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| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’. | @law of inheritance, @law of fasting, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @law of obligatory prayer, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @cleanliness and refinement, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @theft; seizing the properties of others, @House of Justice, @monasticism; asceticism, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @words vs deeds, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @laws of marriage and dowry, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @law of Huququ'llah, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @law of burial and cremation, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @work as worship, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @prayer for women, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @law of pilgrimage, @confession of sins, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @parents and children; youth; families, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @murder; causing physical harm, @unchastity and adultery, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @praise and encouragement | 3a | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| BH00002 | Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude) | 36200 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The | Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker | الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع | No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search… | BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400 | BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017 | IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x | R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216) | Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures. | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @Seal of the Prophets, @Manifestation of God as sun, @power of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @literal interpretation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Christ; Christianity, @Moses, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @Noah, @symbolism, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @return of the Manifestations of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @spiritual springtime, @living waters; water of life, @exhortations and counsels, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith, @belief and denial, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @light and darkness, @law of obligatory prayer, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the power of words; of speech | 1b | * | * | LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278 | |
| BH00003 | Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | 920 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance | Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث | Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation | INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8, | AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32 | TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546 | A. Youssefi | Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord. | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @status of kings; future of monarchy, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @contention and conflict, @religion as source of love and unity | 3b | * | * | ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026 | |
| BH00004 | Kitab-i-Badi' | 84700 | Persian | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book) | مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی | Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus) | BLIB_Or15709.001, | BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016 | BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x | Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in the voice of one of His supporters, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth through the eye of the heart and refuting seven specific accusations levelled by a certain follower of Mírzá Yaḥyá. The answers emphasize the importance of ‘He Whom God shall make manifest’ in the writings of the Báb, declare Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to be the fulfilment of that promise, assert that the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh is the same as that between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and warn the questioner of the wrath of God. | @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @literal interpretation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Word of God is its own standard, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @belief and denial, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @alteration of the divine will [bada], @empty learning; false spirituality, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @blind imitation [taqlid], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @prayer for forgiveness, @Word of God and human limitations, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @outward and inward meanings, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @contention and conflict, @presence of; reunion with God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @the power of words; of speech, @unity; oneness of humanity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual springtime, @Seal of the Prophets, @exhortations and counsels, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @words vs deeds | 2c | * | - | LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028 | ||
| BH00005 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) | 28200 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) | الحمد لله الباقی بلا فناء و الدائم بلا زوال و القائم بلا انتقال المهیمن | Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not.... O God, my God! Attire mine head with the crown of justice... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven | BLIB_Or15708.001, , BLIB_Or15721.001, , BLIB_Or15726.082x, | BRL_ESWP, AQA6#237 p.136x, TZH4.114-115x, YMM.306x, OOL.B047 | ESW, BPRY.075x, ADJ.028ax2x, ADJ.077x, COF.101ax, TDH#158.20, GPB.071x, GPB.071-072x, GPB.097x3x, GPB.101x2x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.114x2x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, GPB.133x, GPB.137x, GPB.184x9x, GPB.194x2x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.015-016x, PDC.017x, PDC.082x, PDC.117-118x, PDC.118x2x, PDC.125-126x, PDC.141-142x, PDC.142x, PDC.142-143x, PDC.148x, PDC.162x, PDC.181x, PDC.184-185x, PDC.187x, WOB.186x, SW_v01#18 p.004-005x, SW_v05#15 p.226x, BSC.118 #048x, HURQ.BH74x | L. Thoresen [track 2], Charisse et al, Smith & Dragoman, E. Mahony, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Y. Mbazo & the Durban Baha'i Choir, A. Rae, Taraz, Nthabiseng & Page, MANA, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Jaberi, Arman & Gloria, Steve & Atosa | His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent of his role in the oppression and massacre of the Bahá’ís, quoting some of the most celebrated passages from His own writings, and adducing proofs establishing the validity of His cause. | @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @empty learning; false spirituality, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @high station of learning, @station of the Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @prayer for forgiveness, @teachings as spirit of the age, @oneness; unity of religion, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @contention and conflict, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @war and peace, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity; oneness of humanity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual warfare; struggle, @the power of words; of speech, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @knowledge of self, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @Manifestation of God does not act of own volition, @theft; seizing the properties of others, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @Shrines and Holy places, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @chastity and purity, @collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith, @fanaticism and hatred, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @rebellion and sedition; disobedience, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @East and West; communication between East and West | 3b | * | * | ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124 | |
| BH00006 | Lawh-i-Sarraj | 26800 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj) | نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه | Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. | INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 | BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 | BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 | One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth. | @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the power of words; of speech, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power of the Manifestation of God | 2b | - | - | ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 | ||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. | @the ephemeral and the eternal, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @station of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @call to action, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @names and attributes of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the concourse on high, @high station of the true believer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @the power of example, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @justice and wrath of God, @Imam Husayn, @thankfulness; gratitude | 3a | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH00008 | Commentary ln the Lawh-i-Ra'is, the martyrdom of Badi', and other subjects | 18700 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی وفی بالوعد و انزل الموعود من سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مسطورا... اول نور ظهر و اشرق و لاح و ابرق | Praise be unto God Who hath fulfilled His promise and sent down the Promised One from the heaven of His Will, making manifest that which was inscribed... The first Light hath appeared, shone forth, gleamed and flashed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.004, , BLIB_Or15714.089x, , BLIB_Or15733.117x, , Majlis210461.093-095x | AVK2.244.08x, AYI1.259x, MAS7.174-255, BALM.006x, ASAT4.082x, AKHA_130BE #11 p.ax, TSHA3.375x, TSHA3.399x, MSBH4.534-535x | @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @praise and encouragement | - | - | ROB3.179, ROB3.251, LL#357, LL#367 | |||||||
| BH00009 | 13240 | mixed | امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط | In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God | INBA61:061x, INBA30:115x, INBA41:018x, BLIB_Or15717.018, | BRL_DA#686, ADM3#088 p.102x, ADM3#089 p.103x, AVK3.343.10x, UAB.030cx, MAS4.154x, BSHA.055x | ADMS#040x | MJ Cyr, J. Lenz [track 2], A. Wensbo, Nabilinho, Nabilinho, D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, The Descendants, M. Saraswati, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Bird & The Butterfly, O. Devine, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland, Gyenyame, G.H. Miller (1), G.H. Miller (2), T. Ellis, almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13], C. Signori, T. Ellis, K. Porray, K. Porray, Refuge, Nabil and Karim, E. Mahony | @power of prayer, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @justice and wrath of God, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | LL#262, LL#509 | ||||||
| BH00010 | 13180 | mixed | الحمد للّه الذی تفرد بالمحبة و توحد بالوداد انه لمولی العباد و مالک الایجاد | Praise be unto Him Who is unique in His love and singular in His affection; verily, He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of creation [3.5s]... ...The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example | INBA28:049, INBA22:307, INBA45:049, BLIB_Or15713.144x, , Majlis210461.120x | BRL_DA#084, AVK3.148.06x, ASAT5.263x, AKHA_129BE #18 p.ax | COC#0768x, COC#2040x, ADJ.023x, ADJ.079x2x | @praise and encouragement, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @goodly deeds; actions, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB4.023?, LL#112 | |||||||
| BH00011 | 11650 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است | Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those | INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021 | AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x | SWB#72 (p.215-216x) | @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @chastisement and requital | - | - | |||||||
| BH00012 | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | 10360 | Arabic | Gems of Divine Mysteries | Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک | O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted | INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x | BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157 | GDM | D. Stevenson (¶110) | A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpected ways, describing the difficulties encountered in understanding sacred scriptures, offering keys to their symbolic interpretation with reference to a passage in the Gospels, and describing in a manner similar to ‘the Seven Valleys’ the stages traversed by the spiritual wayfarers. | @Jabulqa and Jabarsa, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @mystical themes, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prophecy and fulfillment | 1b | - | - | LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023 | |
| BH00013 | 10050 | mixed | Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) | Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture) | البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب | Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended | INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266 | AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x | BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x | almunajat.com [item 41] | @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @outward and inward meanings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#251, LL#282 | Includes verses for newborn child | |||
| BH00014 | 9890 | mixed | لله الحمد حمدا یمطر به السحاب و یجد المقربون عرف قمیص ربنا الوهاب حمدا | All praise be unto God - praise wherewith the clouds pour forth their rain, and through which they who are nigh unto Him perceive the fragrance of the garment of their Lord, the All-Bountiful - praise [3.5s] | INBA15:067, INBA18:302x, INBA26:067 | MAS8.108dx, AYI2.072x, AYI2.358x, AKHA_131BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #04 p.ax, MSHR2.065x | @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00015 | Lawh-i-Istintaq | 9560 | mixed | سبحانک یا من بک حقق الذات فی الذات و تردی کینونة القدم برداء الاسماء... این عبد تا ان یوم از لسان عظمت ایات قهریه باین شان استماع ننموده | Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Essence is realized within the Essence, and the Ancient Being is adorned with the mantle of Names [3.5s]... ...My name is Bahá’u’lláh (Light of God), and My country is Núr (Light). Be ye apprized of it. | BRL_DA#587, MAS4.220-260, MUH3.384-385x, RHQM2.0746x (141-154) (090x), QT108.128-130x, OOL.B168 | GPB.190x, BTO#15 | @stories; anecdotes, @prophecy and fulfillment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#128 | |||||||
| BH00016 | 8470 | mixed | الحمد لربنا الذی اظهر من القطره امواج البحر و من الذره انوار الشمس و فصل من | Praised be our Lord, Who hath revealed from the droplet the waves of the sea and from the atom the rays of the sun [3.5s] | INBA18:146, CMB_F31.038bx, | MUH3.153-173, NSS.201-202x, AMIN.196x, AMIN.216x | @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | JRAS.288 | ||||||||
| BH00017 | 8350 | Arabic | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره | O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis | BLIB_Or15691.040, , BLIB_Or15715.066c, , BLIB_Or15729.028, , NLAI_22848:066, Berlin1237#12, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v, , UMich962.156-158x, MKI4522.066, | BRL_DA#222, AQA2#001 p.002, AVK3.190.14x, AVK3.203.08x, AVK3.212.02x, AVK3.283.08x, MAS4.158x, MAS8.007ax, KHSK.015x, QT105.2.163, QT105.2.217, ASAT1.166x, ADH1.068x, ADH1.106x, QUM.028x | BRL_ATBH#36x, GPB.217x, WOB.104x, WOB.109x, RKS.005-006x | S. Jaberi | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @oneness; unity of religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | LL#051 | |||||
| BH00018 | Commentary on the Fire Tablet | 8330 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و زین الیوم بنسبته الیه و سمیه فی کتب السماء | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His sovereignty, manifested whatsoever He hath willed, and Who hath adorned this Day through its connection with His Name, as recorded in the Books of Heaven [3.5s]... ...One day during My childhood, I set out intending to visit the grandmother of the Most Great Branch at a time when she was the wife of Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir | INBA39:090, MKI4523.002, | BRL_DA#221, AVK2.061.04x, AVK4.436x, ISH.002, UAB.034ax, ASAT1.134x, ASAT5.109x, ASAT5.252x, ADH1.051x, LDR.077x, MSHR2.087x, YIA.119-120x | LTDT.088x, GPB.209x | @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Word of God is its own standard, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB3.230, LL#382 | ||||||
| BH00019 | 8320 | mixed | انسان بصیر لازال منفعل و خجل چه که وصف مینماید مقصودیرا که جمیع ارکان | The perspicacious soul hath ever been moved to shame and contrition, inasmuch as he describeth Him Who is the Purpose of all existence [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of Persian divines In My name ye have seized the reins of men, and occupy the seats of honor, by reason of your relation to Me | INBA27:098 | BRL_DA#479, ADM3#066 p.081x, ADM3#067 p.084x, ADM3#068 p.084x, ADM3#069 p.086x, ADM3#147 p.166x, MAS8.074ax, AYI2.057x, AYI2.234x, AYI2.255x, PYK.148-168, RAHA.204-205x | GPB.211x, GPB.231x, PDC.145-146x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @petitions to authorities, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00020 | Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) | 8280 | Arabic | Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat | Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) | الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی | Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium | INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b | MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145 | BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x | An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin and meaning of the enigmatic letters heading many of its surahs, which Bahá’u’lláh relates to different aspects of the person and revelation of the Báb, to the mystical science of letters and numbers, and to stages in the alchemical craft. | @four elements, @alchemy; the elixir, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405? | |||
| BH00021 | Suriy-i-Muluk | 8150 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings) | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله | This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth. | INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b | NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x | SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x | E. Mahony | His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world. | @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @justice and wrath of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital | 2b | * | - | ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 | |
| BH00022 | 8120 | mixed | حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بحروف ابواب بیان را گشود و بکلمه | Praise and glory beseem that Desired One of all the worlds, Who hath unlocked the gates of exposition through the letters and through the Word [3.5s]... ...Ponder and reflect upon that which hath come to pass: The sister of this Wronged One hath been miles distant from the truth while the aforementioned handmaid hath attained nearness... We have consented to bear the afflictions of the earth for the sake of exalting the blessed and Most Sublime Word | INBA19:273, INBA32:244, INBA41:171x, BLIB_Or15724.149ax, | ADM3#149 p.169x, HDQI.041x, MUH3.205-206x, IQN.188-189x, TSAY.471x | LTDT.288-289x, ADMS#150x | @prayer for forgiveness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00023 | Tablet to Varqa I | 8000 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended | INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx | MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx | KFPT#03.1x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of love, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @wisdom [hikmat], @words vs deeds, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @presence of; reunion with God, @consolation and comfort, @call to action, @goodly deeds; actions, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @development of capacity and readiness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#259 | ||||||
| BH00024 | 7950 | mixed | سبحانک یا من باسمک سرع الموحدون الی مطلع انوار وجهک و المقربون الی مشرق آیات | Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the sincere have hastened to the Dayspring of the lights of Thy countenance, and they who are nigh have rushed unto the Orient of Thy signs [3.5s] | INBA28:008, INBA22:057, BLIB_Or15704.025, | BRL_DA#087, AVK3.464.01x, SFI04.008cx, PYK.041x | @Word of God is its own standard, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00025 | 7910 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سر خادمه بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین کرم وجوههم عن التوجه الی غیره | Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened His servant through the sweet-scented breezes of the utterance of His chosen ones, they whose faces He hath graciously preserved from turning unto aught else but Him [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by the sweetness of Whose utterance they that uphold Thy oneness have hastened unto the threshold of Thy door | BRL_DA#654, ADM3#063 p.078x, ADM3#092 p.105x, SFI14.015-033, MUH3.251x, MSHR3.167x | JHT_S#153x | @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wisdom [hikmat], @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00026 | 7800 | Arabic | قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی | The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one | BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120, | BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x | GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x | @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#374 | |||||||
| BH00027 | 7660 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین | Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously | INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x, | BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x | BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x | @prayer for forgiveness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @belief and denial, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00028 | 7480 | mixed | Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات | Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory | INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x | ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x | BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @unity in diversity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH00029 | 7420 | mixed | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله بحته خود خلق فرمود سموات بیان را | Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved Who, through His pure and consummate power, created the heavens of utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.278, | ASAT2.053x, ASAT3.094x, ASAT5.312-344 | @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @martyrs and martyrdom, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00030 | 7400 | mixed | Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) | حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن | Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words. | INBA44:205 | AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x | DOR#09x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ROB1.278, LL#333 | |||||
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Arabic | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí | INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b | BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x | DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x | A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance. | @Noah, @stories; anecdotes, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 | ||
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | Arabic | Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit) | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause. | @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @oneness; unity of religion | 2b | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH00033 | 7090 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما | Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages | INBA31:022 | BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x | BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax | @universal language, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Word of God and human limitations, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418 | ||||||
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | Arabic | Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) | Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job) | ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه | This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart | INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 | BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 | WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 | Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation. | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @consolation and comfort, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 1b | * | - | ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 | ||
| BH00035 | 7030 | mixed | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و | No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential) | INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x | AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x | LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07 | @laws of marriage and dowry, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00036 | 7030 | mixed | حمد مقدس از لفظ و بیان سلطان بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع کتب و صحف و زبر | Sanctified praise, transcending word and utterance, befitteth and beseemeth the Sovereign of unfading majesty, Who hath revealed all sacred books and scriptures [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.161, | BRL_DA#383, AQA6#243 p.155, ABDA.015-017x, PYB#052 p.01x, MSHR2.202x | @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00037 | 6990 | mixed | حمد و شکر در مقامی حزب الله را لایق و سزاست آنانکه در باطن بمثل بحر مواجند و | Praise and thanksgiving befit the people of God in such wise - they who in their inmost beings surge like an ocean [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.291, | AVK3.118.14x, GHA.360bx, MAS4.138ax | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @oneness; unity of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00038 | Lawh-i-Sultan | 6890 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah) | یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی | O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God | INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685 | NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018 | SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x | almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi | Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day. | @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @justice and wrath of God, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @call to action, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248 | ||
| BH00039 | 6840 | mixed | یا ابراهیم قد حضر اسمک فی هذا المقام الاعلی امام حضور مولی الوری ذکرک | O Ibrahim! Indeed thy name hath been mentioned in this most exalted station before the presence of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]... ...O Lord my God! Thy knowledge of me doth verily surpass my understanding of my own self. I implore Thee to enable me to so rise to serve Thee | INBA81:181.11x, BLIB_Or15715.207x, | AQA6#299 p.292, ADM2#023 p.041x | JHT_S#046x | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00040 | 6820 | mixed | حمد مقدس از شائبه فنا و زوال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, free from the taint of extinction and decay, befitteth the most holy and exalted court of the Eternal One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15733.190, | MAS8.170bx, TABN.242x | @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @the power of words; of speech, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00041 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II | 7070 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال | All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve | INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199 | BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x | BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00042 | 6590 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل ما کان مکنونا فی سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه | Praise be to Him Who hath sent down that which lay concealed in the heaven of His will, and revealed that which was treasured within His knowledge [3.5s]... ...The Afnans arrived in Beirut. After some time they received permission to come in small groups. Finally, they entered the shelter of grace | INBA31:049x, INBA51:150x, BLIB_Or15701.116, , KB_620:143-144x | AQA6#221 p.086, ADM1#020 p.052x, LHKM2.176x, AYI1.265x, AYT.327x, LMA2.016x, ASAT2.098x | LTDT.051-052x, GEN.314.04x, ADMS#077 | @wisdom [hikmat], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for protection, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00043 | 6520 | mixed | Prayer and Devotional Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سبحان الله مالک الملک و الملکوت سبحان الله صاحب العز و الجبروت سبحان الله | Glorified is God, the Lord of the earthly realm and the Kingdom above, glorified is God, the Possessor of majesty and omnipotence, glorified is God! [3.5s]... ...As for thy mention of the Obligatory Prayer: in truth, anyone who readeth this with absolute sincerity will attract all created things | INBA15:325x, INBA26:328bx, BLIB_Or15717.077, | AQA7#401 p.171x, ADM2#016 p.033x | BRL_ATBH#34x, BRL_PDL#56x | @prayer for service, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH00044 | 6470 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که | Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered | INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076, | BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x | BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00045 | 6410 | mixed | Meetings, Bahá'í; Trustworthiness; Days of Remembrance; Family Life | یوم یوم ماب است و مالک رقاب بر عرش بیان مستوی و احزاب عالم را ندا میفرماید | This is the Day of Return and the Lord of all necks is established upon the Throne of Utterance and doth summon all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Another letter of thine, which made mention of the hallowed and blessed days of Riḍván, was received.... Blessed is the house that hath attained unto My tender mercy... We have enjoined upon all to become engaged in some trade or profession, and have accounted such occupation to be an act of worship | BLIB_Or15717.117, , BLIB_Or15724.159bx, | COMP_FAMP#82x, COMP_TRUSTP#34x, ADM3#072 p.088x, ADM3#073 p.089x, ADM3#074 p.090x, ADM3#075 p.090x, HDQI.149x, GHA.073ax, TSBT.274x, MAS7.128ax, MAS7.140ax, AYI2.036x, AYI2.075x, AYI2.078x, AYI2.295x, AYI2.296x, AYI2.297x, AYI2.298x, AYI2.299x, AYI2.300x, PYB#178 p.03x, ANDA#37 p.03x, YMM.160x, AMB#25x | BRL_MEET.BH#04x, BRL_FAM#82x, BRL_TRUST#33x, DOR#25x, COC#0822x, COC#2045x, JHT_S#026x, JHT_S#027x, JHT_S#050x, JHT_S#072x | almunajat.com [item 8-9] | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the power of words; of speech, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00046 | 6370 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی این السمیع و این البصیر آیات ناطق بینات متکلم شمس شاهد ماه و | O Beloved of My heart! Where is the All-Hearing, and where is the All-Seeing? The Verses do speak, the clear Signs proclaim, the Sun beareth witness, and the Moon testifieth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.044, | AVK4.261.15x, TSBT.272x, TSBT.273x, MAS4.037x, MAS7.129ax, MAS7.137bx, AYI2.302x, AYI2.303x, ASAT1.102x, ASAT4.385x, ASAT5.002x, MSBH5.481x, YMM.178x, YMM.474x | @praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @chastisement and requital, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Persian | 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. | @love as fire, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| BH00048 | 12400 | mixed | Tabernacle of Unity, The; Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | الحمد لله الذی اظهر من الالف الاستقامه الکبری و بالباء شان الامتیاز بین الاشیاء... استدعای دیگر آنکه خدمت جناب صاحب یگانه سلام برسانید انشآءالله در این دار فانی بامری فائز شوند | Praise be to God Who hath manifested through the Alif the Most Great Steadfastness, and through the Bá the station of distinction between all things [3.5s]... ...In regard to what thou hast written concerning his honour the learned Sahib, upon him be the grace of God... And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God | BRL_TBUP#2x, AVK2.067.06x, LHKM1.156x, AYI1.333x, YARP1.023x, UAB.022cx, MAS7.148x, AYI2.396x, SAAF.085x, SAAF.091x, SAAF.365x, ASAT1.277x, ASAT4.179x, ASAT5.251x, NSS.129-130x, DVB5.007-033 | TBU#2x, BLO_PT#184x, KFPT#03.2x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @proclamation to the people of the world, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @station of the Manifestation of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ROB3.433, LL#161, LL#174, LL#175 | ||||||
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | mixed | Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini) | قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود | The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified | INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 | BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 | BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x | Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’. | @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @station of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 | ||
| BH00050 | 5800 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب یجد منه الاشجار عرف الربیع و الابناء رآئحه الاب المشفق الکریم | This is a Book from which the trees inhale the fragrance of springtime, and from which the sons perceive the sweet perfume of their tender, bountiful Father [3.5s]... ...The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down | BLIB_Or15729.072, , BLIB_Or15737a.039, , BLIB_Or15738.016, , NLAI_22848:173, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p091r, , Majlis210461.117-119x, MKI4522.173, | BRL_DA#533, GWBP#063 p.084bx, GWBP#064 p.085x, AQA2#003 p.076, NNY.123-126x, QT105.1.165, ASAT4.085x, ASAT4.274x, TABN.028x, PYM.110bx, QUM.073.17x | GWB#063x, GWB#064x, GPB.102x, MHMD2.500x | G.H. Miller | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium | - | - | ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451 |
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