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| BH01199 |
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690 |
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اسمع ندآء المظلوم من شطر السجن انه کان قائما امام وجوه العالم و دعا الکل الی |
Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of the Prison, as He standeth before the faces of the world and summoneth all unto [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15690.262, , BLIB_Or15699.055, , BLIB_Or15716.166, |
AVK1.185.16x |
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Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| BH01118 |
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750 |
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یا ایها المقبل علیک بهاء الله و سلامه ندای مظلوم را از شطر سجن اعظم بشنو انه |
O thou who hast turned towards God! Upon thee be the glory of God and His peace. Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One from the direction of the Most Great Prison. Verily [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or07852.063, |
AVK1.015.05x, AVK3.235.02x, AVK3.270.03x, AYI1.370x, AYI2.215x, AYI2.216x, AYI2.217x, AYI2.392x, PYB#115 p.03x |
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Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Reward and punishment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| BH01043 |
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800 |
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این بسی معلوم و واضح است که ابدا حق جل ذکره راضی نه که احدی بر احدی تعدی |
This is indeed evident and manifest that under no circumstances is the Truth, exalted be His mention, content that any soul should transgress against another [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11096#244, , BLIB_Or15722.073b, |
AVK1.175bx, AVK4.257.05x, ASAT4.233x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] |
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- |
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| BH01050 |
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800 |
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 |
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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 |
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- |
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| BH01018 |
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820 |
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نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل |
Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s] |
INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b, |
AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x |
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Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Servitude; submission to God; repentance |
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- |
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| AB00188 |
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830 |
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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] |
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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 |
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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] |
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- |
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| BH00976 |
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840 |
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الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و مستورا عن العیون و الابصار |
Praised be unto God Who hath caused to be made manifest that which was hidden for an eternity of eternities and concealed from both outer and inner eyes |
BLIB_Or15690.068, , BLIB_Or15724.116, |
AVK1.268.07x, AYBY.123, BSHN.041, MHT2b.057bx, MAS8.095ax, TRZ1.089bx, LDR.245x |
HURQ.BH86 |
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Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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- |
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| BH00972 |
Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 |
850 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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- |
LL#438 |
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| AB00180 |
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860 |
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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] |
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MKT1.342, MNMK#122 p.233, QT105.2.164, AVK1.008.13x, YHA1.016x, YHA1.017x, YHA1.381x, NJB_v05#14 p.002 |
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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 |
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- |
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| BH00958 |
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860 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی |
From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence |
INBA36:080, INBA71:241 |
BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691 |
GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x |
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Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
LL#430 |
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| 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) |
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Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Work as worship |
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- |
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| 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 |
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ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257 |
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| BH00722 |
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1080 |
Huqúqu'lláh |
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ساذج حمد و جوهر ثنا صریر قلم اعلی را لایق و سزاست که ضوضای علما و زماجیر |
The pure essence of praise and the gem of glorification beseemeth the flow of the Most Exalted Pen, which amidst the clamor of the divines and the rattling of chains [3.5s]... ...And now concerning what thou has mentioned regarding the Huquq. This hath been ordained especially for the one true God -- exalted be His glory |
BLIB_Or15730.104, |
BRL_DA#442, BRL_HUQUQP#009x, AVK1.137ax, AVK1.279.05x, AVK3.411.02x |
BRL_HUQUQ#009x, COC#1140x, KSHK#17x |
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Business; financial; property matters; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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- |
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| BH00690 |
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1120 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) |
Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity) |
جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی |
All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things |
INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 |
BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x |
GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
- |
- |
LL#383 |
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| AB00078 |
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1200 |
Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
- |
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| AB00116 |
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1200 |
Light of the World |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
- |
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| BH00606 |
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1260 |
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یا رمضان اشکر الله بما ایدک و عرفک مشرق وحیه و مطلع آیاته و اظهر منک من |
O Ramadan! Give thanks unto God for having strengthened thee and caused thee to recognize the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Source of His signs, and for having manifested through thee [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15718.132, |
AVK1.026.15x, TABN.318 |
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Call to action; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
- |
- |
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| BH00586 |
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1300 |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
- |
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| ABU0085 |
Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, 1913-02-13 |
1320 |
Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
- |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| ABU0059 |
Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-08 |
1480 |
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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 |
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AVK1.325-327x, NJB_v14#09 p.288 |
BKOG.091x |
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Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities |
- |
- |
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| ABU0054 |
The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 |
1510 |
Paris Talks |
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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. |
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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 |
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Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death |
- |
- |
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| ABU0055 |
Words spoken at The White Lodge in Wimbledon, 1913-01-03 |
1510 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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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. |
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AVK1.151.04x |
BSC.399 #736x, FWU.051, SW_v07#13 p.117-119+124, BSTW#090, BSTW#365 |
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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 |
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- |
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| BH00464 |
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1550 |
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حمد و ثنا مخصوص مالک آفاق و معبود علی الاطلاق است که آجال را باب وصول و لقا |
Praise and glorification belong exclusively to the Lord of all horizons and the Absolute Object of worship, Who hath made the appointed terms of life a gateway to attainment and reunion [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15731.509, |
BRL_DA#487, AVK1.296x |
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Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of divorce; Law of inheritance; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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- |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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" |
| 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 |
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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 |
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MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 |
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| ABU0031 |
Address at Theosophical Society of Paris, 1911-12-06 |
1850 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| BH00355 |
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1870 |
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ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس |
O friends! The falsehood of the past hath hanged the Beloved of a later day, and martyred Him with the leaden bullets of tyranny. Ponder ye upon the souls [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15698.267, , BLIB_Or15720.263, , BLIB_Or15740.204, , Majlis934.237-255 |
AVK1.143.05x, AVK3.216.10x, IQT.267, SFI13.030, ASAT4.226x |
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Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 |
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| ABU0029 |
Public address to Naturalist Association of San Francisco, spoken on 1912-10-10 |
1880 |
Promulgation of Universal Peace, The |
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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 |
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AMK.280-286, AVK1.170.05x, KHTB2.297, NJB_v05#03 p.001 |
PUP#111 (p.355-361), ECN.297+1065 |
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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 |
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| BH00328 |
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2000 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز |
A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp |
INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166 |
BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x |
GWB#082x |
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Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of faith; certitude; Literal interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment; 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 |
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LL#427 |
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| BH00285 |
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2210 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 |
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| 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 |
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ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 |
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| 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 |
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ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 |
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| BB00072 |
Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab |
2700 |
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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 |
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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 |
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SRC.191 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB3.063, LL#097 |
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| BH00154 |
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3430 |
Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#271, LL#466, LL#471 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 |
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| BH00135 |
Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma |
3690 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 |
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5110 |
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الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا |
Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s] |
INBA15:110, INBA26:111, UMich962.156x |
BRL_DA#573, AVK1.277x, AVK1.283x, AVK1.297.07x, AVK1.123.02x, GHA.321.10x, MAS4.018bx, MAS4.020x, MAS4.100bx, MAS8.189ax, AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax, MSBH3.151x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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له الفضل و الجود و له العنایه و العطاء یعطی و یمنع انه هو المقتدر ما یشاء لا |
His is the grace and munificence, His the loving-kindness and bestowal. He giveth and withholdeth, for verily He is the All-Powerful, doing whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15718.174, |
AVK1.270x, HQUQ.013x |
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Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| BH00066 |
Lawh-i-Salman I |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 |
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| BH00060 |
Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#036, LL#411 |
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| BH00049 |
Lawh-i-Nasir |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 |
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| 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 |
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ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 |
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| BH00041 |
Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II |
7070 |
Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| BH01751 |
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7800 |
Trustworthiness |
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الحمد لله آفتاب حکمت الهی در تربیت اهل عالم مشغول و دریای علم لدنی بفیض کلی |
Praise be to God! The Sun of Divine Wisdom is occupied with the education of the peoples of the world, and the Ocean of God's knowledge doth bestow its boundless grace [3.5s]... ...Cleave thou to the fear of God and to whatsoever hath been revealed in His Book: thus biddeth thee He Who is the Word of Truth and the Knower of things unseen |
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COMP_TRUSTP#22x, AVK1.011.15x, AVK3.380.04x, AYI2.086x, AYI2.088x, AYI2.374x, ASAT4.163x, YIA.023-044 |
BRL_TRUST#21x, COC#2033x |
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Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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