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Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH11329

no title

Arabic

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه و المذکور لدی العرش قد اقبلت الی الله و توجهت الی الوجه

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance and art mentioned before the Throne! Thou hast turned unto God and set thy face toward the Face [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.188a,

BH11330

no title

mixed

یا بنت محمد تقی الحمد لله پدرت قصد افق اعلی نمود و بخدمت و لقا و حضور و اصغاء

O daughter of Muhammad-Taqi! Praise be to God, thy father hath turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and attained unto service, presence, reunion and hearing [3.5s]

TABN.347

BH11331

no title

Persian

یا حبیبه علیک سلام الله مولی البریه ورقه امام وجه مظلوم حاضر و بنیابت شما

O My beloved! Upon thee be the salutations of God, the Lord of all creation! The Leaf hath attained unto Our presence, standing before the Wronged One on thy behalf [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.080b,

BH11332

no title

Persian

یا سلیمان ندای مظلوم را باذن فطرت بشنو و بحبل متین الهی تمسک نما عالم فانی و

O Solomon! Hearken with the ear of thine inborn nature unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and hold thou fast unto the mighty cord of God. The world is evanescent [3.5s]

INBA51:573a

Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11333

no title

Arabic

یا سید قبل علی قد حضرت ورقه لدی العرش و ارسلها من طاف حولی و فیها ذکرک ذکرناک

O Siyyid-i-Qablí-'Alí! There hath reached Our presence a leaf before the Divine Throne, sent by him who circleth round Our person, wherein thy name was mentioned, and thus have We made mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.111c,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11334

no title

Arabic

یا سید قبل هاشم قد احاطتنا البلایا من کل الجهات بما اکتسبت ایادی الذین کفروا

O Siyyid-i-Qablí-Háshim! Calamities have encompassed Us from all sides by reason of that which the hands of the infidels have wrought [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.254a,

AQA6#321 p.328

BH11335

no title

Arabic

یا سیف الله قد طالت الاعناق بالنفاق ولکن الله نهی حکم السیف و قدر مقامه

O Sayfu'llah! The necks have grown long in hypocrisy, but God hath forbidden the decree of the sword and ordained its station [3.5s]

INBA18:112b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God

BH11336

no title

mixed

یا صادق بگو ای دوستان اگر از کوثریکه در کلمه مبارکه انه محمود فی فعله و مطاع

O Sadiq! Say: O friends! If ye partake of the Kawthar that floweth from the blessed word "Verily He is praiseworthy in His deeds and is to be obeyed" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.116a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11337

no title

Persian

یا طاعن لعمر الله تجاوزت العدل و الصدق و الانصاف حکومت عمر از برای اسلام

O thou who revileth! By the life of God, thou hast transgressed the bounds of justice, truth, and fairness in thy judgment upon 'Umar, for he ruled in accordance with the principles of Islam [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.076b,

BH11338

no title

Arabic

یا طراز یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن بایات انجذبت بها افئده الملا الاعلی و

O Taraz! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee from the precincts of the Prison with verses that have enraptured the hearts of the Concourse on High [3.5s]

AYBY.111b, TRZ1.033a, MYD.536

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high

BH11339

no title

Arabic

یا عباس منزل الایات یذکرک و مظهر البینات توجه الیک و ذکرک بما نطقت به الاشجار

O 'Abbás! The Revealer of Verses remembereth thee, and the Manifestor of Clear Proofs hath turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee with that wherewith the trees have spoken [3.5s]

INBA51:572

Prophecy and fulfillment

BH11340

no title

Persian

یا عبد حاضر بسی ایام که ماشی --- جناب اسمی علیه بهائی

O servant in attendance! Many are the days that thou hast been passing --- His Honour Ismí, upon him be Bahá's Glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.185a,

BH11341

no title

mixed

یا علی ذکرت لدی العرش عرض شد و لحاظ عنایت بتو متوجه و وصیت میفرماید ترا و

O Ali! Thy mention hath been presented before the Throne, and the glances of loving-kindness are directed towards thee. He counseleth thee and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.112a,

Exhortations and counsels; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11342

no title

Arabic

یا علی قبل محمد یذکرک الفرد الاحد و ینادیک من الافق الاعلی لتشکر ربک مالک

O 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad! The One, the Peerless, maketh mention of thee and calleth unto thee from the Most Exalted Horizon, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Possessor [3.5s]

INBA15:361b, INBA26:366a, BLIB_Or15730.098d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.125b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement

BH11343

no title

Arabic

یا کاظم قل الهی الهی طهر آذان عبادک بماء الانقطاع لیستمعوا ندآئک الاحلی ای

O Kazim! Say: My God, my God! Purify the ears of Thy servants with the waters of detachment, that they may hearken unto Thy most sweet call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.116b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH11344

no title

mixed

یا کلیم یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی و شعفی و فضلی این حین جویای احوال شما

O Kalím, O Afnán! Upon thee rest My glory, My loving-kindness, My delight and My grace. At this moment I inquire after thy condition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.129a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11345

no title

Arabic

یا مبلغ امری و الناظر الی وجهی انا اردنا ذکرک ذکرناک بهذا اللوح الابهی لتشکر

O thou who proclaimest My Cause and gazest upon My countenance! We desired to make mention of thee and have thus made mention of thee in this Most Glorious Tablet, that thou mayest give thanks [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.090b,

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11346

no title

Arabic

یا محمد قبل حسین انا نذکرک من هذا المقام و نوصیک بما انزلناه فی الکتاب ان ربک

O Muhammad-Qablí-Husayn! We make mention of thee from this Station and counsel thee with that which We have revealed in the Book. Verily thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.111a,

Exhortations and counsels; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11347

no title

Persian

یا محمد قبل رضا مولی الاسما از افق اعلی ترا ذکر مینماید این نعمتی است که

O Muhammad-Qablí-Ridá! The Lord of Names maketh mention of thee from the Most Exalted Horizon. This is a bounty that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.098e,

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11348

no title

Arabic

یا محمد قد اردنا ان نذکرک لتکون موقنا بعنایه الله ربک و رب ما یری و ما لایری

O Muhammad! We have desired to make mention of thee, that thou mayest be assured of the tender care of thy Lord, the Lord of all that is seen and unseen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.110a,

Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11349

no title

Arabic

یا معین اشهد انک انت معینا لاحد الا نفسک و هواک قد خلقک الله لتکون معینا

O Ma'in! I bear witness that Thou art a helper unto none save Thyself and Thy desire. God hath created Thee to be a helper [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.180c,

BH11350

no title

Arabic

یا میرزا اسمع ندآء الله مالک الاسمآء الذی ارتفع من شطر السجن فضلا من عنده علیک

O Mirza! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Lord of Names, which hath been raised from the direction of the Prison as a token of His grace unto thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.187d,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11351

no title

Arabic

یا میرزا هاشم افرح بما ذکرک القلم الاعلی فی المنظر الابهی و انزل لک ما

O Mírzá Háshim! Rejoice thou, inasmuch as the Supreme Pen hath made mention of thee from the Most Glorious Horizon, and hath sent down for thee that which [3.5s]

INBA51:201a, BLIB_Or15695.254b, , KB_620:194-194

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11352

no title

Persian

یا همت همت مفتاح باب کنوز لا تفنی بوده و هست انشاءالله بهمت انجناب

O Himmat! Endeavor hath ever been and shall remain the key to the gate of imperishable treasures. God willing, through thy noble striving [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.179a,

BH11353

no title

Arabic

یا ورقه یا امه الله علیک سلام الله و رحمته و نوره و فضله و نسئله لک امواج

O Leaf, O Handmaid of God! Upon thee be God's salutation, His mercy, His light and His grace, and We beseech for thee the waves [3.5s]

INBA65:095, BLIB_Or15696.139g, , BLIB_Or15714.130d,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11354

no title

Arabic

یا ولی علیک بهائی و عنایتی ان لحاظی من افقی توجه الیکم و النور اشرق من افق

O My friend! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Verily Mine eyes from Mine horizon have turned towards thee, and the light hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]

INBA19:108b, INBA32:099c

BRL_DA#409

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11355

no title

Arabic

یشهد مالک الوری فی هذا السجن الاعظم بما شهد قبل خلق السموات و الارض انه

The Lord of all creation beareth witness, in this Most Great Prison, unto that which He testified ere the creation of the heavens and of the earth, that verily He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.092a,

BH11356

no title

Persian

یک نوشته نزد آقا میرزا ابراهیم قزوینی بوده او را اخذ نمائید از بعد از برایش میفرستیم

Obtain the writing that was in the possession of Áqá Mírzá Ibráhím-i-Qazvíní; thereafter We shall send [it] unto him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.104b,

BH11357

no title

Know, O ye inhabitants of the earth! My hair is My sword. It kills the lovers

DAS.1914-09-12

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH11358

no title

I declare by the Sun of Truth, which has shone forth from the highest horizon of the world

SW_v10#05 p.092

Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

BH11359

no title

Every single letter proceeding from Our mouth is endowed with such regenerative

COC#1647x, ADJ.080x, WOB.107x

The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11360

no title

Whosoever ariseth to aid our Cause God will render him victorious over ten times ten thousand souls

MBW.101x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH11361

no title

Bahá'í Sacred Writings

O ye discerning ones! Verily, the words which have descended from the heaven of the Will of God

ADJ.037ax, SW_v01#04 p.021x

Race unity; racial issues; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

BH11362

no title

All the Divine Books and Scriptures have predicted and announced unto men the advent

GPB.100x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH11363

no title

Blessed is he who loved the world simply for the sake of the face of his generous Lord. With perfect compassion and mercy

SW_v10#05 p.092

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11364

no title

Through the blood which they shed the earth hath been impregnated

GPB.080x

Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

BH11365

no title

In this day the tastes of men have changed, and their power of perception hath altered. The contrary winds of the world, and its colors, have provoked a cold

PDC.188x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11367

no title

The divine who hath seized and quaffed the most holy Wine, in the name of the sovereign Ordainer, is as an eye unto the world

PDC.181x

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11368

no title

Say: O servants! The triumph of this Cause hath depended, and will continue to depend, upon the appearance of holy souls

ADJ.083x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11369

no title

By those words which I have revealed, Myself is not intended, but rather He Who will come after Me. To it is witness God, the All-Knowing. Deal not with Him as ye have dealt with Me

WOB.117x

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

BH11373

no title

Persian

از جمله در سورهٴ مبارکهٴ هیکل که بعض آن از ارض سر بعراق رفته و بعضی اجزاء بعد از ورود سجن اعظم ارسال شده ملاحظه فرمايند

Consider thou, for instance, the blessed Surih of the Temple, of which certain portions were revealed in Iraq and some parts subsequent to arrival in the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

ASAT5.277.11x

Banishment to; life in 'Akka

BH11374

no title

Arabic

اشکر الله بما فاز عملک بعز قبوله و تضوع منه عرف رضائه

Give thanks unto God, for thy deed hath attained unto the glory of His acceptance, and from it hath been wafted the fragrance of His good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.086h,

BH11375

no title

3540

mixed

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the

جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا و حقیقت ذکر ساحت امنع اقدس ارفع ابدع ... اعمال و اخلاق غیر طیبه که مخالف است

The essence of praise, the pure expression of glorification, and the reality of remembrance beseemeth that Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Exalted and Most Wondrous [3.5s]... ...This is that which hath been uttered by the Tongue of the Unconstrained concerning the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

BRL_DA#388, COMP_MASHRIQP#05x, GHA.446.10x

BRL_MASHRIQ#05x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11376

no title

Arabic

الهی الهی اسئلک باسمک العطوف بان تبسط لمن صعد الیک بساط الرحمة و الغفران

O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Compassionate, to spread out for him who hath ascended unto Thee the carpet of mercy and forgiveness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.076e,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed

BH11377

no title

mixed

الهی الهی لک الحمد بما هدیتنی الی مظهر نفسک و مشرق وحیک و مطلع آیاتک

O my God, my God! All praise be unto Thee for having guided me unto the Manifestation of Thine Own Self, the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, and the Source of Thy Signs [3.5s]

ADM3#117 p.136x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11378

no title

Persian

امروز عالم بانوار اسم اعظم منور طوبی از برای نفسیکه بکلمة الله فائز شد و ذکرش

In this day the world is illumined with the lights of the Most Great Name. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Word of God and His remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091l,

BH11379

no title

mixed

امروز علم نصر الهی ندا مینماید و همچنین رایت عز صمدانی ولکن جنود تحت این رایت

In this day the banner of divine triumph doth call out, and likewise the standard of the glory of the Self-Subsisting God, yet the hosts beneath this standard [3.5s]

AVK3.463.12x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11380

no title

Arabic

ان لا تعتنوا الذین یدعون العلم فی انفسهم و لا یخافنکم کبر عمائمهم

Pay no heed to those who claim knowledge unto themselves, nor let the grandeur of their turbans inspire you with fear [3.5s]

ASAT5.226x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH11381

no title

Arabic

ان یا اسمی الغفار ان اشکر ربک الغفار و انه باسمه الغفار غفر ذنوب العالمین و

O My Name, the All-Forgiving! Render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, Who, through His Name, the All-Forgiving, hath forgiven the sins of all the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11382

no title

Arabic

ان یا اسمی فبعزی و عظمتی و کبریائی حین الذی اکون ناظرا الیک لا اری ذا خطاء

O My Name! By My might, My grandeur and My majesty, in that moment when I gaze upon thee, I behold no fault [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144b,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH11384

no title

mixed

ای جواد این سنه شداد است للعباد سنه قضاست لاجلنا ان ورد علینا فانا خیر راض و

O Javád! This is a year of grievous trials for the servants, a year of destiny ordained for Us. Should it come upon Us, verily We are well-content [3.5s]

ASAT4.193x

Law of Huququ'llah; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11385

no title

Persian

ای دوست مقام انسان از بیان ظاهر و آشکار سخن در انجمن عالم آیه یزدانست و آفتاب

O friend! The station of man is made manifest through utterance, and speech in the assemblage of the world is a sign of God and as the sun [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.089g,

BH11386

no title

Persian

ای دوست نیر فضل تجلی نمود عقل پدیدار شد و از او عدل ظاهر و هویدا و از این

O friend! The Luminary of grace hath shed its radiance, reason hath been made manifest, and from it justice hath become apparent and evident, and from this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.089h,

BH11387

no title

mixed

ای دوستان از شوکت علمای جاهل خائف مشوید این ارض و آنچه در او موجود است

O friends! Be not afraid of the pomp of the ignorant divines. This earth and whatsoever existeth therein [3.5s]

ASAT4.374-375x

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power of prayer; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11388

no title

Persian

ای دوستان در این ربیع روحانی خود را از فیوضات رحمانی محروم ننمائید اوست

O friends! In this spiritual springtime, deprive not yourselves of the outpourings of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091j,

BH11389

no title

470

Arabic

Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا قلمی الاعلی اشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا ... ای رب بدل عسر اولیائک بالیسر و شدتهم بالرخآء

O My Most Exalted Pen! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified - that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Change the hardship of Thy loved ones into ease. Turn their adversity into prosperity, their abasement into glory, and their sorrow into the most great joy

BRL_DA#492, MSBH9.562x, AMIN.018-019

ADMS#097x

BH11390

no title

Persian

ای سمع اکوان بشنو ندای رب رحمن را که از شطر احزان مرتفع است که شاید بشنیدن

O Hearing Ear of creation! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord, the All-Merciful, which ascendeth from the realm of sorrows, that perchance thou mayest hear [3.5s]

INBA38:074b

Call to action; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11391

no title

mixed

ای کنیز من تو از سجیه جمال احدیه مطلع شدی و از تقدیس ذات قدم باخبر اخبار کن

O My handmaiden! Thou hast become aware of the nature of the Divine Beauty and art informed of the sanctity of the Ancient Being. Convey thou these tidings [3.5s]

INBA38:129b

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11392

no title

180

Arabic

ذکری عبدی الذی حبس فی سبیلی و سبی لذکری و طرد لحبی لتجذبه آیاتی... ایاک ان یحزنک شوکة الأعدآء عن ذکر ربک الأبهی

Call thou to mind My servant who was imprisoned in My path, taken captive for My remembrance, and banished for love of Me, that My verses might draw him... Let not the thorns of thine enemies grieve thee in the remembrance of thy Lord, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.061

ASAT1.153-154x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11393

no title

Arabic

ایاکم ان تنسوا الادب لان المرء یعرف بادابه لا بامواله ان افتخروا بعلمکم و

Beware lest ye forget courtesy, for a person is known by their conduct and not by their wealth. Take pride in your knowledge and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.158g,

Excellence; distinction; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge of self; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11394

no title

Persian

این ذکری است از سدره حب که بر ساحت دل نازل است و ناری است از مکمن قرب که در طور

This is a remembrance from the Lote-Tree of Love that hath descended upon the plain of the heart, and a fire from the sanctuary of nearness that blazeth upon the Mount [3.5s]

ASAT1.019x

Love as fire; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11395

no title

Persian

این عبد از اهل علم نبوده و بلاد بعید نرفته و بحسب ظاهر در بیت یکی از رجال دولت متولد شد و باو منسوب

This servant was not among the learned, nor did He journey to distant lands. According to outward appearances, He was born in the house of one of the nobles of the state and was related unto him [3.5s]

AVK2.354.14x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

BH11396

no title

1080

mixed

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]

BRL_DA#194, AVK3.466.15x, YIA.056-058

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

BH11397

no title

mixed

بعضی بمیقات معین باید از بلده مبارکه خارج شوند ح شهری ع اطول و بعضی هم باید

Some, at the appointed time, must needs depart from the Blessed City for a month, a year, or longer, whilst others must [3.5s]

INBA71:119a

BH11398

no title

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم ... و اصدق ما عندکم من سنن الل

These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most High, the Most Great... and the most trustworthy of what ye possess of God's ordinances [3.5s]

ASAT4.182x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11399

no title

Persian

حسب الامر آنکه قبل از تفصیل نصاب اشیاء بما نزل فی الفرقان عمل نمایند یعنی آنچه بر او زکوة تعلق میگیرد بقسمی که در فرقان نازل شده عمل کنند

According to the Command, prior to the elaboration of prescribed portions, they must act in accordance with what hath been revealed in the Qur'an—that is, regarding whatsoever is subject to the Zakát, let them act as hath been revealed in the Qur'an [3.5s]

AVK4.238.01x

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

BH11400

no title

Persian

حمد خدا را که صنم وهم را بقدرت خلیل شکستی و حجاب مانعه را دریدی اینست آن

Praise be to God, Who hath, through the power of the Friend, shattered the idol of vain imaginings and rent asunder the intervening veils. This is that [3.5s]

INBA38:073b

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11401

no title

Persian

حمد کن مقصود عالمرا فضلش بمقامیست که ترا در سجن اعظم ذکر نموده ان

Render praise unto the Desired One of the world, Whose bounty hath attained such heights that He hath made mention of thee in the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091k,

BH11402

no title

Persian

خرد سرور عالم و سید اممست اوست معلم اول در دبستان وجود راه نماید و طالبانرا

Wisdom is the lord of the world and master of nations; it is the first teacher in the school of existence, guiding the seekers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.090c,

Being a source of light; guidance; High station of learning

BH11403

no title

mixed

در ایامیکه رؤسای بیان چادر نسوانرا بجان میخریدند تا خود را از دشمنان مستور دارند

In the days when the chiefs of the Bayán would eagerly purchase women's veils that they might conceal themselves from their enemies [3.5s]

MAS8.036cx

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11404

no title

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قدر بقدرتک لاحبتک ما قدرته لاصفیائک الذین ما نقضول عهدک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Ordain, through Thy power, for Thy loved ones what Thou hast destined for Thy chosen ones who have not broken Thy Covenant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.191b,

BH11405

no title

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الوجود و سلطان الملوک و راحم المملوک هذا مملوک توجه الی بابک

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of existence and Sovereign of kings, the Merciful unto them that are in bondage! This servant hath turned toward Thy gate [3.5s]

HDQI.000, KHSH06.iii, MHA.000iii

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH11406

no title

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد حضرت لدی الباب و سمعت الندآء من

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominating, the Self-Subsisting. I have presented myself before the Gate and hearkened unto the Call from [3.5s]

INBA23:148

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11407

no title

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا هو و هو البهاء فی هذا الطراز العلی العظیم

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and verily I am He, and He is the Glory in this exalted and mighty station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.079d,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH11408

no title

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یوتی من یشاء ما اراد انه لهو العزیز الوهاب یا افنانی لا تحزنوا

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth that which He hath purposed. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O My Afnán, grieve not [3.5s]

INBA84:178b, INBA84:106b.15, INBA84:047b.06

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11410

no title

Arabic

شهد قلمی الاعلی بانک شربت رحیق العرفان من ایادی ربک الرحمن

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou hast quaffed the choice wine of divine knowledge from the hands of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.070e,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11411

no title

Persian

صمدیه در ظل مالک بریه محفوظ باشی باحسن الحان بذکر رحمان ناطق و بابدع حظ

Mayest thou abide secure beneath the shelter of the Lord of all creation, uttering the remembrance of the All-Merciful with sweetest melodies and with transcendent joy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.134c,

BH11412

no title

Arabic

طوبی لک بما قصدت المقصد الاقصی الی ان بلغت الغایه القصوی و سمعت الندآء

Blessed art thou for having sought the Most Great Objective until thou didst attain the Ultimate Goal and hearken unto the Call [3.5s]

INBA18:324a

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11413

no title

Arabic

عالم من یمنعه علمه عن کل ما یکرهه رضائی و رضائه و البالغ من بلغ الی مطلع

The learned one is he whose knowledge withholdeth him from whatsoever is repugnant unto My good-pleasure and his good-pleasure, and he who hath attained unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.158b,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH11414

no title

Persian

عرض میشود خدمت آقا دائی خان انشاءالله همیشه کوثر محبت الهی را از ید ساقی روحانی

It is humbly submitted to the presence of Áqá Dá'í Khán, that thou mayest ever partake of the heavenly Kawthar of Divine love from the hand of the spiritual Cup-bearer [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.189g,

BH11415

no title

Arabic

فسبحان الذی رفع هذا السماء بغیر عمد و دحی الارض علی الما و سخر الاریاح و صرف

Glorified be He Who hath raised up this heaven without pillars, and spread forth the earth upon the waters, and subjected the winds and caused them to flow [3.5s]

ASAT4.440x

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11416

no title

mixed

فضل حق را کرانی نه و عنایتش را انتهائی نه از برای دوستان بعد از قطع اسباب قرب

The grace of God hath no bound, and His bounties no end, extending unto His loved ones even after all ties are severed [3.5s]

MAS8.110dx

Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for prosperity; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11417

no title

100

mixed

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق ... ای هادی از حجبات ظلمانی بدرآی و پرده‌های اوهام... فوالذی نفس حسین بیده مقصود جز ابلاغ امر الله نبوده و نیست

This is a Book that speaketh with truth... O Hadi, emerge from the darksome veils and cast aside the curtains of vain imaginings... By Him Who holdeth the soul of Husayn in His hand, no purpose have I had, nor have I, save the proclamation of God's Cause [3.5s]

TZH2.009x, YFY.199x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11418

no title

Arabic

قد ارسلنا الیک روحا من عندنا و هی کلمتی العلیا التی بها صاح الناقوس و تشهق

We have verily sent unto thee a Spirit from Our presence, and it is My Most Exalted Word, whereby the Bell hath pealed and wailed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.070d,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11419

no title

Arabic

قد انار افق العالم بالنیر الاعظم و نطقت الاشیاء قد اتی المالک الملک لله العزیز الودود

The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Most Great Light, and all things have proclaimed: "The Sovereign of all sovereignty hath come! The Kingdom is God's, the Mighty, the All-Loving!" [3.5s]

INBA23:104, BLIB_Or15696.090j,

BRL_DA#330, BSHI.025

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH11420

no title

Arabic

قد سمعنا ذکرک ذکرناک بهذا اللوح البدیع و نوصیک بالاستقامه الکبری علی هذا الامر

We have heard thy mention and have remembered thee in this wondrous Tablet, and counsel thee to manifest supreme steadfastness in this Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.255a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11421

no title

Arabic

قد شهد قلمی الاعلی بما شهد به لسان الابهی فی الجنة العلیا المقام الذی جعله الله مطاف

The Supreme Pen hath testified to that which the Most Glorious Tongue hath witnessed in the Most Exalted Paradise—the Station which God hath made the point of circumambulation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.116f,

Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11422

no title

Arabic

قد شهدت بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم هذه شهاده تکون معک

He hath testified to that which God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. This is a testimony that shall remain with thee [3.5s]

INBA84:176c, INBA84:104c, INBA84:045a.04

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11423

no title

Arabic

قد نطق لسان الوحی انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المختار سوف یرتفع اعلام النصر و

The Tongue of Revelation hath proclaimed: He is, verily, the One God besides Whom there is none other, the Single, the Chosen One. Erelong shall the banners of victory be raised [3.5s]

INBA84:179a, INBA84:107a, INBA84:047c.07

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH11424

no title

130

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی امة من امائه لیجذبها ندآء الرحمن الذی ارتفع عن جهة

This is an epistle from the Youth to one among His maidservants, that she may be drawn by the call of the All-Merciful, which hath been raised from this direction [3.5s]

BRL_DA#567

Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11425

no title

Arabic

قل تالله قد فتح الباب الاعظم علی وجه الامم باسم مالک القدم ان ادخلوا

Say: By God! The Most Great Gate hath been opened before the faces of the nations in the Name of the Lord of Eternity. Enter ye [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.070f,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH11426

no title

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن اقبل الی الفرد الخبیر یا ایها المقبل انک اردت اللقاء

This is a Book We have sent down in truth for whoso hath turned towards the One, the All-Informed. O thou who hast turned thy face, verily thou hast yearned for the meeting [3.5s]

INBA19:176a, INBA32:160a

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11427

no title

Arabic

کتاب نطق بالحق لو انتم تعرفون انه نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم یبشر بما

The Book proclaimeth the truth, would that ye but knew, that it hath been sent down from the presence of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and beareth tidings of [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.092d,

Purpose; goal of creation

BH11428

no title

Persian

کلمه الهی محیی ابدانست و مبعث روان پس بشنوید کلمه بدیعه محکمه اش را تا از

The Divine Word is the quickener of bodies and the awakener of souls. Hearken ye, therefore, unto His wondrous and firmly-established Word, that ye may [3.5s]

INBA38:074a

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH11429

no title

Arabic

م ی ل ان قد نزل عن جهة العرش للذی سمی بابراهیم

That which hath descended from the direction of the Throne unto him who hath been named Ibrahim [3.5s]

ASAT5.183x

The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11430

no title

Persian

محبوب میفرماید که الیوم احدی بعرفان الله فائز نمی شود مگر بانقطاع از آنچه در

The Beloved declareth: None shall attain in this Day unto the recognition of God save through detachment from all that [3.5s]

INBA38:072c

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11431

no title

Persian

معین مظلومین مظهر عدل الهی بوده و هست چشم عالم باو روشن و منیر حشمت و شوکت

The Helper of the oppressed hath been and shall ever be the Manifestation of Divine Justice. Through Him is the eye of the world illumined and radiant with majesty and glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.154b,

BH11432

no title

Arabic

هذا ما وعدناک من قبل حین اصبر حتی

This is what We promised thee aforetime when We bade thee wait with patience [3.5s]

MAS4.175bx

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

BH11433

no title

mixed

ورقاء ازلی و ورقه صمدی در جلوه و سرور در یمین طور بایات نور مذکورند فیا روحا

O immortal Dove and celestial Leaf! In splendor and joy ye are mentioned in verses of light at the right hand of the Mount. O spirit [3.5s]

INBA36:313d

Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH11434

no title

Arabic

یا الف قبل سین اسمع ندآء الله الاعلی انه ارتفع من شطر عکاء و ذکر الذین نبذوا

O Alif that precedeth Sín! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Most Exalted. Verily it hath been raised from the precincts of 'Akká, making mention of them that cast aside [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.253,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11435

no title

Arabic

یا الهی اذا انظر الی نسبتی الیک احب بان اقول فی کل شیء بانی انا الله و اذا

When I contemplate, O my God, the relationship that bindeth me to Thee

KHSH06.iv, CRB.048x, FBAH.000i

WOB.113x

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH11436

no title

Arabic

یا الهی عبدک اراد ان تجعله ثابتا مستقیما علی امرک اثبته بقدرتک ثم اکتب له

O my God! Thy servant desireth that Thou make him firm and steadfast in Thy Cause. Make him steadfast through Thy power and ordain for him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.074c,

BH11437

no title

Arabic

یا اهل الفردوس الاعلی علیکم ذکر الله و ثنائه و فضله و الطافه و سلامه و

O ye dwellers in the Most Exalted Paradise! Upon you rest the remembrance of God, His praise, His bounty, His tender mercies, and His peace [3.5s]

INBA65:093a, BLIB_Or15696.139b, , BLIB_Or15714.129a,

BRL_DA#579, AVK4.072.11

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11438

no title

Arabic

یا حرف الجیم ان استمع ما تنطق به کلمه الله فی السجن

O Letter Jim! Hearken unto that which the Word of God doth speak from within the prison [3.5s]

ASAT3.003x

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11439

no title

Arabic

یا حسین علیک بهائی یذکرک المظلوم و یعزیک فیما ورد علیک لعمر الله انا معک و انا

O Husayn! Upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee and consoleth thee in that which hath befallen thee. By the life of God, verily I am with thee [3.5s]

INBA18:039, BLIB_Or15696.084e,

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11440

no title

Arabic

یا حفیف سدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و یا نفحه

O rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all mankind, and the Sovereign of the throne and of the dust, and O gentle breeze [3.5s]

INBA65:094b, BLIB_Or15696.139e, , BLIB_Or15714.130b,

BH11441

no title

Arabic

یا عبدالله قد شهد القلم الاعلی باقبالک و توجهک الی الوجه علیک بهاء الله و

O 'Abdu'lláh! The Most Exalted Pen hath indeed borne witness to thy recognition and thy turning unto His Countenance. Upon thee be the glory of God [3.5s]

INBA65:094a, BLIB_Or15696.139d, , BLIB_Or15714.130a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11442

no title

mixed

یا عبدالله لله الحمد ذکرت از قلم اعلی جاری و در ساحت امنع اقدس مذکور خذ کاس

O servant of God! Praise be unto God - thou hast been mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen and remembered in the Most Holy and Most Sacred Court. Take thou the chalice [3.5s]

AYBY.111d

BH11443

no title

Arabic

یا غصن اکبر انشاءالله امور بر اصلاحست امروز بیائید چهار لوح باید بنویسید البته زود

O Greater Branch! God willing, matters are proceeding towards rectification. Come today, for four Tablets must needs be written with all dispatch [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.099b,

BH11444

no title

Arabic

یا مالک الکلمه و ملیک البریه اسئلک بالاحدیه التی جعلتها قمیص هیکلک و بالهویه

O Lord of the Word and King of creation! I beseech Thee by the oneness which Thou hast made the vesture of Thy Temple, and by Thy divine Essence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.081d,

BH11445

no title

Persian

یا محمد جعفر انشاءالله بعنایت الهی فائز باشی حق جل جلاله عباد خود را در کتب و صحف و زبر نصیحت فرمود

O Muhammad-Ja'far! May thou be favored through divine bounties. The True One, exalted be His glory, hath counseled His servants in the Books, the Scriptures and the Psalms [3.5s]

ASAT3.208x

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11446

no title

Arabic

یا محمد حسین قد ذکرک اخوک ذکرناک بایات کانت عله ظهور البصر فی البشر و السبب

O Muhammad-Husayn! Thy brother hath made mention of thee, wherefore have We remembered thee with verses that are the cause of vision's dawning in the eyes of humankind [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.115a,

The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11447

no title

Arabic

یا من اشتاق الاحبا للقاک و یذکر ذکرک فی کل حین عند محشر المخلصین فاشکر الله

O thou who longest for the meeting with the loved ones, and whose remembrance is ever on the tongues in the gathering-place of the sincere ones, render thanks unto God [3.5s]

INBA23:202a

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11448

no title

Arabic

یا نصرالله قد حضر اسمک لدی المظلوم و ذکرک بما یثبت به فی دفتر اعمالک اجر

O Nasru'llah! Thy name hath attained unto the presence of the Wronged One, and He hath made mention of thee in such wise as shall cause to be inscribed in the book of thy deeds a reward [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.115b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11449

no title

Arabic

یا نفحات الارض و اسرارها و اوراق السدره و اثمارها طوبی لکن قد اتخذتن لانفسکن

O Breezes of the earth and its mysteries, O Leaves of the Lote-Tree and its fruits! Blessed are ye, for ye have chosen for yourselves [3.5s]

INBA65:097a, BLIB_Or15696.139j, , BLIB_Or15714.131b,

BRL_DA#575

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11450

no title

Arabic

یا یدالله قالت الیهود ید الله مغلوله قل لا و نفسه الحق انه یفعل ما یشاء و

O Hand of God! The Jews have said: "The Hand of God is fettered." Say: Nay, by His very Self! He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]

INBA18:112a

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11451

no title

Bahá'í Sacred Writings

...Peruse ye every day the verses revealed by God. Blessed is the man who reciteth them and reflecteth upon them. He truly is of them with whom it shall be well

COC#0363x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11452

no title

The revelation of which I am the bearer is adapted to humanity's spiritual receptiveness and capacity

WOB.060x

Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God

BH11453

no title

The heavens of thy mercy and the oceans of thy bounty are so vast that thou hast never disappointed those who begged of thee nor refused those who willed to come to thee!

SW_v08#04 p.048

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11454

no title

After a time all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion

PDC.191x

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

BH11455

no title

He that partaketh of the waters of My Revelation will taste all the incorruptible

WOB.107x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11456

no title

O people of the earth! Make not the religion of God a cause of variance among you. Verily of a truth, it was revealed for the unifying of the whole world.

SW_v10#05 p.091

Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

BH11457

no title

I swear by My life! Nothing save that which profiteth them can befall My loved ones.

ADJ.082x

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11458

no title

The face of the world hath altered. The way of God and the religion of God have ceased to be of any worth in the eyes of men

PDC.184x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

BH11459

no title

All the saplings of the world have appeared from one Tree, and all the drops from one Ocean, and all beings owe their existence to one Being

PDC.187x

Creation of the world; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11460

no title

God, singly and alone, abideth in His Own Place, which is holy above space and time, mention and utterance, sign, description and definition, height and depth.

SW_v02#05 p.015

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11461

no title

The Lote-Tree beyond Which there is no passing crieth out, by reason of the cruelty of the divines. It shouteth aloud, and bewaileth itself.

PDC.141x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11462

no title

The consuls of that city (Adrianople) gathered in the presence of this Youth at the hour of His departure and expressed their desire to aid Him. They, verily, evinced towards Us manifest affection.

GPB.180x

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople

BH11463

no title

So loud hath been the voice of My lamentation that every mother mourning for her child would be amazed, and would still her weeping and her grief

GPB.118x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH11464

no title

It would be more acceptable in My sight for a person to harm one of My own sons or relatives rather than inflict injury upon any soul

GPB.134x

Murder; causing physical harm; Saddening another soul

BH11465

no title

mixed

اگر برود بخواند اودعت نفسی تحت حفظک و حمایتک فاحفظها یا حفاظ العالمین اگر

If one reciteth "I have entrusted my soul to Thy protection and shelter; preserve it, O Protector of all worlds!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#290,

BRL_DA#485, AVK4.066x

Personal instructions; Prayer for protection

BH11466

no title

Arabic

السلام الظاهر الساطع اللامع من الله جل جلاله علیک یا غصن الاکبر و رحمته و برکاته

The luminous, resplendent Peace that shineth forth from God - glorified be His majesty - rest upon thee, O Greater Branch, and His mercy and His blessings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.097c,

Education of children; moral education; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11467

no title

Arabic

الکتاب الاعظم ینادی الامم و یقول تالله قد ظهر ام الکتاب من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب

The Most Great Book calleth aloud unto the nations, proclaiming: By God! The Mother Book hath verily appeared from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.195g,

BH11468

no title

Arabic

ام الکتاب یذکر حروفاته و السدرة افنانه و الشمس انواره طوبی لمن فاز ویل للغافلین

The Mother Book proclaimeth its letters, and the Lote Tree its branches, and the Sun its lights. Blessed is he who hath attained, and woe unto the heedless [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.195f,

BH11469

no title

mixed

امروز تربیت اطفال و حفظ ایشان از سید اعمال نزد غنی متعال مذکور اگر چه در ظاهر زحمتست

In this day the education of children and their protection is accounted as the most exalted of deeds in the sight of the All-Possessing Lord, though outwardly it may appear burdensome [3.5s]

MAS8.077x

BH11470

no title

Arabic

ان ارسل سواد اللوح الی اخیک ثم کبره من قبلی لیدع الناس الی الله

Send thou the text of the Tablet unto thy brother, then magnify him on My behalf, that he may summon the people unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.171b,

BH11471

no title

Arabic

ان یا اسمی العادل اذا کنا ناظرا الیک لا احد مستحقا لانظر الیه کل حطب النار

O My Name, the Just One! When We gaze upon thee, none else is worthy that We should look upon them - all are but fuel for the fire [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144c,

BH11472

no title

Arabic

ان یا ورقه الفردوس ان استمعی ندآء مالک البریة

O Leaf of Paradise! Hearken thou unto the call of the Lord of creation [3.5s]

ASAT5.291x

BH11473

no title

Arabic

انا سمینا عبدنا بشطر اسمنا الاعلی و هو الحسین فی کتاب الاسماء

We have named Our servant with a portion of Our Most Exalted Name, and he is Ḥusayn in the Book of Names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.162c,

Naming of children; of individuals

BH11474

no title

Persian

انشاء الله از کوثر لقاء دفعه دیگر بیاشامید و در ظل سدره ساکن شوید

God willing, may ye drink once again from the Kawthar of reunion, and find your dwelling beneath the shade of the divine Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.132f,

BH11476

no title

Persian

ای امه الله آل دوست بمنزل تو توجه نمودند الحمد لله باین نعمه فائز شدی

O handmaid of God! The kindred ones have turned their faces toward thy dwelling. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto this bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.134f,

BH11477

no title

Persian

ای باشی انشاء الله باشی لان شی شدی و من شی خواهی بود

O thou who existeth! God willing, mayest thou endure, for from nothingness didst thou come, and unto existence shalt thou attain [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.093a,

BH11478

no title

Persian

ای غفار انشاء الله لم یزل عند الله مذکور باشی و در جمیع عوالم حول رضایش طائف

O Ghaffar! God willing, mayest thou ever be remembered before God and, in all worlds, circle round His good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144g,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11479

no title

Persian

ای مجدالدین عنایات الهی درباره شما بسیار است روز جمعه در ساحت قرب اظهار شدی

O Majdu'd-Din! Divine bounties have been lavished upon thee in great abundance. On Friday thou wert mentioned in the precincts of nearness [3.5s]

INBA23:029a

BH11480

no title

Persian

این وجودات رذلیه دنیه که فصلهٴ جمیع مفقودین و مردودین

These base and abject beings who are the quintessence of all the lost and rejected ones [3.5s]

ASAT5.356x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11481

no title

Persian

آنچه ارسال شد رسید نسئل الله ان یوفقکم علی العمل بما انزل فی کتابه القدیم امزرو

That which was sent hath arrived. We beseech God that He may enable you to act in accordance with that which hath been revealed in His Ancient Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.197e,

BH11482

no title

Arabic

بسم الذی ینزل الایات باالحق و کل کان عنها محروما و نستعین بربنا العلی

In the Name of Him Who sendeth down the verses in truth, though all were deprived thereof, and We seek the aid of our Lord, the Most Exalted [3.5s]

INBA66:004

BH11484

no title

Persian

جناب ضیا خوب نوشته خوب تر خواهد شد اگر سعی کند انشاءالله برتبه عالیه خواهد رسید

Jinab-i-Ziya hath written well; better still shall it become if he striveth. God willing, he shall attain unto a lofty station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.197c,

BH11485

no title

mixed

حجبات اوهام را بدر دریدنیکه صدای آن را اهل سرادقات قدس ربانی بشنوند و جمیع

To rend asunder the veils of vain imaginings, such that they who dwell within the pavilions of divine holiness may hearken unto its call [3.5s]

INBA38:075a

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11486

no title

mixed

حزن و سرور و فقر و غنا و شدت و رخا و عسر و یسر کل در قبضهٴ قدرت او بوده و هست

Grief and joy, poverty and wealth, hardship and ease, adversity and comfort—all lie within the grasp of His power and ever have been thus [3.5s]

MAS8.108bx

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11487

no title

mixed

در ارض زوراء از قلم اعلی این کلمهٴ علیا جاری و نازل سوف یرتفع النعاق فی اکثر الدیار

In the Land of Mystery this most exalted Word hath been revealed from the Most Sublime Pen: Erelong shall clamorous cries resound in most lands [3.5s]

AVK4.421bx

Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11488

no title

mixed

در بعضی از امور باسباب ناظریم لذا در عهدهٴ تأخیر و تعویق میماند والا انه یجری الأمور

In certain matters We look to outward means, wherefore these remain subject to delay and postponement; otherwise, verily He doth order all affairs [3.5s]

MAS8.113cx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11489

no title

Persian

در جواب مکتوب میرزا امان الله نوشته شود که ذکر شما در ساحت اقدس شده

In reply to the letter of Mirza Amanu'llah, let it be written that mention of you hath been made in the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.209c,

Personal instructions

BH11490

no title

mixed

Law of fasting; Law of obligatory prayer; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

در صلوة و صوم اهمال نکنید انسان بیعمل مقبول نبوده و نیست

Be not neglectful of obligatory prayer and fasting

AYI2.389x

BRL_IOPF#1.06x

BH11491

no title

Persian

در مکتوب جناب ناظر علیه ٩ ٦٦ بهآء الله هم اظهار عنایت از حق مرقوم دارند

In the letter from His Honor the Overseer - upon him be Bahá'u'lláh's Glory (96) - let him likewise set forth expressions of divine favor from the True One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.209d,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11492

no title

Arabic

ذکر الله فی شجره الفردوس للملاء العالین و ینطق بالحق فی جبروت الامر لعل

The remembrance of God hath been raised from the Tree of Paradise unto the Concourse on High, and proclaimeth the truth in the dominion of His Cause, that haply [3.5s]

ASAT4.018x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11493

no title

Arabic

رب آتنی من لدنک رحمه انک انت العزیز الوهاب

O Lord! Grant me mercy from Thy presence, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bestowing [3.5s]

INBA33:145b

Prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH11494

no title

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهذا المظلوم ان تنصر عبادک المستجیرین و انک جواد کریم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by this Wronged One, to assist Thy servants who seek Thy shelter. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.195d,

BH11495

no title

140

Arabic

ان یا عبد المذکور فی صحائف عصمه ربک العزیز الغفور اسمع ندآء هذا المظلوم... سوف یفتح علی وجوه الذین استقاموا ابواب اذا دخلوا

O servant who art inscribed in the scrolls of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving! Hearken unto the call of this Wronged One... Soon shall the gates be opened before the faces of them that have stood firm, when they enter [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.051a

MAS4.022ax

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11497

no title

Persian

شکر نعمت منعم در مقام اول و رتبه اولی اظهار نعمتست و لکن نه بقول بل بعمل

The gratitude due the Divine Bestower, in its foremost station and highest rank, is manifested through the expression of His bounties—not through words, but through deeds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.176d,

BH11498

no title

Persian

صاحب صاحب عالم بفضل لجت ترا ندا میفرماید ان اشکری الرب بهذا الفضل العظیم

O Sovereign of sovereigns! The Lord of the world calleth thee through His abounding grace: Be thou thankful unto the Lord for this mighty favor [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.134g,

BH11499

no title

Persian

ضیاءالله انشاءالله بضیاء حضرت دوست منور باشی و در جنت وصال از کوثر لقا

O Light of God! God willing, mayest thou be illumined by the radiance of the Divine Friend, and in the Paradise of reunion drink from the heavenly stream of His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.134e,

BH11500

no title

Persian

طبع عالی حاتم طائی علت سمو و علو و انتشار همت و بخشش اوشد لا غیر

The lofty nature of Hatim-i-Ta'i became the cause of the ascendancy, exaltation and widespread renown of his magnanimity and munificence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.179b,

BH11501

no title

Persian

طوبی از برای امائی که بحبل متین تمسک جستند

Blessed are the handmaidens who have clung fast to the mighty cord [3.5s]

ASAT3.075x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11502

no title

Persian

طوبی از برای نفسیکه در فراش تکیه نماید و قلبش به محبت اهل عالم منور باشد

Blessed is the soul that reclineth upon its couch, its heart illumined with love for all the peoples of the world [3.5s]

AVK3.201.12x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

BH11503

no title

Persian

ظلمت ظلم شقاوت پناهی نور عدل حضرت بار یراسته نموده عندلیبهای بستان

The darkness of tyranny's refuge hath been dispelled by the light of justice of the All-Glorious Lord, and the nightingales of the garden have been adorned [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.174c,

BH11504

no title

Persian

عبد الحمید اعز الله نصره و اید ملکه فی الحقیقه دارای اخلاق مرضیه روحانیه بوده

Abdu'l-Hamid - may God exalt his victory and strengthen his sovereignty - hath in truth possessed praiseworthy spiritual virtues [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.177b,

BH11505

no title

Persian

غصن اکبر نبیل مخصوص شخص زایر حسب الوعده شما لوحی خواسته لذا ارسال شد

O Greater Branch! Nabil, the distinguished one, hath, according to thy promise, asked for a Tablet for the visitor, wherefore it hath been sent [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.104e,

BH11506

no title

mixed

فرمودند نسئل الله بان یوفقهم علی العمل بما امروا به فی بلاد الله و مملکته

We beseech God that He may enable them to act in accordance with that which they have been commanded throughout the countries of God and His dominions [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.047a,

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11507

no title

Arabic

فسوف یفتح ما غلق و یفتق ما رتق و یدخل من منع و یفرق من جمع و یسهل ما عسر

Erelong shall that which was sealed be opened, and that which was tightly woven be unraveled, and he who was denied entry shall come in, and that which was gathered shall be scattered, and that which was difficult shall be made easy [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.027

AVK4.417b

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11510

no title

Arabic

قد رقم من قلم القدس علی لوح القضاء مخاطبا لمن فی الارض و السماء قد قرت عیناک

By the Pen of Holiness hath been inscribed upon the Tablet of Destiny, addressing all who dwell on earth and in heaven: Let thine eyes be gladdened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.192b,

BH11511

no title

Arabic

قد ظهر هیکل القدس فی هیئه الشمس فی وسط السماء فسبحان ربی الاعلی

The Temple of Holiness hath appeared in the form of the sun in the midst of heaven. Glorified be my Lord, the Most High [3.5s]

INBA51:307b

LHKM3.062a

BH11512

no title

Arabic

قد نزل للتی ارتقت الی الرفیق الاعلی مکمن قرب بدیعا تالله اذا نشهدها بین حوریات

We have revealed, for her who hath ascended unto the Supreme Companion, a wondrous abode of nearness. By God! We behold her among the celestial maidens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.192c,

BH11513

no title

Arabic

قدر لی یا الهی من قلمک الاعلی ما قدرته لاصفیائک

Ordain for me, O my God, through Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones [3.5s]

INBA19:132a, INBA32:121c

Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH11514

no title

Persian

کلمه مبارکه مبارک باشد از قلم جاری امر آقا علی اکبر در حضور

The blessed Word hath flowed forth from the Pen concerning Áqá 'Alí-Akbar in His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.135e,

BH11515

no title

Arabic

لیس الفخر لمن یفسد فی الأرض بعد اصلاحها اتقوا الله یا قوم و لا تکونوا من الظالمین

Glory belongeth not unto him who soweth corruption in the earth after it hath been set aright. Fear ye God, O people, and be not among the wrongdoers [3.5s]

AVK3.283.05x

Call to action; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to Muslims; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11516

no title

Persian

مشکین مشکین شعر نمکین شما چون انگبین لطیف و مصفی و شیرین بود علیک

O thou whose musk-laden and sweet-savoured verse was gracious and delicate as pure honey and most sweet - upon thee be peace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.090d,

BH11517

no title

Persian

مقصود از آفرینش عرفان الله بوده و چون نور ساطع و عرف متضوع کل غافل الا من شاء الله

The purpose of creation hath ever been the recognition of God, and like unto a radiant light and a wafting fragrance, all remain heedless save whom God willeth [3.5s]

ASAT2.159x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Purpose; goal of creation

BH11518

no title

Persian

مکرر ذکر شما در بساط اعلی بوده و اصغا شد ارسال مبارک انچه عرف عنایت

Time and again hath thy mention been present before the Most Exalted Court, and that which beareth the fragrance of divine favor hath been graciously received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.178c,

BH11519

no title

Persian

مهد علیا میگوید چیز دیگر بنویس میگویم دیگر نیست تا بنویسم لیس غیره شیء فی الملک

Mahd-i-'Ulya saith: "Write thou something else." I say: "There is naught else to write, for nothing else existeth in the realm..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.192a,

BH11520

no title

Arabic

نشهد ان الافنان شهدوا بما شهدت السدره انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

We bear witness that the Afnán have testified to that which the Tree hath testified: verily there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominant, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA51:262, KB_620:255-255

BH11521

no title

Arabic

هذه ورقه نوراء قد جعلناها حاملة للئالی الحکمة و البیان من ینظر الیها انه من اهل البهاء

This luminous Tablet have We made the bearer of pearls of wisdom and utterance. Whoso gazeth upon it is verily of the people of Bahá [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.127a,

BH11522

no title

Persian

هر نفسی از او اثار خباثت و شهوت ظاهر شود او از حق

Whosoever manifesteth from himself traces of malice and base desire, verily, he is remote from the Truth [3.5s]

GHA.299.08x, MAS4.168bx

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastity and purity; Idle fancies; lust and passion

BH11523

no title

1560

mixed

یا علی قبل اکبر علیک بهاء الله مالک القدر ان افنانی علیه بهائی... هر هنگام بروح و ریحان وافع شود و بحکمت موافق توجه

O 'Alí-Qabli-Akbar! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Destiny. Verily, My Afnán, upon him be My glory... whenever he approacheth with spirit and sweet fragrance, and turneth with wisdom [3.5s]

ASAT4.198x, TISH.064-068

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11524

no title

Arabic

هنیئا لکم یا اهل البهاء انتم الذین شربتم الرحیق المختوم باسمه القیوم فی یوم

Blessed be ye, O people of Bahá, ye who have quaffed the sealed wine by His Name, the Self-Subsisting, on this Day [3.5s]

INBA65:096b, BLIB_Or15696.139i, , BLIB_Or15714.131a,

BRL_DA#576

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH11525

no title

Arabic

و کذلک اظهرنا تیهور الأمر عن هذا التاهور الذی ارتفع فی هذا الهوآء ثم احصرت منه دیجور القدس فی هذا البلد الأمین

Thus have We revealed the manifestation of the Cause from this Epiphany that hath been raised in this atmosphere, whereupon the sanctified darkness was confined in this trusted land [3.5s]

ASAT5.197-198x

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11526

no title

Persian

و لکن نوشته اذن اتحادیه را بنویسید و بمیرزا حسین بدهید برساند حکایت قانون

Write ye, however, the permission of the union and give it unto Mirza Husayn, that he may deliver it - the account of the law [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.126bx,

BH11527

no title

Arabic

یا احبائی زینوا لسانکم بالصدق و یدکم بالکرم و اجسادکم بالوقار و انفسکم

O My loved ones! Adorn ye your tongues with truthfulness, your hands with generosity, your bodies with dignity, and your souls [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.158f,

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Generosity [kirama]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11528

no title

Persian

یا اسم جود حضرت غصن اعظم وجهی طلب نموده باید انجناب برسانند اگر چه وجه امانت خان

O Ism-i-Júd! His Holiness the Most Great Branch hath requested a sum which must needs be delivered unto Him, though it be from the trust of Khan [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.195a,

BH11529

no title

Arabic

یا افنانی ان ربک الابهی یدعوک الی الافق الاعلی و یذکرک بما لاینقطع عرفه بدوام

O My Afnán! Verily thy Lord, the Most Glorious, calleth thee unto the Supreme Horizon and maketh mention of thee with that whose fragrance shall never cease to endure [3.5s]

INBA51:535a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11530

no title

Arabic

یا افنانی قد شهدت الشجره باقبالکم الیها و تمسککم بها طوبی لکم و ان لکم حسن

O My Afnán! The Tree hath borne witness to thy turning unto it and thy firm adherence thereto. Blessed art thou, and goodly is thy portion [3.5s]

INBA51:531

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11531

no title

Arabic

یا علی اکبر سدرة المنتهی اذنت لو رقتها ان تتمسک بها و تحضر امام وجهها

O 'Ali-Akbar! The divine Lote-Tree hath granted leave unto its leaf to hold fast unto it and to attain unto the presence of its countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.135c,

BH11532

no title

Arabic

یا علی اکبر قد اشرق نیر الاذن للورقة من معها و بر امرها بما ینبغی انه هو الحافظ المعین

O 'Alí-Akbar! The Sun of Permission hath dawned for the Leaf and them that are with her. Execute her command as befitteth, for verily He is the Preserver, the Helper [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.197f,

BH11533

no title

Arabic

یا علی اکبر قد اودعنا زمام امر الخیر فی قبضتک لها ان تتوجه و لک ان تدبر امرها ان الله هو المدبر الحکیم

O 'Alí-Akbar! We have entrusted into thy grasp the reins of this virtuous cause; it is for thee to turn thereunto and for thee to manage its affairs. Verily, God is the All-Governing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.197g,

BH11534

no title

Arabic

یا علی نشهد انک اقبلت الی الافق الاعلی و سمعت ندآء ربک الابهی و اجبت مولی

We bear witness, O 'Alí, that thou hast turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and hearkened unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and answered thy Master [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.201b,

BH11535

no title

Arabic

یا مسافر علیک بهائی و رحمتی و عنایتی نشهد انک اقبلت الی وجهی و فزت بما کان

O wayfarer! Upon thee be My glory, My mercy and My loving-kindness. We bear witness that thou hast turned thy face unto My countenance and hast attained that which was ordained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.201a,

BH11536

no title

Arabic

یشهد قلمی الاعلی لمن اقبل الی افقی الابهی بانه اقبل و فاز بما کان مسطورا

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto him who hath turned towards Mine All-Glorious Horizon, that verily he hath turned and attained unto that which was inscribed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144i,

BH11537

no title

2040

Arabic

تلک آیات الامر نزلت من جبروت البقا و لا یعقلها الا الذینهم طاروا بجناحین

These are the verses of Revelation; they have been sent down from the realm of eternity, and none shall apprehend them save those who have soared… By God! No spot is left on My body that hath not been touched by the spears of thy machinations… What hath proceeded from thy pen hath caused the Countenances of Glory to be prostrated upon the dust

NLAI_BH1.408

BRL_DA#152

GPB.169x, GPB.169-170x, GPB.170x, ADMS#216

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11538

no title

...This Day is God's Day, and this Cause His Cause. Happy is he who hath renounced this world, and clung to Him Who is the Dayspring of God's Revelation

ADJ.079x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Hands of the Cause; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11539

no title

O Hudhud! We make mention of thee through remembering Our sister, and her days, and how her heart was ablaze with the fire of her Lord's love

LTDT.271x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11540

no title

...In the beginning of every Revelation adversities have prevailed, which later on have been turned into great prosperity

COC#0258x, ADJ.082x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11541

no title

The days are approaching their end, and yet the peoples of the earth are sunk in grievous heedlessness

ADJ.081x

BH11542

no title

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

ADJ.028ax

BH11543

no title

Were We to make mention of what befell Us, the heavens would be rent asunder and the mountains would crumble

GPB.189-190x

LL#419

BH11544

no title

When the secret nursed in his (Mirza Yahya) bosom was revealed by God he disclaimed such an intention, and imputed it to that same servant (Ustad Muhammad-'Ali)

GPB.166x

BH11545

no title

The divines of Persia ... have perpetrated what the Jews have not perpetrated during the Revelation of Him Who is the Spirit

GPB.231x

BH11546

no title

140

Arabic

یا ایها المهاجر اسمع ندآء الله عن شطر السجن انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Oh thou who hast pioneered! Listen to the voice of God from the shores of the Prison. There is no god but Him, the Mighty

NLAI_BH1.055

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#488

BH11547

no title

...what has been revealed [regarding the most great elixir] was set forth for the purpose of imparting proof, so that this earth should not be deprived of visible testimony

BYC_alchemy

Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11548

no title

The most honored of all governments, the pride, the admiration and the envy of the peoples of the world

BADM.118x

BH11549

no title

Soon shall the blasts of His chastisement beat upon you, and the dust of hell enshroud you.

PDC.004x

BH11550

no title

from Whom God hath caused to proceed the knowledge of all that was and shall be

COF.095ax

BH11551

no title

behave towards the government of the country in which they reside with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness

GPB.219x

BH11553

no title

Arabic

ان یا عبادی ذکری ایاکم هو من اعظم مواهبی لو انتم تشعرون

O My servants! My remembrance of you is indeed among My most exalted gifts, would that ye might perceive [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.158e,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11556

no title

Persian

ای ابراهیم امروز روزیست که مسجد اقصی ندا مینماید

O Abraham! This is the Day whereon the Most Holy Temple raiseth its call [3.5s]

AKHA_118BE #07 p.a

BH11558

no title

Persian

جناب آقا علی که خود موجودست جواب لازم نه

Jinab-i-Aqa Ali, who is himself present, requireth no reply [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.210a,

Personal instructions

BH11559

no title

Persian

جناب ضیاء علیه بهائی انشاءالله بما یحب و یرضی فائز باشند

May Jinab-i-Diya, upon him be the Glory of God, attain, if God willeth, unto that which is beloved and well-pleasing unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.190b,

Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH11564

no title

Arabic

فاستمع ندآء ربک عن یمین العرش خلف الف حجاب من الحریر الدِمَقس المنیر

Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord from the right of the Throne, beyond a thousand veils of luminous damask silk [3.5s]

ASAT3.254x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH11567

no title

Arabic

لو لا الفاقة ما اشرق نیر الانقطاع فی الابداع

Were it not for poverty, the luminary of detachment would not shine forth in creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.180b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11568

no title

Arabic

من زار الاخت و المسیح فی الری کمن زارنی

He who visiteth Ukht and Masih in Rayy, it is as though he hath visited Me

IQN.151

LTDT.269

Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions

BH11569

no title

Arabic

هو الباقی ان الورقة العلیا سمعت ندآء سدرة المنتهی و طارت الیها ١۲٩٩

He is the Everlasting. Verily this exalted leaf hearkened to the Call of the Tree beyond which there is no passing and winged her flight towards it. 1299

AYT.027, KHAF.181

AFNAN.117

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

BH11571

no title

Arabic

یا ارض الخضراء استمع ندآء مالک الاسماء انه یذکرک بما

O Verdant Land! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord of Names, for verily He maketh mention of thee with that which [3.5s]

ASAT3.207x

BH11572

no title

Arabic

یا مصطفی انشاءالله بنار سدره کرم باشی و بنور وجه منیر

O Mustafa! God willing, mayest thou be enkindled with the fire of the celestial Tree of bounty and illumined by the light of the radiant Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.197d,

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11573

no title

Arabic

یا من تشبه بهیکلی...

O thou whose temple beareth resemblance to Mine!

EBTB.059x

GSH.109x

BH11574

no title

I swear by the Sun of Truth, which ariseth and appeareth from the horizon of this Most Great Prison, that the beauty of Eternity desireth not strive and contention

MSBR.064

LL#441

BH11575

no title

The object of all that hath been shown forth is that men's ears should be prepared to listen to this lofty Word

MSBR.065

LL#442

BH11576

no title

...the Gulf that hath branched out of this Ocean that hath encompassed all created things

GPB.243x

BH11577

no title

2410

mixed

ابصار را خبر مینمائیم و بشارت میدهیم خود را از مشاهده آثار مقصود عالم و مالک

Unto every eye we announce the glad-tidings: behold ye the signs of the Lord of the world and its Possessor [3.5s]... ...Peerless is this Day, for it is as the eye to past ages and centuries, and as a light unto the darkness of the times.

BRL_DA#246, YIA.187x

ADJ.079x, GPB.099x

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11578

no title

...He around Whom the Point of the Bayan (Bab) hath revolved is come

TDH#158.19x, GPB.098x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH11599

no title

unknown

ROB3.235, LL#425

BH11600

no title

unknown

ROB2.179, LL#002

BH11601

no title

unknown

ROB3.021, LL#396

BH11603

no title

2770

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر ممکنات مظهر بینات را لایق و سزاست که از بیان امکان را مسخر

Sanctified praise, transcending all created mention, befitteth and beseemeth the Manifestation of clear evidences, Who hath subdued the realm of utterance [3.5s]

FRH.028-035

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for strength; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11604

no title

1880

mixed

حمد خداوند یکتا را لایق و سزا که عالم ملک و ملکوت را بوجود انسان کامل بیار است

Praise be unto the one true God, worthy and befitting, Who hath adorned the worlds of earth and heaven through the existence of the perfect man [3.5s]

BRL_DA#028

Exhorts the believers to teach and serve the Cause. Decries the mistake of celebrating on the first …

Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11605

no title

780

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من اقبل و سرع الی الله العلیم الحکیم یا محمد نشهد

This is an epistle from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned and hastened unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Muhammad, We testify [3.5s]

BRL_DA#189, YIA.170-172

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11606

no title

530

mixed

یا ابن ابهر علیک سلامی و عنایتی و رحمتی نامه که نزد بدیع الله ارسال داشتی

O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be My salutation, My loving-kindness and My mercy. The letter which thou didst dispatch to Badí'u'lláh [3.5s]

BRL_DA#188, YIA.174-175

Praise and encouragement; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11607

no title

510

mixed

حمد مقدس از قلم و مداد و منزه از ورقه و لسان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست

Sanctified praise, transcending pen and ink, and hallowed beyond leaf and tongue, befitteth Him Who is the Object of all the worlds [3.5s]

FRH.036-037x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11608

no title

510

mixed

لازال ندا از افق اعلی مرتفع و صاحب ندا روح ما سواه فداه بر عرش بیان مستوی

Incessantly doth the Call ascend from the Most Exalted Horizon, and He Who raiseth the Call - may the spirit of all else but Him be sacrificed for His sake - is seated upon the Throne of Utterance [3.5s]

FRH.061-062x, FRH.312x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

BH11609

no title

460

mixed

یا ایّها الحاضر لدی الباب و المستقیم علی الامر علیک سلام اللّه و رحمته قد حضر المجد

O thou who art present before the Gate and steadfast in the Cause! Upon thee be the peace of God and His mercy. Glory hath appeared [3.5s]

BRL_DA#063

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for governments and rulers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11610

no title

390

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یعرف المقصود اذ ظهر المکنون بسلطان غلب الامکان لیاخذه عرف

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who desireth to know the Intended One, when He Who was concealed appeared with a sovereignty that conquered all contingent beings, that he might be enveloped by the fragrance [3.5s]

FRH.042-043

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11611

no title

390

mixed

یا شیخ علیک بهاء الله و عنایته در عالم ظاهر شده آنچه که صاحبان حکمت و بیان و حجت

O Shaykh! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness! In the visible world there hath appeared that which the possessors of wisdom, utterance and proof awaited [3.5s]

NSS.207-208

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad

BH11612

no title

380

mixed

قد ثبت بالبرهان ما اشرق من افق الیقین و هو ان حمدی و ذکری لایصل الی مقصودی

It hath been established through manifest proof that which hath shone forth from the horizon of certitude: that My praise and My mention reacheth not My intended purpose [3.5s]

BRL_DA#179, YIA.156-157

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11613

no title

370

mixed

یا ایها القائم لدی الباب قد اتی الوهاب لیبلغ الاحزاب ما یقربهم الی مالک

O thou who standest at the Gate! The All-Bountiful hath come to convey unto the peoples that which shall draw them nigh unto their Lord [3.5s]

BRL_DA#186, YIA.181-182

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Law of inheritance; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11614

no title

350

mixed

انا انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات و دعونا الکل الی الافق الاعلی المقام الذی فیه ینطق

Verily, We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and We have called all unto the Most Exalted Horizon, the Station wherein speaketh [3.5s]

NSS.120-121

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11615

no title

350

mixed

حمد مقدس از مقامات انسان و مراتب لسان حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که از نفحات

Sanctified praise, beyond human stations and ranks of utterance, befitteth the Lord of Divine Purpose, Who through the breezes [3.5s]

FRH.037-038x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11616

no title

340

mixed

یا ابراهیم خلیل الرحمن یک ذبیح بقربانگاه برد فدا آمد و زنده برگشت ولکن حضرت جلیل

O Ibrahim, Friend of the Merciful! One sacrifice was led to the altar and, though offered up, returned alive; but the Glorious Lord [3.5s]

NSS.140-141

Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Return of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11617

no title

340

mixed

یا ورقتی اسمعی ندائی من شطر سجنی انه یقربک الی الله رب العرش العظیم نشهد انک

O My Leaf! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison; verily it draweth thee nigh unto God, the Lord of the mighty Throne. We testify that thou [3.5s]

FRH.167-168

High station of the true believer; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment

BH11618

no title

310

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم لمن توجه الی الافق الاعلی اذ ظهر مالک الاسماء

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon when the Lord of Names appeared [3.5s]

FRH.043-044

Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11619

no title

310

mixed

یا خلیل اهل فاران را از قبل مظلوم تکبیر برسان بگو امروز نسبتش بحق جل جلاله

O Khalíl! Convey greetings from this Wronged One to the people of Párán. Say: Today His kinship is unto God, glorified be His majesty [3.5s]

FRH.183-184

Call to action; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11620

no title

300

Arabic

تری یا اله الاسماء و سلطان البقاء احتراق افئده المشتاقین من توقد نیران القضاء

Thou seest, O God of Names and Sovereign of eternity, how the hearts of the yearning ones are consumed by the fires of destiny [3.5s]

FRH.027

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11621

no title

300

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم من سماء اسمه القیوم لیبشر القوم بهذا الیوم الذی فیه صاحت

The Book which the Wronged One hath sent down from the heaven of His Name, the Self-Subsisting, to give glad-tidings unto the people of this Day wherein hath cried out [3.5s]

FRH.058-059

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11622

no title

290

mixed

یا ایها المقبل الی افقی و المتمسک بحبل عنایتی از حق میطلبیم اولیا طرا را

O thou who hast turned toward My horizon and who dost cling to the cord of My loving-kindness! We beseech God for all His chosen ones [3.5s]

OSAI_TC 27v-28r,

YIA.199-200x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11623

no title

290

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق و جعلناه رحیق البیان لمن فی الامکان و کوثر الکرم لمن فی العالم

This is the Book We have sent down in truth and made it the nectar of utterance for all who dwell within the realm of possibility, and the fountain of bounty for those in the world [3.5s]

FRH.056-057

Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11625

no title

280

mixed

حمد مقدس از عرفان و ادراک بساط انس قدس حضرت معبودیرا لایق و سزا که افق بطحا

Praise, sanctified beyond all comprehension and understanding, befitteth the sacred threshold of communion with the Worshipped One, Who hath adorned the horizon of Bathá [3.5s]

YIA.582-583

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11626

no title

280

mixed

یا رجبعلی علیک سلامی اکثری از خلق از حق بعید و دنیای فانی چنان مغرورشان

O Rajab-'Ali! Upon thee be My salutations! Most of mankind have strayed far from truth, and the evanescent world hath so deluded them [3.5s]

FRH.161

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11627

no title

240

Arabic

ان یا عبد قبل رحیم ان استمع ندآء الرحیم من هذا المنظر الکریم انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر العزیز الحکیم

O servant 'Abdu'r-Rahim! Hearken unto the Call of the All-Merciful from this glorious Scene. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Wise [3.5s]

FRH.022-023

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11628

no title

1950

Arabic

ان اشهد بما شهد الله فی جبروت اللسان ثم فی ملکوت القلم بانه لا اله الا هو

I bear witness to that which God hath testified in the dominion of utterance and in the kingdom of the Pen: that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

Berlin1237#06

NSS.136x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11629

no title

230

mixed

یا مظلوم ان المظلوم یذکرک و ینادیک فی سجنه الاعظم و یبشرک بعنایه الله رب

O Wronged One! The Wronged One remembereth thee and calleth unto thee from His Most Great Prison, and beareth unto thee glad tidings of God's grace, the Lord [3.5s]

FRH.073-074

Consolation and comfort; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11630

no title

220

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی بحر العرفان و شرب منه باسمی الرحمن لیجذبه ذکر

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Ocean of divine knowledge and hath drunk therefrom through My Name, the All-Merciful, that he may be drawn by this mention [3.5s]

YIA.480-481

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11631

no title

220

mixed

یا ورقتی علیک بهائی ذکرت نزد مظلوم مذکور و این آیات از سماء مشیت حضرت قیوم

O My Leaf! Upon thee be My glory! Thou art remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and these verses have descended from the heaven of the Will of the Lord, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

YIA.210-211

Creation of the world; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11632

no title

210

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتق بین ماء الفرقان و البیان باسمه الذی اذ ظهر خضعت الادیان و

Praise be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the waters of the Qur'an and the Bayán through His Name, at Whose appearance all religions bowed down in submission [3.5s]

BRL_DA#177, YIA.046

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11633

no title

210

mixed

فدای آن خلیل فارانی این ذلیل فانی حمد محبوب عالمیان را که نار جذب الهی در قلب

May this evanescent and lowly one be a sacrifice unto that Friend of Faran. Praise be to the Beloved of the worlds, for the fire of divine attraction hath been kindled in the heart [3.5s]

FRH.181-182

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

BH11634

no title

210

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اقبل اذ اعرض اکثر الخلق

This is a Book from Him Who is wronged unto him who hath turned towards Him when most of mankind turned away [3.5s]

NSS.120x

Contention and conflict; Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11635

no title

200

mixed

الحمد لربنا الذی فی بحبوحه البلاء دعا الخلق الی افقه الاعلی و اظهر بجوده

Praise be unto our Lord Who, in the midst of tribulation, summoned all creation unto His most exalted horizon and manifested through His bounty [3.5s]

YIA.188x

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11636

no title

200

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعلنی مظلوما اسیرا بین ایادی عباده و خلقه

Praise be to God, Who hath made me a wronged one, a captive in the hands of His servants and His creation [3.5s]

OSAI_TC 28r-29v,

YIA.190-191x

Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Prayer for unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11637

no title

200

mixed

یا ابن ابهر نزد مظلوم مذکور بوده و هستید لازال بعنایت حق فائز و باشراقات

O Ibn Abhar! Thou hast been and art remembered before this Wronged One. Through God's grace mayest thou ever be the recipient of His bounties and be illumined by His effulgences [3.5s]

YIA.177a

Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11638

no title

200

mixed

دیباج ام البیان من لدی الرحمن به این کلمه علیا مزین کن لی لاکون لک

Adorn thou the vesture of the Mother of Utterance, revealed from the All-Merciful, with this most exalted Word: "Be thou Mine, that I may be thine." [3.5s]

FRH.152-153

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11639

no title

190

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن تحرک من نسمات الوحی اذ اتی الرحمن بقدره و سلطان لتاخذه نفحات البیان

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who was stirred by the breezes of revelation when the All-Merciful came with His power and sovereignty, that the sweet perfumes of utterance might take hold of him [3.5s]

FRH.153

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11640

no title

190

Arabic

قد قامت القیمه و ظهر القائم و القیوم ینادی لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و الذی قام

The Hour hath come to pass, and the Self-Subsisting hath appeared and proclaimeth: "There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting." [3.5s]

FRH.055

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11641

no title

180

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Emancipation, The

Tablet of Emancipation

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذا قام مملوک لدی باب مملوک اخری و اراد من هذا المملوک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Behold how one slave hath stood at the door of another, seeking from him his freedom

BRL_DA#154

BRL_APBH#21

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11642

no title

180

mixed

بیقین مبین بدانید هر نفسی الیوم از کوثر محبت الهی آشامید و بافق اعلی توجه

Know with absolute certitude that whosoever hath in this Day drunk from the Kawthar of Divine love and turned toward the most exalted horizon [3.5s]

FRH.026

Parents and children; youth; families; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11643

no title

180

mixed

یا غلام رضا امر عظمیست و یوم عظیم طوبی از برای نفوسیکه باستقامت کبری بر امر

O Ghulám-Riḍá! Mighty indeed is this Cause, and momentous this Day! Blessed are they who, with supreme steadfastness, have stood firm in this Cause [3.5s]

FRH.071-072

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11644

no title

180

mixed

یا محمد علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد حضر العبد الحاضر بورقه کان فیها اسمک اسماء الذین آمنوا

O Muhammad! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! The servant who standeth present hath come with a leaf wherein thy name was inscribed among the names of them that have believed [3.5s]

YFY.231

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11645

no title

170

mixed

الحمد لله بلایا از هر جهت مشهود و رزایا بسیار و خارج از احصاء اخیار

Praise be to God! Tribulations are manifest from every direction, and calamities abound beyond reckoning [3.5s]

NSS.202x

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11646

no title

170

mixed

امروز بر هر یک از حزب الهی لازم که بقوت و قدرت صمدانی از خلیج اسما بگذرند تا

In this day it behooveth every one of the people of God, through the might and power of the All-Possessing, to pass beyond the gulf of names, that they may [3.5s]

NSS.092b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH11647

no title

170

mixed

حمد مالک وجود و مربی غیب و شهود را لایق و سزا که کاس بلا در حبش کوثر بقا و

Praise be unto the Lord of existence and the Educator of the seen and unseen, Who is worthy and deserving, Who hath transformed the chalice of tribulation in Ethiopia into the sweet waters of immortality [3.5s]

YFY.295x

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11648

no title

170

Arabic

یا محمد قبل طاهر ان افرح بما توجه الیک البحر الاعظم و اراد ان تقذف لک لئالی

O Muhammad-Táhir! Rejoice thou, inasmuch as the Most Great Ocean hath turned itself unto thee and desireth to cast before thee its pearls [3.5s]

FRH.352

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11649

no title

160

mixed

امروز باید دوستان الهی به نوری ظاهر باشند که عالم از او منور گردد و به ناری مشتعل

In this day must the friends of God appear with such a light that the world may be illumined by it, and be set ablaze with such a fire [3.5s]

FRH.020

Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11650

no title

160

Arabic

سبحانک یا من ناح المقربون فی فراقک و اشتعلت افئده المخلصین شوقا للقائک اسئلک بالاسم

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou at Whose separation the near ones have lamented and at Whose reunion the hearts of the sincere have been set aflame! I beseech Thee by the Name [3.5s]

SFI21.014b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

BH11651

no title

160

Arabic

سمعنا ندائک اجبناک بهذا الکتاب المبین فی هذا الحین الذی ماج فیه بحر عنایه ربک الرحمن

We have heard Thy call and have answered Thee through this perspicuous Book at this hour when the ocean of Thy Lord's loving-kindness, the All-Merciful, surgeth forth [3.5s]

FRH.181

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11652

no title

150

Persian

الها معبودا محبوبا مقصودا بکدام رو بملکوت ابهایت توجه نمایم و بکدام لسان طلب

My God, my Adored One, my Beloved, my Heart's Desire! With what countenance shall I turn toward Thy most glorious Kingdom, and with what tongue shall I make my supplication [3.5s]

BRL_DA#288

unknown

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for parents; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH11653

no title

150

Arabic

انا نذکر من سمی بمحمد قبل تقی لیفرح بهذا الذکر الذی به نطقت الاشیاء الملک لله

We make mention of him who was named Muhammad-before-Taqi, that he may rejoice in this remembrance whereby all things have proclaimed: "The Kingdom is God's!" [3.5s]

YIA.061

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11654

no title

150

Persian

ای حسن ایام ایام امتحان کبری است و افتتان عظمی بحبل عنایت متمسک شو و بذیل

O Hasan! These are the days of the Most Great Test and the Supreme Trial. Hold fast unto the cord of divine favour and cling to the hem [3.5s]

BRL_DA#599, SFI18.014

Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11655

no title

150

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن ذکر لدی العرش و فاز بانوار هذا الفجر الذی ظهر علی صوره الانسان

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath made mention before the Throne and hath attained unto the lights of this Dawn that hath appeared in human form [3.5s]

FRH.154

Contention and conflict; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11656

no title

140

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات کیف اراد انه لهو المقتدر العزیز الحکیم لا یعزب عن علمه من شی ء

Glorified be He Who hath sent down verses as He willeth! Verily He is the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Naught escapeth His knowledge [3.5s]

YIA.214

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11657

no title

140

mixed

الحمد لله الذی کسر اصنام الظنون باسمه القیوم... حاجی محمد کریم خان کرمانی سالی یک کتاب رد

Praise be to God Who, through His Name, the Self-Subsisting, hath shattered the idols of vain imaginings [3.5s]

NSS.202-203x

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11658

no title

140

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و توجه الی الوجه بعد فناء

The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed unto them that have believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, and have turned unto His Countenance after extinction [3.5s]

FRH.355

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11659

no title

130

Arabic

یا خلیل ان الجلیل سمع ندآئک مره بعد مره و اجابک بهذا اللوح العزیز البدیع الذی یجد منه

O Khalil! The All-Glorious hath heard thy call time and again, and hath answered thee through this sublime and wondrous Tablet, from which [3.5s]

FRH.183

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11660

no title

130

mixed

یا صفر قبل علی ندایت را شنیدیم و از شطر سجن بتو توجه نمودیم امروز از حفیف سدره منتهی

O Safar-'Alí! We have heard thy call and from the precincts of the Prison have turned towards thee. Today from the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BRL_DA#594, SFI19.016-017

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11661

no title

120

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اجتذب العباد ببیان ربه الرحمن و نطق امام الوجوه بما نطق به

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath drawn the servants through the utterance of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and hath spoken before all faces that which He hath spoken [3.5s]

BRL_DA#095, YIA.146

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11662

no title

120

mixed

اگرچه به قول قائل قبل رسائل این عبد در آن حضرت مسائل بیجواب و کلمات ناصواب بوده

Though, in the words of a speaker from former times, the letters this servant hath sent to thee are ostensibly questions that need no answer

SFI18.284

LOIR20.182

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11663

no title

950

mixed

قد فزت بزیاره کتابک الکریم قبلته و حضرت به تلقاء الوجه فلما قرات ما اثنیت به

I have verily been blessed with the visitation of thy noble letter; I received it and brought it before My face, and when I read that wherewith thou didst praise [3.5s]

BRL_DA#311, NSS.190x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Grammar and orthography; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

BH11664

no title

120

Arabic

یا عزیز ان احمد الله بما جعلک فائزا بلقاء من کان مکنونا فی علم الله و مسطورا

O beloved one! Give praise unto God for having enabled thee to attain the presence of Him Who was hidden in the knowledge of God and inscribed [3.5s]

FRH.310

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11665

no title

110

mixed

حمد ساحت حضرت مقصود را که اعراض و اعتراض عالم و اغماض و انکار امم او را از اراده

Praise be to the Court of the Divine Beloved, Whom the world's disdain and opposition, and the peoples' neglect and denial, have not deterred from His Purpose [3.5s]

NSS.204bx

Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11666

no title

110

mixed

حمد و ثنا ذکر و بیان مقصود امکانرا لایق و سزاست که اماء خود را توفیق عطا

Praise and glorification, remembrance and utterance, befit and are worthy of the Object of all contingent beings, Who hath graciously bestowed success upon His handmaidens [3.5s]

NSS.102x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11667

no title

110

Arabic

یا احبائی فی فاران یذکرکم الرحمن فی ایام فیها اشرق نیر المعانی من افق البیان

O My loved ones in Paran! The All-Merciful remembereth you in these days wherein the Luminary of inner meanings hath dawned from the horizon of utterance [3.5s]

FRH.065-066

Call to action; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11668

no title

110

mixed

یا علی محمد ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور اگر ثمره اینفقره را بیابی تا جان داری بلک

O 'Alí-Muḥammad! Thou art mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. Shouldst thou discover the fruit of this utterance, thou wouldst, as long as life endureth [3.5s]

SFI21.015

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11669

no title

100

Arabic

یا ابن ابهر علیک بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی و فضلی الذی احاط من فی السموات

O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be My glory, My loving-kindness, My mercy and My grace that hath encompassed them that are in the heavens [3.5s]

BRL_DA#096, YIA.174

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11670

no title

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی بما ایدت امائک علی التوجه الی انوار وجهک و الاقبال الی افق

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having strengthened Thy handmaidens to turn towards the light of Thy countenance and to advance toward the horizon [3.5s]

YIA.213-214

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women

BH11671

no title

mixed

ذکر و بها مخصوص متغمسین لجه بحر انقطاع است که مفتریات عالم و ثروت امم ایشان را

Praise and glory belong to those who have immersed themselves in the ocean of detachment, whom neither the calumnies of the world nor the wealth of nations can deter [3.5s]

NSS.203bx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11672

no title

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی اسئلک باسمک الذی سبقت رحمتک کل الاشیاء و اشرقت شمس جمال

Praise be to Thee, O God! O my God and my Beloved! I ask Thee, by Thy Name by which Thy mercy anticipated all things

ADM1#082 p.143

BP1929.030-031, ADMS#127

almunajat.com [item 40]

BH11673

no title

mixed

ای مهاجر فی سبیل الله حمد کن که در مصیبت کبری که بر جمال قدم و احبابش وارد

O thou who hast migrated in the path of God! Render thanks that in the supreme calamity which hath befallen the Ancient Beauty and His loved ones [3.5s]

YFY.075

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11674

no title

Detachment is as the sun; in whatsoever heart it doth shine it quencheth the fire of covetousness and self. He whose sight is illumined with the light of understanding will assuredly detach himself from the world and the vanities thereof…

BW_v01p042

K. Key

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Manifestation of God as sun; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11675

no title

I came not to proclaim that which ye already possess. Verily, verily, this day is a new day; He that hath come is the Wondrous, and His bidding the wonder of all that is in heaven and on earth

BW_v01p042

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH11676

no title

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Verily, I say, fasting is the supreme remedy and the most great healing for the disease of self and passion

BRL_IOPF#1.17x

Rosalynd & Pascal

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11677

no title

400

mixed

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بسراج الذی اشتعل فی قطب الاکوان و احاطته اریاح الاحزان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Lamp that hath blazed forth at the axis of all creation and been encompassed by the winds of sorrow [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Da'iras and haykals; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11678

no title

230

Arabic

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندائی ثم ابک ببکائی ثم افرح بفرحی ثم اصعد الی سمائی و سیر فی

O My Name! Hearken unto My call, then weep with My weeping, then rejoice with My joy, then ascend unto My heaven and soar [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

Idolatry; Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11679

no title

260

Arabic

انا کنا ماشیا فی البیت فی لیله الدعجاء شدیده الظلماء تاره کنا ناظرا الی منظر

Verily, We were walking in the House on a night of deep gloom and intense darkness, at times gazing upon the vista [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

Accounts of dreams and visions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11680

no title

100

Arabic

هذا کتاب مبین نزل للامین الذی آمن بیوم الدین و سلک منهج الیقین ان یا امین لو

This is a perspicuous Book sent down unto the Trustworthy One, who hath believed in the Day of Judgment and hath traversed the path of certitude. O Trustworthy One [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11681

no title

Arabic

کل من سجن لا ینبغی ان یحزن بل یلیق له بان یستبشر لانه اتبع مولاه فی السجن کما

Everyone who is imprisoned should not grieve, but rather it behooveth him to rejoice, for he hath followed his Lord in prison even as [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

BH11682

no title

Arabic

کنتُ عبداً قبل ان یخلق الوجود من العدم و قبل ان یرتفع اعلام الهویه علی اتلال القدم

I was a servant before existence was fashioned from nothingness, and ere the banners of Identity were raised upon the ancient hills of eternity [3.5s]

SAM.186x, MSBH1.451x

BH11683

no title

Arabic

نسئل الله تعالی ان یحفظ حضرة السلطان عبد المجید خان الذی به اطمئنت القلوب... یا ابا المعالی علیک سلام الله و بهائه لعمری ما انقطع نفحات ذکرک

We beseech God, exalted be He, to protect His Majesty Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majíd Khán, through whom hearts have found tranquility... O Abu'l-Ma'álí! Upon thee be the peace of God and His splendor. By My life, the fragrant breezes of thy remembrance have never ceased [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.178ax,

BH11684

no title

Arabic

ان یا مهدی فألق التکبیر علی وجهه من لدن هذا المسجون و قل یا عبد

O Mihdi! Cast thy glorification upon His countenance, from this Prisoner, and say: O servant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.180ax,

BH11685

no title

390

Persian

یا ذبیح این سنه سنه شداد است و تفصیل امور تا حال به آن جناب ذکر نشد

O Zabih! This year is a year of severe tribulation, and the details of these matters have not hitherto been conveyed unto thee [3.5s]

SFI04.211

BH11686

no title

120

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بأنوار الوجه و سمع ندآء ربه العلیم الحکیم

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of the Countenance and hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.076a

BRL_DA#067

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH11687

no title

1900

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصود را سزاوار که بکلمه مبارکه طیبه طاهره عباد نورانی شفقت

Praise befitteth Him Who is the Object of all desire, Who through His blessed, pure and sanctified Word hath caused His servants to be illumined with tender mercy [3.5s]

BRL_DA#480

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11688

no title

1850

mixed

مختصری از تفصیل این عبد آنکه بعد از ارتقای روح نیّر اعظم از ظلم مشرکین

A brief account by this servant concerning the ascension of the Most Great Luminary through the oppression of the ungodly [3.5s]

RHQM1.343-350x (417) (253-258x)

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11689

no title

1560

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از حرکه قلم اعلی اهل ناسوت انشاء

Praise be unto the Lord, the Desired One, Who alone is worthy and befitting, Who through the movement of the Most Exalted Pen hath brought forth the people of the earthly realm [3.5s]

BRL_DA#530

Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11690

no title

1500

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که باسا و ضرای عالم را مخصوص راحت و رفعت و عزت

Praise be unto Him, the Desired One, Who alone is worthy and deserving, Who hath ordained the tribulations and hardships of the world for its tranquility, exaltation and glory [3.5s]

TISH.251-255x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11691

no title

1500

mixed

حمد و ثنا سزاوار اولیا بوده و هست که ظهورات اراده الهی و مشیت رحمانی از ایشان ظاهر

Praise and glorification befit the chosen ones, from whom were made manifest the revelations of the Divine Will and the Purpose of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

TISH.054-058

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11692

no title

1500

Arabic

شهد ربنا و مقصودنا بوحدانیته ذاته و فردانیته نفسه و نشهد بما شهد

Our Lord and our Goal hath borne witness unto His Own Oneness through His Essence, and His Singleness through His Self, and We bear witness unto that whereunto He hath testified [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.212

BH11693

no title

1180

mixed

امروز حمد و شکر مخصوص اولیاست یعنی نفوسی که برحیق مختوم رسیده و میرسند

In this day praise and thanksgiving are reserved for the chosen ones - those souls who have attained, and continue to attain, unto the Sealed Wine [3.5s]

BRL_DA#522

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11694

no title

1110

mixed

الحمد لله الذی عرفنا امره و علمنا ظهوره و هدانا الی صراطه و کشف لنا ما

Praise be to God Who hath made known unto us His Cause, taught us of His Manifestation, guided us unto His Path, and unveiled unto us that which [3.5s]

TISH.389-392

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11695

no title

1040

mixed

سبحان الذی اظهر لنا ما کان مسطورا فی کتابه و مکنونا فی علمه و شرفنا بلقائه

Glorified be He Who hath manifested unto us that which was inscribed in His Book and concealed within His knowledge, and Who hath honored us with His presence [3.5s]

BRL_DA#529

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11696

no title

1030

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را سزاست که بانوار آفتاب حقیقت مدن و دیار را بنور معرفت

All praise be befitting unto Him Who is the Ultimate Goal, Who hath illumined the cities and regions with the rays of the Sun of Truth and with the light of knowledge [3.5s]... ...O My loved-ones in that land! Ye are the keys to the portals of constancy amidst the people and the standard of guidance among the creatures. Through you the oneness of God’s essence and His sanctity hath been established

BRL_DA#523, TZH5.389x

RIDA.111-112x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11697

no title

1000

mixed

الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه من کلماته العلیا و بها فصل بین العباد فی ناسوت الانشاء

Praise be unto God, Who hath spoken forth one Word from among His exalted Words, and thereby hath distinguished between His servants in the realm of creation [3.5s]

BRL_DA#525

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11698

no title

968

mixed

شهد الله فی قطب البقا بانه لا اله الا هو المهیمن العزیز الممتنع القدیر و اشهد فی عرش

God beareth witness in the Realm of Eternity that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, the All-Powerful, and I bear witness at the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.341

BRL_DA#554

Personal instructions; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11699

no title

800

mixed

در این یوم نیر کتاب مبین ندا میفرماید و کل را بما یقربهم الی الله دعوت مینماید

In this Day the Luminary of the Manifest Book proclaimeth, summoning all unto that which draweth them nigh unto God [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.182

BH11700

no title

780

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها حجه من عنده علی العالمین و بها نزل من

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a testimony from His presence unto the peoples of all the worlds, and through them hath descended [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p235

Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11701

no title

740

mixed

فاعتبروا یا اولی الابصار ثم اعتبروا یا اولی الانظار ثم فکروا یا اولی الافکار

Take heed, O ye that have eyes to see! Take heed, O ye that are endued with sight! Reflect then, O ye that are possessed of thought [3.5s]

TISH.415-417

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11702

no title

690

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه ما یقرب الناس الی الله بارئهم

This is a Book that speaketh with truth, and wherein is mentioned that which draweth mankind nigh unto God, their Creator [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p291

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11703

no title

680

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل من سماء البیان ماء و احیی به العباد و ارسل الیهم الرسل

Praise be to God, Who hath sent down from the heaven of utterance the water whereby He hath quickened His servants and dispatched unto them His Messengers [3.5s]

TISH.049-051

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11704

no title

680

mixed

لله الحمد نفحات کلمه الهی متضوع و عرف قمیص منتشر و نور امر ساطع طوبی از برای

Praise be to God! The fragrances of the Divine Word are diffused, the aroma of the sacred vesture is spread abroad, and the light of His Cause is resplendent. Blessed are they who [3.5s]

TISH.061-062

Business; financial; property matters; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11705

no title

654

Arabic

تلک آیات الروح قد نزلت بالحق من سحاب حزن عظیم و لو تشهد ببصر الروح

These are the verses of the Spirit that have been sent down in truth from the cloud of grievous sorrow, if thou wouldst but behold with the eye of the spirit [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.422

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11706

no title

643

mixed

مکتوب آن ورقه رضوان رسید و زیارت شد اگرچه در این ایام حزن بشانی احاطه نموده

The letter from that leaf of Paradise was received and perused. Though in these days sorrow hath encompassed in such wise [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.449

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH11707

no title

640

Arabic

To Set the World in Order

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و القدره و الاختیار یفعل ما یشاء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the grandeur and the power, the might and the dominion. He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]... And then the voice of the Divine Lote-Tree sounded, calling aloud and saying: Praise be unto God Who hath ordained marriage to be a portal

BRL_DA#536, BRL_SWOP#001x

BRL_SWO#001x

Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for married couples; Unity in diversity

BH11708

no title

630

mixed

حمد اسم اعظم را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا اهل ناسوت

Praise be unto the Most Great Name, Who through His exalted Word hath summoned the denizens of the mortal realm [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.187

BH11709

no title

610

mixed

امروز مظلوم از شطر سجن اهل عالم را ندا مینماید و ببحر اعظم دعوت میکند

In this day the Wronged One calleth from the prison-quarter unto the peoples of the world and summoneth them unto the Most Great Ocean [3.5s]

BRL_DA#457

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11710

no title

583

Arabic

تالله الحق ما حضر بین یدی العرش من کلماتک فی عرفانک نفس الله و اثباتک علی امره

By God, the True One! None of thy words concerning thy recognition of the Self of God and thy steadfastness in His Cause have been presented before the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.426

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11711

no title

580

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه رحمه للعالمین و قد خلق الله من حرف عما نزل

This is the Book that speaketh with truth, wherein lieth mercy unto all the worlds, and God hath created from its letters that which hath been sent down [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p293

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11712

no title

575

mixed

ان یا عبد اتق الله فی نفسک و کن فی عصمه من لدنا بحیث لایحزنک شیء و لا یکدرک

O servant! Fear God in thine own self and abide beneath Our protection, that naught shall grieve thee nor disturb thy peace [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.239

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH11713

no title

523

mixed

شعری از آنجناب بر ورقه که نظر بالتفات این عبد مرقوم فرموده بودیم و این عبد

A poem from that eminence was inscribed upon a leaf whereon We had graciously penned Our regard for this servant, and this servant [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.397

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11714

no title

520

mixed

شهد المظلوم بما شهد اللّه قبل خلق الأشیآء انّه لا اله الّا هو لم یزل کان مقدّساً

The Wronged One beareth witness unto that which God Himself testified before the creation of all things, that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]

BRL_DA#216

Chastisement and requital; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Muhammad; Islam; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11715

no title

500

mixed

ای کلیم بشنو ندای جمال قدیم را و بایست بر امر الله بقیامیکه ارجل مضطربین

O Moses! Hearken unto the Voice of the Ancient Beauty, and arise to uphold the Cause of God with such steadfastness as shall cause the feet of them that waver to be made firm [3.5s]

BRL_DA#366, SFI10.016-018

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11716

no title

498

Arabic

ان یا امه الله اشهدی علی انه لا اله الا هو و کل له ساجدون فتوکلی علی الله

O handmaid of God! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Him, and all before Him are worshippers prostrate. Therefore place thy trust in God [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.233

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11717

no title

490

mixed

یا علی علیک سلام الله و عنایته تو شاهد و عالم گواه که اینمظلوم حزب الله را

O 'Alí! Upon thee be God's salutations and His loving-kindness! Thou art witness, and the All-Knowing doth testify, that this Wronged One hath [addressed] the party of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#309

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as educator; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11718

no title

480

Persian

ذکر قلم و مداد قبل از نگارش حروف و الفاظ ذکر مالک ایجاد بوده و خواهد بود

The remembrance of the Pen and Ink, ere the inscription of letters and words, hath been and shall ever be the remembrance of the Lord of Creation [3.5s]

BRL_DA#514

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11719

no title

479

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس نزلت من لدی الله الواحد الفرد الاحد و یدعو الناس الی فردوس

These are the verses of holiness sent down from God, the One, the Incomparable, the Single, calling mankind unto Paradise [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.420

Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11720

no title

440

mixed

این حکم محکم مبرم در این حین از شطر سجن اعظم ظاهر نشهد انکم کنتم لله و لا شک

This binding and irrevocable decree hath, in this very hour, been manifested from the precincts of the Most Great Prison: Bear ye witness that ye belong unto God, without doubt [3.5s]

SAAF.198x, TISH.255-256

Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11721

no title

430

Arabic

ذکر بدیع من العبد الی الذی آمن باللّه و کان من المهتدین فی الواح الرّوح مسطورا

A wondrous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and was among the guided ones, inscribed in the Tablets of the Spirit [3.5s]

BRL_DA#119

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11722

no title

420

Arabic

هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته لیستقیم علی الامر و ینقطع

This is an Epistle from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His signs, that he may stand firm in the Cause and be detached [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p380

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11723

no title

400

mixed

حمد مالک اسماء و فاطر سماء را لایق و سزاست که بکلمهٴ علیا نطق فرمود فی الحین ماج

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Lord of Names and the Creator of Heaven, Who hath uttered the Most Exalted Word, whereupon arose the surging [3.5s]

BRL_DA#339

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Living waters; water of life; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11724

no title

400

Arabic

فاظهر اللهم فی هذا العید قدرتک و سلطانک علی من فی سمائک و ارضک سبحانک

O my God! Manifest Thou on this Festival Day Thy power and dominion over all who dwell in Thy heavens and upon Thy earth. Glory be unto Thee [3.5s]

BRL_DA#521

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for teaching; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH11725

no title

380

mixed

حمد مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که اولیای خود را لازال ذکر نموده و مینماید... یا حبیب فؤادی حضرت افنان علیه منکلّ بهآء ابهاه

Praise be unto Him Who is the Aim and End of all creation, Who hath remembered and doth ever remember His loved ones [3.5s]... ...O beloved of my heart! According to what the illustrious Afnán, upon him rest all the Glory of the Most Glorious, hath written, a plot of land hath been purchased in the name of God

TZH6.998x, TISH.052-053

RIDA.030-031x

Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11726

no title

380

mixed

یا علی قبل اکبر علیک بهائی نامه ات را اسمی مهدی علیه عنایتی و رحمتی بساحت

O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! Upon thee be My glory! Thy letter hath been received at the threshold by My Name Mahdí, upon whom rest My loving-kindness and mercy [3.5s]

TISH.069-070

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The concourse on high

BH11727

no title

370

mixed

حسب الامر باید آن محبوبان و اولیا عمل نمایند آنچه را که سبب فرح و سرور دولت

According to the command, those beloved and chosen ones must act in such wise as shall conduce to the joy and exultation of the state [3.5s]

TISH.246-247

Goodly deeds; actions; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11728

no title

370

Arabic

قد اتی المیقات و اتی منزل الایات من سماء الامر بقوه لاتضعفها ظلم الاشرار

Verily the decreed time has arrived and the Revealer of verses has come from the Heaven of His Cause with a power that will not be weakened by the tyrannies of the evil-doers

BRL_DA#412, TZH5.390-391, TISH.238-239

RIDA.112-114

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11729

no title

360

Arabic

حنین الله قد ارتفع بالحق من مظهر نفسه الذی وقع تحت مخالیب البغضا و لم یکن

The lamentation of God hath verily been raised in truth from the Manifestation of His Self, Who hath fallen beneath the claws of hatred and was not [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p381

Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11730

no title

360

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک … فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه المشرکین

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Whom Thou hast manifested and made His Revelation identical with Thine own Self-Revelation... in this Dispensation wherein the faces of the ungodly were darkened [3.5s]

BRL_DA#345

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11731

no title

360

Persian

یا جوان روحانی مطلب و مقصود شما در ساحت امنع اقدس بسرف اصغاء فائز

O spiritual youth! Thy desire and purpose have been graciously heard in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.164

BH11732

no title

351

mixed

شهادت میدهد این ذره دکا عند تشعشع جمال ازلیت تو در این لیل صما تلقاء تلالو

This infinitesimal atom beareth witness, at the effulgence of Thy Ancient Beauty in this darksome night, before the radiance [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.297

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11733

no title

342

Arabic

و لقد ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا لایعادل بحرف منه ما خلق و یخلق و انه لتنزیل

Verily, We have sent unto thee aforetime a Tablet, a single letter whereof surpasseth whatsoever hath been created and shall be created, and it is, indeed, a revelation [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.529

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11734

no title

340

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک و طلقه من طلقاتک تقربت الیک و توکلت علیک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens and a leaf among Thy leaves who hath drawn nigh unto Thee and placed her trust in Thee [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.250

BH11735

no title

330

mixed

یا حسین علیک بهائی نشهد انک فزت بما کان مسطورا فی اللوح و مرقوما من القلم

O Husayn! Upon thee rest My Glory! I testify that thou hast attained unto that which was concealed in the Tablet as inscribed by the Supreme Pen at the behest of God, the Lord of both worlds

BRL_DA#520, TZH5.394-395, TISH.242-243

RIDA.118-119

Justice and wrath of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority

BH11736

no title

325

mixed

ان یا مهدی فاشهد بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل خلقوا بامره و کل له

O Mihdi! Bear thou witness that verily there is no God but Him. His is all creation and command, and all were created by His bidding, and all are His [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.326

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11737

no title

323

Arabic

سبحان الذی یذکر امائه اللواتی آمن به و انقطعن عما یکرهه رضاه و سلکن مناهج

Glorified be He Who maketh mention of His handmaidens who have believed in Him, who have detached themselves from whatsoever is repugnant to His good-pleasure, and who have walked His paths [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.454

Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role and station of women

BH11738

no title

320

Arabic

قد حضر عندنا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه و نجیبنک بما یلقی الله

Your letter hath reached Our presence, and We have perused its contents, and We shall respond unto thee with that which God shall cast [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p383

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11739

no title

320

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالم الی الاسم الاعظم و یسمعهم ندآء الله

A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the world nigh unto the Most Great Name and causeth them to hearken unto the Call of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#469

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11740

no title

310

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من سماء البیان بالحجه و البرهان انه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come from the heaven of divine utterance with proof and testimony [3.5s]

BRL_DA#429

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom

BH11741

no title

306

Arabic

ان اشهد یا ایها الحبیب بان النور جلا و تجلی و البطون ظهر او تظهر و السماء شقا و تشقا

O beloved friend, bear thou witness that the Light hath shone forth and become manifest, that the hidden hath been revealed and shall be unveiled, and that the heavens have been cleft asunder and are being rent [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.306

Apocalyptic imagery; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11742

no title

303

mixed

حرف جیم بل جوهر حجیم عریضه غلا لله در ساحه قدس... اما سمعت بان حجتی ذاتی و برهانی نفسی و دلیلی و ظهوری

O letter Jim, nay rather O essence of Hell! The supplication of God's servants in the sacred precincts... Hast thou not heard that My proof is Mine own Self, My evidence is Mine own Being, and My testimony and manifestation are Mine own Reality [3.5s]

NLAI_BH2.278

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Word of God is its own standard

BH11743

no title

300

Arabic

ان یا تقی فاعلم بان حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و التفتت الیه لحظات الله ربک

O Taqi! Know thou that thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the glances of God, thy Lord, have turned towards it [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p398

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11744

no title

300

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا المظلوم الی الذی هاجر فی سبیل الله و کان

This is an Epistle from this Wronged One unto him who hath emigrated in the path of God and was [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p424

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11745

no title

290

mixed

الحمد لله الذی وفق اولیائه علی الاستقامه الکبری و ایدهم علی اعلاء الامر

Praise be unto God Who hath enabled His loved ones to attain supreme steadfastness and hath strengthened them to exalt His Cause [3.5s]

TISH.051-052

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11746

no title

290

mixed

کتاب نزل بالفضل لمن اقبل فی یوم فیه اعرض الناس عن الله رب العالمین

The Book hath been sent down through grace unto him who hath turned towards God on a Day wherein mankind hath turned away from the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BRL_DA#460

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11747

no title

286

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی العبد الی التی آمنت بالله ربها و کانت من القانتات فی ام الکتاب

This is an epistle from the servant unto her who hath believed in God, her Lord, and hath been numbered among the devout in the Mother Book [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.249

Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11748

no title

280

Arabic

To Set the World in Order

الحمد لله الذی نور العالم بنیر لاح و اشرق من فجر الظهور فی افق سماء بیان الرحمن

Praised be God, Who hath adorned the heaven of love with the stars of unity and harmony, and hath ordained that in the world of being marriage be the chief instrument

BRL_DA#517, BRL_SWOP#093x

BRL_SWO#093x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for married couples; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11749

no title

280

Arabic

قد ارسلنا الیک کتابا منه تنجذب افئده العارفین من کان له نصیب فی الحیوه

We have sent unto thee a Book by which the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding are irresistibly drawn, such as have been granted a portion in life [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.039

Apocalyptic imagery; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11750

no title

272

Arabic

ان یا ربابه ان استمعی ندآء الرباب عن جهه ربک العزیز الوهاب لتجذبک نفحات رب الارباب

O Rubábih! Hearken thou unto the melody of the Lord from the direction of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, that the fragrances of the Lord of Lords may draw thee nigh [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.456b

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11751

no title

270

mixed

یا حیدر علیک بهائی نامه‌ئی جناب سیاح بعبد حاضر نوشته و در آن نامه اظهار تبری

O Haydar, upon thee be My glory! A letter from his honor Sayyáḥ was written to 'Abdu'l-Ḥáḍir, wherein he declared his repudiation [3.5s]

BRL_DA#519

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11752

no title

260

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبادک و فی قبضتک و ما اردنا الا ما اردته

Glorified art Thou, O my God! We are Thy servants, within Thy grasp, and we desire naught save that which Thou hast desired [3.5s]

BRL_DA#215

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11753

no title

260

Arabic

یا ورقتی ان استمعی ندائی من شطر عکا انه لا اله الا انا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء

O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My call from the precincts of 'Akká. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Creator of the heavens and the Lord of Names [3.5s]

TISH.619-620

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11754

no title

250

mixed

ای مجید بدست خود تو را تربیت فرمودم و در رضوان منیع تو را غرس نمودم

O Majíd! With Mine own hand have I nurtured thee, and within Mine exalted paradise have I planted thee [3.5s]

NLI.32p154v

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11755

no title

250

Arabic

ذکر ورقه الهویة فی شاطی القدس علی اغصان سدرة الفردوس ان یا اهل العرش فاسمعون

The mention of the Divine Leaf upon the holy shore, amidst the branches of the Celestial Lote-Tree. O ye dwellers of the Throne, hearken ye [3.5s]

BRL_DA#172

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11756

no title

250

mixed

قد اشرق نیر البشاره بما اتصلت الافنان بالسدره المبارکه و فی ذکر الشجره

The Luminary of glad-tidings hath verily dawned, inasmuch as the branches have been united with the blessed Lote-Tree, and in remembrance of the Tree [3.5s]

TISH.023-024

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11757

no title

250

Arabic

قد نطقت الذرات بما نطق منزل الآیات اذ اتی بالبیّنات التی عجز عن الاتیان

The atoms have spoken even as the Revealer of Verses spoke when He came with clear proofs which none could match [3.5s]

BRL_DA#195

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11758

no title

250

Arabic

یا علی علیک بهائی ان المظلوم لایشکو من البلایا و ما ورد علی الاولیاء فی سبیل الله

O 'Alí, upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One complaineth not of tribulations, nor of that which hath befallen the favored ones in the path of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#427

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11759

no title

240

mixed

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

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

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

BRL_DA#088

BRL_ATBH#79

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

BH11760

no title

240

mixed

از اول خلق لا اول بوده و الی آخر لا آخر خواهد بود و مقصود از جمیع این آفرینش

From the beginning that hath no beginning He hath been, and unto the end that shall have no end He shall ever be, and the purpose of all creation [3.5s]

NLI.32p035v

Nearness and remoteness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11761

no title

240

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم لاسمه

Praise be unto God Who hath made the line, formed from the Primal Point manifest in the letter Bá, the adorning seal of His Name [3.5s]

BRL_DA#305x

Apocalyptic imagery; Creation of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH11762

no title

240

mixed

Social Action

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

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

BRL_DA#392

BRL_SOCIAL#201x

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

BH11763

no title

240

Arabic

To Set the World in Order

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان و اعترف بما انکره اهل الارض الا من شاء

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith and hath acknowledged that which the peoples of the earth have denied, save whom He hath willed [3.5s]... ...God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, Who is potent to do whatsoever He willeth. He ruleth over His dominion as He pleaseth

BRL_DA#551, BRL_SWOP#015x

BRL_SWO#015x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11764

no title

240

mixed

یا علی اکبر یذکرک مالک القدر فی سجنه الاکبر و یبشرک بفضله و عطائه

O 'Alí-Akbar! The Lord of Destiny remembereth thee from His Most Great Prison, and giveth thee glad tidings of His grace and bounty [3.5s]

TISH.063

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11765

no title

230

Arabic

لوح انزله مالک القدم لمن اقبل الیه و فاز بیومه المذکور فی کتب النبیین

A Tablet revealed by the Ancient King unto him who hath turned unto Him and attained unto His Day, which is mentioned in the Books of the Prophets [3.5s]

TISH.567

Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH11766

no title

230

mixed

یا داود رب ودود میفرماید در کتاب مبین از قلم اعلی نازل شده آنچه که حصنی است

O Dawud! The All-Loving Lord proclaimeth in the Perspicuous Book that which hath been sent down through the Most Exalted Pen as a stronghold [3.5s]

BRL_DA#513

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11767

no title

224

mixed

مراسله شما که باشارات حبیه و رشحات جذبیه مرشح بود واصل شد و بین یدی العرش

Thy missive, which was redolent with loving allusions and imbued with the dewdrops of attraction, hath been received and laid before the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.399

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11768

no title

210

mixed

یا قاسم جناب علی اکبر علیه بهائی در مراتب محبت و شفقت و عفو شما ذکری نمود

O Qásim! His honour 'Alí-Akbar—upon him be My glory—hath made mention of thy love, kindliness and forgiveness [3.5s]

TISH.396

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11769

no title

205

Arabic

ذکر من العبد الی التی آمنت ثم هدی و رجعت الی وطن القرب فی جوار ربها العلی الاعلی

A remembrance from the Servant unto her who believed and was guided, and returned unto the homeland of nearness in the vicinity of her Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.255

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11770

no title

202

Arabic

ان استمع ما یسمعک نغمات الله من نغمات عز بدیعا و یوحی الیک من شطر ربک ما سطر

Hearken unto that which maketh thee hear the melodies of God, wondrous melodies of glory, and revealeth unto thee from the direction of thy Lord that which hath been inscribed [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.389

Apocalyptic imagery; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11772

no title

200

Arabic

قل لک الحمد یا الهی و سیدی و سندی بما ایدتنی علی عرفان مطلع آیاتک

Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs

BRL_DA#199

BRL_APBH#19

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH11773

no title

200

Arabic

یا میر یذکرک المظلوم فی حین احاطته الاحزان بما اکتسبت ایدی الذین انکروا

O Prince! The Wronged One remembereth thee at the hour when sorrows have encompassed Him through that which the hands of them that have denied have wrought [3.5s]

BRL_DA#490

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11774

no title

196

Arabic

فسبحان الذی ینزل الایات کیف یشاء یضل منها عباد و یهتدی آخرون لم یزل کان

Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses as He willeth, whereby certain servants go astray while others are guided! Ever hath He been [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.254

Being a source of light; guidance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11775

no title

190

Arabic

ان یا ورقه الحب اسمعی ندآء ربک عن شطر هذا السجن لتجذبک نغمات الرحمن

O leaf of love! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Prison, that the melodies of the All-Merciful may draw thee [3.5s]

BRL_DA#203

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11776

no title

190

Arabic

سبحان الذی قد اظهر من یشاء بما یشاء للقیام بامره و الاظهار لحکمه

Glorified be He Who manifesteth whomsoever He willeth through whatsoever He willeth for the purpose of His Cause and the revelation of His wisdom [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.299

BH11777

no title

190

mixed

یا بن ابهر علیک بهآء اللّه مالک القدر ان استمع ما ینادیک به اللّه رب العالمین انا القینا

O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Destiny. Hearken unto that which God, the Lord of all worlds, calleth unto thee. Verily, We have cast [3.5s]

BRL_DA#180

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11778

no title

187

mixed

امروز اگر گفته شود تمام عالم یک بصر است و یا یک سمع صحیح است چه که ذره

In this day, if it be said that the whole world hath become as a single eye, or a single ear, verily this would be true, for every [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.080

East and West; communication between East and West; Knowledge of self; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11779

no title

180

Arabic

یا محمد قبل طاهر یذکرک فی هذا اللیل من طاف حوله الملا الاعلی و اهل الفرودس

O Muhammad-Qablí-Táhir! He round Whom circle the Concourse on High and the dwellers of Paradise maketh mention of thee on this night [3.5s]

KHSH17.274

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11780

no title

178

mixed

مقصود از آفرینش ظهور این یوم امنع اقدس که در کتب و صحف و زبر الهی بیوم الله

The purpose of creation is the manifestation of this Most Exalted, Most Holy Day, which in the divine Books, Scrolls and Tablets is known as the Day of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#389

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11781

no title

171

mixed

شمع در سوز و دل در گداز معلوم نه که سبب این چه و علت آن کدام قومی بر آنند

The candle in its burning and the heart in its melting—it remaineth unknown what causeth this and wherefore it hath come to pass. Some there are who [3.5s]

NLAI_BH2.021.08

QALAM.009-010, QALAM.017

Fire and light; fire and water; Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11782

no title

170

mixed

ای ورقه انشاء الله از نسایم اراده رحمانیه از سدره ربانیه متمایل و متحرک باشی

O Leaf! God willing, mayest thou be swayed and stirred by the breezes of the divine Will from the celestial Tree [3.5s]

BRL_DA#343, SFI22.014a

Chastisement and requital; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11783

no title

170

Arabic

قد سمعنا ندائک و اجبناک ان ربک لهو المجیب انه معک و ینصرک بالحق انه لهو المقتدر

We have hearkened unto thy call and answered thee, for verily thy Lord is the All-Responding. He is with thee and aideth thee through the truth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.035

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11784

no title

170

Arabic

انی اذکر علیک من رشحات النور ینجذبک الی ساحه سلطان السرور

I make mention unto thee of the dewdrops of light that shall draw thee unto the court of the Sovereign of joy [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.252

BH11785

no title

168

Arabic

ان یا مجید قد نزل الروح بمجده من ملکوتی و الکلیم بایاته و الحبیب بمعراجه

O Majíd! The Spirit hath descended in His glory from My Kingdom, and He Who conversed with God with His signs, and the Beloved One with His ascension [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.062

Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Proclamation to Christians; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11786

no title

168

Arabic

قد اتی الیوم و کفر القوم بالله المقتدر الجبار اتت العلامات و نزلت الایات و الناس

The Day hath indeed come, and the people have denied God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling. The signs have appeared and the verses have been sent down, yet the people [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.041

Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11787

no title

160

Persian

نوشته شما رسید و ما قضا فیه مبرهن گشت در جمیع احوال باید ناظر بحق

Your letter hath been received, and that which was set forth therein became evident. In all conditions one must fix one's gaze upon the Truth [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.295

BH11788

no title

160

Arabic

هذا کتاب قد نزل بالحق لمن حضر لدی عرش ربه الرحمن الرحیم و اخذته نفحات الوحی

This is a Book that hath been sent down in truth unto him who hath attained the presence of his Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate, and whom the breezes of revelation have enfolded [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.037

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11789

no title

160

Arabic

یا یحیی تحرک قلمی الاعلی بین الوری فی العشی و الاشراق و دعا الکل

O Yahya! My Most Exalted Pen moveth amidst the peoples at eventide and at dawn, summoning all [3.5s]

BRL_DA#458

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11790

no title

159

Arabic

ذکری عباد الذین انجذبوا من نفحات ایام ربهم مالک الاسماء و الصفات و آمنوا

A remembrance of the servants who were drawn by the fragrances of the days of their Lord, the Lord of Names and Attributes, and who believed [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.044b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11791

no title

158

Arabic

ذکر کتاب من العبد الی التی آمنت بالله و کانت من القانتات فی صحف القدس مسطورا

The mention of the Book, from the servant to her who hath believed in God and was numbered among the devout ones in the sacred scrolls, inscribed [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.349b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11792

no title

153

Arabic

هذا کتاب یهدی المخلصین الی سلسبیل رحمه ربهم المختار و یحفظهم من اشارات الذین

This is a Book that guideth the sincere unto the fountain-spring of their chosen Lord's mercy and shieldeth them from the intimations of those who [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.051b

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11793

no title

150

Arabic

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Law of fasting; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

هذه لیله من لیالی الصیام و فیها نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریاء انه لا اله الا

This is one of the nights of the Fast, and during it the Tongue of Grandeur and Glory proclaimed: There is no God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting

BRL_IOPF#1.14x

BH11794

no title

150

Arabic

ان یا عبد المومن بالله اسمع قول من یدعوک الی الله خالصا لوجهه و ما اراد لاحد

O thou servant steadfast in the faith of God! Hearken unto the voice of him who calleth thee unto God, purely for His sake, seeking naught for any soul [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.031b

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11795

no title

150

Arabic

انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر ان یا طالب ان المطلوب

We make mention of him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. O seeker, verily the Sought One [3.5s]

BRL_DA#300

Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11796

no title

150

Arabic

لو ترانی لاتعرفنی بما ورد علی فی سبیل ربک العزیز المختار لااشکو بما ورد علی

Shouldst thou behold Me, thou wouldst not recognize Me by reason of what hath befallen Me in the path of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. I do not complain of what hath come upon Me [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.036

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11797

no title

150

Arabic

یا احباء الله انتم مصابیح الدجی قد خلقتم لهذه الایام التی فیها اخذت الظلمه من فی الارض

O beloved ones of God! Ye are the lamps of darkness, created for these days wherein gloom hath encompassed them that dwell upon earth [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.033

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11798

no title

150

Arabic

یا عباد الرحمن قدسوا قلوبکم عن الظنون و الاوهام لتجدوا لذه سلسبیل البیان انه جری

O servants of the All-Merciful! Sanctify your hearts from fancies and vain imaginings, that ye may taste the sweetness of the celestial stream of utterance, which floweth [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.030

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11799

no title

149

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و قرء تلقاء العرش اقسمت فیه الله بان یجعلک من الطائفین فی حوله

Your letter hath arrived and been read before the Throne. Therein didst thou adjure God to make thee one of them that circle round about Him [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.057

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11800

no title

149

Arabic

هذا یوم النصر قم علی نصره امر ربک العلی العظیم قل یا عباد الرحمن قد اشرقت شمس

This is the Day of Victory! Arise to aid the Cause of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. Say: O servants of the All-Merciful! The sun hath risen [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.048b

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11801

no title

145

Arabic

ان یا بصیر فاعلم بانا وردنا فی المنظر الاعلی و الذین یتوهمون انی فی السجن

O thou who art endowed with insight! Know thou that We have attained unto the Most Exalted Horizon, while they imagine that I am in prison [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.053

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11802

no title

145

Arabic

ان یا غلام اسمع ندائی عن جهه السجن لیقربک الندا الی منظر ربک الابهی انه لهو المقتدر

O servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of the prison, that the call may draw thee nigh unto the luminous vision of thy Most Glorious Lord. Verily, He is the Almighty [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.054

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH11803

no title

143

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی انجذب من آیات ربه و اقبل الی کعبه المقصود و فاز

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been attracted by the verses of his Lord, who hath turned towards the Kaaba of his Purpose, and hath attained [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.070

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11804

no title

140

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Glory be to the Lord of the world; and thanks be to the Hands of His Cause; and praise be to the Trustees of His House of Justice

BRL_ATBH#32

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; House of Justice; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise and encouragement

BH11805

no title

140

Arabic

ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی ثم انقطع عن الدنیا تلک من آیات ربک الکبری نزلت عن

Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, then sever thyself from the world - these are among the mighty signs of thy Lord, sent down from on high [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.032

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11806

no title

140

Arabic

انا فی بحبوحة البلآء دعونا اهل الانشآء الی اللّه مالک الآخرة و الأولی یشهد بذلک

In the midst of tribulation, We have summoned all created beings unto God, the Lord of the First and the Last. To this doth bear witness [3.5s]

BRL_DA#121

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11807

no title

140

Arabic

فاعلم یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه بان البلایاء احاطتنا و نحن فی غمراتها ندع الناس

Know thou, O thou who gazest upon the Countenance, that calamities have encompassed Us, and amidst their depths We summon mankind [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.029

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11808

no title

140

Arabic

قل الهی الهی لک الحمد بما اسمعتنی ندآئک و هدیتنی الی صراطک و اریتنی آثار قلمک

Say: O my God, my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to hear Thy Call, and guided me unto Thy Path, and shown me the traces of Thy Pen [3.5s]

BRL_DA#421

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for service; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11809

no title

140

Arabic

قلم الاعلی یحب ان یذکر عباد الله و امائه کلهم و کلها ولکن منع بالظلم

The Supreme Pen yearneth to make mention of all the servants of God, both men and women, yet hath been hindered through oppression [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.026b

Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11810

no title

140

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه تنزیل من لدی الله رب العالمین

This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a revelation from God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BRL_DA#243

Call to action; Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11811

no title

140

mixed

یا محمد قبل علی عالم منقلب ظلمت اوهام انام را اخذ نموده اخذ ظالم قهار

O Muhammad-'Alí! The world is in upheaval; the darkness of the vain imaginings of mankind hath seized it with the grasp of a mighty oppressor [3.5s]

YQAZ.053a

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11812

no title

138

Arabic

قد اصبحنا الیوم ناطقا بذکر الله رب العالمین و اذا نزلت الایات قد حضر لدی العرش

We have, on this day, arisen to proclaim the remembrance of God, the Lord of all worlds, and when the verses descended, We stood present before the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.222

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11813

no title

135

Arabic

اشهد بانک انت ادرکت فجر الکوفه و عشی الکربلا ان اشکر ربک الرحمن بما جعلک

I testify that thou hast witnessed the dawn of Kufa and the eventide of Karbila. Render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Merciful, for having made thee [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.065

High station of the true believer; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11814

no title

135

Arabic

یا ایها المشتعل بنار حبی و الناظر الی وجهی و السایر فی البلاد لقربی و لقائی

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of My love, who gazeth upon My countenance and traverseth the lands for My nearness and reunion with Me [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.058

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11815

no title

133

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی مامنعه ضوضاء العباد عن التقرب الی ربه مالک

This is an epistle from the Prisoner unto him whom the clamor of men hath not hindered from drawing nigh unto his Lord, the Possessor [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.066

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11816

no title

131

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی هاجر مع الله الی ان دخل فی السجن الاعظم هذا المقام

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who migrated with God until he entered into the Most Great Prison—this exalted station [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.060b

Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11817

no title

131

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی وجد عرف قمیص اسمنا الرحمن و به بلغ الی رضوان

This is a Book from Us unto him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the garment of Our Name, the Most Merciful, and thereby hath attained unto paradise [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.048a

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11818

no title

130

Arabic

ان یا رحیم اسمع ندآء ربک الرحیم عن جهه السجن انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر العزیز الکریم

O Rahim! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, from the Prison precincts. Verily, there is none other God but He, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.056b

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement

BH11819

no title

130

mixed

این ایام ایامیست که چشم امکان شبه آن ندیده و احدی از ممکنات مثل آن ادراک ننموده

These are the days the like of which the eye of creation hath never seen, nor hath any among contingent beings perceived their likeness [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.404

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11820

no title

130

Persian

بعد از اتمام این مکتوب دستخط حضرت محبوب فواد جناب ملا علی اکبر علیه بهاء الله

After the completion of this letter appeared the blessed script of the beloved of Fu'ád, Jináb-i-Mullá-'Alí-Akbar - upon him be the glory of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#524

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH11821

no title

130

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی استشرق شمس ربوبیتک عن افق سماء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy Lordship hath dawned from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.277b, NLAI_BH1.354

BH11822

no title

130

Arabic

قد اتت ایام فیها اضطربت النفوس و تغیرت الوجوه الا من انقطع الی الله و تمسک

The days have come wherein souls are sorely troubled and faces are altered, save those who have detached themselves unto God and held fast [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.025

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11823

no title

130

Arabic

قد حضر احد اغصانی الذی سمی ببدیع الله بکتابک و عرضه امام الوجه اجبناک

One of My branches, who hath been named Badí'u'lláh, appeared before Us with thy letter and laid it before Our presence, whereupon We responded to thee [3.5s]

INBA79.001

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11824

no title

130

mixed

نامه ات تلقاء وجه در سجن اعظم بشرف اصغاء مالک قدم فائز شد این عمل تو عندالله

Thy letter attained unto Our presence in the Most Great Prison and was honoured by the hearing of the Ancient of Days. This deed of thine, in the sight of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#289

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11825

no title

129

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی تمسک بالعروه الوثقی فی هذه الایام التی فیها عمت الابصار

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath held fast to the Sure Handle in these days wherein eyes are blinded [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.045

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11826

no title

128

Arabic

ذکری لمن فاز بایامی و اقبل الی شطری و نطق بثنائی لیفرح بعنایات ربه العزیز الحکیم

A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto My days, turned towards My sanctuary and voiced My praise, that he may rejoice in the bounties of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BRL_DA#304

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11827

no title

127

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن مالک الاسماء الی الذی شرب فی سبیله کاس القضا لیطیر بجناحین

This is an epistle from the Lord of Names unto him who hath quaffed, in His path, the cup of destiny, that he may soar upon twin wings [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.064b

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11828

no title

124

Arabic

قل ان البهاء لاینتظر البدآء فیما قضی له من البلا و لایطلب الفرج و یقول یا الهی

Say: verily Bahá doth not await the beginning of whatsoever tribulation hath been ordained for Him, nor doth He seek deliverance, and He saith: "O my God!" [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.071

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11829

no title

122

Arabic

قد سمع الله ذکرک و ثنائک ثم ندائک انه یسمع ما یخرج من السن احبائه و انه خیر

God hath heard thy mention and thy praise, then thy call. He, verily, heareth whatsoever proceedeth from the tongues of His loved ones, and He is the Best [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.040

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

BH11830

no title

121

Arabic

ان فی خروج جمال القدم من ارض السر و دخوله فی الحبس الاعظم لایات للامم

Verily, in the departure of the Ancient Beauty from the Land of Mystery and His entrance into the Most Great Prison are signs unto the nations [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.075

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11831

no title

120

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

BRL_IOPF#1.09x

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

BH11832

no title

120

Arabic

طوبی لمن اقبل الی البحر الاعظم الذی کل قطره منه ینادی انه اله السموات و الارضین

Blessed is he who hath turned toward the Most Great Ocean, every drop whereof proclaimeth that He is the God of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.034a

Chastisement and requital; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11833

no title

120

mixed

عرض میشود این که صورت عریضه جناب مانکجی صاحب را خواستید در ارسال آن توقف رفت

It is hereby submitted that Thou didst request the text of the petition of the honoured Manekji Sahib, in the dispatch whereof there occurred a delay [3.5s]

AFG.059-060

Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Petitions to authorities; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11834

no title

119

Arabic

ان استمع ندائی عن جهه السجن لیجذبک ندآء ربک الرحمن الی مطلع اسمائه الحسنی

Hearken thou to My call from the direction of the Prison, that the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, may draw thee to the Dawning-Place of His most beauteous Names [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.047

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11835

no title

119

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم لمن اراد ربه و حمل فی سبیله ما لاحمله السابقون

This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who seeketh his Lord and hath borne in His path what none before him did bear [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.068

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11836

no title

112

Arabic

قل یا ملاء الانشاء تالله الحق قد جائکم البها لیطهرکم عن الهوی و یقربکم الی الله

Say: O Concourse of Creation! By God, the True One, the Glory hath come unto you to purify you from selfish desire and draw you nigh unto God [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.064a

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11837

no title

110

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

All praise be to the one true God Who hath assisted His loved ones to observe the Fast and hath aided them to fulfill that which hath been decreed in the Book

BRL_IOPF#1.18x

BH11838

no title

110

Arabic

ان یا حسین لیس الیوم یوم الاحزان ان استبشر بین ملا الاکوان ثم اصعد بجناحین

O Husayn! This is not a day of sorrow. Rejoice thou amidst the concourse of the worlds, then soar aloft upon two wings [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.049

BRL_DA#239

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11839

no title

110

Arabic

ان یا طالب ان المطلوب ینادیک و یقول دع الوری عن وراک ثم اشرب حمیا المعانی

O seeker! The Sought One calleth thee and saith: Cast all else behind thee, then quaff the wine of inner meaning [3.5s]

BRL_DA#420

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11840

no title

110

Arabic

انا نذکر من اقبل الی الله و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی التی اظهرناها بهذا الاسم العظیم

Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned unto God and laid fast hold on the Most Firm Handle which We have manifested through this Most Great Name [3.5s]

BRL_DA#302

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11841

no title

110

Arabic

یا یوسف ان المظلوم یوصیک بالمله البیضاء و الشریعه الغراء نسئل الله تعالی

O Joseph! The Wronged One counseleth thee to embrace the shining Faith and the resplendent Law. We beseech God, exalted be He [3.5s]

BRL_DA#515

Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11842

no title

109

Arabic

و قد اراد الله خروجک من ارض السر لئلا تسمع فزع الاکبر فی ایام التی اخذ المشرکون

God hath willed thine exodus from the Land of Mystery, lest thou shouldst hear the Great Terror in those days when the ungodly seized control [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.044a

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11843

no title

103

Arabic

ان یا ذبیح لاتنس فضل ربک و لاتلتفت الی البلا لعمری به علا امری فی القرون

O Dhabih! Forget not the bounty of thy Lord, and turn not unto tribulation. By My life, through it hath My Cause been exalted throughout the ages [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.056a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11844

no title

103

mixed

نامه آن امه الله رسید در حینیکه از احزان وارده نفحات الهیه مقطوع و قلم از حرکت

The letter from that handmaiden of God arrived at a time when, owing to the sorrows that had descended, the divine fragrances were cut off and the pen was stilled from motion [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.453b

Role and station of women; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech

BH11845

no title

102

Arabic

ان استمعی تغنی البهاء فی طمطام الوفا ان کنتم من القانتات و لا تلتقی الی احد

Hearken thou unto the melody of Glory in the ocean of faithfulness, if ye be of them that are steadfast, and turn not unto anyone [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.296

Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH11846

no title

100

Arabic

ان یا احمد قد ذکرناک من قبل و عرفناک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم

O Ahmad! We have indeed made mention of thee aforetime and have shown thee the manifest and straight path of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#301

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11847

no title

100

Arabic

انا نشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو اقرارا بوحدانیته و اعترافا بفردانیته و عظمته

We bear witness, even as God Himself hath testified, that there is none other God but Him, in acknowledgment of His oneness and in recognition of His singleness and grandeur [3.5s]

BRL_DA#474

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11848

no title

100

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی امه من اماء الله لتجذبها نغمات ربها و تقربها الی موجدها

This is a Book from before Bahá unto one among the handmaidens of God, that the melodies of her Lord may attract her and draw her nigh unto her Creator [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.034b

Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11849

no title

Arabic

ان یا امتی اسمعی ندائی عن جهه عرشی ثم طیری فی هواء انسی و سیری فی ممالک قربی

O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My Throne, then soar in the atmosphere of My companionship and traverse the kingdoms of My nearness [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.456a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11850

no title

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الاسیر الی الاسیر لیجعله طائرا فی هواء الاشتیاق علی شان لا تحزنه

This is a Book from the Captive unto the captive, that He may cause him to soar in the atmosphere of yearning in such wise that no sorrow shall afflict him [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.063

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11851

no title

Persian

اشعار شما که بطراز حب الهی مزین بود بدست این مهجوره فانیه رسید

Thy poem, which was adorned with the ornament of divine love, reached the hands of this exiled and ephemeral one [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.452

BH11852

no title

Persian

ای دوست بشنو کلمه دوست را و بجان اصغا نما صعبست بر دوست مفارقت دوست

O friend! Hearken unto the Word of the Friend, and with thy soul give ear. Grievous indeed is it for the friend to be parted from the friend [3.5s]

BRL_DA#489

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Attaining good pleasure of God; Heat and motion; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love

BH11853

no title

mixed

نغمات قدس معنویرا گوشی جدید باید و نفحات روح فردوسی را فوادی منیع شاید

The holy melodies of the spirit require a new ear, and the sanctified breathings of Paradise need an exalted heart [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.079a

Creation of the world; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH11854

no title

Arabic

ان یا غفاری ان یا ایها الغریق فی بحر حبی و الطایر فی هوآء قربی و الناظر الی وجهی

O My All-Forgiving One! O thou who art immersed in the sea of My love, who soarest in the atmosphere of My nearness and gazeth upon My countenance [3.5s]

BRL_DA#207

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement

BH11855

no title

Arabic

غفاری لا تحزن من الفراق انت ممن وفیت المیثاق انا نحبک کما تحبنا و حبنا

O Ghaffári! Grieve thou not at this separation, for thou art among them that have remained faithful to the Covenant. We love thee even as thou lovest Us, and Our love [3.5s]

BRL_DA#488

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11856

no title

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

...We beseech God to assist His people that they may observe the most great and exalted Fast, which is to protect one’s eye from beholding whatever is forbidden

BRL_IOPF#1.12x

BH11857

no title

Persian

و میقرمایند که بنویس که حمد کن خدارا که حجاب غلیظ را خرق نموده

He biddeth thee write: All praise be unto God Who hath rent asunder the thick veil [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.448a

BH11858

no title

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی قد اظهر کینونیات الساذجیات و لقد انزلهم فی اراضی الربوبیات

Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the essence of simple beings and hath caused them to descend upon the realms of divine lordship [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.349a

BH11859

no title

Persian

فرمودند صد هزار افرین براد که یک مرتبه کسر اصنام

He said: A thousand praises be upon him who, at once, shattered the idols [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.448b

BH11860

no title

Arabic

ان یا امتی اسمعی ندآء ربک عن جهه العرش ثم اشکری و

O My handmaiden! Hearken thou unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of the Throne, then render thanks [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.277a

Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11861

no title

...There is but one reality and one essence that is expounded in the worlds of outer form, and, at each of its stages, is described by a specific name ... in accordance with the degrees of its particular manifestations on the plane of this limited world

JBS#2.3x

Alchemy; the elixir; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11862

no title

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting; Law of obligatory prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution

All praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the law of obligatory prayer as a reminder to His servants, and enjoined on them the Fast that those possessed of means may become apprised of the woes and sufferings of the destitute

BRL_IOPF#1.02x

BH11863

no title

Law of obligatory prayer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon

BRL_IOPF#1.05x

BH11864

no title

110

Arabic

انا ندع الامم الی مطلع القدم و نبشر العالم بهذا الاسم الذی به فک ختم رحیق البقآء و انجذب

We summon the nations unto the Dayspring of Eternity and announce unto the world this Name through which the seal of the choice Wine of everlasting life hath been broken and hearts have been drawn [3.5s]

BRL_DA#626, BRL_DA#637

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11865

no title

180

Arabic

قل هذا کاس ملات من رحمه الله فاشربوا منه یا اهل البیان قل هذا کوب موجت فیه

Say: This is a cup filled with the mercy of God; drink ye thereof, O people of the Bayán! Say: This is a chalice wherein surgeth [3.5s]

BRL_DA#621

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH11866

no title

1830

Persian

روحی لک الفداء نفحات قلمیه آن حضرت جمیع ارکان و اعراق را مهتز نمود طوعا لکاس شربنا

May my spirit be a sacrifice unto Thee! The fragrances of Thy Pen have caused all pillars and elements to quiver with joy, and willingly have we drunk from the cup [3.5s]

BRL_DA#611

Growth of the Cause; Petitions to authorities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11867

no title

220

Arabic

سبحان من له ملک السموات و الارض یبین فی الکتاب احکام کل شیء و یفصل الایات

Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, Who setteth forth in the Book the ordinances of all things and expoundeth the verses [3.5s]

BRL_DA#606

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11868

no title

160

Persian

جناب میرزا مهدی برحمه محیط مخصوص بوده و در جمیع حال از استکتاب کلمات الله

Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi, who was encompassed by His all-embracing mercy, was uniquely favored and, in all circumstances, engaged in transcribing the Words of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#590a

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11869

no title

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله من فی الوجود من الغیب و الشهود اشهدک و من فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who exist in the realm of being, of the unseen and the seen! I bear witness, and those who dwell in [3.5s]

BRL_DA#559

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11870

no title

4570

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما انکسرت به اعناق الفراعنه و ارتعدت فرائص الجبابره

Praise be unto God Who hath appeared and revealed that whereby the necks of the Pharaohs were broken and the limbs of tyrants trembled [3.5s]

Majlis210461.066-083

Call to action; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11871

no title

2750

mixed

حمد مقدس از زوال و انقلاب و تغییر و محو بساط حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که

Praise, sanctified beyond decline and revolution, change and obliteration, befitteth and beseemeth the presence of the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who [3.5s]

Majlis210461.059-066

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11872

no title

2377

mixed

غیب منیع جل جلاله و جلت عظمته اراده ظهور فرموده و بکلمه کن نطق اذا ظهرت

The Most Hidden One, magnified be His glory and exalted be His grandeur, hath willed manifestation and through the Word "Be" hath spoken, whereupon it appeared [3.5s]

BRL_DA#680

Business; financial; property matters; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11873

no title

1746

mixed

فی الحقیقه امروز ذکر و ثنا اهل وفا را لایق و سزا که ضوضاء غافلین و نعاق

In truth, in this Day praise and glorification befit the people of fidelity, despite the clamor of the heedless and their croaking [3.5s]

BRL_DA#644

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11874

no title

601

mixed

یا رضا علیک بهاء الله مالک الاسماء قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم وجدنا منه عرف محبت الله

O Riḍá! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Names! Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s]

QUM.077-078

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11875

no title

580

mixed

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزا که ببیان خلق نمود و بگفتار جذب فرمود و بکلمه مبارکه

Praise befitteth and beseemeth the Desired One Who hath created through utterance, drawn souls through speech, and through His blessed Word [3.5s]

Majlis210461.056-059

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11876

no title

510

mixed

الحمد لله الذی استوی علی عرش الطور و نطق بکلمه بها نصب الصراط و وضع المیزان

Praise be to God Who hath seated Himself upon the Throne of Sinai and through His Word hath established the Path and set up the Balance [3.5s]

QALAM.007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11877

no title

350

...The honored Afnáns, upon them rest all My glory, the Most Glorious, arrived in Beirut and, afterwards, by Our leave, gradually and individually arrived here

GEN.313x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11878

no title

338

mixed

ان یا ایها السالک فی صراط المحبه و الشارب عن کاس المرحمه فاعلم قد وصل الینا

O thou who treadest the path of love and drinkest from the chalice of mercy! Know thou that it hath reached Us [3.5s]

BRL_DA#628

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11879

no title

243

Arabic

اسمعی اطوار ورقه البقا فی سدره المنتهی و قولی بلحن الورقاء سبحان ربی الاعلی

Hearken unto the melodies of the Leaf of Eternity from the Divine Lote-Tree, and speak forth with the accent of the Dove: "Glorified be my Lord, the Most Exalted!" [3.5s]

BRL_DA#635

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11880

no title

241

Arabic

سبحانک یا مسخر الاریاح و فالق الاصباح اسئلک بامرک الذی لایقوم معه شی عما خلق

Glorified art Thou, O Subduer of the winds and Cleaver of the dawn! I beseech Thee by Thy Command, before which no created thing can stand, concerning that which Thou hast created [3.5s]

QUM.079-080

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude

BH11881

no title

220

mixed

یا احمد خاتم انبیا یعنی محمد روح ما سواه فداه آمد سبش کردند و فتوی بر قتلش

O Ahmad! The Seal of the Prophets, that is Muhammad—may the spirit of all else but Him be a sacrifice unto Him—came, and they reviled Him and decreed His death [3.5s]

Majlis210461.084-085

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for service; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11882

no title

210

mixed

آثار حق جل جلاله از هر جهتی ظاهر و هویدا و تجلیات انوار ظهورش از ما سوایش

The evidences of God, glorified be His majesty, are manifest and visible from every direction, and the effulgences of the lights of His Revelation shine forth from all else but Him [3.5s]

Majlis210461.053

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11883

no title

190

Arabic

قد اتی الامر و ظهر الحکم و نادی المناد امام وجوه العباد الملک لله مالک الایجاد

The Command hath come, the Decree hath been manifested, and the Herald hath proclaimed before the faces of all servants: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of Creation!" [3.5s]

Majlis210461.051a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11884

no title

180

mixed

در این حین ام الکتاب باعلی النداء اهل ارض را ندا نمود و بمشرق وحی الهی و مصدر

At this time did the Mother Book, with most exalted call, summon the peoples of earth unto the Dawning-Place of Divine Revelation and the Source [3.5s]

Majlis210461.052b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11885

no title

177

mixed

یا غلام علیک بهاء الله مالک الانام حمد کن مقصود عالم و مربی امم را ترا تایید فرمود

O Ghulam! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all mankind! Praise thou the Desired One of the world and the Educator of nations, Who hath aided thee [3.5s]

BRL_DA#761

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11886

no title

160

mixed

ح س علیک بهائی و عنایتی از حق بطلب عباد خود را بر آنچه از افق اراده اشراق

Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness! Ask thou of God on behalf of His servants that which hath shone forth from the horizon of His Will [3.5s]

BRL_DA#700

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11887

no title

155

Arabic

ان یا محمد قد مضی ایام و ما سمعنا عن طیر قلبک نغمات الحب و ما وجدنا منک روایح

O Muhammad! Days have passed, and We have not heard from the bird of thy heart the melodies of love, nor have We perceived from thee any fragrances [3.5s]

BRL_DA#636

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11888

no title

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکر ما اعطیتنی بجودک و اکرمتنی بفضلک بحیث هدیتنی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I recount that which Thou hast bestowed upon me through Thy bounty and conferred upon me through Thy grace, whereby Thou hast guided me [3.5s]

Majlis210461.051b

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11889

no title

141

Arabic

و انی حینئذ بحول الله و قوته ارید ان افتح ابواب مدینه المعانی بمفاتیح الصمدانی لتطفح

And I, through the power and might of God, do at this moment desire to unlock the gates of the City of Inner Meanings with the divine keys, that they may overflow [3.5s]

BRL_DA#631

Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11890

no title

140

mixed

ح س صریر قلم اعلی و حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع طوبی از برای نفسیکه باصغا فائز گشت

Hearken! The rustling of the Supreme Pen and the murmuring of the divine Lote-Tree are raised on high. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto their hearing [3.5s]

BRL_DA#592

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11891

no title

140

Arabic

شهد الخادم بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و بانه هو الاول و الاخر و الظاهر و الباطن

The servant beareth witness to the oneness of God and His singleness, and that He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden [3.5s]

QUM.080

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11892

no title

140

Arabic

یا ابن النداف با ابراهیم علیک و علی ابیک و عمک الطاف الله رب العالمین اقبل بقلبک

O Son of the Cotton-Carder! Upon thee, and upon thy father and thine uncle, be the loving-kindness of God, the Lord of all worlds. Turn thou with thy heart [3.5s]

QUM.096x

Chastisement and requital; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH11893

no title

140

mixed

یا تقی ان المظلوم سمع ندائک و اجابک یسمع و یجیب و هو السامع البصیر بیقین مبین

O Taqi! The Wronged One hath heard thy call and hath answered thee. He heareth and answereth; verily, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, with manifest certitude [3.5s]

Majlis210461.085a

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11894

no title

130

Arabic

تبارک الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و نطق امام الوجوه بما ارتعدت به فرائص

Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and Who hath spoken before all faces that which hath caused limbs to tremble [3.5s]

Majlis210461.052a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God

BH11895

no title

120

mixed

ساقی بده آن جام هو هو مطرب بسرا نام هو هو نائی بنوا برکو بملا عالم شده بر

O Cup-bearer, pass round that chalice of "He is, He is!" O Musician, sing thou the name of "He is, He is!" O Reed-player, sound forth unto the multitude: behold, the world hath become illumined [3.5s]

YBN.170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11896

no title

117

Arabic

یا جمالیه علیک بها الله و عنایته و فضله اشهد انک حضرت امام الوجه و فزت بخدمتی

O Jamáliyyih, upon thee rest My Glory of God, My bounties, and My favors. I bear witness that thou didst attain My presence, and wast privileged to serve Me in the daytime and in the night season

QUM.032

RKS.058-059

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11897

no title

110

Arabic

یا قلم ول وجهک شطر القاف و المیم ثم اذکر فیها اولیاء الله و اصفیائه الذین سمعوا

O Pen! Turn Thy face towards Qáf and Mím, and make mention therein of the chosen ones of God and His sincere servants who have hearkened [3.5s]

QUM.020x, QUM.074-075

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11898

no title

104

Arabic

یا ابراهیم انا اردنا ان نذکرک و نذکرک لوجه الله رب العالمین و نوصیک بالامانه

O Ibrahim! Verily, We have desired to make mention of thee and remember thee for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds, and We counsel thee to trustworthiness [3.5s]

BRL_DA#748

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for pilgrims

BH11899

no title

100

mixed

امروز هر کاذبی دعوی صدق نموده و هر فاجری خود را به طراز زهد جلوه داده

In this day every falsifier maketh claim to the truth, and every profligate one doth adorn himself with the garment of piety [3.5s]

QUM.077

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11900

no title

100

The custodianship of the Blessed House has been granted to the exalted leaf, the wife of the Primal Point, and her sister, upon both be My Glory of God, My Bounty and My Favor

AFNAN.172-173

Business; financial; property matters

BH11901

no title

Arabic

شهد المظلوم بانک اقبلت الی المشعر و المقام و زرت بیت الله الحرام طوبی لک بما

He Who hath been wronged testifieth that thou hast drawn nigh unto the Sacred Place and the Station, and hast visited the House of God, the Sacred Precinct. Blessed art thou inasmuch as [3.5s]

BRL_DA#751

Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11902

no title

mixed

ای بنده حق امروز ندای الهی مرتفع نیکوست حال نفسی که به اصغاء فائز شد و بافق اعلی

O servant of Truth! In this Day the divine Call hath been raised. Well is it with the soul that hath attained unto its hearing and turned to the most exalted horizon [3.5s]

QUM.077

Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11903

no title

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العزیز العلیم و یذکر الناس بما نزل من عنده و یبشرهم

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, which remindeth mankind of that which hath been revealed from His presence and beareth unto them glad tidings [3.5s]

QUM.068

Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH11904

no title

mixed

حمد موجودات باو نرسد و شکر ممکنات بساحت اقدسش راه نیابد چون بچند و چون معروف

The praise of created things cannot attain unto Him, nor can the gratitude of contingent beings find access to His most holy court, for He transcendeth all description and comparison [3.5s]

UVM.085.17x, UVM.096.12x

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11905

no title

mixed

فی الحقیقه ندافها بثمره وجود فائز گشتند یشهد قلمی بانقطاعهم و لسانی باقبالهم و قلبی

In truth, they who card cotton have attained unto the fruit of existence. My Pen beareth witness to their detachment, My tongue to their turning unto Me, and My heart [3.5s]

QUM.074.16x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Words vs deeds

BH11906

no title

mixed

یا بدیع علیک بهائی و سلامی نامه بامعنی شما را ضیاء علیه بهائی امام وجه مظلوم عرض

O Badí'! Upon thee be My glory and My peace. Thy meaningful letter was presented before the countenance of the Wronged One by Ḍíyá, upon him be My glory [3.5s]

Majlis210461.085b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH11907

no title

Arabic

فیا الهی فی الحین انادیک باسرار عز ربوبیتک و آیات قدس قیومیتک بان تجعل هذه الامه

O my God! At this moment I call upon Thee by the mysteries of the glory of Thy Lordship and the signs of the sanctity of Thy Self-Subsistence, that Thou mayest make this handmaiden [3.5s]

BRL_DA#627

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11908

no title

The other matter is that, at thy previous request, three verses were revealed and sent specially for the gravestone of the illustrious exalted leaf, upon her rest the Most Glorious of the Glorious

AFNAN.117x

Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11909

no title

Arabic

یا ابن حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر السجن و قل لک الحمد یا اله العالمین بما ذکرتنی

O son of Ḥusayn! Give ear unto My call from the direction of the prison and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all worlds, for having made mention of Me [3.5s]

QUM.059

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11910

no title

Arabic

لک الحمد یا فاطر السماء و فالک الاسماء اسئلک ببحر ایاتک بان تویدنی علی الاستقامه علی امرک

Praise be unto Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Fashioner of names! I beseech Thee, by the ocean of Thy verses, to strengthen me in steadfastness unto Thy Cause [3.5s]

Majlis210461.124x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH11911

no title

This honor and benevolence hath been bestowed upon the ukht [sister] and her descendants, from her Lord, the Merciful. He is the Munificent and the Compassionate, and He is the Generous and the Bounteous

AFNAN.172

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11912

no title

160

Arabic

کتاب من لدی الله العزیز الحکیم الی الذی اذا ارتفع الندا اقبل و قال یا مولی

This is a Tablet from God, the Almighty, the All-Wise, unto him who, when the Call was raised, turned towards it and exclaimed, “Yea, O Lord of all worlds!”

ADMS#305

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11913

no title

100

Arabic

بشر فی نفسک لنفسک ثم اسرر لذاتک فی ذاتک ثم انقطع عن کل ما خلق من قبل و یخلق من

Rejoice in thine inmost soul and exult in the very essence of thy being, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in the past and all that shall be fashioned in the future

ADMS#304

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11916

no title

100

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

...For if God, glorified be His Name, should today speak a word that all people have spoken heretofore and shall speak hereafter, that word would still be new, were ye to reflect upon it

BRL_ATBH#68x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11917

no title

120

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

O thou who art the manifestation of My truth! If thou art slumbering upon thy couch, lift up thy head; and if thou art seated, by the power of My name, arise

BRL_ATBH#78x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH11918

no title

270

Arabic

ان یا باقر قد سمعت ضجیج قلبک و صریخ فوادک و تزلزل سرک و تبلبل جسدک و اجبناک

O Baqir! I have heard the lamentation of your heart, the cry of your inner being, the trembling of your conscience and the agitation of your body, and We have answered you [3.5s]

BRL_DA#792

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11919

no title

190

mixed

حمد و شکر که از لسان عظمت ظاهر مخصوص ذات مقدسش بوده و هست و اگر از حرف شین

Praise and thanksgiving which hath been revealed from the Tongue of Grandeur belong exclusively to His sacred Being, and if from the letter Shín [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.204'',

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH11920

no title

330

Persian

یا اسمی علیک بهائی و عنایتی نامه جناب یوسف قبل علی را که ارسال

O thou who bearest My name! Upon thee rest My Glory and loving-kindness. The letter from his honor Yusuf Qabl-'Ali was received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.206'',

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11921

no title

210

mixed

یا اسمی یا مهدی علیک سلام الله و بهائه نامه جناب غلام علی را که بساحت اقدس

O My name, O Mihdi! Upon thee rest the Glory of God and His splendour. The letter of Jinab-i-Ghulam-'Ali hath reached the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.213',

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11922

no title

180

mixed

یا ایها الحاضر لدی الوجه و الناظر الی افقی اسمی علیه بهائی و عنایتی ذکر شما و

O thou who art present before My face and who gazest toward My horizon, upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Mention of thee hath [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.204',

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH11923

no title

240

mixed

یا مهدی علیک سلام الله الابدی و بهائه السرمدی این مظلوم خود را در بحر حزن

O Mihdi! Upon thee be God's eternal salutation and His everlasting splendor. This Wronged One findeth himself in an ocean of sorrow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.208.17',

Chastity and purity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11924

no title

430

mixed

یا اسمی [نعم] الله احزننی حزنک انت تعلم و الله یعلم ان المظلوم احبک

O My name [illeg.], thy sorrow hath caused Me sorrow. Thou knowest, and God knoweth, that this Wronged One loveth you

BLIB_Or15738.210',

BHU0006

no title

390

Persian

جماعت شیعه چقدر دور از آداب هستند که با وجود اعتقاد بحدیث

How removed from good manners are the Shi'ihs!... One day, upon entering the Mosque of Qamari

DHU.015-016

STOB.024-026 #032

Cleanliness and refinement; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Mystical themes; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BHU0007

no title

330

Had you, in turn, followed My counsels... that flame that hath been kindled... Command the governers... These creatures are the same creatures... Bid them recite... By God besides Whom... Now, praise be to God... The Ottoman Sultan... it is better to be killed... Had this cause been revealed

BKOG.122x, GPB.007x, GPB.105x3x, GPB.119x2x, GPB.126x, GPB.195-196x, GPB.196x, GPB.198x, GPB.253x

BHU0008

no title

300

Persian

در ایام دارالسلام ما خودمان در قهوه خانه جالس میشدیم و با نفوس از داخل و خارج آشنا

During Our stay in Baghdád we often encountered friends and strangers from near and far while visiting the coffee-houses

DHU.039-040

STOB.076-077 #105

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0009

no title

260

Zillu's-Sultan wrote Me a letter which was in his own handwriting, and gave it to Haji Sayyah to bring. He requested Me to aid him with the Babis to destroy his Shah-Baba.

BKOG.409-410, AFNAN.030-031

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0010

no title

250

Persian

خلق خوش و بخوشی و همراهی با خلق نمودن راه تبلیغ است. هر چه طرف مقابل میگوید ولو هر قدر وهم و تقلید

A pleasing, kindly disposition and a display of tolerance towards the people are requisites of teaching the Cause.

BSDR.257

ABCC.027, STDH.109-110

Contention and conflict; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0011

no title

240

Persian

ایام دار السلام ما خود در قهوه خانه میرفتیم و جالس میشدیم و خارج و داخل و بیگانه و آشناء

In Baghdad We Ourselves would go and take a seat in the coffee-house to meet the people--friends and acquaintances

BSDR.251-252

ABCC.026, STDH.105-106

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad

BHU0012

no title

220

No prisoner has ever been accorded the treatment which I received at the hands of the acting governor of Amul

DB.375

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0013

no title

220

The world of today is not like unto the world of former times. The many wonderful arts and inventions

DAS.1914-01-01

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Life and death; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

BHU0014

no title

210

Do you see this Garden? Do you see all these stones? All will be destroyed. But the time will come when these will be renewed.

SUR.281-282, PN_1901 p029, PN_1901 p041

Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BHU0015

no title

200

Persian

الحمد لله که فائز شدی ... تو آمده که این مسجون منفی را ببینی

Praise be to God that thou hast attained! ... Thou has come to see a prisoner and an exile... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away

NQK.ی

BKOG.372-373, AELT.084 fn, COC#1578x, ADJ.037ax, GPB.194x, PDC.190-191x, SW_v02#05 p.009, SW_v03#01 p.003, SW_v05#08 p.113, SW_v12#05 p.103

The Badasht Project, L. Manifold

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nationalism; love of country; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

BHU0016

no title

200

Persian

محزون مباشید افسرده مگردید دلخون مشوید شجرهٴ مقدسهٴ امرالله را خون شهدا سقایه میکند

The tree of the Cause of God is watered by the blood of martyrs, and unless a tree be watered, it will not grow, not will it yield its choicest fruits.

DHU.031-032

STOB.085 #114

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes

BHU0017

no title

180

We were all gathered in the village of Niyala and were resting at the foot of a mountain, when, at the hour of dawn, we were suddenly awakened by the stones

BKOG.046-047, DB.299

Quddus; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]

BHU0018

no title

160

The Amir-Nizam asked Us one day to see him. He received Us cordially, and revealed the purpose

DB.591

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0019

no title

140

Nasiri'd-Din Shah and Abdu'l-'Aziz both transgressed against Us... but the tyranny of 'Abdu'l-'Aziz was by far the more severe

BKOG.412-413, AFNAN.035

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0020

no title

140

Tell the king that this territory will pass out of his hands... It would have been meet for His Majesty the Sultan to have gathered an assembly

BKOG.261

Petitions to authorities; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0021

no title

140

Tell him, no one in this world can claim any relationship... This brother of Mine, this Mirza Musa, who is from the same

COC#0769x, GPB.133x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions

BHU0022

no title

130

Persian

زنجیر در گردن خیلی رنج آور بود ولی بدتر و سخت تر از آن این بود که انگشت ابهام هر دو دست را از پشت سر بیکدیگر

The weight of the chain placed about Our neck was difficult to bear, but having the thumbs of both hands bound together behind the back was even more aggravating.

DHU.040-041

STOB.108 #142

Growth of the Cause; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0023

no title

120

Persian

در وجود آیتی است که ما در اکثر الواح آنرا باکسیر اعظم تعبیر فرموده اسم این آیت در هر نفسی

In this world of being there is a phenomenon which We have referred to in some Tablets as the 'Most Great Elixir'.

HHA.045, MSBH1.263

ROB4.056-057

Christ; Christianity; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0024

no title

100

Persian

دول عالم در ازدیاد آلات ناریه میکوشند تا حدیکه مانند تعبان میشوند و بهم میتازند

The nations of the world will arm themselves with infernal engines of war... They will therefore try to eliminate religion so as to eliminate prejudice

MSBH1.263

ROB4.056, PN_1904 p024, PN_unsorted p092

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Growth of the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; War and peace

BHU0025

no title

100

Persian

آیا صدر اعظم هر ماهی چقدر شهریه و مخارج برای شما معین کرده

How large of a stipend and expenditure does the Sadr A`zam allot you every month… What are you busying yourself with, Kalim?

TZH4.227-228

KSHK#05

Alchemy; the elixir; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena

BHU0026

no title

100

Persian

عبد حاضر چای به نبیل بده ولی به آقا طاهر نده ... آیا صبح چای نوشیدید یانه

Servant in attendance, bring tea for Nabil but bring nothing for Aqa Tahir…. Do you drink tea in the morning or not?

KHML.091

KSHK#04

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Personal instructions

BHU0027

no title

Persian

ما بحضرات علما در عتبات پیغام دادیم که اگر میخواهند مطلب ما را بفهمند

We informed the religious leaders of 'Atabat that We were prepared to accept their request to perform any miracle they chose

DHU.041

STOB.029 #038

Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0028

no title

These creatures are the same creatures who for three thousand years have worshipped idols, and bowed down before the Golden Calf.

BKOG.114, GPB.119x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0029

no title

Prior to Our departure from Baghdád, We entered the Najíbíyyih Garden and tarried there for twelve days

STOB.093-094 #124, AFNAN.044

Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0030

no title

At stated periods souls are sent to earth by the Mighty God with what we call the Power of the Great Ether. And they who possess this power can do anything

EBTB.081-082, CHH.133, SW_v08#15 p.205, DJT.309, FDA.030

Christ; Christianity; Power of the Manifestation of God

BHU0031

no title

Persian

من از جمیع شماها راضی و خوشنودم زیرا خدمت کردید و زحمت کشیدید هر صبح آمدید و هر شام

I am well pleased with you all...Ye have rendered many services, and been very assiduous in your labors

KKD1.517.21

STOB.108-109 #143-144, GPB.222x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BHU0032

no title

O My Leaf and My Handmaiden, verily We chose thee and accepted thee to serve My Most Great Branch

BKOG.348

Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BHU0033

no title

Persian

روزی چند نفر آخوند بدیدن ما آمدند یکی از آنها پرسید شما اهل کجائید

several divines came to visit Us [during the days in Baghdad], and one of them inquired, 'Where do You come from?', to which We replied, 'We are from ‘Amá’

DHU.036-037

STOB.093 #124, AFNAN.043-044

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]

BHU0034

no title

There is only one Master—the others have names. The Master is none other than the Most Great Branch, He around Whom all names revolve.... Everything the Master says is just the same as if I said it. He is Me, and I am He.

STOB.092 #123, PN_1901 p028, PN_1901 p035, AFNAN.042, RKS.025x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BHU0035

no title

O My companions I entrust to your keeping this city of Baghdad, in the state ye now behold it, when from the eyes of friends and strangers alike

GPB.149x

BHU0036

no title

They [the friends] should establish beyond a shadow of doubt that by “Unity of God” is meant that the Manifestations of God Who inaugurate each Dispensation are to be regarded as one soul

STOB.079 #109

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Imam 'Ali; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0037

no title

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x

BHU0038

no title

Persian

یک شعر برایت بخوانم که از حکیم سنائیست هر چه بینی جز خدا کن بت بود بر هم شکن

I shall recite a poem for you which was penned by Ḥakím-i-Saná’í: Aught else save God that thine eyes might behold

DHU.028

STOB.055 #066

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Poems and quotation from poetry; Stories; anecdotes

BHU0039

no title

Persian

بیان غصن اعظم و قوت و تصرف و تخیر شان حال معلوم و ظاهر نیست بعد معلوم میشود که فردا وحیدا... اگر ممکن بود هر نفسی اول ورود مدینه عکا غصن اعظم را ملاقات نماید و در خدمتشان ادراک فیض

The power and potency of the Most Great Branch are concealed now, but soon will they be made manifest…. Were it possible, We would recommend that the pilgrims who enter the city of 'Akka go directly to the presence of the Most Great Branch, listen to Him

BSDR.253-254, DHU.040

STDH.106-107, STOB.077 #105, ABCC.044x

Personal instructions; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0040

no title

Mulla Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Zanjani, soon after he had delivered that Tablet to Haji Mirza Aqasi, came and visited me.

DB.323

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BHU0041

no title

It is more manifest than the sun.... Refer to the farman of the government which is in your possession..... My name is Baha'u'llah, and My country is Nur. Be ye apprized of it.

GPB.190x3x

BHU0042

no title

He may well succeed in reproducing outwardly the exact counterpart of this low-roofed room

GPB.134-135x

BHU0043

no title

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x

BHU0044

no title

We have through this all-satisfying, all-embracing message which We sent, revealed and vindicated the miracles of all the Prophets

GPB.144x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BHU0045

no title

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

ADJ.027x

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

BHU0046

no title

This journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys

GPB.182x

Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BHU0047

no title

Sultan Abdu'l-'Aziz banished Us to this country in the greatest abasement, and since his object was to destroy Us and humble Us

GPB.195x

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BHU0048

no title

Hear Me, My son. By God, the True One! This Cause will assuredly be made manifest. Heed thou not the idle talk of the people of the Bayan

GPB.116x

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0049

no title

There are four qualities which I love to see manifested in people: first, enthusiasm and courage; second, a face wreathed in smiles and a radiant countenance; third, that they see all things with their own eyes and not through the eyes of others; fourth, the ability to carry a task, once begun, through to its end.

STOB.051 #060

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Personal instructions; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BHU0050

no title

man is not infallible [but] God is the All-Forgiving. In the same way that God is the “Concealer”, so should the believers be forgiving

STOB.056 #068

BHU0051

no title

We did not associate with officials and the people while dwelling in the Most Great Prison but left this difficult task for the Master.

STOB.062 #086

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Personal instructions; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0053

no title

Whatever action the ministers of the Sultan took against Us, after having become acquainted with its contents, cannot be regarded as unjustifiable. The acts they committed before its perusal, however, can have no justification

GPB.160x

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0054

no title

Siyyid Isma'il was possessed of such power and might that were he to be confronted

GPB.136x

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0055

no title

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

GPB.122x

Power of faith; power of the spirit

BHU0056

no title

These tents may be likened to the trappings of this world, which no sooner are they spread out than the time cometh for them to be rolled up

GPB.147x

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0057

no title

The traditions (hadith) which are passed down in Islam have been the cause of ruin for many homes, sources of disunity and division, and of suffering and calamities.

STOB.051 #059

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

BHU0058

no title

Let your acts be a guide unto all mankind, that from your behaviour and conduct they may be enabled to recognize the signs and commandments of God.

STOB.056 #067

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; The power of example; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0059

no title

If one of your soldiers were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held responsible, and be punished in his place?

GPB.190x

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BHU0060

no title

In the Book of God it is recorded that should a person embrace this Faith, his father and mother shall also receive forgiveness.

STOB.058 #072

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Parents and children; youth; families

BHU0061

no title

We have, for a while, tarried amongst this people, and failed to discern the slightest response on their part

GPB.119x

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BHU0062

no title

No blood has, till now, been poured upon the earth as pure as the blood he shed

GPB.136-137x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0063

no title

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x

BHU0065

no title

unknown

مرسل رسل و منزل کتب

It is so! The Sender of the Messengers and the Revealer of the Books is Our station.

STOB#103

BHU0066

no title

340

The Jaláluʾd-Dawlih has done what has caused the eyes of the denizens of the Supreme Concourse to shed tears of blood. Do you perceive the reason for his doings?

GEN.162, AFNAN.031x

Past, present and future of Iran; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy

BHU0067

no title

280

Islam was a good religion, but they destroyed it. Differences arose from the beginning of the Dispensation and, after the ascension of the Prophet, the foundation of Islam was shattered

AFNAN.033-034

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0068

no title

190

With the aid of Nasiri’d-Din Sháh and [Sultan] `Abdu’l-`Aziz, Shaykh `Abdu’l-Husayn tried hard to extinguish the light of God’s Cause… Another day in Baghdad, a learned divine came to see Us. He had a tall, heavy frame and thick beard

AFNAN.044-045

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humor; jokes; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0069

no title

170

Consider how unfair and truly void of faith they [the Azalis] are. Because of the Mu`tamu’d-Dawlih’s supplications in Isfahán… One day, several of the clergy came to visit Us. One of them asked, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We are from `Amá,’ We responded… The day We left Baghdad, We moved to the Garden of Najíb Pasha and stayed there for 12 days

AFNAN.042-043

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BHU0070

no title

170

When Mullá `Alí was led to the place of his martyrdom, he instructed the executioner to open one of his veins. When a bit of his throat was cut, with his own sacred blood, he dyed his white beard red

AFNAN.045-046

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom

BHU0071

no title

140

O flowers of the rose-garden of the honored Afnán! You are welcome; you are welcome. Your departure from Shiraz was very difficult and tiring

AFNAN.028-029

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BHU0072

no title

100

The Master is Our shield and the shield of everyone else. All live at ease, all know utmost comfort and tranquility. Associating with men such as these is very, very difficult

AFNAN.039-040

Consolation and comfort; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes

BHU0073

no title

Should one of Our Aghsán ever for a moment pass out from the shadow of the Cause, he will cease to be of any consequence

AFNAN.041

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH04998

Ay Bulbulan

190

mixed

ای بلبلان ای بلبلان فصل گل و گلذار شد ای عارفان ای عارفان آنغیب در اظهار

It is the season of the rose, O nightingales, O nightingales! O mystic knowers of the Lord, The Unseen threw aside His veils!

INBA36:097, INBA71:261, INBA74:092x, NLAI_BH1.527, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30a,

BRL_DA#363, TZH4.142, ASAT3.200-201, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002

WIND#155, JHT_B#018

Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcending the material condition; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

LL#009

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

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment

ROB3.179, ROB3.251, LL#357, LL#367

BH00245

Commentary on a verse from Sa'di

2530

mixed

Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Unrestrained as the wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi)

آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و

The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself

BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047

BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x

GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133

B. Grover, MANA

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457

BH00135

Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma

3690

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن آمن بالله و سلطانه الذی کان علی العالمین محیطا لیذکر المظلوم الذی

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God and His sovereignty which encompasseth all the worlds, that the Wronged One may mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#010, , BLIB_Or15740.031x, , NLAI_BH3.192, BN_suppl.1754.031-037

AVK1.242.14x, AVK1.318x, AVK1.321.18x, LHKM2.047, AYI2.067x, AYI2.068x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT5.282x, ASAT5.368x, ASAT5.369x, RAHA.126-127x, YMM.325x, YMM.357x, YMM.359x, YMM.385x, YMM.396x

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04496

Commentary on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah

210

Arabic

قل ان العلم فی رتبه الامکان هو نفس المعلوم و فی الذات لایعلمه الا هو کذلک

Say: Knowledge, in the realm of contingent being, is identical with that which is known, and in the Divine Essence none knoweth it save He. Thus hath it been decreed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#321,

SFI05.012, YMM.207

Knowledge; recognition of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00132

Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab

3750

mixed

قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است

The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s]

INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x

GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard

DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178

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

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB3.230, LL#382

BH05706

Commentary on the revelation of the Lawh-i-Karmil

170

Persian

اینکه آنمقر منظر اکبر واقع بعد از ورود و نزول جمال قدم جل اجلاله در آنمحل

That spot which became the Most Great Scene, after the advent and descent therein of the Ancient Beauty, glorified be His majesty [3.5s]

TZH7.125

Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Shrines and Holy places

BH11602

Eulogy for Ashraf

unknown

STOB.116, LL#196

BH05177

Firdaws al-Baqa’

190

Arabic

هذه فردوس البقا قد فتحنا ابوابها لمن فی السموات و الارض فاسرعوا الیها یا

The portals of this Paradise of Eternity have We flung open unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Hasten ye, therefore, unto them, O [3.5s]

INBA51:589

LHKM3.053

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11580

First Tablet to Ali Pasha

unknown

ROB2.058, LL#216

BH11581

First Tablet to Faris, in honor of Nabil

unknown

ROB3.007

BH01361

Gul va Bulbul (The nightingale and the owl)

630

mixed

Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl

Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl)

گل معنوی در رضوان الهی بقدوم ربیع معانی مشهود ولکن بلبلان صوری محروم مانده اند گل

The spiritual rose in the divine garden blossoms into mystical meanings at the approach of spring, but the artificial nightingales remain deprived.

INBA65:234, BLIB_Or07852.108, , NLI.32p002v

AQA4#099 p.336, AQA4a.368, HDQI.011, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002x, AKHA_123BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#06 p.03, OOL.B200

BLO_PT#136

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#064, LL#094

BH01911

Huwa Munfikhu'r-Ruh (Lawh-i-Nuqtih?)

460

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

حمد خدا را که عیون حیوان غیبی که در حجبات ستر الهی مستور بود بتاییدات روح

Praise be to God that the invisible springs of life that were concealed behind the divine veil are now abundantly flowing from the reality of the Word

INBA36:463b, BLIB_Or15706.133, , BLIB_Or15714.047,

BRL_DA#642, MJMM.272, AKHA_121BE #08 p.a, OOL.B064

WIND#125, BLO_sazedj#09

Continual renewal of creation; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#120

BH03181

Khutbatu'n-Nikah [marriage Tablet]

280

mixed

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

الحمد لله القدمی بلا زوال و الابدی بلا انتقال الذی شهد لذاته بذاته انه لهو

Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being

INBA73:042, BLIB_Or15722.057a, , NLAI_BH4.075.13-076.09

BRL_DA#564, AVK4.157x, TSBT.205x

BPRY.117, PNAK.83

Business; financial; property matters; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#144, LL#205

BH01342

Lawh-i Shati’u’l-Baqa (Tablet of the Shore of Eternity)

640

Arabic

هذا شاطی البقا فاستمع لما یوحی عن مکمن الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو قد خلق الممکنات

This is the Shore of Eternity; hearken unto that which is revealed from the Most Exalted Sanctuary: Verily, there is no God but Him. He hath created all contingent beings [3.5s]

INBA71:089

BRL_DA#634

Moses; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00718

Lawh-i-'Ali

1090

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

LL#045

BH05904

Lawh-i-'Ali Haydar Shirvani (2nd Tablet to the Czar)

170

mixed

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

نصار حقیقی آمد لعمر الله قادر است بر اینکه بیک کلمه عالم را منقلب نماید چون

He Who leadeth to true victory is come. By the righteousness of God! He is fully capable of revolutionizing the world

ANDA#16 p.64x, ANDA#64 p.04x, TBP#17jx

TB#17jx, GPB.106x

Hypocrisy; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

LL#046, LL#106

BH00082

Lawh-i-'Andalib

4810

mixed

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

الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما

Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s]

INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198

BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x

BRL_ATBH#22x

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB4.083, LL#050

BH00871

Lawh-i-'Azim

940

mixed

قد بلغ الخادم الفانی کتابک الذی کان مدلا علی تمسکک بالله و رجوعک الیه و وجدت

The evanescent servant hath received thy letter, which testifieth to thy steadfastness in God and thy turning unto Him, and hath found [3.5s]

MUH3.277x, YIK.062-064, OOL.B190x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11582

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Majid

unknown

ROB4.084, LL#033

BH11583

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Rahim

unknown

ROB3.060, LL#035

BH11584

Lawh-i-Afnan-i-Yazd va Shiraz

unknown

STOB.099, LL#037

BH11585

Lawh-i-Ahbab-i-Isfahan

unknown

STOB.112-113, LL#039

BH01822

Lawh-i-Amr

490

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

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

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

GWB#067x

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

ROB2.161, LL#047

BH10665

Lawh-i-Amr(?)

Arabic

هذا لوح الامر قد نزل بالحق من لدن منزل قدیما و یذکر فیه امه من اماء الله لتشکر ربها و تکون

This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down in truth from the presence of the Ancient Revealer, wherein mention is made of a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may render thanks unto her Lord and be [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.631c, , ALIB.folder18p500e

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00948

Lawh-i-Aqa Siyyid Hasan

870

Arabic

قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین الرضوان بندآء الذی یسمعه حقایق کل الاشیاء بین الارض

The call of God hath been raised from the right hand of the Ridván with such a call as is heard by the realities of all things upon the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15702.100, , NLAI_BH2.122, ALIB.folder18p269

AQA4#097 p.328, AQA4a.123, MAS4.139bx, ASAT4.023x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#057

BH02209

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba

400

mixed

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

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba (Tablet of the Land of Ba)

حمدا لمن تشرف ارض الباء بقدوم من طاف حوله الاسماء بذلک بشرت الذرات کل

Praise be to Him Who hath honoured the Land of Bá through the presence of Him round Whom all names revolve.

INBA81:088x, BLIB_Or15727a.043,

AHM.107x, HDQI.005x, AHDW.009x, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196x, TBP#16x, OOL.B166x

TB#16x, GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#14 p.239x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

almunajat.com [item 21], L. Slott

Consolation and comfort; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ROB4.240, BKOG.378, YMM.151, LL#061

BH03564

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta

260

mixed

Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر

Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory

INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081

GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167

GWB#055x, LTDT.270x

MUH1.0034, LL#062

BH02329

Lawh-i-Babu'l-Ata [Lawh-i-Banu-Qurayzih]

380

mixed

Lawh-i-Bábu’l-ʻAtá (or Lawh-i-Banú-Qurayzih)

ذرات کائنات شاهد و حقائق ممکنات گواه که این عبد از ظهور و اظهار امر مقصودی جز

The atoms of every contingent being and the realities of all created things bear witness that this Servant.... When I was but a child, this Wronged One read an account of the invasion of the Banú-Qurayẓih recorded in a book attributed to the late Mullá Báqir Majlisí.

INBA81:158, BLIB_Or15695.037, , BLIB_Or15724.101,

MAS7.135, ASAT2.017x

ADMS#042

Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB2.348, LL#075

BH11586

Lawh-i-Band-i-Man

unknown

STOB.107-108, LL#074

BH01525

Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl

570

mixed

Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

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

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

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

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

BH11587

Lawh-i-Bismi al-Mazzah (the Humorist)

260

mixed

God the All-Humorous; Translation List

Lawh-i-Bismi al-Mazzah (the Humorist)

ان الحق نطق بلسان الخلق ما عاشقان روی تو ما عاکفان کوی تو ما بستگان موی تو

We are the lovers of Your face, We live outside Your dwelling place, We are the captives of Your hair

BRL_DA#089, YBN.171

ADMS#253

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

LL#170

BH01353

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani

630

Persian

Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians)

ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند

O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you

INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042

BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax

TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#084

BH02467

Lawh-i-Firayjat

360

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq)

Lawh-i-Firayjat (Tablet of Firayját)

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی تغن حمامه الفراق عن شطر العراق

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of separation are raised

INBA18:247, INBA71:030b, INBA92:123

BRL_DA#241, UVM.064.20x

BRL_APBH#18

unknown (1), unknown (2)

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02794

Lawh-i-Gul-i-Mawla

320

mixed

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

گل مولی چه بسیار از دراویش که در صحراهای شوق بیاد مولی سیاح شدند و در بحور

Flower of God! How many are the dervishes who journeyed through the wildernesses of longing in remembrance of their Lord and swam in the oceans of yearning

INBA35:189, NLI.32p001v

MAS4.218bx, ASAT4.491.15x

ADMS#259

MMAH.182

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

mixed

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

BH11588

Lawh-i-Haji Akhund (I) wa Jamal-i-Burujirdi

unknown

ROB3.425, LL#099

BH11589

Lawh-i-Haji Akhund (II)

unknown

ROB3.427, LL#100

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

mixed

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din)

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH11590

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir I

unknown

ROB2.276, STOB.020, LL#108

BH11591

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir II

unknown

ROB2.278, STOB.021a, LL#109

BH11592

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir III

unknown

STOB.021b, LL#110

BH11593

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Ibrahim

unknown

LL#111

BH04150

Lawh-i-Husayn 1

220

Arabic

ان یا حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی لیجذبک الی ملکوت امری و جبروت عظمتی ان ربک

O Husayn! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, that it may attract thee to the Kingdom of My Cause and the dominion of My majesty. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s]

INBA34:255

AQA1#116, OOL.B046a

Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01900

Lawh-i-Husayn 3

460

mixed

امروز آفتاب گفتار یزدان از افق سماء خامه بیان مشرق و لائح و بتجلیی از تجلیاتش

In this day the Sun of God's utterance hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of the Pen's expression, manifest and resplendent, with one of its effulgences [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.227b, , BLIB_Or15722.099b, , NLAI_BH1.116

ZYN.262, YARP1.001, ASAT1.017x, ASAT1.027x, ASAT3.246x, OOL.B046c

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00431

Lawh-i-Ibna'

1630

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع

These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God

INBA35:063

BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161

BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and i …

Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433

BH00627

Lawh-i-Ibrahim

1220

Arabic

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه

O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions

INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181

BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x

GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x

LL#125, LL#142, LL#404

BH02355

Lawh-i-Irmighan

380

mixed

یا افنانی علیک بهائی افنانی علیه بهائی اراده نموده یک دریا لئالی حکمت و بیان

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! My Afnán, upon whom resteth My glory, hath desired an ocean of pearls of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA65:033x, INBA30:086bx, INBA81:020a, NLAI_BH_AB.026

AHM.328, AQMJ1.148x, ADH1.020

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement

BH01117

Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud

750

mixed

Excellence in all Things; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامهای جناب سمندر که ارسال نموده عبد حاضر لدی المظلوم

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! The letters sent by his honor Samandar were presented before the Wronged One [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.... Writing skills that will provide for urgent needs will be enough for some

MJAN.026, AYBY.067, GHA.089x, MAS7.129cx, MAS8.193x, SAM.204, PYM.214bx, TRZ1.081x

BRL_EXCEL#06x, COC#0006x, COC#0569x, COC#0771x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.091, LL#415

BH10899

Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud

Persian

یا اسم الجود علیک بهائی مکتوب جناب ملا علی عليه بهائی ملاحظه شد جواب باو بنويسيد و از جانب مظلوم اظهار عنايت بکنيد

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory. The letter from Jinab-i-Mullá 'Alí, upon him be My Glory, was perused. Write a reply and convey to him the loving-kindness of this Wronged One [3.5s]

GHA.085x

Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions

BH00015

Lawh-i-Istintaq

9560

mixed

سبحانک یا من بک حقق الذات فی الذات و تردی کینونة القدم برداء الاسماء... این عبد تا ان یوم از لسان عظمت ایات قهریه باین شان استماع ننموده

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Essence is realized within the Essence, and the Ancient Being is adorned with the mantle of Names [3.5s]... ...My name is Bahá’u’lláh (Light of God), and My country is Núr (Light). Be ye apprized of it.

BRL_DA#587, MAS4.220-260, MUH3.384-385x, RHQM2.0746x (141-154) (090x), QT108.128-130x, OOL.B168

GPB.190x, BTO#15

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#128

BH02551

Lawh-i-Istiqamat

350

Arabic

Lawh-Istiqamat (Tablet of Constancy)

نوصیکم یا عباد الرحمن بالامانه و الصدق و الوفاء و بتقوی الله العزیز الحکیم

We counsel you, O servants of the All-Merciful, to trustworthiness and truthfulness and fidelity, and to fear of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s]... ...Can it be possible that after the dawning of the day-star of Thy Testament above the horizon of Thy Most Great Tablet

BLIB_Or15696.150a,

LHKM1.113, OOL.B170

GPB.250-251x, RKS.134-135

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02758

Lawh-i-Jamal 2

320

Arabic

ج ل اسمع ندآء ربک الغنی المتعال قم علی الامر و امر الناس بالمعروف کذلک یامرک

O Jalíl! Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. Arise in the Cause and enjoin the people unto that which is good. Thus doth He command thee [3.5s]

INBA34:187

AQA1#052, OOL.B049b

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00041

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II

7070

mixed

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال

All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve

INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199

BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x

BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00885

Lawh-i-Javad

920

mixed

ای حبیب جان و محبوب روانم آیا سکون اختیار نموده و جمال مختار مابین اشرار... ای جواد سلطان ایجاد میفرماید ای جواد سیف لسانرا

O beloved of My soul and cherished of My spirit! Hast thou chosen repose whilst the Beauty of the All-Glorious dwelleth amidst the wicked? O Javád, the Sovereign Lord of creation declareth: O Javád, unsheathe the sword of thy tongue [3.5s]

INBA38:082, NLI.32p036vx, Majlis934.058-069x

MAS8.012x

Call to action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.197

BH00316

Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I

2040

mixed

جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از

The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s]

INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c,

AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x

HURQ.BH75x

Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

SHHB.152, LL#132

BH03636

Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd II

12200

mixed

جوهر حمد و ساذج آن مالکی را لایق و سزاست که ملوک عالم بمملوکیتش فخر نموده و

The essence of praise and its purest expression befitteth that Sovereign, before Whom the monarchs of the world glory in their servitude [3.5s]

RHQM2.0773-774 (175x) (108-109x), PYK.040x, YIA.066-099

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11624

Lawh-i-Jazb

280

mixed

Tablet "Lawh-i-Jadhb" Not Authenticated

ای مشتاق عشق ناله از سر جان بکن تا در جان جانان موثر آید و گریه از چشم روح

O thou who yearnest for love! Raise thy plaintive cry from the depths of thy soul, that it may penetrate unto the spirit of the Beloved, and let tears flow from the eyes of the spirit [3.5s]

BYM.303x

S. Tirandaz, E. R. Seissan

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03529

Lawh-i-Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Ibrahim (Kitab al-Fajr)

260

Arabic

کتاب الفجر من افق الامر قد کان بالجهر مشهودا من قرء حرفا منه توجه الی شطر

The Book of Dawn hath appeared from the horizon of the Command, manifest unto all. Whosoever readeth a single letter thereof turneth toward its direction [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#168,

AQA4#101 p.341, AQA4a.129

Consolation and comfort; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#113

BH01707

Lawh-i-Jud

520

mixed

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

یا اسمی الجود علیک بهائی ان استمع ما سمعته من قبل اذ کان نیر البرهان مشرقا

O thou who bearest My Name, Júd! Upon thee be My Glory. Give ear unto that which thou didst hear aforetime

BLIB_Or15715.232b,

BRL_DA#247, FBAH.000ii, TBP.000ii, TBP#17h

TB#17h

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

LL#134

BH00335

Lawh-i-Khalil

1970

mixed

Lawh-i-Khalíl (Tablet to Khalil)

ملکوت جلال و جمال و جبروت عظمت و اجلال سلطان لاهوت و ملیک حی لایموت را

The Sovereign of the Divine Realm and King of Life Who dieth not hath so established and ornamented the Kingdom of Majesty and Beauty and the Spiritual Realm of Might

BLIB_Or15717.213,

BRL_DA#483, MAS4.038x, MSHR5.386x, OOL.B161

HURQ.BH72

Moses; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.190, LL#420

BH00556

Lawh-i-Khartum

1340

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لهو القلم الاعلی و السدره المنتهی

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and He Who hath manifested Himself is verily the Most Exalted Pen and the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.247,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01597

Lawh-i-Kimiya 1

550

Arabic

Lawḥ-i-Kímíya III (Tablet on Alchemy III)

و اما ما سئلت من الحجر فاعلم بأنه مطروح فی کل مکان و فیه قدرنا کنوزاً ما اطلع بها الا من علمناه

And now as regards that which you hast asked about the Stone: Know that it exists in every locality. In it We decreed treasures which none hath fathomed

MAS1.024x, MAS8.107ax, OOL.B197.1

HURQ.BH07x

Alludes to the identity of the Stone of the Philosophers, declaring that it is "cast down in every p …

Alchemy; the elixir; Free will and predestination; fate; Prayer for forgiveness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Soul; spirit after death

BH02654

Lawh-i-Kimiya 3

340

mixed

یا علی قبل اکبر مکتوبت را عبد حاضر حاضر نمود و در منظر اکبر معروض داشت معلوم

O 'Ali-Qabli-Akbar! This servant in attendance presented thy letter and laid it before the Most Great Horizon. Know thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.113b, , BLIB_Or15722.168c,

SFI07.016b, MAS1.045x, OOL.B197.3x

Alchemy; the elixir; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#391

BH07258

Lawh-i-Kimiya 4

140

mixed

کتابت بلسان عربی لدی العرش حاضر و بلسان پارسی جواب آن نازل بسمع طاهر مقدس اصغا

Thy letter written in the Arabic tongue is present before Our Throne and the reply hath been revealed in the Persian language

BLIB_Or11096#130, , BLIB_Or15722.050a,

MAS1.045-046, OOL.B197.4, VUJUD.097

VUJUDE.148-149

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Law of cause and effect; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH04321

Lawh-i-Kimiya 5

220

mixed

یا ایها الموسوم برکن الاول من اسمی ان استمع ندائی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المختار و

O thou who art designated as the First Pillar of My Name! Hearken unto My Call. Verily, He is none other than God, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

INBA18:046, BLIB_Or11096#138,

MAS1.046-047x, OOL.B197.5x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00212

Lawh-i-Kimiya 6

2760

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I (Tablet on Alchemy I)

پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه

It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature

INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184

MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6

REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

BH04263

Lawh-i-Kitab-i-Sidq

220

Arabic

کتاب الصدق نزل بالحق من لدن عالم خبیر انه لرسول الصدق الی البلاد لیذکر الناس

The Book of Truth hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Verily, it is the Messenger of Truth unto all lands, that it may remind the peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.011a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.056,

AVK3.145.06x, GHA.331x, AHB_131BE #07-08 p.002, OOL.B165

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.188

BH10779

Lawh-i-Kuchik

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

انشاء الله در سایه رحمت رحمانی و قباب عنایت سبحانی ساکن و مستریح باشید من کوچکم

God willing, Thou art abiding in the shade of God’s mercy, and reposing beneath the canopy of divine bounty. To outward seeming, I am but a child

NFQ.001a, TBH.297

ADMS#039

LL#145

BH04076

Lawh-i-Liqa'

230

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá'

Lawh-i-Liqa

هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت

Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days

INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a,

BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x

LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

JRAS.289

BH05897

Lawh-i-Maryam 1

170

mixed

مریما مهدی با یک قبضه صمدی و یک دکله محمد علی واصل و عاید بغداد شد مع خبرهای

O Mary! Mahdi arrived in Baghdad with one holy sword-hilt and one knife of Muhammad-'Ali, bearing tidings [3.5s]... ...What is causing thy sadness and why art thou sorrowful? Hast thou ever heard of the ocean shedding tears in separation from a river or the sun fearing the pursuit of a star?

INBA38:046, INBA36:378

OOL.B058a

LTDT.303x

Consolation and comfort; Continual renewal of creation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02918

Lawh-i-Mazindaran

310

Persian

یا اسمی یا ایها الناظر الى شمس ظهورى اهل میم و الف را در لوح ذکر

O My Name! O thou who gazest upon the Sun of My Manifestation! Make mention in the Tablet of the people of M and A [3.5s]

INBA73:045, BLIB_Or15738.181.15,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02950

Lawh-i-Mihraban

300

Persian

Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Mihraban (Epistle to Mihraban)

ای مهربان دوستی از دوستان یادت نمود یادت نمودیم امروز آنچه دیده می شود گواهی

O Mihrábán! One of the friends hath evoked thy remembrance; thus have We remembered thee.

INBA66:118, BLIB_Or15690.295, , BLIB_Or15699.120, , BLIB_Or15715.199b, , BLIB_Or15722.097, , MKI4523.285, , BN_suppl.1753.068-069

BRL_DA#124, ZYN.257, ISH.285, AHM.303, YARP1.017, UAB.052bx, DRD.173, AHB_120BE #10 p.360, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.a

BRL_ATBH#64, BW_v01p037x, BW_v02p057x, BW_v18p967, BLO_PT#033x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; True liberty; freedom; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

LL#172

BH09452

Lawh-i-Mizan

100

Arabic

قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر

The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s]

INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a

Apocalyptic imagery; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00097

Lawh-i-Mulla Abdur-Rahim

4350

mixed

معروض میدارد این عبد فانی که مکتوب آنجناب واصل شد و از بدایع کلمات و جواهر

This evanescent servant submitteth that thy letter was received, and from the wondrous words and gems [3.5s]

SFI03.011

Belief and denial; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

MMAH.186

BH07650

Lawh-i-Munajat

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ادعوک بالدعاء الذی دعیت به من لسان رسلک و صفوتک و اسئلک

Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God, I supplicate unto Thee with that supplication with which Thou wert implored by the tongue of Thy Messengers

INBA48:189, INBA49:051, BLIB_Or15739.326, , PR05.044b-044a

AQMJ1.045, ANDA#70 p.23

KFPT#05

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for morning; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH04298

Lawh-i-Mustatab

220

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل من لدن عزیز وهاب لمن خضع و اناب اذ اتی الرب علی السحاب انه لرب

This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath bowed down and turned unto God when the Lord came upon the clouds. Verily, He is the Lord [3.5s]

INBA44:109b, INBA34:275, BLIB_Or15696.123b,

AQA1#138, AKHA_124BE #08 p.j

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH02800

Lawh-i-Quds 2

320

Arabic

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

هذا لوح القدس نزل من جبروت الامر لمن وجد عرف القمیص من شطر التقدیس و اقبل

This is the Tablet of holiness; it was sent down, from the realm of revelation, unto him who hath discovered the fragrance of the garment wafting from the direction of sanctity

INBA34:199

AQA1#062, OOL.B068b

ADMS#225

BH04551

Lawh-i-Quds 3

210

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

هذا لوح القدس قد نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم یستنشق منه الموحدون رایحه الرحمن

This is the Tablet of holiness; it hath been sent down, through the power of truth, by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise

INBA34:261b, NLAI_BH1.015

AQA1#123, AKHA_124BE #06 p.b, OOL.B068c

ADMS#226

BH04852

Lawh-i-Quds 4

200

Arabic

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations

هذا لوح القدس من لدنا الی الذی امن و هدی و فیه ذکر ما یقربه الی الله العلی

This is the Tablet of holiness from Us to him who hath believed and been guided aright, and therein is mentioned what will draw him nigh unto God

BLIB_Or15725.308a, , NLAI_BH2.044

ADMS#227

BH05173

Lawh-i-Quds 6

190

Arabic

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

هذا لوح القدس قد فصلناه من ام البیان و ارسلناه الی من آمن بالله ربه الرحمن

This is the Tablet of holiness; We have expounded it from the Mother Book and sent it unto the one who hath believed in the Lord his God

INBA18:211, NLAI_BH1.074

BRL_DA#417

ADMS#229

BH07301

Lawh-i-Quds 7

140

Arabic

Chastisement and requital; High station of the true believer; Personal instructions; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

هذا لوح القدس قد رقم فیه من قلم قدس بدیع آیات الله الملک المتعالی العزیز

This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath been written, by a Pen sacred and wondrous, the verses of God, the King, the Transcendent, the Almighty

BLIB_Or15694.627c, , ALIB.folder18p486

ADMS#230

BH02563

Lawh-i-Rada'r-Ruh

350

Arabic

Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh

Lawh-i-Radar-Ruh (Tablet to Radar-Ruh)

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندآء من سجن مره بعد اخری فی سبیل الله ربک و رب

O Thou who hast fixed his gaze upon the (divine) Countenance! Hearken unto the Call of Him Who hath suffered imprisonment, time after time, in the path of God

INBA73:362, NLAI_BH1.510, NLAI_BH2.249

SFI16.036-037, MUH3.026-027, ASAT1.051x, DLH3.472

BLO_PT#189, BTO#11

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.007-010, LL#197

BH04606

Lawh-i-Ram

200

Arabic

اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی

Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink

INBA81:049

AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186

COC#1785

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH01624

Lawh-i-Rida

2400

mixed

Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida)

بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا

By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it.

BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x

BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx

GWB#032x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

LL#220

BH11594

Lawh-i-Salat

unknown

ROB4.299, LL#229

BH11595

Lawh-i-Shaykh Abdu'l-Husayn

unknown

LEID.Or4970 item 9,

LL#239

BH00415

Lawh-i-Sirr al-Tankis

1690

mixed

مطالب مذکوره در ساحت اقدس معروض افتاد هذا ما نزل من سمآء الأمر قد سمعنا ما نادیت به الله بما علمک من قبل... و اما در فقرهٴ عباراتی که منسوب بجناب شیخ احمد احسائی

The matters mentioned were presented to the Most Holy Court, and this is what hath been sent down from the heaven of Command: We have heard that which thou didst call upon God concerning what He taught thee aforetime... And as for the phrases attributed to Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#253x, , BLIB_Or15722.035, , NLI.32p144rx

ADM2#095 p.176x, MAS1.012x, MAS4.276x, ASAT4.088x, ASAT5.065x, NSS.098x

ADMS#199n77x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

LL#243

BH03255

Lawh-i-Siyyid Muhammad ibn Vahid

280

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

قد فتح باب البیان و ظهر غلام المعانی و کان فی یده الیمنی کاس من سلسبیل رحمه

Lo! The portal of utterance is flung open, and the Youth of inner meaning is come. In His right hand, He beareth a chalice

BLIB_Or11095#187,

AQA4#104 p.358, AQA4a.132, LMA1.348 (208)

ADMS#028

LL#247

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 …

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

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

BH01027

Lawh-i-Tabib

810

mixed

اینکه در باره انقلاب و اختلاف ایران مذکور نموده بودید هذا ما وعدنا به فی

That which thou didst mention concerning the upheaval and dissension in Persia - this is what We had promised in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#257, , BLIB_Or15698.318, , BLIB_Or15720.311, , BLIB_Or15740.242, , NLI.32p135v

BRL_DA#135, AVK4.438x, AVK4.477dx, IQT.318, SFI03.157.19x, MAS4.034x, ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.051x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.200, ROB3.201, ROB3.351-2, LL#371

BH03457

Lawh-i-Tal'atu'l-Hubb

260

Arabic

ان یا طلعه الحب قد عرفنا شوقک الی الله فی رفرف البقا علی قربک فی میادین

Countenance of love, we have recognized your longing for God in the pavilions of eternity, insofar as you drew near and attained

BRL_DA#118, AQA4a.240, FRH.346

WIND#123

Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#249

BH00414

Lawh-i-Yusuf 1

1690

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز

The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s]

INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153,

AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04372

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 1

210

mixed

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت بر امر الله بوده و هست چه که شیاطین از جمیع اشطار ظاهر

That which is of paramount importance in this day is steadfastness in the Cause of God, for fiendish souls have manifested from every side

INBA71:337

BRL_DA#164, MJMM.337, DRD.182, ASAT1.050x, AKHA_123BE #08 p.a, OOL.B085a

ADMS#213

GSH.180, LL#266

BH11383

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin(?)

Arabic

ان یا زین المقربین فاعلم بان کل ما سمعت فی هذالامر قد ظهر بامری العزیز المقتدر

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Know thou that whatsoever thou hast heard concerning this Cause hath appeared through My mighty and powerful Command [3.5s]

ASAT4.091x, ASAT4.530x

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02011

Lawh-i-Zuhur

440

Arabic

کتاب الظهور قد نزل من سماء الفضل لمن اقبل الی الله مرسل الاریاح ان فی استوآء

The Book of Manifestation hath been sent down from the heaven of grace unto him who hath turned unto God, the Sender of the winds. Verily, in its revelation [3.5s]

INBA23:022, INBA34:162, BLIB_Or15707.115, , BLIB_Or15735.272,

AQA1#034, HYK.272

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

BH00305

Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions

2100

Arabic

Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif

Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و

O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him

INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075

BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x

RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#281, LL#505

BHU0001

Panj Kanz (The Five Treasures)

1400

Persian

Panj Kanz (Five Treasures)

کنز اول قومی در بیرونی بیت قدَم میزدند وبرخی از شاهزادگان ایران حضور داشتند

Dost thou know what sort of person is worthy of hearing My words and is fit to enter My presence?

TZH4.255-259x, PKNZ, DHU.049x, ANDA#40 p.10, OOL.B156

SW_v16#02 p.431x, ADMS#017

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ROB2.140-143x, MMAH.162, LL#207

BH01125

Prayer for the Fast (Dawn)

740

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting)

اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men

INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124

PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04

PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011

The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#467

BH00437

Prayer for the Fast (Iftar)

1620

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک

Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love

INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094,

BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02

BRL_IOPF#3.06

LL#271, LL#469

BH00987

Salat-i-Kabir (Long Obligatory Prayer)

840

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Obligatory prayer, Long

یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بمطالع غیبک العلی الابهی بان تجعل صلوتی

O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence

PMP#183, AHM.070, TSBT.012x, NFQ.001, NFF1.003x, ABMK.001, OOL.B176c

PM#183, BPRY.007-016, BP1929.021x, BP1929.022x, BP1929.030x

The Friends in Bristol, Nabil and Karim, M. Perez, MANA, MANA, R. Peterson [track 1], S. Agbortoko & M. Weigert

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.030, LL#230

BH11209

Salat-i-Saghir (Short Obligatory Prayer)

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Obligatory prayer, Short

اشهد یا الهی بانک خلقتنی لعرفانک و عبادتک و اشهد فی هذا الحین بعجزی و قوتک

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee.

PMP#181, AHM.084, TSBT.021, NFF1.009x, ABMK.008, MMJA.020, OOL.B176a

PM#181, BPRY.004, SW_v12#19 p.313, BSC.184 #265

S. Sunderland, A.E. Rahbin, S. Akhavan, Rowshan [track 7]

Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#230

BH03447

Salat-i-Vusta (Medium Obligatory Prayer)

260

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Obligatory prayer, Medium

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

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

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

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

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

LL#230

BH02867

Saqi bidih abi

310

Persian

Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A

ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو

O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh

INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192

LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042

Love as fire; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

LL#284

BH11566

Seal of Baha’u’llah #01

Arabic

لا اله الا الله الملک الحق المبین عبده حسینعلی

No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. His servant Husayn-`Ali

KHSH04.016

BH11565

Seal of Baha’u’llah #02

Arabic

لا اله الا الله الملک الحق المبین حسینعلی

No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. Husayn-`Ali

KHSH04.016

BH11557

Seal of Baha’u’llah #03

Arabic

بهاء الله

Baha’u’llah

KHSH04.016, MHA.000ii, AMIN.017#1

BH11562

Seal of Baha’u’llah #04

Arabic

دلیلی نفسی و برهانی امری و حجتی جمالی المنیر

My evidence is my self, my proof is my cause, and my testimony is my radiant beauty.

INBA84:179b, INBA84:107b, INBA84:047d

KHSH04.016, KHSH06.ii, MHA.000i, AMIN.017#5

Power of the Manifestation of God

BH11552

Seal of Baha’u’llah #05

Arabic

السجن لله الواحد المختار

The prison belongs to God, the One the Unconstrained

KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#7

BH11475

Seal of Baha’u’llah #06

Arabic

انه لبهاء الله لمن فیملکوت الامر و الخلق و مصباح الهدی لمن فی السموآت و الارض

He is the glory of God to those in the kingdom of command and creation and the lamp of guidance to those in the heavens and the earth.

INBA38:057c

KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#3

Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11554

Seal of Baha’u’llah #07

Arabic

انا المظلوم المسجون الغریب الوحید

I am the wronged one, the imprisoned, the stranger, the alone.

KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#6

BH11314

Seal of Baha’u’llah #08

Arabic

و لله ملکوت ملک البقاء آت و الروح یعز من یشاء بعزته و یذل من یرید بقدرته

To God belongs the dominion of the king of eternity. The spirit exalts whom it wills by its glory and abases whom it wills by its decree and gives what it wills to whomever it wills.

INBA51:308

LHKM3.062b, KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#2

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11409

Seal of Baha’u’llah #09

Arabic

شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی و اذا ینطق فی هذا الافق فی کلشیئ بانی

Verily, God testified of Himself through His self that I am living in the most glorious horizon. Whereupon I announce to all things that verily I am God

INBA51:532a

KHSH04.016, ASAT3.169x, AMIN.017#4

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11509

Seal of Baha’u’llah #10

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق القضاء شمس رقم علیها من القلم الابهی السجن لمطلع الایات الذی

From the horizon of the decree has dawned a sun on which the most glorious pen has inscribed: The prison belongs to the dawning-place of the verses

KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#8

BH11372

Seal of Baha’u’llah #11

Arabic

یدعو ظاهری باطنی و باطنی ظاهری لیس فی الملک سوائی و انا الحق علام الغیوب

My inner and outer beings call to each other, saying: There is no king but me, the truth, the knower of things unseen.

KHSH04.016

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11282

Seal of Baha’u’llah #12

Arabic

قد استقر جمال القدم علی العرش الاعظم اذا نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریا عند سدره

The ancient beauty has been established upon the most great throne. Whereupon the tongue of grandeur and majesty that belongs to the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing

INBA84:178a, INBA84:106a, INBA84:047a.03

KHSH04.016-017, LMA2.471

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11561

Seal of Baha’u’llah #13

Arabic

حسین و علی

Husayn and `Ali

BH11563

Seal of Baha’u’llah #14

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب

God bears witness that there is no god but Him, the powerful, the beloved.

BH11508

Seal of Baha’u’llah #15

Arabic

قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی

The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious.

INBA51:308b

LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017

Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11560

Seal of Baha’u’llah #16

Arabic

حسینعلی عبده الراجی حسینعلی

Husayn-`Ali, His hopeful servant, Husayn-`Ali

BH11555

Seal of Baha’u’llah #17

Arabic

اننی انا وجه الله الانور

Verily, I am the face of God, the most luminous.

BH11570

Seal of Baha’u’llah #18

Arabic

ینطق لسان الابهی فی ملکوت البدا الملک لله الفرد الواجد العلی الاعلی

The tongue of the most glorious proclaims in the kingdom of creation: Sovereignty belongs to God, the incomparable, the single, the exalted, the most exalted.

Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Christians

BH01654

Second Tablet to Faris

530

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و وجدنا منه عرف الحب و الوداد لذا نزل لک هذا اللوح

Thy letter hath come before Our Countenance, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of love and affection; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]... ...The Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath blown, and from Zion hath appeared that which was hidden, and from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God

INBA81:153, BLIB_Or11095#030,

BRL_DA#274, AVK3.121x, SFI16.038-039, ASAT4.432x, YIK.120-121

GPB.211x, PDC.125x, PDC.165x2x, PDC.165-166x, PDC.167x, BSB7:3-4 p27x, HURQ.BH77

LL#085

BH00952

Suratu'l-Kifaya

860

Arabic

ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل

O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple

INBA36:277

HURQ.BH03

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#315

BH01057

Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan)

790

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s]

INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00803

Suriy-i-Fath 2

1000

mixed

ان یا فتح الاعظم انا قد احصینا فی نفسک نصر نفسنا الحق و نفخنا فیک روحا من

O Fath-i-A'zam! We have, verily, encompassed within thy being the triumph of Our Cause, and have breathed into thee a spirit from [3.5s]

INBA18:272, BLIB_Or15725.119,

BRL_DA#470, LHKM1.036, OOL.B116b

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Idolatry; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH00367

Suriy-i-Husayn

1830

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s]

INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05

YMM.470x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00348

Suriy-i-Qada

1900

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندآء الله ربک عن یمین العرش بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O `Ali! Hearken ye unto the Call of God, thy Lord, from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne, proclaiming "I, verily, I am God, no God is there except I Myself

INBA83:184, BLIB_Or03114.015r, , BLIB_Or15702.218, , ALIB.folder18p088-096

BRL_DA#555, FBAH.099x

HURQ.BH46x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00402

Suriy-i-Shahada

1710

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما

Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s]

INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00569

Suriy-i-Zuhur nazzala li-'Abdu'r-Rahim

1320

Arabic

ذکر رحمه ربک عبده لیستقره علی الامر بشان لن یضطربه ندآء کل مشرک بعیدا فطوبی

The mention of thy Lord's mercy upon His servant is such that it establisheth him firmly in the Cause in such wise that the clamorous call of every remote polytheist shall not disquiet him. Blessed indeed is he [3.5s]

INBA83:266, BLIB_Or15725.557, , BLIB_Or15737.182, , ALIB.folder18p176

AQA4a.099

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03908

Tablet for Naw-Ruz

240

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلت النیروز عیدا لمن صاموا فی حبک و کفوا انفسهم عما

Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Ruz as a festival unto those who have observed the fast

BLIB_Or15696.099d,

PMP#046, NFR.057, AHM.138, AYT.343, NFF5.079, AKHA_134BE #01 p.06, AMB#01

PM#046, DOR#01, BPRY.297, DAS.1915-03-22

R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), R. Yazhari (3), R. Yazhari (4), almunajat.com [item 26], unknown

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

MMAH.105, LL#204

BH00821

Tablet of the Divine Springtime

990

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء

The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching.

BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027,

GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06

GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x

R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221

BH07147

Tablet of the Hair 1

140

Arabic

شهد شعری لجمالی بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد کنت فی ازل القدم الها فردا

My hair beareth witness for My Beauty that verily I am God and that there is none other God but Me.

BLIB_Or11098.029a

LHKM3.068, MUH3.272, ASAT3.023x, OOL.B191.01, OOL.B191.03

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11265

Tablet of the Hair 10

Arabic

شعری سمندری لذا استقر علی نار خدی و یرعی فی ریاض وجهی و هذا مقام الذی خلع ابن

My hair is My Phoenix. Therefore hath it set itself upon the blazing fire of My Face and receiveth sustenance

BLIB_Or11098.029h

LHKM3.075c, MUH3.275c, OOL.B191.10

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH11483

Tablet of the Hair 11

Arabic

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

جعدی حبلی من تمسک به لن یضل فی ازل الازال لان فیه هدایه الی انوار الجمال

A lock of My hair is My Cord. He who layeth fast hold on it shall never to all eternity go astray

BLIB_Or11098.029i

LHKM3.076a, MUH3.275d, OOL.B191.11

BLO_PT#202, DAS.1914-09-12

BH10844

Tablet of the Hair 12

Arabic

Fire and light; fire and water; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

فسبحان الله من هذا لخیط الناری و هذا لحبل الربانی مره اشاهد انه نار لان بها

Glorified be Thou, O God, for this fiery strand, this lordly cord! At one time I behold it as fire, for by it the hearts of the devoted are consumed

INBA51:108a, BLIB_Or11098.029j, KB_620:101-101

LHKM3.076b, MUH3.275-276, KHAF.279, OOL.B191.12

ADMS#172

BH11210

Tablet of the Hair 2

Arabic

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

اظهرت ماء الحیوان من کوثر فمی کما سترت شمس الحیوان خلف شعری ای فی ظلمات شعری

I have caused the living waters to issue from the Kawthar of My mouth, even as I have concealed the living sun behind My hair.

INBA51:587a, BLIB_Or11098.029k

LHKM3.076c, MUH3.276, OOL.B191.02

DAS.1914-09-12, ADMS#167

BH06431

Tablet of the Hair 4

150

Arabic

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ان یا اهل السموات و الارض فاعلموا بانا جعلنا کل الاشیا کنائز قدرتی ثم اختصصنا

O peoples of heaven and earth! Know ye that We made all things the treasuries of My power, then did We choose from them that which We made the adornment of My face

BLIB_Or11098.029b

LHKM3.069, MUH3.273, OOL.B191.04

ADMS#168

BH01730

Tablet of the Hair 5

510

Arabic

Fire and light; fire and water; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

فلک الحمد یا الهی مما قدرت کنز الحیوان فی جنه الرضوان و فیه جمعت النار و

Praise be to Thee, O my God, for Thou didst ordain that the treasure of life lie within the garden of Paradise, wherein Thou didst gather fire and water

BLIB_Or11098.029c

LHKM3.070, MUH3.273-274, ASAT4.060x, OOL.B191.05

ADMS#169

Praises God for creating the "treasure of creation" in Paradise and manifesting fire and water toget …

BH11127

Tablet of the Hair 6

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

و الحمد لمن جعل الظلمه طراز النور و به زین جمال الظهور و هذا من قدره ماسبقه

Praise be to Him Who made the darkness an embellishment of the light, with which He adorned the Beauty of Revelation

BLIB_Or11098.029d

LHKM3.073, MUH3.274, OOL.B191.06

ADMS#170

BH08601

Tablet of the Hair 7

120

Arabic

Fire and light; fire and water; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا من جعل النقطه طراز الجمال فی لوح الظهور و علق خیوط الظلمه علی کره النور

O Thou Who hast made the Point to be the ornament of the Beauty in the Tablet of Revelation! Thou art He Who attached jet-black strands to the orb of light

BLIB_Or11098.029e

LHKM3.074, MUH3.274-275, OOL.B191.07

ADMS#171

BH11496

Tablet of the Hair 8

Arabic

شعری شعاری به استر جمالی لئلا تقع علیه عیون الاغیار من عبادی کذالک نستر عن

My hair is My Veil whereby I conceal My Beauty, that haply the eyes of the non-believers among My servants may not fall upon it.

BLIB_Or11098.029f

LHKM3.075a, MUH3.275a, OOL.B191.08

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10832

Tablet of the Hair 9

Arabic

شعری سفیری فی کل حین ینادی علی غصن النار فی رضوان القدس و الانوار لعل اهل

My hair is My Messenger. It is calling aloud at all times upon the branch of Fire within the hallowed and luminous garden of Paradise

BLIB_Or11098.029g

LHKM3.075b, MUH3.275b, OOL.B191.09

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God

Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09280

Tablet to Badi' in Haifa

100

Persian

ای بدیع وقت آنست که قمیص بدعی در بر نمائی و خلعت جدیدی در تن کنی

O Peerless One! The time hath come for Thee to don a wondrous raiment and clothe Thyself with a new garment [3.5s]

TSHA3.368

ROB3.184, LL#068

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

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds

LL#259

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', 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 …

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?

BHU0004

Words related on various occasions to Nabil-i-A'zam

620

Persian

قل الله یکفی عن کل شئ وعلى الله فلیتوکل المتوکلون

All those who were struck down by the storm that raged during that memorable year in Tihran... We were all huddled together in one cell… God is sufficient unto me; He verily is the All-sufficing! In Him let the trusting trust.

BKOG.080-081+097, DB.631-634

N. Fani and T. Price, Boston Praise Collective (1), Boston Praise Collective (2), Boston Praise Collective (3), Boston Praise Collective (4), Baha'i World Congress choir, Mea, E. Mahony, TaliaSafa, Ladjamaya [track 3 & 16], almunajat.com [item 44]

Accounts of dreams and visions; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0005

Words spoken in the house of 'Izzat Aqa

520

Persian

ما چون در میان وزرای ایران مشهور بودیم همه آنها با ما اظهار دوستی میکردند ولی خائف ازین بودند

Since We were well-known among all the ministers of Iran, they would all exhibit friendship towards Us

TZH5.025-026

RKS.139-141

Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BHU0003

Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 1

700

In a Tablet which We yesterday revealed, We have explained the meaning of the words, 'Turn your eyes away'

DB.459-462

Conference of Badasht; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Veiling [hijab]

BHU0002

Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 2

1100

Praise be to God that whatever is essential for the believers in this Revelation to be told has been revealed... Be thankful to God for having enabled you to recognise His Cause.

BKOG.060x, BKOG.116x, BSTW#403x, DB.582-586

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01570

Ziyarat al-Huruf

550

Arabic

اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء

The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s]

INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098

OOL.B188

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

BH01312

Ziyarat-i-Jinab-i-Aba Badi'

650

Arabic

قد مضت ایام الفرح و الابتهاج و اتت ایام الاحزان بما غاب نجم الایقان من سماء العرفان

The days of joy and exultation have passed away, and the days of sorrow have come, for the Star of Certitude hath vanished from the heaven of divine knowledge [3.5s]

INBA97:117, Majlis210461.099-101

BRL_DA#329, MUH2.699x, ASAT3.107x, ASAT4.081x, LDR.193x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

BH11596

Ziyarat-Namih for the martyrs of Zanjan

unknown

ROB2.229, LL#349

BH11597

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-'Abdu'r-Rasul

unknown

ROB2.333, LL#342

BH01106

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum

760

Arabic

یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله

O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God

INBA65:072

BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198

TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed

BH11296

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bahiyyih Khanum

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا للتی سمعت و فازت و انها تورقت من هذالاصل القدیم ظهرت باسمی

This is My testimony for her who hath heard My voice and drawn nigh unto Me. Verily, she is a leaf that hath sprung

BHKP_093, AKHT1.375, QALAM.010

DAS.1914-09-12, BHK_v, GPB.347x4x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life

BH11598

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Haji Mulla Mihdiy-i-'Atri

unknown

ROB4.051, LL#346

BH06979

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Jinab-i-Ukht

140

Arabic

اول ذکر خرج من لسان العظمه و الکبریاء علیک یا ایتها الورقه العلیا و المشرقه

The first remembrance uttered by the Tongue of Majesty and Grandeur rest upon thee, O thou exalted leaf shining from the horizon of Command

Majlis210461.101-102

NNY.090, ASAT4.079x, AKHT1.376

LTDT.269

Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Visitation Tablets

BH00275

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum

2300

mixed

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

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

LL#139

BH02188

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Um al-Uliya Madar-i-Aqa Muh. Karim 'Attar

400

Arabic

الذکر اللائح من افق الملکوت و النور الساطع من افق سماء الجبروت علیک یا امتی

The resplendent mention shining forth from the horizon of the Kingdom and the radiant light beaming from the firmament of might be upon thee, O My handmaiden [3.5s]

ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.281x, ASAT4.082x, AKHT1.377

Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01419

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Zahra Bagum

610

mixed

یا اوراق سدرتی علیکن بهاء الله رب العالمین یا اثمار شجر عنایتی علیکن نور الله

O ye Leaves of My Divine Lote-Tree! Upon ye be the Glory of God, the Lord of both worlds. O ye fruits of My Tree of Bounty! Upon ye rest the Light of God, the Luminous, the Radiant, the Effulgent!

INBA51:343, BLIB_Or15716.034.12,

KHAF.188

GEN.121-122

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#166

BH00013

no title

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]

Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH00272

no title

2340

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

LL#020

Part of this quoted in ESW.

BH04427

no title

210

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

تری یا الهی بان ورقه من الاوراق التی تورقت من سدره وحدانیتک و دوحه فردانیتک

Thou seest, O My Lord, one of the Leaves grown out of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the mighty stock of Thy Singleness, surrounded by unbelievers, men and women alike... Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its branches

Majlis210461.117ax

PMP#180x, NFR.065

PM#180x, LTDT.263-264, JHT_S#064

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution

Part 3 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH06772

no title

150

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک انه لبشاره من لدی الرحمن علیک و علی اهل الاکوان خذه بید

This is a Book from Us unto thee. Verily, it is a glad-tiding from the All-Merciful unto thee and unto the peoples of all the worlds. Take it with the hand [3.5s]... ...The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty!

INBA34:319, BLIB_Or15707.179, , BLIB_Or15735.327,

PMP#180x, AQA1#194, HYK.327

PM#180x

Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment

Part 2 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH09728

no title

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

اسئلک یا الهی بالکلمه التی فیها کنزت لئالی علمک و بالبحر الذی ماج باسمک... صلّ اللّهمّ یا الهی علی عبادک الفائزین و امائک الفائزات

I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Word through which Thou hast treasured the pearls of Thy knowledge, and by the Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name [3.5s]... ...Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have attained unto Thee

INBA18:381a

PMP#180x, AQMJ2.027b

PM#180x

Prayer for protection; Prayer for women; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#341

Part 4 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH11579

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-'Aziz va Vukala

unknown

Lawh-i-`Abdu'l-Aziz-Va-Vukala (Tablet to the Sultan)

BKOG.206, BKOG.216, GPB.160, BW_v14p631, GSH.069, LL#031

Lost but incorporated in the Suriy-i-Muluk (?)

BH00775

Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha‘sha‘

1020

mixed

Translation List; Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha'sha' (The Tablet of the Effulgent Praise), The

Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Mushasha (Tablet of the Effulgent Praise)

حمد مشعشع مطرز متلامع مترافع متصاعد هواء قرب قدس حضرت محبوبی است که بیک رنه

May a praise effulgent and adorned, brilliant and exalted, ascend to the hallowed realm of nearness unto Him Who is the Beloved

BLIB_Or15722.262, , NLAI_BH1.300

BRL_DA#065, SFI02.077x, TZH4.014-17x

ADMS#245

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God

One of the earliest known Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh?

BH09648

Lawh-i-Husayn 2

120

mixed

Lawh-i-Husayn 2 (Tablet to Husayn 2)

یا حسین بعضی از احزاب ارض منتظر ظهور حسینی بودند چه که از قبل اصفیای حق جل جلاله

O Husayn! Certain parties among the peoples of the earth were expectant of the appearance of a Husayn, inasmuch as aforetime the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had spoken thereof [3.5s]... ...O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations have anticipated the return of Imám Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the appearance of the Qá’im

BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx

GWB#009, ADJ.077x

Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH05684

Lawh-i-Ittihad(?)

170

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری

O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance

BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124

BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b

GWB#111

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190

BH04650

Lawh-i-Karim 1

200

Arabic

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء الکریم انه لهو الغفور الرحیم الا تضطرب من الفراق قد

O Karím! Hearken to the Voice of the Most Bountiful [al-Karím]; He is, in truth, the Forgiver, the Merciful

INBA34:306

AQA1#175, OOL.B050a

ADMS#231

BH04981

Lawh-i-Karim 2

190

Arabic

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء ربک العلی العظیم انه ینطق عن شطر السجن و یدعو الناس الی

O Karím! Hear thou the Voice of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Mighty. He proclaimeth from the direction of this Prison

INBA34:283, INBA51:306, INBA49:355

AQA1#147, OOL.B050b

ADMS#232

LL#136

BH06954

Lawh-i-Karim 3

140

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ان یا کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی من السدره المنتهی ینطق انه لا اله الا هو

O Karím! Hear thou the voice of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, coming from the Divine Lote-Tree; it proclaimeth

INBA34:323, BLIB_Or15707.187, , BLIB_Or15735.333, , NLAI_BH3.185

AQA1#200, ASAT5.030x, HYK.333, NSS.200, OOL.B050c

ADMS#233

BH03019

Lawh-i-Maryam 2

300

Persian

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love)

مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم

O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient

INBA38:031

BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b

LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01394

Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi)

620

Arabic

Tablet of Holiness

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness)

یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان

My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear

INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169,

BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a

BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008

Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

MMAH.171, LL#213

BH00475

Lawh-i-Rafi'(?)

1520

mixed

حمد مقدس از لسان و بیان مالک الملکی را لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح بیان ابواب

Sanctified praise, through tongue and utterance, befitteth the Lord of all sovereignty, Who by the key of expression hath opened the doors [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.090,

NSS.105x

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#215

BH01194

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2

700

Arabic

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی

O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople)

INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206,

BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b

GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x

GSH.180, LL#373

BH00972

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3

850

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام

Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body

INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172,

BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c

GWB#086x, PNAK.86

Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#438

BH01328

Lawh-i-Ziyarih

640

Arabic

اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه

The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s]

INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104

ASAT4.081x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

LL#268

BH00279

Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd

2280

mixed

Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times)

کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran

INBA39:154

BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199

BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253

Includes the "Lawh-i-Times"

BH02858

Suriy-i-Dhabih 2

310

Arabic

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ذ ب قد ارسل الیک من یمن السبحان ما نزل لک من سماء رحمه ربک و منه تفوح رایحه

Unto thee hath been sent, from the right hand of the All-Glorious, what was revealed for thee from the heaven of the clemency of thy Lord

INBA34:197, NLAI_BH2.363

AQA1#060, AVK4.257.11x, ASAT3.010x, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B112.2

ADMS#243

BH07865

Suriy-i-Dhabih 3

130

Arabic

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

هذا کتاب من الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات ان لاتعبدی الا الله… تالله لو لم یکن مخالفًا بما نزل فی الألواح لقبّلتُ ید الّذی یسفک دمی

This is a Book from God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devoutly obedient women, that she worship none save God [3.5s]... ...God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood

BLIB_Or15725.329a,

BRL_DA#566, GWBP#048 p.073ax, OOL.B112.3x

GWB#048x

LL#408

BH01591

Suriy-i-Dhabih 4

550

Arabic

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی

The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!”

INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445

BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x

GWB#015x, GPB.155x

LL#385

BH11250

Suriy-i-Dhabih 5

160

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه

O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation.

BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x

GWB#049x

LL#454

BH01854

Suriy-i-Man'

480

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه عبد من عبادنا لیشکر الله رب و یکون من الشاکرین

This is a Book in which He, in very Truth, crieth out and maketh mention of one among Our servants to the end that he render thanks unto God, his Lord, and be numbered among the especially thankful

INBA83:148, BLIB_Or15702.128, , ALIB.folder18p319

BRL_DA#320

HURQ.BH41

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#318

BH00093

no title

mixed

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

یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی نسمات الحب التی سرت من حدائق... اصلّی و اسلّم و اکبّر علی انجم سمآء عرفانک

O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! The breezes of love that wafted from the gardens [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about affection and reconciliation, in the case of Mirza .... This matter was mentioned in the Holy Presence. This is what the tongue of our All-Merciful Lord uttered in response… My blessings, my salutations, and my greetings to the Stars of the heaven of Thy proof and the Hands of Thy Cause

INBA08:461, INBA27:364, INBA22:175

BRL_DA#176, AVK3.010.08x, AYI2.235x, PYK.073, ANDA#74 p.04x, MYD.011-012x

BRL_ATBH#25x, COC#0528x, LOG#1080x, ADMS#137x

Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Several letters were sent to the Khurasan community.

BH00674

no title

1130

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

حمد و ثنا نفوس مطمئنه و افئده قویه را لایق و سزا که سیوف اشرار ایشانرا از

Praise and glory beseem such steadfast souls and mighty hearts whom the swords of the wicked have not [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! That which can insure the victory of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, His hosts and helpers on earth, have been set down in the sacred Books and Scriptures… The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable

BLIB_Or15731.145,

BRL_DA#639

COC#1905x

Soulrise Melodies

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

BSW#08.03x, GWB#131, COC#1905x, ADJ.024x, WOB.203x

BH04458

Du'a-yi-Haykal

210

Arabic

Haykal (pentacle talisman) and da'ira (circle)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به تجلیت علی کل الاشیاء بکل الاسماء و

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the Name whereby Thou hast shed the glory of Thine effulgence unto all things in all of Thy names

ADM1#029 p.069, MUH1.0415-0417n

JHT_S#021

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Prayer inscribed in the pentacle of the du'a

BH00915

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka)

900

Arabic

Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds)

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, 'Akká)

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح

Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames

INBA92:298

TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a

BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

MMAH.172, LL#148

Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970.

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements

BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29

LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x

BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BH03710

Prologue to the Lawh-i-Mubahilih

920

Persian

Tablets concerning the Divine Test

Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test)

معلوم احباءالله بوده باشد که یومى از ایام سید دجال بمکر جدیدى قیام نموده

We heard that some of our opponents desired to come into the presence of this youth. Say: Come, and do not delay! We have appointed as the meeting-place the house of God

TZH5.029, MAS4.277-281, MAS4.166a, RHQM1.068-068 (087x) (051-051x)

BLO_PT#199

Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#183

See also BH03710.

BH01865

Lawh-i-Rasul

470

Persian

Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Rasul (Tablet to Rasul)

ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر

O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy

INBA38:257

NANU_BH#10x, ASAT4.013x, AMB#30, QUM.029

DOR#30

Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intentio …

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.107, GSH.181, LL#219

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 stati …

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224

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 o …

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

BH00845

Suratu'llah

970

Arabic

Surah of God

Súratu'lláh (Surah of God)

ان یا علی بعد نبیل اسمع ندآء ربک حین الذی یرید ان یخرج عن بینکم بما اکتسبت

O Muhammad-`Ali, hearken to this proclamation from thy Lord, at a time when He desireth to depart out from among ye by reason of what the hands of the oppressors have wrought

BLIB_Or15723.162, , BLIB_Or15737.001,

AQA4#076 p.068, AQA4a.016, ASAT2.111x, OOL.B102

BLO_PT#091, HURQ.BH25

Declares the divinity of His station, rebukes the followers of the Báb for plotting against Him, an …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.245, MMAH.153, GSH.060, LL#316

BH00084

Suriy-i-Amr

4760

Arabic

Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command)

سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s]

INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x

BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105

Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud …

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291

BH00144

Suriy-i-Bayan

3580

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance)

ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق

The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One?

INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x

BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109

GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39

D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori

Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindle …

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق

These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise

INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006,

AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119

RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God

INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033,

BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120

RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in th …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305

BH01774

Suriy-i-Hijr

500

Arabic

فسبحان الذی خرق حجبات الممکنات بسلطانه و خلق السموات بامره و انزل من مکفهرات

Glorified be He Who hath rent asunder the veils of all contingent beings through His sovereignty, and hath fashioned the heavens by His command, and hath caused to descend from the darkening clouds [3.5s]

INBA37:001, BLIB_Or15723.166, , BLIB_Or15737.004,

AQA4#077 p.072, AQA4a.024, ASAT5.262x, OOL.B123

Announces His withdrawal from the community and His sorrow at the state of affairs that made this ac …

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.397, GSH.188, LL#308

BH00021

Suriy-i-Muluk

8150

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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, …

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319

BH01132

Suriy-i-Qadir

740

Arabic

Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir)

Súriy-i-Qadír (Surah of the Almighty)

سبحان الذی قدر مقادیر کل شیء فی الواح عز محفوظا و خلق کل شیء علی شان لو یصفن

Praise be unto him, who foreordained for each thing its portion in mighty, preserved Tablets. He created all things in such a manner that, were they to purify themselves

INBA37:138, INBA83:115, BLIB_Or15702.032, , BLIB_Or15723.250, , BLIB_Or15737.094, , ALIB.folder18p211

AQA4#093 p.317, AQA4a.373, GSH.051, OOL.B134

WIND#157, HURQ.BH44

A meditation on the name of God ‘the Omnipotent’ and its pervasive influence in the world accord …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ROB1.119, MMAH.083, LL#322

BH00604

Suriy-i-Zubur

1260

Arabic

جمال الرحمن عن افق الرضوان خلف سحاب الاحزان قد کان بالحق مشروقا و ان یرفع السحاب

The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath risen from the horizon of the Divine Good-Pleasure, veiled behind clouds of sorrow, and verily these clouds shall be lifted [3.5s]

INBA83:132, BLIB_Or03114.039r, , BLIB_Or15696.124b, , BLIB_Or15702.070, , BLIB_Or15737.121, , NLAI_BH1.390, ALIB.folder18p147-152

ASAT1.125x, TISH.269-273, OOL.B142

Explains the circumstances of His withdrawal from the community, states that He has as a result hidd …

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#331

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Persian

Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in t …

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God…

INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030

BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021

BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x

Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation …

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

LL#036, LL#411

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

Arabic

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

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

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

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

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

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

GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171

A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, H …

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

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

Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015.

BH00088

Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih)

4710

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary)

کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید

The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world

INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164

MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2

BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06

A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the l …

Alchemy; the elixir; Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#391

BH01010

Lawh-i-Mawlud

820

Arabic

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

Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth)

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

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

INBA08:622

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

DOR#42

R. Yazhari

Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and …

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

GSH.174

BH01120

Lawh-i-Napoleon I

750

mixed

First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee

BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x

GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x

Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; remin …

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199

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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 i …

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH00203

Lawh-i-Quds 1

2800

mixed

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness)

هذا لوح القدس یذکر فیه ما یشتعل به فی قلوب العباد نارا لعل یحترق بها کل الحجبات

This is the Tablet of Holiness; in it is mentioned what will kindle a flame in the hearts of the servants, that haply it may burn away every veil and allusion

INBA51:224b, INBA57:031, BLIB_Or15694.420, , KB_620:217-228, ALIB.folder18p255x

BRL_DA#099, SFI08.019b, MAS1.060x, AADA.061-073, ASAT1.130x, ASAT5.350x

ADMS#224

A call to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, affirming the continuity of His mission with the Bá …

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

mixed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; consider …

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

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

BH01313

Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine)

650

mixed

Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to the Physician), The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Short; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician)

لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر

The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy

INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365

BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082

PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64

S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve

Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf …

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476

Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org).

BH00934

Lawh-i-Tuqa

880

Arabic

Lawhut-Tuqa (Tablet of Piety or the Fear of God)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised.

INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204

BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083

HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x

Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of …

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and ex …

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH00195

Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice)

2910

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Ridvánuʼl-ʻAdl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین

This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits

INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083,

BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094

BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016

M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani

Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the …

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276

BH00227

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar

2630

Arabic

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement)

اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر

God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out

INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146,

AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095

GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x

Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those wh …

Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277

Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413.

BH00610

Suriy-i-A'rab

1250

Arabic

Surah of the Arabs

Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا

These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds

INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064,

BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106

BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004

Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remem …

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292

BH00155

Suriy-i-Ahzan

3410

Arabic

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن

O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity

INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047

BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x

DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092

Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of …

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289

BH00112

Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?)

3990

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus)

Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names)

رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من

The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping.

INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139

BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108

GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45

Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from t …

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#294, LL#380

BH00434

Suriy-i-Dhibh

1620

Arabic

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

Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that …

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

MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298

BH00297

Suriy-i-Dhikr

2160

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih of Remembrance)

هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب

This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess

INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343

BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x

DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24

Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (o …

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299

BH00343

Suriy-i-Fadl

1920

Arabic

Suriy-i-Fadl

ان یا ذبیح انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا ممتنعا منیع و فیه ذکر ما جعله الله حجه علی من فی

O Dhabih! We did verily send unto thee aforetime a Tablet, mighty and impregnable, wherein was inscribed that which God hath made a testimony unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Say: By God! The Sovereign of Words hath assuredly come upon the clouds of the verses, and lo, the words of every contentious polytheist were thunderstruck

INBA83:247, BLIB_Or15725.537, , BLIB_Or15737.173, , ALIB.folder18p081-088

OOL.B115

SHHB.135x

Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the B� …

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#300

BH00376

Suriy-i-Fath

1790

Arabic

ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی

O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart

INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081

ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a

HURQ.BH35x

Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objec …

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#301

BH00939

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

870

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی

The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment

INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221

AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29

DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531

Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓa …

Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303

BH00994

Suriy-i-Ism

830

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Ism (Surah of the Name)

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و

O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God

INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214

BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125

GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37

MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes

Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; s …

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#143, LL#310

BLO note: See also loom.loomofreality.org (provisional translation of a passage)

BH00532

Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil

1410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع

This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty

INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147

BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126

PDC.111-112x

A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations …

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.201, LL#311

BH01725

Suriy-i-Javad

510

Arabic

ذکر اسم ربک عبده جواد الذی آمن و هدی و استقر علی الامر فی یوم الذی زلت فیه اقدام

Make mention of the Name of thy Lord, His servant Jawad, who came to faith and was one guided aright. And he was one established in His Cause on the Day

INBA83:123, BLIB_Or03114.033, , BLIB_Or15702.047, , BLIB_Or15737.114, , ALIB.folder18p318

OOL.B127

HURQ.BH40

Recalls the idol worshippers of ages past and condemns their blind imitation, equates their words an …

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00503

Suriy-i-Khitab

1470

Arabic

ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هیکل النور من سدره الانسان باذن الرحمن قد کان فی قطب

The Remembrance of God in the form of Fire, in the Temple of Light, from the Lote-Tree of Man, hath, in very truth, been made manifest with the permission of the All-Merciful

INBA83:154, BLIB_Or15702.144, , BLIB_Or15737.137,

BRL_DA#108, OOL.B128

HURQ.BH36

Praises the recipient for recognizing Bahá’u’lláh after failing to do so in an earlier meeting …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#314

BH00922

Suriy-i-Ma'ani

890

Arabic

سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا

Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything

INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219

OOL.B129

HURQ.BH33

Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#317

BH00127

Suriy-i-Qahir

3810

Arabic

Suriy-i-Qahir (Tablet to Qahir)

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و دخل بقعه الروح مقر الذی

This is the Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His verses, and hath entered the sacred precincts of the Spirit, the dwelling-place of Him Who [3.5s]... ...I am not apprehensive for My own self. My fears are for Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me

BLIB_Or15694.471, , Berlin1237#11, ALIB.folder18p018-034

BRL_DA#542, OOL.B135

WOB.117x

Affirms Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers a number of specific objectio …

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#323

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me

INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204

AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23

DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47

A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, t …

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324

BH00052

Suriy-i-Qamis

5750

Arabic

Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe)

ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء

O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets

BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356

BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137

GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34

Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh …

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325

BH00260

Suriy-i-Ra'is

2450

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul

Suriy-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth

INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x

NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a

SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x

Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were …

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326

BH00061

Suriy-i-Sultan

5370

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s]

INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126,

BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139

Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sul …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328

BH00354

Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa)

1870

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa)

ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره

O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation

INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109

GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140

TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143

Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical iden …

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God

ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329

BH00280

Suriy-i-Ziyarih

2280

Arabic

Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation

Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn)

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء

This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs

INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066

AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141

LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x

Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was on …

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330

BH01761

Suriy-i-Zuhur

500

Arabic

Súriy-i-Zuhúr (Surah of Revelation)

تلک آیات الکتاب قد نزلت علی احسن النغمات و انها بنفسها لیکون حجه علی من فی

These are the verses of the Book, revealed in the most melodious of tones, and they shall, of themselves, stand as testimony against all who dwell therein [3.5s]

INBA83:113, BLIB_Or15702.028, , ALIB.folder18p316

PYK.115, OOL.B143

Declares, at a time when He is beset on all sides, that His revelation is the testimony of God that …

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Word of God and human limitations

LL#332

Not to be confused with Lawh-i-Zuhur (BH00686).

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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 promu …

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship

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

BH00130

Lawh-i-Ahbab

3770

Arabic

Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God

INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001,

AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022

ADMS#244, BTO#02x

Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be …

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038

BH00505

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians)

1470

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما

This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God

INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085,

AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026

TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049

Ahdieh

Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian pr …

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060

BH02169

Lawh-i-Baqa

410

Arabic

هذا لوح البقا من لدی البهاء الی الذی فاز بعرفان الله و شرب کوثر الحیوان من

This is the Tablet of Eternity which cometh from the All-Glorious unto he who hath attained the deep knowledge of God and did drink of the Kawthar of Life

INBA34:160, BLIB_Or15707.112, , BLIB_Or15735.270, , NLAI_BH1.005

AQA1#033, AVK4.437ax, HYK.270, OOL.B031

HURQ.BH68

Brief tablet assuring the recipient of a lofty station in the world to come and counselling him to d …

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

GSH.185, LL#076

BH00409

Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah

1700

mixed

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih)

Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality)

و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود

As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey

INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307

BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x

LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016

Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all th …

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Words vs deeds

MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077

BH01217

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg)

690

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg)

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg)

قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم

Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God

BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044

BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76

Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the …

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystery of the great reversal; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117

BH01068

Lawh-i-Husayn

780

Persian

Lawh-i-Husayn (Tablet to Husayn)

ای حسین بذکر الله مانوس شو و از دونش غافل چه که ذکرش انیسی است بی نفاق

O Ḥusayn! Commune with the remembrance of God and become oblivious of all but Him, inasmuch as His mention is an intimate free of hypocrisy and a most agreeable confidant

BLIB_Or15722.061, , Majlis934.070-076

BRL_DA#131, DRD.132, MAS4.104x, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.006x

ADMS#080

R. Fahandezh

Calls the recipient to commune intimately with God; warns that whatever is concealed in people’s i …

Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

GSH.183, LL#119

BH01042

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

800

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

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

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

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

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

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

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

States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for of …

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

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

BH00662

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

1150

Arabic

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

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

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

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

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

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

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

B. Parmar

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for …

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

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

Arabic

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

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the …

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

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00347

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

1900

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

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

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

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

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time …

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

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

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00647

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

1170

mixed

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

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

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

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

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

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

BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x

Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative f …

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

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

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا

The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men

INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a

NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b

SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038

Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him f …

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217

BH01325

Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision)

640

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision

Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision)

یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره

O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne

INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324,

BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074

GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66

unknown

Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of …

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226

BH00739

Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud)

1060

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds)

هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین

This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me

INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x

BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075

GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002

Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and …

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228

BH01403

Lawh-i-Salman II

610

mixed

Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán)

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

ای سلمان در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضایای الهی راضی باش ملاحظه کن که این

O Salmán! Follow thou in all things the example of the One true God, and be content with whatsoever He ordaineth.

BLIB_Or11096#022, , BLIB_Or15710.001, , NLAI_BH2.208

BRL_DA#128, AVK1.135.12x, MJMM.124, BSHN.032x, MHT2b.060x, DRD.036, MAS4.167x, ASAT1.209x, ASAT4.315x, OOL.B077

PDC.115-116x, WIND#180, HURQ.BH56

Emphasizes the fleeting nature of this world, that those who remain occupied with it are heedless of …

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.025, ROB3.157, MMAH.188, GSH.179, LL#233

BH01850

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani

480

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání)

قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him

BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036

BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080

GWB#160x

Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in t …

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.177, LL#240

BH00687

Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet)

1120

Arabic

Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء

Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?

INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124,

BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091

BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411

Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis

Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in …

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211

BH09085

Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead)

110

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead)

یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک

O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs

BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b

PM#167, BPRY.035

Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the K …

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

LL#231

BH00069

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers)

5150

Persian

Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع

Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day

INBA63:001, INBA66:213

BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178

BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x

Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regardi …

Business; financial; property matters; Grammar and orthography; Law of divorce; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of marriage and dowry; Parents and children; youth; families

ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279

BH01343

Suriy-i-Amin

640

Arabic

Súriy-i-Amín (Tablet to Amín)

هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی منه ظهرت الاستقامه الکبری فی

This is a Book from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him through whom was manifested the Most Great Steadfastness [3.5s]

INBA34:123, BLIB_Or15707.030, , BLIB_Or15735.202, , LEID.Or4970 item 11,

AQA1#013, AQA4#094 p.320, ASAT1.201x, ASAT2.035x, ASAT4.459x, DLH2.187x, HYK.202, OOL.B104

Praises the recipient for his steadfastness; calls the followers of the Qur’an to hear ‘the voic …

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

MMAH.157, GSH.200, LL#290

BH01494

Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad)

580

Arabic

Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha)

ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله

Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation.

INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210,

NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117

SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172

Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in con …

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302

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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 w …

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

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

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

BH00682

Suriy-i-Hifz

1130

Arabic

هذا کتاب یذکر فیه ما الهمنی الروح و انه لتنزیل من الله و آیه ذکره للذینهم اقروا بالله و

This is a Book wherein is recorded that which the Spirit hath inspired within Me, and verily it is a revelation from God and a token of His remembrance unto them that have acknowledged God [3.5s]

INBA83:139, BLIB_Or03114.047r, , BLIB_Or15702.090, , BLIB_Or15737.129, , ALIB.folder18p152-162

OOL.B122

Discusses Bahá’u’lláh’s opposition from Mírzá Yaḥyá and the latter’s intention to hav …

Call to action; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#307

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

mixed

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

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه

God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call

INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075

ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132

TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091

Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the f …

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

BH00053

Ishraqat (Splendours)

5740

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Ishraqat (Splendors)

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعظمه و القدره و الجمال و توحد بالعزه و القوه و الجلال و

Praise be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur… I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving

BLIB_Or07851.016b, , KB_262:002-032, CMB_F32.002, , PR05.030b-037a, OSAI_TC 8r-20v, MKI4523.050, , BN_suppl.1753.001-023

AVK2.273.14x, AVK3.157.10x, AVK3.203.11x, ZYN.092, ISH.050, GHA.202x, UAB.024ax, UAB.025x, UAB.037bx, UAB.042bx, UAB.043bx, UAB.057dx, ASAT4.057x, ASAT4.250x, TBP#08, TUM.076-080x, OOL.B011

TB#08, BPRY.183x, LOG#0578x, ADJ.028ax, COF.095ax, GPB.057x, GPB.208x, GPB.217x, GPB.218x3x, GPB.219x, PDC.185x, WOB.041x, WOB.186-187x, SW_v08#10 p.123x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#17 p.286x, DWN_v2#07 p.051-054x, DWN_v5#01 p.005x, DWN_v6#10 p.001ax, BSC.236 #497-523

almunajat.com [item 36]

Explains the meaning of the ‘most great infallibility’ and the nature of the authority of the Ma …

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Justice and mercy; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.146 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, MMAH.215, GSH.154, LL#022, LL#334, LL#397

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

mixed

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

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح

O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties!

INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037

ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012

TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x

D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja

Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden r …

Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024

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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 summ …

Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

BH00433

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

1630

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من

Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear

UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063

BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020

GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71

Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls …

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034

Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God"

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

mixed

Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj)

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام

The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him

PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076

BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024

BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69

Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the lig …

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

GSH.186, LL#049

BH00528

Lawh-i-Bismillih

1410

Persian

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God

Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God)

این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن

This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance.

BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033

WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165

Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of m …

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#079

BH00336

Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?)

1960

Arabic

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

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

Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two …

Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

mixed

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

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and …

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

BH00827

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions)

990

mixed

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions)

ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر

All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace.

BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068

BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040

TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119

almunajat.com [item 29]

Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the prob …

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257

BH00423

Lawh-i-Haqqu'n-Nas

1650

Arabic

Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas; Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas)

Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People)

الحمد لله الذی وفی بما اوحی علی کافة انبیائه و رسله و بشر الکل بایامه و منها یوم

Praise be to God Who fulfilled what He revealed to all His Prophets and Messengers and gave to all the tidings of His days

MAS7.119, VUJUD.102x

BLO_PT#016, BLO_PT#162, VUJUDE.189x

Answers a question about the execution of justice in the next world as a result of actions in this w …

Goodly deeds; actions; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ROB3.286, ROB3.296-297, LL#356

BH00223

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

2680

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله

This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God!

INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100

AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043

TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338

Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23]

Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin …

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place

ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116

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 [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 o …

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Being a source of light; guidance; Chastity and purity; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of learning; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124

BH00472

Lawh-i-Ittihad

1530

mixed

Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of d …

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]

ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129

BH01034

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi

810

Persian

Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi)

قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای

The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision

INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020

BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a

GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60

D. E. Walker, L. Slott

Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different …

Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

GSH.183, LL#130

BH00501

Lawh-i-Karim

1470

mixed

Trustworthiness; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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

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

States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in …

GSH.175

BH02324

Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)

380

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)

حبذا هذا الیوم المبارک الذی لا تعادله القرون و الاعصار حبذا هذا الیوم اذ

All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the fragrances of mercy have been wafted over all created things

GWBP#011 p.018, RHQM2.0976-977 (412) (254-255), ASAT5.027x, PYB#041 p.04, AHB_110BE #17-18 p.340, ANDA#06 p.01, TBP#01, NJB_v06#05 p.6, OOL.B051

TB#01, DAS.1914-01-02, GWB#011, TDH#064.3x, TDH#064.6x, GPB.219x, GPB.277-278x, GPB.278x, WOB.105x, SW_v14#05 p.149

J. Murday, Ahdieh, NIKNAK, Mea, almunajat.com [items 42-43]

Brief proclamatory tablet, revealed during a visit to Mount Carmel, taking the form of a joyful dial …

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Jews; Shrines and Holy places

ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib)

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, …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

BH00140

Lawh-i-Maqsud

3650

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud)

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از

A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world

BLIB_Or15696.091dx, , IOM.099, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06,

GWBP#110 p.140x, GWBP#112 p.142x, GWBP#117 p.159x, GWBP#122 p.167x, ADM2#007 p.020x, AVK3.171.04x, AVK3.210.04x, AVK3.213.14x, AVK3.217.04x, AVK4.281.01x, AYI1.335x, DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx, UAB.010bx, UAB.011ax, UAB.013bx, UAB.024bx, UAB.026ax, UAB.028bx, UAB.030ax, UAB.033bx, UAB.037ax, UAB.039dx, UAB.040bx, UAB.041ax, UAB.045bx, UAB.050ax, UAB.050bx, UAB.051bx, UAB.052ax, UAB.053bx, DRD.011x, ASAT5.236x, ANDA#79 p.13x, TBP#11, MMUH#05x, OOL.B057

TB#11, GWB#110x, GWB#112x, GWB#117x, GWB#122x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.088x, GPB.217x3x, GPB.218x5x, GPB.219x, PDC.186x, PDC.187x2x, PDC.190x, WOB.032x, WOB.041xx, WOB.198x, WOB.041x, WOB.162x, WOB.187x2x, WOB.198x2x, WOB.202-203x, DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004, KSHK#20x

Morgane & Samy, E. Kelly, L. Harley

Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one anothe …

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Reward and punishment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Work as worship

ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461

BH00921

Lawh-i-Raqsha

890

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل و سمع ندآء الله المهیمن القیوم و اجاب مولیه فی یوم فیه

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned and hearkened unto the Call of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath answered his Lord on this Day wherein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.014,

NNY.235-236x, MAS4.107x, OOL.B071

Details the divine justice and wrath that was visited upon the two individuals mentioned in the Law� …

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#218

BH00587

Lawh-i-Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji

1290

mixed

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

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 …

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

ROB4.236, LL#245

BH00513

Suriy-i-Dhabih (= Lawh-i-Dhabih)

1450

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings