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| ABU2466 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | معلوم است ما بین روح انسانی و حقایق موجودات ارتباطی عظیم است | It is obvious that a very deep relationship exists between the spirit of man | AVK1.243, MAS2.025-026x, BDA1.120.07 | SW_v14#07 p.211, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.128 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0085 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, 1913-02-13 | 1320 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | چون بنظر حقیقت در جمیع کائنات نظر میکنیم هر کائنی فی الحقیقه حیات دارد سابق | According to science, all forms of creation are endowed with life; this element of life and energy depending on environment and adaptations... Spirit in the human world is the discoverer.... The world of humanity has ever been in a state of anticipation of the coming of the divine Manifestations... We observe that today the means of unity are brought about. This in itself is an evidence | AVK1.113x, KHF.139, KHAB.413 (416), KHTB3.057 | DAS.1913-02-13, SW_v09#01 p.007x, SW_v11#17 p.291x, SW_v14#01 p.011x, DWN_v3#01 p.003x, ADP.165-174 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The mind's power of discovery; Unity in diversity; Universal language | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0055 | Words spoken at The White Lodge in Wimbledon, 1913-01-03 | 1510 | Bahá'í Scriptures | هر جزئی از اجزاء فردیه در صور نامتناهی جمادی نباتی حیوانی انسانی سیر دارد | How beautiful it is to organize such lovely gatherings... When we ponder over the reality of the microcosm, we discover that in the microcosm there are deposited three realities. | AVK1.151.04x | BSC.399 #736x, FWU.051, SW_v07#13 p.117-119+124, BSTW#090, BSTW#365 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0059 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-08 | 1480 | میانه جمیع این نعمای جسمانی از همه لذیزتر خواب است روح انسانی یکقدری آزاد میشود | Among all the worldly bounties none is more wonderful than the dream. In this state the human spirit | AVK1.325-327x, NJB_v14#09 p.288 | BKOG.091x | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0054 | The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 | 1510 | Paris Talks | امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است | Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature. | BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x | PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x | Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||
| BB00021 | Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) | 11000 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity | INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v | AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x | GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 | |||
| BH00354 | Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) | 1870 | 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 | ||
| BB00017 | Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) | 13500 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود | Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves | INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x, | AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014 | BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236 | |||
| ABU0029 | Public address to Naturalist Association of San Francisco, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 1880 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | امشب مریض بودم احوالم خوب نبود لکن محض محبتی که بشما دارم با وجود علیلی مزاج | Although I was feeling indisposed this evening, yet owing to the love I entertain for you I have attended this meeting. For I have heard | AMK.280-286, AVK1.170.05x, KHTB2.297, NJB_v05#03 p.001 | PUP#111 (p.355-361), ECN.297+1065 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Man's distinction from the animal; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||
| BB00072 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 2700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد فی السموات و الارض و له السلام فی ملکوت الامر والخلق سبحانه و تعالی جل ذاتیته من ان یصعد الیها اعلی جواهر الممکنات و علت کینونیته من ان یرفع الی مقام عزها اعلی شوامخ | O Thou Who art praised in the heavens and on earth, and unto Whom belongeth peace in the Kingdom of Command and Creation! Glorified and exalted art Thou! The quintessence of Thy Being is far above the loftiest essences of all contingent things, and the Reality of Thy Self transcendeth the most sublime heights [3.5s] | INBA_5019C:257-264, | ASAT4.509x, AVK1.294-295x, AVK1.323-324x | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||
| BH00972 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 | 850 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام | Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body | INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, | BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c | GWB#086x, PNAK.86 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#438 | ||||
| BH00258 | Lawh-i-Yusuf | 2460 | 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 | ||
| BH00512 | Lawh-i-Tawhid | 1450 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity) | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است | Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above | INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b | BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 | GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 | Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day. | Creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| AB00142 | Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education) | 930 | 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 | * | - | |||
| BH01850 | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani | 480 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | ||
| BH01403 | Lawh-i-Salman II | 610 | 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 | ||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | 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 | ||
| BH00269 | Lawh-i-Ra'is | 2370 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha) | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا | The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men | INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a | NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b | SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038 | Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan. | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 | ||
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil) | یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی | One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened | INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 | BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 | BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 | Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim. | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 | ||
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini) | قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود | The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified | INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 | BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 | BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x | Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’. | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; 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 | * | - | ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 | ||
| BH00041 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II | 7070 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00827 | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions) | 990 | Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions) | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر | All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace. | BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068 | BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040 | TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119 | almunajat.com [item 29] | Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’. | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | * | ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257 | |
| BH00210 | Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..." | 2770 | 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 | |||
| BH00238 | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | 2590 | 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 | |
| BH00409 | Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 1700 | Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) | Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality) | و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود | As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey | INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307 | BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x | LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016 | Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all things’, offers a middle position between the doctrines of ‘the oneness of being’ and ‘the oneness of appearances’, observes that both positions can be upheld with reference to different sacred scriptures, and suggests that nothing is to be gained from disputation in such matters. | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Words vs deeds | * | - | MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 | ||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | 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 | |
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات | Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… | INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 | BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 | BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x | Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam. | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | LL#036, LL#411 | ||
| BH00433 | Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab | 1630 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab | حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من | Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear | UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063 | BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020 | GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71 | Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race. | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034 | Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God" | |
| BH00111 | Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise) | 4020 | 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 | |
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved | Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys) | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و | Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity | INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b | BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006 | CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12 | MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis | His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár’s Manṭiqu’l-Ṭayr (‘The Conference of the Birds’), describing seven stages in the path of the spiritual wayfarers—‘search’, ‘love’, ‘knowledge’, ‘unity’, ‘contentment’, ‘wonderment’, and ‘true poverty and absolute nothingness’—and revealing that the source of conflict upon earth can be traced to the wayfarers’ lack of awareness of the relative truths to be found within each of these stages. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love as fire; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| AB00373 | Commentary on passages from the Tablet of Wisdom | 620 | Lawh-i-Hikmat; Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A | ای منادی پیمان سوال از دو مسئله مهمه نموده بودید که تفسیر دو ایه از ایات | O Herald of the Covenant! Thou didst inquire about two important matters requiring the interpretation of two verses from the verses [3.5s]... ...“That which hath been in existence had existed before, but not in the form thou seest today.” From this blessed verse it is clear and evident that the universe is evolving… The substance and primary matter of contingent beings is the ethereal power | AVK1.167, ANDA#19 p.35x, MAS2.068-070, YMM.208x, VUJUD.088x | BLO_PT#106, BLO_failayn, VUJUDE.143-144x | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Evolution; human evolution; Nature and God's will | - | - | ||||||
| BH00135 | Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma | 3690 | هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن آمن بالله و سلطانه الذی کان علی العالمین محیطا لیذکر المظلوم الذی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God and His sovereignty which encompasseth all the worlds, that the Wronged One may mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#010, , BLIB_Or15740.031x, , NLAI_BH3.192, BN_suppl.1754.031-037 | AVK1.242.14x, AVK1.318x, AVK1.321.18x, LHKM2.047, AYI2.067x, AYI2.068x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT5.282x, ASAT5.368x, ASAT5.369x, RAHA.126-127x, YMM.325x, YMM.357x, YMM.359x, YMM.385x, YMM.396x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH02183 | Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب | The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure. | INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS | AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002 | TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163 | Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies | A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth, and others and centring around belief in God and submission to His will. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | * | * | MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008 | |
| ABU0031 | Address at Theosophical Society of Paris, 1911-12-06 | 1850 | اعظم فضائل عالم انسانی حکمت الهی است و حکمت عبارت از اطلاع بحقائق اشیا علی ما | The supreme virtue of the human world is divine wisdom [divine philosophy] [3.5s]... ...Philosophy consisteth in understanding the reality of things even as they are, and the knowledge of this reality and its comprehension is not possible save through divine philosophy | AMK.216-224, AVK1.067x, AVK2.129.10x, KHF.143, KHAB.209 (219), KHTB1.243, KHTP.179, VUJUD.104x, VUJUD.122.07x | VUJUDE.211x, VUJUDE.161x | Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Proofs for the existence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00078 | 1200 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | اللهم یا رب الملکوت المتجلل بالجبروت المقدس من النعوت تعلم و تری تذلل الضعفاء | O God, O Lord of the Kingdom, Who art clothed with majesty and sanctified above all attributes! Thou knowest and seest the abasement of these lowly ones [3.5s]... ...Know ye that the Torah is what was revealed in the Tablets unto Moses, may peace be upon Him | BRL_DAK#0232, MKT3.167, AVK1.080x, AVK2.101.02x, MAS5.099, ADH2.009x, ADH2_1#02 p.009x, MMG2#067 p.073x, MUH1.0342x, NSR_1978.128ax, NSR_1993.141ax | BRL_ATE#038x, KSHK#09x | R. Mostmand | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Free will and predestination; fate; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||
| AB00116 | 1200 | Light of the World | سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان | Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise | UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x | NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x | LOTW#41 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Impossibility of true worship of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00180 | 860 | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله در این قرن اعظم مبارک که آفتاب روشن قرون اولی | O thou who art rejoiced by the glad-tidings of God in this most great and blessed century wherein shineth the resplendent Sun of former ages [3.5s] | MKT1.342, MNMK#122 p.233, QT105.2.164, AVK1.008.13x, YHA1.016x, YHA1.017x, YHA1.381x, NJB_v05#14 p.002 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00188 | 830 | ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد | O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x | Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00291 | 690 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و عدل و انصاف آن سرور واضح گردید احبای الهی باید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and the justice and fairness of that joy-giving one became evident. The loved ones of God must [3.5s] | AVK1.011.11x, AVK4.095.01x, MAS2.096-098 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00319 | 670 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد وردنی کتاب کریم یتضمن معنی بدیع ممن له فی العالم | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! A noble letter hath reached me, containing wondrous meanings, from one who in this world [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0561, MKT1.186, MNMK#018 p.093, AVK1.028.12x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00353 | 630 | Translation List | ای بنده الهی سوال از عصمت انبیای سلف نموده بودی مظاهر مقدسه ما ینطق عن الهوی | Thou hast asked about the infallibility of the ancient prophets. The Holy Manifestations uttered that which was revealed unto them… Thy second question concerneth the impregnation of Mary through the Holy Spirit. This is an established and certain fact | MMK6#504x, AVK1.324x, AVK2.049, AVK2.186.18x, MAS2.081x, MAS9.004, MSHR5.075-077 | KSHK#25x, ADMS#222x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Outward and inward meanings; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| AB00501 | 560 | یا من جاهد فی الله و اهتدی الی نور الهدی اعلم ان شمس الحقیقه دلیل علی ذاتها | O thou who art striving after God and art led unto the light of guidance! Know verily that the Sun of Truth | UMich962.123-125, UMich991.067-071 | BRL_DAK#0746, MKT1.118, AVK1.145-146x | KSHK#17 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||
| AB00801 | 440 | ای شخص محترم نامه مفصل شما رسید من چون از کثرت | O honored soul! Your detailed letter was received. Since, due to a multitude [3.5s]... ...As regards the other religions in the texts of Baha’u’llah and in the books of the loved ones like the book of Mirza Abu al-Fadl | MKT3.378, AVK1.071.03x, AVK3.453.14x | KSHK#27x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Literal interpretation; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00821 | 430 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی نامه روحانی تلاوت شد نفحه رحمانی استشمام گشت سبحان | O faithful servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy spiritual letter was read, and the divine fragrance thereof was inhaled. Glory be to God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0866, MKT1.359, MNMK#158 p.292, AKHA_120BE #06-07 p.j, AVK1.299x, AVK3.516.03x, YHA1.372x (2.747) | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Justice and mercy; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Reward and punishment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00938 | 400 | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید پیام آشنا بود و دلیل بر استقامت بر امر الله | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received. It brought a message of friendship and bore testimony to thy steadfastness in the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA85:028 | MMK6#423, AVK1.125.04x, MAS2.009-011 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01000 | 390 | Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون بهجت و سرور حاصل گردید جناب حاجی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents brought joy and delight [3.5s]... ...There is no truth whatsoever to the inferences of the astrologers… The other sign that is mentioned in the Tablets is the hidden craft. | MKT3.337, ASAT1.208x, AVK1.158.17x, AVK3.358.12x, ANDA#81 p.07, MAS2.024-025x, VAA.212-213 | ADMS#083x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Astrology and numerology; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01356 | 340 | این آفتاب فلک اثیر را اشراق بر آفاق است و جمیع کائنات ارضیه بفیض تربیتش در نشو | The Sun of the ethereal firmament doth shed its radiance upon all horizons, and through its nurturing grace all earthly beings are growing and developing [3.5s] | MKT4.100, AVK1.138x, KHF.013, KHAB.029? (038), KHTB3.014, NJB_v05#02 p.001 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01404 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای شعله محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی سبب سرور گردید زیرا آنمکتوب مانند | O thou flame of God's love! What thou hast written hath brought great joy, for thy letter was as a garden from which roses of inner meanings | MKT2.269, MMK1#155 p.177, AVK1.093x | SWAB#155, TAB.722-723, BWF.371-372x, BSC.469 #877x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01847 | 290 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب | …It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void | BRL_DAK#0359, MKT4.146, MMK6#479, AVK1.144-145x, YMM.344 | BLO_sazedj#19x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01916 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان بجان عزیزت قسم که فرصت و مهلت مسک قلم ندارم با وجود این محض | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! By thy precious life, I swear that I have no time or respite to take up the pen. Nevertheless [3.5s] | INBA85:123c | AVK1.157.13, MAS2.011-012x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Naming of children; of individuals; Soul; spirit after death | - | - |
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