفرماید طوبی از برای نفوسیکه الی الله توجه

The Call of God hath been raised from the direction of 'Akká, proclaiming: Blessed be they that have turned their faces unto God [3.5s]... ...From time immemorial, they who have been outwardly invested with authority have debarred men from setting their faces towards God

BLIB_Or11096#024, , BLIB_Or15698.259, , BLIB_Or15720.255, , BLIB_Or15740.198,

BRL_DA#134, IQT.259, TZH?.531

PDC.028x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for pilgrims; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10983

...The kings, have recognized that it was not in their interest to acknowledge Me, as have likewise the ministers and the divines

PDC.028x

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

BH04229

220

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام عیدک الرضوان و فیه زین محل من السجن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon a corner of this prison hath been decked forth

AYT.317, AKHA_134BE #02 p.61, OOL.B204, AMB#19

DOR#19

almunajat.com [item 25]

BH01640

530

Arabic

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ان یا عبد قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا بما فیه و کان الله علی ما فی قلبک علیما

O servant! Your letter hath come before Our presence, and We have understood that which was therein, and verily God is the All-Knowing of what lieth within thy heart [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God

BLIB_Or15694.307, , ALIB.folder18p340

BRL_DA#672, GWBP#094 p.126x

GWB#094x

LL#456

AB11927

120

Persian

Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای یاران الهی هر انجمنی را اعضای ممتحنی که لیاقت عضویت و استعداد ماهیت دارند

O friends of God! Every assembly is in need of seasoned members who are worthy of its membership and are endowed with innate capacities

BRL_DAK#0396

BRL_ATE#131

AB00998

390

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بمستر دیلی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بسیار رای

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, and staunch! The letter which thou didst write ... hath been shown to me, and the opinions expressed therein

MMK1#041 p.080

SWAB#041, TAB.124-125, BWF.413-414x, BSC.479 #915x, BSTW#349

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06035

160

mixed

امروز باید شاربان رحیق معانی در کل احیان بافق رحمن ناظر باشند و بکمال استقامت

In this day must they who drink from the wine of inner meanings be, at all times, turned towards the horizon of the All-Merciful, and with utmost steadfastness [3.5s]... ...I swear by Him Who is the Most Great Ocean! Within the very breath of such souls as are pure and sanctified far-reaching potentialities are hidden

INBA51:074b, BLIB_Or15715.324c, , KB_620:067-068

BRL_DA#545, LHKM2.135b, DBR.032, ANDA#10 p.04

ADJ.023x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; High station of the true believer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02870

540

Persian

Law of divorce; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ای احبای الهی جهان هنوز پر موج و اضطرابست و امم عالم با یکدیگر در باطن رقیب

O ye friends of God! The world is still filled with tribulations and agitation… In short, the foundation of the Kingdom of God is based upon harmony and love, oneness, relationship and union… Formerly in Persia divorce was very easily obtained

BRL_DAK#0619, COMP_FAMP#08x, BRL_SWOP#044x, AVK4.187.09x, SFI22.015-016

BRL_FAM#08x, BRL_SWO#044x, COC#0530x, COC#0840x, COC#2308x, LOG#0753x, LOG#1306x, SW_v11#16 p.272-273, BSTW#500b

BH03167

290

Arabic

یا قاسم یذکرک قاصم شوکه المعتدین بذکر اذ اشرق من افق القلم خضعت له اذکار

O Qasim! He Who breaketh the might of the aggressors maketh mention of thee, with a remembrance when it dawned forth from the horizon of the Pen, before which all remembrances bow down [3.5s]... ...decked their heads with green and white, and committed what made the Faithful Spirit to groan

INBA51:099, BLIB_Or15713.103, , KB_620:092-093

ADM1#036 p.078x

PDC.150x

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06026

130

Persian

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای اماء الهی وقت آنست که رباب عشق را بچنگ آرید و نغمه و آهنگ ملکوت الله بلند

O handmaidens of God! The time hath come to take up the lute of divine love and raise high the melody and song of the Kingdom of God [3.5s]... ...When your hearts are wholly attracted to the one true God you will acquire divine knowledge, will become attentive to the proofs and testimonies and will commit to memory the glad-tidings

BRL_DAK#0423, COMP_PDLP#84x, PYB#227 p.03

BRL_ATE#148, BRL_PDL#84x, COC#0386x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

AB12030

160

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O ye friends of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! The tumult of the nations and the clamour of their peoples are certain and inevitable

BRL_ATE#087

AB02827

230

mixed

Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نامه شما رسید بنص قاطع جمال مبارک احباء در امور سیاسی مداخله ندارند بلکه باید

Your letter was received. According to the explicit text of the Blessed Beauty, the beloved friends must not interfere in political affairs, but rather they should [3.5s]... ...If it should happen that one of the friends be called upon to serve his country and people in some capacity, he should apply himself to his work with heart and soul

COMP_TRUSTP#63x, MKT4.182, AKHA_123BE #04 p.j, AVK3.285.14x, YHA1.410x

BRL_TRUST#62x, COC#2074x

AB03670

190

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از انتشار نفحات

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write hath been perused.

BRL_DAK#0021, PZHN v1#2 p.18

BRL_ATE#022, MAAN#08

ABU0256

Public address given on 1912-11-10

800

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

This is a beautiful assembly. I am very happy that white and black are together

PUP#126 (p.425-428), SW_v06#13 p.099+102-103, SW_v12#05 p.108, STAB#005x

AB04324

170

Persian

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که گلشن روح و ریحان بود مورث سرور دل و جان گردید زیرا

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter which was a rose garden of spirituality and sweet fragrance became the cause of joy to my heart and soul, for [3.5s]... ...In discharging the functions of the office to which thou hast been appointed, thy conduct and actions should attest to the highest standard of trustworthiness and honesty

COMP_TRUSTP#54x, MKT8.055a

BRL_TRUST#53x, COC#2065x

AB11482

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

نقاهت هر چند از عوارض ذاتيّه انسانست ولی فی الحقيقه مشکل است نعمت صحّت بر جميع نعما مرجّح است

...Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts

MMK1#132 p.148x

SWAB#132x

AB01704

300

Persian

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Words vs deeds

ای خادمه عالم انسانی نامه ات رسید و از مضمون بسیار ممنون شدیم برهانی قاطع بود

O thou who art serving the world of humanity! Thy letter was received and from its contents we felt exceedingly glad

MMK1#034 p.065

SWAB#034, SW_v10#01 p.011-012 , SEIO.021x

Ine, G. Burriston & S. Nelson

AB05486

Some Answered Questions #065 Faith and Works

140

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Twin duties of recognition and obedience

از این آیهء مبارکه مقصد اینست که اساس فوز و فلاح عرفان حق است

The meaning of this blessed verse is that the foundation of success and salvation is the recognition of God

MFD#65, OOL.C022.65

SAQ#65

BH00306

Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys)

2100

Persian

Call of the Divine Beloved

Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys)

ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا

O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot

INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v

BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007

CDB#7, HURQ.BH13

M. Milne [track 7]

A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the way of ‘the self ’, ‘the intellect’, ‘love’, and ‘the throne of the inmost heart’.

Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mystical themes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014

AB00527

540

mixed

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی هولاء عبادک الذین سمعوا ندائک و لبو الخطابک و اجابوا

O Lord, my God, my Well-Beloved! These are servants of Thine that have heard Thy Voice

INBA21:090b

BRL_DAK#1183, MKT1.223, AHB.118BE #03 p.62, BCH.042x, MJMJ2.069, MMG2#081 p.088

BPRY.236-237, DAS.1915-04-07, SW_v14#01 p.033, DWN_v3#06 p.044, BP1926.015-016, BSTW#106

Samira & Sara

AB11064

Arabic

Prayer for specific individuals; groups

یا ربی الرحمن هذا ریحان فی حدیقه الرضوان و غصن فی ریاض العرفان اجعلها مهتزا

O my merciful Lord! This is a hyacinth which hath grown in the garden of Thy good pleasure and a twig

HUV2.017, MMTF.014

BRL_APAB#02, BRL_CHILD#11

AB00645

490

Persian

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ

چون حضرة مسیح در بیست قرن پیش ظاهر شد با وجود انکه یهود در نهایت انتظار

When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were eagerly awaiting His Coming

MNMK#154 p.287, MMK1#020 p.041

SWAB#020, DWN_v2#08 p.060-061, BNE.006-008

ABU0157

Public address given on 1912-04-23

1020

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

As I stand here tonight and look upon this assembly, I am reminded curiously of a beautiful bouquet of violets

BDA1.048n

PUP#020 (p.049-052), FWU.060, SW_v03#03 p.016-018

High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Race unity; racial issues; True liberty; freedom; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.056

BH05823

170

Arabic

Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God

قد حضر کتابک بین یدینا و اطلعنا بما فیه نسئل الله بان یکشف لک ما اردته... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی اسئلک بآیاتک الّتی احاطت الممکنات

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have taken cognizance of its contents. We beseech God that He may unveil unto thee that which thou didst seek [3.5s]... ...Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee, by Thy signs that have encompassed the entire creation

INBA27:473, INBA48:155, BLIB_Or15739.279,

PMP#002x

PM#002x

BB00426

Kitab al-Vahid 20 (Tablet to "Him Who will be made manifest)

340

Arabic

Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh

بسم الله الملاک المعزز. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و کل له قانتون هو الذی بیده

Glorified is He before Whom all the dwellers of earth and heaven bow down in adoration and unto Whom all men turn in supplication.

DB.xxii.20, HNU.244a, SWBP#01 (p.001-002), LABIB

SWB#01 (p.003-005)

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1241

Address to the Baha'is at Sanatorium of Dr. Swingle in Cleveland, 1912-05-06

260

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a beautiful city; the climate is pleasant; the views are charming. All the cities of America... Now this American nation is a revered nation, and presents great and deserved

BDA1.074n

PUP#043 (p.104), SW_v03#06 p.005-006, SW_v13#12 p.343

Development of capacity and readiness; Praise of Western values; culture; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.082

BH11458

The face of the world hath altered. The way of God and the religion of God have ceased to be of any worth in the eyes of men

PDC.184x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

AB11886

130

mixed

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of obligatory prayer; Literal interpretation; Reincarnation

از جمله وصایای حتمیّه و نصایح صریحه اسم اعظم اینست که ابواب تأویل را مسدود نمائید

...One of the binding exhortations and explicit admonitions of the Greatest Name is to close the doors of interpretation… The laws of God regarding fasting and obligatory prayer are absolutely incumbent upon His servants

GHA.341.10x, VUJUD.096x

BRL_IOPF#2.03x, VUJUDE.141-142x

AB00356

630

Persian

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

ای دو امة البهاء جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی و کینونتی و ذاتی لتربته الفدا در هر

O ye two handmaidens of Baha! The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life, my soul, and mine inmost being be offered up

NURA#31, MMK4#049 p.052

LOTW#31

AB09854

Persian

ای بنده بهاء در سبیل خدا جانفشانی کن و در محبت جمال ابهی حرکتی آسمانی چه که

O servant of Baha! Be self-sacrificing in the path of God, and wing thy flight unto the heavens of the love of the Abha Beauty

MMK1#166 p.192, LMA2.452

SWAB#166, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027

Love of God

AB01182

360

Persian

Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بعد از رجوع مرقوم نموده بودی رسید خانم روسی در

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou didst compose after thy return

BRL_DAK#0020, PZHN v1#2 p.45

BRL_ATE#021, MAAN#07

AB06394

130

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

مدرسه اطفال در روز يکشنبه و قرائت الواح و تعاليم حضرت بهآءاللّه و القآء کلمة اللّه

...The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Baha'u'llah are read

MMK1#124 p.140x

SWAB#124x, SW_v09#08 p.092-093

BH08853

110

Arabic

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا الهی قد قدرت لعبادک المقربین فی رضوانک الاعلی مقامات لو یظهر مقام

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations

INBA48:197a, INBA33:084a, INBA49:088a, INBA92:320b, BLIB_Or15739.336,

PMP#123

PM#123

AB10956

mixed

House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for governments and rulers; Suffering and imprisonment

حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای

...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice

AVK4.025.08x, AVK4.305x, DWNP_v2#08 p.072x

BRL_IOPF#2.24x

ABU0342

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-23

690

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

Today I have been speaking from dawn until now, yet because of love, fellowship and desire to be with you

BDA1.046n

PUP#019 (p.046-048), SW_v03#03 p.015-016, SW_v08#02 p.026, SW_v08#18 p.243

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Wisdom [hikmat]

MHMD1.055

BH09809

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

تری یا الهی کیف اجتمع علی احبتک طغاه خلقک و عصاه بریتک ما من ارض الا و قد

Thou seest, O my God, how Thy loved ones have been encompassed by the rebellious amongst Thy creatures

INBA49:068a, INBA92:314b

AQMJ1.015

BPRY.229, JHT_S#031

AB05753

140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. I ask God that thy mind may be illumined with the light of knowledge and faith… Fasting is the cause of the elevation of one’s spiritual station

BRL_IOPF#2.27x, TAB.056-057, BSC.474 #897x, BSTW#289

Law of fasting; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0233

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-25

860

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

In the world of existence the greatest bestowals of God are His teachings. The other bounties of God

BDA1.051n

PUP#026 (p.061-064), SW_v03#05 p.007-008, BSTW#336c

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.059

AB01967

280

Persian

ای ورقه محترمه از صعود من ادرک لقاء ربه محزون و پریشان مباش و آه و فغان منما

O honored handmaiden! Be not sorrowful and distraught at the ascension of him who hath attained unto the presence of his Lord, and raise not thy voice in lamentation [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written about the girls' school. What was previously written still holdeth true. There can be no improvement unless the girls are brought up in schools and centres of learning

BRL_DAK#0840, COMP_WOMENP#041x, MKT7.156, YIA.397

BRL_WOMEN#041x, COC#2132x

Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women

BH01865

Lawh-i-Rasul

470

Persian

Lawh-i-Rasul (Tablet to Rasul)

ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر

O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy

INBA38:257

NANU_BH#10x, ASAT4.013x, AMB#30, QUM.029

DOR#30

Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intention to take leave of both friend and foe.

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.107, GSH.181, LL#219

BH00902

910

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

هذا کتاب من لدی الله مالک الاسماء لاهل البهاء الذین لایتکلمون الا بما نطق

This is a Book from God, the Possessor of Names, unto the people of Bahá who speak not except that which hath been uttered [3.5s]

INBA51:149, BLIB_Or15738.068, , KB_620:142-143

BRL_DA#404, LHKM1.065, MAS8.022bx, MUH3.270x, ASAT4.302x

BRL_ATBH#13x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for forgiveness

AB03337

200

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای بنده الهی از بلایا و محنی که بر تو وارد شده مکدر مباش جمیع مصائب و بلایا

O thou servant of God! Do not grieve at the afflictions and calamities that have befallen thee. All calamities and afflictions

MNMK#137 p.252, MMK1#197 p.231

SWAB#197, SW_v11#16 p.278-280

BH00044

6470

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که

Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered

INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076,

BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x

BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03585

260

Arabic

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا من ذکرک انیس قلوب المشتاقین و اسمک حبیب افئده المخلصین و ثنائک محبوب

O Thou Whose remembrance is the delight of the souls of all them that yearn after Thee, Whose name is the exultation

INBA48:135, INBA49:038, BLIB_Or15739.248, , NLAI_BH2.068

PMP#080, AQMJ1.065

PM#080

AB07853

100

mixed

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر

...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse

MMK1#208 p.254x, RRT.019x

SWAB#208x, BADM.042-043x, SW_v14#03 p.086x

QuiqueSaba

AB07709

110

Arabic

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایتها المقبله الی مشرق الانوار ابسطی کفی الدعاء الی العتبه المقدسه النوراء

O thou who art advancing to the Dawning-point of Lights! Extend the hands of communion… O my God! O my God! Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast confirmed me… O Lord, help me to be meek and lowly… O God! Sanctify me from all else save Thee

BRL_DAK#0412

BPRY.175-176, TAB.051-052, BSTW#057

The Badasht Project, A Family Affair

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BHU0035

O My companions I entrust to your keeping this city of Baghdad, in the state ye now behold it, when from the eyes of friends and strangers alike

GPB.149x

AB01330

340

mixed

ای زردشتی بهشتی و بهائی سنائی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید جمیع

O thou Zoroastrian who art celestial and Bahá'í who art illumined! That which thou didst write was perused, and all [3.5s]... ...Thou hadst written that in the sacred books of the followers of Zoroaster it is written

MKT2.075, MILAN.046, AVK2.068.05x, AVK2.214.13x, YARP2.152 p.163

WOB.101-102x

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Education of children; moral education; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

BH00076

Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib)

4960

Arabic

Surah of the Companions

Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی

H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God

INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b,

AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107

WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32

Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause of Bahá’u’lláh, declaring His prophetic station to a number of receptive individuals while attesting that if it were revealed to humanity to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, it would cause every mountain to crumble into dust.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293

BH00769

1030

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

شهد الله لنفسه بوحدانیه نفسه و لذاته بفردانیه ذاته و نطق بلسانه فی عرش بقائه

God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being.... Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called

INBA49:271, INBA92:253, BLIB_Or15739.141,

PMP#057x, PMP#058x, TSBT.182, NFF5.082, ABMK.031, AMB#04

PM#057x, PM#058x, DOR#04

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.105

AB04947

160

Persian

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places

خداوند مهربانا از اقلیم امریک آن مملکت بعید بقصد زیارت بقعه مبارکه بارض مقدس

O Thou kind God! From America, that distant country, we hastened to the Holy Land and directed our steps

BRL_DAK#0055

BRL_APAB#18

AB01409

330

Persian

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Universal House of Justice, The; Light of the World

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید شکایت از محفلتان نموده بودی که در اضطراب است هر مرضی

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou didst complain that your Assembly is sore perturbed… Hath the Blessed Beauty instituted this Covenant and Testament in order to exact obedience from all

NURA#57, BRL_CUHJP#86x, MMK4#147 p.155

BRL_ATE#069x, BRL_CUHJ#86x, LOTW#57, SW_v10#14 p.267

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0385

Public address given on 1912-05-29

630

PUP#057 (p.154-156), SW_v03#10 p.013-014

The divine Manifestations have been iconoclastic in Their teachings, uprooting error

Christ; Christianity; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01660

300

mixed

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء

The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon

INBA88:317

MNMK#041 p.127, MMK1#005 p.015, AYBY.323 #001, HHA.053, MHA.525c, KHML.245-250

SWAB#005, BWF.349-350, SW_v14#12 p.356-357, DWN_v1#06 p.001-002, DWN_v6#09 p.002ax, ABCC.048-049, CHH.111, BLO_PN#022

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

ABU0119

Public address given on 1912-10-26

1140

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings.

PUP#114 (p.376-380), DAS.1914-09-05x, SW_v05#17 p.259-262, MAB.087-088x, ECN.368+503x+912x

AB03082

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

210

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Tablet of Visitation for 'Abdu'l-Bahá

الهی الهی انی ابسط الیک اکف التضرع و التبتل و الابتهال و اعفر وجهی بتراب

O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine

INBA21:164 (205), INBA55:453, INBA88:246, Ghazi3072.149-151

MKT1.485, MMK1#237 p.308, AKHA_133BE #14 p.435, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.199, AYT.529, HHA.376, KHSH14.000, DUR2.088, ADH2.134, ADH2_5#10 p.169, MJMJ1.119, MMG2#444 p.488, MJH.072, NSR_1978.110, NSR_1993.123, ABMK.065, OOL.C029

SWAB#237, BPRY.332-333, SW_v13#04 p.093, DWN_v2#02 p.011-012, PAB.027-028

A. Nakhjavani, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Hansen, Sara, Samira & Shayda, almunajat.com [item 1], unknown (1), unknown (2), unknown (3), L. Slott

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God

Chanted by A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106], who related to the compiler in 1995 that, to the best of his recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines.

AB04567

170

Arabic

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

یا امه الله المشتعله بنار محبته لاتحزنی من العسره و العناء و لاتفرحی من

O thou handmaid aflame with the fire of God's love! Grieve thou not over the troubles and hardships of this nether world… Rely upon God. Trust in Him. Praise Him

MNMK#059 p.140, MMK1#150 p.173

SWAB#150

The Joburg Baha'i Choir, S. Peyman, Sabria, Efe, Rafael & Maarten, R. Peterson [track 9], E. Mahony, L. Slott

BH00201

2810

mixed

ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی

True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men

INBA28:366

AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007

PDC.143x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00888

920

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لتجذبه نفحات الوحی الی الافق

This is the Book which the Wronged One hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that the sweet-scented breezes of revelation may draw him unto the horizon [3.5s]... ...The divines of Persia committed that which no people amongst the peoples of the world have committed

MKI4523.237,

BRL_DA#382, ISH.237, ADH1.113, ADH1.118

PDC.143x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00285

2210

mixed

این مظلوم بین انیاب ذئاب بوده و هست در این حالت صریر قلم اعلی قطع نشد و ندآء

This Wronged One hath been and is between the fangs of wolves; yet even in this state the Most Exalted Pen hath not ceased its flow, nor hath the Call been silenced [3.5s]... ...Of all the peoples of the world, they that have suffered the greatest loss have been, and are still, the people of Persia

BLIB_Or15698.030, , BLIB_Or15712.022b, , BLIB_Or15720.032, , BLIB_Or15740.027,

BRL_DA#261, AVK1.279.13x, AVK3.244.15x, IQT.030, AYBY.089, AQMJ2.006x, ASAT1.263x, ASAT3.219x, ASAT5.363x, TRZ1.078ax

PDC.143-144x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03195

210

Persian

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

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

BB00262

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4

750

Arabic

Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من لدن امام حق مبین فیه حکم کل شیء لمن اراد ان یتذکر او یکون من المهتدین

This is an Epistle from Him Who is the true, the undoubted Leader. Herein is revealed the law of all things

AHDA.352, SWBP#04 (p.005-008x), OOL.A023.4

SWB#06 (p.024-028x)

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds

AHDA.460.08, MMAH.025, SRC.097, SRC.193

AB01382

330

Persian

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ات ملاحظه گردید … وجود بر دو قسم است یکی وجود حق که مقدس از ادراک خلق است

O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter was perused. Thou hadst written that 'I am striving to cause the friends of Spokane

MNMK#160 p.295x, MMK1#030 p.058x, MMK3#017 p.009x, RAHA.230x, YMM.450x

SWAB#030x, LOG#1697x, SW_v11#10 p.159

AB10091

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

نامه ات رسید و از میهمانی هر نوزده روز مرقوم نموده بودی

Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write of the Nineteen Day festivity, and this rejoiced my heart.

MMK1#049 p.088x

SWAB#049x

BH07658

130

Arabic

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for purity; chastity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الممکنات بکلمه امرک و ذرئت الموجودات

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who hath created all things through a word uttered by Thy behest… Rain down upon me that which will illuminate my face

INBA23:075a, INBA48:174, INBA49:057, INBA92:173a, BLIB_Or15739.307,

PMP#082, AQMJ1.052

PM#082

T. Ellis, P. Villierezz

AB01661

300

Bahá'í Scriptures; Crisis and Victory; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou child of the Kingdom and firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, through his honor Mirza ..., was received and thy former letters also became acceptable.. In this day the most vital and momentous matter

BRL_CRISIS#13x, TAB.360-362, COC#0270x, BSC.443 #808x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00987

Salat-i-Kabir (Long Obligatory Prayer)

840

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Obligatory prayer, Long

یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بمطالع غیبک العلی الابهی بان تجعل صلوتی

O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence

PMP#183, AHM.070, TSBT.012x, NFQ.001, NFF1.003x, ABMK.001, OOL.B176c

PM#183, BPRY.007-016, BP1929.021x, BP1929.022x, BP1929.030x

The Friends in Bristol, Nabil and Karim, M. Perez, MANA, MANA, R. Peterson [track 1], S. Agbortoko & M. Weigert

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.030, LL#230

AB00020

Lawh-i-Dr Forel (Tablet to Dr Forel)

3770

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to Auguste Forel

Tablet to Dr. Auguste Forel

ای شخص محترم مفتون حقیقت نامه شما که ۲۸ جولای ۱۹۲۱ مورخ بود رسید مضامین خوشی

O revered personage, lover of truth! Thy letter dated July 28th, 1921, hath been

BRL_LAFP, MKT3.474, MNMK#144 p.255, AKHA_106BE #06 p.02x, PYM.315, MJDF.002, KHF.018, KHAB.011 (022), KHTB3.015, NJB_v14#01 p.032, NJB_v14#02 p.064, OOL.C010, VUJUD.033-040

TAGF, BWF.336-348x, SW_v14#04 p.101-109, SW_v13#08 p.195+197-202, ABCC.449x, VUJUDE.043-056

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Names and attributes of God; Proofs for the existence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Universality of the Cause

MMAH.243

BH00531

1410

mixed

Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

شکر و حمد ذکر و ثنا نعت و بها مقصود یکتا را سزا که عالم وجود را بنور عدل منور فرمود

Praise, thanksgiving, glorification and eulogy befit the one peerless Object of all desire, Who hath illumined the world of existence with the light of justice [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my God, by all the transcendent glory of Thy Name, to clothe Thy loved ones in the robe of justice and to illumine their beings with the light of trustworthiness… In most of Our Tablets We have counselled the servants of God to be trustworthy and righteous

INBA15:149, INBA26:149

COMP_TRUSTP#08x, COMP_TRUSTP#37x

BRL_TRUST#08x, BRL_TRUST#36x, BPRY.173x, COC#2020x, COC#2048x

jeph.ilosopher

Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00493

1490

mixed

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیجذبهم البیان الی افق اشرق منه نیر الظهور

This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto all who dwell within the realm of possibilities, that the utterance thereof might draw them unto that horizon from which hath dawned the Luminary of Manifestation [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of divines! Be fair, I adjure you by God, and nullify not the Truth with the things ye possess

MKI4523.181,

BRL_DA#266, ISH.181

GPB.209x2x, PDC.137-138x

Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Muslims; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05221

150

mixed

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ای صحاف چون بصحف الهیه و صحائف ربانیه رجوع نماای و در معانی مندمجه مندرجه در

O thou binder of books! Shouldst thou refer to the heavenly Books and Sacred Scriptures, and ponder the meanings enshrined therein

INBA17:104

NURA#71, MMK4#183 p.226, MSHR5.200-201

LOTW#71

ABU1226

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28

260

other/unknown lang

Prayer and Devotional Life

انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت

Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being

COMP_PDLP#28x

BRL_PDL#28x, COC#1756x, LOG#1512x, SW_v08#04 p.042-043x, SW_v14#06 p.167x, AELT.216-217x, PN_1900 p023, PN_1900 p053, PN_1900 p124, PN_1900_heh p009, BNE.095x, BSTW#169e, BSTW#326x

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Importance of prayer; Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BB00011

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

22000

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Ethiopian King, The

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتفرد المتقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاحبن ان اعرجن الیک بجوهر کافور سری و ما قد قدرت فی علانیتی لاصعدن لدیک بما قد قدرت فی ساذج کینونیتی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I verily long to ascend unto Thee with the essence of my most hidden being, and with whatsoever Thou hast ordained in my outward self; that I may rise into Thy presence with that which Thou hast decreed in the pure substance of my reality [3.5s]... ...Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I reached fifteen years of age… Send down, then, upon me, O my God, when I was seven years old and upon him who raised me on Thy behalf, whose name is Mubarak

PR03.004r17-038v18x

SWBP#38 (p.128-129x)

SWB#39 (p.180-182x)

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

see https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopian-King.pdf

AB00646

Some Answered Questions #073 Healing by Material Means

490

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; The animal kingdom

دیروز در سر ناهار در مسئلهء طب و علاج روحانی ذکر شد که بقوای معنویه معالجهء امراض میشود

Yesterday at table we mentioned, in connection with the question of spiritual medicine and healing, how illnesses can be cured through spiritual powers.

MFD#73, OOL.C022.73

SAQ#73, LOG#1011x

AB02506

240

Persian

Crisis and Victory

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ای که شامل وقایع سنه ماضیه بود ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه

O daughter of the Kingdom! The letter containing the events of the past year was indeed perused [3.5s]... ...Soon will the Western regions become as radiant as the horizons of the East, and the Sun of Truth shine forth with a refulgence that will cause the darkness of error to fade away and vanish

BRL_DAK#0623

BRL_CRISIS#49x, COC#0306x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00031

Suriy-i-Nush

7310

Arabic

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí

INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b

BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x

DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x

A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance.

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321

BH09289

100

Arabic

Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ای رب فی جوار قربک فاسکنی لان البعد اهلکنی و فی ظل جناح فضلک فاسترحنی لان

Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee, and to abide within the precincts of Thy court, for remoteness from Thee hath well-nigh consumed me

INBA48:210b, INBA49:061, INBA92:164b, BLIB_Or15739.354,

PMP#026, AQMJ1.044

PM#026, BPRY.047

Nabil and Karim, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, almunajat.com [item 16]

BH02597

340

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

تری محبوبک یا الهی بین ایدی اعدآئک و تسمع حنینه بین اشقیاء خلقک ای رب هذا

Thou seest Thy dear One, O my God, lying at the mercy of Thine enemies, and hearest the voice of His lamentation

PMP#032, NFR.021

PM#032

AB02250

260

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role and station of women

ای صاحبان همت بلند و مقاصد ارجمند نامه شما فصیح بود و بلیغ و مضمون بدیع

O ye of high resolve and noble aims! Your letter was eloquent, its contents original and sensitively expressed, and it betokened your great and praiseworthy efforts to educate the children… Devote ye particular attention to the school for girls

BRL_DAK#0413, COMP_WOMENP#048x, MKT3.301, TRBB.053, MJTB.120ax

BRL_SOCIAL#189, BRL_WOMEN#048x, COC#0618, COC#2139x

BH09024

110

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

کم من مخمود یا الهی اشتعل من نار امرک و کم من راقد انتبه من حلاوه ندائک کم

Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened

INBA15:298a, INBA26:300a, INBA61:072

PMP#029, NFR.196, ADH1.033

PM#029, BPRY.050

B. Lisbeth, S. Akhavan

AB09842

Persian

Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Work as worship

ای بنده الهی نامه رسید امیدوارم که در صون حمایت حق محفوظ و مصون مانی و همواره

Thy letter was received. I hope that thou mayest be protected and assisted under the providence of the True One, be occupied always in mentioning the Lord

MMK1#128 p.142

SWAB#128

AB11286

...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing

TDH#158.17x

Being a source of light; guidance; Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB08267

100

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی در این یوم شدید که شدائد بلایاء ارکان امکانرا متزلزل

O thou whose eyes are fixed upon the Abha Kingdom! In this grievous day, when dire adversities have shaken the pillars of the earth

BRL_CONF2018P#24, MMK2#298 p.217

BRL_CONF2018#24

BH07663

130

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا طرفی قد کان منتظرا بدایع رحمتک و هذه اذنی قد ارادت

Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Behold Thou mine eye expectant to gaze on the wonders of Thy mercy

INBA48:191a, INBA41:276, BLIB_Or15739.328,

PMP#087, AKHA_122BE #11-12 p.a

PM#087, BPRY.244

BH00779

1020

Persian

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Freedom of thought and action; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

سپاس و ستایش خداوندی را سزاوار که آفرینش را بتوانائی خود از برهنگی نابودی

All praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life

INBA72:080, Ghazi3072.167-177

GWBP#034 p.057bx, AYI1.332x, YARP1.045, UAB.010ax, UAB.018x, UAB.019x, MAS4.044x

GWB#034x, WOB.187x

LL#393

BH11365

In this day the tastes of men have changed, and their power of perception hath altered. The contrary winds of the world, and its colors, have provoked a cold

PDC.188x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11249

Persian

ای پروردگار این دختر ملکوت را در دو جهان عزیز نما از جهان خاک و خاکیان بیزار کن

...O Lord! Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds

HUV2.020x

BRL_APAB#05x, BRL_CHILD#27

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH00480

1510

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد سلطان وجود و ملیک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزا است که بنور کلمه مبارکه افئده

Praise be unto the Sovereign of existence and the King of the seen and unseen, Who through the light of His blessed Word hath illumined the hearts [3.5s]... ...I swear by the Daystar that shineth above the Horizon of Utterance A paring from the nail of one of the believing handmaidens

INBA28:001, INBA22:046, BLIB_Or15732.232, , BLIB_Or15733.109,

BRL_ATBH#43x, PDC.144x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه

God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call

INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075

ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132

TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091

Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs.

Destruction of books; House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Monasticism; asceticism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320

BH08308

120

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاتخذل من عززته بسلطان ازلیتک و لاتبعد من ادخلته فی

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Abase not him whom Thou hast exalted through the power of Thine everlasting sovereignty

INBA92:040a

PMP#169, AQMJ1.019

PM#169, BPRY.037

almunajat.com [item 12]

AB02095

660

mixed

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Reward and punishment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای قائم بپیمان حضرت یزدان در این دم که صباح فلاح از مطلع آمال طالع و لائح... از جملهٴ محافظهٴ دین اللّه تربیت اطفال است

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of the Lord God! In this hour when the morn of triumph hath dawned and shineth forth from the horizon of aspirations [3.5s]... ...And further, according to the Divine commandments, every child must learn reading and writing, and acquire such branches of knowledge as are useful and necessary

BRL_DAK#0670, COMP_FAMP#56x, MJTB.092bx, TISH.086-088, MAS6.045-046x

BRL_FAM#56x, COC#0017x, COC#0590x

ABU0126

Public address given on 1912-04-12

1100

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient

BDA1.030n

PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x

Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.039

BH08849

110

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for teaching; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution

سبحانک یا الهی تری عبادک الاخیار تحت ایادی الاشرار الذین کفروا باسمک المختار

Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest how Thy righteous servants have fallen into the hands of the wicked doers

INBA92:374b

PMP#129

PM#129

AB09238

Persian

Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای بنده حق تا توانی بخدمت احبای الهی پرداز زیرا خدمت احباء بندگی درگاه حضرت

Rest not, even for an instant, and seek not comfort, even for a moment; rather labour with heart and soul that thou mayest render devoted service

BRL_CONF2018P#09x, MMK2#249 p.179

BRL_CONF2018#09x

AB00252

740

mixed

Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء مکتوب مفصل که مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و بکمال دقت

O ye beloved friends of Abdul-Baha! The detailed letter which you have written was received and it was read with the greatest attention… You have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the 'Second Coming of Christ'... O friends of God! ‘Abdu’l‑Baha is the embodiment of servitude and is not Christ... That which is true and real is this: that we become united and agreed in our purpose... My name is Abdu'l-Baha…

BRL_DAK#0064, MMK4#167 p.188, MMK5#181 p.140, AHB.117BE #11 p.334, AVK4.287ax, AVK4.288cx, AYT.447x, MAS9.145x

BRL_ATE#093x, TAB.429-433, WOB.139x, AIL.109x, DWN_v3#01 p.011bx, BSTW#174

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, D. Sylvester, B. Weber

Contention and conflict; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00674

Some Answered Questions #019 True Baptism

480

Persian

Christ; Christianity; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual baptism; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

در باب سیم آیهء سیزدهم از انجیل متی میفرماید "آنگاه عیسی از جلیل به اردن

In Matthew 3:13–15, it is said: “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John

MFD#19, OOL.C022.19

SAQ#19

AB08330

100

mixed

Translation List

ای یار مهربان دو نامه از شما رسید ... ترجمه مانند قشر است و اصل مانند مغز

O loving friend! Two letters from thee have been received... [3.5s]... ...His honor, Sheikh Faraju'llah, has here rendered into Arabic with greatest care the Ishraqat… A translation is like unto a husk, whereas the original is even as a pith

YMM.390x

BADM.023x, ADMS#121x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

BH01507

570

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Letters of the Living; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ان یا حرف الحی لقد سمعت اذن الله ندآئک و لاحظت عین الله کتابک و ینادیک حینئذ عن

O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory

INBA19:183, INBA32:166, INBA83:255, BLIB_Or03114.063r, , BLIB_Or15725.545, , BLIB_Or15737.180, , ALIB.folder18p284

BRL_DA#770, GWBP#135 p.187x

GWB#135x

LL#412

AB00187

830

Persian

Importance of authoritative interpretation; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای بندگان جمال ابهی بکرات و مرات بجمیع اطراف حتی بافراد احباء مرقوم گردید که ما

O ye servants of the Most Glorious Beauty! Time and again missives have been dispatched to every region, even to individual believers, that We [3.5s]... ...The teaching work should under all conditions be actively pursued by the believers because divine confirmations are dependent upon it.

INBA16:212

MMK1#213 p.258x, MMK2#283 p.204

SWAB#213x

BH06328

160

mixed

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

وجه حق از افق اعلی باهل بها توجه نموده میفرماید در جمیع احوال بانچه سبب

He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from the Dayspring of Glory, directed His eyes towards the people of Bahá

INBA35:292, INBA81:164, BN_suppl.1753.126-126

BRL_DA#651, GWBP#156 p.214, LHKM3.382, KSHG.146-147, PYB#112-113 p.49, AHB_125BE #05-06 p.118, AKHA_133BE #06 p.a

GWB#156, PDC.187x

Francesco & Lorenzo, B. Weber

LL#403

BH10135

O people of the Qur'an! Verily, the Prophet of God, Muhammad, sheddeth tears at the sight of your cruelty

WOB.179x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Justice and wrath of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders

BH00354

Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa)

1870

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa)

ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره

O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation

INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109

GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140

TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143

Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir.

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God

ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329

BH01828

480

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations

اذا نطق لسان الله فی کل شیء بانی حی فی هذا الافق الذی ظهر بالحق و سمی فی

When the Tongue of God spoke within all things, proclaiming: "Verily, I am alive in this horizon which hath appeared in truth and hath been named..." [3.5s]... ...O people! I swear by the one true God! This is the Ocean out of which all seas have proceeded, and with which every one of them will ultimately be united

BLIB_Or15694.451, , ALIB.folder18p357

BRL_DA#670, GWBP#051 p.074x, LMA1.413 (249b), MAS4.086, RHQM2.0712-714 (104) (065-066)

GWB#051x, ADJ.080x

LL#424

AB08254

100

Persian

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions

ای مونس من نامه ای بخط خویش مرقوم نموده ارسال داشتم البته تا بحال رسیده از

O thou my companion! I sent thee a letter written in mine own hand, which assuredly

BRL_DAK#0010

BRL_ATE#010, MAAN#27

BH07297

140

Arabic

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی سمع ندآء ربه و اتخذ... ربّ اسئلک بذکرک الّذی به بعثت الممکنات

This is the Book from the presence of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord and turned [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life

INBA48:184b, BLIB_Or15739.320,

BRL_DA#775, PMP#107x

PM#107x

AB00316

Some Answered Questions #054 The Procession of the Human Spirit from God

670

Persian

Manifestation of God as mirror; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بدان که قیام بر دو قسم است قیام و تجلی صدوری و قیام و تجلی ظهوری

Know that procession is of two kinds: procession and appearance through emanation and procession and appearance through manifestation.

MFD#54, OOL.C022.54

SAQ#54

AB11478

Persian

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت

...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness

COMP_TRUSTP#46x

BRL_TRUST#45x, COC#2057x

BH00136

3680

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العرفان بمفتاح البیان و انزل من سماء البرهان امطار

Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the portals of divine knowledge through the key of utterance, and hath caused to rain down from the heaven of proof the showers [3.5s]... ...upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life

INBA19:148, INBA32:136, INBA41:386x

ADM3#121 p.140x, ADM3#122 p.140x, TSAY.467x

ADJ.004x2x, ADJ.047x

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09922

mixed

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

در وقت معالجه توجّه بجمال مبارک کن و آنچه بر قلب القا ميشود مجری دار

...When giving medical treatment turn to the Blessed Beauty, then follow the dictates of thy heart

MMK1#131 p.147x

SWAB#131x, LOG#0964x

BB00634

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم اغفر لنا وارحمنا وارجعنا الیک ولا تکلنا الى شیء سواک وهب لنا ما انت تحبه وترضاه

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord. Forgive us our sins, have mercy upon us and enable us to return unto Thee

SWBP#34 (p.125-126)

SWB#35 (p.177(b)), BPRY.080a

BH05801

170

Arabic

Prayer for Protection; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی و معتمدی و رجائی و کهفی و ضیائی

In His Name, the Exalted, the All-Highest, the Most Sublime! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

AHM.206, MJMM.275, TSBT.232, ABMK.062

BPRY.148, RBB.138-139x, BLO_PT#068x, ADMS#033

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#511

BH00382

1770

mixed

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مقصودیرا لایق و سزا که بحرکت اصبع اقتدار سبحات و حجبات

Praise and glory and thanksgiving and splendor befit and are worthy of that Most Desired One Who, through the motion of the Finger of Power, hath rent asunder the veils and shrouds [3.5s]... ...My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee

INBA65:030x, INBA30:084bx, INBA81:013bx, BLIB_Or15690.210, , BLIB_Or15699.099b, , NLAI_BH_AB.025x

BRL_DA#691, PMP#160x, AHM.326, AQMJ1.146x, AYI2.310x, AYI2.311x, ADH1.017x

PM#160x

Ahdieh

LL#464

AB11244

mixed

حضرت اخت را به جان و دل و روح قلب و فؤاد مشتاق و در لیل و نهار در حقیقت جان و وجدان مذکور

...To my honored and distinguished sister do thou convey the expression of my heartfelt, my intense longing. Day and night she liveth in my remembrance

BHKP_2#06x

BADM.195x, LTDT.326-327x, BHK_2#06x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0336

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-11-07

700

PUP#119 (p.397-399), SW_v06#02 p.017-018

Consider events in the Balkans today where a great conflagration of war is furiously raging

Martyrdom of the Bab; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB02019

270

mixed

Growth of the Cause; Mystical themes; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا

Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye

INBA55:105, INBA87:475 , INBA52:495

NURA#43, MMK4#126 p.131

LOTW#43

BH09648

Lawh-i-Husayn 2

120

mixed

Lawh-i-Husayn 2 (Tablet to Husayn 2)

یا حسین بعضی از احزاب ارض منتظر ظهور حسینی بودند چه که از قبل اصفیای حق جل جلاله

O Husayn! Certain parties among the peoples of the earth were expectant of the appearance of a Husayn, inasmuch as aforetime the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had spoken thereof [3.5s]... ...O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations have anticipated the return of Imám Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the appearance of the Qá’im

BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx

GWB#009, ADJ.077x

Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0095

Public address given on 1912-05-26

1250

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت

As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom

DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001

BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x

Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03249

280

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا

He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies

INBA34:204

BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066

GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x

LL#444

AB07850

100

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed

اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و یا کاشف الکروب و یا عفو و یا غفور انی ابسط الیک اکف

O my God, O Forgiver of sins and Dispeller of afflictions! O Thou Who art the Pardoner, the Merciful! I raise my suppliant hands to Thee

BRL_DAK#1187, BSHN.140.188, BSHN.144.188, MHT2.145a

BPRY.043-044

BH07443

140

Arabic

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک یا ربنا الرحمن هذا یوم من ایام عیدک الذی سمیته بالرضوان و اظهرت فیه

Praise be to Thee, O Thou our Lord the Most Merciful! This is one of the days of the festival Thou hast named Riḍván

AMB#13

DOR#13

BB00490

240

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Haykal (pentacle talisman) Prayer for Protection; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

بسم الله المتکبر المتجبر. تبارک الذی بیده الملک یبدع ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون لله الامر

Hallowed be the Lord in Whose hand is the source of dominion. He createth whatsoever He willeth by His Word of command

HNU.000iii, SWBP#27 (p.121)

SWB#28 (p.171-172), BPRY.151

The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, unknown

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0253

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص

In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality.

BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174

ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02

Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Relationship between government and people; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Reward and punishment

ABU0773

The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-31 in Paris

380

Persian

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mediator; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

حقیقت الوهیت در نهایت تنزیه و تقدیس است از برای حقیقت الوهیت نزول و صعودی

The Divine Reality is Unthinkable, Limitless, Eternal, Immortal and Invisible. The world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal.

KHF.121, KHAB.108 (118), KHTB1.090

PT#17 p.050, SW_v02#14 p.015

BH01954

450

mixed

Law of fasting; Power of prayer; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

حمد و ثنا و ذکر و بها مخصوص ساحت اقدس امنع حضرت محبوبیست که عالم و امم را از

Praise and glory, remembrance and splendor be unto the most holy and exalted court of that Beloved One Who hath [3.5s]... ...The law of the Fast is ordained for those who are sound and healthy

BLIB_Or15716.024.07,

BRL_IOPF#1.21x

ABU0826

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-03

360

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

حمد خدا را که مسس کروگ سبب اجتماع شما و انعقاد چنین محفلی گردیده که به ذکر الهی... خدایا ما ضعیفیم تو قوی کن ما نادانیم تو دانا فرما خدایا فقیریم

Praise be to God that Mrs Krug has been the cause of your gathering in this meeting where you are engaged in mentioning God and in adducing proofs…. O Lord! We are weak; strengthen us

AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ADH2_1#33 p.050x, MMG2#276 p.309x, KHTB2.331, BDA1.401.16

PUP#136 (p.457-458), SW_v07#12 p.114-115, MHMD1.420-421, PN_1912 p020

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00494

560

mixed

Law of divorce; Law of inheritance; Laws of marriage and dowry; Praise and encouragement; Unchastity and adultery

ای دو مومن موقن ثابت حمد خدا را که از شعله نور هدی سینای دل و جان روشن شد

O ye two steadfast believers assured in faith! Praise be to God that the flame of the light of guidance hath illumined the Sinai of your hearts and souls [3.5s]... ...God’s wisdom hath decreed that partners to a marriage should be of distant origins

BRL_DAK#0826, COMP_FAMP#11x, MKT3.370, MMK6#339, AVK3.509.09x, AVK4.155.03x, AVK4.192.03x, AVK4.209.05x, DWNP_v3#05 p.031-033

BRL_FAM#11x

AB02358

250

Persian

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان ایمان و ایقان مانند شجر بوستانست و اعمال و افعال ممدوحه در

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Faith and certitude are as trees in a garden, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are [3.5s]... ...At these meetings, there should be no extraneous conversation whatever. Rather, the assemblage should confine itself to reading and reciting the Holy Words

BLIB_Or.08117.075,

MKT2.271, AVK3.092.17x, AVK3.144.08x, AVK3.491.08x

BRL_MEET.AB#20x

BB00020

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

12400

Arabic

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

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

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

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

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

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

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

C. Serrano (8:10)

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

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

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

see also BB00001 Persian Bayan

AB05413

150

mixed

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حبیبا اقتدار روحانی جو و احتشام رحمانی امروز قوت و اقتدار اکسیر اعظم راست که

…In this day, true power and strength reside in the Supreme Elixir, which transformeth darkened realities into illumined souls

BRL_DAK#0335, BRL_CONF2018P#31x, MMK2#160 p.120

BRL_CONF2018#31x

AB01938

280

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای دو نفس صابره نامه شما رسید و از وفات آن نوجوان عزیز از جهت فرقت شما نهایت

O ye two patient souls! Your letter was received. The death of that beloved youth and his separation from you have caused the utmost sorrow

MMK1#169 p.194

SWAB#169, BWF.379-380x, SW_v10#19 p.340-341

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB11305

...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended

Being a source of light; guidance; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

AB11451

...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11537

...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11546

...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope

Predictions and prophecies

BH11250

Suriy-i-Dhabih 5

160

Arabic

Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih)

ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه

O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation.

BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x

GWB#049x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

LL#454

AB11549

...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future

GPB.254x

Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies

AB11554

...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights

GPB.254x

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

BH07116

140

Arabic

Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فامطر من سحاب فیض فضلک ما تطهر به افئده عبادک عما

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Rain down, I beseech Thee, from the clouds of Thine overflowing grace

INBA48:173, INBA49:202, BLIB_Or15739.304,

PMP#095

PM#095

ABU0019

Public address given on 1912-08-29

2160

Blind imitation [taqlid]; East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Need for an educator; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity in diversity

In the Books of the Prophets certain glad tidings are recorded which are absolutely true and free from doubt

WOB.075x, LOG#1733x, PUP#097 (p.289-296), FWU.072

AB11455

...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors

WOB.075x

Predictions and prophecies

AB11552

...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah

WOB.075x

East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies

ABU1034

Public address given on 1912-06-16

300

Persian

Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

عالم مادی هر قدر ترقی کند لکن باز محتاج تعلیمات روح القدس است زیرا کمالات

No matter how much the world of humanity advances in material civilization

BRL_DAK#1036, AMK.258-259, KHF.035, KHAB.320 (328), KHTB2.151, KHTB3.028

PUP#073 (p.205-206), SW_v04#05 p.086-087, SW_v19#08 p.253

BH05079

190

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک یا الهی لک الحمد بما انطقتنی بایاتک و اظهرتنی بحجتک و برهانک علی شان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I give praise to Thee, that Thou hast made me able so to reveal Thine utterances

PMP#149, NFR.070

PM#149

AB05731

140

Persian

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Words vs deeds

ای طالب ملکوت الله نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید مظاهر مقدسه الهیه دو مقام

O thou who seekest the Kingdom of Heaven! Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted. The Holy Manifestations of God possess two stations

MMK1#026 p.053

SWAB#026

ABU0003

Words spoken throughout the day on 1912-06-08

2620

Nineteen-Day Feast; Oneness; unity of religion; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

I have come to Philadelphia to breathe into you the spirit of Bahá'u'lláh. My heart led me here. You must continue to keep the Nineteen Day Feast... O God! Dispel all those elements which are the cause of discord

BPRY.093-094x, COC#0933x, LOG#0796x, SW_v05#06 p.083-089, SW_v04#07 p.120x, BSTW#430x

BH08842

110

Arabic

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام الرضوان الذی فیه تجلیت علی من علی الارض

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon Thou didst shed the splendour of Thy name

INBA51:609, INBA92:407a

AQMJ2.051, AMB#18

DOR#18

AB01673

300

mixed

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ای بنده الهی آنچه بجناب ابن ابهر مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید از ایه من یدعی

O servant of God! We have noted what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ibn-Abhar, and thy question regarding the verse: 'Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God

MMK1#033 p.064

SWAB#033

AB00104

1070

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; River of Life, The

ای مقبلان ای مومنان طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالمست و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن

O peoples of the world! The Sun of Truth hath risen to illumine the whole earth, and to spiritualize the community of man.

MKT3.118, MNMK#088 p.157, MMK1#001 p.001, MILAN.122, BSHN.140.498, BSHN.144.486, PYM.244, MAS5.273, MHT1a.097, MHT1b.055, DAUD.15

SWAB#001, ROL.051-055

Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB03806

190

mixed

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building

ای یاران چه خوش بخت و بلند اختر و همایون طالع بودید که در چنین کور و دوری

O friends! How blessed, how favoured, how fortunate are ye to have been born in such a cycle… You had asked about the number of days of Ridvan.

INBA13:033, INBA87:440, INBA52:454b

NURA#01, MMK4#141 p.144x, AVK3.039.13x

LOTW#01x

BH00297

Suriy-i-Dhikr

2160

Arabic

Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih of Remembrance)

هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب

This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess

INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343

BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x

DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24

Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (one of whose titles was ‘the Remembrance of God’) and the fulfilment of the Báb’s revelation in Him and laments the state of the Bábís in the extremity of their rejection of Bahá’u’lláh.

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299

BH02536

350

Arabic

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

سبحانک یا الهی ما اعظم قدرتک و سلطانک و ما اکبر قوتک و اقتدارک اظهرت من ینطق

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion!

INBA51:495, INBA92:335

PMP#091

PM#091

BH00591

1290

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد السن الممکنات علی سلطنتک و اقتدارک و علی فقری و

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! The tongues of all created things testify to Thy sovereignty and Thine omnipotence

INBA44:152, INBA48:060, INBA49:098, BLIB_Or07852.054, , BLIB_Or15725.477, , BLIB_Or15739.121,

PMP#179

PM#179

BH01624

Lawh-i-Rida

2400

mixed

Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida)

بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا

By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it.

BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x

BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx

GWB#032x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

LL#220

AB00098

Tahirih and the Conference of Badasht

1130

Persian

Conference of Badasht; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

حقیقت این قضیه مختصراً اینست که در آن اوقات بدایت امر بود و هیچکس از تعالیم الهی خبر نداشت

In brief, what happened is the following. Those were the early days of the Cause and no one was informed of the divine teachings.

BRL_TTTP#09, MMK4#018 p.017

BRL_TTT#09

BH02224

400

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را

The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God

INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102

BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020

GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; Theft; seizing the properties of others

LL#358

AB11916

130

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ای اغنام حضرت بهاء خوشا بحال نفوسیکه در ماه صیام روزه گرفتند و بکمال اتحاد و اتفاق

O ye flock of the Lord of glory! Blessed are they who have observed the fast during its appointed month

BRL_DAK#0419

BRL_ATE#132

BH07682

130

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

سبحانک یا الهی وفق عبادک و امائک علی ذکرک و الاستقامه علی حبک کم من اوراق

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Aid Thou by Thy strengthening grace Thy servants and Thy handmaidens

PMP#054

PM#054

AB03250

210

Persian

ای یاران مهربان و اماء رحمن شما در آن جزائر دور و مهجور و ما در ارض مقدس در

O loving friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! You are in those remote and isolated islands, while we are in the Holy Land in [3.5s]... ...The power of the Covenant is as the heat of the sun which quickeneth and promoteth the development of all created things on earth

MKT3.095, YHA1.115-116x

GPB.239x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11518

...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed

GPB.239x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00431

Lawh-i-Ibna'

1630

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع

These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God

INBA35:063

BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161

BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith".

Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433

AB00048

1480

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Light of the World

اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی و مطلوبی و مقصودی ان هذا یوم الاول من الرضوان قد اتی

O Lord, my God, my Best-Beloved, my Aim, my heart’s Desire! This, verily, is the first of the days of Ridvan… In the realm of worship, fasting and obligatory prayer constitute the two mightiest pillars of God’s holy Law

BRL_DAK#0717, NURA#06, MMK4#029 p.027x

BRL_IOPF#2.02x, LOTW#06

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00083

4800

mixed

Consultation; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست

Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult

INBA27:293

BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x

BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0573

Address to NAACP convention, Handel Hall in Chicago, 1912-04-30

490

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

According to the words of the Old Testament God has said, "Let us make man in our image

BDA1.062n

PUP#029 (p.069-070), SW_v03#04 p.010-011

Human reality created in the image of God; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Race unity; racial issues

MHMD1.071

BH00541

1370

mixed

یا جواد علیک بهاء الله مالک الایجاد لازال بخدمت امر مشغول بوده و هستی جمیع

O Javad! Upon thee be the Glory of God, Lord of creation! Thou hast ever been and art occupied with service to the Cause, all of thee [3.5s]... ...By My Life! The names of handmaidens who are devoted to God are written and set down by the Pen of the Most High in the Crimson Book. They excel over men in the sight of God

BLIB_Or15712.260,

BRL_DA#385, COMP_WOMENP#004x

BRL_WOMEN#004x, COC#2095x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02848

310

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ثم اذکر محمدا الذی اتصل الرکن الاول من اسمه باسم ربه العزیز العظیم... یا الهی لک الحمد بما اخذنی عرف عنایتک و قلّبتنی نفحات رحمتک

Then call thou to mind Muhammad, whose first syllable of his name is joined with the name of his Lord, the Almighty, the All-Glorious [3.5s]... ...I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness hath enraptured me… If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb

INBA51:042b, KB_620:035-036

BRL_DA#764, PMP#150x, ADM1#004 p.014x, NFR.042, AQMJ2.127

PM#150x, BPRY.159x

B. Lisbeth, S. Toloui-Wallace, Refuge, Strong Steep, Mea and Mitra, Alicia, C. Serrano, Soulrise Melodies, Zannetta [track 13], V. Leith

AB01868

Some Answered Questions #056 The Outwards and Inward Powers of Man

290

Persian

Mind as intermediary between soul and body

در انسان قوای خمسهء ظاهرهء جسمانیه موجود و این قوی واسطهء ادراک است

There are five outward material powers in man which are the means of perception

MFD#56, OOL.C022.56

SAQ#56, BWF.317-318

ABU3606

The meaning of the dream I dreamt is now clear and evident. Please God this dynamite will not explode

GPB.271x, VLAB.138

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Predictions and prophecies

BH05407

180

Arabic

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

سبحانک یا الهی اشهد بان العباد لو یتوجهون الیک ببصر الذی خلقت فیهم و سمع

Magnified be Thy name, O my God! I testify that if Thy servants were to turn towards Thee with the eyes Thou didst create in them

INBA92:339

PMP#113

PM#113

BH08433

120

Arabic

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت سلطان الایام الذی بشرت به اصفیائک و انبیائک فی

Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested the Day which is the King of Days

INBA92:376a

PMP#071, AQMJ2.048, DWNP_v4#08-9 p.044-045, PYB#125 p.05

PM#071, BPRY.194

AB01165

360

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما که بالهام آسمانی مرقوم وصول یافت مضامین دلنشین

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter, which was surely inspired of heaven, hath been received.

BLIB_Or.08117.032,

MKT3.438, MMK1#219 p.263, ASAT5.071x

SWAB#219, SW_v02#05 p.006, CHH.147-148, BLO_PN#022

AB06878

120

Persian

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

نفوسی که اليوم بملکوت الهيّه داخل و بحيات ابديّه فائز آن نفوس هر چند بظاهر در زمينند

...Those souls that, in this day, enter the divine kingdom and attain everlasting life, although materially dwelling on earth

MMK1#173 p.197x

SWAB#173x, SW_v10#01 p.008, PN_various p012x

AB11973

100

Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

...The hearts of all the friends rejoiced, and in particular, the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, when we heard of thy rising up to serve the Cause of God

BRL_MEET.AB#10x

AB07759

110

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

رب انت تعلم بان النفوس محفوفه بالنواب و الافات و محاطه بالمصائب و الرزیات کل بلاء

Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial doth attack man

BRL_DAK#1186, ADH2.065, ADH2_2#06 p.097, MJMJ1.020, MMG2#348 p.389, MJH.066a, NSR_1978.135b, NSR_1993.148

BPRY.154, TAB.619, BSC.431 #781, RBB.139-140x

J. Cavanagh

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11641

180

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Emancipation, The

Tablet of Emancipation

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذا قام مملوک لدی باب مملوک اخری و اراد من هذا المملوک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Behold how one slave hath stood at the door of another, seeking from him his freedom

BRL_DA#154

BRL_APBH#21

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB06652

120

Persian

Alchemy; the elixir; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای بنده حق کبریت آتش محبت الله است و زیبق سیماب بحر معرفت الله پس این دو جزء

O servant of God! Sulfur is the fire of the love of God and mercury is the living water of the ocean of the knowledge of God.

BRL_DAK#0005, YMM.471

BRL_ATE#005, MAAN#22

BH07355

140

Arabic

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا ایها العادل علی من فی السموات و الارض و یا ایها الحاکم علی من فی ملکوت

O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation!

INBA19:119b, INBA32:110a, BLIB_Or15696.024a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.090a,

PMP#039, NFR.133

PM#039

BH11772

200

Arabic

قل لک الحمد یا الهی و سیدی و سندی بما ایدتنی علی عرفان مطلع آیاتک

Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs

BRL_DA#199

BRL_APBH#19

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BB00002

Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph)

112000

Arabic

Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart

Qayyumul-Asma (book)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی

All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind

INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum

ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003

SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x

T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan

FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x

ABU0120

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-11

1130

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

بشیکاغو و واشنگتن رفتیم و مراجعت نمودیم بسسیار خوش گذشت زیرا اهالی امریک همه

It is only three weeks that we have been away from the New York friends

BDA1.079.x

PUP#045 (p.111-113), SW_v03#10 p.011-012, SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.088

Praise and encouragement; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

BH11369

By those words which I have revealed, Myself is not intended, but rather He Who will come after Me. To it is witness God, the All-Knowing. Deal not with Him as ye have dealt with Me

WOB.117x

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

BH00127

Suriy-i-Qahir

3810

Arabic

Suriy-i-Qahir (Tablet to Qahir)

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و دخل بقعه الروح مقر الذی

This is the Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His verses, and hath entered the sacred precincts of the Spirit, the dwelling-place of Him Who [3.5s]... ...I am not apprehensive for My own self. My fears are for Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me

BLIB_Or15694.471, , Berlin1237#11, ALIB.folder18p018-034

BRL_DA#542, OOL.B135

WOB.117x

Affirms Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers a number of specific objections to His claims advanced by followers of the Báb; and laments His persecution at their hands, while reserving His real fears for ‘Him who will come after Me’, a statement that was reiterated in the Súriy-i-Haykal.

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#323

BH10130

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

کونوا امنآء اللّه فی البلاد بحیث لو تمرون علی مدائن الذهب لن ترتد ابصارکم الیها

Be ye trustees of God in His lands, such that if ye should pass through cities of gold, your eyes would not turn toward them [3.5s]... ...Be ye God's manifestations of trustworthiness in every land. So perfectly should ye mirror forth this quality that even were ye to travel through cities heaped with gold

COMP_TRUSTP#16x

BRL_TRUST#15x, COC#2027x

BH02925

310

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Muhammad; Islam; Transcendence; unknowability of God

الویای حق را که از صافی سبیل محبت توشیده اند و به افق اعلی ناظرند

The friends of Truth who have drunk from the crystal chalice of the path of love and who gaze toward the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...We send Our greetings to the faithful followers of the one true God, who have tasted of the sweet waters of loving-kindness and directed their gaze toward the Realm of Glory

COMP_TRUSTP#23x

BRL_TRUST#22x, COC#2034x

BH10938

190

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

یا عبد حاضر دوازده سنه در عراق با کمال محبت و الفت و عنایت با اهل آن مؤانس

O servant in attendance! For twelve years in Iraq, with utmost love, fellowship and kindness, didst thou associate with its people [3.5s]... ...We call to remembrance every one of the friends and exhort them to have regard to trustworthiness, which is a charge that God hath entrusted to the safe-keeping of His servants… Thou art most dear to Us; and, as We love thee, so love We all in whom may be perceived the goodly adornments

COMP_TRUSTP#13x, COMP_TRUSTP#24x, AYT.326x

BRL_TRUST#13x, BRL_TRUST#23x, COC#2025x, COC#2035x

BH00438

1620

Persian

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

قد انزلنا الکتاب و هو ینطق امام وجوه العباد الملک لله رب الارباب و یبشر... الها معبودا ملکا مقصودا

Lo, We have sent down the Book, and it proclaimeth before the faces of the servants: "Dominion belongeth unto God, the Lord of Lords," and announceth [3.5s]... ...My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless

INBA65:026x, INBA30:082bx, INBA81:001ax, BLIB_Or15690.221, , BLIB_Or15699.006, , NLAI_BH_AB.016x

BRL_DA#687, PMP#173x, AHM.323x, AQMJ1.144x, AYI2.050x, MMJA.011x

PM#173x, BPRY.019-020

L. Thoresen, R. Price, L. Slott, Soulrise Melodies, K. Porray

LL#504

AB03722

190

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای طالب حقیقت اسباب شفای امراض دو نوع است سبب جسمانی و سبب روحانی اما سبب

There are two ways of healing sickness, material means and spiritual means. The first is by the treatment of physicians

MMK1#133 p.148

SWAB#133, TAB.587 654, BWF.375-376x, LOG#0926x, BSC.462 #857x

Exhortations and counsels; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU0572

Public address given on 1912-08-17

490

Human reality created in the image of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

The physical beauty of this place is very wonderful. We hope that a spiritual charm

PUP#090 (p.261-263)

BHU0043

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x

AB01526

320

mixed

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

رب و موید کل جمع انعقد لاعلاء کلمه رحمانیتک و موفق کل عصبه اتفقت علی خدمه

O Lord! Support every gathering formed for the exaltation of Thy Word of grace, and assist every company united in service to Thee [3.5s]... ...The members thereof must take counsel together in such wise that no occasion for ill-feeling or discord may arise

INBA16:215, INBA59:291, INBA88:285, INBA89:016b

MKT4.152, MMK1#044 p.084x, MILAN.081, AMK.047-048, ADH2.035, ADH2_1#18 p.030, MJMJ1.024a, MMG2#186 p.212, MJH.068b, NSR_1978.116, NSR_1993.129

SWAB#044x, BWF.406-407x, BADM.021-022cx, GPB.332x, DAS.1913-10-21x

Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Prayer for governments and rulers; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB03925

180

Persian

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

ای باربد الهی هر چند سلف در فن موسیقی مهارتی نمودند و الحانی بدیعه بسرودند

O musician of God! ... The songsters of fellowship that abide in the gardens of holiness must pour forth such a triumphant burst of songs in this age

MKT5.205b, AHB.124BE #04 p.98, AVK3.364.15, GHA.195, HYB.190

BRL_IOA#07x

L. Manifold

Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00045

1530

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Limits of the intellect; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

و انت الذی یا الهی تقدست اسمائک الحسنی و تنزهت امثالک العلیا عن ادراک عقول

Thou art He, O my God, Whose most beauteous names and most sublime likenesses are sanctified above the comprehension

CMB_F65.001-005x, PR12.001x

NURA#72, MMK4#173 p.196

LOTW#72

AB01462

320

Persian

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Family Life

ای امه الله المنجذبه از جشن عید نوروز مسرور شدم ملاحظه نما که این انجمن

O thou attracted maidservant of God! The celebration of the Feast of Naw-Rúz made me glad…. Surely, all must today be called to love, to unity and to kindness

BRL_DAK#0384, COMP_FAMP#12x

BRL_ATE#136, BRL_FAM#12x, TAB.323-325

Being a source of light; guidance; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Persian

Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in the voice of one of His supporters, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth through the eye of the heart and refuting seven specific accusations levelled by a certain follower of Mírzá Yaḥyá. The answers emphasize the importance of ‘He Whom God shall make manifest’ in the writings of the Báb, declare Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to be the fulfilment of that promise, assert that the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh is the same as that between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and warn the questioner of the wrath of God.

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

AB11556

...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness

ADJ.069x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Role and station of women

BH00245

Commentary on a verse from Sa'di

2530

mixed

Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Unrestrained as the Wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi)

آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و

The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself

BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047

BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x

GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133

B. Grover, MANA

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457

AB01214

Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love)

360

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء

O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation

INBA89:262

MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016

SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a

A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0178

Public address given on 1912-05-19

970

PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012

Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one

Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06883

150

Arabic

یا نواب یا ایتها الورقه المنبته من سدرتی و الموانسه معی علیک بهائی و عنایتی

O Navváb! O Leaf that hath sprung from My Tree, and been My companion! My glory be upon thee, and My loving-kindness

INBA65:082

SFI20.014b, ATB.128, FBAH.237

TDH#064.14x, GPB.108x, GPB.348x, MBW.074x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement

AB11942

110

mixed

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای مونس من از قرار معلوم در مدینه حیفا مسجون گشته اید زیرا از برای مسافر

O thou my companion! It appeareth that thou hast become a prisoner in the city of Haifa, for when travel is postponed

BRL_DAK#0428

BRL_ATE#128

AB12038

130

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

Whosoever entereth the Kingdom of God is under the protection of Bahá’u’lláh

BRL_ATE#067

AB00218

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada I)

790

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای نفوس مبارکه من از برای شماها فوز و فلاح ابدی میخواهم و موفقیت تامه در جهان

O ye blessed souls! I desire for you eternal success and prosperity... O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly army.

MKT3.015, AKHA_122BE #05 p.383x, AHB.121BE #02 p.000x, PYB#176 p.25x, DUR3.075x, DUR1.301x, ANDA#58 p.19x, ANDA#64 p.12x, MJMJ1.095x, MMG2#071 p.078x, MJH.039ax, FRTB.048, MMJA.027x

TDP#06, BPRY.205-206x, ADJ.049-050x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.070x, COF.010x, COF.016x2x, COF.017x, COF.029x, BSC.527 #982, SW_v10#15 p.280-282

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 1]

Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

UDP.046

BH05807

170

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

قد ارتفع الندآء من هذا المنظر الکریم به ارتفع ندآء الاشیاء کلها ولکن القوم

The Call hath been upraised from this glorious Scene, whereby all things have raised their cry, and yet the people [3.5s]... ...The one true God, exalted be He, loveth to witness handiworks of high craftsmanship produced by His loved ones. Blessed art thou, for what thy skill hath produced hath reached the presence of thy Lord, the Exiled, the Wronged

BLIB_Or15710.285, , BLIB_Or15715.323a, , BLIB_Or15722.174a,

BRL_DA#246a

BRL_ATBH#45x, COC#0004x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship

AB03123

210

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای پسر ملکوت نامه های شیرین و عبارات دلنشین تو همواره سبب فرح قلوبست و نغمه

O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy most agreeable letters, with their pleasing style, ever gladden our hearts. When the song is of the Kingdom

MMK1#154 p.176

SWAB#154, TAB.687-688, BWF.366-366x, COC#1418x, BBBD.171-172, BSC.467 #871

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; High station of the arts and sciences; Music and singing; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement

BH09210

100

mixed

الیوم سدره مبارکه ذکر در ملکوت بیان باینکلمه ناطق طوبی لعبد اقبل و آمن

In this Day the Blessed Tree of Remembrance speaketh forth in the Kingdom of Utterance saying: Well is it with the servant

INBA19:110a, INBA32:101b

BRL_DA#230, COMP_WOMENP#093

BRL_WOMEN#093, COC#2184

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement

BH00733

1060

mixed

تعالی تعالی من رفع الفرق و وضع الاتفاق تباهی تباهی من اخذ الاختلاف و حکم

Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused discord to cease… This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord

BLIB_Or15717.130,

BRL_DA#390, COMP_WOMENP#002x, COMP_WOMENP#003x, UAB.038ax, UAB.038cx, MAS8.052x, AYI2.339x

BRL_WOMEN#002x, BRL_WOMEN#003x, COC#2093x, COC#2094x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Equality of men and women; Power of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00774

450

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه مبارکی که دلالت بر انتخاب محفل روحانی مینمود

O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A blessed letter hath been received from you, telling of the election of a Spiritual Assembly... O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! Though our bodies be gathered here together, yet our spellbound hearts

MMK1#037 p.074

SWAB#037, BPRY.301-302x, TAB.023-026, BWF.403-404x, BWF.414-414x

The Bird & The Butterfly

East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00543

160

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لا یعزب من علمک من شیء ولا یفوت عن قبضتک من شیء ولا یعجزک من شیء

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Nothing whatsoever escapeth Thy knowledge, nor is there anything that could slip from Thy grasp… O Lord! Render victorious Thy forbearing servants…

SWBP#36 (p.126-127)

SWB#37 (p.178-179), BPRY.233-234x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs

AB00276

710

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای مفتون حقیقت و منجذب ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید و از تلاوتش نهایت سرور حاصل

O thou who art captivated by the truth and magnetized by the Heavenly Kingdom! Thy long letter hath come and it brought great joy

MKT3.249, MNMK#151 p.281, MMK1#029 p.055, YMM.384x, YMM.419x

SWAB#029, TAB.536-540, BWF.380-381x, BSC.435 #791

Language and the structure of reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB09137

Arabic

Prayer for children and youth; The concourse on high

الهی الهی نحن اطفال رضعنا من ثدی محبتک لبن العرفان و دخلنا فی ملکوتک منذ

O God, my God! We are children who have sucked the milk of divine knowledge from the breast of Thy love

DRM.018c, ADH2.132, ADH2_5#09 p.164, MMG2#432 p.477, HUV1.014, NSR_1978.133c, NSR_1993.146b, MMTF.012, NJB_v04#18 p.005

BRL_APAB#07, BRL_CHILD#24

AB01083

380

mixed

Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء ید قدرت الهیه چون خیمه عزت ابدیه وحدت عالم انسانیرا

O beloved friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! No sooner had the Hand of divine power raised the tabernacle of everlasting glory

NURA#32, MMK4#051 p.056, MSHR3.071

LOTW#32

AB11073

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments

BRL_MEET.AB#16x, COC#0394x

BH00251

2510

mixed

Meetings, Bahá'í; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

فصبر جمیل و الله المستعان علی ما یصفون یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و بهاء من

Patience is befitting, and God is the Help to be sought against that which they say. O Haydar-'Alí, upon thee be My glory and the glory of Him Who [3.5s]... ...By My life and My Cause! Round about whatever dwelling the friends of God may enter, and from which their cry shall rise as they praise and glorify the Lord

BLIB_Or15690.015, , BLIB_Or15728.140,

BRL_DA#227, COMP_MASHRIQP#07x, LHKM2.285

BRL_MEET.BH#02x, BRL_MASHRIQ#07x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for protection; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.316x

AB00092

1140

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power

INBA89:273

MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x

SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00345

Some Answered Questions #038 The Three Stations of the Divine Manifestations

640

Persian

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Word of God sanctified from time and place

بدان که مظاهر مقدسه را هرچند مقامات و کمالات غیر متناهیه است ولی کلیهء مراتب ایشان سه رتبه است

Know that, while the Manifestations of God possess infinite virtues and perfections, they occupy only three stations

MFD#38, DWNP_v2#05 p.038-040, OOL.C022.38

SAQ#38

BH02162

410

Arabic

Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

لوح من لدنا الی لیله فیها لاحت السموات و الارض من نیر به انار من فی العالمین

This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire creation

INBA08:619, INBA35:001, BLIB_Or15706.117, , BLIB_Or15714.003,

AYT.012, GHA.388, NSR_1993.093, ABMK.038, DLH3.392, AMB#40

DOR#40

NIKNAK, B. Rezaei

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#169

BH01282

660

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از زلال سلسال معارف محبوب لایزال بنوشی و بنوشانی

God willing, thou hast ever drunk and wilt ever continue to drink, and cause others to drink, from the sweet-flowing stream of divine knowledge of the Eternal Beloved [3.5s]... ...The never-ending sprinkling of the showers of Revelation fall continuously from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, and are made manifest in Words and revealed in the Holy Tablets

INBA35:138, INBA51:153, BLIB_Or15710.165b, , BLIB_Or15719.044, , BLIB_Or15722.132, , KB_620:146-149

BRL_DA#401, AVK2.354.17x, AVK3.114.03x, LHKM2.178, HDQI.097, MAS8.042x, VUJUD.141.05x

BRL_ATBH#11x, VUJUDE.156x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00725

1080

mixed

Consultation

یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل

O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting

INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d,

MAS8.112bx

BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x

Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01871

470

mixed

این نامه ایست از مسجون بمسجونان فی سبیل الله ای ناظر الی الله و المذکور

This is a missive from the Prisoner unto them that are imprisoned in the path of God, O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon God and art remembered [3.5s]... ...I swear by Him Who is the Truth! Erelong will God adorn the beginning of the Book of Existence with the mention of His loved ones who have suffered tribulation in His path

BLIB_Or15710.136,

ADJ.068x, ADJ.083x

Chastisement and requital; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10259

mixed

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نفوس تا در ترويج نکوشند بذکر اللّه مشغول و مألوف نيز کما ينبغی نگردند و آثار مدد

...When the friends do not endeavor to spread the message, they fail to remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of assistance

MMK1#211 p.257x

SWAB#211x

ABU0627

Public address given on 1912-04-30

460

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

When we view the world of creation, we find that all living things may be classified under two aspects

BDA1.062n

PUP#028 (p.067-069), SW_v03#04 p.009-010

TaliaSafa, New Creation

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Love of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.070

BH05162

190

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی زین بطراز رحمه ربه العزیز الحکیم و انطقه جذب

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom We have adorned with the robe of the mercy of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise, and caused him to speak through rapture [3.5s]... ...They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause—these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power

INBA34:302

BRL_DA#678, GWBP#157 p.215ax, AQA1#170, GHA.259ax, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.j, YFY.077-078

GWB#157x, COC#1904x, ADJ.051x, ADJ.060x4x, ADJ.060-61x, ADJ.068x, GPB.377x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x

Claudia & Jornt

LL#428

AB04356

170

Persian

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ای خیرخواه عالم انسانی الحمد لله که نیت خیری داشتی و تحصیل معارف نمودی و آرزو

O well-wisher of the world of humanity! Praised be God that thine intention was good, that thou didst acquire knowledge and learning

BRL_DAK#0800, MMK2#035 p.024

BRL_SOCIAL#037

AB06303

130

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای مرغ خوش الحان جمال ابهی این دور بدیع حجبات اوهام را خرق فرموده و تعصبات

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder

BRL_DAK#0215, MMK1#074 p.109, GHA.194, HYB.189, NJB_v03#01 p.005

SWAB#074, BWF.378-378x, COC#1412, BLO_PT#052.20

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB12001

mixed

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

خدایا تو دادی و تو بنزد خویش خواندی هر چه کنی مطاعی و هر چه مقدّر فرمائی عین حکمتست

O Lord! Thou didst bestow and Thou didst summon back unto Thyself. Everything Thou dost purpose is to be obeyed

BRL_DAK#0085

BRL_APAB#21

ABU0416

The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-18 in Paris

600

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

از جمله تعالیم حضرت بهاء الله این است بشر هر قدر ترقی بکند باز محتاج بنفثات

In the teaching of Baha'u'llah, it is written: 'By the Power of the Holy Spirit alone is man able to progress, for the power of man is limited and the Divine Power is boundless.'... Turn your faces away from the contemplation

KHAB.179 (190), KHTB1.179, KHTP.126

ADJ.046x, PT#51 p.172, BSC.452 #825x, SW_v03#02 p.006-007, SW_v16#06 p.0541, SW_v08#08 p.102

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04684

200

Arabic

تبارک الذی یدع العباد الی شطر عنایته بعد الذی کان غنیا عن العالمین یشهد کل

Blessed is He Who summoneth His servants unto the shores of His loving-kindness, though He, verily, hath ever been independent of all worlds [3.5s]... ...the mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth

INBA51:118, BLIB_Or11095#183, , KB_620:111-112

LHKM2.154

ADJ.046x, PDC.179x

Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0652

Address to the Baha'is at table at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22

450

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

See how good Baha'u'llah is to us, how great the power of His Word! From what distant parts of the world.... When the Mohammedans came and conquered Persia

BDA1.046n

PUP#017 (p.043-044), SW_v03#03 p.012-014, SW_v09#18 p.206, SW_v19#03 p.089, STAB#054

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Stories; anecdotes

MHMD1.054

AB00397

610

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایها المختارون فیملکوت الابهی شکر کنید رب الجنود را که از آسمان غیب راکبا

O ye who are the chosen ones of the Abha Kingdom! Praise ye the Lord of Hosts for He, riding upon the clouds, hath come down to this world... O Thou loving Provider! These souls have hearkened

MKT3.092, MNMK#097 p.178, MMK1#017 p.033, BCH.175, MJMJ2.016ax, MMG2#025 p.026x

SWAB#017, BPRY.093x, BBBD.446-449

JYSEP Goodna, Bass Adjustment

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

BH09181

240

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

دوستان آن ارض را ذکر نموده و مینمائیم بذکری که باقی و دائمست

We make mention of the friends in that land, with a remembrance that is everlasting and eternal [3.5s]... ...We prescribe unto all men that which will lead to the exaltation of the Word of God amongst His servants

BRL_DA#226

BRL_SOCIAL#178x, COC#0557x

BH09508

100

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

قل سبحانک یا الهی لک الحمد بما عرفتنی مطلع رحمتک و مشرق فضلک و مصدر امرک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy

PMP#137, NFR.200

PM#137, BPRY.048

AB10696

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters

BRL_ATE#037x

BH09162

110

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

یا من وجهک کعبه المشتاقین و لقائک امل المخلصین و قربک رجاء المقربین و طلعتک

O Thou Whose face is the object of the adoration of all that yearn after Thee, Whose presence is the hope

INBA48:207, INBA30:120bx, BLIB_Or15739.350,

BRL_DA#755, PMP#010, AHM.059, AQMJ1.005, ADH1.048

PM#010, BPRY.240

Avalan & May

LL#495

BH00386

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic)

1750

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا

This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old.

INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151

BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a

HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262

L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16]

The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

BH11209

Salat-i-Saghir (Short Obligatory Prayer)

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Obligatory prayer, Short

اشهد یا الهی بانک خلقتنی لعرفانک و عبادتک و اشهد فی هذا الحین بعجزی و قوتک

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee.

PMP#181, AHM.084, TSBT.021, NFF1.009x, ABMK.008, MMJA.020, OOL.B176a

PM#181, BPRY.004, SW_v12#19 p.313, BSC.184 #265

S. Sunderland, A.E. Rahbin, S. Akhavan, Rowshan [track 7]

Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#230

AB10053

Persian

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ای کودک عزیز توجه بملکوت اعلی کن و این مناجات بخوان طفل صغیرم پستان عنایت را ثدی

O thou darling dear! Turn thy face toward the Supreme Kingdom and chant thou this prayer: O Thou pure God! I am a little child; grant that the breast of Thy loving-kindness be the breast that I cherish

DRM.008d, ADH2.131x, ADH2_5#08 p.163x, MMG2#430 p.476x, HUV1.010x

BRL_APAB#09x, BRL_CHILD#09x, TAB.588, SW_v09#10 p.114, LABC.011

Education of children; moral education; Prayer for children and youth

BH11578

...He around Whom the Point of the Bayan (Bab) hath revolved is come

TDH#158.19x, GPB.098x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan

AB06052

130

Persian

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ای برادران مهربان در سبیل یزدان شکر کنید که اخوت جسمانی با اخوت روحانی جمع

O ye kind brothers who tread the path of God! Render thanks to Him that ye have combined both physical and spiritual brotherhood

BRL_DAK#0804, COMP_FAMP#90, MMK2#338 p.244

BRL_FAM#90

BH00249

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian)

2510

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace

INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115

BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b

GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443

L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7]

Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

AB07530

110

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است

...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable.

MMK1#125 p.140x

SWAB#125x

BH10133

mixed

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

طوبی از برای نفوسیکه بافق اعلی ناظرند و بامر مالک اسما عامل

Blessed are those who have fixed their gaze on the realm of glory and have followed the commandments of the Lord of Names. Blessed is he who in the days of God will engage in handicrafts

BRL_DA#214

BRL_SOCIAL#238x, COC#0001x

BH00057

5560

mixed

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03361

270

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی نشهد بان مشیتک غلبت الاشیا کلها و سبقت رحمتک من فی

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou dost witness that Thy will hath prevailed over all created things

INBA49:083b, INBA92:317

PMP#061

PM#061

AB02215

260

Persian

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از کنونشن نهایت رضایت اظهار نموده بودی که این

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast expressed satisfaction with the Convention

MNMK#126 p.242, MMK1#187 p.209

SWAB#187, SW_v10#13 p.246

AB11589

...worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Most Great Peace and proclaim the oneness of mankind

COF.035x, TDH#158.5x

ABU0748

Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco

400

Praise be to God: The United States has in reality made extraordinary progress... It will lead other nations spiritually, for its illumination is far-reaching ... but the greatness of every country

COF.035x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, SW_v05#11 p.166-167, SW_v05#11 p.161, SW_v13#12 p.343x

Predictions and prophecies

AB11528

...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people

COF.035x, COF.121x, GPB.254x, GPB.397x, TDH#158.5x

East and West; communication between East and West; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11565

...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11608

...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing

AB11613

...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations

AB11623

...influence and illumination are far-reaching

BH04778

200

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و سمعنا ما نادیت به الله فی جهرک و نجویک ان ربک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی انا الّذی اردت رضائک

Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have hearkened unto that which thou didst call upon God, both in thy public utterance and thy private communion. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will

INBA35:020, INBA48:153, BLIB_Or15739.276, , NLAI_BH1.176

BRL_DA#783, PMP#121x, AQMJ2.113cx, AQMJ1.114x

PM#121x

AB00355

630

mixed

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ای ثابت بر پیمان در عنوان مکتوب خطاب یا عبدالبهاء بود این چه ندا بود که جان را

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The opening of thy letter bore the words “O ‘Abdu’l-Baha!” What a call this was

NURA#76, MMK4#171 p.193

LOTW#76

AB03928

180

Persian

Being a source of light; guidance; Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات بتاریخ ۵ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید و خبر پرمسرتی داشت که احبای

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter dated 5 December 1918 was received. It contained the good news that the friends of God

MMK1#013 p.026

SWAB#013

AB06680

120

Persian

Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Moderation; frugality; simplicity

بشارت قرب اتمام مشرق‌الأذکار و انتظام باغچه‌ها و عن‌قريب فوران فوّاره‌ها سبب سرور بی‌منتهی شد

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The glad-tidings of the impending completion of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, the arrangement of its gardens

COMP_MASHRIQP#24, MMK6#029x

BRL_MASHRIQ#24

BH00473

1530

mixed

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Law of Huququ'llah; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

قد شهد کل شیء انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق بملکوت البیان انه لمشرق وحی

All things have testified that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth in the Kingdom of Utterance is, verily, the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...If a person is willing to offer the Right of God, such offering should be received by the Trustees, to whom reference hath been made in the Book of God

BLIB_Or15704.014,

BRL_DA#380, BRL_HUQUQP#085x, AVK3.475.08x

BRL_HUQUQ#085x, COC#1133x

AB06644

120

Persian

Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای بنده حق احبای الهی در هر ارض الحمد لله موجود و مشهود و کل در ظل سدره وجود

O servant of the One true God! The Lord be praised, the loved ones of God are found in every land, and are, one and all, neath the shadow

INBA17:093

MMK1#052 p.089, MSHR3.253

SWAB#052, SW_v14#01 p.019-020, BP1926.028

AB04325

390

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Law of Huququ'llah; Review of publications

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های شما بتاریخ ۲۶ سپتمبر و دوم دیسمبر ۱۹۱۹ رسید از

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters dated September 26 and December 2, 1919, have been received [3.5s]... ...Thou has enquired about the Huquq. From one's annual income, all expenses during the year are deductible, and on what is left 19% is payable to the Huquq

BRL_DAK#0675, BRL_HUQUQP#045x

BRL_HUQUQ#045x, COC#1163x, LOG#1041x

BH04360

220

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

لا مهرب للعباد من قضاء الله المبرم و امره المحکم اینما تکونوا یدرککم الموت

No refuge is there for the servants from God's absolute decree and His precise command. 'Wherever ye are, death will find you out

BRL_DA#376

BRL_ATBH#07x, LTDT.324

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00689

Two Kinds of Prophecy

470

Persian

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God

انبیا را استفاضه از فیض عمومی نامتناهی الهی و همچنین استفاضه از فیض

The Prophets of God draw upon both His boundless universal grace and upon His particular grace, that is, upon divine revelation and inspiration.

BRL_TTTP#02

BRL_TTT#02

AB12023

280

Conduct in finance and business; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Promotion of commerce and industry

O my spiritual friends! Among the greatest means of achieving modern advancements, the prosperity of nations, and the civilization of the peoples is the establishment of companies for commerce

BRL_SOCIAL#210

AB00034

1750

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

و انی اتقرب الیک یا الهی فی جنح هذه اللیله الظلماء و اناجیک بلسان سری مهتزا

O my Lord! I have drawn nigh unto Thee, in the depths of this darksome night, confiding in Thee with the tongue of my heart

INBA16:037, INBA75:029x

MKT6.081, MKT4.185, MNMK#002 p.007x, MNMK#089 p.158x, MMK1#002 p.004, MILAN.072, AKHA_128BE #04 p.ax, AKHA_135BE #05 p.95x, AYBY.373 #058, DUR2.048x, ADH2.027x, ADH2_1#14 p.024x, MJMJ1.042x, MMG2#301 p.334x, MJH.007x, YHA1.365x (2.731), YHA1.371x (2.744)

SWAB#002, TAB.366-375, ADJ.026x

M. Saraswati, Andreas & Amal, L. Slott

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07474

110

Persian

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای صادق من راستی و درستی و حق پرستی صفت راستانست و سمت پاکان صدق بهترین صفتی

O Ṣadiq! Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure.

COMP_TRUSTP#42x, MMK2#142 p.106

BRL_TRUST#41x, COC#2053x

AB01189

360

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ای دو کنیز مقرب پروردگار نامه امة الله مادر بیچر بنظر گذشت و فی الحقیقه لسان

O ye two favoured handmaids of the Lord! The letter from Mother Beecher hath been received, and truly it spoke for you both... It is hoped that all the maidservants of the Merciful, in those regions, will be (united) like unto the waves of one boundless sea.

MNMK#105 p.192, MMK1#036 p.073

SWAB#036, BSTW#504a

D. Stevenson

ABU0152

Public address given on 1912-05-19

1040

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual

PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

BB00382

420

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا من له العزة و العظمة و ما سواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی انت تری موقفی فی وسط الجبل هذا و تشهد علی ضمیری بانی ما اردت الا حبک وحب من یحبک

O Thou Who art possessed of glory and grandeur, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God! Thou beholdest my station in the midst of this mountain, and bearest witness to my heart that I desire naught but Thy love and the love of them that love Thee [3.5s]... ...Thou seest, O my Lord, my dwelling-place in the heart of this mountain and Thou dost witness my forbearance

KKD1.242.20x, HNMJ.005-006x, SWBP#74 (p.155-155(b)x)

SWB#74 (p.217(a)x)

AB04475

170

mixed

ای نهال باغ الهی گویند که در چمنستان حقیقت سرو بالائی و در جویبار عنایت نهال

O sapling of the divine garden! They say that thou art a lofty cypress in the meadowland of truth and a tender shoot by the stream of grace [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Plant this tender seedling in the garden of Thy manifold bounties, water it from the fountains

MKT6.166, HUV2.019x

BRL_APAB#01x, BRL_CHILD#10x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02965

300

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد محبوبی را که لم یزل سحاب عنایتش بر کل ممکنات باریده و لایزال پرتو آفتاب

Praise be unto my Beloved, Whose cloud of grace hath eternally rained upon all created things, and Whose radiant sun [3.5s]

INBA38:123, INBA23:212, INBA57:052

BRL_ATBH#51

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

AB04047

180

Crisis and Victory

...Thou hadst written concerning the growth in stature of the Cause of God in thy country. There is no doubt that the Faith of God will progress

BRL_CRISIS#50x, COC#0307, BBBD.629

Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1360

Public address given on 1912-07-25

230

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I am very happy to greet you here today. This is the second time the breeze of God has wafted

PUP#086 (p.244), SW_v07#12 p.116

BH04475

210

Arabic

Prayer for healing; Prayer for women

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به استقر جمالک علی عرش امرک و باسمک

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beg of Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is Thy Beauty hath been stablished

PMP#146, AHM.202, ADH1.098

PM#146, BPRY.099

LL#480

AB02281

260

mixed

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای یاران روحانی جناب نخجوانی وقتی که در این ایوان یزدانی بود خواهش تحریر نامه

O spiritual friends! When Jinab-i-Nakhjavani was in this Divine Abode

BRL_DAK#0031

BRL_ATE#032, MAAN#18

BH05849

170

Arabic

Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

قل یا الهی و ناری و نوری قد دخلت الایام التی سمیتها بایام الهاء فی کتابک یا

My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the Ayyam-i-Ha in Thy Book have begun

INBA41:006, BLIB_Or15696.022e, , BLIB_Or15734.2.087a,

PMP#045, NFR.099, AHM.131, GHA.044ax, TSBT.204, NFF5.003, ABMK.020

PM#045, BPRY.290

Soulrise Melodies

MMAH.106, LL#462

BH02028

440

Arabic

Call of the Divine Beloved

ان یا حبیب قد مضی ایام و ماوجدنا من جنابک روایح طیب الوفا ا نسیت الذی انک ان

O friend! Many a day hath passed, and still the sweet fragrance of thy faithfulness hath failed to reach Us.

SFI17.010-011

CDB#4

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU0147

Public address given on 1912-06-23

1050

Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment

You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence.

PUP#075 (p.210-213)

AB00256

Some Answered Questions #034 Peter and the Papacy

730

Persian

Christian doctrine and practice; High station of learning; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Priestcraft; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Christian clergy

این بیان مسیح تصدیق قول پطرس است در وقتی که گفت چه اعتقاد بمن داری

This utterance of Christ is an affirmation of Peter's reply, when Christ asked: “Whom do ye believe me to be?”

MFD#34, OOL.C022.34

SAQ#34, PN_1905 p008x

AB00388

610

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای ثابتان بر عهد و پیمان نامه شما رسید و نامهای مبارک شما یک یک ملاحظه گردید

O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter was received… O Divine Providence! This assemblage is composed of Thy friends who are attracted to Thy beauty

MKT3.088, MNMK#103 p.189, MMK1#068 p.100, PYB#047 p.03x, MJMJ2.021x, MMG2#175 p.203x, YHA2.560, NJB_v10#08 p.167

SWAB#068, BPRY.092x, SW_v10#08 p.154-155, SW_v10#08 p.046

C. Faizi

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

AB01866

290

Arabic

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها المقبل الی روح المسیح فی ملکوت الله ان الجسد مرکب من عناصر جسمانیه و لابد

O thou who hast drawn nigh unto the spirit of Christ in the Kingdom of God! Verily the body is composed of physical elements

MNMK#043 p.129, MMK1#143 p.164

SWAB#143, TAB.316-317, BWF.389-389x, SW_v13#06 p.148

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Resurrection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB03824

190

Arabic

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایتها المبتهله الی ملکوت الله طوبی لک بما انجذب قلبک الی جمال الله و تنور بنور

O thou who hast bowed thyself down in prayer before the Kingdom of God! Blessed art thou… As to thy question regarding the education of children

MNMK#072 p.146, MMK1#091 p.118, MMK1#122 p.139

SWAB#091x, SWAB#122x, TAB.086, BWF.383-383x, LOG#0756x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education

AB01995

280

Arabic

Exhortations and counsels; High station of the arts and sciences; Newspapers and the media; publications; Non-participation in politics

ایها الفاضل الجلیل قد وردنی رقیم کریم بل کتاب مبین ینطق بالحق فی صدق الولاء و

As for your desire to publish a monthly magazine in the Arabic and Persian languages that would have a circulation in a number of countries—it would be unwise to embark on such a project at the present time

BRL_DAK#0431, MKT3.225, AVK3.348.11x

BRL_ATE#143x

BH09144

110

Arabic

یا غصنی الاعظم قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک و سمعنا ما ناجیت به الله رب العالمین

O thou my Greatest Branch! Thy letter was surely presented before this oppressed one, and I heard that which

INBA81:087b

BRL_DA#440, AHM.105, HDQI.007, AHDW.008, YHA1.012-013, ASAT4.412x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.197, ANDA#03 p.48, ANDA#43-44 p.02, QALAM.014

GPB.243x3x, WOB.135-136x, SW_v04#14 p.239, SW_v05#15 p.228, SW_v08#14 p.184

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

LL#091

BH09086

110

Arabic

یا الهی هذا غصن انشعب من دوحه فردانیتک و سدره وحدانیتک تراه یا الهی ناظرا

This is the Branch that hath extended from the bower of Thy Oneness... ...Thou knowest, O my God, that I desire for Him naught except that which Thou didst desire

INBA81:090, BLIB_Or15696.127d,

BRL_DA#402, AHM.109, HDQI.006a, AHDW.009, KKD2.002, ASAT4.414x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.197, ANDA#03 p.47

GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#13 p.235, SW_v05#15 p.226, SW_v08#14 p.184

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

LL#353

BH00227

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar

2630

Arabic

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement)

اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر

God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out

INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146,

AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095

GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x

Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those who have recognized and believed.

Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277

Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413.

BH08181

120

mixed

دو ورقه در چهارشنبه رسید هر حرفی از آن شهادت داد بر توحید ذات و تقدیس نفس حق

O Most Mighty Branch! On Wednesday two written leaflets...O Thou Who art the apple of Mine eye! My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness

BRL_DA#756, HDQI.162, MAS8.093bx, MUH3.391bx, AHDW.010, MHA.000iv

GPB.243x, WOB.135x, SW_v14#05 p.150-151, DWN_v1#05 p.001

James & Kyan, L. Slott

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BH11576

...the Gulf that hath branched out of this Ocean that hath encompassed all created things

GPB.243x

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00142

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

930

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت

O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education

INBA16:026

MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018

SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006

MANA (1), MANA (2)

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Work as worship

ABU0101

Public address given on 1912-11-17

1210

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

This is a blessed meeting, for these revered souls have come together in complete unity

PUP#130 (p.437-442), FWU.009

BH06112

190

mixed

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

بعضی از احزاب عالم همت بر آن گماشته اند که بلسانهای مخصوصه خود تکلم نمایند و

Certain peoples of the world have endeavored to speak in their own particular languages, and they have deemed this effort to be the cause of their elevation and exaltation

BRL_DA#116, MAS8.116bx, PYB#249-250 p.03

BRL_ATBH#69, ADMS#211

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

BH00319

2040

mixed

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Law of fasting; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

یا احمد اسمع الندآء من شطر الکبریاء من سدره المنتهی عن یمین بقعه النورآء انه

O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of Supreme Glory, from the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon the right hand of the luminous Spot, that verily [3.5s]... ...As for obligatory prayer, it hath been sent down by the Pen of the Most High in such wise that it setteth ablaze the hearts

INBA27:086, BLIB_Or07852.072,

BRL_DA#123, ADM2#074 p.139x, AVK4.090.03x, GHA.036a, GHA.037ax, MAS4.134x, NSS.087x, NSS.116x

BRL_IOPF#1.07x

AB05189

150

mixed

ای دو ورقه مقبله موقنه از بدو وجود تا یوم موعود رجال تفوق بر نساء در جمیع

From the beginning of existence until the Promised Day men retained superiority over women in every respect.

COMP_WOMENP#008, MKT7.098, YMM.065

BRL_WOMEN#008, COC#2099

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05894

170

Arabic

Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment

لم ادر یا الهی بای نار اوقدت سراج امرک و بای زجاجه حفظته من اعادی نفسک فو

I know not, O my God, what the Fire is with which Thou didst light the Lamp of Thy Cause, or what the Glass

INBA92:387

PMP#089, AKHA_124BE #08 p.a

PM#089, BPRY.051

AB00619

500

Persian

ایتها الاماء المنجذبه بنفحات الله تا بحال در میان اماء رحمان تاسیس درس تبلیغ

O ye handmaidens attracted by the fragrances of God! For the first time among the maidservants of the Most Merciful, a teaching class hath been established [3.5s]... ...Confirmations from the kingdom of God will assuredly be received, enabling some radiant leaves to appear resplendent in the assemblage of this world with clear proofs

INBA16:121

COMP_WOMENP#097x, MKT7.079, PYK.309, DUR1.321x, QIRT.004

BRL_WOMEN#097x, COC#2188x

Equality of men and women; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03896

180

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

الهی الهی ان عبدک الخاضع لعزه ربوبیتک الخاشع بباب احدیتک قد آمن بک و بایاتک

O my God! O my God! Verily Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness

MMK1#165 p.191

SWAB#165, BPRY.041-042x, BSTW#436

D. Stevenson

Consolation and comfort; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul; spirit after death

AB01256

350

Persian

Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای شخص محترم نامه ثانی شما که بتاریخ ۱۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید بسیار سبب بهجت و

O respected personage! Thy second letter dated 19 December 1918 was received. It was the cause of great joy and gladness

MMK1#230 p.300x

SWAB#230x, SW_v10#04 p.078-079

AB02935

220

Persian

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای دوستان حضرت دوست شمع هدی روشن است و نور افق اعلی جلوه هر انجمن غمام فیض در

O ye friends of the Beloved! The candle of guidance is burning, and the light shining from the Supreme Horizon adorneth every assemblage

INBA55:432b, INBA89:025b

BRL_DAK#0067, MKT1.470, AHB.123BE #05 p.000, AHB.124BE #05 p.138

BRL_ATE#090

AB01097

380

mixed

Education of children; moral education; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for children and youth; Service to others; to the Cause of God

یا من سافر فی سبیل الله مراسله که بجناب حاجی مرقوم فرموده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O thou who hast journeyed in the path of God! The letter which thou didst address to his honour Haji was perused [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Guard Thou the children that are born in Thy day, are nurtured at the breast of Thy love

AKHA_128BE #04-05 p.152, MJTB.114, HUV2.018x

BRL_APAB#10x, BRL_CHILD#17x

AB01585

310

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای سلیل عزیز آن مستغرق دریای مغفرت الهی مدتیست مدیده تحریری نشد و تقریری نگشت

O thou beloved scion of him that hath been immersed in the ocean of divine forgiveness! A long time hath passed since I last wrote

NURA#26, MMK4#179 p.222, MMK5#030 p.031

LOTW#26

BB00418

360

Arabic

Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا الهی انت الذی عرفتنی نفسک بظهورک و الهمتنی ذکرک بتجلیاتک انت الاقرت الذی لا یحول بینی و بینک شیء

Through Thy revelation, O my God, Thou hast enabled me to know Thee, and through the radiance of Thine effulgent splendor

HNMJ.150-154, SWBP#67 (p.151-152x)

SWB#67 (p.211-212x)

AB01013

390

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power of prayer; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در این ایام که جمیع آفاق امکان از آثار قدرت و

...In this day, any deed, however infinitesimal, when not performed for the sake of God, is manifest loss

INBA55:414

BRL_CONF2018P#14x, MMK2#143 p.106, MMK4#108 p.118

BRL_CONF2018#14x

BH05837

170

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude

قد قرئنا کتابک و قدرنا لک ما سئلت به الله ربک و رب العالمین و رقم لک... ای ربّ لک الحمد علی ما اسمعتنی ندائک

We have read thy letter and have ordained for thee that which thou didst ask of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, and inscribed for thee [3.5s]... ...Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself

INBA35:021b, INBA48:156, INBA57:077x, BLIB_Or15739.281,

PMP#074x, AQMJ1.117x

PM#074x

BH03245

280

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایامک و ساعه من ساعات قدسک و اختصصته بنفسک و

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! This is that Day among Thy Days and that Hour among Thy blessed Hours which Thou hast reserved

NFF5.095, AMB#05

DOR#05

AB00117

Some Answered Questions #057 The Causes of the Differences in Human Character

990

Persian

Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Lying and deceit; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil

اخلاق فطری و اخلاق ارثی و اخلاق اکتسابی که بتربیت حاصل گردد

There is the innate character, the inherited character, and the acquired character, which is gained through education.

MFD#57, OOL.C022.57

SAQ#57, BWF.318-321

AB00296

690

mixed

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

ایها الفرع النابت من الشجره المبارکه نامه نامی بلکه رشته درر و لئالی واصل

O branch that hath sprung from the Blessed Tree! Thy glorious letter—nay rather, thy string of pearls and gems—hath reached me [3.5s]... ...May my life be offered up for the dust of these martyrs; may my entire being be a sacrifice for the blood of the chosen ones of God

NANU_AB#72, YBN.063-065

BRL_FIRE_AB#20x

BH03389

270

Arabic

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

لم ادر یا الهی انطق ببدایع ذکرک بین عبادک و اعرفهم خفیات رحمتک و اسرار امرک

I know not, O my God, whether I should speak forth the wonders of Thy praise among Thy servants

INBA92:348

PMP#110, AQA7#513 p.357

PM#110

BH00886

920

mixed

Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

حمد مقدس عما یخطر بالبال بساط امنع اقدس حضرت غنی متعالی را لایق و سزاست

Hallowed praise, sanctified above whatsoever may enter the minds of men, beseemeth the most holy and exalted court of the All-Possessing, the Most High [3.5s]... ...O Abu'l Hasan: May my Glory rest upon thee! Fix thy gaze upon the glory of the Cause. Speak forth that which will attract the hearts and the minds. To demand the Huquq is in no wise permissible… O Amín! Upon thee be My glory. It behoveth thee to have the utmost regard for the dignity of the Cause of God in all circumstances

INBA28:508

BRL_DA#263, BRL_HUQUQP#083x, BRL_HUQUQP#090x, AYI2.219x, AYI2.220x

BRL_HUQUQ#083x, BRL_HUQUQ#090x, COC#1107x, LOG#1034x

AB06639

120

mixed

Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت یوسف علیه السلام در مصر جمال رخی افروخت و جانهای صد

O thou servant of the Ancient Beauty! When Joseph—peace be upon him—unveiled his bright countenance in the Egypt of beauty

NURA#70, MMK4#034 p.034, TISH.600

LOTW#70

AB01329

340

Persian

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List

ای زائر تربت مقدسه شکر جزیل رب جلیل را که دلیل این سبیل بود و ترا بدرگاه

O pilgrim of the Sacred Dust! Render a myriad thanks unto the All-Glorious, Who hath guided thee on this path… O loved ones of 'Abdu'l-Baha! Man's life has its springtime

BRL_DAK#0236, MMK2#371 p.264, AKHA_105BE #03 p.17x, AKHB.238x, AHB.122BE #01 p.036x, ANDA#06 p.66x, ANDA#57 p.61x, MSHR2.116x

BRL_ATE#055x, BRL_CHILD#38x, ADMS#309

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00941

500

mixed

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای ثابت بر پیمان در جمیع اوقات چه در شیراز و چه در آذربایجان از گلشن ایمان... از ربّ کريم اميد چنين است که روز بروز رخ برافروزی

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! At all times, whether in Shiraz or in Azerbaijan, from the rose-garden of faith [3.5s]... ...The legions of the world cannot withstand this mighty Army. Its weapons are divine knowledge and assurance, and its sword is its world-encircling light

BRL_DAK#0992, MMK3#124 p.085x, NANU_AB#68x, NSS.227-229

BRL_FIRE_AB#19x

BB00617

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

استغفرک اللهم من کل ذکر بغیر ذکرک ومن کل ثناء بغیر ثنائک ومن کل لذة بغیر لذة قربک ومن کل راحة بغیر راحة انسک

I beg Thee to forgive me, O my Lord, for every mention but the mention of Thee, and for every praise but the praise of Thee

SWBP#40 (p.130-130)

SWB#41 (p.182-183), BPRY.080b

L. Slott, A. Youssefi, E. Mahony, E. Kelly, S. Peyman, S. Jaberi

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01978

280

mixed

Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness and remoteness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای یاران روحانی و دوستان رحمانی در هر عهد مومن بسیار ولی ممتحن کمیاب حمد کنید

O spiritual friends and loved ones of the All-Merciful! In every Age believers are many but the tested are few.

NANU_AB#60, YBN.164-165

BRL_FIRE_AB#18

AB10730

Persian

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

همدم و همراز من در منتریال در نهایت اشتغالم معاشرت و مذاکرات روز و صحبتهای

O thou mine intimate and my confidant! In Montreal I could not be more busily occupied.

BRL_DAK#0025, MMK5#067 p.059

BRL_ATE#026, MAAN#12

AB07871

100

Persian

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

ای اماء رحمن در این قرن رب عظیم آفتاب علیین نور حقیقت در شدت اشراقست و شمس در

O ye handmaids of the Lord! In this century -- the century of the Almighty Lord -- the Day-Star of the Realms above, the Light of Truth

MKT7.000, MMK1#032 p.064

SWAB#032, SW_v14#03 p.087

AB04278

170

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای بنده بهاء از بلایای وارده بدرگاه احدیت شکرانه نما زیرا مصیبت در سبیل حضرت

O servant of Baha! It behoveth thee to render thanks unto the Threshold of the Lord of Oneness

MKT8.020, AKHA_135BE #04 p.69, BSHN.140.147, BSHN.144.147, MHT2.124b, NANU_AB#51

BRL_FIRE_AB#17

ABU0373

Address to the Baha'is at Studio Hall in Washington, 1912-04-21

650

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

I have come here to visit you. With the greatest longing I have wished to see you. Realizing it was only with a great deal of trouble... In this cycle there shall be such progress along the lines of civilization

PUP#015 (p.037-039), SW_v03#03 p.009-010, BSTW#337

AB00627

490

Persian

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای اسیران مظلومان علمای آنسامان دست تطاول گشودند و از فرعون ذی الاوتاد و قوم

O ye wronged captives! The divines in that land have put forth the hand of aggression and have surpassed in cruelty the Pharaohs

NANU_AB#42

BRL_FIRE_AB#16

AB01505

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states I)

320

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan

ای منادیان بملکوت الله چند روز پیش بان یاران الهی نامه نگاشته گشت ولی چون این

O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God! A few days ago an epistle was written

MKT3.006, AKHA_121BE #01 p.j, AKHA_134BE #01 p.8, AHB.119BE #01 p.000, FRTB.038

TDP#02, ADJ.062x, BSC.510 #974, SW_v07#10 p.090, SW_v09#14 p.166-167

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 5]

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.012

AB01573

310

Persian

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای جوان رحمانی و جان جهان انسانی آنچه بجناب سید مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد

O youth infused with divine spirit and soul of the human world! That which thou didst write to his honor the Siyyid hath been perused [3.5s]... ...In these days when the wicked have created violent disturbances and the opponents have bestirred themselves, they have, in every region, stretched forth the hand of aggression

MKT8.070, NANU_AB#37x

BRL_FIRE_AB#15x

BH00801

1000

mixed

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالقدره و تفرد بالعزه و العظمه الذی شهدت الاشیاء بعلوه و

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His power, attained unto unity, and Who, in His might and grandeur, standeth alone, He unto Whose exaltation all created things bear witness [3.5s]... ...In connection with the demands for payment of which thou hast written in thy letter, it is manifestly clear that anyone who hath the ability to settle his debts

BLIB_Or15697.015c,

COMP_TRUSTP#36x, ADM2#076 p.142x

BRL_TRUST#35x, COC#2047x

BH00384

1760

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety

INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011,

COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x

BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x

AB01430

330

mixed

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death

ای یاران باوفای جمال ابهی از ظلم و عدوانی که بر ان دو مظلوم آفاق واقع ناله و

O faithful friends in the Abha Beauty! By reason of the oppression and atrocities that have befallen those two souls

MSBH2.229-230, NANU_AB#31, VAA.093-093

BRL_FIRE_AB#14

AB05295

150

Persian

Being a source of light; guidance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ای منجذبه محبت الله شمس حقیقت از افق عالم طالع شد و نور هدایت درخشید فیض ابدی

O thou who art carried away by the love of God! The Sun of Truth hath risen above the horizon of this world and cast down its beams of guidance.

MMK1#201 p.238

SWAB#201, COF.037x

BB00018

Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle)

13200

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه

Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me

INBA_5006C:284-314, , INBA_6009C:001-171, , PR03.043r-043rx, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x

SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009

SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x

The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031

Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa.

BH00693

1120

mixed

Call of the Divine Beloved

غره کن شیروار ای شیر حق تا رود آن غره تا هفتم طبق فسبحان من تقدست ذاته من ان

O thou lion-hearted soul, even as a lion roar, that thy roaring may perchance to the seventh heaven soar!

SFI07.012

CDB#6

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00610

500

mixed

Fire and light; fire and water; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

ای عباد حق و اماء رحمان عشق ز اول سرکش و خونی بود تا گریزد آنکه بیرونی بود از

O servants of the one true God! O handmaids of the Merciful! “From the outset love was rebellious and bloodthirsty, So as to put every stranger to flight.”

MKT6.127b, MNMK#135 p.250, AKHA_104BE #09 p.01, AKHA_106BE #10 p.02, BSHN.140.169, BSHN.144.169, MHT2.104b, NANU_AB#28, SHYM.013

BRL_FIRE_AB#13

BH02333

380

Arabic

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

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

INBA51:533

ASAT4.130x

GPB.185x

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

AB02732

230

mixed

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای طائف حول مطاف عالمیان هر چند زحمت سفر کشیدی و بر و بحر طی نمودی ولی حمد حی

O thou who circlest round the Point of Adoration of all that dwell on earth! Though thou hast endured the toils of travel

BRL_DAK#0464, MKT9.148, MMK5#294 p.218, MJMJ2.108bx, MMG2#445 p.490x

BRL_ATE#122, BLO_sazedj#27x

Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

BH02113

420

Arabic

م ع ان استمع ما یلقی الروح علیک من آیات الله المهیمن القیوم لیجذبک الندآء

Give ear unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee in the days of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting

INBA33:011

TBP#17m

TB#17m

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

LL#167

BH09029

110

Arabic

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلتنی هدفا لسهام اعدائک فی سبیلک اشکرک یا عالم الغیب و

I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path.

INBA23:076a, INBA51:610b

PMP#141, NFR.181

PM#141

AB02941

220

mixed

Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای سرمستان پیمانه پیمان وقت آنست که بادیه هجران بپیمااید تا بسرمنزل جانان

O ye who are inebriated with the draught of His Covenant! It is time to pass beyond the desolate wilds of remoteness

NANU_AB#27

BRL_FIRE_AB#12

AB05199

150

Persian

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای راضی بقضا حمد کن خدا را که بچنین مقامی فائزی سبیل رضا پیمودی و بقدر و قضا

O thou who art resigned to His irrevocable Decree! Render thanks unto God for having attained so sublime a station.

NANU_AB#26

BRL_FIRE_AB#11

AB00535

540

mixed

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای ستمدیدگان سبیل الهی ظلم و اعتساف مردم بی انصاف همیشه بر اولیای الهی واقع

O ye who have been wronged in the path of God! The loved ones of the Almighty have always been exposed to the dire oppression and tyranny

INBA89:093

AKHA_105BE #10 p.02, AKHA_127BE #10 p.a, AHB.129BE #05-06 p.077x, MJMJ2.009x, MMG2#126 p.144x, NANU_AB#25, QUM.262-263

BRL_FIRE_AB#10x

AB00065

1270

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

الحمد لله الذی کشف الظلام و محی الغمام و کشف الحجاب و ازال النقاب فلاحت

Praise be to Him Who hath rent the dark asunder, hath blotted out the night, hath drawn aside the coverings and torn away the veils... O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant... O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling the fire of divine love... Exert every effort in the fields of development and of civilization

MKT2.202, MMK1#206 p.245, MILAN.163b, AKHA_135BE #01 p.02, AHB.107BE #06 p.116, BCH.006x, ADH2.102, ADH2_2#19 p.128, MMG2#015 p.013, NSR_1978.132x, NSR_1993.145x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.372x

SWAB#206, BRL_SOCIAL#014x, BPRY.071-072x, BPRY.234-235x, DWN_v3#01 p.011ax

N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, S. Toloui-Wallace

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual springtime; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

AB00206

Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles

810

Persian

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

همچنان که این اجرام نورانیه در این فضای نامتناهی هر یک را دوری زمانیست

Each of the luminous bodies of this limitless firmament has its cycle of revolution

MFD#41, DWNP_v2#08 p.068-069, OOL.C022.41

SAQ#41

AB06321

130

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای معلم رحمانی در دبستان تعلیم آن نورسیدگان الهی را آداب ملکوتی بیاموز و در

O thou spiritual teacher! In thy school, instruct thou God's children in the customs of the Kingdom. Be thou a teacher of love

BRL_DAK#0366, PYB#219 p.05, TRBB.049, MJTB.078

BRL_ATE#104, COC#0612

ABU3282

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-24

Persian

Mahmúd's Diary

ای بهآءالله چه کرده ئی ای بهآءالله بقربانت ای بهآءالله بفدایت ایام را بچه مشقت و بلا گذرانیدی

O Baha'u'llah! What hast Thou done? O Baha'u'llah! May my life be sacrificed for Thee!

BDA1.049.04

GPB.293x, SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.057

T. Price, Zannetta [track 12], L. Slott

Growth of the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment

AB06523

130

mixed

High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Realms of being; three realms; five realms

یا من ینتمی الی من شرب کاس الفدا بکل سرور فی سبیل الله آن جوهر وجود الیوم در

O offshoot of him who in a transport of delight drank of the chalice of martyrdom in the path of God! That essence of being is so graciously confirmed

MKT5.049a, NANU_AB#21

BRL_FIRE_AB#08

BB00372

450

Arabic

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

هو الله الملک الحی المستعان. فسبحانک اللهم رب شهدت الانفس والآفاق بانک انت ممتنع فوق مظاهر انشائک

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord! Both the world of existence and the souls of men bear witness that Thou art transcendent

SWBP#61 (p.147-149)

SWB#62 (p.206-209)

BH02274

390

mixed

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مقدس از حدود حضرت محمودیرا لایق و سزاست که باسمش مقام محمود ظاهر و بمقامش

Sanctified praise beseemeth and is worthy of that Most Glorious Lord, through Whose Name the praiseworthy station hath been made manifest and through Whose Station [3.5s]... ...O God, my God! I yield Thee thanks for having guided me unto Thy straight Path and enabled me to recognize Thee and turn unto Thee

BLIB_Or15731.521,

BRL_DA#092

BRL_APBH#15x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Naming of children; of individuals; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB12054

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun

O ye true friends! Make ye a mighty effort, that this world may become another world, and this darksome earth

BRL_ATE#072

AB07902

100

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; The concourse on high

ای بازماندگان آن انوار لامعه ای اطفال آن هیاکل مقدسه ای یادگارهای آن حقائق

O remnants of those effulgent lights! O children of those tabernacles of holiness! O remembrances of those resplendent spirits!

NANU_AB#14, BALM.110

BRL_FIRE_AB#07

BH11102

440

Arabic

Prayer and Devotional Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ان یا احبائی فی المعمور ان استمعوا ندآء مطلع الظهور من شطر بیته المعمور ... قد کتب الله لکل اب تربیة اولاده

O My loved ones in this inhabited realm! Hearken unto the call of the Dawning-Place of Revelation from the direction of His sanctified House [3.5s]... ...Teach ye your children so that they may peruse the divine verses every morn and eve. God hath prescribed unto every father to educate his children, both boys and girls, in the sciences and in morals, and in crafts and professions

BRL_DA#377, GHA.087x

BRL_ATBH#05x, BRL_PDL#94x, COC#0005x

Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03929

180

Persian

Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید از قضا و قدر و اراده سوال نموده بودی قضا و قدر

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst asked about fate, predestination and will.

MMK1#167 p.192, RAHA.318, SFI01.061

SWAB#167, SW_v10#17 p.318, BSTW#429

AB00743

460

Persian

Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ای یاران الهی ای مقبولان درگاه حضرت غیرمتناهی حضرت شهید چون نور سعید از مطلع

O ye friends of God! O ye favoured ones at the Threshold of the One Who transcendeth all limitations! That distinguished martyr, like unto a lucky star

MMK4#165 p.181, NANU_AB#07

BRL_FIRE_AB#06

BH07371

140

mixed

یا حسین انشاء الله بانوار آفتاب حقیقت روشن و منیر باشی و بذکر الهی که از اعظم

O Ḥusayn! God grant thou shalt ever be bright and radiant, beaming with the light of the Sun of Truth

BLIB_Or15715.051d,

AADA.039-040, TBP#17c

TB#17c

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01787

290

Importance of prayer; Manifestation of God as educator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

O ye members of the radiant Assembly! Praise be to God that the lights of the Sun of Reality show forth from the horizon of Urbana… When saying the Obligatory Prayer, one must turn towards the Holy Reality of Bahá’u’lláh, that Reality which encompasseth all things

BRL_IOPF#2.20x, DAS.1914-07-30

AB00489

560

mixed

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای بازماندگان شهدای سبیل الهی نامه های شما رسید با وجود عدم فرصت آنی بدقت

O remnants of the martyrs in the path of God! Your letters have been received and despite the lack of a moment's spare time

NANU_AB#06

BRL_FIRE_AB#05

ABU0150

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1040

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Proofs for the existence of God; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Praise be to God! This is a beautiful and radiant assemblage. It is a merciful gathering

PUP#105 (p.325-328)

AB10342

140

Persian

Prayer for children and youth

ای خدای مهربان ای ربّ الجنود شکر ترا که این اطفال صغیر را بر بالغان کبیر ترجیح دادی

O ye children of the Kingdom! Give thanks unto God that, at this tender age, ye have entered into the Divine Kingdom… O Compassionate God! O Lord of Hosts! Praise be unto Thee that Thou hast preferred these little children over the full-grown and mature

HUV2.015x

BRL_APAB#14x, BRL_APAB#24, BRL_CHILD#23x, SW_v11#15 p.258

AB05269

150

Persian

The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله از قرار مسموع آتشی افروخته داری و جانی چون پروانه بال

O thou who art aflame with the fire of the love of God! We hear that thou hast within thy being a blazing fire, and that thy soul, even as the winged moth, is consumed by its flame

NURA#42, MMK4#097 p.108

LOTW#42

AB00314

670

mixed

Fire and Light; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یزدان مهربان از افق انقطاع نفوسی را مشرق و لائح فرمودی که مانند مه تابان

O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon... You must so hoist the banner of nothingness

MMK2#378 p.269, NANU_AB#04x

BRL_FIRE_AB#04x, BPRY.251-252x, PN_1906 p093x

Miles, Denzil & Ephrim

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

AB02939

220

Persian

Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

ای رب غفور این طیور شکور را تن اسیر قبر مطمور گردید و جان به بیت معمور پرواز نمود

O forgiving Lord! These birds that sang Thy praise left their mortal remains buried in desolate tombs

BSHN.140.246, BSHN.144.246, MAS9.039, MHT2.067a, NANU_AB#03, QUM.069, QUM.153

BRL_FIRE_AB#03

AB00162

890

Persian

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ای منجذب بنفحات الهیه مکتوب مفصل که بمسیس گتسنر لوا مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه

O thou who art attracted to the fragrant breathings of God! I have read thy letter addressed to Mrs. Lua Getsinger

MKT2.097, MMK1#134 p.149, MILAN.066, AVK3.021

SWAB#134, LOG#0996x, LOG#1008x

AB02690

230

mixed

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و سبب نهایت مسرت گردید که الحمد لله در همدان

O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter hath come and hath occasioned the utmost joy, with its news that, praised be God, in Hamadan a welfare and relief association

BRL_DAK#0395, MMK6#452, AKHA_121BE #10 p.b, TAH.292, TRBB.069

BRL_SOCIAL#192, COC#0635

AB04334

170

Persian

Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Universal education

ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله موفق بآن شدید که در مهدی آباد تاسیس مدرسه تربیت

O ye steadfast in the Covenant! God be praised that ye have succeeded in establishing a school in Mihdíyabad and are, with great energy and enthusiasm, engaged in educating the children.

BRL_DAK#0392, TRBB.058

BRL_SOCIAL#193, COC#0624

AB09901

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای پروردگار این جانهای پاک از جهان خاک بیزارشدند بجهان تو پرواز کردند و از

O Lord! These stainless souls grew contemptuous of the world of dust and have ascended unto Thy kingdom.

NANU_AB#02

BRL_FIRE_AB#02

AB06117

130

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

ای پروردگار این جانهای پاک پرواز بافلاک نمودند و در خدمتت زیرک و چالاک بودند

O Lord! These pure souls have ascended unto the realms on high. They have proved themselves nimble and sprightly in Thy service.

NANU_AB#01

BRL_FIRE_AB#01

BB00596

Arabic

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

و اجعل اللهم تلک الشجرة کلها له لیظهرن منها ثمرات ما قد خلق الله فیها لمن قد اراد الله ان یظهر به ما اراد

Consecrate Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree unto Him, that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God

SWBP#16 (p.110(a)x)

SWB#16 (p.155-156x), ESW.162

BH06188

160

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی منه تموج فی کل قطره بحور رحمتک و الطافک

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every drop

INBA23:246, INBA48:166, INBA49:215, INBA92:155, BLIB_Or15739.294,

PMP#097, AQMJ2.039

PM#097

BH00443

1600

mixed