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| BH00272 |
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2340 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God) |
حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب |
The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity |
BLIB_Or15692.040, , BLIB_Or15738.044ax, , MKI4523.133, , BN_suppl.1753.037-043 |
BRL_DA#661, GWBP#126 p.174x, GWBP#132 p.184x, AVK3.111.03x, AVK3.212.05x, ISH.133, UAB.023bx, UAB.036bx, ASAT3.118x, NSS.119-120x |
GWB#126x, GWB#132x, TN.042-048x, STOB#085n, STOB#108n, ADJ.065bx, PDC.181x, WOB.203x2x, SW_v03#02 p.006x, DWN_v3#01 p.010x |
L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4], R. Yazhari, T. Nosrat, MANA, N. Zabihi, Naim, Ridvan, Reza & Bahia, Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader, A Family Affair, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), Leona and Larry, G.H. Miller, R. Peterson [track 13], E. Mahony, P. Weber |
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Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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LL#020 |
Part of this quoted in ESW. |
| BH00275 |
Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum |
2300 |
Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Begum (Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Begum) |
ان القلم ینوح و اللوح یبکی بما صعدت زفرات اهل الوفاء و نزلت عبرات الفردوس... ان یا قلم قد اتتک مصیبة کبری |
O Pen! Verily a great tribulation and mighty calamity hath come upon Thee, one that hath caused the denizens of the Exalted Paradise and the dwellers of the Concourse on High |
INBA31:074, BLIB_Or15704.218, , BLIB_Or15714.095x, , Majlis210461.114-116x |
BRL_DA#273x, AQA4#100 p.339, AQA4a.201, AVK3.133.02x, AYT.029x, KHAF.184 (285), ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.364x, OOL.B179a, MATA.154-155x |
BRL_ATBH#16x, EBTB.379, LTDT.055x, LTDT.057x, BLO_PT#151, GEN.099-102 |
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Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets |
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LL#139 |
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| BH00278 |
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2280 |
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الحمد لله المقدس عن الذکر و الثناء و المتعالی عما یتکلم به اللسان و یتحرک |
Praised be God, Who is sanctified beyond all mention and praise, and exalted above whatsoever the tongue may utter [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11097#003, |
AVK3.046.02x, AVK3.123.18x, AVK3.245.02x, AVK4.139.14x, TZH6.0593x, MAS8.160ax, AYI2.013x, AYI2.033x, ANDA#67-68 p.37x |
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Goodly deeds; actions; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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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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| BH00359 |
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2200 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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قلم اعلی اولیای الهی را بلغت فصحی ذکر فرمود حال بلسان پارسی احلی میفرماید... بگو ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس کاذبه |
The Supreme Pen hath made mention of the loved ones of God in the most eloquent language, and now, in sweeter Persian, doth proclaim [3.5s]... ...Say, O friends! The former lying caused the succeeding Beloved to be hanged and martyred by the bullet of opposition. |
NLAI_BH1.128 |
BRL_DA#173x, AVK3.213.02x, AVK3.219.04x, ASAT3.003x |
BRL_ATBH#01x, SW_v06#01 p.002x, SW_v10#05 p.091x, DWN_v5#06 p.007-008x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001x, BSC.229 #460-496x, ROL.011-016x |
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Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Human reality created in the image of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| BH00295 |
Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) |
2180 |
Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence) |
ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین |
Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him |
INBA73:186 |
BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087 |
BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x |
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Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150 |
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| BH00312 |
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2080 |
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یا نبیل قبل علی علیک بهائی و ذکری و ثنائی طوبی لک بما حضرت لدی الوجه و سمعت |
O Nabil-i-'Ali! Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My praise! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto My presence and hearkened unto My voice [3.5s]... ...Should a man appear ere the lapse of a full thousand years - each year consisting of twelve months |
BLIB_Or11096#001, , BLIB_Or15698.129, , BLIB_Or15720.128, , BLIB_Or15740.101, |
BRL_DA#077, AVK2.276.13x, AVK3.180.19x, AVK3.466.03x, AVK4.257.13x, IQT.129, TZH5.006, MAS8.113ax, ASAT1.195x, ASAT3.097x, AKHA_121BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_121BE #06 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #05 p.bx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax, OOL.B195 |
WOB.132x |
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Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| BH00331 |
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1980 |
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هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سمی بالحبیب لیکون بذکر الله مذکورا و ان ذکره سبق |
This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been named the Beloved, that he may be remembered through the remembrance of God - and verily his mention was foreordained [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Purify the hearts of Thy servants with the waters of Thy mercy and loving-kindness |
BLIB_Or07852.068, , BLIB_Or15725.469x, , NLAI_BH2.014.10x |
BRL_DA#070, ADM2#089 p.166x, AVK3.006.12x, PYK.010 |
JHT_S#056x |
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Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds |
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| BH00336 |
Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?) |
1960 |
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) |
قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت |
The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought |
INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289, |
AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110 |
TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x |
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Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two prominent Bahá’ís, sets forth the spiritual prerequisites of the truly learned, and summons them to investigate the truth of Bahá’u’lláh’s cause by perusing His writings. |
Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081 |
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| BH04772 |
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1900 |
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قد اتی الوعد و الموعود یقول یا ایها المذکور لدی العرش و القائم امام الوجه |
The Promise hath come, and the Promised One declareth: O thou who art mentioned before the Throne and who standest before the Face [3.5s] |
INBA65:064x, INBA30:103x |
AVK3.418.06x, AHM.357x, DWNP_v6#09 p.001x, AQMJ1.168ax, MSHR5.297x, YIA.149-154 |
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Courtesy; culture [adab]; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and mercy; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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LL#493 |
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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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| BH00386 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) |
1750 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا |
This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. |
INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 |
BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a |
HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 |
L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] |
The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden. |
Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| BH00396 |
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1720 |
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تبارک الیوم الذی تستن فیه یراعه الله فی میدان الذکر و البیان و قلمه الاعلی |
Blessed be this Day wherein the Pen of God moveth in the arena of remembrance and utterance, and His Most Exalted Pen doth trace its course [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11097#026, |
AVK3.003.11x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| BH00403 |
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1710 |
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یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی آیه الاقتدار و کدرنی سجن الابرار و |
O Beloved of My heart and He Who is remembered in My soul! The verse of might hath gladdened Me, while the imprisonment of the righteous hath grieved Me [3.5s] |
INBA22:247 |
AVK3. 227.19x, AVK3.228.10x |
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Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
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| BH00418 |
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1670 |
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الحمد لله الذی تجلی بسلطان الاسماء علی من فی الانشاء اذا انجذبت الکائنات و |
Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the sovereignty of Names unto all who are in creation, whereupon all beings were drawn unto Him [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11097#005, , NLAI_BH4.080-088 |
AVK3.420.14x, GHA.269x, MAS8.127x, ASAT5.313x |
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Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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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" |
| BH00434 |
Suriy-i-Dhibh |
1620 |
Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) |
Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice) |
اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن |
God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me |
INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027, |
AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113 |
BLO_PT#096 |
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Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that Bahá’u’lláh has been offered up as a sacrifice at the hands of the wicked at every moment for the past twenty years. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298 |
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| BH00443 |
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1600 |
Meetings, Bahá'í |
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امروز حدیقه ثنا باسم اولیای الهی مزین یعنی نفوسیکه ما عند الناس ایشانرا از ما |
In this day is the garden of praise adorned with the name of the chosen ones of God - that is, those souls whom the possessions of men have not withheld from Us [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the God of the seen and the unseen,and ascendent on the throne of Thy name, the Well-Beloved!... The friends of God, one and all, are remembered by the Supreme Pen |
INBA44:170b, BLIB_Or15717.009, |
ADM3#079 p.095x, AVK3.142.01x, ASAT3.099x, ASAT4.274x |
BRL_MEET.BH#01x, JHT_S#151x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| BH00449 |
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1590 |
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الحمد لله الذی تجلی من افقه الاعلی بشمس اسمه الابهی اقل من سم الابره اذا |
Praise be to God Who hath manifested from His most exalted horizon the Sun of His Most Glorious Name, though it be less than the eye of a needle [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11097#007, |
AVK3.476.17x, MAS8.021ax, MAS8.137ax |
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Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| BH00451 |
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1590 |
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فی الحقیقه حق جل جلاله و عم نواله را ثنا و ذکر گفتن لایق نبوده و نیست چه که |
In truth, it hath never been, nor shall it ever be, befitting to offer praise and make mention of the True One—exalted be His glory and bountiful His favors—for [3.5s] |
INBA31:107 |
AVK3.191.07x, AVK3.225.07x, UAB.029ax, MSHR5.350x, UVM.085.04x |
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Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| BH00466 |
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1540 |
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رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسماء بهیئت این کلمات |
The dewdrops of revelation, aided by the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have descended from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words [3.5s]... ...Indeed the laws of God are like unto the ocean and the children of men as fish |
INBA35:140x, BLIB_Or15719.031, , Majlis934.092-108 |
AVK2.057.13x, AVK3.119.11x, AVK3.298.16x, UAB.031dx, MAS4.170x, KSHG.064-070, MSBH2.482-489 |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Music and singing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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ROB3.279, LL#131 |
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| BH00469 |
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1540 |
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یا فضل یذکرک المظلوم و یبشرک بما نزل لک من القلم الاعلی فی هذا الکتاب المبین |
O Faḍl! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee and giveth thee glad tidings of that which hath been sent down for thee from the Most Exalted Pen in this perspicuous Book [3.5s] |
INBA08:330, INBA22:288x, INBA45:027.01x |
BRL_DA#359, AVK3.357.02x, SAAF.364-365x |
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Alchemy; the elixir; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| BH00473 |
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1530 |
Huqúqu'lláh |
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قد شهد کل شیء انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق بملکوت البیان انه لمشرق وحی |
All things have testified that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth in the Kingdom of Utterance is, verily, the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...If a person is willing to offer the Right of God, such offering should be received by the Trustees, to whom reference hath been made in the Book of God |
BLIB_Or15704.014, |
BRL_DA#380, BRL_HUQUQP#085x, AVK3.475.08x |
BRL_HUQUQ#085x, COC#1133x |
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Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Law of Huququ'llah; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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- |
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| BH00472 |
Lawh-i-Ittihad |
1530 |
Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The |
Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity) |
قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا |
The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving |
BLIB_Or15738.055, |
BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a |
LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147 |
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Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions. |
Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
* |
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ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129 |
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| BH00501 |
Lawh-i-Karim |
1470 |
Trustworthiness; Translation List |
Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) |
ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات |
O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians |
INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 |
BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx |
BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x |
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States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims. |
Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
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GSH.175 |
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| BH00513 |
Suriy-i-Dhabih (= Lawh-i-Dhabih) |
1450 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) |
روحی و نفسی لک الفداء کتاب مبارک که بطراز حب محبوب عالمیان مزین بود این خادم |
My spirit and soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! The blessed Book, which was adorned with the ornament of love for the Best-Beloved of all worlds, reached this servant [3.5s]... ...The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in most of the divinely-revealed Tablets, recorded these words |
BLIB_Or11096#242x, , BLIB_Or15698.323, , BLIB_Or15720.315, , BLIB_Or15740.246x, |
BRL_DA#141, GWBP#115 p.155, AVK3.269.13x, AVK3.270.08x, IQT.323, GHA.333x, ASAT1.131x, OOL.B112.1 |
GWB#115x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.077x, GPB.099x, PDC.119-120x |
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Summons the Bahá’ís to upright conduct, obedience to worldly authority, and high moral character and warns that the greatest harm that can be inflicted upon Bahá’u’lláh’s Cause is not His imprisonment and persecution but the misdeeds of those who claim to be His followers. |
Bribery and corruption; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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ROB2.412, LL#082, LL#297 |
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| AB00053 |
Paper presented to the Universal Races Congress |
1430 |
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ای اهل عالم چون در جمیع عالم سیر و سیاحت نمااید آنچه معمور است از آثار الفت |
When travelling about the world we observe an air of prosperity in any country |
BLIB_Or.08117.002, |
AVK3.205.17x, RAHA.112-115, DAUD.11, KHAB.005 (016), KHTB1.035, KHTP.013, NJB_v02#14-16 p.008 |
SW_v02#09 p.005-006, ABS#09 |
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Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Composition and decomposition; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; War and peace |
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| AB00055 |
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1420 |
Trustworthiness; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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اللهم یا من سبقت رحمته و کملت نعمته و احاطت قدرته و تمت حجته و ظهرت ایاته |
Glory be unto Thee, O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed all things, whose gift is made perfect, whose power hath encircled the world… Ye who are the sincere well-wishers of the state, who are the dutiful and compliant subjects of the government |
INBA16:185 |
COMP_TRUSTP#53x, MILAN.132, AVK3.287.07x |
BRL_TRUST#52x, TAB.395-404, COC#2064x, LOG#1473x, TEW.029-035 |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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| BH00519 |
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1420 |
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الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمته العلیا اذا ماجت بها البحار و هاجت بها الاریاح و |
Praise be unto God, Who hath uttered His most exalted Word, whereupon the seas surged and the winds were stirred [3.5s] |
INBA31:004, BLIB_Or11097#006, |
AVK3.126.10x, MAS8.128x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] |
- |
- |
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| BH00528 |
Lawh-i-Bismillih |
1410 |
Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God |
Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God) |
این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن |
This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance. |
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BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033 |
WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165 |
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Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day. |
Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#079 |
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| BH00534 |
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1400 |
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الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالامر و توحد بالحکم و انزل من سماء الاحدیه حکم الحکمه و |
All praise be unto God Who is single in His command and unique in His decree, and Who hath sent down from the heaven of oneness the precepts of wisdom [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, Who art the Lord of the entire creation and the Edifier of all that is come into being, by Him Who is the Revelator of the divine verses |
BLIB_Or15727b.108, |
ADM3#093 p.106x, AVK3.020.09x, AVK3.116.03x, NNY.150-152x, MAS8.106ax, AYI2.305x, RHQM1.430-430 (521x) (320x), ASAT3.210x, ASAT5.250x, YMM.425x |
JHT_S#167x |
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Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] |
- |
- |
ROB4.089b, LL#006 |
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| BH00568 |
Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida) |
1320 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Bisharat (Glad Tidings) |
حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه |
God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call |
INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075 |
ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132 |
TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091 |
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Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs. |
Destruction of books; House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Monasticism; asceticism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship |
* |
* |
JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320 |
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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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- |
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| BH00587 |
Lawh-i-Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji |
1290 |
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Lawh-i-Siyyid-i-Mihdiy-i-Dahaji (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji) |
ان یا اسمی ان احمد الله بما جعلناک امطار الفضل لما زرعناه فی الاراضی الطیبه |
O my Name! Yield thou praise unto God for having graciously chosen thee to be a shower of bounty for that which We have sown |
BLIB_Or15710.097, , BLIB_Or15738.100, , Majlis934.133-147 |
BRL_DA#103, AVK3.468.12x, AVK3.470.15x, AVK4.480ax, ASAT5.206x, ASAT5.256x, TBP#13, OOL.B163 |
TB#13, GPB.216x |
T. Ellis, L. Harley |
Praises a prominent teacher of the Bahá’í Faith, declares that the complete victory of the Cause of God will be achieved through speech and utterance, and stipulates the prerequisites of effective speech: that it possess moderation and refinement, be delivered with tact and wisdom, and have penetrating influence, all of which require detachment and purity of heart on the part of the speaker. |
Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech |
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- |
ROB4.236, LL#245 |
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| BH00597 |
Lawh-i-Ashraf |
1270 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf |
Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf) |
ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات |
O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts |
INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 |
BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 |
GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 |
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A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it. |
Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
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ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 |
Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. |
| AB00073 |
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1230 |
Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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صبح است و نور احدیت از مطلع غیب رحمانیت ساطع و لامع و فیض جلیل ملیک فردانیت |
It is daybreak, and from the rising-point of the invisible realms of God, the light of unity is dawning... O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door. |
INBA88:324b, INBA89:060 |
MKT1.362, MNMK#091 p.163, MMK1#193 p.221, AVK3.184.14x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.003-005x, ADH2_1#30 p.048x, MJMJ1.118x, MMG2#389 p.436x, YHA1.101x, GHA.307x, HYB.175x, MMJA.018x |
SWAB#193, BPRY.023-024x, LOG#0323x |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
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| BH00622 |
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1230 |
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ذکری لمن فاز بلقائی و اقبل الی وجهی و سمع ندائی و وفقه الله علی النظر الی |
A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto My presence, turned towards My countenance, hearkened unto My call, and whom God hath enabled to behold Me [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11096#005, , BLIB_Or15710.090, |
AVK3.135.06x |
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False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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| BH00638 |
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1200 |
Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
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ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء |
O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will |
INBA57:062, INBA81:051x |
AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x |
BLO_sazedj#08x |
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Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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| BH00643 |
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1180 |
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حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از ادراک اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست |
All praise, sanctified beyond mention and utterance and exalted above the comprehension of all contingent beings, befitteth the Desire of all worlds [3.5s] |
INBA28:243 |
AVK3.132.03x, ASAT3.093x |
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| BH00647 |
Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) |
1170 |
Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) |
ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع |
O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed. |
BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318 |
BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066 |
BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x |
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Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative for remaining distant, asking him whether it is better to die in his bed or in the path of God; and calls the people of a certain village not to grieve over their suffering and not to engage in rebellion and revolt but to eschew dissension and strife and to be characterized with divine attributes. |
Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427 |
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| BH06839 |
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1150 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا زین علیک بهائی و عنایتی مکتوب شما و اسم کریم علیه بهائی را عبد حاضر لدی العرش |
O Zayn, upon whom rest My glory and loving-kindness! the servant in attendance before the Throne hath received thy letter and the name of the honored one, upon whom rest My glory [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world with an ornament, and arrayed it with a vesture, of which it can be despoiled by no earthly power |
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BRL_DA#653, GWBP#163 p.219bx, AVK3.409.17x, AVK4.266.07x, MAS8.046x, ASAT4.092ax, ASAT4.388x, ASAT5.257x |
GWB#163x |
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Consultation; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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LL#365, LL#449 |
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| AB00095 |
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1140 |
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ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب میرزا عبدالحسین نامه ای نگاشته و ذکر آن یاران روحانی |
O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jinab-i-Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn hath written a letter making mention of those spiritual friends [3.5s] |
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MKT4.132, MILAN.151, AKHA_134BE #13 p.512x, AVK3.229.03x, YHA1.378x |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| BH00672 |
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1140 |
Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا علی اشکر الله بما زین راسک باکلیل الثناء فی ایام ربک مالک الاسماء و هیکلک |
O Ali! Give thanks unto God, for He hath adorned thy head with the crown of praise in the days of thy Lord, the Possessor of Names [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or11096#262, , BLIB_Or15698.182, , BLIB_Or15720.179, , BLIB_Or15740.138, , Majlis934.319-330 |
BRL_DA#277, AVK3.441.12x, IQT.182, TUM.054-057 |
BRL_ATBH#19x |
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Empty learning; false spirituality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity of thought and belief |
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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 |
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LL#383 |
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| BH00698 |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib |
1110 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) |
ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند |
Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence |
INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 |
BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 |
TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 |
Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda |
Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds |
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ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 |
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| BH00713 |
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1090 |
Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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اشهد الله و ملائکته و انبیائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و احبائه و اودآئه بان |
I bear witness, through God and His angels, His Prophets, His chosen ones, His saints, His loved ones and His trusted ones, that [3.5s]... ...The truth is manifest, the kingdom of utterance is resplendent, and the Day of God is clearly revealed! And yet souls who would, wholly for the sake of God, awaken the people and guide them to the True One are as scarce as the philosopher’s stone |
BLIB_Or11097#009, |
BRL_DA#270, AVK3.114.12x, MAS8.137bx, AYI2.380x |
BRL_ATBH#20x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| BH00718 |
Lawh-i-'Ali |
1090 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-'Ali (Tablet to 'Ali) |
یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین |
O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture |
BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281 |
BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164 |
GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x |
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Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship |
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LL#045 |
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| BH00721 |
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1080 |
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رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط |
The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions |
INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095 |
AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x |
COC#0148x |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unchastity and adultery |
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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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| BH11396 |
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1080 |
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انا نحب ان نذکر و نقرء ما انزلناه علی محمد رسول الله... براستی میگویم اگر نفسی فی‌الحقیقه لوجه الله بر تبلیغ امر قیام نماید |
Verily, We desire to mention and recite that which We revealed unto Muhammad, the Messenger of God... In truth I say, should a soul arise, purely for the sake of God, to promote the Cause [3.5s] |
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BRL_DA#194, AVK3.466.15x, YIA.056-058 |
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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