Partial inventory: all items by Bahá'u'lláh, details

Praise be to Thee, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Praise be to Thee

BP1929.vii, SW_v05#03 p.033, SW_v12#01 p.006-007, SW_v15#01 p.009, BSC.183 #263

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @praise and encouragement

BH04605

210

It behoveth him that desireth to teach the Cause of his Lord to adorn his head with the crown of detachment… Happy are the righteous that have attained… O friends! The thief and the traitor are lying in wait… In this day, whosoever rendeth not asunder the veil... Words must be followed by deeds... Regard not the Cause of God as child's play...

BW_v01p043

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @chastisement and requital, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds

BH04938

200

...O Ibráhím! By God, Khalil hath circumambulated the Cause of God and hath confessed

NYR#130x, NYR#165x

@suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05251

190

...O My handmaid! Ponder upon that which hath befallen My Beauty from My kindred and from the adherents of former Faiths, causing the heaven to be cleft asunder

LTDT.283-284x

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH06012

170

Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance…

BSC.157 #147-150x

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @superstition

BH06396

160

Mahd-i-Ulya says, 'Letters written to the Iraqi friends would be better in the Persian tongue.' I say that they are also informed of the melodies of Hijaz

LTDT.282

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mystical themes

BH06897

150

I perused thy letter and heard thy voice. Thy lamentations and groaning are like the lamentation and groaning of the sincere

DAS.1913-10-04

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love of God

BH06898

150

O Muṣṭafá! There hath come before Us a letter from Jamál — him who hath soared in the atmosphere of the love of thy Lord

MIS.431-432

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06899

150

O Muṣṭafá! Be thou thankful for that thou hast been remembered by this Wronged One, and that there hath been revealed for thee

MIS.434-434

@rejection of Muhammad, @call to action, @thankfulness; gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06900

150

Separation from the things of the world is a sun. If it shines forth from the horizon of the heaven of any soul

SW_v14#11 p.321

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God

BH07995

130

What did it profit thee, and such as are like thee, to slay, year after year, so many of the oppressed, and to inflict upon them manifold afflictions

BKOG.212, GPB.160-161x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH07996

130

Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind!

BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264

The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @prayer for praise and gratitude

BH07997

130

I ask of Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty

BSC.186 #271, BP1929.029-030

@prayer for healing, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

BH07998

130

O My sister! It hath been a long time since thy news hath reached this Prisoner. As Jinab-i-Shaykh Muhammad was in recent days travelling to that region

LTDT.264-265

@suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH08624

120

Take up the exalted Pen, O Servant, move it on the snow-white tablet and call to remembrance Thy sister, Fatimih, that the bounty upon her

LTDT.281-282

@praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH08625

120

Verily, we heard your supplications, and granted them to you

BLO_PT#179

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @personal instructions

BH09182

110

O My sister and the leaf of My Tree! Give ear to the call of this Wronged One raised from the direction of His renowned and infamous Prison

LTDT.268

@prayer for women, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09184

110

Praised be God alone, and salutation be upon the One after whom there is no prophet. O Husayn Effendi!

LTDT.322

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters

BH09724

100

Recall to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials... heart was torn with agony...

WOB.174x

@suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH09725

100

O my Lord, my Adored One and my Desire! Lowly and suppliant, I implore Thee to shield me

SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v5#01 p.001-002

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for protection, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09726

100

O peoples, do not spill blood and do not seize the goods of others. By my life, the sword of good character and kindness is sharper than a sword of iron

SW_v01#18 p.005

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @high station of learning, @murder; causing physical harm, @theft; seizing the properties of others

BH10128

The Book declares. What [does] it declare? It declares that the mystery has come. The shell declares: The ideal Pearl has come.

DAS.1914-09-12

@station of the Manifestation of God, @living waters; water of life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH10129

In my Name the Oppressed, from my most great Prison. By my life, and my sorrow, and my affliction, if the Supreme Pen had addressed itself

MSBR.060-061x

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

LL#446

BH10131

...The foolish divines, have laid aside the Book of God, and are occupied with that which they themselves have fashioned

PDC.132x

@suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @station of the Manifestation of God, @call to action

BH10132

Blessed are the people of Baha! God beareth Me witness! They are the solace of the eye of creation.

ADJ.076x

@praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH10134

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers

O our God, we beg of Thee by the King of Names and Maker of heaven and earth, and by the rustling… instant, exact and complete obedience.

SW_v14#06 p.166x, BSC.186 #272, BP1929.033

@prayer for unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @development of capacity and readiness

BH10135

O people of the Qur'an! Verily, the Prophet of God, Muhammad, sheddeth tears at the sight of your cruelty

WOB.179x

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @justice and wrath of God

BH10136

O Mahd, O members of the Household! Tonight, after supper, the portal of bounty was opened and the Wronged One engaged in mentioning you.

LTDT.250

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH10137

The Day of the Promise is come, and He Who is the Promised One loudly proclaimeth... I swear by God! That which had been enshrined from eternity... Happy is the eye that seeth, and the face that turneth towards

ADJ.078x

@proclamation to the people of the world, @prophecy and fulfillment, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10138

O Lord, deliver us from all temptations, tests and evil suggestions of those who turned their faces from Thee.

BP1929.020

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for tests and difficulties, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH10140

Grieve thou not over those that have busied themselves with the things of this world

ADJ.081x

@justice and wrath of God, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10505

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants and reveal to them Thy great purpose.

BPRY.238, BNE.098, SW_v02#04 p.013, SW_v10#05 p.151, BSC.187 #275, BP1929.035-036, PN_1909B p057

Juliet & Adam, The Badasht Project (1), The Badasht Project (2), G.H. Miller, NKAK, D. Gundry, The Descendants, A. Bryan, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, JC, Nabil & Karim, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, O. Master, E. Dozier, A. Youssefi, The Cocker Brothers, O. Devine, Ine, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, E. Hamilton, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10508

...Blessed the man, who will read it, and ponder the verses sent down in it by God, the Lord of Power, the Almighty

GPB.216x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10509

How long will ye, O concourse of divines, level the spears of hatred at the face of Baha? Rein in your pens

PDC.135x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @fire and light; fire and water, @spiritual transformation, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]

BH10510

O Munirih! He verily fulfilleth what hath been promised in the Book. Let nothing sadden thee. She verily ascended to God

LTDT.323x

@consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH10511

The Son of Greatness hath said that which is revealed from the heaven of Will in this Supreme Manifestation

SW_v10#05 p.091

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

BH10512

I swear by the one true God! This is the day of those who have detached themselves from all but Him

ADJ.085ax

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH10513

Vie ye with each other in the service of God and of His Cause. This is indeed what profiteth you

ADJ.083x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consolation and comfort

BH10741

I bear witness that thou hast helped thy Lord, and art one of the helpers. To [the truth of] my testimony

BKOG.323-324, BRHL.053-054

@rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement

LL#202

BH10743

Mahd-i-'Ulya! As divine favour is these days all-embracing and the Afnans, upon them be God's Glory, are under the Sidrih, a robe of honour

LTDT.249-250x

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement

BH10744

Say: Beware, O people of Baha, lest the strong ones of the earth rob you of your strength

COC#0330x, COC#1526x, COC#1650x, ADJ.082x

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10745

O God! O God! We beg of Thee by all the Names by which Thou art known, to exalt the humiliation of Thy chosen ones by Thy glory

BP1929.034-035

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH10746

Be fair, ye peoples of the world! Is it meet and seemly for you to question

WOB.106-107x

@oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God

BH10747

The day is approaching, when the wrathful anger of the Almighty will have taken hold of them

PDC.004x

@justice and wrath of God, @chastisement and requital, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10982

...O Ḥusayn! O thou Preceptor! From His Most Great Prison, the countenance of the Ancient of Days is turned towards thee… Blessed is that teacher who shall arise to instruct the children

COC#0576x

MANA

@firmness in the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @education of children; moral education

BH10983

...The kings, have recognized that it was not in their interest to acknowledge Me, as have likewise the ministers and the divines

PDC.028x

@proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @call to action, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @purpose; goal of creation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

BH10984

O Greater Branch! Upon thee be My Glory and My favour. Praised be God Who hath enabled Mahd and members of the Household to do that which hath been revealed in the Qur'an

LTDT.250x

@personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10985

God beareth witness that verily there is no God but Him. He guideth to His straight path whomsoever He willeth

LTDT.324x

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10986

God the true One is My Witness! This is the Day whereon it is incumbent upon everyone that seeth to behold

ADJ.079-080x

K. Key

@call to action, @Greatest Name

BH11198

O khanum! O maidservant of God! That is, O thou My maidservant!

DAS.1914-09-12, LTDT.114

@consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11200

I swear by God! So great are the things ordained for the steadfast that were they

ADJ.084x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

BH11201

O my God! Thy nearness is my hope and to commune with Thee, my joy. Thy love is my comfort and Thy Name, my prayer. Thy presence is my peace

BP1929.016-107

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for nearness to God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God

BH11202

Be patient in misfortunes and contented under all circumstances. In truth be firm and unwavering; be quick in doing good deeds

DWN_v3#01 p.009x

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @firmness in the Covenant

BH11203

It has been our aim to uplift man, through exalted Words, unto the Supreme Horizon

SW_v06#01 p.001, SW_v10#05 p.091

@oneness; unity of religion, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH11204

Were mankind to give heed in a befitting manner to no more than one word

WOB.106x

@spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11357

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

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

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

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 love, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH11361

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @universal peace; world unity, @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH11362

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

GPB.100x

@prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BH11363

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

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

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

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11367

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BH11368

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, @growth of the Cause, @goodly deeds; actions, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH11369

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

BH11451

...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

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

BH11452

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

WOB.060x

@power of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @development of capacity and readiness

BH11453

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

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

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

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

@universal peace; world unity, @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 of thought and belief, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH11457

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

ADJ.082x

@consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11458

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

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH11459

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

BH11461

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

BH11462

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

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

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

BH11538

...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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Hands of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action

BH11539

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love of God

BH11540

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

COC#0258x, ADJ.082x

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11541

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

ADJ.081x

BH11542

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

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

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

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

GPB.231x

BH11547

...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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH11548

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

BADM.118x

BH11549

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

PDC.004x

BH11550

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

COF.095ax

BH11551

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

GPB.219x

BH11574

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

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

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

GPB.243x

@God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11578

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

TDH#158.19x, GPB.098x

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @chastisement and requital

BH11599

unknown

ROB3.235, LL#425

BH11600

unknown

ROB2.179, LL#002

BH11601

unknown

ROB3.021, LL#396

BH11674

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH11675

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @station of the Manifestation of God

BH11676

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

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

@law of fasting, @prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH11804

140

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

@exhortations and counsels, @House of Justice, @business; financial; property matters, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @consultation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth

BH11831

120

...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

@law of obligatory prayer, @words vs deeds, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @rejection of Muhammad, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11837

110

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @petitions to authorities, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @thankfulness; gratitude, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH11856

...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

@law of fasting, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11861

...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, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

BH11862

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

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @law of fasting, @law of obligatory prayer, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11863

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon

BRL_IOPF#1.05x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love and unity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @law of obligatory prayer, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

BH11877

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11900

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

BH11908

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]

BH11911

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

BH11916

100

...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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

BH11917

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, @proclamation to the people of the world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BHU0007

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

BHU0009

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

BHU0012

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

220

The world of today is not like unto the world of former times. The many wonderful arts and inventions

DAS.1914-01-01

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @life and death, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

BHU0014

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

BHU0017

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

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @Quddus

BHU0018

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

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

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

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

BHU0028

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BHU0029

Prior to Our departure from Baghdád, We entered the Najíbíyyih Garden and tarried there for twelve days

STOB.093-094 #124, AFNAN.044

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @Declaration of Baha'u'llah

BHU0030

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

@power of the Manifestation of God, @Christ; Christianity

BHU0032

O My Leaf and My Handmaiden, verily We chose thee and accepted thee to serve My Most Great Branch

BKOG.348

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @personal instructions, @thankfulness; gratitude

BHU0034

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, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BHU0035

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

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, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Imam 'Ali

BHU0037

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x

BHU0040

Mulla Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Zanjani, soon after he had delivered that Tablet to Haji Mirza Aqasi, came and visited me.

DB.323

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause

BHU0041

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

He may well succeed in reproducing outwardly the exact counterpart of this low-roofed room

GPB.134-135x

BHU0043

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x

BHU0044

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

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

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

BHU0046

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

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

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0049

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

@personal instructions, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BHU0050

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

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

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

Siyyid Isma'il was possessed of such power and might that were he to be confronted

GPB.136x

@rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0055

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

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

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

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

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, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BHU0060

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

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 ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and wrath of God

BHU0062

No blood has, till now, been poured upon the earth as pure as the blood he shed

GPB.136-137x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0063

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x

BHU0066

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

@petitions to authorities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @past, present and future of Iran, @status of kings; future of monarchy

BHU0067

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

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0068

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

@humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @prophecy and fulfillment

BHU0069

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

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Imam Husayn

BHU0071

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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

BHU0072

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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @consolation and comfort

BHU0073

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

BH11602

Eulogy for Ashraf

unknown

STOB.116, LL#196

BH11580

First Tablet to Ali Pasha

unknown

ROB2.058, LL#216

BH11581

First Tablet to Faris, in honor of Nabil

unknown

ROB3.007

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 (?)

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

BH11586

Lawh-i-Band-i-Man

unknown

STOB.107-108, LL#074

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

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

BH11594

Lawh-i-Salat

unknown

ROB4.299, LL#229

BH11595

Lawh-i-Shaykh Abdu'l-Husayn

unknown

LEID.Or4970 item 9,

LL#239

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

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @veiling [hijab], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @conference of Badasht

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

@defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

BH11598

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Haji Mulla Mihdiy-i-'Atri

unknown

ROB4.051, LL#346

BH00017

8350

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره

O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis

BLIB_Or15691.040, , BLIB_Or15715.066c, , BLIB_Or15729.028, , NLAI_22848:066, Berlin1237#12, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v, , UMich962.156-158x, MKI4522.066,

BRL_DA#222, AQA2#001 p.002, AVK3.190.14x, AVK3.203.08x, AVK3.212.02x, AVK3.283.08x, MAS4.158x, MAS8.007ax, KHSK.015x, QT105.2.163, QT105.2.217, ASAT1.166x, ADH1.068x, ADH1.106x, QUM.028x

BRL_ATBH#36x, GPB.217x, WOB.104x, WOB.109x, RKS.005-006x

S. Jaberi

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @oneness; unity of religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#051

BH00026

7800

Arabic

قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی

The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one

BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120,

BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x

GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x

@suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#374

BH00050

5800

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

هذا کتاب یجد منه الاشجار عرف الربیع و الابناء رآئحه الاب المشفق الکریم

This is a Book from which the trees inhale the fragrance of springtime, and from which the sons perceive the sweet perfume of their tender, bountiful Father [3.5s]... ...The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down

BLIB_Or15729.072, , BLIB_Or15737a.039, , BLIB_Or15738.016, , NLAI_22848:173, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p091r, , Majlis210461.117-119x, MKI4522.173,

BRL_DA#533, GWBP#063 p.084bx, GWBP#064 p.085x, AQA2#003 p.076, NNY.123-126x, QT105.1.165, ASAT4.085x, ASAT4.274x, TABN.028x, PYM.110bx, QUM.073.17x

GWB#063x, GWB#064x, GPB.102x, MHMD2.500x

G.H. Miller

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium

ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451

BH00081

4820

Arabic

الحمد لله منطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر

Praise be to God, Who hath caused the tongues of the eloquent to speak forth wondrous fountainheads and wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving, and Who is the Manifestor [3.5s]

INBA56:043

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

BH00098

4290

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لمطلع الایات و مظهر البینات

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Dawning-Place of His signs and the Manifestation of His clear proofs [3.5s]

INBA19:233, INBA32:211

ADM3#128 p.146x, AVK3.311.07x

@suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @exhortations and counsels, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00138

3670

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه ینطق الکتاب امام وجه العالم انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الوهاب... یا قاسم ضع ما عند القوم آخذا کتابی

This is the Day whereon the Book speaketh before the face of all the world declaring: There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower. O Qasim! Cast aside that which the people possess and take hold of My Book [3.5s]... ...We call to mind at this juncture Muḥammad-‘Alí, [Anis] whose flesh was mingled with that of his Master, his blood with His blood

BLIB_Or15729.088, , BLIB_Or15737a.060, , NLAI_22848:211, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p111r, , MKI4522.211,

AQA2#004 p.102, AVK3.110.10x, TISH.394x

BRL_ATBH#84x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00154

3430

Arabic

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

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک

Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast

INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001,

AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x

BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047

unknown

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for fasting, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

LL#271, LL#466, LL#471

BH00160

3310

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع حنینی کحنین الثکلی و طرفی الی الافق الاعلی تری و

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou hearest how I weep with a weeping like that of a mother bereaved of her child...So grievous hath been My weeping that I have been prevented from making mention of Thee and singing Thy praises

INBA48:019, INBA49:238, INBA92:223b, BLIB_Or15739.051,

AVK2.025.14x, AVK2.300.17x, AVK2.359.03x, AVK3.016.08x, AHM.002, AYT.435x, ASAT1.136x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT5.349x

GPB.118x, JHT_B#019

@prayer for martyrs, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH00168

3200

Arabic

الحمد لله الملک المنان الذی خلق الانسان و علمه البیان و هدیته الی ریاض العلم و العرفان

Praise be unto God, the King, the All-Bountiful, Who hath created man and taught him utterance, and guided him unto the gardens of knowledge and understanding [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.076,

BH00188

3010

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ظهر بالحق و اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و انه لهو الذی اخبر به الرسل فی کتب

Praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself in truth and through His sovereignty hath revealed whatsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the One foretold by the Messengers in their Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.140, , BLIB_Or15732.116,

@return of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH00204

2800

Arabic

یا عبدالله ان القلم الاعلی من الذروة العلیا باعلی الندآء ینادی و یقول یا عبدالله افرح

O servant of God! The Most Exalted Pen, from the loftiest Summit, calleth out with the most exalted call and saith: O servant of God, rejoice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.141,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @proclamation to the people of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00208

2790

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العالمین و مقصودی و مقصود العارفین و محبوبی و محبوب

Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men, and my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee

INBA56:001, BLIB_Or15729.098, , NLAI_22848:235, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p123v, , Ghazi3072.001-045, MKI4522.235,

PMP#176, AQA2#005 p.118, TZH4.002-003x, TZH4.143-144x, AQMM.002

PM#176

@praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH00233

2610

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه لهدی و رحمه للعالمین جمیعا و انه لحجه الله بین

This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a guidance and mercy unto all the worlds, and it is indeed God's testimony amongst them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.470, , NLAI_BH2.023

BRL_DA#558, YMM.284x

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @station of the Manifestation of God, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00246

2530

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا ما وجدنا منه اقبالک الی الله العلی العظیم و عرفانک مظهر

There hath appeared before Our presence that from which We perceived thy turning unto God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, and thy recognition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.419, , Berlin1237#03

YMM.237x, YMM.308x, YMM.347x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00274

2320

Arabic

لله درک یا من وجهک توجه الی وجه مالک الاسماء بعد فنا الاشیاء و اقبل قلبک الی

Blessed art thou! O thou whose countenance hath turned unto the Face of the Lord of Names after the extinction of all things, and whose heart hath inclined toward [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.246,

@praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @goodly deeds; actions

BH00286

2200

Arabic

یا زین علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد حضر لدی المظلوم الکتاب الذی ارسل الیک من سمی بالحسین

O Zayn, upon whom rest My glory and My loving-kindness! There hath reached the presence of the Wronged One the letter that was sent unto thee from him who was named Husayn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.296,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH00291

2180

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالبیان و تغرد بالکلام و انه لهو الذی نطق بالکلمه الاولی اذا انصعق

Praise be unto God, Who hath manifested His oneness through utterance and warbled forth His Word, and verily, He it is Who gave voice to the Primal Word when all were thunderstruck [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.156,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for pioneers and travel teachers, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the power of words; of speech

BH00296

2170

Arabic

انک انت یا الهی لما استویت علی کرسی عز فردانیتک و تعلیت علی عرش رحمت

Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy transcendent unity

INBA49:187, INBA92:241, BLIB_Or15739.032,

PMP#184, TSBT.157, AMB#22

PM#184, DOR#22

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00320

2030

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للذین تمسکوا بحبل الله المتین و تشبثوا باذیال ردآء ربهم الغفور الکریم

A remembrance from Our presence unto those who have held fast to the mighty Cord of God and have clung to the hem of the robe of their Lord, the All-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.214,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @proclamation to Jews, @personal instructions, @prophecy and fulfillment, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00327

2000

Arabic

الله ابهی شمس البهاء قد ظهرا و تظهرت عند جمال الغیب عن مخزن السترا و ارتفعت بذلک

God is Most Glorious! The Sun of Splendor hath appeared and been made manifest through the Beauty of the Unseen from the Treasury of Mystery, and thereby was It raised up [3.5s]

ASAT3.178x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00330

1990

Arabic

Lawḥ al-Raḥmat (Tablet of the Merciful One)

الحمد لله الذی کان باقیا ببقاء کینونیته و دائما بدوام ازلیته الذی خلق

Praised be to God hath ever been One Eternally Existent through the Eternality of His own Being, One Ever-Permanent through the Continuance of His Pre-Eternality

Berlin1237#07

BRL_DA#565, SFI11.013

HURQ.BH10x

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @life and death, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @outward and inward meanings, @the concourse on high, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BH00344

1920

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لروح الحیوان لاهل ملا الاعلی و مائده

These are the verses of God, revealed in truth, and verily they are the spirit of life unto the denizens of the celestial concourse and a heavenly feast [3.5s]

INBA42:236x, BLIB_Or15725.001,

BNEP.114x

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH00361

1850

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه نادی المناد الملک لله المهیمن القیوم قد ظهرت الاسرار و کشفت

This is the Day whereon the Herald hath proclaimed: "The sovereignty belongeth unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting! The mysteries have been revealed and laid bare." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.085,

AYBY.141b

@prayer for protection, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @presence of; reunion with God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH00366

1840

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و ارتد الیه لحاظ الله الملک المقتدر العزیز القدیر و توجه الیه

Your letter hath appeared before the Throne, and towards it have been directed the glances of God, the King, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent [3.5s]

INBA83:292, ALIB.folder18p096-102

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @exhortations and counsels, @thankfulness; gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00370

1820

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الوجه و سمع ندآء المظلوم اذ کان فی هذا السجن العظیم

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the splendors of the Countenance and hath hearkened to the call of the Wronged One when He was in this mighty Prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.015,

BH00375

1790

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق الاشیاء علی ذکره و ثنائه هو الذی

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear tokens and caused all things to speak forth His remembrance and praise. He it is Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.251,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00379

1780

Arabic

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

شمس الکلمات عن افق بیان ملیک الاسماء و الصفات قد کانت فی احسن الساعات بانوار

The day-star of words, dawning above the horizon of the utterance of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes, hath, at this most blessed of hours

INBA81:062, BLIB_Or15692.005, , BLIB_Or15706.021, , BLIB_Or15714.005,

BRL_DA#200, AYT.305x, ASAT4.400x, AMB#10

DOR#10

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @stories; anecdotes, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

LL#015

BH00380

1770

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی علم البیان اسرار التبیان و اظهر من القلم رموز العلم و العرفان

Praise be to God Who hath taught the art of utterance the mysteries of exposition and hath manifested from the Pen the tokens of knowledge and wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.112,

@free will and predestination; fate, @chastisement and requital, @justice and wrath of God, @outward and inward meanings, @differences in human capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

BH00406

1700

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر امره کیف اراد انه لهو السلطان الذی ما

Praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself and revealed His Cause as He willeth. He, verily, is the Sovereign Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.049,

BH00421

1670

Arabic

یا ملا الارض و السماء اسمعوا شهاده الله من لسان ربکم الابهی انه شهد لنفسه

O concourse of earth and heaven! Give ear to the testimony of God that proceedeth from the mouth of your Lord, the All-Glorious. He verily hath testified

BLIB_Or15692.019, , BLIB_Or15706.042, , BLIB_Or15714.031,

AVK2.022.14x, DWNP_v2#09 p.076-078x, TSBT.142, ASAT5.146x, AMB#16

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

@proclamation to Christians, @twin Manifestations, @prayer for protection, @prophecy and fulfillment, @presence of; reunion with God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH00422

1650

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی فتح ابواب العرفان بمقالید البیان و اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل

Praise be unto God, Who hath unlocked the gates of divine knowledge through the keys of utterance, and hath revealed that which lay hidden from all eternity [3.5s]

INBA23:187

BRL_DA#465, KHMI.021x

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Hands of the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power of prayer, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00424

1650

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله المقتدر الفرد الواحد القدیر لیفرح

This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who hath believed in God, the Powerful, the Single, the One, the Almighty, that he may rejoice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.490, , NLAI_BH2.078

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00425

1650

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام

This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership

INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108

BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax

GWB#054x

@proclamation to Jews, @Baha'u'llah, @proclamation to Christians, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @suffering and imprisonment

LL#460

BH00428

1640

Arabic

تلک آیات الله نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز علیم و جعلها الله آیه ظهوره لمن فی الملا الاعلی

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing, and God hath made them a sign of His Manifestation unto those in the highest concourse [3.5s]

INBA83:273, BLIB_Or15725.564, , ALIB.folder18p116-121

@knowledge; recognition of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Word of God the cause of creation

BH00446

1600

Arabic

سبحانک یا من ارتفعت الیک ایادی الرجاء من کل الاصفیاء و صعدت الی ساحة عزک

Glorified art Thou, O Thou unto Whom the hands of hope are upraised by all the chosen ones, and have ascended unto the court of Thy glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.127,

ADM2#066 p.118x

BH00468

1540

Arabic

هذا کتاب کریم قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم و فیه ما یفرح به المخلصون

This is a glorious Book which hath been sent down from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise, wherein is that which causeth the sincere ones to rejoice [3.5s]... ...Say: Beware lest ye become veiled by evil suggestions from Him who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes. This is he [Baha’u’llah] whose Manifestation the Bab hath covenanted (‘ahd) in every particle (dharr) of the Bayan

INBA34:089, BLIB_Or15735.143,

AQA1#004, AVK4.420bx, AVK4.257.03x, MAS8.047bx, AKHA_124BE #09 p.ax, HYK.143

BLO_PT#216.030x

@suffering and imprisonment, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @living waters; water of life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @predictions and prophecies

BH00471

1530

Arabic

شهد الله رب العرش و الثری قبل خلق الوری انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد

God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust beneath, beareth witness, ere the creation of all beings, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.001,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement

BH00481

1500

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر من مشرق التجرید شمس التفرید و القی لوامع انوار ها علی مرایا

Praise be to God, Who hath caused the Sun of Divine Unity to shine forth from the Orient of detachment and cast the radiant beams of its light upon the mirrors [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.122,

BH00482

1500

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالقدرة و العظمة و الجمال و تقدس بساذج کینونته عن

Praise be unto God, Who alone is possessed of majesty, Who is unique in power, grandeur and beauty, and Who, in His pure essence, is sanctified above [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.085,

BH00489

1500

Arabic

کتاب الله الاعظم ینطق و یقول یا ملا الارض اتقوا الله و لا تتبعوا اوهام الذین انکروا

The Most Great Book proclaimeth and saith: O concourse of earth! Fear ye God, and follow not the vain imaginings of them that have denied Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.135,

BH00514

1440

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی العلم و مستورا عن العیوم و الابصار سبحان الذی انطق الاشیاء

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested and revealed that which lay hidden in knowledge and concealed from eyes and sight. Glorified be He Who hath given speech unto all things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.049,

@prayer for forgiveness, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @past, present and future of Iran, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00516

1430

Arabic

ذکر الله عبده الذی سمی بمهدی لیشکر ربه و یکون فی الله رضیا ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء

This is the remembrance of God unto His servant who hath been named Mahdi, that he may render thanks unto his Lord and be well-pleasing in God's sight. O servant! Hearken unto the call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.525, , ALIB.folder18p132-137

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @personal instructions, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00523

1420

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم لمن فی الامکان لیقربهم الی ملکوت اسمی الرحمن المقام الذی

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto them that dwell within the realm of possibility, that He may draw them nigh unto the Kingdom of My Name, the All-Merciful - the station which [3.5s]

INBA18:488, BLIB_Or15713.027,

@proclamation to the people of the world, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00525

1420

Arabic

یا قلم ارئک ناطقا فی اللیالی و الایام مره اسمع نغماتک و اخری حنینک و بکائک

O Pen of Glory! I behold thee speaking throughout the nights and days - at times I hear thy melodies, and at others thy sighs and lamentations [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.096,

@soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the power of words; of speech

BH00533

1400

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اوقد بنار العرفان سدرة الانسان و انار بها الافاق فی یوم التلاق

Praise be to God, Who hath kindled with the fire of divine knowledge the Tree of man, and hath illumined therewith the horizons on the Day of Meeting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.105,

BH00545

1360

Arabic

انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا

Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth

BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072

BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x

GWB#074x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God

LL#394

BH00550

1350

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی طرز دیباج کتاب الظهور بالهاء بعد الباء و به نفخ فی الصور و انصعق

Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned the brocaded frontispiece of the Book of Manifestation with the letter Há following Bá, and through Whom the Trump was sounded, causing all to swoon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.315,

@praise and encouragement, @presence of; reunion with God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00552

1350

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء التی کانت علی العالمین محیطا و ینزل منها فیکل حین

This is the Book sent down in truth from the heaven that hath encompassed all the worlds, and from which there descendeth at every moment that which hath been ordained [3.5s]... ...Wert thou to hear with Mine ear, thou wouldst hear how Ali [the Bab] bewaileth Me in the presence of the Glorious Companion

INBA92:218x, BLIB_Or15694.537, , ALIB.folder18p137-142

ASAT4.157x

PDC.013-014x

@personal instructions, @call to action, @martyrs and martyrdom, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH00563

1330

Arabic

شهد الله بما شهدت فی اول کتابک بانه لا اله الا هو

God beareth witness to that which thou didst testify in the beginning of thy book, that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.319, , ALIB.folder18p189

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God, @nearness and remoteness

BH00564

1330

Arabic

کم من حبیب وجدناه حباباً و کم من صدیق صار زندیقاً بما اتبع هواه غافلاً عن مولاه

How many a beloved one have We found to be but a bubble, and how many a friend hath turned into a heretic by following his idle fancies, heedless of his Lord! [3.5s]... ...O concourse of the Son! Verily the kingdom of God has been adorned in My name and His dominion with My sovereignty and Jesus Christ [the Spirit] laments that which has befallen Me

BLIB_Or11095#014,

YMM.296x

KFPT#02x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH00570

1310

Arabic

الحمد لله القائم بلازوال الدآئم بلاانتقال المتعالی عن الوصف و المقال المنزه

Praise be unto God, the Self-Subsisting Who knoweth no cessation, the Ever-Abiding Who passeth not away, Who transcendeth all description and utterance, the Sanctified [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.098, , BLIB_Or15703.136x,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH00574

1310

Arabic

هل یقدر احد ان یضع ما سوآئی بقدرتی و سلطانی و یاخذ ما امر به فی کتابی الذی

Can any soul, through My might and sovereignty, set aside all else but Me and take hold of that which I have ordained in My Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.045, , BLIB_Or15695.115, , BLIB_Or15728.037,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00577

1300

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی رفع برفع الستر عن وجه المعانی فی هذا الیوم الذی فیه ظهر و لاح

Praise be unto God Who hath, through the lifting of the veil, unveiled the countenance of meanings on this Day wherein He hath appeared and shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.038,

BH00591

1290

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد السن الممکنات علی سلطنتک و اقتدارک و علی فقری و

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! The tongues of all created things testify to Thy sovereignty and Thine omnipotence

INBA44:152, INBA48:060, INBA49:098, BLIB_Or07852.054, , BLIB_Or15725.477, , BLIB_Or15739.121,

PMP#179

PM#179

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00596

1270

Arabic

ان اشهد بما شهد الله قبل خلق کل الاشیا باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی و اذا من

I testify, even as God Himself did testify before the creation of all things, that verily I am the Living One in the Most Glorious Horizon and thence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.194,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

BH00598

1270

Arabic

ای رب یا الهی کلما ارید ان افتح لسانی ببدایع اذکار عز وحدانیتک او احرک شفتی

O Lord my God! Whensoever I attempt to unloose my tongue to extol the wondrous expressions of Thy transcendent oneness

INBA48:067, BLIB_Or15739.131,

TSBT.114, ABMK.021, AMB#11

DOR#11

@material world a reflection of the spiritual, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prayer for forgiveness

BH00602

1260

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر بکلمته العلیا ما کان مکنونا فی کنائز عظمته و مخزونا

Praise be to God Who, through His most exalted Word, hath revealed that which lay concealed in the treasuries of His grandeur and hidden in His repositories [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.220,

BRL_DA#473

@praise and encouragement, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00607

1260

Arabic

یا مهدی علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد جری فی ذکرک من القلم فی السجن الاعظم ما طارت

O Mihdi! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! From the Pen in the Most Great Prison there hath flowed, in remembrance of thee, that which hath taken flight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.122,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00608

1250

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه الاعظم علی العالم اذا ارتعدت فرائص المشرکین ... یا حسین قد انزلنا لک لوحا

All praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through His Most Great Name unto the world, whereat the limbs of the ungodly trembled... O Ḥusayn, We have sent down unto thee a Tablet [3.5s]

INBA18:240, BLIB_Or15716.035.17, , OSAI_TC 33r-33vx,

AHT.005ax, AHT.006bx

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @Hands of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @consolation and comfort, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @prayer for protection, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00609

1250

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه العلام علی العالم اذا ظهرت الکتب و فصلت

Praise be to God Who hath, through His Most Great Name, shed His effulgence upon the world when the Books were revealed and set forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.041, , BLIB_Or15728.200,

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

BH00612

1250

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک الذی جعلته عریا عن رداء الوهیتک و بعیدا عن

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast rendered bereft of the mantle of Thy divinity and kept remote from [3.5s]

INBA92:075

@station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @presence of; reunion with God, @love of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @pain of love; love as veil

BH00613

1250

Arabic

یا اسمعیل طوبی لک بما اقبلت الی الافق الاعلی و فزت بزیاره المظلوم الذی اعرض

O Isma'il! Blessed art thou for having turned thyself unto the Most Sublime Horizon and attained the presence of the Wronged One Who hath been forsaken [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.022, , BLIB_Or15715.339,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00621

1230

Arabic

ان یا علی قبل نقی ان استمع الندا من شاطئ البقآء فی البقعة الحمرآء من السدرة المنتهی انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المختار

O Ali-Qabli-Naqi! Hearken unto the Call from the Shore of Eternity in the crimson spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Choosing [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines ... Lay aside that which ye possess, and hold your peace, and give ear, then, unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur and Majesty speaketh

INBA34:105, BLIB_Or11095#002, , BLIB_Or15735.172,

AQA1#007, HYK.172

PDC.144x

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00623

1230

Arabic

قد اخذت القلم حینئذ یا الهی من عندک و وضعت المداد بین یدیک و لم ادر ما ترید

I took up the pen, then, O my God, from Thee and placed the ink before Thee, not knowing what Thou didst desire [3.5s]

INBA49:138, INBA92:057

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @martyrs and martyrdom, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BH00629

1220

Arabic

Lawh-i-Hikmat

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات من قبل الذی لا قبل له و ینزل کیف یشاء بامره و انه لهو المقتدر

Glorified be He Who hath sent down verses from before that which hath no before, and doth send down as He willeth through His command, and verily He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]... ...Know that thy Lord hath ever been a treasure concealed within His invisible Essence and shall remain concealed

INBA81:097

ANDA#19 p.29x

BLO_failayn

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00631

1220

Arabic

هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و سافر الی شطر السجن الی ان دخل

This is a Tablet from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and journeyed toward the Prison until he entered therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.022, , Berlin1237#02

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @chastisement and requital, @blind imitation [taqlid]

BH00633

1220

Arabic

یا حسین کاد القلم ینوح لان ید الاقتدار تحرکه فی العشی و الاشراق و فی البکور و

O Husayn! The Pen well-nigh lamenteth, for the Hand of Power moveth it at eventide and at the bright hour of dawn, and at break of day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.006, , BLIB_Or15718.146,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for nearness to God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00635

1210

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه ماج بحر البیان امام وجوه الادیان و نطقت السدره المبارکه بین البریه

This is the Day whereon the Ocean of Utterance hath surged before the faces of all religions, and the Blessed Tree hath spoken amidst all creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.106,

BH00636

1200

Arabic

الحمد لمن اظهر بالیراعة و البنان اسرار الحکمة و البیان و اضا فی ظلمات المداد

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the pen and fingertips, revealed the mysteries of wisdom and utterance, and shed light upon the darkness of ink [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.102,

BH00642

1180

Arabic

الحمد لله مظهر جواهر العلم و العرفان بالایات الالهیه الصمدیه و مطرز قلوب اهل

Praise be to God, Who manifesteth the gems of knowledge and mystic wisdom through His divine and eternal verses, and adorneth the hearts of them that are endued with insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.117,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00652

1170

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom

INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131,

BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x

GWB#001x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Imam Husayn, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

LL#056

BH00657

1160

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها

Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you!

INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172

BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165

GWB#121

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @names and attributes of God, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @power of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00680

1130

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الملک و الملکوت و له العزه و العظمه و الجبروت ینزل ما یشاء

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereignty and the kingdom, His the might and the grandeur and the dominion. He sendeth down whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.322,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @knowledge of self, @development of capacity and readiness

BH00683

1130

Arabic

یا بزرگ قد ماج بحر البیان و القوم لا یعرفون و ظهرت النار فی السدره و تنطق بالحق

O Thou Great One! The ocean of utterance hath surged, yet the people perceive not. The Fire hath appeared in the Lote-Tree and proclaimeth the truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.010, , BLIB_Or15718.164.15,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH00684

1130

Arabic

یا قلمی الاعلی اشهد انک نادیت فی کل الاحیان من فی الامکان و دعوتهم الی الله

O My Most Exalted Pen! I bear witness that Thou hast, at all times, called out to all who dwell within the realm of creation and summoned them unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.246,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @proclamation to the people of the world, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

BH00688

1120

Arabic

انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الینا و نطق بهذا الاسم الذی به فتح ختم الرحیق و

Verily, We have desired to make mention of one who hath turned towards Us and hath uttered this Name, whereby the seal of the choice wine hath been opened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.018, , BLIB_Or15715.268b,

@suffering and imprisonment, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to the people of the world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH00696

1110

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی تحرک علی اللوح بامری و سلطانی و لاتشهد الممکنات الا کاجساد

O Pen of the Most High! Move upon the Tablet by My command and My sovereignty, and behold not created things save as lifeless frames [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.497,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00700

1110

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی افق امره و طار فی هوائه و عرف ما اعرض عنه

A Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of His Cause, soared in its atmosphere, and recognized that from which others turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.130, , NLAI_22848:317, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p163r, , MKI4522.317,

AQA2#010 p.169

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00702

1100

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اوضح الطریق لاهل التحقیق و ایات صراطه الدقیق لاولی الفحص و التدقیق

Praise be to God Who hath made manifest the Path unto them that seek the truth, and revealed the signs of His narrow way unto those who search with scrutiny and investigation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.135,

BH00703

1100

Arabic

الحمد لله الملک المحمود الذی اظهرنا فی عالم الوجود و علمنا الحمد و الثناء فی الغیب و الشهود

Praise be to God, the King, the All-Glorious, Who hath manifested Us in the world of existence and taught Us praise and glorification in the unseen and visible realms [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.138,

BH00705

1100

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلت من جبروت عز رفیع ان لاتعبدوا الا ایاه و

These are the verses of God, the King, the True One, the Manifest, sent down from the realm of exalted might, that ye worship none but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.208,

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Muhammad; Islam, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

BH00708

1100

Arabic

قد اوحی الله تبارک و تعالی الی بعض انبیائه فی بعض وحیه و عزتی و جلالی

God, blessed and exalted be He, hath revealed unto certain of His Prophets in some of His revelation: "By My might and My majesty..." [3.5s]

MAS4.241, RHQM2.0751-751 (149) (093x)

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00710

1100

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و اخذته نفحات الایام من ربه

This is a Book from God unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and was seized by the fragrances of the days from his Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.060,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH00714

1090

Arabic

الحمد لله خالق الاشیاء و فاطر السماء و له الاسماء الحسنی و الصفات العلیا اصلی

All praise be unto God, Creator of all things and Fashioner of the heavens, unto Whom belong the most excellent names and the most exalted attributes. I pray [3.5s]... ...We have invited all men to turn towards God, and have acquainted them with the Straight Path. They [divines] rose up against Us

BLIB_Or15727a.096,

GPB.231x, PDC.143x

@praise and encouragement, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @wisdom [hikmat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00717

1090

Arabic

سبحان من یفعل ما یشاء انه هو الامر فی الارض و السماء لا تمنعه جنود الاسماء

Glorified be He Who doeth whatsoever He willeth! Verily, He is the Sovereign Ordainer in earth and heaven, Whom the hosts of names cannot withstand [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.169b,

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00719

1080

Arabic

ان یا زین المقربین قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و سمعنا ما فیه بذلک تموج بحر عنایه

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Thy letter hath come before Our presence and We have hearkened unto that which it containeth. Thus did the ocean of bounty surge forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#007,

ADM2#091 p.171x

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00724

1080

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالمین الی رضوان قدس بدیع ان یستقیمن علی حب

This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the peoples of the world nigh unto a hallowed and wondrous Paradise, should they remain steadfast in love [3.5s]

INBA83:172, BLIB_Or15702.192, , BLIB_Or15737.150, , NLAI_BH2.085, ALIB.folder18p162

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Word of God and human limitations, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer

BH00730

1070

Arabic

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و کانوا من الذینهم بایات الله لمهتدین

This is an epistle from the servant unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and were among those who are guided by His verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.001rx, , NLAI_BH2.316, PR03.256a21-257a28

ASAT2.055x

@consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00742

1050

Arabic

ان یا نبیل قد ارسلنا الیک لوحا و من قبله کتابا و من قبله زبرا و من قبله صحایف التی

O Nabíl! We have sent down unto thee a Tablet, and before it a Book, and before that Sacred Scriptures, and ere these, Scrolls which [3.5s]

INBA83:288, ALIB.folder18p186

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00745

1050

Arabic

سبحان الذی یذکر من یشاء بامر من عنده و یلقی من یشاء ما یرید من علمه لا اله الا

Glorified be He Who remembereth whom He willeth through a command from His presence, and bestoweth upon whom He pleaseth whatsoever He desireth of His knowledge. There is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA18:204c, INBA71:109, BLIB_Or15696.159, , BLIB_Or15738.079,

AQA7#387 p.091, SFI04.018, TZH4.293-295, KHAF.082

@suffering and imprisonment, @methods of teaching the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @development of capacity and readiness

BH00757

1040

Arabic

روحی و ذاتی لک الفداء ثم سری و کینونتی لک الفداء قد مضت ایام و ما فاز الخادم

My spirit and my essence are a sacrifice unto Thee; yea, my soul and my being are offered up for Thee. Days have passed, and the servant hath not attained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.091,

@love of God, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH00769

1030

Arabic

شهد الله لنفسه بوحدانیه نفسه و لذاته بفردانیه ذاته و نطق بلسانه فی عرش بقائه

God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being.... Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called

INBA49:271, INBA92:253, BLIB_Or15739.141,

PMP#057x, PMP#058x, TSBT.182, NFF5.082, ABMK.031, AMB#04

PM#057x, PM#058x, DOR#04

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @limits of the intellect, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @humility; meekness; lowliness

MMAH.105

BH00777

1020

Arabic

ذکر منیر من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله ثم اهتدی بشمس التی کانت عن افق الروح

A luminous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and hath been guided by the Sun that shone forth from the horizon of the Spirit [3.5s]

INBA19:041, INBA32:039

@mystical themes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00782

1020

Arabic

هذا ذکر من الله الی الذین هم کسروا اصنام انفسهم بتقوی الله و حفظوا امانات

This is a remembrance from God unto those who have shattered the idols of self through the fear of God and have preserved the divine trusts [3.5s]

INBA36:042, INBA71:201, BLIB_Or07852.111c,

BRL_DA#027, RSBB.004

@prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH00783

1020

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا المفتقر الذی یدعو کل من فی السموات و الارض الی ربه العزیز

This is a Book from this lowly one who summoneth all them that dwell in the heavens and on earth unto His Lord, the Mighty [3.5s]

INBA18:267, INBA51:625, PR03.254a19-256a18

BRL_DA#251, LHKM3.008

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @chastisement and requital, @day of Resurrection; Judgement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @imagery in the Qur'an, @Word of God the cause of creation, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00784

1020

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و جعله الله آیه ظهوره و سلطان امره بین السموات و الارض و

This Book speaketh with truth, and God hath made it a sign of His Revelation and the sovereign authority of His Cause between the heavens and the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.115, , PR23.045b-046a

BRL_DA#571, LHKM1.032, YMM.224x

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00787

1010

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ایدنا علی الاقرار بوحدانیته و فردانیته و هدانا الی صراطه و رزقنا

Praise be unto God Who hath strengthened us to acknowledge His unity and oneness, and hath guided us unto His path and sustained us [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.127, , BLIB_Or15711.163,

@prayer for peace and unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00791

1010

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للذاکرین انه لطراز الفضل لمن فی العالمین به ینبت من القلوب ریحان

A remembrance from Our presence unto them that remember. Verily, it is the ornament of grace unto all who dwell in the worlds. Through it there springeth forth from hearts sweet basil [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be the crown of all names and by which heaven and earth have been illumined

BLIB_Or11095#011,

ADM1#064 p.115x

JHT_S#136x

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering and imprisonment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power of prayer, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00792

1010

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و اقبل الی الافق الاعلی حضر و شهد و رای

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened to the Call and turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon, who hath attained, witnessed and beheld [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.001,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @firmness in the Covenant, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00797

1000

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ادار افلاک الوجود بمشیته و زین متون کبت الشهود بحواشی العلم و الحکمة

Praise be to God Who, through His Will, hath set in motion the spheres of existence and hath adorned the texts of the Books of Being with the embellishments of knowledge and wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.070,

BH00798

1000

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر فی دیجور الاوهام شمس العرفان و هدی بها الذین تا هوا فی قلوات

Praise be to God, Who hath revealed in the dense gloom of vain imaginings the Sun of true knowledge, and through it hath guided those who had wandered in the wilderness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.145,

BH00799

1000

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالقدرة و القوة و الجمال و تعالی بجوهر ذ

Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His majesty, Who is single in His might, power and beauty, and Who is exalted in His divine essence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.051,

BH00800

1000

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمة و تقدس عن ذکر البریه

Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His glory, Who is singular in His grandeur, and Who is sanctified above the mention of all created things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.093,

BH00802

1000

Arabic

ان یا امام قد حضر لدی العرش کتاب کان فیه ذکرک لذا زیناک بهذا الذکر الذی خرج

O Imam! There hath appeared before the Throne a Book wherein thy mention was inscribed. Thus have We adorned thee with this remembrance that hath gone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#032,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort

BH00810

1000

Arabic

لحمد لله الاول بلا اول لم یسبق بالاولیة و الاخر بلا اخر لم یوصف بالاخریة تعالت

All praise be unto God, the First without beginning, before Whom no firstness existed, and the Last without end, Who cannot be described by lastness. Exalted be He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.033,

BH00813

1000

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذین عصمهم الله من خزی النفس و الهوی و ادخلهم فی

This is the Book from before Bahá unto those whom God hath preserved from the shame of self and desire and caused to enter into [incomplete source text] [3.5s]... ...Peruse My verses with joy and radiance. Verily they will attract you unto God and will enable you to detach yourselves from aught else save Him

INBA34:116, BLIB_Or15707.008, , BLIB_Or15735.186, , Majlis934.114.04-115.08x

AQA1#010, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.ax, HYK.186

COC#0365x

@suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH00816

1000

Arabic

یا ایها المتوجه الی شطر البقاء و الساکن فی ظل فضل ربک مالک الاسماء قد ورد ما کان

O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Realm of Eternity and who dwellest beneath the shade of thy Lord's grace, the Lord of Names! That which was ordained hath come to pass [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.060,

BH00817

1000

Arabic

یا ایها الناظر الی الخلیل و المنتظر لظهور الجلیل فاعلم انا قرئنا الانجیل و

O thou who gazest upon the Friend and awaitest the manifestation of the All-Glorious! Know thou that We have perused the Gospel and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#050,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

BH00819

1000

Arabic

یا محمد ان استمع ندآء مالک الظهور الذی ینطق باعلی الندا بین الارض و السما و یدع

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the Call of the Sovereign of Manifestation, Who speaketh with the most exalted summons betwixt earth and heaven and calleth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.092,

BH00822

990

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها

These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation

BLIB_Or15725.130,

BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax

GWB#149x

@wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

LL#361

BH00828

990

Arabic

یا اباالقاسم اشکر الله ربک رب العرش الاعظم انه ایدک بین الامم و قربک الی مقام

O Abu'l-Qásim! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Most Great Throne, for He hath strengthened thee amidst the peoples and drawn thee nigh unto the station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.351,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH00832

980

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی فتح ابواب العلوم و الفنون علی وجوه عباده و اظهر ما کان مکنونا

Praise be to God, Who hath opened the gates of arts and sciences before the faces of His servants and revealed that which lay hidden [3.5s]

AQA5#106 p.122

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @personal instructions, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00837

980

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما

Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan

INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168,

AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax

LTDT.284-285x

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @pain of love; love as veil, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers

BH00838

980

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی قد حالت بینک و بین خلقک سبحات عبادک الذین کفروا بایاتک کم من

Glorified art Thou, O my God! The veils cast by such of Thy servants as have disbelieved in Thy signs have come between Thee and Thy creation. How many [3.5s]

KHSH07.005

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @pain of love; love as veil, @nearness and remoteness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @living waters; water of life

BH00839

980

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق و نذکر فیه حزب الله الذین تمسکوا بحبلی المتین یا محمد قبل حسن

This is a Book which We have sent down in truth, wherein We make mention of the party of God, those who have held fast to My mighty cord, O Muhammad-before-Hasan [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.259,

YIA.197-198x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Word of God is its own standard, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00840

980

Arabic

یا ورقتی و یا امتی و الناظره الی افقی و الطائره فی هواء حبی و المتمسکه بحبل

O My leaf and My handmaiden, thou that gazest toward Mine horizon, that soarest in the atmosphere of My love, and that clingest to the cord [3.5s]

RSR.033-035

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @personal instructions, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH00846

970

Arabic

ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق

Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name.

INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207

BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011

GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x

T. Ellis

@words vs deeds, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @courtesy; culture [adab], @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ROB3.026, LL#198

BH00848

970

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک ... فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه مظاهر النفی

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast called into being

INBA48:085, INBA49:174, INBA92:293, BLIB_Or15739.160,

PMP#178, TSBT.022, NFF5.068, ABMK.014, RAHA.110x, OOL.B090.05

PM#178

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @prayer for fasting, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for martyrs

LL#271, LL#473

BH00849

970

Arabic

یا میر قبل محمد تقی ان استمع ندائی انه یجذبک الی ملکوتی و یقربک الی مقام

O Mir Qabl-i-Muhammad-Taqi! Hearken thou unto My call, for verily it draweth thee unto My Kingdom and bringeth thee nigh unto the station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.032, , BLIB_Or15730.086b,

YIA.182-184

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

BH00852

960

Arabic

الحمد لله المالک بالاستحقاق و المحیط علی الانفس و الافاق قد اظهر انوار وجهه

Praise be unto God, the rightful Sovereign, Who encompasseth all souls and horizons, Who hath manifested the lights of His countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.046,

@prayer for teaching, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement

BH00853

960

Arabic

ان یا عبد الذی سجنت فی سبیل الله ربک و رب العالمین اسمع ما ینطق به لسان القدس

O thou servant who hast been imprisoned in the path of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Holiness speaketh [3.5s]

INBA83:159, BLIB_Or03114.051r, , BLIB_Or15702.158, , BLIB_Or15737.141, , ALIB.folder18p224

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00854

960

Arabic

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک البقا ثم جبروت العز و السنا و فی قبضه ارادته من فی

Blessed is He in Whose grasp lie the dominion of the eternal realm and the empire of glory and splendour, and within Whose grasp are all who dwell therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.078,

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH00856

960

Arabic

قد فاز القلب و العین بزیاره کتاب حضرتک الذی کان مطرزا بطراز الذکر و الثنا و مزینا بذکر الله

The heart and the eye have truly attained felicity through the perusal of thy letter, which was adorned with the ornament of remembrance and praise, and embellished with the mention of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.280, , BLIB_Or15736.084,

@review of publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @wisdom [hikmat], @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00861

950

Arabic

سبحان الذی یذکر اهل الوفاء اذ کان فی سجن الاعدآء و یتوجه الی من اقبل الیه من هذا

Glorified be He Who remembereth the people of faithfulness whilst confined in the prison of His enemies, and turneth towards whosoever hath advanced unto Him from this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.116,

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of prayer

BH00876

930

Arabic

ان السرور یقول نفسی لحزنک الفداء یا مظلوم العالمین ان الابتهاج ینادی روحی

Lo, joy proclaimeth: "My soul be a sacrifice for Thy sorrow, O Thou Wronged One of the worlds!" Verily, gladness crieth out: "My spirit..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#012,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to Muslims, @proclamation to Christians, @proclamation to Jews, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00879

930

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و دار البلاد لاعلاء کلمتی و احداث حبی و اشراق

The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath traversed the lands to exalt My Word and to kindle My love and radiance [3.5s]

INBA42:047, BLIB_Or15718.305,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH00881

930

Arabic

یا جمال قد فزت بذکری و اثار قلمی مرة بعد مرة اشکر الله بهذا الفضل العظیم

O Beauty! Thou hast indeed attained unto My remembrance and the traces of My Pen, time and time again. Render thanks unto God for this great bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.004,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement

BH00884

920

Arabic

انا نذکر من ذکرنا و نجیب من اقبل الینا اذ ظهر افقی الاعلی مطلع وحی مالک الاسماء

We, verily, make mention of him who maketh mention of Us, and answer him who turneth unto Us, when there hath appeared Our most exalted horizon, the Dayspring of revelation of the Lord of Names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.135c,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @praise and encouragement, @power of the Manifestation of God, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH00898

910

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن کان مذکورا لدی الوجه و تحرک علی ذکره قلمی الاعلی علی شان

A remembrance from Our presence unto one who was mentioned before the Countenance and for whom My Most Exalted Pen hath been moved to make mention in such wise [3.5s]... ...At one time, We address the people of the Torah and summon them unto Him Who is the Revealer of verses

INBA35:102, BLIB_Or11095#015, , BLIB_Or15738.128,

YARP1.056ax

GPB.210x, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.076x, PDC.124-125x, PDC.125x

@proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation to Muslims, @proclamation to Christians, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @proclamation to Jews, @station of the Manifestation of God, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00899

910

Arabic

شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی افق الابهی اذا یشهد نفسی و ذاتی و کینونتی

God beareth witness unto His Own Self, through His Own Self, that verily I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon, whereupon My Self, My Being and My Essence do bear witness [3.5s]

INBA51:297, INBA49:341, BLIB_Or15694.372, , ALIB.folder18p246

LHKM3.014

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00900

910

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیقومن عن رقد الهوی و یتوجهن الی الافق

This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto them that dwell in the realm of existence, that they may arise from the slumber of idle fancy and turn toward the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.078b,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH00901

910

Arabic

لعمر الله ان الخادم الفانی کلما یرید ان یحمد ربه یری و یشاهد بان کینونه الحمد

By the life of God, whenever this lowly servant seeketh to praise his Lord, he perceiveth and beholdeth that the very essence of praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.055,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @praise and encouragement

BH00902

910

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الله مالک الاسماء لاهل البهاء الذین لایتکلمون الا بما نطق

This is a Book from God, the Possessor of Names, unto the people of Bahá who speak not except that which hath been uttered [3.5s]

INBA51:149, BLIB_Or15738.068, , KB_620:142-143

BRL_DA#404, LHKM1.065, MAS8.022bx, MUH3.270x, ASAT4.302x

BRL_ATBH#13x

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @prayer for forgiveness, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @chastisement and requital

BH00903

910

Arabic

هذا کتاب یهدی الی الحق و یذکر الناس بایام الروح و یبشرهم برضوان الله المهیمن

This is a Book that guideth unto truth, remindeth the people of the days of the Spirit, and beareth unto them the glad-tidings of God's all-compelling Paradise [3.5s]

INBA36:025, INBA71:182, BLIB_Or15696.171c,

BRL_DA#365, LHKM2.032, RSBB.018, ASAT2.194x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

LL#378

BH00905

900

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ادار افلاک المعانی بقوة بیانه الاعلی و اظهر نیر الحکمة و البیان من افق

Praise be to God, Who hath set in motion the spheres of inner meaning through the power of His most exalted utterance, and hath caused the sun of wisdom and expression to shine forth from the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.092,

BH00907

900

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اوقد مصباح العرفان فی الامکان و انار افق العالم بانوار الحکمه

Praise be unto God, Who hath kindled the lamp of recognition in the realm of existence and illumined the horizon of the world with the lights of wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.064,

@prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00908

900

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی زین العالم بأنوار امره المحکم و اظهر ما اراد لارتقاء الامم و امرهم بالخضوع

Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the world with the lights of His firm Command and hath manifested that which He desired for the advancement of the nations, bidding them to submission [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.266, , BLIB_Or15732.248,

@business; financial; property matters, @Shrines and Holy places, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00909

900

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما اراد فی یوم فیه اضطربت الفراعنه و جنودهم و تزلزلت الجبابره

Praise be to God, Who hath appeared and manifested what He desired on a Day wherein the Pharaohs and their hosts were thrown into confusion and the tyrants were made to tremble [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.196, , BLIB_Or15732.258,

@praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @love of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00914

900

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بالمصائب و البلایا کما فاز مولاه مالک الاسماء ببلایاء

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath triumphed through trials and tribulations even as his Lord, the Lord of Names, triumphed through afflictions [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#031,

NSS.200-201x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement

BH00916

900

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الموجودات بقوه صمدانیتک و اظهرت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath created all created things through the power of Thine eternal Self-Subsistence and hath manifested [3.5s]

INBA92:020

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00923

890

Arabic

قد ارتعد ظهر القلم الاعلی فی هذا المصیبة الکبری الذی تکدر بها المظلوم اذ کان فی هذا المقام البعید

The Supreme Pen hath trembled at this grievous calamity whereby the Wronged One hath been saddened in this remote station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.012c,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation

BH00925

890

Arabic

لم ادر یا الهی لمن اصفک و بمن اذکرک فو عزتک صرت متحیرا بعد الذی جعلتنی فی

I know not, O my God, to whom I shall liken Thee or by what name I shall extol Thee. By Thy glory, I am bewildered after Thou didst cause me to be [3.5s]

INBA92:015

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation

BH00926

890

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن به و استهدی بانوار الروح فی تلک الایام

This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in Him and sought guidance from the splendours of the Spirit in these days [3.5s]... ...O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made manifest unto you

BLIB_Or15725.104, , NLAI_BH2.102

BRL_DA#669, GWBP#047 p.072x

GWB#047x

@return of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#406

BH00930

880

Arabic

ثناء یستنیر به قلوب العارفین و حمد یستضی به صدور العاشقین

Praise whereby the hearts of the mystics are illumined, and glorification through which the breasts of the lovers are made radiant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.036,

BH00936

880

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یبلغ الناس الی شاطی الاحدیه و یرزقهم من ثمرات

This is a Book that speaketh the truth, and therein lieth that which will guide humanity to the shores of divine oneness and nourish them with its fruits [3.5s]

INBA71:086

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @chastisement and requital, @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @call to action, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH00947

870

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد حالی و تسمع ضجیجی و تعلم ما فعلوا بنا عبادک فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou dost witness my state and hear my lamentation, and knowest what Thy servants have wrought against us [3.5s]

INBA48:095, INBA49:132, BLIB_Or15739.175,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00949

870

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اجبناک بالحق رحمه من لدنا علیک لتکون شاکرا بفضل

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have answered thee with truth as a mercy from Us unto thee, that thou mayest be thankful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.170, , Berlin1237#04

@soul; spirit after death, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH00950

870

Arabic

کتاب الله نزل بالحق انه لکتاب مبین ینطق انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الکریم یا

The Book of God hath been sent down in truth; verily it is a perspicuous Book that proclaimeth: There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Bountiful. O [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#013,

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BH00957

860

Arabic

کتاب من لدی الرحمن لمن حضر اسمه لدی المظلوم فی هذا السجن الذی سمی بالاسماء

This is the Book from the All-Merciful unto him whose name was mentioned before the Wronged One in this Prison, which hath been designated by names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.160,

@the power of words; of speech, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00973

850

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینفق فیه کوثر الحیوان من ایادی الرحمن لیحیین به اهل الاکوان و

This is the Book wherein the Kawthar of Life floweth forth from the hands of the All-Merciful, that He may quicken thereby the peoples of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.097,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @chastisement and requital, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00978

840

Arabic

الحمد لمالک ملک العالم بکلمه من عنده و جعله مزینا بطراز اسمائه و صفاته لیشهد

Praise be unto the Sovereign of the kingdom of the world, Who, through a word from His presence, hath adorned it with the ornament of His names and attributes, that it may bear witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.008b,

@wisdom [hikmat], @business; financial; property matters, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement

BH00980

840

Arabic

ان یا بقیه اسمائنا الحسنی اسمع ما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدم مقر ربک العلی العظیم

O remnant of Our most beauteous names! Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the direction of eternity, the seat of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s]

INBA83:165, BLIB_Or15702.174, , BLIB_Or15737.146, , ALIB.folder18p228

PYK.015

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00986

840

Arabic

قد حضر لدی الوجه کتابک و توجه الیک لحاظ ربک العلیم الخبیر و اطلعت بما فیه

Your letter hath been presented before My face, and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, hath been directed towards thee, and I have taken note of its contents [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.007, , BLIB_Or11095#049,

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @presence of; reunion with God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @hypocrisy, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00989

830

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتب اظهارا

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, Who hath dispatched the Messengers and revealed the Books as a testimony [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.227,

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00991

830

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تقدس عن الالفاظ و البیان و تنزه عن المعانی و التبیان انه لهو الذی

Praise be unto God, Who hath sanctified Himself beyond words and utterance, and exalted Himself above meaning and explanation. Verily, He is the One Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.129, , BLIB_Or15732.286,

AVK4.019.10x, AVK4.200.14x, BALM.011, TSHA3.406, MSBH4.507-509

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @law of burial and cremation, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00996

830

Arabic

اول عرف تضوع من قمیص عنایه الرحمن و اول نفحه فاحت من ریاض العرفان و اول نسمه

The first fragrance that wafted from the garment of the All-Merciful's loving-kindness, and the first breath that emanated from the gardens of divine knowledge, and the first breeze [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.085, , NLAI_BH1.223, Majlis210461.111-114

BALM.001, TSHA3.402, MSBH4.530-533

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for martyrs, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH01000

830

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لقوم یسمعون و حکمه من عندنا لقوم یفقهون

A remembrance from Our presence unto the people who hear, and wisdom from Our companionship unto those who comprehend [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Thou in Whose hand are the reins of all created things and in Whose grasp is dominion of the heavens and earth! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy visage

BLIB_Or11095#018,

ADM1#065 p.117x

JHT_S#135x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01001

830

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و مالک الامم اشهد انک لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن ذکر

Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of the world and the Ruler of the nations! I testify that Thou hast from eternity been sanctified

TSBT.190, NFF5.089, AMB#03

DOR#03

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @prayer for unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01002

830

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من الأفق الأعلی انه هو مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و مالک الآخرة و الأولی من تمسک به انه تمسک بحبل الله المتین و من تشبث

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come from the Most Sublime Horizon is verily the Lord of all beings, the Master of the Throne and of earth, the Sovereign of the world to come and of this world. Whoso holdeth fast unto Him hath truly clung to the mighty Cord of God, and whoso cleaveth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.116cx, , BLIB_Or15726.124,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @pain of love; love as veil, @consolation and comfort

BH01004

830

Arabic

لله علم السموات و الارض و قد تجلی باسمه العلیم علی کل الاشیا طوبی لمن اقبل

Unto God belongeth the knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and He hath manifested Himself through His Name, the All-Knowing, upon all things. Blessed is he who hath turned [3.5s]

AQA6#239 p.138, MAS8.026ax

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @knowledge; recognition of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH01012

820

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق و جعلها الله دلیلا من عنده ثم ظهورا من لدنه علی من

These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth, which God hath made as a testimony from His presence and a manifestation from His realm unto those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.405, , ALIB.folder18p252, OSAI I.MMS,

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01023

810

Arabic

ان یا حبیب انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل الواحا و فیها ما یغنی العالمین جمیعا و

O Friend! We have, in times past, sent unto thee Tablets wherein lieth that which would suffice all the peoples of the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.399, , PR23.046a-048b

BRL_DA#561, LHKM1.041

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech

BH01024

810

Arabic

ان یا طیر المعانی و البیان طیر فی هواء العرفان ثم اسمع نغمات ربک الرحمن

O bird of inner meanings and utterance! Soar thou in the atmosphere of divine knowledge, then hearken unto the melodies of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA28:276b, BLIB_Or15725.057,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH01025

810

Arabic

ان یا عبد کیف اذکر لک ما ورد علی فی هذالسجن من الذینهم کانوا ان یفتخروا

O servant! How can I recount unto thee what hath befallen Me in this Prison from those who were wont to pride themselves [3.5s]

INBA33:024, BLIB_Or15725.008,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @exhortations and counsels, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @suffering and imprisonment, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power of prayer, @contention and conflict, @prayer for purity; chastity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01036

810

Arabic

هذا کتاب یکتبه قلم الاعلی حین الذی یبکی و ینوح فی سر السطر بما ورد علیه من

This is a Book which the Most Exalted Pen inscribeth at an hour when it weepeth and lamenteth in the secret places of its lines by reason of that which hath befallen it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.075,

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH01038

800

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اوقد سرج البیان فی زجاجات العلم و العرفان و هدی بها اولی الحجی

Praise be to God Who hath kindled the lamps of utterance within the crystal vessels of knowledge and wisdom, and hath thereby guided them that possess understanding [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.131,

BH01041

800

Arabic

ان الغیب فی هیکل الشهود یبشر العالم باسمه الأعظم ولکن الناس اکثرهم لا یفقهون

Verily, the Unseen, manifest in the Temple of Being, proclaimeth unto the world His Most Great Name, yet most men comprehend it not [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.144b,

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01049

800

Arabic

فطوبی لک یا سمندر النار بما اشتعلت من نار التی ظهرت علی هیکل المختار فی هذه الایام

Blessed art thou, O Salamander of Fire, inasmuch as thou hast been enkindled by the Fire that hath appeared upon the Temple of the Chosen One in these days [3.5s]

INBA83:244, BLIB_Or15725.534, , BLIB_Or15737.170, , ALIB.folder18p231

AYBY.015, TZH6.0528-0531, TRZ1.066cx

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01051

800

Arabic

کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سجن فی حصن عکاء الی من اراد ان یشرب کوثر الحیوان من

The Book from the Wronged One, Who is imprisoned in the fortress of 'Akká, unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar of life [3.5s]

INBA65:112x, INBA66:206b.03x, BLIB_Or15697.036,

@call to action, @prayer for forgiveness, @apocalyptic imagery, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BH01052

800

Arabic

هذا کتاب فیه یذکر ما یجری عنه الدموع من اعین المقربین ان یا قلم فاذکر ما ورد علی ذکر

This is a Book wherein is mentioned that which causeth tears to flow from the eyes of them that are near unto God. O Pen! Make mention of that which hath befallen the Remembrance [3.5s]... ...God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber.

INBA49:316, BLIB_Or15694.377, , ALIB.folder18p249

BRL_DA#671, GWBP#041 p.065bx

GWB#041x

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Manifestation of God does not act of own volition, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

LL#379

BH01058

790

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و سینزل کیف یشاء و انه هو الحق لا اله الا هو

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and Who will continue to send them down as He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Truth; there is no God but Him [3.5s]

ASAT4.236x, PYK.020

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for forgiveness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01059

790

Arabic

کتاب انزله الحکیم لمن آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر لیجذبه الی مقام لاتحزنه حوادث العالم

The Book hath been revealed by the All-Wise unto them that have believed in God, the Peerless, the All-Informed, that He may draw them unto a station wherein the happenings of the world shall cause them no grief [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.149b, , MKI4523.259,

BRL_DA#505, ISH.259, ADH1.058x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH01061

790

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی احباء الله الذینهم آمنوا به و بایاته المنزل

This is an epistle from the One imprisoned unto the loved ones of God who have believed in Him and in His revealed verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.432,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @soul; spirit after death, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01062

790

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و یدعو الناس الی الحق الخالص

This is a Book sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and it calleth mankind unto pure truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.436,

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastisement and requital, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH01065

780

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی رفع امره و اظهر سلطانه علی شان مامنعته شبهات المریبین و لا

Praise be to God Who hath exalted His Cause and manifested His sovereignty in such wise that the doubts of them that waver have not withheld it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.033,

@chastisement and requital, @wisdom [hikmat], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01066

780

Arabic

ان یا جعفر فاخرق حجبات الوهم لانا اخرقناها بسلطان من عندنا و قدره من لدنا و

O Ja'far! Rend asunder the veils of idle fancy, for We have rent them by virtue of Our sovereignty and a power conferred by Our presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.071r, , BLIB_Or15725.401, , BLIB_Or15737.194,

BRL_DA#557, LHKM1.045

@spiritual transformation, @presence of; reunion with God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01067

780

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتاک مرة اخری ما ناح به مکان الفردوس الاعلی و تزعزع رکن العرفان

O Most Exalted Pen! There hath come unto thee once again that whereby the Most Exalted Paradise hath lamented and the pillar of divine knowledge hath been shaken [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.197,

BH01071

780

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت کنت کنزا مکنونا فی غیب ذاتیتک و رمزا

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being

PMP#038

PM#038

@station of the Manifestation of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01072

780

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا الحین اقر و اعترف بعجزی عن عرفان نفسک العلیا فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! At this moment I confess and acknowledge my powerlessness to recognize Thy most exalted Self [3.5s]

INBA48:099, INBA49:127, BLIB_Or15696.092e, , BLIB_Or15739.182,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for protection, @presence of; reunion with God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01073

780

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی کل العباد ینزهونک عن غیرک و کل الانام یقدسونک

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! All servants extol Thy transcendence above all else, and all created things do sanctify Thee [3.5s]

INBA92:030

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01079

770

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لکتاب مبین و جعلها برهانا من لدنه ثم ذکری للعالمین

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth, and they are indeed a perspicuous Book, which He hath made a testimony from His presence and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great.

INBA73:173, INBA83:181, BLIB_Or03114.094, , BLIB_Or15702.213, , ALIB.folder18p280

BRL_DA#799, GWBP#076 p.098, AMB#34x

GWB#076x, DOR#34x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @creation of the world

LL#381

BH01090

760

Arabic

ان یا اسمی المهدی قد حضر کتابک الذی ارسلته الی عبدی الذی کان حاضرا عند عرشی

O My Name, the Mahdi! Thy letter which thou didst send unto My servant who was present before My throne hath arrived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.006,

@suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @firmness in the Covenant

BH01091

760

Arabic

ان یا کمال اسمع ندآء هذا الجمال الذی ابتلی بین ایدی المشرکین و لن یجد لنفسه من

O Kamál! Hearken unto the call of this Beauty, Who hath been made captive at the hands of the infidels and findeth none to [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.444, , ALIB.folder18p302

@chastisement and requital, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01107

760

Arabic

یا محبوبی قد اقامتنی نفحات بیانکم علی التوجه الیکم و انطقنی ذکرکم فی حب الله

O My Beloved! The breezes of Thy utterance have caused Me to arise and turn toward Thee, and Thy remembrance hath moved Me to speak in the love of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.271,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Shrines and Holy places

BH01108

750

Arabic

الحمد للغنی المتعال الذی بامره نفخ فی القلم الاعلی اذا ظهر الرجال الذین نبذوا

Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing, the Most Exalted, at Whose bidding the Supreme Pen hath breathed forth, whereupon appeared the men who cast aside [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.037,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01109

750

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی استقر علی العرش بالعظمه و العزه و الکبریاء و نطق بما نفخ فی

Praise be unto Him Who hath established Himself upon the throne with grandeur, might and majesty, and hath uttered that which was breathed forth [3.5s]

INBA97:125, BLIB_Or15697.106, , BLIB_Or15714.098,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01110

750

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الدلیل و اوضح السبیل و عرفنا وجهه العزیز الجمیل هو الذی علم

Praise be to God, Who hath made manifest the proof and made clear the path, and caused us to know His glorious and beauteous Countenance. He it is Who hath taught [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.056b,

BH01111

750

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی نور افق العالم بشمس اسمه الاعظم و امر الکل بالامانه و الوفاء

Praise be unto God, Who hath illumined the horizon of the world with the sun of His Most Great Name, and hath enjoined upon all faithfulness and constancy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.025,

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @naming of children; of individuals, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer

BH01113

750

Arabic

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شیء علیما له الجود

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty [3.5s]

INBA36:063, INBA71:223

RSBB.082

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01116

750

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله و اراد ان یتوجه الی شطر رضائه

This is an epistle from this Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God and desireth to turn toward the sanctuary of His good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.067, , NLAI_BH2.052

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01126

740

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من لدی الله المقتدر العزیز المختار و یبشر الموحدین الی

These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and they give glad tidings unto them that have recognized His unity [3.5s]

INBA83:283, BLIB_Or15737.186, , NLAI_BH1.435, ALIB.folder18p288?

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01131

740

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم الی من فاز بالبحر الاعظم و شرب منه باسم ربه المشفق الکریم

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto him who hath attained unto the Most Great Ocean and drunk therefrom in the name of his Lord, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.274,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @suffering; rejection of Christ

BH01135

740

Arabic

کتاب انزله مولی العالم لحفظ الامم و اراد ان یرسله الی الذی اقبل الی الافق الاعلی

A Book sent down by the Lord of the worlds for the preservation of nations, which He ordained to be dispatched unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.180b,

AVK4.208.05x

@suffering and imprisonment, @law of inheritance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01140

740

Arabic

یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من السدره النورآء انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد

O peoples of Bahá! Hearken unto the call raised from the luminous Tree - verily there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One! [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! Beware lest the powers of the earth alarm you, or the might of the nations weaken you, or the tumult of the people of discord deter you, or the exponents of earthly glory sadden you. Be ye as a mountain

INBA51:249, BLIB_Or15718.330, , KB_620:242-244

LHKM3.084

COC#0330x, COC#1525x, ADJ.082x

Rowshan

@praise and encouragement, @eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @proclamation to Muslims

BH01141

740

Arabic

یا من تزین جمال قدس ازلیتک بطراز خیط عز مکرمتک و تظهر ظهورات شمس وجهتک

O Thou Who dost adorn the sacred Beauty of Thine eternity with the ornament of the thread of Thy glorious bounty, and dost manifest the dawning-places of the Sun of Thy countenance [3.5s]

INBA66:001, INBA49:122, INBA92:010, NLAI_BH1.131

BRL_DA#284, LHKM1.009

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @symbolism, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01142

730

Arabic

اصبحنا فی قصر جعله الله مقر عرشه العظیم و قصدنا مقصدا آخر فلمنا وردنا

We found Ourselves at dawn in a palace which God had made the seat of His mighty Throne, and We purposed another destination, whereunto We arrived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.125,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @exhortations and counsels, @call to action, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @praise and encouragement

BH01143

730

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتب لیهدی الناس الی افق العدل و یعرفهم ما یرتفع

Praise be to God, Who hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books, that He might guide mankind unto the horizon of justice and acquaint them with that which exalteth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.374,

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01144

730

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الکنز المخزون و السر المکنون انه لهو الذی اذ اظهر ظهر ملکوت البیان

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested the Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Mystery. Verily, He is the One through Whose appearance was revealed the Kingdom of Utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.121, , BLIB_Or15732.302,

@wisdom [hikmat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @belief and denial, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01151

730

Arabic

قد تشرفت الایام یا الهی بالایام التی سمیتها بالهاء کان کل یوم منها جعلته مبشرا

All the days have been honoured, O my God, by the arrival of the days upon which Thou hast conferred the name of Há, each of which Thou hast made a herald and a messenger

BRL_DA#406, GHA.043bx, TSBT.197, NFF5.005, ASAT5.249x

BRL_ATBH#14x, ADMS#023

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @law of fasting, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for fasting, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01153

730

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من علی الارض کلهم اجمعین ان لاتعبدوا الا الله المقتدر

This is a Book from Us unto all them that dwell upon the earth: Worship none but God, the All-Powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.198,

@corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @symbolism, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01156

720

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعزه و توحد بالعظمه و تقدس عن اشارات البریة و شئونات البشریة

Praise be to God, Who standeth alone in majesty, Who is unique in grandeur, and Who is sanctified above the intimations of mortals and the conditions of humanity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.118, , BLIB_Or15732.300,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH01160

720

Arabic

انادیک حینئذ یا الهی حین الذی توقد سراج الاحدیه فی مشکاه البیضاء و یذوب هذا

I invoke Thee, oh My God, at the time that the Lamp of Unity will be lighted in the White Niche

INBA49:278, INBA92:050b, BLIB_Or15696.140b,

SW_v08#14 p.186

@heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01163

720

Arabic

ذکر الله من سدره البقاء عن رضوان الامر قد کان علی ابدع الالحان مرفوعا ان استمعوا

Hearken ye unto the remembrance of God, raised in most wondrous melody from the Lote-Tree of Eternity in the Paradise of His Command [3.5s]

INBA83:129, BLIB_Or03114.037, , BLIB_Or15702.064, , BLIB_Or15737.119, , ALIB.folder18p266

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @oneness; unity of religion, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God

BH01164

720

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الاقتدار و العظمه و الاختیار و هو الذی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the might and power, the grandeur and sovereignty, and He is the One Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.025.05,

@prayer for forgiveness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01165

720

Arabic

قد خجل البهاء بما وجدک خجلا فی ایامه و اضطرب البهاء بما وجدک مضطربا بما فات... سبحانک یا الهی یا الهی و النّابض فی قلبی تعلم و تری

Baha' hath felt shame at finding thee ashamed in His days, and Baha' hath been perturbed at finding thee perturbed at what hath passed [3.5s]... ...Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who art my God and throbbest within my heart! Thou art well aware and dost witness

BRL_DA#688, PMP#044x, NFR.001

PM#044x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

BH01169

710

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و ارسل الرسل و جعلهم مظاهر وحیه و مشارق الهامه

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, Who hath sent forth the Messengers and made them the Manifestations of His Revelation and the Daysprings of His inspiration [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.123,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for protection, @prayer for forgiveness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01172

710

Arabic

تعالی الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت کان بانوار العرش مضیئا و ینطق فی سدره الوحی

Exalted is He Who hath sent down the verses from the Kingdom that was illumined by the lights of the Throne, and Who speaketh from the Lote-Tree of Revelation [3.5s]

INBA34:121, BLIB_Or15707.025, , BLIB_Or15735.198,

AQA1#012, AVK4.475cx, ASAT3.022x, HYK.198

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @presence of; reunion with God, @chastisement and requital

ROB3.179, LL#369

BH01177

710

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ بوحدانیتک و سلطان فردانیتک و بانک انت الذی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I testify at this moment unto Thy oneness and the sovereignty of Thy singleness, and that Thou art He Who [3.5s]

INBA36:122, INBA71:288, INBA92:133c, BLIB_Or15738.147,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01180

700

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اشرق شمس البهاء عن مشرق البقاء و استضاء منه اهل ملا العالین

Praise be to God, Who caused the Sun of Glory to shine forth from the Horizon of Eternity, and by Whose effulgence the denizens of the highest realms were illumined [3.5s]

INBA92:215x

BRL_DA#569, LHKM1.017

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @justice and wrath of God, @prayer for detachment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01183

700

Arabic

ان یا عبد الناظر الی الوجه قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک الذی ارسلته الی العبد

O thou servant who gazeth upon the Countenance! Before Us hath come thy letter which thou didst send unto the servant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.059, , BLIB_Or15725.102,

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01192

700

Arabic

قد حضر الخادم مع قلم و لوح و اراد ان تنزل له الایات قلنا انها ملئت الارضین و

The servant hath appeared with pen and tablet, yearning that verses be revealed unto him. Say: Verily, they have filled the earth [3.5s]

AQA7#492 p.325, LHKM2.212

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Manifestation of God as pen, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BH01193

700

Arabic

یا ایها المنجذب بمغناطیس الوداد و الطائف حول امر ربک مالک الایجاد قد ورد ما کان

O thou who art drawn by the magnet of love and who dost circle round the Cause of thy Lord, the Lord of creation! That which was destined hath come to pass [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.054,

BH01207

690

Arabic

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندائی و ان بندائی تحیی الارواح و العقول قل یا قوم ان هذا لهو

O My Name! Hearken unto My Call, for by My Call are spirits and minds quickened. Say: O people, verily this is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.468, , NLAI_BH2.012

PYK.009

@the power of words; of speech, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH01208

690

Arabic

ان یا محمد فاکف بربک و کن مستغنیا عما خلق فی التراب لان التراب و ما یحدث منه

O Muhammad! Be content with thy Lord and detach thyself from whatsoever hath been created in the dust, for verily the dust and all that proceedeth therefrom shall pass away [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee, by the Lights of Thy Beauty, the Exalted, the Supreme

INBA33:020bx, INBA92:219, NLAI_BH1.242

ADM3#139 p.157x

BSTW#035x, JHT_S#067x

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BH01215

690

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی انقطعت بکلی عن کل من فی السموات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee in this hour, wherein I have wholly detached myself from all who are in the heavens [3.5s]

INBA92:044

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for forgiveness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01216

690

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و اخذته انامل الرحمه و الاقتدار و توجه الیه منظر ربک

Your letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the fingers of mercy and might have received it, and the gaze of thy Lord hath turned towards it [3.5s]

INBA83:127, BLIB_Or03114.034r, , BLIB_Or15702.058, , BLIB_Or15737.116, , ALIB.folder18p264

@justice and wrath of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01218

690

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یدعوا الناس الی محبوب العارفین ولو یظهر علی العباد ما کنز

This is a Book that speaketh with truth and calleth the people unto the Best-Beloved of them that know, were there to be revealed unto the servants that which was treasured [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.495, , NLAI_BH2.092

YMM.192x

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01228

680

Arabic

الحمد لله محیی الانام و خالق النور و الظلام و ماحی ظلمه اللیالی بنور الایام

Praise be to God, Who reviveth all beings, Who createth light and darkness, and Who dispelleth the darkness of night through the light of day [3.5s]

LHKM3.078

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

BH01237

680

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی توجهت الیه لحظاته قبل ان یعرفه احد من الممکنات

This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned to the one upon whom His glances were directed ere any among all created things had known Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.546, , ALIB.folder18p311

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of prayer, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01238

680

Arabic

هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و حضر تلقاء العرش و کان

This is a book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His signs, who hath attained unto the presence of the Throne and was [3.5s]

INBA42:247x, BLIB_Or15725.016,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @high station of the true believer, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01239

680

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الی احباء الله الذین ابتلیهم الله بفراق الذی ماشهدت

This is an epistle from this servant to the beloved of God whom He hath tried with separation from Him Whom the eyes of existence have never beheld [3.5s]

INBA71:020, BLIB_Or15738.002,

LHKM2.013

@consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @station of the Manifestation of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @presence of; reunion with God

BH01242

680

Arabic

یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الشارب رحیق بیانی اسمع

O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and drinkest the choice wine of My utterance, give ear [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.084, , BLIB_Or15728.221b,

@greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @prayer for purity; chastity, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH01245

670

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و و انجز ما وعد به عباده فی کتابه بالسن رسله

Praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and Who hath fulfilled that which He promised His servants in His Book through the tongues of His Messengers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.196,

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01248

670

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی هدانا و ایاکم الی صراطه المستقیم و علمنا ما یحفظنا عن الشیطان

Praise be to God Who hath guided us and you unto His straight path and hath taught us that which preserveth us from Satan [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.353,

@wisdom [hikmat], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

BH01249

670

Arabic

ان یا علی قد سمعنا ندائک و اطلعنا بما فی قلبک من حب الله ربک و رب العالمین و

O Ali! We have indeed heard thy call and have become apprised of what lieth within thy heart of the love of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.186,

@suffering and imprisonment, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @call to action

BH01250

670

Arabic

اول نور اشرق و لاح من افق سماء رحمه ربنا مولی الوری و اول بهاء برق و الاح من

The first Light that shone forth and gleamed from the horizon of the heaven of mercy of our Lord, the Lord of all creation, and the first Splendor that flashed forth and radiated from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.082, , BLIB_Or15730.101d,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for forgiveness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH01255

670

Arabic

تنطق الاشیاء قد اتی مالک الاسماء ولکن الناس فی حجاب مبین قد تموجت البحور من

All things proclaim: "The Lord of Names hath come!" Yet the people remain in a manifest veil. The seas have surged [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#071,

@suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH01262

670

Arabic

ذکر الله لمن فی السموات و الارضین به نفخ روح الحیوان فی العالم طوبی للعارفین

The remembrance of God unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth, through which the spirit of life was breathed into the world. Blessed are they that perceive [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#010,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @Manifestation of God as sun, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @suffering and imprisonment, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01263

670

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن تشرف بلقا الله و فاز بندائه الاحلی و حضر لدی العرش

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained the presence of God and hearkened unto His most sweet call and stood before the Throne [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.085b,

RSBB.172b

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment, @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort

BH01264

670

Arabic

ذلک الکتاب یهدی الی الرشد و جعله الله حجه و ذکری لمن فی السموات و الارضین لا

That is the Book which guideth unto righteousness, and God hath made it a testimony and a remembrance unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

INBA36:046, INBA71:205

RSBB.002, YFY.064-065x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Imam Husayn

BH01266

670

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا محبوبی اشکرک فی بدایع نعماء احدیتک فیما اجریتها و انزلتها

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Best-Beloved! I render thanks unto Thee for the wondrous bounties of Thy oneness which Thou hast caused to flow forth and sent down [3.5s]

AYBY.008

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @presence of; reunion with God

BH01268

670

Arabic

یا الهی قد حضر من عبدک کتاب فیه اقر بوحدانیتک و اعترف بفردانیتک و اراد العفو

O my God! From Thy servant hath come a letter wherein he hath acknowledged Thy unity and confessed Thy singleness, and sought forgiveness [3.5s]

INBA51:413

LHKM3.088

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @call to action, @prayer for teaching

BH01269

670

Arabic

یا اولیاء الله فی لاهیجان قد حضر المظلوم لدی المظلوم و ذکرکم خالصا لوجهی

O loved ones of God in Lahijan! The Wronged One hath presented Himself before the Wronged One and hath made mention of you in pure sincerity for My sake [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.063.22,

AQA5#121 p.155, SAM.195

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @personal instructions, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01271

670

Arabic

یا قلم الاعلی قد اتت المصیبه الکبری التی بها ذابت اکباد الاصفیاء و ناحت

O Supreme Pen! The Great Calamity hath indeed come to pass, whereat the hearts of the chosen ones have melted in grief and lamentation hath arisen [3.5s]

INBA39:168, BLIB_Or15695.061, , BLIB_Or15714.109,

BRL_DA#368, LHKM2.313

@prayer for martyrs, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01272

670

Arabic

یتکلم لسان العظمه مخاطبا ایاک طوبی لک بما عرفت الله ربک و انقطعت عما سواه و

The Tongue of Grandeur speaketh, addressing thee: Blessed art thou, for thou hast recognized God, thy Lord, and detached thyself from all else but Him [3.5s]

INBA18:464, BLIB_Or15725.223,

@praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01276

660

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی کان باقیا ببقاء ذاته و قیوما بقیومیه کینونته و متعالیا

Praise be to God, Who hath ever endured through the eternity of His Own Essence, Who hath remained the All-Subsisting through the transcendence of His Own Being, and Who is exalted above all things [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby Thou hast made the rivers of Thy holy unity to flow

INBA71:082, INBA33:080b.14x

ADM3#043 p.056x, AYT.335x, AQMJ1.034x, RHQM1.228-229 (285) (171-171x), AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.208x

JHT_S#084x

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01278

660

Arabic

الحمد لله لئالئ اصداف عمانى فضل الهى در هر حین ظاهر و مشهور

Praise be to God! The pearls within the shells of the Ocean of divine grace are at all times manifest and resplendent [3.5s]

INBA41:072

@praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH01279

660

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندائی و لاتکن من الغافلین ان اتبع مله الروح فی حبی و ان هذا

O Ali! Hearken unto My call and be thou not of the heedless. Follow thou the religion of the Spirit in My love, and verily this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.163,

@love of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01280

660

Arabic

ان یا علی من نار فراقک احترقت افئده المقربین و من هجرک بکت عیون اهل مداین

O Ali! By the fire of separation from Thee have the hearts of them that are nigh been consumed, and through Thy remoteness have the eyes of the dwellers in the cities wept [3.5s]

INBA41:429

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @law of pilgrimage, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @pain of love; love as veil, @nearness and remoteness

BH01285

660

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز علیم و انها لهدی للذینهم آمنوا و رحمه و ذکری

These are the verses of God, revealed in truth from the presence of One mighty and all-knowing. Verily, they are a guidance unto them that have believed, a mercy and a remembrance [3.5s]

INBA15:359, INBA26:363, INBA83:163, BLIB_Or15702.168, , ALIB.folder18p275

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01287

660

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الملکوت اذ اتی سلطان الجبروت بکلمه منها انصعق من

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of the Kingdom when the Sovereign of the Realm of Might appeared with a Word whereat were thunderstruck those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.096,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01298

650

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی احی الکائنات برشحات بحر عرفانه و سمی هذا الماء

Praise be to God, Who hath quickened all creation through the outpourings of the ocean of His knowledge, and hath named this water [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.046,

BH01310

650

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی نزل فی ساحه قدسک و جاء مع

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, who hath entered within Thy sacred precincts and hath come with [3.5s]

INBA92:082

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for nearness to God, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01311

650

Arabic

قد اصبحنا الیوم ناطقا بثنائی و ذاکرا بحور عنایتی و ناصحا اولیائی الذین نمسکوا

We have, on this day, arisen to voice My praise, making mention of the oceans of My loving-kindness, and counselling My loved ones who have held fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.174b,

YIA.211-213

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01315

650

Arabic

هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی یشهد و یقول باننی انا حی فی افق الابهی اذا یا قوم فاشهدوا

This is a Book from the Primal Point, Who beareth witness and declareth: "Verily, I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon. Therefore, O people, bear ye witness!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.410, , ALIB.folder18p298

RSR.099-101

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @call to action, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01319

640

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل المائده و اظهر النعمه و ابرز ما کان مکنونا فی خزائن

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the heavenly table, made manifest His grace, and brought forth that which lay hidden in the treasuries [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.321,

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH01326

640

Arabic

ان یا علی قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه من کلماتک و شهدنا بانک

O Ali! Thy letter hath appeared before the Divine Throne, and We have perused what was contained therein of thy words, and We bear witness that thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.303, , ALIB.folder18p295

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @idolatry

BH01336

640

Arabic

سبحان الذی ظهر بالحق و اتی من سماء البیان ببرهان عظیم و نطق امام وجوه العالم

Glorified be He Who hath appeared in truth, and hath come from the heaven of utterance with mighty proof, and hath spoken before the faces of the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.041,

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for nearness to God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01337

640

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی تعلم و تری ما ورد علی اصفیائک فی ایام ظهورک و تنظر و تشاهد ما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest and beholdest what hath befallen Thy chosen ones in the days of Thy Manifestation, and Thou dost witness and observe what [3.5s]

LHKM2.081, NNY.159-161, ASAT3.107x

@eulogies; reminiscences, @love of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01338

640

Arabic

شهد البهائیون بالسن ظاهرهم و باطنهم بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و بانه هو الاول

The Bahá'ís bear witness, with their outward and inward tongues, to the oneness and singleness of God, and that He is the First [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.213,

LHKM2.267

@stories; anecdotes, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @eulogies; reminiscences, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @prayer for governments and rulers, @consolation and comfort

BH01340

640

Arabic

قد طلع النور عن افق الظهور و اشرق الجمال عن مشرق الجلال اذا نادت الاشیاء فی سر

The light hath risen from the horizon of manifestation, and Beauty hath shone forth from the dayspring of majesty, whereupon all things cried out in their inmost essence [3.5s]

INBA83:179, BLIB_Or03114.092, , BLIB_Or15702.209, , ALIB.folder18p278

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01341

640

Arabic

کتاب ینادی فی العالم و یدع الامم الی الاسم الاعظم الذی به انجذبت افئده الملا

The Book calleth out to the world and summoneth all nations unto the Most Great Name, whereby the hearts of the multitude have been enraptured [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.159b,

PZHN v2#1 p.120, YMM.304x, OOL.B174

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01344

640

Arabic

و عز الله یا محبوب قلبی لو اقول روحی لک الفداء و خجل عن هذا القول لانه یلیق للفناء

By the glory of God! O Beloved of my heart, were I to say "my spirit be a sacrifice unto Thee," I would be ashamed of these words, for they befit only that which perisheth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.097b,

@business; financial; property matters, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @wisdom [hikmat], @consultation

BH01351

630

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی ذاق لذیذ مناجات ربه و ذکر مولاه بنفحات حب بدیعا و

O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who hath tasted the sweetness of communion with his Lord and hath remembered his Master through the fragrances of wondrous love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.030,

@praise and encouragement, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01354

630

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق و لایعقلها الا الذین امتحن الله قلوبهم للایمان و

These are the verses of holiness sent down in truth, and none can comprehend them save those whose hearts God hath tested for faith [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.027,

@suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01360

630

Arabic

ذکر الله قد ارتفع بین الارض و السماء من هذا اللسان الذی ماتحرک الا علی ذکر الله

The remembrance of God hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven from this Tongue which moveth not save in remembrance of God [3.5s]

INBA51:599, BLIB_Or15694.416, , ALIB.folder18p300

LHKM3.100, YMM.215x

@suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01363

630

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یسر به افئده العارفین و بذلک یهب نفحات القدس

This is a Book that speaketh the truth, and wherein is mentioned that which gladdeneth the hearts of them that have attained recognition, and whereby the holy breezes are wafted [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.439

BRL_DA#570, LHKM1.053, ASAT4.107x, ASAT4.403x, ASAT4.489x, ASAT5.034x, YMM.224x

@personal instructions, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

BH01367

630

Arabic

یا ایها الخلیل لعمر الله قد رجع حدیث الذبح و ما هو المستور فی علم الله رب

O Friend! By the life of God, the tale of sacrifice hath returned, and that which lay hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord [3.5s]

INBA97:001x, BLIB_Or15697.186,

NNY.154-157x, NNY.164-166, MAS8.106bx

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @martyrs and martyrdom, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01369

630

Arabic

یشهد الخادم فی اول الکتاب بوحدانیه ربه و فردانیته لم یزل کان فردا واحدا صمدا

The servant beareth witness at the commencement of this Book unto the oneness of his Lord and His singleness, Who hath ever been Alone, One, Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.261, , BLIB_Or15732.307,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @work as worship

BH01386

620

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری فی السجن الذی کان خلف البحور و الجبال و تعلم ما

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest me dwelling in this prison-house that lieth behind the seas and the mountains

INBA48:103, INBA92:192b, BLIB_Or15739.188,

BRL_DA#541, PMP#066, AVK3.067.11x

PM#066

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01387

620

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لمظهر القیمه و مبعث الساعه و به

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is verily the Manifestation of the Resurrection and the Herald of the Hour, and through Him [3.5s]

AQA7#445 p.261

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01390

620

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی اراد ربه المهیمن القیوم لیدع ما عنده و

This is a Book from the One imprisoned unto him who hath desired his Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that he may cast away whatsoever he possesseth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#051,

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BH01391

620

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق لعبد من عباد الله المقربین انه قد نزل بالحق و انه لتنزیل

This is a Book which hath been sent down in truth unto one of God's near-serving servants. Verily, it hath been revealed in truth, and it is indeed a revelation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.446,

NQK.073x (عو)

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @power of the Manifestation of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @station of the Manifestation of God

BH01392

620

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیما و یعلمکم العلم و الحکمه و یرزقکم مائده

This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and wise, and it teacheth you knowledge and wisdom, and sustaineth you with heavenly sustenance [3.5s]

AQA5#134 p.171

@power of prayer, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @chastisement and requital, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

BH01395

620

Arabic

یا حسین اشکر الله ربک بما حضر اسمک لدی المظلوم فی سجنه الاعظم و ذکرک

O Husayn! Render thanks unto God, thy Lord, inasmuch as thy name hath been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One in His Most Great Prison, and He hath remembered thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.225,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @exhortations and counsels, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01399

610

Arabic

ان یا علی ان احمد الله بما وفقک علی الحضور لدی عرش ربک الغفور و شربت رحیق

O Ali! Render praise unto God for having enabled thee to attain unto the presence of the throne of thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, and thou hast quaffed the pure wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#016,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH01400

610

Arabic

ان یا کمال الدین ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو المبدع البدیع قل انه

O Kamálu'd-Dín! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is no God but Him, the Originator, the Wondrous. Say: He [3.5s]

INBA36:035, INBA71:193

RSBB.011b

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01401

610

Arabic

انا علمنا الناس ما ینفعهم و شرعنا لهم شرآئع الله المهیمن القیوم من الناس من عرف نتایج

We have taught mankind that which shall profit them and have ordained for them the laws of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people are they who have recognized the fruits thereof [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.154c,

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

BH01407

610

Arabic

سبحانک یا من بذکرک انجذبت الاسماء و باسمک سخرت الارض و السماء اسئلک

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose remembrance the names are drawn forth, and through Whose Name earth and heaven are subdued! I beseech Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.060,

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01408

610

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و اشهد بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and I bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.051,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01410

610

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه البیان لعبده و بهائه و عزه و سلطانه و

God testifieth that there is no God but Him and that the Point of the Bayan is His servant, His Glory, His Might and His Sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA71:330

AQMJ1.020x, KNJ.013a

@chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01417

610

Arabic

یا امتی علیک بهائی قد فتح فیهذا الحین باب البیان مقبلا الیک و لتشکر ربک العلیم

O My handmaiden! Upon thee be My glory! At this hour the gate of utterance hath been opened, turning unto thee. Therefore render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.184,

FRH.165-167

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement

BH01421

600

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الکتاب و هدی الکل به الی سوآء الصراط و جعل الکعبه مطاف

Praise be unto God Who hath sent down the Book and guided all men to the straight path, and hath made the Kaaba a place of pilgrimage [3.5s]... ...Peace and blessings be upon him by whom every monotheist discovered the scent of the Merciful in the world of being and by whom the banner of the knowledge of monotheism was raised amidst the religions.

BLIB_Or15700.218, , BLIB_Or15711.128,

MMUH#06x

KSHK#20x

@praise and encouragement, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH01424

600

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی زین العالم بظهور اسمه الاعظم الذی کان مطلع انوار القدم بین

All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world through the manifestation of His Most Great Name, Who was the Dawning-Place of ancient lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.003,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

BH01425

600

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته قبل خلق سمائه و ارضه انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل

Praise be unto God, Who hath borne witness unto His Own Self by His Own Self before the creation of His heavens and His earth, that verily, there is none other God but Him, the Ever-Existing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.001,

BH01429

600

Arabic

ت ر ذکر رحمه ربک من فی العالمین جمیعا و یلبس کل الوجود قمیص الفضل لیکون

Ta. Ra. Call thou to mind the mercy of thy Lord unto all who dwell in the world, that He may clothe all existence with the garment of grace [3.5s]

INBA71:078

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation

BH01430

600

Arabic

تلک کتاب عز کریم نزل من جبروت الفضل علی انه لا اله الا انا الرحمن الرحیم و یلهم

That is a glorious and gracious Book sent down from the Realm of bounty: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.054,

BH01437

600

Arabic

ذکری عبدی لینقطع عن سوآئی و یتقرب الی الله المهیمن القیوم قل یا احباء الله

This is My remembrance unto My servant, that he may detach himself from all else save Me and draw nigh unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O beloved of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.502,

RSR.105x

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01438

600

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی تعلم بانی ما اردت فی امرک نفسی بل نفسک و لا اظهار شانی بل اظهار

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that my sole aim in revealing Thy Cause hath been to reveal Thee and not my self

INBA73:347, INBA49:080x, BLIB_Or15739.193, , NLAI_BH1.493, NLAI_BH2.236b

BRL_DA#694, PMP#065

PM#065

@suffering and imprisonment, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @love of God

BH01439

600

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان منقذ عباده و هادی ارقا

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been the Deliverer of His servants and the Guide of His creatures [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.275,

BH01442

600

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی المصطفی لیحدث فی نفسه ما یمنع بصره عن النظر الی ما

This is a Book from Bahá'u'lláh unto Muṣṭafá, that it may create within his soul that which shall prevent his sight from beholding whatsoever [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.534, , ALIB.folder18p309

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @exhortations and counsels, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01445

600

Arabic

یا ابن اسمی اسمع ندائی من حول عرش انه یجذبک الی مقام لا تحزنک شونات

O Son of My Name! Hearken unto My call from around the Throne, for it draweth thee unto a station wherein no circumstances shall grieve thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.063, , BLIB_Or15716.153b,

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @presence of; reunion with God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01454

590

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و ارسل الرسل و جعلهم هداه السبل من عنده

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and hath sent forth the Messengers, making them guides unto His paths [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.112,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement, @goodly deeds; actions, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH01459

590

Arabic

ان یا قلم الابهی بشر اهل ملا الاعلی بما شق حجاب الستر و ظهر جمال الله عن هذا

Proclaim unto the celestial Concourse, O Pen of effulgent glory, that lo, the veil of concealment hath been rent asunder

INBA81:076, BLIB_Or15706.110, , BLIB_Or15714.001,

AHM.162, AHM.158, AYT.246, NSR_1993.111, ASAT1.075x, ASAT3.137x, ASAT4.400x, ASAT4.400x, AHB_120BE #02 p.040, AMB#07

DOR#07, GPB.154x

unknown, S. Jaberi

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

LL#222

BH01460

590

Arabic

انا اخبرنا الناس بایام الشداد و ما یحدث فیها فی لوح عز مسطور الذی سطر فیه ما

Verily We forewarned mankind of the days of tribulation and that which would come to pass therein, in a glorious and preserved Tablet wherein was inscribed that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.488,

BRL_DA#667

@chastisement and requital, @spiritual transformation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @contention and conflict

BH01465

590

Arabic

ذلک الکتاب نزل بالحق من لدن سلطان عز مبینا انه لا ریب فیه هدی للعالمین جمیعا

This is the Book sent down in truth from the presence of a Sovereign of manifest glory - verily there is no doubt therein; it is a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA36:066, INBA71:226

RSBB.084

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @prophecy and fulfillment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01466

590

Arabic

سبح لله ما فی السموات و الارض و کل له عابدون یسبح له کلشیء ولکن الناس هم

All that is in the heavens and on earth glorifieth God, and all are His worshippers. Every created thing doth sing His praise, yet mankind remaineth heedless [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.206,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @words vs deeds, @methods of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

BH01467

590

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه البیان عبده و بهائه هذا ما نزل علی ظهور قبلی الذی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that the Point of the Bayán is His servant and His Glory. This is that which was sent down concerning the prior Manifestation Who [3.5s]

INBA23:037b, BLIB_Or15694.521, , ALIB.folder18p305

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @blind imitation [taqlid]

BH01469

590

Arabic

کتاب الرحمن ینطق بین الادیان و یدعو الاحزاب الی ربهم الرحمن طوبی لقلب

The Book of the All-Merciful speaketh amidst the religions and summoneth the parties unto their Lord, the Most Compassionate. Blessed is the heart [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.134,

@proclamation to the people of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01475

590

Arabic

یا قلم ول وجهک شطر من سمی بمومن ثم اذکره بما

O Pen! Turn thy face toward him who hath been named Believer, then make mention of him with what [3.5s]

INBA41:077

MAS8.133x

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @call to action

BH01478

580

Arabic

ان یا احمد اسمع ندآء علی من جبروت الاعلی ثم ندآء محمد عن سدره المنتهی ثم ندآء

O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Call of 'Alí from the Realm of the Most Exalted, then unto the Call of Muhammad from the Lote-Tree of the Utmost Bound, then unto the Call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.082r,

@suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @chastisement and requital, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01479

580

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندآء ربک العلی الاعلی عن جهه العرش لیجذبک الی مقر القدس و

O Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most High, from the direction of the Throne, that it may draw thee unto the sanctified abode [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.014,

SFI04.015

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01480

580

Arabic

ان یا قلم القدم فالق علی اللوح ما القاک الله فی عالم البقا قبل ان یقترن

O Pen of Eternity! Inscribe upon the Tablet what God hath cast unto thee in the realm of immortality ere it be joined [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.182,

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @station of the Manifestation of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

BH01482

580

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک العدل المبین الی الذی آمن بالله و آیته الکبری فی یوم

These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the Just, the Manifest, unto him who hath believed in God and His Most Great Sign in this Day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.416,

@suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @chastisement and requital, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH01488

580

Arabic

خرجنا الیوم فی مقام قاصدا مقاما آخر و نطقنا بما انجذبت به افئده القوم و نطقت

Today We have departed from one place, proceeding unto another, and have given utterance to that which hath enraptured the hearts of the people and caused them to speak [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God, my Master, my Beloved, my cherished Desire! I beseech Thee by the light of the Cause whereby heaven and earth are illuminated

INBA51:422, BLIB_Or15724.041,

ADM1#002 p.009x, LHKM3.092

JHT_S#017x

@chastisement and requital, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for purity; chastity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @contention and conflict

BH01490

580

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر الکلمه بسلطان من عنده انها تنطق بین اهل الامکان انه لا اله

Glorified be He Who hath manifested the Word with sovereignty from His presence, for verily it proclaimeth amongst the peoples of contingent existence that there is no God [3.5s]

INBA35:092, INBA51:468, BLIB_Or11095#019,

LHKM3.096, ASAT3.106x, LDR.415x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice and wrath of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01491

580

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی مظلوما بین عصاه بریتک و غریبا فی مملکتک کلما سکنت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest me oppressed amidst the rebellious among Thy creatures and a stranger in Thy kingdom, wheresoever I dwell [3.5s]

INBA92:365

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for nearness to God

BH01492

580

Arabic

قد کنت صامتا عن الاذکار و نائما علی المهاد اذا نبهتنی نسمه السبحان و ایقظتنی

I was silent, withholding all mention, and lay sleeping upon my couch, when the breeze of the All-Glorious awakened me and roused me from my slumber [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.149c,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @empty learning; false spirituality, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01495

580

Arabic

هذا یوم ینطق فیه الکتاب و تتکلم فیه الشمس و ینادی فیه القمر الملک لله رب العرش

This is the Day whereon the Book proclaimeth, wherein the Sun speaketh forth, and wherein the Moon doth cry out: "The sovereignty belongeth unto God, Lord of the Throne!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.190c,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01497

580

Arabic

یا ایها السائل البارع السارع فاصدع الی معارج الحکم الربانیه ثم ادخل فی

O thou sagacious and swift enquirer! Arise thou unto the heights of divine wisdom, then enter thou therein [3.5s]

NLAI_BH3.093

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @the human soul, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @station of the Manifestation of God, @The Holy Spirit, @soul; spirit after death, @the animal kingdom

BH01506

570

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعظمه و تفرد بالکلمة التی اذا ظهرت ظهرت الحاقة

Praise be unto Him Who standeth alone in His grandeur and is unique through His Word, whereupon its revelation hath manifested the Ultimate Truth [3.5s]

INBA81:148, BLIB_Or15719.139b,

@day of Resurrection; Judgement, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

LL#227

BH01507

570

Arabic

ان یا حرف الحی لقد سمعت اذن الله ندآئک و لاحظت عین الله کتابک و ینادیک حینئذ عن

O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory

INBA19:183, INBA32:166, INBA83:255, BLIB_Or03114.063r, , BLIB_Or15725.545, , BLIB_Or15737.180, , ALIB.folder18p284

BRL_DA#770, GWBP#135 p.187x

GWB#135x

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Letters of the Living, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#412

BH01508

570

Arabic

ان یا هیکل ان افرح فی نفسک بما بنیناک من زبر البیان و عمرناک باسم ربک الرحمن

O Temple! Rejoice thou within thyself, inasmuch as We have raised thee up through the tablets of utterance and sustained thee through the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#091,

AQA7#438 p.253

@station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @idolatry, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God

BH01520

570

Arabic

رحمه الله من لدن نقطه الاولی قد کانت علی هیکل الکلمات علی الحق فی الالواح منزولا

The mercy of God, from the presence of the Primal Point, hath verily been revealed in truth upon the Temple of Words in the Tablets [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.531, , ALIB.folder18p307

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @idolatry, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01522

570

Arabic

شهدالله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بین العباد انه هو مالک الایجاد و به جری من

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh amongst His servants, verily He is the Lord of creation, and through Him floweth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.151c,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01523

570

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری ما ورد علی من الذینهم کفروا بایاتک الکبری و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou dost witness and behold what hath befallen me at the hands of them that have disbelieved in Thy most great signs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.020,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for detachment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement

BH01524

570

Arabic

فکیف یا الهی لسان التی یدعو غیرک یلیق لذکرک و قلب الذی التفت الی دونک ینبغی

How, O my God, can a tongue that hath called upon other than Thee be worthy of Thy mention, or a heart that hath turned to aught else besides Thee be fitting [3.5s]

INBA49:147, INBA92:099

BRL_DA#629

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @limits of language, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH01526

570

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء لیقرب من فی ناسوت الانشاء الی الافق

This is a Book sent down by the Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven, that those who dwell in the realm of creation might draw nigh unto the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.248,

AHM.291, YIA.120bx

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for unity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01527

570

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و به خرقنا الاحجاب و انا العزیز الوهاب به اشرقت شمس الوحی و

This is a Book sent down in truth, whereby We have rent asunder the veils. Verily, We are the Mighty, the Bestower. Through it hath shone forth the Sun of Revelation [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O Lord of all creation, to transmute the copper of all created beings with the elixir of Thine utterance and wisdom

INBA34:134, BLIB_Or15707.054, , BLIB_Or15735.221,

AQA1#018, ADM2#038 p.064x, AKHA_124BE #10 p.a, HYK.221

JHT_S#037x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01529

570

Arabic

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله و سافر الیه حتی دخل فی شاطی القدس فی

This is an epistle from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and journeyed unto Him until he reached the sacred shore [3.5s]

INBA51:302, INBA49:346

LHKM3.023

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @praise and encouragement

BH01530

570

Arabic

هذا لوح نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم و یذکر فیه ما تنجذب عنه عقول الموحدین

This is a Tablet sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is Mighty, Wise, wherein mention is made of that which draweth unto itself the minds of them that believe in His unity [3.5s]

INBA34:139, INBA27:442, BLIB_Or15707.066, , BLIB_Or15735.232, , NLAI_BH1.002

AQA1#021, HYK.232

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @call to action, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01532

570

Arabic

هذا لوح ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یهدی الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید الذی قدر لنا

This is a Tablet that speaketh with truth, and wherein is that which guideth humanity unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, Who hath ordained for us [3.5s]

INBA36:037b, INBA71:196b, BLIB_Or15696.193b,

RSBB.010, NFQ.002bx

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to Muslims, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01538

560

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر شمس العرفان من افق الامکان بانوار الهدایة و نور بها مشارق قلوب

Praise be to God, Who hath caused the Sun of Divine Knowledge to shine forth from the horizon of possibility with the rays of guidance, and hath illumined thereby the dawning-places of hearts [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.049,

BH01542

560

Arabic

اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تری ما تری و تشهد ما تشهد و تنظر یا محبوبی کیف ابتلیت

O my God and my Lord! Thou seest what Thou seest, and Thou witnessest what Thou dost witness, and Thou beholdest, O my Beloved, how I have been afflicted [3.5s]... ...Before Me, riseth up the Serpent of wrath with jaws stretched to engulf Me, and behind Me stalketh the lion of anger intent on tearing Me in pieces

INBA36:128, INBA71:295, INBA92:137

PDC.014x

@personal instructions, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01543

560

Arabic

الهی الهی تری عبراتی و تسمع زفراتی اسئلک بانوار عرشک و مظاهر امرک و مشارق

O my God, my God! Thou seest my tears and hearest my sighs. I beseech Thee by the splendors of Thy Throne, and the Manifestations of Thy Cause, and the Dawning-Places [3.5s]

INBA61:032, BLIB_Or15716.195c,

AQMM.031

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @prayer for parents

BH01545

560

Arabic

ان استمع لما یوحی الیک من شطر الهویه علی بقعه الاحدیه من لسان الالهیه انه لا

Hearken thou unto that which is revealed unto thee from the Realm of the Divine Essence, upon the Sacred Spot of Oneness, from the Tongue of Divinity, that verily [3.5s]

INBA34:132, BLIB_Or15707.049, , BLIB_Or15735.218,

AQA1#017, ASAT5.293x, HYK.218

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @chastisement and requital

BH01546

560

Arabic

ان یا رحیم اسمع ما یغن علیک هذالطیر المحزون من کلمات المکنون لتصعد الی مقام الذی

O Rahim! Hearken unto what this sorrow-laden Bird warbleth unto thee from the Hidden Words, that thou mayest ascend unto that station which [3.5s]

INBA71:106b

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @predictions and prophecies, @consolation and comfort

BH01548

560

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت من لدن عزیز حکیم و یهدی الناس الی جبروت الفضل و یرزقهم

These are the verses of holiness that have been sent down by One Who is Mighty and All-Wise. They guide mankind unto the dominion of grace and bestow sustenance upon them [3.5s]

INBA83:228, BLIB_Or03114.056r, , BLIB_Or15725.518, , BLIB_Or15737.157, , ALIB.folder18p327

@the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01552

560

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی مشرق الوحی و فاز بلقاء ربه اذ کان فی السجن

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath turned himself toward the Dayspring of Revelation and hath attained the presence of his Lord whilst in the prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#048,

LHKM2.241

@praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort

BH01556

560

Arabic

کتاب مختوم یشهد له المقربون انه نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم ان لاتسفکوا

The sealed Book, unto which they that are nigh unto God bear witness, declareth that it hath been sent down from the presence of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Shed ye not [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#034,

@chastisement and requital, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01557

560

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی و سیدی و رجائی بما اظهرت یومک الموعود و تجلیت علی العالم

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, my Lord and my Hope, for having manifested Thy promised Day and revealed Thyself unto the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.058,

BH01559

560

Arabic

نسمع الندآء من کل الاشیا کانها اهتزت فی نفسها من شوقها الی ما ظهر و اشرق من

We hear the Call from all things, as though they are stirred within themselves from their longing for that which hath appeared and shone forth [3.5s]

INBA27:406, Majlis934.112.07-114.04x

AKHA_124BE #08 p.h

@chastisement and requital, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH01560

560

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی توجه الی وجه الله رب العالمین و قطع السبیل الی ان

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned his face towards the Countenance of God, the Lord of all worlds, and hath traversed the path until [3.5s]

AQA5#033 p.039

@personal instructions, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01567

550

Arabic

الحمد لمن لا یعرف بالبیان و لا یوصف بالبرهان قد تنزه عن کل دلیل و حجه و تقدس

Praise be unto Him Who cannot be known through utterance nor described through proof, Who hath sanctified Himself above all evidence and testimony [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.320,

@wisdom [hikmat], @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @praise and encouragement, @Word of God the cause of creation

BH01568

550

Arabic

ان استمع ندآء ربک عن جهه العرش علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قل یا

Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord from the direction of the Throne, that verily there is none other God but Him, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O [3.5s]

INBA34:141, BLIB_Or15707.071, , BLIB_Or15735.236,

AQA1#022, AVK4.476bx, HYK.236

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01569

550

Arabic

ان یا حسن قد حضر کتابک بین یدینا و قرئنا ما نادیت به الله ربک المقتدر العزیز

O Hasan! Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused that wherewith thou didst call upon God, thy Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.037,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @firmness in the Covenant

BH01573

550

Arabic

تلک آیات البهاء نزلت من سماء القضاء طوبی للسامعین لیس لاحد ان یتمسک بما عند

These are the verses of Glory, sent down from the heaven of destiny. Blessed are they that hearken. None should cling unto that which they possess [3.5s]

INBA18:461, BLIB_Or11095#021,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01580

550

Arabic

رسولی لاتحزن عما ورد علیک لعمری انک تحت جناح فضل ربک العزیز الحمید اشهد انک

O My Messenger! Grieve not for that which hath befallen thee. By My life! Thou art beneath the wing of thy Lord's grace, the Mighty, the All-Praised. I bear witness that thou [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O Thou the best Beloved of the worlds and God of all in the heavens and on earth, to grant that I be confirmed in Thy love and steadfast under Thy command

INBA34:130, BLIB_Or11095#004, , BLIB_Or15707.045, , BLIB_Or15735.214,

AQA1#016, ADM2#039 p.066x, HYK.214, OOL.B072

JHT_S#039x

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

MMAH.108, GSH.180, LL#219

BH01586

550

Arabic

فسبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض اقرب من آن و هذا ما قدر بامره ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth in less than a moment, this being that which was ordained by His command, did ye but know [3.5s]

INBA23:200, NLAI_BH2.294

BRL_DA#315, AQA6#249 p.233, YMM.470x

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01587

550

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی اظهرت الممکنات من غیب ازلیتک و ابعثت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath brought forth all created things from the unseen realm of Thine eternity and raised them up [3.5s]

INBA92:071

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @consolation and comfort, @love of God

BH01588

550

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا ما فیه و نسئل الله بان یوفقک علی عرفانه و

Your letter hath come before Us and We have taken cognizance of that which is therein, and We beseech God that He may graciously assist thee to recognize Him [3.5s]

INBA92:202x, BLIB_Or15725.173,

@prayer for nearness to God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01589

550

Arabic

قد سرت نسمات البیان و تضوع عرف العرفان و اشرقت شمس التوحید و لاح قمر التفرید

The breezes of utterance have wafted, and the fragrance of divine knowledge hath been diffused; the Sun of unity hath dawned, and the Moon of singleness hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.045, , BLIB_Or15718.117,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement

BH01590

550

Arabic

قل یا قلم اذا جاء الحین حارت العین و اخذت المشرکین نفحات الحین منهم من نبذ

Say: O Pen! When the appointed time came, the eyes were bewildered and the breezes of that moment seized the ungodly, among whom were those who cast away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#023,

@the power of words; of speech, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH01596

550

Arabic

هذا کتاب الله العلی المقتدر الکریم الی الله العزیز السلطان الممتنع المنیع و

This is the Book of God, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Most Generous, unto God, the Mighty, the Sovereign, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA36:018, INBA71:175, BLIB_Or15696.117,

LHKM2.022, RSBB.024, YMM.218x

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH01602

540

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه الباء علی بحر الهاء اذا ظهر نو و تقبب علی وجه الماء

Praise be unto Him Who hath manifested His Name, the letter Bá, upon the ocean of Há, when light appeared and was reflected upon the face of the waters [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.014,

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @suffering and imprisonment, @growth of the Cause

BH01606

540

Arabic

اذکر من اقبل الیک الی ان دخل فی البقعه التی فیها اشرقت شمس جمال ربک

Make thou mention of him who hath turned unto Thee, until he entered that spot wherein shone forth the Sun of thy Lord's Beauty [3.5s]... ...O Thou Who art my God and the God of all in the heavens and on earth, Who art my Beloved and the Beloved of the worlds! I testify that because of Thee the sweet fragrance of Thy garment

NFR.010, ASAT1.082x

JHT_S#062x

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01612

540

Arabic

سبحان من ظهر و اظهر ما انجذبت به افئده اولی الالباب و انزل الکتاب فضلا من

Glory be unto Him Who hath manifested Himself and revealed that which hath attracted the hearts of them that are endued with understanding, and hath sent down the Book as a token of His grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.043, , BLIB_Or15715.271b,

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @law of Huququ'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01616

540

Arabic

قد اشتعل العالم من النار التی ظهرت من سدره امر الله رب العالمین لعمر الله ان

The world is ablaze with the Fire that hath manifested from the Lote-Tree of God's Command, the Lord of all worlds. By the life of God [3.5s]

INBA28:360

MSBH3.362, YMM.027

@suffering and imprisonment, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @living waters; water of life, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God

BH01617

540

Arabic

قل الایات قد نزلت من جبروت الاعلی من لدن ملیک الاسماء و الصفات و بها شقت الحجبات

Say: The verses have indeed descended from the Supreme Kingdom, from the King of Names and Attributes, and through them were the veils rent asunder [3.5s]

INBA83:224, BLIB_Or15702.293, , NLAI_BH2.115, ALIB.folder18p282

MAS4.124bx

@consolation and comfort, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH01623

540

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الحبیب الی الذی قدر الله له مقاما فی الرضوان و کان له من رحمه ربه فی

This is a Book from the Beloved unto him for whom God hath ordained a station in the Ridván, and who hath received of the mercy of his Lord [3.5s]

INBA83:111, BLIB_Or03114.031, , BLIB_Or15702.024, , BLIB_Or15723.267, , BLIB_Or15737.112, , ALIB.folder18p314

@chastisement and requital, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01631

530

Arabic

اسمعی ما یغن جمال الظهور فی هذا الطور علی هذه البقعه المبارکه التی ارتفعت عن

Hearken unto that which the Beauty of Manifestation singeth forth upon this Mount and in this blessed spot which hath been raised above [3.5s]

INBA36:087b, INBA71:250

LHKM3.063c, PYB#174 p.03x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @suffering and imprisonment, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01636

530

Arabic

ان استمع ما یلهمک لسان الله عن جبروته المقدس العزیز المنیع لعل تسمع ندآء

Hearken unto that which the Tongue of God inspireth thee from His sacred, mighty and impregnable dominion, that perchance thou mayest hear the Call [3.5s]

INBA36:165, NLAI_BH1.236

BRL_DA#456, TZH4.315

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Word of God and human limitations, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01637

530

Arabic

ان یا اسم الله اسمع نغمات الروح و لاتلتفت الی الذینهم کفروا بالله و آیاته و

O Name of God! Hearken unto the melodies of the Spirit and turn not unto them that have denied God and His signs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.077, , BLIB_Or15725.110, , BLIB_Or15737.201,

LHKM1.026, NNY.131-132

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih

ROB4.080, LL#006

BH01638

530

Arabic

ان یا ایتها الطلعه المتجلیه من انوار صبح الاحدیه و المستحکیه عن اشراق الازلیه

O thou Countenance resplendent with the lights of the Morn of Oneness, speaking forth from the effulgence of eternity [3.5s]

INBA51:077, KB_620:070-072

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement

BH01639

530

Arabic

ان یا بقیه آلی اسمع ندائی عن شطر عرشی لتجذبک نغمات الرحمن الی مقام کان عن

O remnant of My lineage! Hearken thou unto My call from the direction of My Throne, that the melodies of the All-Merciful may draw thee unto a station that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.405,

BRL_DA#205, ASAT2.069x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation

BH01640

530

Arabic

ان یا عبد قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا بما فیه و کان الله علی ما فی قلبک علیما

O servant! Your letter hath come before Our presence, and We have understood that which was therein, and verily God is the All-Knowing of what lieth within thy heart [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God

BLIB_Or15694.307, , ALIB.folder18p340

BRL_DA#672, GWBP#094 p.126x

GWB#094x

@God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital

LL#456

BH01641

530

Arabic

ان یا علی ان استمع ما یوحی الیک ربک المحزون الغریب الذی احاطته الاحزان من کل

O Ali! Hearken unto that which thy Lord, the Sorrowful, the Lonely One, Who is encompassed by griefs from every side, revealeth unto thee [3.5s]

INBA35:100, BLIB_Or11095#099,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH01645

530

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت اسم بهیا و فیه ماینقطع العالمین عما

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the realm of the Most Glorious Name, wherein is that which shall sever all the worlds from whatsoever [3.5s]

AYBY.013

@law of Huququ'llah, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

BH01651

530

Arabic

ذکری لمن فاز بانوار العرفان فی ایام ربه الرحمن لیجذبه عرف الذکر الی مقام یدع

A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto the lights of divine knowledge in the days of his Lord, the Most Merciful, that the fragrance of remembrance might draw him unto a station that calleth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#079,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for martyrs, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01653

530

Arabic

فیا الهی فی کل اللیالی احترق بنار فراقک و فی کل الایام ابتهج ببدایع افضالک

O my God! Every night do I burn with the fire of separation from Thee, and every day am I gladdened by the wondrous tokens of Thy grace [3.5s]

INBA49:118, INBA92:111

BRL_DA#351, LHKM1.006

@suffering and imprisonment, @love of God, @pain of love; love as veil, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01656

530

Arabic

قد ماج بحر الاحدیه و سرت السفینه و هاج عرف الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لمن تمسک

The Ocean of Oneness hath surged, and the Ark hath sailed, and the fragrance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath wafted. Blessed is he who holdeth fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.142,

@God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @love of God, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God

BH01658

530

Arabic

کتاب نزلت آیاته عربیا و انه فصل من ام الکتاب من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب و فیه یلقی

A Book whose verses have been sent down in Arabic, and verily it is a chapter from the Mother Book from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, wherein is cast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.143c,

MAS4.095ax, ASAT5.177x, MSHR5.143-144x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @suffering and imprisonment

LL#447

BH01663

530

Arabic

هذا ذکر من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم ان لاتعبد الا ایاه

This is a remembrance from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that none should be worshipped save Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.482, , NLAI_BH2.034, NLAI_BH2.106

ASAT1.024x, ASAT4.127x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01672

530

Arabic

یا محمد قلی علیک بهائی اشهد ان الذین اقبلوا الی افقی و فازوا بلقائی و شربوا

O Muhammad-Qulí! Upon thee be My glory! I bear witness that they who have turned unto Mine horizon and attained unto My presence and have drunk [3.5s]

INBA18:550

AHT.005bx

@praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01675

520

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی رفع رایة العرفان علی علم العلم و البیان و زینها بطراز الحکمة و التبیان

Praise be to God, Who hath raised the banner of divine knowledge upon the standard of learning and utterance, and hath adorned it with the ornament of wisdom and exposition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.121,

BH01677

520

Arabic

ان یا اهل البهاء ان ارفعوا سرادق القدس فی شاطی هذا البحر الذی الیه تذهب کل البحار

O people of Bahá! Raise ye the pavilion of holiness upon the shore of this sea, unto which all seas flow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.397, , ALIB.folder18p352

@power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BH01678

520

Arabic

ان یا علی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان الذی ظهر باسم علی قبل نبیل انه

O Ali! Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that verily there is none other God but Him, and that He Who appeared bearing the name of Ali before Nabil, verily He [3.5s]

INBA83:191, BLIB_Or03114.088, , BLIB_Or15702.231, , ALIB.folder18p321

MAS4.175cx

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ROB3.194, LL#429

BH01690

520

Arabic

ذکر رحمه ربک عبده محمد الذی هاجر الی الله و دخل فی المدینه حین الذی خرج عنها

Behold the remembrance of thy Lord's mercy unto His servant Muhammad, who migrated unto God and entered the City at the time when he departed therefrom [3.5s]

INBA27:440

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @silence; fewness of words, @the power of words; of speech, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @call to action

BH01691

520

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و جعلها حجه من عنده علی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the realm of transcendent glory and made them a testimony from His presence unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.500,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @call to action

BH01692

520

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء انا عبدک و ابن عبدک و ابن امتک

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Fashioner of the heavens! Iam Thy servant and the son of Thy servant and Thy handmaid

INBA61:002, INBA66:091, BLIB_Or15716.070.21,

AQMM.043, RAHA.032-033, MMUH#12x

JHT_S#198

@prayer for forgiveness, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01693

520

Arabic

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám); Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری ما عجزت السن ما سواک عن ذکره و تشهد ما تکلکل عن

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest what the tongue of no one except Thee can utter

BRL_DA#765, PMP#101

PM#101

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for protection, @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition

BH01694

520

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا سید البشر و مالک القدر و مظهر السر المستسر قد تحیر العارفون

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of mankind, Sovereign of destiny and Manifestation of the hidden Mystery! The mystics stand bewildered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.133,

BH01695

520

Arabic

شهد المکنون لاسمی القیوم انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد المخزون و انه

The Hidden One beareth witness unto My Name, the Self-Subsisting, that verily there is no God but Me, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved. The Treasured One beareth witness thereof [3.5s]

INBA19:053, INBA32:050, BLIB_Or15706.249, , BLIB_Or15715.093a,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @consolation and comfort

BH01696

520

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لیکون حجته علی العالمین مبینا و لیظهر بها امره

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth, that His proof might be manifest unto all the worlds and His Cause thereby revealed [3.5s]

INBA36:089, INBA71:252

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01697

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی تغرد فیه حمامات قدس سلطنتک و تمطر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I make mention of Thee in this moment wherein the doves of Thy sacred sovereignty warble their melodies and the rains descend [3.5s]

INBA92:116

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God

BH01698

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی امسیت حینئذ فی جوار رحمتک الکبری فی ظل اسمک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I find myself now in the precincts of Thy supreme mercy, beneath the shadow of Thy Most Exalted Name [3.5s]

INBA49:115, INBA92:092

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @pain of love; love as veil, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for nearness to God

BH01699

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی رفعت السموات بامرک و اسکنت الارض بارادتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath raised up the heavens by Thy command and established the earth through Thy will [3.5s]

INBA92:119

DWNP_v3#08 p.066-069

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01700

520

Arabic

قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین العرش انی انا الله الواحد الفرد الاحد لاتمنعوا

The Call of God has assuredly been raised up from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne [uttering the words]: “I, verily, am God, the Unique, the Peerless, the One

INBA34:147, BLIB_Or15707.083, , BLIB_Or15735.245,

AQA1#025, HYK.245, YMM.214x, YMM.219x, YMM.250x, YMM.404x

HURQ.BH79x

@call to action, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01701

520

Arabic

قد حضر الغصن الاکبر بکتابک فی المنظر الانور الذی فیه ینطق مالک القدر بالسر

The Greater Branch hath presented thy letter in the Most Luminous Spot, wherein the Lord of Destiny speaketh forth the mystery [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.343,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @contention and conflict

BH01702

520

Arabic

قد سمع الله ما انت علیه اذا یذکرک بفضل من عنده لا اله الا هو العزیز القادر

God hath verily heard thy condition, whereupon He maketh mention of thee through His grace. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.159,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @presence of; reunion with God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @personal instructions

BH01704

520

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن عبد منیب الی الذینهم طاروا فی هواء محبه الرحمن و انقطعوا عن

This is an epistle from a penitent servant unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful and have detached themselves from [3.5s]

INBA51:300, INBA49:350, BLIB_Or15725.430,

LHKM3.020

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01706

520

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن العزیز القیوم و اجاب الله

This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath answered unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.438,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @chastisement and requital

BH01709

520

Arabic

یا اهل لجة الاحدیة فی ارومه ان استمعوا ندآء مالک البریة الذی ارتفع فی هذه البریة

O dwellers in the ocean of oneness! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of creation, which hath been raised in this wilderness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.246,

BH01710

520

Arabic

یا جمال علیک بهائی و علی من یحبک و یذکرک لوجهی و یثنیک بما نزل من قلم امری

O Beauty! Upon Thee be My glory, and upon them that love Thee and remember Thee for My sake, and praise Thee with that which hath been revealed from the Pen of My Command [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.099d,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice and wrath of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH01716

510

Arabic

Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

ان یا معشر العشاق تالله هذه للیله ماظهر مثلها فی الامکان و ان هذا لفضل من

O concourse of ardent lovers! By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation

INBA51:114, INBA73:002, BLIB_Or15696.181f, , KB_620:107-108x

AYT.055, OOL.B205, AMB#44

DOR#44, BLO_PT#157

unknown

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BH01718

510

Arabic

آیات بینات لا ریب انها نزلت من لدن علیم حکیم من ارتاب انه من ابعد الخلق کذلک

The manifest verses have, beyond any doubt, been sent down from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Whoso doubteth is verily among the most remote of creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#025,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH01720

510

Arabic

تبارک المولی الذی نطق و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد

Blessed be the Lord Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak, testifying that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.251,

@prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @consolation and comfort

BH01721

510

Arabic

تلک آیات الله نزلت بالحق من سماء عز علیا و جعلها الله حجه لمن فی جبروت الامر و

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the heaven of exalted glory, and God hath made them a testimony unto them that dwell in the dominion of His Cause [3.5s]

INBA83:236, BLIB_Or15725.526, , BLIB_Or15737.162, , NLAI_BH1.461, ALIB.folder18p331

@suffering and imprisonment, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01726

510

Arabic

ذکر الله فی شجره الفردوس الله لا اله الا هو العزیز المقتدر العلیم الذی قدر

The remembrance of God in the Tree of Paradise - God, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, Who hath ordained [3.5s]

INBA36:060, INBA71:218

ASAT3.022x, YMM.183x

@self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @power of prayer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01728

510

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و یجذب بها قلوب من یشاء و انه کان علی ما یشاء قدیرا... الثّنآء الّذی ظهر من نفسک الأعلی و البهآء الّذی طلع

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and through them doth draw unto Himself such hearts as He willeth, and verily He is powerful over whatsoever He desireth [3.5s]... ...The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty

INBA83:223, INBA49:286, BLIB_Or15702.289, , NLAI_BH1.177, ALIB.folder18p325

PMP#180x, ASAT4.077x

PM#180x

@chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @visitation Tablets, @law of pilgrimage, @suffering and imprisonment, @presence of; reunion with God

BH01732

510

Arabic

قد ماج بحر البلاء و احاطت الامواج فلک الله المهیمن القیوم ان یا ملاح لاتضطرب

The ocean of tribulation hath surged, and the waves have encompassed the Ark of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. O Mariner, be thou not dismayed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#024,

MAS4.239x, RHQM2.0749-751 (147) (092-093x), ASAT4.489x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01737

510

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر الذینهم آمنوا بالله و سلطانه فی هذه الایام التی فیها اضطربت

This is a Book that speaketh with truth and maketh mention of them that have believed in God and His sovereignty in these days wherein all have been shaken [3.5s]

INBA83:221, BLIB_Or03114.055, , BLIB_Or15702.286, , BLIB_Or15737.156, , ALIB.folder18p323

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01738

510

Arabic

یا ابا نور ان استمع ندآء الظهور الذی ارتفع من شجر الطور الله لا اله الا هو

O Aba Nur! Hearken unto the Call of the Manifestation that hath been raised from the Tree of Sinai. God, there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#078,

AQA7#332 p.009

@call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Word of God is its own standard, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01739

510

Arabic

یا احباء الله فی ارض الالف ان استمعوا ندآء ربکم الرحمن انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه

O beloved of God in the land of Alif! Hearken unto the call of your Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily, there is none other God but Him; unto Him belongeth all majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.160, , BLIB_Or15715.063b,

@acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @wisdom [hikmat], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01742

510

Arabic

یا عباس یذکرک المظلوم بذکر تنجذب به المقربون الی الله المهیمن القیوم قد اتت

O Abbas! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee with such remembrance as draweth them that are nigh unto God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, into rapture. Verily, it hath come [3.5s]... ...When We observed carefully, We discovered that Our enemies are, for the most part, the divines

BLIB_Or15713.054,

GPB.231x, PDC.136x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01743

510

Arabic

یا کاظم اسمع الندآء من شطر البقاء من القلم الاعلی انه ذکرک بما لایعادله ما

O Kazim! Hearken unto the Call from the precincts of eternity, from the Supreme Pen. Verily, He hath remembered thee in such wise as naught can equal [3.5s]

INBA51:276, KB_620:269-270

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Word of God is its own standard, @suffering and imprisonment, @personal instructions, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love and unity

BH01744

500

Arabic

ا هذا کتاب کریم ام هیکل الانسان الذی فیه رقم من قلم الرحمن علم ما یکون و ما

Is this in truth a noble Book, or the temple of man wherein hath been inscribed by the Pen of the All-Merciful the knowledge of what shall be and what is [3.5s]

INBA34:154, BLIB_Or15707.098, , BLIB_Or15735.258,

AQA1#029, AVK1.031.13x, HYK.258

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01745

500

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل المراسلات مترجمات بین احبائه الذین وجدوا نفحات آیاته و

Praise be to God Who hath ordained correspondence as a means of communion between His loved ones who have inhaled the sweet fragrances of His verses and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.323,

@praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat], @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH01748

500

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی رفع بیته الی مقام زاره الملا الاعلی و اهل ملکوت الاسماء و جعله مقبل

Praise be unto God, Who hath exalted His House unto such a station that the Concourse on High and the denizens of the Kingdom of Names circle round it, and hath made it the focal point [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.381,

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the concourse on high, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01749

500

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی کان مقدسا عما کان و ما یکون و منزه عما قبل

Praise be to God, Who hath ever been sanctified above all that was and all that shall be, and Who is exalted above all that came before [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.063,

BH01752

500

Arabic

الهی الهی تری عینی ناظره الی افق فضلک و ایادی الفقیر مرتفعه الی سماء جودک

O my God, O my God! Thou seest mine eyes fixed upon the horizon of Thy grace, and the hands of this poor one raised unto the heaven of Thy bounty [3.5s]

INBA61:009, INBA66:087, BLIB_Or15726.130,

AQMM.028

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01753

500

Arabic

الهی و سیدی و سندی و مقصودی و غایه رجائی و منتهی املی یشهد لسان ظاهری و باطنی

O my God, my Lord, my Support, my highest Hope and most cherished Aspiration! The tongue of my inner and outer being testifieth unto Thy oneness and singleness

INBA61:005, INBA66:085

AQMM.024, RAHA.031-032

JHT_S#109

@prayer for martyrs, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01756

1050

Arabic

ان یا عبد قم و ناد بین العباد بالحکمه و الموعظه قل یا قوم هل ینبغی لاحد بعد ظهور

O servant! Arise, and call out amongst the servants with wisdom and exhortation. Say: O people! After the appearance of [3.5s]... ...We, verily have not fallen short of Our duty to exhort men, and to deliver that whereunto I was bidden by God, the Almighty, the All-Praised

BRL_DA#384, YMM.178x, YMM.400x

GPB.220x

@symbolism, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @call to action

BH01762

500

Arabic

حرک یا عبد هذا القلم السنا علی هذا اللوح الدری البیضا لیحکی عما یغن الروح فی

Move, O servant, this Pen upon this luminous and radiant Tablet, that it may recount that which causeth the Spirit to sing [3.5s]

INBA51:482, INBA92:095

BRL_DA#586

@spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH01775

500

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بلسان قدس علیم و یحکم علی الممکنات ما یشاء بامره لا

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in a hallowed and all-knowing tongue, and Who ordaineth for all contingent beings whatsoever He willeth through His command [3.5s]

INBA71:060

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @purpose; goal of creation, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH01776

500

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به نزلت آیاتک و اظهرت برهانک و اتممت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst send down Thy verses, manifest Thy proof, and perfect [Thy Cause] [3.5s]

INBA92:220x

@praise and encouragement, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01777

500

Arabic

ک ر ی ذکر رحمه ربک عبده فی اللوح مذکورا و هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه من

O thou who art mentioned in the remembrance of thy Lord's servant in the Tablet, renowned! This is a Book that speaketh with truth and maketh mention therein of [3.5s]

INBA51:304, INBA49:337

LHKM3.026

@rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation

BH01780

500

Arabic

لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العرش و الثری و سلطانی و سلطان الاخره و الاولی بما

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, God of the throne above and of the dust below, my Lord,and the Lord of this world and the world to come, for having awakened me whilst I was slumbering

BLIB_Or15719.086,

ADM3#096 p.110

JHT_S#200

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for tests and difficulties

BH01783

500

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اراد الله له مقام عز رفیع ان یسمع ما یننق

This is a Book from Our presence unto him for whom God hath ordained a station of sublime glory, that he may hearken unto that which is uttered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.481, , NLAI_BH2.047

@call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH01784

500

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الله و انقطع عما سواه الا انه ممن فاز

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God and hath severed himself from all else. Verily, he is of them that have attained [3.5s]

INBA23:008b, INBA34:143, BLIB_Or15707.075, , BLIB_Or15735.239,

AQA1#023, HYK.239

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @presence of; reunion with God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation

BH01786

500

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Tablet of visitation for Badi

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یلوح به وجه الامر بین الارضین و السموات قل

This is a Book sent down in truth in remembrance of that which hath caused the face of the Cause of God to unveil its splendor betwixt earth and heaven

INBA34:138, BLIB_Or11095#003, , BLIB_Or15707.062, , BLIB_Or15735.228, , LEID.Or4970.64v-66r,

BRL_DA#082, AQA1#020, ASAT4.081x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.jx, TSHA3.380, HYK.229, LDR.412

BLO_sazedj#06

@martyrs and martyrdom, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.179, ROB3.202, LL#032

BH01790

500

Arabic

یا افنانی انا نذکر ما ورد علیکم من الاحزان فی ایام الرحمن و نعزیکم بایات الله

O My Afnán! We make mention of the tribulations that have befallen you in the days of the All-Merciful, and console you through the verses of God [3.5s]

AQA7#490 p.321, ASAT5.093x

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH01793

500

Arabic

یا ملا الارض ام الکتاب ینادی فی الماب کیف انتم لاتسمعون قد بعثنا الفرقان علی

O peoples of the earth! The Mother Book crieth out in the final abode: How is it that ye hear not? Verily, We have sent down the Qur'an [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.047,

PYK.216

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH01795

500

Arabic

یشهد الخادم فی اول القول انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان

The servant beareth witness at the outset of his utterance that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ever been and shall forever remain as He hath been [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.273,

BH01796

490

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اذا اراد ان یفتح الخزینه الاولی التی اودعت فیها الاسرار التی

Praise be to God Who, when He willeth to unlock the First Treasury wherein lie deposited the mysteries that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.002,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH01801

490

Arabic

ان یا قلمی الاعلی انا نراک ترکض فی اللوح مره تمیل الی الیمین و اخری الی

O My Most Exalted Pen! Verily, We behold thee hastening across the Tablet, now inclining to the right, and at another moment to the left [3.5s]

INBA15:301, INBA26:304

MAS4.150bx, MAS8.041ax

@the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @blind imitation [taqlid], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#355

BH01802

490

Arabic

ان یا مظهر الجود ان استمع ما یلقیک قلم الذی احاطته الاحزان من جنود الشیطان

O Manifestation of Generosity! Hearken unto that which the Pen, encompassed by sorrows from the hosts of Satan, revealeth unto thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.035,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01803

490

Arabic

ان یا نجف قبل علی اسمع ندآء ربک عن جنه الایمن من العرش و کن عن نغمات القدس

O Najaf, who was before 'Alí, hearken unto the Call of thy Lord from the right side of the divine Paradise of the Throne, and be thou enraptured by the holy melodies [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.405, PR23.015a-016b

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @high station of the true believer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01804

490

Arabic

ان یا ورقه الفردوس ان اشهدی فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا قبل محمد

O Leaf of Paradise! Bear thou witness in thine inmost being that verily there is no God but Him, and that 'Alí before Muhammad [3.5s]

INBA36:101, INBA71:265

ASAT5.292x

@mystical themes, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @importance of prayer, @spiritual transformation

BH01805

490

Arabic

انا نذکر من سمی بفرج الله و هاجر مع ربه المقتدر المهیمن العزیز الحکیم لعمر الله

We make mention of him who was named Farajullah, who migrated with his Lord, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the All-Wise. By the life of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.031,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01810

490

Arabic

ذکر الله من سدره الامر علی البقعه النورآء قد کان بالحق مرفوعا و یسمع منه کل حزب

The mention of God from the Divine Lote-Tree of Command upon the luminous Spot hath verily been raised up, and every company hearkeneth unto it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.150,

@station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Word of God and human limitations, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH01811

490

Arabic

ذکر الله من ورقه القدس علی شجره الفردوس فی هذه البقعه المقدسه المنیر الله لا

The remembrance of God from the Sacred Leaf upon the Tree of Paradise in this hallowed and luminous Spot [3.5s]

INBA36:083, INBA71:245

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @consolation and comfort

BH01813

490

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها هدی و ذکری للعالمین و بها عرف العباد نفسه

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a guidance and remembrance unto all the worlds, and through them hath enabled His servants to know Him [3.5s]

INBA51:593, BLIB_Or15694.300, , ALIB.folder18p339

LHKM3.114, RSR.114bx

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01815

490

Arabic

شهد الله بما شهدنا فی الصحیفه الحمرآء من قلمی الاعلی انا لو نذکره لینصعق من

God beareth witness unto that which We have testified in the Crimson Tablet through Our Most Exalted Pen. Were We to make mention thereof, all would be struck with bewilderment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.146a,

@spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God, @proclamation to Muslims, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01816

490

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرئناه و انا کنا قارئین فاشهد فی سرک بانه لا اله الا

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof. Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA51:319, INBA36:103, INBA71:267

LHKM3.029

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @development of capacity and readiness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love of God

BH01821

490

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز جمیل و فیه یذکر الله عبدا من عباده لیکون من المتذکرین

This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the Beauteous, wherein God maketh mention of one among His servants, that he may be of them that remember [3.5s]

INBA83:232, BLIB_Or15725.522, , ALIB.folder18p329

@Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01823

490

Arabic

هذا لوح منه تهب نسایم الغفران علی اهل الاکوان و تنزل الرحمه علی الذینهم

This is a Tablet from which the breezes of forgiveness waft over the peoples of all existence, and mercy descendeth upon those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.167,

RSR.111x

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @high station of the true believer

BH01824

490

Arabic

هذا لوح نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و قدر فیه مقادیر الامر من قلم قدس منیعا

This is a Tablet that hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful, wherein the measures of the Cause have been ordained by a most holy and exalted Pen [3.5s]

INBA36:062, INBA71:221

RSBB.080

@oneness; unity of religion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @Word of God and human limitations, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01828

480

Arabic

اذا نطق لسان الله فی کل شیء بانی حی فی هذا الافق الذی ظهر بالحق و سمی فی

When the Tongue of God spoke within all things, proclaiming: "Verily, I am alive in this horizon which hath appeared in truth and hath been named..." [3.5s]... ...O people! I swear by the one true God! This is the Ocean out of which all seas have proceeded, and with which every one of them will ultimately be united

BLIB_Or15694.451, , ALIB.folder18p357

BRL_DA#670, GWBP#051 p.074x, LMA1.413 (249b), MAS4.086, RHQM2.0712-714 (104) (065-066)

GWB#051x, ADJ.080x

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @twin Manifestations, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

LL#424

BH01829

480

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اتم کلمته الاولی العلیا بکلمته الاخری و هی یفعل ما یشاء

Praise be unto God, Who hath consummated His Most Exalted Primal Word through His Latter Word, and it is "He doeth whatsoever He willeth." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.518,

@God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @words vs deeds

BH01830

480

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر امره و انزل آیاته و امر الکل بالمعروف انه هو الامر العلیم الحکیم

Praise be to God Who hath manifested His Cause and sent down His verses, and commanded all to observe that which is righteous. Verily, He is the All-Commanding, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.065, , BLIB_Or15718.115,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH01834

480

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندائی من هذا السجن الذی بقیت فریدا بین الاعدا و لن اجد لنفسی

O Ali! Hearken unto My call from this Prison wherein I remain solitary amidst Mine enemies, and find none to befriend Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.441, , ALIB.folder18p354

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01835

480

Arabic

River of Life, The

ان یا محمد بشر فی نفسک بما نزل علیک کتاب قدس کریم و فیه ما ینقطعک عن ملک

Rejoice in thy soul, O Muhammad, inasmuch as a noble and holy Book hath been sent down unto you. In it is that which shall detach thee

INBA36:152b, INBA71:323, INBA92:222x

ADM3#038 p.051x, LHKM2.017, MJMM.301, DAUD.29, ADH1.078

ROL.045-048, SW_v13#11 p.317

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Word of God and human limitations

LL#185

BH01839

480

Arabic

ج و ان استمع ما ینادی به لسان العظمه فی ارض المبارکه علی البقعه البلیه انه

O youth! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur proclaimeth upon the blessed land at the exalted spot. Verily He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#084,

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH01845

480

Arabic

ذکر الله امه من امائه لیستقیمها علی الامر و یقلبها بکلها الی الله المهیمن العزیز القیوم

This is the remembrance of God unto one of His handmaidens, that He may establish her firmly in His Cause and turn her wholly unto God, the All-Encompassing, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.518, , ALIB.folder18p362

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01847

480

Arabic

شمس ذکر اسم ربک الرحمن قد اشرقت من افق التبیان باسمی العزیز المنیع و نادی فی

The Sun of the remembrance of the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, hath risen from the horizon of utterance through My Name, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, and hath called out [3.5s]

INBA34:157, BLIB_Or15707.105, , BLIB_Or15735.264,

AQA1#031, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.z, HYK.264

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @call to action, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @predictions and prophecies, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01848

480

Arabic

قد شاهدنا کتابک الذی حضر لدی العرش و قراناه و اطلعنا بما فیه انا کنا عالمین قد

We have beheld thy book which was presented before the Throne, and We have perused it and been apprised of its contents, for verily We are All-Knowing [3.5s]

LHKM2.261

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH01849

480

Arabic

قل یا عباد الرحمن فی البلدان انا نوصیکم فی اول القول بالصبر و الاصطبار فیما ورد

Say: O servants of the Most Merciful throughout all lands! We counsel you, at the outset of Our utterance, to observe patience and steadfastness in whatsoever hath befallen you [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.128b,

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH01851

480

Arabic

لک الحمد یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء بما قدرت للافنان ما اردت من بدایع فضلک

Praise be unto Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, for having ordained for the branches whatsoever Thou didst will of the wondrous tokens of Thy bounty [3.5s]

INBA35:090, BLIB_Or11095#020,

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement

BH01855

480

Arabic

هذا لوح من لدنا الی الذی اراد وجه الله المقتدر العزیز القدیر لیشکر الله ربه

This is a Tablet from Us unto him who hath sought the face of God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent, that he may render thanks unto God, his Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.190,

@chastisement and requital, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @being a source of light; guidance, @high station of the true believer, @purpose; goal of creation, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01859

470

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی احصی کلشیء کتابا و فیه رقم من القلم الاعلی ظهورات قدرته و

Praise be to God, Who hath recorded all things in a Book wherein were inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen the manifestations of His power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.213, , BLIB_Or15711.172,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01863

470

Arabic

ان یا اسمی قد اخضرت اراضی جدبا بورودک فیها و نزولک علیها و اثمرت اشجار

O My Name! Through thy coming and descent thereupon, barren lands have turned verdant, and trees have yielded their fruit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.132b, , BLIB_Or15738.070,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH01866

470

Arabic

ان یا سلمان عظم الله اجرک و قبل طاعتک بما سافرت الی الله مره بعد مره و هاجرت

O Salman! May God magnify thy reward and accept thy devoted service, inasmuch as thou hast journeyed unto God time and again and hast migrated [3.5s]

INBA36:126, INBA71:293

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause

BH01867

470

Arabic

ان یا علی فاشهد فی نفسک و ذاتک و روحک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا العزیز

O Ali! Bear thou witness in thyself, in thine essence and in thy spirit, that verily He is God, there is no God but Me, the Mighty One [3.5s]

INBA36:033, INBA71:191

RSBB.013

@station of the Manifestation of God, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01869

470

Arabic

انک انت یا عبد لو ترید ان تطلع بما اکون علیه من البلایا تفکر کیف حال الروح

O servant! Shouldst thou desire to become aware of what tribulations have befallen Me, reflect upon the state of the Spirit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.404,

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @contention and conflict, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @suffering and imprisonment, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @call to action

BH01875

470

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی ترانی مظلوما بین ملا الفرقان و الذین ینسبون انفسهم الی البیان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest me wronged amidst the company of the people of the Qur'án and those who claim adherence to the Bayán [3.5s]

INBA92:332b

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @love of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01876

470

Arabic

سر الله قد ظهر بالحق عن افق قدس بهیا و انه قد ظهر علی هیکل الغلام فتبارک الله

The Mystery of God hath verily appeared in truth from a hallowed and resplendent horizon, and He hath manifested Himself in the Temple of the Youth. Blessed be God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.523, , ALIB.folder18p363

@exhortations and counsels, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH01878

470

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه من خفیات حبک و کنا من الشاهدین و

Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have learned what lay concealed therein of thy love, and We were among those who witnessed [3.5s]

INBA81:104

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01879

470

Arabic

قد طار المعانی الف سنه لیصل الی مقام هذا اللفظ الذی تفوه به لسان الله

The meanings have soared for a thousand years to attain unto the station of this utterance which hath been spoken by the Tongue of God [3.5s]

INBA28:251

ASAT4.038x, ASAT4.501x

@eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01880

470

Arabic

قل انا انزلنا من جهه العرش ماء البیان لینبت به من قلوبکم نبات الحکمه و

Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth

INBA34:148, BLIB_Or15707.087, , BLIB_Or15735.249,

GWBP#018 p.036, AQA1#026, HYK.249

GWB#018

Turning Point

@apocalyptic imagery, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @imagery in the Qur'an, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#402

BH01885

470

Arabic

یا ارض الصاد این من احب الله و اصفیائه و این من کان قائما علی خدمته فی کل حال

O Land of Ṣád! Where are they that loved God and His chosen ones, and where are they that stood firm in His service in every condition [3.5s]

LHKM2.075

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH01887

470

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers; Prayers and Meditations

یا الهی قرت عین البهاء بالنظر الی افق البلا الذی اتی من سماء قضائک و اخذه من

Mine eyes are cheered, O my God, when I contemplate the tribulations that descend upon me from the heaven of Thy decree

INBA92:342b

PMP#114

PM#114

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love of God, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

BH01888

470

Arabic

یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام علی عبادک و به طرزت دیباج کتاب اوامرک بین

These are, O my God, the days whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to observe the fast. With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book

INBA92:370

PMP#085, AHM.115, TSBT.053, NFF5.051, OOL.B090.03

PM#085, BPRY.270

K. Porray, E. Mahony, B. Weber, unknown

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @law of fasting, @prayer for fasting, @collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for spiritual recognition

LL#271, LL#472

BH01891

470

Arabic

یا ایها المتغمس فی الخلیج المنشعب من البحر الاعظم و الناظر الی الافق اللائح

O thou who art immersed in the gulf that brancheth from the Most Great Ocean and who gazeth upon the luminous horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:622, BLIB_Or11095#104,

LHKM3.117

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual transformation

BH01901

460

Arabic

ان استمع ندائی عن جهه السجن بانه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان الها واحدا فردا

Hearken thou unto My Call from the direction of the Prison, that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ever been one God, single and alone [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.212,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @oneness; unity of religion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01902

460

Arabic

ان یا حسن اسمع خریر ماء المعانی الذی جری فی رضوان ربک الرحمن تالله بخریره

O Hasan! Hearken unto the murmur of the waters of inner meanings that flow in the paradise of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. By God, through its murmuring [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.227,

@mystical themes, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @high station of the true believer, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @nearness and remoteness, @love of God

BH01903

460

Arabic

ان یا زین المقربین فلما حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و سئلت فیه ما سئلت عن الله ربک

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! When thy letter appeared before the Throne, and thou didst ask therein what thou didst ask concerning God, thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.438, , ALIB.folder18p393

MAS8.166x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

BH01915

460

Arabic

ذکر الله فی شجره القدس بقعه التی بارکها الله علی بقاع الارض الله لا اله الا

The mention of God hath arisen from the Sacred Tree in that spot which God hath blessed above all the regions of earth - there is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA36:049, INBA71:208, BLIB_Or07852.113,

RSBB.001, ASAT4.263x

@chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @idolatry, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01917

460

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الافق الاعلی و شرب الرحیق المختوم من ید عنایه عطاء

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and hath quaffed the sealed wine from the hand of divine bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.375,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH01918

460

Arabic

ذکری عبدی الذی طار فی هوآء محبه ربه الرحمن بالروح و الریحان و اخذه جذب الندآء

Remember thou My servant who soared in the atmosphere of his Lord, the All-Merciful's love, with spirit and sweet fragrance, and whom the attraction of the Call did seize [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#065,

AYBY.028

@praise and encouragement, @presence of; reunion with God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01921

460

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command; all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.221,

@spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @work as worship, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01923

460

Arabic

شهد لسان العظمه بظهوره و استوآئه علی العرش و اشراقه من افق العالم ولکن الامم

The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness to His Manifestation, to His establishment upon the throne, and to His dawning from the horizon of the world, yet the peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.059, , BLIB_Or15715.001a,

ASAT4.388x, TISH.058-060

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01924

460

Arabic

ص و النبا العظیم قد اتی الرحمن بسلطان مبین و وضع المیزان و حشر من علی الارض

By Him Who is the Great Announcement! The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. The Balance hath been appointed

INBA34:150, BLIB_Or15707.090, , BLIB_Or15735.252,

BRL_DA#659, GWBP#017 p.034x, AQA1#027, PYK.017, DLH1.048, HYK.252

GWB#017x, WOB.194x

@apocalyptic imagery, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @predictions and prophecies

ROB3.032, LL#453

BH01926

460

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت السموات من قلم ابداعک و الارضین من نفحات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath created the heavens through the Pen of Thy creation and the earths through the breaths [3.5s]

INBA92:054x, BLIB_Or03114.005,

BRL_DA#352, AVK3.431-436

@prayer for forgiveness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH01928

460

Arabic

قد نطق اللسان باعلی البیان و نادت الکلمه باعلی الندآء الملک لله خالق السماء و

Lo, the Tongue of Glory hath called aloud and the Word of God hath cried out, proclaiming: The Kingdom is God’s

BLIB_Or11095#101,

AYT.180, GHA.371x, NSR_1993.107, AMB#28

DOR#28

@call to action, @praise and encouragement, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#149

BH01929

460

Arabic

لک البهاء یا مالک الاسماء بما بدلت الفرح بالغم و نصبت خیام الاحزان فی عیدک

All glory be unto Thee, O Lord of Names, Who hast turned joy to sorrow and raised up the pavilions of grief on Thy feast day [3.5s]

LHKM2.078, NNY.157-159

@martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01937

460

Arabic

هذا کتاب قد نزل بالحق لیستضی ء به فی قلوب الذینهم آمنوا انوار الله المهیمن

This is a Book that hath been sent down in truth, that by it the lights of God, the All-Subduing, may illumine the hearts of them that have believed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.012,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01938

460

Arabic

هذا کتاب کریم نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز علیم انه لروح الامر یحیی به افئده

This is a glorious Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Verily, it is the Spirit of the Cause whereby the hearts are quickened [3.5s]

INBA34:155, BLIB_Or15707.101, , BLIB_Or15735.261,

AQA1#030

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @justice and wrath of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH01939

460

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل الی ربه الرحمن فی هذه الایام التی فیها اضطرب اهل

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto his Lord, the All-Merciful, in these days wherein the people are sorely perturbed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#054,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01940

460

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهآء الی الذی عصمه الله فی تلک الأیام

This is a Book from the presence of Bahá unto him whom God hath shielded in these days [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.339, , ALIB.folder18p349

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01948

450

Arabic

ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء هذا المظلوم الذی ابتلی بین یدی العباد و مااستنصر من احد

O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of this Wronged One, Who hath been afflicted at the hands of His servants and hath sought not succor from any soul [3.5s]

INBA83:286, BLIB_Or15737.190, , ALIB.folder18p335

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01950

450

Arabic

این عبد دستخط آنحضرت را بساحت اقدس ارسال داشت و بانوار منظر اکبر منور و فائز

This servant dispatched the handwriting of His Holiness unto the Most Holy Court, and it was illumined and blessed by the lights of the Most Great Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.205,

@praise and encouragement, @call to action, @predictions and prophecies, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01956

450

Arabic

ذکر الله عبده لیکون بفضله مسرورا قل بذکره تطهر القلوب عن الشک و الریب و

God maketh mention of His servant that he may be gladdened through His grace. Say: Through His remembrance are hearts purified from doubt and misgiving [3.5s]

INBA92:207cx, BLIB_Or15725.192,

@belief and denial, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @nearness and remoteness

BH01961

450

Arabic

طوبی لایامک التی اتصلت بایام الله و لاذنک بما سمعت نغمات عز بدیعا طوبی

Blessed be thy days which have been linked to the Days of God, and blessed thine ear, for it hath hearkened unto wondrous melodies of transcendent glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.485,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @presence of; reunion with God

BH01962

450

Arabic

طوبی لک بما حضر کتابک تلقاء الوجه فی هذا السجن العظیم من یدعو الله بعد ورود

Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter hath attained unto Our presence in this Most Great Prison, from whence We call upon God [3.5s]

INBA34:159, BLIB_Or15707.109, , BLIB_Or15735.267,

AQA1#032

@call to action, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @living waters; water of life

BH01965

450

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و کان برهانا علی حبک و اقبالک و خضوعک و خشوعک و استقامیتک علی امر

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and standeth as a testimony to thy love and devotion, thy humility and submissiveness, and thy steadfastness in the Cause [3.5s]

LEID.Or4971-2,

BH01967

450

Arabic

قد قدر لکل امر میقات اذا جاء اجله یاتی بالحق و لامرد له کذلک قدر فی لوح

It hath been ordained that every matter shall have its appointed time. When its destined hour cometh, it shall appear with truth, and none can avert it. Thus hath it been decreed in the Tablet [3.5s]

INBA51:121, BLIB_Or11095#081, , KB_620:114-116

LHKM2.157

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @mystical themes, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01968

450

Arabic

قد ماج بحر العطاء اذ تحرک القلم الاعلی فی ذکر من صعد الی الافق الابهی فضلا

The ocean of bounty hath surged as the Supreme Pen moved in remembrance of him who ascended unto the Most Glorious Horizon, through grace [3.5s]

PZHN v2#1 p.096, OOL.B180

@eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH01969

450

Arabic

قل سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بالذین طافوا حول عرش مشیتک و طاروا فی هوآء ارادتک و

Praised be Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by them who have circled round the throne of Thy will

PMP#031, NFR.016, BCH.120

PM#031

@station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01970

450

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن علی الارض لیعرفهم سبیله و یهدیهم الی دلیله و یعلمهم

The Book hath been revealed by the All-Merciful unto them that dwell upon the earth, that they may be acquainted with His Path, be guided unto His Testimony, and be taught [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.146b,

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

BH01971

450

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن و انه لبرهان الله بین خلقه و حجته بین عباده و یشهد بذلک لسان

This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down, and verily it is God's proof amidst His creation and His testimony amongst His servants, and to this the tongue doth bear witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.244,

BH01974

450

Arabic

Family Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

لک الحمد یا الهی بما وفیت بما رقم من قلم امرک فی الالواح التی ارسلتها الی

Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast been true to what the Pen of Thy Revelation hath inscribed

INBA92:363

PMP#108

PM#108

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @praise and encouragement, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH01975

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب الله المهیمن القیوم قد نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز محبوب و ینطق بالحق فی

This is the Book of God, the All-Prevailing, the Self-Subsisting, which hath verily been sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty, well-beloved, and speaketh forth in truth [3.5s]

INBA23:002, INBA36:161b, NLAI_BH1.459

@spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01976

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و حی بکلمه الاعظم التی

This is the Book from Him Who is imprisoned, unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and was quickened through His Most Great Word that [3.5s]... ...God hath prescribed unto everyone the duty of teaching His Cause

INBA15:192, INBA26:192, BLIB_Or15725.417,

ADJ.045x

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer

BH01977

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله و کان من الموحدین فی الالواح

This is a Book from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who hath believed in God and was numbered among the faithful in the Tablets [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.164,

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01978

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق انه لذکری للعالمین و فیه ما نسقیهم کوثر الحیوان الذی جری

This is the Book sent down in truth - verily it is a remembrance unto all the worlds, wherein We give them to drink of the Living Waters of Kawthar which flow [3.5s]... ...We have caused thee to return to thy home as a token of Our mercy unto thy mother, inasmuch as We have found her overwhelmed with sorrow… Say, O My people! Show honour to your parents and pay homage to them

BLIB_Or15725.486,

BRL_DA#381, COMP_FAMP#44x, AVK3.056.18x, MAS8.184

BRL_ATBH#06x, BRL_FAM#44x, COC#0824x, LOG#0768x

@personal instructions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH01979

450

Arabic

هذا کتاب یذکر فیه کل خیر فصل من لدی الله العلی العظیم و یصل کل نفس رزقها علی

This is a Book wherein all good is set forth in detail from God, the Most High, the Most Great, and through which every soul receiveth its portion [3.5s]

INBA18:023, INBA23:004, INBA36:163

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01983

450

Arabic

یا امتی و ورقتی علیک بهائی انا سمعنا ندائک اجبناک بهذه الورقه النورآء التی

O My handmaiden and My leaf! Upon thee be My glory! We have hearkened unto thy call and have answered thee through this luminous leaf which [3.5s]

KNJ.090a, TRZ1.080x

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for the departed, @spiritual transformation, @consolation and comfort, @love of God, @eulogies; reminiscences

BH01991

440

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان لا اله الا هو العزیز المنان حمد مالک وجود و سلطان

Praise be unto God, Who hath ever been and shall ever be as He hath ever been. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bountiful. All praise be unto the Lord of existence and sovereignty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.037,

@presence of; reunion with God, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH01992

440

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی کسر بعضد الاقتدار اصنام ظنون الاشرار الذین نبذوا کتاب الله عن

Praise be to God Who, with the arm of power, hath shattered the idols of vain imaginings of the wicked ones who cast behind them the Book of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.192,

@praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BH01993

440

Arabic

ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء ربک العلی الاعلی عن یمین بقعه البقا لتطلع بهذالمظلوم

O servant! Hearken to the voice of thy Lord—the Exalted, the Most High—from the right-hand of the Court of unfading splendor, that thou mayest be apprised of this Wronged One

BLIB_Or15725.082,

ADMS#306

@chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01994

440

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر من صعد الی الذروه العلیا و قل اول عرف تضوع من قمیص

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath ascended unto the loftiest summit, and say: The first fragrance that wafted forth from the garment [3.5s]

INBA84:172, INBA84:100, INBA84:040.07

AQA6#302 p.295, KHAF.042

@power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement

BH02003

440

Arabic

سبحان الذی باسمه ماج بحر البیان فی الامکان و اشرق نیر الظهور من افق سماء

Glorified is He by Whose Name the ocean of utterance surgeth in the realm of possibility, and the Sun of Manifestation hath shone forth from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

INBA41:195, BLIB_Or15724.153,

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH02004

440

Arabic

سبحان الذی ظهر بالحق بکل الایات و نطق بین الارض و السماء بندآء الذی استجذبت عنه

Glorified be He Who hath appeared with all signs in truth, and hath called out betwixt earth and heaven with a cry whereby hearts were drawn unto Him [3.5s]

INBA83:243, BLIB_Or15725.533, , BLIB_Or15737.168, , ALIB.folder18p332

AKHA_122BE #01 p.a

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering and imprisonment, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02005

440

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحکم ما یشاء بامر

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth. Verily, there is no God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He ordaineth whatsoever He willeth by His command [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.448, , ALIB.folder18p355

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02006

440

Arabic

Call of the Divine Beloved

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی لم تزل کنت فی علو القدره و القوه و الجلال و

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been clothed with majesty

INBA48:106, INBA49:216x, INBA92:155, BLIB_Or15739.198,

BRL_DA#768, PMP#062, HDQI.053bx, ANDA#21 p.04x

PM#062

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02007

440

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لهو الغیب المکنون و الکنز

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Secret [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.049, , BLIB_Or15715.378,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastisement and requital, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02009

440

Arabic

فاعلم بان الغافلین خرجونا عن مدینه الله بظلم مبین و بذلک ارتفع عویل البکاء

Know thou that the heedless ones have expelled Us from the City of God with manifest tyranny, whereupon the wailing of lamentation was raised [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God, for having chosen us to sustain Thy trials and bear hardships for love of Thee and in acquiescence unto Thy good-pleasure

AQA6#215 p.046, ADM2#031 p.053x, MAS4.356x, ASAT1.105x

JHT_S#124x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @angels, @suffering and imprisonment, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation

BH02010

440

Arabic

فسبحان الذی له ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکلشیء علیما و له یسجد کل من

Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, for verily He hath knowledge of all things, and before Him boweth down in adoration all [3.5s]

INBA51:564, INBA36:099b, INBA71:264

LHKM3.043

@creation of the world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @chastisement and requital, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02016

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الذی کان بین یدی الاعدا فی سبیل الله العلی الاعلی و ورد علیه

This is a Book from Him Who was in the hands of the enemies in the path of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted, and upon Whom descended [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.250,

@suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital

BH02017

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی اهتدی بضیاء الله فی ایام التی کل اتخذوا العجل

This is a Book from God unto him who hath been guided by the light of God in the days when all have taken unto themselves the calf [3.5s]

AQA5#142 p.190

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02018

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استضاء من انوار التی اشرقت عن افق اراده ربه العلی

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights which have shone forth from the horizon of the Will of his Lord, the Most High [3.5s]

AQA7#349 p.028b

@spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH02019

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و ورد العراق و

This is an Epistle from the One imprisoned unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath arrived in Iraq [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.166,

@self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02020

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه هدی و ذکری للعالمین ان استمع یا عبد ما یوحی الیک

This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for all the worlds. Hearken, O servant, unto that which is revealed unto thee! [3.5s]... ...O Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy name through which Thou hast shed the light of Thine effulgence upon the entire creation

BLIB_Or15694.327, , NLAI_BH1.443, ALIB.folder18p342

ADM3#044 p.057x

JHT_S#052x

@prayer for nearness to God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02021

440

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر الناس فی ایام التی فیها ارتفعت سحاب غم محزونا و

This is a Book that speaketh the truth and remindeth mankind in these days wherein clouds of grievous sorrow have been raised aloft [3.5s]

INBA71:072

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

BH02025

440

Arabic

یا اهل ملا الاعلی قد قدر لنا قضایا اخری و ارادوا لیوسف البقاء بئرا اخری فی

O Concourse of the most exalted realm! Another destiny hath been ordained for Us, and they have desired for the Joseph of immortality another pit [3.5s]

INBA73:331, NLAI_BH2.215

AQA6#216 p.048

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @consolation and comfort, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02026

440

Arabic

یا اهل ها و میم اسمعوا ندآءالله المقتدر العلیم الحکیم

O people of Ha and Mim! Hearken unto the Call of God, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.096, , BLIB_Or15728.114,

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02028

440

Arabic

ان یا حبیب قد مضی ایام و ماوجدنا من جنابک روایح طیب الوفا ا نسیت الذی انک ان

O friend! Many a day hath passed, and still the sweet fragrance of thy faithfulness hath failed to reach Us.

SFI17.010-011

CDB#4

@evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @spiritual transformation, @mystical themes, @call to action, @consolation and comfort

BH02029

430

Arabic

البهاء المشرق اللائح من افق سماء عنایه مالک القدم و الاسم الاعظم علیک یا اسم

The splendor that shineth forth and gleameth resplendent from the horizon of the heaven of the loving-kindness of the Lord of the Ancient Days and the Most Great Name be upon thee, O Name [3.5s]

MUH3.017-018, PYK.030, PYK.394, MSBH7.411-413, OOL.B187

@prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation

BH02030

430

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل ماء الوجود من سماء اسمه الودود و انه لهو الماء الذی انزل حکمه

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the water of existence from the heaven of His Name, the All-Loving, and verily, it is that water through which wisdom hath been sent down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.384,

@knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH02032

430

Arabic

الحمد لمنزل الایات و مظهر البینات و الناطق فی الاشجار بانا المقتدر المختار

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed the verses, made manifest the clear proofs, and Who speaketh from the trees: "Verily, I am the Almighty, the All-Powerful." [3.5s]

LHKM2.223

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement

BH02033

430

Arabic

ان یا حرف الحی فاسمع ندآء ربک مره اخری فی هذالجبروت المقدس الابهی

O Letter of the Living! Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord once again in this most hallowed and most glorious Dominion [3.5s]... ...He is the same as the One Who appeared in the year sixty (1260 A.H.).

INBA19:181b, INBA32:165

BRL_DA#431

WOB.139x

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the power of words; of speech, @twin Manifestations, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Declaration; advent of the Bab

BH02035

430

Arabic

ان یا مصطفی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرأناه و انا کنا قارئین و سمعنا حنین قلبک

O Mustafa! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have read it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof, and We have hearkened unto the yearning of thy heart [3.5s]... ...Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish

BLIB_Or15694.336, , ALIB.folder18p347

BRL_DA#646, GWBP#062 p.084ax, PYB#337 p.09

GWB#062x, PDC.014x

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment

LL#416

BH02039

430

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت فی ذکر امه من امائه التی صعدت الی الرفیق الابهی و دخلت

These are the verses of God that have been sent down in remembrance of one of His handmaidens who hath ascended unto the Most Glorious Companion and entered therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.382, , ALIB.folder18p350

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @eulogies; reminiscences, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @consolation and comfort

BH02047

430

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یفقهون انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر

Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses in truth unto a people who understand. Verily, there is no God but Him; His is all creation and command [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.451,

@idolatry, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @thankfulness; gratitude, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God

BH02048

430

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له ساجدون یحیی و یمیت ثم یبعث

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him. His is the creation and the command, and all before Him prostrate themselves. He giveth life and causeth death, then shall resurrect [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.516, , ALIB.folder18p360

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action

BH02049

430

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لمشرق ایات الله

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the Truth is verily the Dawning-Place of the signs of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.018, , BLIB_Or15734.1.019,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH02050

430

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لهو المکنون فی کتبه و

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh the truth is verily the Hidden One mentioned in His Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.056, , BLIB_Or15715.317b,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @power of the Manifestation of God, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH02051

430

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یومنون هو الذی انزل الکتاب و ارسل الرسل ان اتقوا الله

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto a people that believe. He it is Who hath revealed the Book and sent forth the Messengers. Fear ye God [3.5s]

AKHA_120BE #11 p.a

@Noah, @Moses, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @suffering and imprisonment, @Christ; Christianity, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual transformation, @justice and mercy

BH02052

430

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزلها کیف یشاء بامر من عنده و انه قد کان علی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send them down as He willeth by His command, and verily He hath ever been mighty [3.5s]

INBA83:168, BLIB_Or15702.181, , ALIB.folder18p365

MAS4.139cx

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02053

430

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن للذین اقبلوا الیه فی ارض سمیت بفراهان لیفرحوا بذکر الله رب العالمین

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto them that have turned towards Him in the land named Farahán, that they may rejoice in the remembrance of God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.032,

@suffering and imprisonment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer, @praise and encouragement

BH02054

430

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان لیعترف الناس هذا الصراط الذی کان بالحق

This is the Book sent down by the All-Merciful from the Kingdom of Utterance, that men may recognize this Path which is the truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.110d,

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02056

430

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم و یهدی العباد الی الافق الاعلی

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Preserving, the Self-Subsisting, and guideth His servants unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.083, , BLIB_Or15718.093b,

@power of prayer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @call to action

BH02060

430

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الله مولی العالمین نذکر له ما ورد علینا

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds, wherein We recount that which hath befallen Us [3.5s]

INBA34:172, BLIB_Or15707.137, , BLIB_Or15735.291,

AQA1#041, ASAT5.216x, HYK.291

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02061

430

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا المفتقر الذی یدعوا الکل الی الله العزیز الحمید الی الذی آمن بالله ثم اهتدی

This is an epistle from this lowly one who calleth all unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, unto him who hath believed in God and been guided aright [3.5s]

INBA71:076

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02062

430

Arabic

یا احبائی فی الرضوان ان استمعوا ندآء ربکم الرحمن انه یذکرکم فضلا من عنده

O My loved ones in the Ridván! Hearken unto the call of your Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily, He maketh mention of you as a bounty from His presence [3.5s]

GHA.365.12

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02064

430

Arabic

Trustworthiness

یا اهل المدن و القری ان استمعوا ما ینطق به اللسان فی ملکوت البیان من لدن من

O friends of God in every land! This Wronged One adjureth you by the Best-Beloved of the world, Who is calling aloud in the Kingdom of Utterance

INBA97:066

COMP_TRUSTP#33x, NNY.166-168

BRL_TRUST#32x, COC#2044x

@suffering and imprisonment, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02070

430

Arabic

یا علی یا ایها المتمسک بحبل عنایتی و الطائر فی هواء محبتی و الناظر الی وجهی

O 'Alí! O thou who holdest fast to the cord of My loving-kindness, who soareth in the atmosphere of My love, and gazeth upon My countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.328c,

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement

BH02071

420

Arabic

اذا اتی الوعد و قضی المیقات ظهر المکنون بهذا الاسم الذی جعله الله مشرق الوحی و

When the Promise was fulfilled and the appointed time came to pass, He Who was hidden appeared through this Name which God had made the Dawning-Place of His Revelation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.151a,

@belief and denial, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BH02076

420

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی ظهر بملکوت بیانه و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه و مکنونا فی کنز

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself through the dominion of His utterance and revealed that which lay treasured within His knowledge and hidden in His storehouse [3.5s]

INBA27:071, BLIB_Or15690.101, , BLIB_Or15728.115,

DMSB.010, YMM.030

@eulogies; reminiscences, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02082

420

Arabic

ان یا اخی و حبیبی اسمع ندآء من احبک و یذکرک لوجه الله لتستقیم علی امر کان فی

O My brother and beloved! Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath loved thee and maketh mention of thee for the sake of God, that thou mayest stand firm in a Cause which hath been [3.5s]

INBA83:254, BLIB_Or15725.544, , ALIB.folder18p334

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02083

420

Arabic

ان یا اسم الذی سمیت باسمی فی ملکوت الاسماء اسمع ما یلقیک الروح من سماء عز

O thou who hast been named with My Name in the Kingdom of Names! Hearken unto what the Spirit imparteth unto thee from the heaven of might [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.108,

BRL_DA#560, LHKM1.024

@soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH02084

420

Arabic

ان یا درویش اسمع ندآء هذا الدرویش لعل تهتزک نفحات الحب التی یهب عن شطر

O dervish! Hearken unto the call of this Dervish, that perchance the breezes of love wafting from this direction may stir thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.439,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02085

420

Arabic

ان یا لسان القدم ذکر الذی هاجر الی الله الی ان دخل بقعه البقا مقر الذی استشرقت

O Tongue of Eternity! Make mention of him who journeyed unto God until he entered the Precinct of Immortality, the Spot whence shone forth [3.5s]

INBA23:027b, BLIB_Or15694.455, , ALIB.folder18p359

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02087

420

Arabic

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین له الاسماء الحسنی و الصفات العلیا

Blessed be He in Whose hands repose the dominion of the heavens and of the earth. His are the most excellent names and the most exalted attributes [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.431,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @The Holy Spirit

BH02088

420

Arabic

جمال الله عن خلف السحاب من افق القدس قد کان بالفضل مشهودا و ان السحاب حکمه

The Beauty of God, from behind the clouds, hath been made manifest through grace from the horizon of holiness, and verily the clouds are His wisdom [3.5s]

INBA23:226, INBA83:231, BLIB_Or15725.520b, , BLIB_Or15737.160, , ALIB.folder18p375

QUM.021

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02095

420

Arabic

سبحان الذی قدر لکل شیء ما اراد انه لهو الحاکم علی ما یرید قد خلق الکلمه علی

Lauded be He Who hath prescribed unto all things that which He hath willed. He, verily, ordaineth what He pleaseth

INBA34:184

AQA1#050, AVK2.292.07x, AVK4.454ax

ADMS#186

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @justice and wrath of God, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02096

420

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال و العظمه و القدره و الاجلال و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty, the grandeur and the power, and the exaltation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.105,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @eulogies; reminiscences

BH02098

420

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بالحق انه مالک الخلق و مربیهم و مویدهم

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in truth is verily the Lord of creation, their Educator and their Sustainer [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.132c, , BLIB_Or15726.080c,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @eulogies; reminiscences, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort

BH02100

420

Arabic

فسبحان الذی بیده ملکوت ملک البقا و جبروت عز العما یفعل ما یشاء بعبده الابهی

Glorified be He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the Realm of Eternity and the Dominion of might in the divine cloud - He doeth whatsoever He willeth with His Most Glorious Servant [3.5s]

INBA71:049b

@the concourse on high, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @symbolism

BH02101

420

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

فنعم یا الهی ما استغرد بغاء الداود فی حدیقه الزبور من تغنیات ورقاء الانجذاب... الهی الهی لا تبعد عنّی لأنّ الشّدائد بکلّها احاطتنی

O God, my God! Be Thou not far from me, for tribulation upon tribulation hath gathered about me.

INBA33:022x, INBA30:117.09x, INBA92:035

BRL_DA#544, PMP#145x, AHM.052x, TZH4.143ax, AQMJ1.013x, ADH1.041, OOL.B159.1

PM#145x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for tests and difficulties, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#492

BH02102

420

Arabic

قد ارتفع ندائی عن حول عرشی طوبی للسامعین قد ظهر وجه الله من غیر ستر و حجاب

My call hath been raised from around My Throne; blessed be they that hear it. The Face of God hath appeared, unveiled and uncovered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.163,

@consolation and comfort, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH02103

420

Arabic

قد حضر العبد الحاضر بکتابک و عرضه تلقاء العرش و نزل لک هذا اللوح البدیع انا

the servant in attendance hath appeared with thy letter and presented it before the Throne, and this wondrous Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.133b,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02104

420

Arabic

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک فی هذا السجن و وجدنا نفحات حبک و عرفنا خلوصک فی الله

Lo, thy letter hath come before Us in this Prison, and We have perceived the fragrance of thy love and recognized thy sincerity in God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.071,

@chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02105

420

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و سمع ما نطق به لسانک و عرف ما انت علیه ان ربک لهو العلیم

The book thou hast sent hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and He hath hearkened unto that which thy tongue hath uttered, and knoweth thy condition. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.377b,

@spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wisdom [hikmat], @religion as reality; definitions of religion

BH02108

420

Arabic

کتاب الله ینطق بالحق انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و النار من شطر الطور تنادی و

The Book of God proclaimeth the truth: Verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. From the precincts of the Mount the Fire calleth out and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.186,

@personal instructions, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to the people of the world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02109

420

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اقبل و آمن بالله رب الارباب یا جمال الدین اسمع ندآء الله

The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath turned unto and believed in God, the Lord of Lords. O Jamálu'd-Dín, hearken thou unto the Call of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.125,

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @growth of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity

BH02112

420

Arabic

لم ادر یا الهی بای ندآء اجذبت قلوب محبیک و من ای نار اصطلیت افئده مصطفیک

I know not, O my God, by what call Thou hast attracted the hearts of them that love Thee, and from what fire Thou hast ignited the hearts of Thy chosen ones [3.5s]... ...I swear by Thy glory, O my God! I am astonished at them and at that which they have manifested in the path of Thy love

BRL_DA#259, LHKM2.195

BRL_APBH#22x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02113

420

Arabic

م ع ان استمع ما یلقی الروح علیک من آیات الله المهیمن القیوم لیجذبک الندآء

Give ear unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee in the days of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting

INBA33:011

TBP#17m

TB#17m

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @exhortations and counsels, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation

LL#167

BH02115

420

Arabic

هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی لمن اتخذ الله لنفسه ولیا و اذا اشرق علیه شمس التقدیس عن

This is the Book of the Primal Point for him who hath taken God as his Protector, when there shineth upon him the Sun of Sanctification [3.5s]

INBA51:578b, BLIB_Or03114.079r, , BLIB_Or15725.113, , BLIB_Or15737.203,

BRL_DA#556, LHKM1.030

@avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02116

420

Arabic

هل الایات نزلت قل ای ورب السموات هل اتت الساعه بل قضت ومظهر البینات قد

Hath the verses been sent down? Say: Yea, by the Lord of the heavens! Hath the Hour come? Nay, it hath passed, and He Who is the Manifestation of clear signs hath appeared [3.5s]

INBA72:021, INBA34:171, BLIB_Or15707.134, , BLIB_Or15735.288, , CMB_F31.038a-038b,

AQA1#040, AVK2.228.13x

@apocalyptic imagery, @day of Resurrection; Judgement, @power of prayer, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell

JRAS.288

BH02117

420

Arabic

هل ینبغی الوقوف بعد الذی ینادی المحبوب بلسان مظهر نفسه ان اسرعوا بالقلوب الی

Should one tarry, after the Beloved hath called forth through the tongue of His Own Manifestation, saying: "Hasten with your hearts unto..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#062,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for teaching, @call to action, @the power of words; of speech

BH02118

420

Arabic

و قد حضر تلقاء الوجه کتاب کریم و قرئه عبد الحاضر فی محضری بنغمات المخلصین و

There hath appeared before Our Face a noble Book, and the servant who was present in Our presence recited it with the melodies of the sincere ones [3.5s]

INBA23:235b, BLIB_Or15725.237,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @chastisement and requital, @consolation and comfort

BH02120

420

Arabic

یا ابن النبیل ان استمع ندآء ربک الجلیل من واد النبیل انه لا اله الا انا

O Son of the Noble One! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, from the Noble Valley: "Verily, there is none other God but Me." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#083,

AYBY.029

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02122

420

Arabic

یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی و رحمة ربک المشفق الکریم انه یذکر نفسه بکل الاذکار

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness and the mercy of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. Verily, He maketh mention of His Own Self through all remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.260,

BH02123

420

Arabic

یا حسین قد سمع اذن الله ندائک و رات عین الله خضوعک و خشوعک و اقبالک

O Husayn! The ear of God hath heard thy call, and the eye of God hath beheld thy humility, thy submissiveness and thy devotion [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.050b,

BH02125

420

Arabic

یا کمال قد سمعت ندآء ربک اذ ارتفع بالحق و شربت من بحر الوصال اذ کان النیر

O Kamál! Thou hast hearkened unto the call of thy Lord when it was raised in truth, and thou hast drunk from the ocean of reunion when the Luminary shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.058b,

AQA7#338 p.017

@praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH02127

420

Arabic

یا وراث فی الکلیم اسمعوا ندآء رب الجنود انه ارتفع فی ناسوت الانشآء من شطر سجن عکاء

O heirs of Him Who conversed with God! Hearken unto the Voice of the Lord of Hosts, which hath been raised in the realm of creation from the direction of the Prison of 'Akká [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.194,

@proclamation to Jews, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH02130

410

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر مظهر نفسه بحجة احاطت الکائنات و برهان تضوع به عرف الرحمن

Praise be to God Who hath manifested the Manifestation of His Self through a proof that encompasseth all created things and through evidence wherefrom the fragrance of the All-Merciful is diffused [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.183,

@spiritual transformation, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @chastisement and requital, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02133

410

Arabic

ان یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه ان استمع ندآء الغریب اذ صلب علی الصلیب بما

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hearken unto the call of the Stranger when He was crucified upon the cross [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#077,

@suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH02134

410

Arabic

ان یا حبیب قد عرفت ما جری علیک و قضی علی وجهک و سمعت لحنات سرک و جزعات روحک

O My Beloved! I have recognized what hath befallen thee and what fate hath been decreed for thy countenance, and I have hearkened unto the secret melodies of thine inmost heart and the lamentations of thy spirit [3.5s]

INBA71:100

BRL_DA#633

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02137

410

Arabic

ان یا کلمه الحب قد احببتک من قبل الذی لا قبل له و ماخلقت السموات و ماسکنت الارض و

O Word of Love! I have loved thee before there was any before, and ere the heavens were created or the earth was made to rest [3.5s]

INBA71:104

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @symbolism, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH02138

410

Arabic

ان یا میم ان استمع الندآء من سدره المغرسه علی کثیب الاحمر من لدن مالک القدر

O thou letter Mím! Hearken unto the Call raised from the Divine Tree that hath been planted upon the Crimson Hill by the Lord of Destiny [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#022,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02147

410

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فی جبروت الامر و الخلق لیسمعوا ندآء ربهم العلی الاعلی من هذه

A remembrance from Our presence unto those who dwell in the realm of command and creation, that they may hearken unto the call of their Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, from this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#073,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for service, @the power of words; of speech, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

BH02151

410

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما بعثت المقربین من نفحات احدیتک و اجتذبتهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having quickened them that are nigh unto Thee through the sweet savors of Thy oneness and drawn them unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA73:070b, INBA33:083bx, INBA49:079x, BLIB_Or15739.212, , NLAI_BH1.473, NLAI_BH2.223

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @entry by troops, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02152

410

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات فیکل حین لقوم یشعرون علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses at every moment unto a people who perceive, testifying that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA83:193, BLIB_Or15702.234, , BLIB_Or15737.154, , ALIB.folder18p369

@presence of; reunion with God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @high station of the true believer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02154

410

Arabic

قد ارتفع الندآء عن یمین البقعه المبارکه النوراء من سدره الابهی بندآء تسمعه

The Call hath been raised from the right side of the luminous and blessed Spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree, with a call that thou hearest [3.5s]

INBA34:163, BLIB_Or15707.118, , BLIB_Or15735.275,

AQA1#035, ASAT4.136x, HYK.275

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02155

410

Arabic

قد توجهنا الیک من هذا المنظر الابهی وجدناک مهتزا من کلمه الله العلیا لذا

We have turned Our face towards thee from this Most Luminous Horizon, and have found thee stirred by God's Supreme Word; therefore [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#037,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @praise and encouragement, @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02158

410

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن انه هو الروح للابدان و الاثمار للاشجار و کوثر البقاء لاهل

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed is verily the spirit unto all bodies, the fruits unto the trees, and the heavenly fountain of eternity unto the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.002b,

BRL_DA#696

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02159

410

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم من شطر السجن لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم و یوصیه بما

The Book, revealed by the Wronged One from the precincts of the Prison unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and counselleth him with that which [3.5s]

INBA84:144, INBA84:078b, INBA84:019b.14, BLIB_Or15713.061,

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @role and station of women, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02160

410

Arabic

کلمه الله تنطق بالحق فی هذا المقام الذی جعله الله مشرق وحیه و مطلع آیاته و مظهر امره

The Word of God speaketh with truth from this Station which God hath made the Dawning-Place of His Revelation, the Source of His signs, and the Manifestation of His Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.058, , BLIB_Or15715.004a,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God

BH02162

410

Arabic

Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

لوح من لدنا الی لیله فیها لاحت السموات و الارض من نیر به انار من فی العالمین

This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire creation

INBA08:619, INBA35:001, BLIB_Or15706.117, , BLIB_Or15714.003,

AYT.012, GHA.388, NSR_1993.093, ABMK.038, DLH3.392, AMB#40

DOR#40

NIKNAK, B. Rezaei

@Declaration; advent of the Bab, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#169

BH02163

410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من کلمه الله و مظهر امره الی الذی قلبته روایح الرحمن عن شمال

This is a Book from the Word of God and the Manifestation of His Cause unto him whom the breezes of the All-Merciful have turned away from the left [3.5s]

LHKM2.044

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech

BH02164

410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی احبه الله و قدر له فی جواره مقام رفیع لیشکر ربه و

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom God hath loved and ordained for him, in His presence, an exalted station, that he may render thanks unto his Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.226,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02165

410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذی سکن فی نفسه فی ایام ربه العزیز المقتدر

This is an epistle from the presence of Bahá unto him who dwelleth within his soul in the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.070, , NLAI_BH2.066

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02167

410

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الوهاب الی من آمن بالله رب الارباب و فاز بالبحر الاعظم اذ ماج

This is a Book from the All-Bountiful unto him that hath believed in God, the Lord of Lords, and hath attained unto the Most Great Ocean when it surged [3.5s]

INBA51:395, INBA49:359, BLIB_Or11095#105,

LHKM3.108

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @Greatest Name, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02168

410

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق بانه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و یدعوا الناس الی

This is a Book that speaketh with truth, that there is none other God but He, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and calleth the peoples unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.454,

RAHA.169-170

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02171

410

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه فتحت ابواب النعمه و العزه و العطاء و ظهر ما کان مکنونا مخزونا فی الکتاب

This is the Day whereon the gates of grace, glory and bounty have been flung open, and that which lay hidden and treasured in the Book hath been made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.111,

@prayer for nearness to God, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @spiritual transformation, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proclamation to the people of the world, @praise and encouragement

BH02172

410

Arabic

یا ابراهیم ان استمع ندآء العظیم من هذا الافق المبین انه لا اله الا هو الواحد

O Ibrahim! Hearken unto the Call of the Most Great from this manifest horizon: verily, there is no God but Him, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#038,

FRH.064-065

@power of the Manifestation of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @chastisement and requital, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH02176

410

Arabic

یا جواد ذکرناک من قبل فی الواح شتی و نذکرک فیهذا الحین بذکر مبین و نذکر من

O Javád! We have made mention of thee aforetime in divers Tablets, and We make mention of thee at this moment with a luminous remembrance, and We recall [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.149b,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH02181

400

Arabic

اردنا ان نذکر من ارادنا و نلقی الیه ما نطق به السدره فی صدری انه لا اله الا

We desire to make mention of him whom We have chosen, and impart unto him that which the Sinatic Tree hath spoken within My breast - verily, there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA15:311, INBA26:314, INBA33:015, BLIB_Or15730.146a,

@methods of teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for teaching, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement

BH02185

400

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی خلق الاشیاء و اجتذبها بندائه الاحلی فلما توجهت الوجوه الی الافق الاعلی نطق

Praise be to God, Who hath created all things and drawn them unto His most sweet call. When faces turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon, He spoke [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.078,

BH02187

400

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی قد ارقدنی فی مهد الحزن بالسر الوفا و لقد

Praise be unto God, Who hath laid Me to rest in the cradle of sorrow through the mystery of fidelity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.136d,

BH02189

400

Arabic

السلام علیک یا من جسمه کمشکوة فیها مصباح السلام علیک یا من ناح و ضج

Peace be upon thee, O thou whose body is as a niche wherein shineth a lamp! Peace be upon thee, O thou who hast wailed and cried aloud [3.5s]

TSHA3.251

@martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @power of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02191

400

Arabic

النور الساطع اللامع المشرق فی افق سماء العطاء علیک یا ایها الناظر الی الافق

The resplendent, effulgent Light that shineth forth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty be upon thee, O thou who gazest toward the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.003, , BLIB_Or15734.1.015,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for martyrs, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @eulogies; reminiscences, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @visitation Tablets

BH02195

400

Arabic

ان یا اسمنا الجواد اسمع ما یدعوک مالک الایجاد ثم اشهد بما شهد الله فی ازل

O Thou who bearest My name, the All-Bountiful! Hearken unto that which the Lord of creation doth call thee, then bear witness unto that which God hath borne witness in eternity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.154,

BH02196

400

Arabic

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء الحسین الذی قام علی الامر و اعترض علیه کل العباد من کل

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of Husayn, Who hath arisen for the Cause, and against Whom all the servants have risen in opposition, one and all [3.5s]

TAH.240

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @call to action, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02202

400

Arabic

تبارک الذی له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و کل له عابدون و له ما خلق و یخلق

Blessed is He unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and all are His worshippers, and unto Him belongeth that which He hath created and createth [3.5s]

INBA36:028, INBA71:186

LHKM2.037, RSBB.017

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @station of the Manifestation of God, @chastisement and requital, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH02210

400

Arabic

ذکر الله من لدی البهاء للذی آمن بربه و کان من المومنین فی ام الالواح من قلم

This remembrance is from Bahá unto him who hath believed in his Lord and was numbered among the faithful in the Mother Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.070, , BLIB_Or15737.193,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @firmness in the Covenant

BH02212

400

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بالبحر الاعظم و تشرف بما هو المقصود فی الواح الله المهیمن

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the Most Great Ocean and hath been honored with that which is the purpose enshrined in the Tablets of God, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

INBA51:479

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02214

400

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک ببدایع اشراق انوار جمالک و ظهورات عز سلطنتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the wondrous dawning-places of the lights of Thy Beauty and the manifestations of the glory of Thy sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA48:111, INBA49:009, BLIB_Or15739.205,

AQMJ1.092

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @presence of; reunion with God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection

BH02215

400

Arabic

سبحانک یا من اقر کل ذی قدره بالعجز عند ظهورات قدرتک و اعترف کل ذی علم بالجهل

Glorified art Thou, O Thou before Whose manifestations of power every possessor of might hath acknowledged powerlessness, and before Whom every bearer of knowledge hath confessed ignorance [3.5s]

INBA44:094, INBA48:109, INBA49:015, BLIB_Or15739.201, , NLAI_BH2.061

BRL_DA#042

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02216

400

Arabic

سبحانک یا من بک اشرق نیر المعانی من افق سماء البیان و تزینت عوالم العلم و

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Sun of inner meanings hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of utterance, and through Whom the realms of knowledge have been adorned [3.5s]... ...I plead my grief and my sorrow to God, the Lord of mankind. Things have been turned upside down and countries are in turmoil

INBA61:015, INBA66:096

MJMM.404, AQMM.035, NSR_1993.040, ADH1.073, RAHA.028-029, MMUH#01x, MMUH#14x

KSHK#14x, BTO#15x

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

BH02217

400

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و العزه و الاختیار لایمنعه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the power, the glory and the dominion. None can withhold Him [3.5s]

AHM.286, BSHA.045

@prayer for married couples, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02218

400

Arabic

شهد الله بلسانه الحق فیکل الألواح بأننی انا حی فی الأفق الأبهی و اذا تالله فی هذا الأفق

God hath, through His tongue that uttereth the truth, testified in all His Tablets to these words: “I am He that liveth in the Abhá Realm of Glory.”

BLIB_Or15694.334, , BLIB_Or15725.152, , ALIB.folder18p346

BRL_DA#647, GWBP#103 p.136a, PYB#337 p.12

GWB#103

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @justice and wrath of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Mosaic imagery, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#313

BH02225

400

Arabic

کتاب الله نزل بالحق من ملکوت بیانه المقدس العزیز الحمید قد انار افق الظهور بمکلم

The Book of God hath been sent down in truth from the kingdom of His sacred, mighty and praiseworthy utterance. Verily hath the horizon of Manifestation been illumined by its Speaker [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.268,

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @praise and encouragement

BH02226

400

Arabic

کتاب الله ینطق انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و سدره المنتهی تنادی الملک لله

The Book of God proclaimeth: There is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and the Divine Lote-Tree declareth: Sovereignty belongeth unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.031.22,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @contention and conflict, @prayer for unity, @Word of God and human limitations, @prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02227

400

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الجبروت لمن اقبل الی افقی و تمسک بحبلی و توجه الی انوار وجهی

This is a Book sent down by the Sovereign of Might unto them that have turned towards Mine horizon, clung to My cord, and set their face towards the lights of My Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.073,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @nearness and remoteness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for children and youth, @prayer for forgiveness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02228

400

Arabic

کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن

This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement

INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296,

AQA1#043, HYK.296

DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036

@development of capacity and readiness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @exhortations and counsels, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to action

BH02229

400

Arabic

کتاب مرقوم من ای قلم من قلم الله المهیمن القیوم و لوح مسطور من ای یراعه من

The Book inscribed by this, My Pen, the Pen of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and the Tablet traced by this, My Reed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.294,

@prayer for nearness to God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02233

400

Arabic

هذا کتاب من شجره الروح للذی آمن بالله ثم هدی و سمع ندآء الله عن وراء قلزم

This is a Book from the Tree of Spirit unto him who hath believed in God, then was guided, and hath hearkened to the Call of God from beyond the crimson sea [3.5s]

INBA51:581

LHKM3.045

@knowledge; recognition of God, @power of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02235

400

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لتستجذبه کلمات الله

This is a Book from the Youth to him who hath believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, that he may be drawn by the words of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.185,

@exhortations and counsels, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02243

400

Arabic

یا سمندری فی الملک و الملکوت قد حضر کتابک و قرء لدی العرش و فاز بالاصغاء اذ

O thou who art as a phoenix in the kingdom of earth and heaven! Thy letter hath indeed arrived and been read before the Throne, and hath attained unto the honor of being heard when [3.5s]

AYBY.035

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consolation and comfort

BH02247

400

Arabic

یا قلم الاعلی قد اتت المصیبه الکبری و الرضیه العظمی اذکر من صعد الی الرفیق

O Pen of the Most High! The direst of calamities, the most grievous of afflictions hath come to pass

INBA65:087, BLIB_Or15714.128,

BRL_DA#367, ASAT4.083x

ADMS#156

@banishments of Baha'u'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for the departed, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH02250

390

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعظمه و الکبریاء و تغرد بالقدرة و الاستعلاء الذی انار افق

Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out through grandeur and majesty, and Who warbleth with might and transcendence, He Who hath illumined the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.005,

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH02251

390

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی حرک القلم الاعلی بارادته المهیمنه فی ملکوت الانشاء مره امسک

Praise be to God Who, through His all-compelling Will, hath moved the Supreme Pen in the kingdom of creation, which at times hath withheld [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.060,

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement

BH02252

390

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی خلق من کلمته العلیا حروفات عالیات و اخذ جوهرها بتدبیرات حکمته

Praise be unto God Who hath created, from His exalted Word, sublime letters, and hath taken their essence through the ordinances of His wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.253, , BLIB_Or15711.183,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH02255

390

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی فتح علی وجوه اولیائه باب لقائه و عرفهم

Praise be to God Who hath opened before the faces of His loved ones the gate of meeting with Him and caused them to know [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.111, , BLIB_Or15728.056,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @thankfulness; gratitude, @eulogies; reminiscences

BH02259

390

Arabic

النور الساطع اللائح الظاهر المشرق من افق ظهور الله مولی الوری و النفحات

The resplendent Light, gleaming, manifest and radiant, shining forth from the horizon of God's Revelation, the Lord of all mankind, and the divine fragrances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.237,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for forgiveness, @consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02260

390

Arabic

النور المشرق من افق سماء العطاء و التجلی الظاهر الساطع من اراده الله فاطر السماء

The Light that dawneth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, and the manifest effulgence shining forth from the Will of God, Creator of the heavens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.107, , Majlis210461.088-090

QMSI2.815, ANB.317

@visitation Tablets, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02261

390

Arabic

الهی الهی هجرک اهلکنی و فراقک احرقنی و بعدک اذابنی و ذکرک اشعلنی و ندآئک

O my God, O my God! Thy separation hath laid me waste, Thy parting hath consumed me, Thy remoteness hath melted me away, Thy remembrance hath set me ablaze, and Thy call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.278,

@power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for nearness to God, @pain of love; love as veil, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02263

390

Arabic

ان یا ایها المذکور لدی العرش فاعلم بان المشرکین جعلوا اهلی و احبتی اساری من

O thou who art remembered before the Throne! Know that the infidels made captives of My kindred and My loved ones in ʻIráq, and caused them to enter another land

INBA34:174, BLIB_Or15707.140, , BLIB_Or15735.294,

AQA1#042, QT108.059x, ASAT1.023x, HYK.294

ADMS#093

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02264

390

Arabic

ان یا جواد اردنا ان نجری لک کوثر الحیوان فی اللوح الذی به علق حیوه من فی

O Javad! Verily, We have desired to cause the Kawthar of Life to flow forth for thee in this Tablet, whereby life was bestowed upon all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all creation and King of things visible and invisible! I entreat Thee by Him Who is the Desire of the heavens and earth

BLIB_Or11095#026,

ADM3#050 p.063x, ASAT2.047x

JHT_S#146x

@living waters; water of life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

BH02266

390

Arabic

ان یا علی قبل محمد بشر فی نفسک بما کبر الله حینئذ علی وجهک و ارسل الیک نفحات

O 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad! Rejoice within thy soul, for God hath at this hour caused His glory to shine upon thy countenance and hath wafted unto thee His fragrances [3.5s]

INBA15:282b, INBA26:284, INBA83:226, BLIB_Or15702.297, , NLAI_BH2.314, ALIB.folder18p373

PYK.046

@praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH02267

390

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی قد نزلنا لک فی کل شان ما یکفی العالمین طوبی لک بما قمت علی

O Most Exalted Pen! Verily We have revealed unto thee in every circumstance that which sufficeth all the worlds. Blessed art thou for having arisen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#087,

@the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02268

390

Arabic

ان یا قلمی الاعلی ان اذکر ابناء خلیلی و وراث کلیمی الذین یکلمهم الله ظاهرا

O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of the children of My Friend and the heirs of Him Who conversed with God, with whom God speaketh openly [3.5s]

INBA84:228

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to Jews, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action

BH02270

390

Arabic

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء الحسین حین الذی قام الشمر عن یمینه و السنان تلقاء راسه

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of Husayn at the moment when Shimr stood at His right hand and the spear was raised before His head [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.050,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital

BH02271

390

Arabic

ان یا مهدی ای ارض تکون علیک بهاء الله رب ما کان و ما یکون قد حضر کتابک لدی

O Mihdi! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be! Thy letter hath reached Our presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#029, , BLIB_Or15738.138,

AVK3.132.07x, AYBY.030x

@consolation and comfort, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02279

390

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم لتجذبه نفحات الذکر و البیان

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that the fragrances of remembrance and utterance may draw him near [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.079,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @call to action

BH02280

390

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق فی هذا السجن الذی جعله الله المنظر الاکبر تنزل

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses with truth in this Prison, which God hath made the Most Great Scene [3.5s]

INBA34:166, BLIB_Or15707.125, , BLIB_Or15735.281,

AQA1#037, HYK.281

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @chastisement and requital

BH02281

390

Arabic

سبحان الذی یسجد له کل من فی السموات و الارض و کل الیه یرجعون سبح لله کل من فی

Glorified be He before Whom all who are in the heavens and on earth bow down in adoration, and unto Whom all shall return. All in the heavens glorify God [3.5s]

INBA36:030, INBA71:188, CMB_F22.046b,

AVK2.098.02x, LHKM2.039, RSBB.016, JRAS.446, BRHL.63

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02282

390

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله من فی ملکوت الاسماء و سلطانی و سلطان الارض و السماء و ملیکی

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who dwell in the Kingdom of Names, my Sovereign and the Sovereign of earth and heaven, my King [3.5s]

INBA38:340, INBA51:376, INBA49:334

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02283

390

Arabic

سبحانک یا من تسمع ضجیج المنقطعین و صریخ المخلصین و تری ما ورد علیهم من طغاه

Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear to the sighing of them that have rid themselves of all attachment

INBA48:113, INBA49:034, BLIB_Or15739.208,

PMP#081, AQMJ1.071

PM#081

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @justice and wrath of God

BH02285

390

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یعقلون و انها لتنزیل من لدی الله المهیمن

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth for a people who understand, and verily it is a revelation from God, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

INBA36:050, INBA71:210, BLIB_Or15696.155c,

RSBB.074

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @chastisement and requital, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02286

390

Arabic

قد انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات و دعونا الکل الی الله مالک الاسما و الصفات قد اتی امر الله

We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and have summoned all unto God, the Lord of Names and Attributes. The Cause of God hath come [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.107, , BLIB_Or15715.176b, , BLIB_Or15728.124,

@consolation and comfort, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02288

390

Arabic

قد فتح باب الفردوس الاعلی و خرجت منه طلعه من الطلعات و سارت الی ان قامت فوق

Verily the gate of the highest paradise was flung open, whereby emerged the incomparable Beauty... All things rejoice and clap their hands

BLIB_Or15726.094,

KNSA.033x, KNSA.288x

MNYA.028-029, MNYA.398x, ADMS#159

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BH02289

390

Arabic

قد نزلنا الایات فی العشی و الاشراق و جعلناها هدی و ذکری لاولی الالباب ان

Verily, We have sent down the verses at eventide and at dawn, and made them a guidance and a reminder for those endued with understanding [3.5s]

INBA34:165, BLIB_Or15707.121, , BLIB_Or15735.278,

AQA1#036

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02290

390

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک القدم لیقرب الامم الی الافق الاعلی المقام الذی فیه ارتفع ندآء الله

The Book which the Lord of Eternity hath sent down, that He may draw the nations nigh unto the Most Exalted Horizon, that Station wherefrom the Call of God hath been raised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.128,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02291

390

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل الیه راجعون سبحان الذی

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there is no God but Him; His is the creation and the command, and all shall return unto Him. Glorified be He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.175b,

YIA.583-584

@chastisement and requital, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @wisdom [hikmat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02295

390

Arabic

یا اباالحسن ان استمع الندآء من شطر القدم من لسان ربک عالم السر و العلن انه لا اله الا انا

O Abá'l-Ḥasan! Hearken unto the Call from the precinct of eternity, from the tongue of thy Lord, the Knower of the hidden and the manifest. Verily, there is no God but Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.161b,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02298

390

Arabic

یا اولیاء الرحمن فی میلان قد توجه الیکم وجه المظلوم من هذا السجن المحتوم و ذکرک بما

O friends of the All-Merciful in Milan! The Wronged One hath turned His face toward you from this ordained Prison, and maketh mention of you with that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.106, , BLIB_Or15728.167,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @chastisement and requital, @call to action, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BH02302

390

Arabic

یا طراز الحمد لله الذی زینک بطراز العرفان و نور قلبک بانوار الیقین قل لک الحمد

O Taraz! Praise be to God Who hath adorned thee with the ornament of divine knowledge and illumined thy heart with the lights of certitude. Say: Praise be unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.225, , BLIB_Or15728.089b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.018,

AYBY.132, KHSH09.001, TRZ1.033bx, MYD.537x

@prayer for nearness to God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @praise and encouragement

BH02304

390

Arabic

یا فروغ این فروغک و نورک و این الذی ذکرک و نطق بثنائک فی العشی و الاشراق و

O Furugh! This is Thy glowworm and Thy light, and he who maketh mention of Thee and speaketh forth Thy praise at eventide and at dawn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.223,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02305

390

Arabic

یا قلم اذکر من اقبل الی الافق الاعلی فی اول الایام اذ اعرض عنه من فی ناسوت

O Pen! Make mention of him who turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon in the earliest days, when they that dwelt in the realm of mortality turned away from Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.281,

@suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02306

380

Arabic

اراده الله بمثابه مصباح عالم وجودرا منور فرموده امید انکه کل باین نور ساطع

The Will of God, even as a lamp, hath illumined the world of existence. We cherish the hope that all may be illumined by this radiant light [3.5s]

INBA41:082

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH02308

380

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و ارسل الرسل لاعلاء کلمته بین

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses, made manifest the clear proofs, and dispatched the Messengers for the exaltation of His Word amongst all peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.076,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @law of pilgrimage, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02310

380

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و نطق بما نطق به الکائنات انه لا

Praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and hath spoken that wherewith all created things have spoken [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.028,

@Hands of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @business; financial; property matters

BH02311

380

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تجلی بشمس الاراده علی ملکوت المعانی و البیان اذا ظهر التوریه

Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself through the Sun of Will upon the Kingdom of inner meanings and utterance when the allegorical meanings were unveiled [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.235b, , BLIB_Or15713.101,

@the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @procession; appearance of the Word from God, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02316

380

Arabic

الهی الهی قد اشعلتنی نار حبک و اهلکتنی بعدک و فراقک هل لی سبیل یا الهی الی

O my God, my God! The fire of Thy love hath set me aflame, and Thy remoteness and separation have brought me to ruin. Is there a path for me, O my God, unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.074,

@prayer for nearness to God, @presence of; reunion with God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @prayer for forgiveness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02317

380

Arabic

ان استمع ما یوحی من شطر البلا علی بقعه المحنه و الابتلا من سدره القضا انه لا

Hearken unto that which is revealed from the court of tribulation, upon the spot of affliction and adversity, from the Lote-Tree of destiny: He is [3.5s]

INBA34:169, BLIB_Or15707.131, , BLIB_Or15735.286,

AQA1#039, ASAT3.226x, HYK.286

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02323

380

Arabic

ح س ن ذکر الله علی سیناء القرب عن شطر الایمن علی بقعه الرمان فی فردوس العز قد

Ha, Sin, Nun. The remembrance of God hath been made upon the Sinai of Nearness, from the right side, at the Spot of the Pomegranate in the Paradise of Glory [3.5s]

BRL_DA#208, RSBB.067, YMM.214x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of love, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02332

380

Arabic

سبحان الذی ینزل فیکل حین ما یطهر عنه افئده العارفین و ینطق فی کل آن بایات

Glorified be He Who sendeth down in every moment that which purifieth the hearts of them that have recognized Him, and Who uttereth verses in every instant [3.5s]

INBA36:108, INBA71:273

@rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH02333

380

Arabic

علیک یا مهدی ذکر الله و تکبیره ان افرح بما یذکر لدی العرش اسمک فی اکثر الاحیان

Upon thee, O Mahdi, be the remembrance of God and His glorification! Rejoice thou in that thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne time and again [3.5s]... ...Know thou that upon Our arrival at this Spot, We chose to designate it as the 'Most Great Prison.' Though previously subjected in another land

INBA51:533

ASAT4.130x

GPB.185x

@suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

BH02335

580

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین تتابع البلایا عن سحائب قضائک و ترادف الرزایا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee while trials descend in succession from the clouds of Thy decree, and calamities follow one upon another [3.5s]

BRL_DA#346, TZH4.115-117x, MAS8.050x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH02336

380

Arabic

قد اتی ربیع الوحی و سلطان الایات استقر علی العرش بسلطان احاط الخلائق اجمعین

The spring-tide of Divine Revelation hath arrived, and the Sovereign of verses hath established Himself upon the throne with a dominion that encompasseth all created things [3.5s]

AYBY.037

@suffering and imprisonment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02337

380

Arabic

قد اتی یوم الماب و الاحزاب فی اضطراب مبین منهم من انکر فضل الله و ظهوره و رحمته

The Day of Return hath indeed come, and the factions are in manifest turmoil. Among them are those who have denied the bounty of God, His Manifestation and His mercy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.172,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prayer for nearness to God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power of prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02338

380

Arabic

قد ارتفع ندآء الله عنکل الجهات ا فانتم لاتسمعون قد ارتدت لحظات الله الیکم یا

The call of God hath been raised from every direction, yet ye hearken not. The glances of God have turned towards you, O ye who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.141,

@knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @proclamation to the people of the world, @spiritual transformation, @call to action

BH02340

380

Arabic

قد زین لوح الابداع بطراز بیان ربک مالک الاختراع و طرز کتاب الوحی بهذا الذکر

The Tablet of creation hath been adorned with the embroidery of thy Lord's utterance, the Lord of invention, and the Book of Revelation hath been embellished with this remembrance [3.5s]

INBA35:114b

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Word of God and human limitations, @praise and encouragement

BH02342

380

Arabic

قل یا ملاء الارض هل تعرفون مقام الیوم لعمر الله هذا یوم لا یری فیه القرون الا کدقیقة

Say: O concourse of the earth! Do ye recognize the station of this Day? By the life of God, this is a Day wherein centuries are seen but as a moment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.237,

BH02348

380

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی سمی باسم الروح فی ملکوت ربه العزیز

This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath been named after the Spirit in the Kingdom of his Lord, the Mighty [3.5s]

INBA92:212x, BLIB_Or15725.129,

@prayer for nearness to God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02349

380

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من علی الارض اجمعین الا تعبدوا الا ایاه انه یکفیکم و

This is the Book sent down from Our presence unto all who dwell upon the earth: Worship none but Him, for verily He sufficeth you [3.5s]

INBA27:054

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of prayer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02350

380

Arabic

هذا لوح مبین من الله العزیز العلیم الذی زینه الله بطراز علمه بین العالمین

This is a manifest Tablet from God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, which God hath adorned with the ornament of His knowledge amidst the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.435,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @mystical themes, @belief and denial, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02351

380

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه ینادی المقصود و یبشر الناس بامره المحتوم و رحیقه المختوم طوبی

This is the Day wherein the Desired One proclaimeth and announceth unto humanity His irrevocable Decree and His sealed Wine. Blessed are they [3.5s]

INBA19:077, INBA32:071, BLIB_Or15713.080,

ADM3#053 p.066x

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @presence of; reunion with God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BH02352

380

Arabic

یا ارض الصاد ان اذکری ما فعل الامه بال الرسول و ما ورد من اهلک علی ابناء

O Land of Ṣád! Call thou to mind what the nations wrought against the kindred of the Messenger, and what befell thine inhabitants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.012c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.060b,

LHKM2.089, NNY.168-169

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Imam Husayn

BH02358

380

Arabic

یا رفیعا قد رفع الله مقام من صعد الله و سمی بالفتح الاعظم فی کتابه المبین ندای مظلوم

O Rafi'! God hath elevated the station of Him Who ascended unto God and was named the Most Great Victory in His perspicuous Book - the call of the Wronged One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.200c,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih

BH02359

380

Arabic

یا محمد قلم اعلی این ایام صمت را بر نطق ترجیح داده و مقدم شمرده در لیالی

O Muhammad! In these days the Most Exalted Pen hath preferred silence to utterance and hath accorded it precedence in the night [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.217d,

@suffering and imprisonment, @Word of God and human limitations, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02360

380

Arabic

یا معشر الاصفیا لم یدر البهاء من ای مصائبه یذکر لکم ا یذکر ما ورد علیه من

O concourse of the pure ones! The Beauty knoweth not from which of His tribulations He should make mention unto you - whether He should recount what hath befallen Him from [3.5s]

INBA44:043, INBA34:176, BLIB_Or15707.146, , BLIB_Or15735.299,

BRL_DA#051, AQA1#044, MAS8.161x, ASAT5.215x, HYK.299

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation, @living waters; water of life

BH02362

380

Arabic

یا مهدی قد حضر لدی العرش ما ارسل الیک من افنانی ان السدره تجیب افنانها

O Mihdi! That which was sent unto thee from Mine Afnán hath been brought into the presence of the Throne. Verily, the Tree respondeth unto its branches [3.5s]

INBA97:092.06, BLIB_Or15738.172,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @goodly deeds; actions

BH02364

380

Arabic

یشهد القلم فی السجن الاعظم و یدعو بین الامم الملک لله مالک القدم ولکن الناس

The Pen testifieth in the Most Great Prison and proclaimeth amongst the nations: "The Kingdom is God's, the Sovereign of eternity," yet the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#074,

@radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02365

370

Arabic

الحمد لله الباقی الدائم الفرد الاحد الابد القیوم لم یتخذ لنفسه شریکا فی

Praise be unto God, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Single, the One, the Everlasting, the Self-Subsisting, Who hath taken unto Himself no partner [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.233, , BLIB_Or15711.166,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02368

370

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی خلق ما کان و ما یکون و کان مقدسا منهما و ارسل الرسل و اظهر

Praise be to God Who hath created what was and what shall be, Who remaineth sanctified above them both, Who hath sent forth the Messengers and made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.067,

@praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH02369

370

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی فصل بین الموحدین و المشرکین بکلمه من عنده و انه لهو المقتدر

Praise be to God, Who hath separated the believers in Divine unity from the ungodly through a word from His presence, and verily He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]

INBA84:157, INBA84:088b.13, INBA84:029, BLIB_Or15725.073,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02376

370

Arabic

ان الکتاب المکنون فی هذا الهیکل المشهود ینطق انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن

The Hidden Book enshrined within this manifest Temple proclaims: "There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.142a,

AQA5#008 p.009b

@spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02377

370

Arabic

ان یا حسن احسن کما احسن الله لک بحیث عرفک مظهر نفسه و بلغک الی شاطی الفضل

O Hasan! Show forth excellence even as God hath shown excellence unto thee, inasmuch as He hath caused thee to know the Manifestation of His Self and brought thee unto the shores of grace [3.5s]

INBA15:304, INBA26:307, BLIB_Or15702.185, , BLIB_Or15737.149, , ALIB.folder18p367

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @firmness in the Covenant, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02378

370

Arabic

ان یا علی فاستمع لما یوحی الیک من هذه النار التی تستضی ء فی هذه الشجره التی

O Ali! Hearken unto that which is being revealed unto thee from this Fire that blazeth forth within this Tree [3.5s]

INBA23:206, INBA36:069, INBA71:229

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02379

370

Arabic

انا اردنا ان نرسل الی احد احبائی لئالی بحر عنایتی و بیانی لتشکر و تقول لک

We desired to send unto one of Our loved ones the pearls of the ocean of Our grace and utterance, that thou mayest render thanks and say [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.019, , BLIB_Or15734.1.016,

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @Hands of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for nearness to God, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions

BH02388

370

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من سحاب فضل بدیعا و بها تطهر افئده العباد عن دنس

These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the cloud of wondrous grace, whereby the hearts of the servants are purified from defilement [3.5s]

INBA15:177, INBA26:187b, INBA51:324b, BLIB_Or15694.453, , ALIB.folder18p395

LHKM3.034

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital, @idolatry, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02389

370

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و فیها ما یغنی الناس عن

These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and in them lieth that which enricheth mankind [3.5s]

INBA36:039, INBA71:198, NLAI_BH1.347

RSBB.009

@personal instructions, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH02390

370

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت من سحاب رحمه منیعا و منها تحیی افئده الممکنات ان تتوجهن

These are the verses of the Book, sent down from the cloud of an impregnable mercy, whereby are quickened the hearts of all created things, should they turn thereunto [3.5s]

INBA51:500, ALIB.folder18p379

LHKM3.040

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @purpose; goal of creation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02391

370

Arabic

تلک آیات الله المهیمن القیوم نزلت بالحق ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایوقنون الله الذی

These are the verses of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, sent down in truth; yet most among mankind remain unconvinced. God, Who [3.5s]

INBA34:178, BLIB_Or15707.149, , BLIB_Or15735.302,

AQA1#045, ASAT2.105x, HYK.302

@the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @idolatry

BH02399

370

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتقرب البحر الاعظم و یشرب منه باسم ربه المهیمن

A mention from Our presence unto him who desireth to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean and drink therefrom in the name of his Lord, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.116a,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @proclamation to the people of the world, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @praise and encouragement

BH02400

370

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن سمی بمحمد قبل صادق لیفرح بذکر الرحمن بعد الاحزان و یذکر ربه

A mention from Our presence unto him who was named Muhammad before Sadiq, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of the All-Merciful after sorrows, and make mention of his Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.096, , BLIB_Or15715.286,

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement

BH02401

370

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بالاقبال الی الافق الاعلی اذ اعرض عنه کل غافل بعید و کل منکر

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the Most Exalted Horizon, when every heedless and distant one, and every denier, turned away from it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.115, , BLIB_Or15728.033,

@spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02405

370

Arabic

سبحان الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره و یظهره مره علی هیئه روح ثم علی هیکل جسد ثم

Glorified be He Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth through His command and manifesteth it at one time in the form of spirit and at another in the temple of flesh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.460, , ALIB.folder18p399

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02407

370

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان شجره الاولیه قد نطقت علی غصن الله بالحق و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that the Primal Tree hath, in truth, spoken forth upon the Branch of God [3.5s]

INBA36:148b, INBA71:318b

@suffering and imprisonment, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02408

370

Arabic

علیک البهاء یا مشرق الوفاء من لدی الله فاظر السماء اشهد بک تزینت مدینة العبودیة

Upon thee be glory, O Dayspring of Faithfulness from God! Behold the heaven, for through thee hath the City of Servitude been adorned [3.5s]

NNY.121x

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH02410

370

Arabic

قد سمعنا ندائک و اطلعنا بما ورد علیک لذا تموج بحر عنایه ربک العزیز العظیم

We have hearkened unto thy call and are apprised of that which hath befallen thee. Thus surgeth the ocean of thy Lord's grace, the Mighty, the Great [3.5s]

INBA41:204, BLIB_Or11095#057,

@consolation and comfort, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02411

370

Arabic

قل لک الحمد یا الهی و اله من فی السموات و الارض و لک الشکر یا سلطانی و سلطان

Say: All praise be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Sovereign and the Sovereign of all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.026b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.095b,

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @law of fasting, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02416

370

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله العزیز المحبوب و فیه یذکر

This is a Book from God, the All-Preserving, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved [3.5s]

INBA71:067

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02417

370

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن قصد المقصود و توجه بوجهه الی وجه المعبود و قطع البر

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath sought the Desired One and turned his face towards the Face of the Adored One, and hath severed all else [3.5s]

INBA34:193

BRL_DA#111, AQA1#057

@law of pilgrimage, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02418

370

Arabic

هذا لوح قد انزله الله حینئذ بالحق و جعله حجه للعالمین و انه بنفسه لکتاب مبین

This is a Tablet which God hath, in truth, sent down at this time and made it a proof unto all the worlds, and verily it is in itself a perspicuous Book [3.5s]

INBA36:016, INBA71:173, BLIB_Or15696.143d,

LHKM2.020, RSBB.025

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH02419

370

Arabic

هذه ورقه من لدنا الی التی ایقنت بالله و سمعت ندآئه و عرفت نفسه و اقبلت الیه و

This is a Leaf from Our presence unto her who hath believed in God, hearkened unto His call, recognized His Self, and turned her face towards Him [3.5s]... ...thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the glance of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, hath been turned thereto.

INBA51:255, BLIB_Or11095#197, , KB_620:248-250

LHKM3.105

LTDT.056x

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02420

370

Arabic

یا ارضی هل عرفت من یطیر باجنحه الانقطاع فی هوآء حب مالک الابداع و هل وجدت من

O My earth! Hast thou recognized him who soareth, on wings of detachment, in the atmosphere of love for the Lord of creation, and hast thou found one who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#082,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God

BH02423

370

Arabic

یا ایها السائر فی البلاد و الناظر الی شطر رحمه ربک مالک الایجاد ان استمع

O thou who journeyest through the lands and gazest toward the direction of thy Lord's mercy, the Lord of creation, hearken thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.112b,

@prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering and imprisonment, @Moses, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection of Muhammad

BH02424

370

Arabic

یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الشارب کاس بیانی من ید عطائی اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی

O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and drinkest the cup of Mine utterance from the hand of My bounty! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.104,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement

BH02426

370

Arabic

یا محمد قبل مصطفی ان استمع الندآء من السدره الحمرآء علی البقعه النورآء من

O Muhammad-before-Mustafa! Hearken unto the Call from the Crimson Tree upon the luminous Spot [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.038b,

LHKM2.236

@exhortations and counsels, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort

BH02427

360

Arabic

اذا غنت حمامه الهجر عن مدینه البقا و نادا روح القدس بین الارض و السماء بان ارکبوا

When the Dove of Separation warbled forth from the City of Eternity, and the Holy Spirit called betwixt earth and heaven, saying: "Embark ye…" [3.5s]

INBA51:484, INBA71:044

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02428

360

Arabic

اذا یبکی قلم البقا بما نطق لسان البهاء عما ورد علیه من هولاء الاشقیا الذین

The Pen of Eternity weepeth sore at that which the Tongue of Glory hath spoken concerning what hath befallen Him at the hands of those wretched ones who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.514, , ALIB.folder18p403

LHKM2.264

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power of prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02429

360

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انار العالم بسراج امره الوهاج و الصلوه و السلام علی من تزین

Praise be to God Who hath illumined the world with the resplendent lamp of His Cause, and peace and blessings rest upon him who hath been adorned [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.254, , BLIB_Or15711.195,

@praise and encouragement, @business; financial; property matters, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH02430

360

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی انزل من سماء العطاء مائده البیان و بها زین العالم و احی الامم

Praise be to God, Who hath sent down from the heaven of bounty the banquet of His Utterance, wherewith He hath adorned the world and quickened the nations [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.277,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02431

360

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل مائده اولیائه ذکره و ثنائه و جنتهم حبه و رضائه انه لهو

Praise be to God Who made His remembrance and praise the feast table of His saints, and His love and good-pleasure their paradise.

BLIB_Or15700.250, , BLIB_Or15711.069,

MMUH#09x

KSHK#20x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for peace and unity

BH02434

360

Arabic

النور و الروح و الرحمه و البهاء علیک یا مظهر الا بعد لا و مشرق الوفاء بین

Light and spirit and mercy and glory be upon thee, O Manifestation of the Infinite and Dayspring of faithfulness among men [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.102,

@suffering and imprisonment, @visitation Tablets, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH02435

360

Arabic

ان استمع الندآء من شطر البلاء من الله ربک العلی الابهی انی انا الله لا اله

Hearken unto the Call from the precincts of tribulation, from God, thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious: "Verily, I am God, there is no god..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#092,

@suffering and imprisonment, @love of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02437

360

Arabic

ان یا اسم الها فاستمع ما ینادی النار فی الشجره بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا

O Name of God! Hearken unto that which the Fire proclaimeth from the Tree, that verily there is none other God but Him, and that 'Alí [3.5s]

INBA36:124, INBA71:291

@twin Manifestations, @power of the Manifestation of God, @symbolism, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02438

360

Arabic

ان یا رضا فاشهد فی نفسک و ذاتک بلسان الذی اودعه الله فیک بانه لا اله الا هو

O Rida! Bear thou witness within thine inmost self and being, with the tongue which God hath deposited within thee, that verily there is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA36:104, INBA71:269

@knowledge; recognition of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02439

360

Arabic

ان یا رضا قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و انا کنا آخذین و عرفنا بما فیه من کلماتک و

O Rida! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have taken it up and become acquainted with the words contained therein [3.5s]

INBA36:070, INBA71:231

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02440

360

Arabic

ان یا قاسم خذ لنفسک قسمه من هذا الفضل ثم اکف بها عن العالمین و انها یکفیک عن

O Qasim! Take for thyself a portion of this bounty, then rest content therewith, detached from all else, for verily it shall suffice thee [3.5s]

INBA83:177, BLIB_Or15702.205, , ALIB.folder18p368

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action

BH02441

360

Arabic

ان یا مهدی اسمع ندائی فی کل شیء بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد خلقت کل

O Mihdi! Hearken unto My call in all things: Verily, I am God, there is no God but Me, I have created all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.163, , BLIB_Or15725.043, , BLIB_Or15738.075,

@business; financial; property matters, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02442

360

Arabic

ان یا نظر قد ارتدت الیک لحظات الله و ینظرک فی کل حین ایاک ان تعمل ما یکرهه

O thou upon whom the glances of God have been directed! He beholdeth thee at all times. Beware lest thou commit that which He abhorreth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.205,

@contention and conflict, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual transformation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02443

360

Arabic

انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الینا و نسقیه کوثر العنایه مره بعد مره لیقربه الی

We desire to mention him who hath set his face towards Us and to let him once again drink deep from the life-giving waters

INBA15:303, INBA26:306

PYK.047, TBP#17l

TB#17l

@praise and encouragement, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @presence of; reunion with God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies, @consolation and comfort

LL#043

BH02444

360

Arabic

انا نذکر المدینه التی فازت بنبراس العرفان بما تشرفت بانفاس الذین آمنوا بالرحمن

We make mention of the city which hath triumphed through the lamp of divine knowledge, having been honored by the breaths of them that have believed in the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.151e,

FRH.021-022

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02449

360

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک العزیز الحکیم نزلت بالحق لمن فی السموات و الارضین یخاطب

These are the verses of God, the King, the Mighty, the All-Wise, sent down in truth unto all that dwell in the heavens and on earth, addressing them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#067,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02457

360

Arabic

ذکر رحمه ربک عبده کاظم الذی آمن بالله و کان من الفائزین فی ام الالواح مسطورا و

Remember the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Kazim, who believed in God and was among the triumphant ones, as recorded in the Mother Book [3.5s]

INBA83:178, BLIB_Or15702.207, , ALIB.folder18p421

@martyrs and martyrdom, @soul; spirit after death, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH02458

360

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی المسجون و کان من المهتدین قل هذا لسر الله الذی

From Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Prisoner and hath been numbered among the guided ones. Say: This is verily God's mystery which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#085,

LHKM3.208

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02459

360

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه فی قطب الزوال ولکن الناس هم لایعرفون و من قبل ان یعرف

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself at the zenith of noon, yet the people recognize Him not, nor did they know Him aforetime [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.512, , ALIB.folder18p402

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02462

360

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی تری ضعف احبائک و قدره اعدآئک و ذله اصفیائک و عزه الذین جحدوا

Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest both the helplessness of Thy dear ones and the ascendancy of Thy foes

INBA51:506, INBA92:346

PMP#111, LHKM3.112

PM#111

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH02463

360

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و العظمه و له القدره و السلطنه و له

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and grandeur, His the might and sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA36:106, INBA71:271

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @chastisement and requital, @exhortations and counsels, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02464

360

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه مشرق وحیی و مطلع الهامی و مظهر نفسی

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Dawning-Place of My Revelation, the Source of My inspiration, and the Manifestation of My Self [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.085, , BLIB_Or15730.081c,

@station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of prayer, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02468

360

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ عرجت بسلطان قوتک الی سماء عز رفعتک و سیرت عوالم

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! At that moment didst Thou, through the sovereignty of Thy power, ascend unto the heaven of Thy transcendent glory, and traverse the realms [3.5s]

KHSH07.008

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @mystical themes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02470

360

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک و قرئه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بلوح لا تعادله الواح الارض

Thy letter hath reached Us and been perused by this servant present before the Countenance. We have answered thee with a Tablet unto which the tablets of earth cannot be compared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.077,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02471

360

Arabic

قل قد سمع الله قول الذین یجادلون فی هذا الامر فیکل عشی و بکورا و منهم من اقبل

Say: God hath indeed heard the words of those who dispute concerning this Cause at eventide and at dawn, and among them are they who have turned towards it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.414, , ALIB.folder18p385

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02472

360

Arabic

کتاب الهاء نزل من لدی البهاء الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم قد اصبحنا

The Book of Ha hath been sent down from the presence of the Glory unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA19:049, INBA32:046b, BLIB_Or11095#095,

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @rejection of Muhammad, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering; rejection of Christ

BH02474

360

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن خرق حجبات الاوهام فی یوم تمسک بها عباد نقضوا عهد الله و

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto him who hath rent asunder the veils of idle fancies on a Day when such servants as violated the Covenant of God did cling fast unto them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15703.115,

@prayer for nearness to God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02476

360

Arabic

کل البهاء و الثناء و العز و العظمة و الرفعة و العلو و السمو لله مالک الاسماء و فاطر

All glory and praise and honour and grandeur and exaltation and loftiness and sublimity be unto God, the Lord of Names and Creator [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.100,

@business; financial; property matters, @courtesy; culture [adab], @praise and encouragement

BH02478

360

Arabic

لیس البلیه سجنی و ما ورد علی من المکاره بل البلیه ابتلائی بین الذین لایعرفون

The affliction is not My imprisonment, nor the hardships that have befallen Me, but rather My affliction is to be found amidst those who know not [3.5s]

INBA34:183

AQA1#049, LHKM2.238, ASAT2.170x

@suffering and imprisonment, @wisdom [hikmat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @station of the Manifestation of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02482

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن عبد نقطه الاولی و نفسه و محبوبه الی الذین فرغ الله افئدتهم

This is a Book from the servant of the Primal Point, His soul and His Beloved, unto those whose hearts God hath emptied [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.450a, , NLAI_BH2.022

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @living waters; water of life, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02483

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اراد وجه ربه العزیز الحمید و هاجر معه من الزورآء

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath sought the countenance of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Praised, and who hath migrated with Him from Zawrá [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#053,

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02484

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سلک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم و تمسک بالعروه

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath walked the path of God, manifest and straight, and held fast unto the cord [3.5s]... ...The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner

INBA34:181, INBA84:170, INBA84:098b, INBA84:039, BLIB_Or15707.155, , BLIB_Or15735.306,

BRL_DA#656, GWBP#045 p.071ax, AQA1#047, ASAT4.333x, HYK.036

GWB#045x

@suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power of prayer, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

LL#443

BH02485

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه فی هذا الفجر الذی کان من افق الامر

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the light of the Countenance in this Dawn which hath risen from the horizon of the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#036,

MUH3.231, ASAT3.016x, ASAT5.252x, OOL.B194

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @Greatest Name, @station of the Manifestation of God

BH02486

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الذی حبس فی سبیل الله المقتدر العزیز الوهاب لمن آمن بالله و

This is the Book from Him Who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath believed in God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.158,

@predictions and prophecies, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @universal peace; world unity

BH02487

360

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اقبل الی الافق الاعلی و آمن بالله مالک یوم

This is a Book from Him Who hath been wronged unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and hath believed in God, the Lord of the Day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.082,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for protection, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02488

360

Arabic

هذا کتابی قد نزل من سماء عنایتی لعبادی الذینهم آمنوا بنفسی و انقطعوا عن

This is a Book that hath been sent down from the heaven of My loving-kindness unto My servants who have believed in Me and have detached themselves [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.217,

@station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02489

360

Arabic

هذه نفحه من نفحات عنایه ربک قد ارسلناها الیک لتقر بها عینک و عیون الذین

This is a breath from the breezes of thy Lord's grace, which We have sent unto thee, that thine eyes and the eyes of those might be gladdened thereby [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#061,

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02490

360

Arabic

هذه ورقه نبتت من سدره الله و ارسلناها الی الذی مسته الشداید فی سبیل مولاه لیجد

This is a leaf sprung from the Divine Lote-Tree, and We have sent it unto him who hath been touched by tribulations in the path of his Lord, that he may find [3.5s]

INBA83:272, BLIB_Or15725.563, , ALIB.folder18p377

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02491

360

Arabic

و انت تعلم یا الهی بان قلبی قد ذابت و کبدی قد فارت و روحی قد صاحت و سری قد

O my God, Thou knowest full well that my heart hath melted, my liver hath seethed, my soul hath cried out, and my inmost being hath [3.5s]

INBA92:038

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH02506

350

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اید عباده علی الاقبال الیه فی یوم فیه اعرض اکثر خلقه و

Praise be to God, Who hath aided His servants to turn unto Him on a Day wherein most of His creation hath turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.219,

@personal instructions, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH02511

350

Arabic

ان یا ابا بصیر قم و انذر الذینهم کفروا بایات الرحمن و جعلوا انفسهم عن هذا الرضوان

O Abu-Basir! Arise and warn them that have denied the signs of the All-Merciful and have kept themselves from this Paradise [3.5s]

INBA83:194, BLIB_Or15702.237, , NLAI_BH2.313, ALIB.folder18p371

ASAT1.037x, TISH.511-512

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech, @station of the Manifestation of God, @purpose; goal of creation, @chastisement and requital, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH02514

350

Arabic

ان یا جعفر اسمع ندائی عن جهه السجن ثم اجعل کلک اذنا لتسمع نغمات الاحلی عن

O Ja'far! Hearken unto My call from the direction of the Prison, and make thine ear a receptacle that thou mayest hear the sweetest melodies from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.124,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @naming of children; of individuals

BH02516

350

Arabic

ان یا فتح الاعظم کن بکینونتک و حقیقتک و ذاتک سمعا لتسمع ما ینطق ربک العلی

O Greatest Victory! Be thou with thine essence, thy reality and thy very being, an ear, that thou mayest hearken unto that which thy Lord, the Most Exalted, doth speak [3.5s]... ...The Mount dwellers have assuredly swooned away on the Elevated Mount. The denizens of the heavenly Kingdom

INBA23:030, INBA83:242, BLIB_Or03114.080rx, , BLIB_Or15725.532, , ALIB.folder18p376

SHHB.134-135x

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action

LL#086

BH02517

350

Arabic

ان یا محمد قبل مصطفی ان استمع الندآء من الافق الحمرآء بما ینطق سدره المنتهی

O Muhammad, before Mustafa! Hearken unto the Call from the crimson horizon, wherewith the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing doth speak [3.5s]... ...The hill of God hath trembled on account of the breeze of expected reunion with God.

BLIB_Or11095#027,

LHKM2.259, RHQM2.527 (?), YMM.304x

BSB7.3-4 p34x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @wisdom [hikmat], @call to action

LL#138

BH02522

350

Arabic

تبارک الذی ینزل الامر کیف یشاء و یقدر ما یشاء بنفسه و یدبر فی الملک ما یرید

Blessed is He Who sendeth down the Command as He willeth, and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth through His Own Self, and ordereth in His dominion that which He desireth [3.5s]

INBA36:143b, INBA71:313

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02529

350

Arabic

ذکر الله عباده الموحدین لیفرحن بذکره ایاهم و ینقطعن عن المشرکین قل ان بذکره

God remembereth His servants who have recognized His unity, that they may rejoice in His remembrance of them and be detached from such as join partners with Him. Say: Verily, through His remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.213,

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @importance of prayer, @predictions and prophecies

BH02530

350

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقر بما شهد به الله اذ استوی بالحق علی عرشه العظیم و وجد

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath acknowledged that whereunto God Himself bore witness when He was established in truth upon His mighty throne [3.5s]

INBA15:314, INBA26:318

PYK.050

@chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02531

350

Arabic

سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کلشیء یسبح له الرعد من خشیته و السحاب من عظمته لا اله

Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of all things, before Whom the thunder praiseth Him in fear and the clouds in His grandeur. There is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA51:443b, BLIB_Or15725.127,

LHKM3.110

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @apocalyptic imagery, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation

BH02532

350

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و من قبلها البیان لیستعد من فی السموات و الارض

Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses in truth, and before them the Bayán, that all who dwell in the heavens and on earth may be made ready [3.5s]

INBA44:178b, INBA34:179, BLIB_Or15707.152, , BLIB_Or15735.304,

BRL_DA#052, AQA1#046, HYK.304

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02533

350

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بهذا الیوم و بالذی ظهر فیه بسلطنتک و عظمتک و اقتدارک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Day, and by Him Whom Thy sovereignty and Thy majesty and Thy might have manifested therein

INBA48:115, INBA49:029, BLIB_Or15739.215,

TSBT.139, AQMJ1.078, ASAT4.224x, ABMK.028, AMB#14

DOR#14

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Word of God the cause of creation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

BH02534

350

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به رفعت سماء امرک و اشرقت عن افقها شمس

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the heaven of Thy Cause was raised up, and from whose horizon the sun shone forth [3.5s]

INBA48:119, INBA92:181, BLIB_Or15739.222,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH02535

350

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی یشهد لسان سری و جهری و اعضائی و جوارحی و عروقی و اشعاری

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart

INBA92:368

PMP#069

PM#069

@station of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH02536

350

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی ما اعظم قدرتک و سلطانک و ما اکبر قوتک و اقتدارک اظهرت من ینطق

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion!

INBA51:495, INBA92:335

PMP#091

PM#091

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02538

350

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مکنونا فی کینونه ذاته و مخزونا فی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever remained hidden within the Essence of His Being and treasured in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#089,

RAHA.187-188

@station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @chastisement and requital

BH02539

350

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا لسلطان المشیه من عنده ثم ارادته ثم ذکره

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that 'Alí is verily the Sovereign of His Will, then His Purpose, then His Remembrance [3.5s]

INBA23:175c, INBA36:095, INBA71:258b

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02540

350

Arabic

شهد الله لذاته بذاته فی عرش عزه و سلطانه بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز الغالب

God testifieth, by His Own Self unto His Own Self, from the Throne of His might and sovereignty, that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s]

INBA36:107, INBA71:272

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @call to action, @station of the Manifestation of God, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02541

350

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک الذی اعرض عن الذی اعرض عنک و کفر بایاتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Behold, this servant of Thine who hath turned away from him that turned away from Thee and hath disbelieved in Thy signs [3.5s]

INBA92:087

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02543

350

Arabic

قل الهی الهی تری حالی و تسمع حنینی و ما ورد علی من المشرکین من خلقک

Say: O my God, my God! Thou beholdest my state and hearest my lamentation, and what hath befallen me at the hands of the ungodly among Thy creatures [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.180b,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH02545

350

Arabic

کتاب انزله فاطر السماء و مالک الاشیاء و یدعو الکل به الی هذا المقام الاعلی

This is a Book sent down by the Creator of the heavens and the Lord of all things, summoning all unto this Most Exalted Station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.111,

ABDA.103-104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @presence of; reunion with God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02546

350

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الملکوت و سلطان الجبروت لمن اقبل الی الافق الاعلی اذ ارتعدت

The Book hath been revealed by the Sovereign of the Kingdom and the Lord of Omnipotent Dominion unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon when it trembled [3.5s]

INBA18:508

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02547

350

Arabic

کتاب نازل آیات مشهود اوامر و احکام الهی امام وجوه موجود در جمیع احیان قلم رحمن

The Book hath been sent down with manifest verses, and the divine commandments and ordinances stand revealed before all created things throughout all times by the Pen of the Most Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.321,

@justice and wrath of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH02552

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و توجه الی شطر القدس و سرع فی

This is a Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God, hath turned towards the holy sanctuary, and hath hastened [3.5s]

INBA23:041, BLIB_Or15694.402, , ALIB.folder18p384

QUM.056-057

@consolation and comfort, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02553

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استضاء وجهه بانوار وجه ربه و استقام علی امر مولاه

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whose countenance hath been illumined by the lights of his Lord's Face, and who hath stood firm in the Cause of his Lord [3.5s]

INBA18:044

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love of God

BH02554

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الحسین الی الذی سمی بعلی فی ملکوت الله و کان اسمه لدی العرش

This is a missive from the presence of Ḥusayn unto him who is named 'Alí in the Kingdom of God and whose name is before the Throne [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.135,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02555

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الله و اراد ان یدخل خباء المجد

This is an epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath been guided by the lights of God and desireth to enter the pavilion of glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.448,

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02556

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب من هذا الغلام الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الله و کان من الفائزین فی اللوح

This is a Book from this Youth unto him who hath been guided by the lights of God and is numbered among the triumphant in the Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.450b, , NLAI_BH2.058

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH02557

350

Arabic

هذا کتاب یذکر فیه احباء الله ... یا قوم کونوا نار الله و قهره ثم صاعقته

This is a Book wherein mention is made of the loved ones of God... O people! Be ye as the fire of God and His wrath, then His thunderbolt [3.5s]

RAHA.050-051x

@exhortations and counsels, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @personal instructions, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BH02560

350

Arabic

یا اهل ملکوت الانشاء ان استمعوا ما ینطق به لسان الابهی فی سدرة المنتهی

O ye denizens of the Kingdom of Creation! Hearken unto that which the Most Glorious Tongue uttereth from the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.137,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BH02562

350

Arabic

یا ایها الناظر الی الله و السالک فی رضاه فاعلم انا نخبرک بما سیکون انه لابد

O thou who gazest towards God and walkest in His good-pleasure! Know thou that We verily inform thee of what shall come to pass, for it is inevitable [3.5s]

INBA34:188

AQA1#053, AVK4.418bx, MAS8.039cx

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @predictions and prophecies, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02565

350

Arabic

یا سمی المقصود اسمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من مقامه المحمود انه لا اله الا

O Namesake of the Desired One! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Mighty, the Loving, from His praised station - verily, there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA23:182, BLIB_Or15724.202,

AQA6#273 p.266

@exhortations and counsels, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02571

350

Arabic

یا محمد یذکرک الفرد الاحد من مقره الاعلی و یدعوک الی الکلمه العلیا و یوصیک

O Muhammad! The Single, the One remembereth thee from His Most Exalted Habitation, and summoneth thee unto the Most Great Word, and counseleth thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.299, , BLIB_Or15699.053,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prophecy and fulfillment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02578

340

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اثبت حکم التوحید بکلمه لا اله الا الله و هذه کلمه نطق بها مطلع

Praise be unto God Who hath established the decree of Divine Unity through the words "There is no God but God" - these words which the Dawning-Place hath uttered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.251,

@praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02584

340

Arabic

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندائی عن شطر الذی فیه تهب نفحات رضوانی و استضاء فیه انوار

O My Name! Hearken unto My Call from the precincts wherein waft the fragrances of My paradise and wherein shine forth the lights [3.5s]

INBA51:295, INBA49:353

LHKM3.032, MSBH7.408?

@power of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02586

340

Arabic

ان یا ایها المتسافر الی رفرف البیان و المتصاعد الی ملکوت الایقان و الساکن فی فردوس

O thou who journeyest to the verdant meadows of utterance, who ascendest unto the kingdom of certitude, and who dwellest in paradise [3.5s]

INBA71:117, NLAI_BH1.310

ASAT4.155x

@unity in diversity, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @knowledge; recognition of God, @nearness and remoteness

BH02587

340

Arabic

ان یا رضا قد جزاک الله عنا خیر الجزا و یبلغک الی ما انت تحب و ترضی نشهد بانک

O Riḍá! God reward thee on Our behalf with the most excellent of rewards and lead thee unto that which thou lovest and with which thou art well-pleased. We testify that thou [3.5s]

INBA71:001

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH02588

340

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر عبد الذی احببته قبل خلق السماء و تحبنه حینئذ و انک انت

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of the servant whom I loved before the creation of heaven and whom Thou lovest at this hour. Verily, Thou art [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.175,

AYBY.022

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God

BH02597

340

Arabic

تری محبوبک یا الهی بین ایدی اعدآئک و تسمع حنینه بین اشقیاء خلقک ای رب هذا

Thou seest Thy dear One, O my God, lying at the mercy of Thine enemies, and hearest the voice of His lamentation

PMP#032, NFR.021

PM#032

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02598

340

Arabic

ح س علیک بهاء الله و عنایته قد کنت مذکورا لدی المظلوم و یذکرک فیهذا الحین ان

Upon thee be the glory of God and His loving-kindness! Thou hast been remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and He maketh mention of thee at this moment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.127c,

BRL_DA#699

@power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort

BH02606

340

Arabic

ذکر الله فی شجره الفردوس فی شاطی البقا علی افنان العما یمین الروح فی وادی

The remembrance of God in the Tree of Paradise, upon the shore of eternity, amidst the branches of the celestial cloud, at the right hand of the Spirit in the valley [3.5s]

INBA51:585

BRL_DA#632, LHKM3.048

@material world a reflection of the spiritual, @exhortations and counsels, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02607

340

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی افق اشرق منه نیر بیان الله رب العالمین به ماج بحر العرفان

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the horizon whence shineth forth the Luminary of divine utterance, the Lord of all worlds, whereby the ocean of true knowledge hath surged [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.232,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH02609

340

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی افقی و فاز بعرفانی و اخذ رحیق البیان باسمی و شرب

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward Our horizon, attained unto My recognition, and quaffed the choice wine of utterance in My Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.319c,

BRL_DA#298, AFG.041-042

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @power of prayer

BH02610

340

Arabic

ذکری عبدی لیذکره باسمی و ینقطعه عن دونی و انا خیر المنقطعین و یویده علی امری

I remember My servant that he might remember Me by My name and detach himself from all else beside Me - for I am the best of them that cause detachment - and aid him in My Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.458, , ALIB.folder18p396

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02612

340

Arabic

سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شی علیما له الجود و

Glorified be He in Whose hand is the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty and [3.5s]

INBA36:024, INBA71:181

BRL_DA#217, LHKM1.022

@suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#237

BH02613

340

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و قدر لکل شیء ما یتقرب به الی الله المقتدر

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and ordained for all things that whereby they may draw nigh unto God, the Omnipotent [3.5s]

INBA19:036, INBA32:034

@suffering and imprisonment, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @station of the Manifestation of God

BH02614

340

Arabic

سبحان الرحمن الذی انزل البرهان علی صوره الانسان و جعله مشرق آیاته لمن فی

Glorified be the All-Merciful, Who hath sent down the Proof in the form of man, and made him the Dawning-Place of His signs unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#088,

@praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastisement and requital, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @call to action, @firmness in the Covenant, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH02615

340

Arabic

سبحان الله این حین تجلیات رحمت رب العالمین از افق اعلی اشراق نموده و عالم ظلمانی

Glorified be God! In this very moment the effulgences of mercy from the Lord of all worlds have shone forth from the Most Exalted Horizon upon a darkened world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.114, , BLIB_Or15728.212,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02617

340

Arabic

سبحانک یا من بیدک جبروت العز و ملکوت الخلق تفعل ما تشاء بسلطانک و تحکم ما

Glory be to Thee, Thou in Whose hand are the heaven of omnipotence and the kingdom of creation. Thou doest, by Thy sovereignty, what Thou willest

INBA48:117, INBA49:013, BLIB_Or15739.218, , NLAI_BH2.064

PMP#103, ADM2#062 p.109

PM#103

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02619

340

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بالحق انه کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared in truth was hidden throughout eternity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.086, , BLIB_Or15715.379b,

@spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

BH02622

340

Arabic

فیا الهی و محبوبی لم ادر بای لسان ارفع اعلام ذکرک و ارتفع رایات عزک

O my God and my Beloved! I know not by what tongue I may raise aloft the banners of Thy remembrance and hoist the standards of Thy glory [3.5s]

INBA71:121b, INBA92:090, NLAI_BH1.308

BRL_DA#582, AQMJ2.118

@prayer for unity, @power of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

BH02624

340

Arabic

قل الهی الهی انا عبدک و ابن عبدک اکون معترفا بتقدیس ذاتک عن الاشباه و تنزیه

My God, my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, and confess that Thine essence is incomparable and of absolute sanctity

INBA61:018

ADM2#069 p.125

JHT_S#047

@prayer for nearness to God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02625

340

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن فی هذا السجن الذی سمی بالاسماء الحسنی فی الصحیفه الحمرآء

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed in this Prison, which hath been designated by the Most Beautiful Names in the Crimson Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.067,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @suffering and imprisonment, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH02626

340

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی الافق الاعلی اذ ارتفع حفیف سدره المنتهی و

The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon, when the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree was raised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.070,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power of the Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement

BH02627

340

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق فی هذا الیوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیاٴخذه جذب البیان

A Book sent down in truth on this Day unto those who have believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that the attraction of the utterance may seize them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.021.22,

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @Word of God and human limitations, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02628

340

Arabic

Tablet about Ashrafs mother

لا تجزعی من غربتک تالله لو تنظرین بعینی لتفدین نفسک فی سبیلی بما جعلک الله

Grieve thou not in thine exile. By God! Wert thou to behold through Mine eyes, thou wouldst sacrifice thyself in My path, through that which God hath made thee to be [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf’s mother, whose son laid down his life in the Land of Zá (Zanján). He, most certainly, is in the seat of truth

INBA34:182

BRL_DA#074, GWBP#069 p.092x, AQA1#048, TISH.509-510

GWB#069x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @consolation and comfort

LL#363

BH02632

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب الله المهیمن القیوم الی من فی السموات و الارض لیحیین به عباد مکرمون

This is the Book of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, that through it honored servants may be quickened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.453, , NLAI_BH2.063

@call to action, @power of the Manifestation of God, @belief and denial, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation

BH02633

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب الله ینطق بالحق و جعله الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین و انه لحجه الله بین عباده

This is the Book of God which speaketh with truth, and God hath made it a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds, and verily it is His testimony amongst His servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.628, , ALIB.folder18p415

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02634

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله العلی المقتدر الحکیم و فیه یذکر امه الله الاعظم التی اختصها الله

This is a Book from God, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise, wherein mention is made of His greatest handmaiden, whom God hath singled out [3.5s]

INBA83:220, BLIB_Or15702.284, , NLAI_BH2.306, ALIB.folder18p372

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual transformation

BH02635

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فی السموات و الارضین لتجذبهم آیات مالک الاسماء و

This is a Book from Us unto them that dwell in the heavens and on earth, that the verses of the Lord of Names may draw them unto Him [3.5s]

INBA34:186

AQA1#051, ASAT1.206x

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @proclamation to the people of the world, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

BH02636

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و اجاب ربه العزیز الوهاب لیسمع مره اخری ما

This is a Book from Us unto them that have hearkened unto the Call and answered their Lord, the All-Glorious, the Bestower, that they may hear once again what [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#080,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02637

340

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز المحبوب ان

This is a Book sent down from the presence of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.143,

@call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital

BH02639

340

Arabic

هل تعلم الی ای جهه توجهت یخبرک بذلک من هو العلیم الخبیر قد توجهت الی من انکره

Knowest thou toward what direction thou hast turned? He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed shall acquaint thee therewith. Thou hast turned toward him who denied Him [3.5s]

AQA7#461 p.282

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02642

340

Arabic

یا ابن ابهر یذکرک مالک القدر فی هذا المقام الذی ینطق کل ذره من ذراته و کل

O Ibn Abhar! The Lord of Destiny remembereth thee in this station, wherein every atom amongst its atoms doth speak forth and every [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.279,

BRL_DA#015, SFI17.011-012, YIA.178

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @exhortations and counsels, @wisdom [hikmat], @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH02656

340

Arabic

یا محمود یذکرک المحمود فی مقامه المحمود و بیته المعمور لتقربه عینک و یفرح به قلبک

O Mahmud! The All-Praised doth remember thee from His glorious station and His flourishing House, that thine eyes may be gladdened and thy heart rejoice thereby [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.006,

@praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02658

340

Arabic

یا مهدی ان احمد الله بما هداک الی صراطه المستقیم و عرفک مظهر نفسه و مطلع

O Mihdi! Praise be to God for having guided thee unto His straight path and having acquainted thee with the Manifestation of His Self and the Dawning-Place [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.088,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH02660

340

Arabic

ینادی قلم الاعلی من فی الارض و السما ان لاتعبدوا الا الله المقتدر العلی

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell on earth and in heaven: Worship none save God, the Almighty, the Most High [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.234,

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH02661

330

Arabic

البشاره ثم البشاره بما جاء القضا مره اخری و هذا ما رقم علی الالواح من قلم قدس منیر و

Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! For the Decree hath come once again, and this is what hath been inscribed upon the Tablets by a luminous and sanctified Pen [3.5s]

INBA71:054

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02665

330

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل الدنیا کتابا مبینا و دفترا متینا و رقم فیه ما یحکم علی

Praise be to God, Who hath made the world a manifest Book and a mighty scroll, and hath inscribed therein that which doth govern [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.198,

@law of transformation and change, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02669

330

Arabic

الهی الهی اشهد بظهورک و وحدانیتک و فردانیتک و بما نطق به لسان عظمتک قبل خلق

My God, my God! I testify to Thy Manifestation and Thy oneness and Thy unity, to that which the tongue of Thy grandeur uttered ere the creation of Thy heaven and Thine earth

INBA61:020

ADM2#073 p.135, AQMM.021

JHT_S#071

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02670

330

Arabic

ان هذا کتاب من شجره العدل الی التی اصطفاها الله و نسبها الی نفسه ان اشهدی انه

This is a Book from the Tree of Justice to her whom God hath chosen and associated with His own Self. Bear thou witness that [3.5s]

INBA51:257, KB_620:250-251

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH02671

330

Arabic

ان یا احمد انا نحب ان نذکرک بذکر یستضییء به العالم و نرید ان نسقیک ماء الحیوان

O Ahmad! We cherish the desire to make mention of thee with a remembrance whereby the world is illumined, and We wish to give thee to drink of the water of life [3.5s]

INBA33:009

BRL_DA#120

@living waters; water of life, @knowledge; recognition of God, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation

BH02672

330

Arabic

ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء الحسین حین الذی بقی فریدا بین العباد و سجن مره بعد مره بما

O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of Husayn, Who remaineth solitary among the servants and hath been imprisoned time after time through [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.557, , ALIB.folder18p432

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02673

330

Arabic

ان یا عبد قبل کریم ان استمع ندآء الکریم اذ توجه الیک وجه القدم من هذا المنظر

O servant named Karím! Hearken unto the call of the All-Bountiful, as the Countenance of the Ancient of Days hath turned towards thee from this exalted spot [3.5s]

INBA51:089, BLIB_Or11095#315, , KB_620:082-083

LHKM2.145

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH02674

330

Arabic

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اکتب علی الورقه البیضاء ما تنادیک به سدره المنتهی علی

O Pen of the Most High! Write Thou upon the shining page that which the Divine Lote-Tree calleth unto Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#098,

LHKM3.193

@praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @call to action

BH02675

330

Arabic

انا نزلنا من سماء الامر ماء منیرا لتنبت من اراضی القلوب نبات الحکمه و البیان

We have sent down from the heaven of Command luminous waters, that there might spring forth from the soil of hearts the plants of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA34:190

AQA1#054, AQA7#345 p.024

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @living waters; water of life, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02678

330

Arabic

اول نور اشرق و لاح و اول عرف تضوع و فاح علیک یا مطلع الفلاح و مظهر النجاح

The first light that shone forth and gleamed, and the first fragrance that diffused and wafted - upon thee, O Dayspring of prosperity and Manifestation of success [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.104,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for forgiveness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @visitation Tablets

BH02682

330

Arabic

تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق لعل الناس یستشعرون فی انفسهم ثم بایاته فی ایام الروح

These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth, that perchance mankind may become aware within themselves, and then through His signs in the days of the Spirit [3.5s]

INBA71:038b

BRL_DA#630

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @Word of God and human limitations, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH02684

330

Arabic

تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت من شطر البقا بقعه التی فیها ینادی الله باحسن صوت بدیع و

These are the verses of holiness which have descended from the realm of eternity, from that Spot wherein God calleth out with a wondrous new voice [3.5s]

INBA71:056

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

BH02690

330

Arabic

ذکر انزله الرحمن لمن اقبل الی الوجه فی یوم فیه تشتت شمل العالم و ارتفع العویل

A remembrance revealed by the All-Merciful unto him who hath turned toward the Countenance on a day wherein mankind was scattered and lamentations were raised [3.5s]

INBA28:364

@suffering and imprisonment, @eulogies; reminiscences, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02691

330

Arabic

ذکر قلم الامر عبده لیقربه الی ما اراد له و ینطقه بالحق بین السموات و الارضین ان یا

The Pen of Command hath made mention of His servant, that He might draw him nigh unto that which He hath ordained for him, and cause him to speak forth the truth betwixt the heavens and the earth. O thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.384, , ALIB.folder18p426

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @chastisement and requital, @call to action, @consolation and comfort, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02692

330

Arabic

سبحان الذی اتی من سماء البیان بالحجه و البرهان و دعا الکل الی الذروه العلیا المقام

Glorified be He Who hath come from the heaven of utterance with proof and testimony, and summoned all unto the loftiest pinnacle, the Most High Station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.078,

@prayer for nearness to God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @living waters; water of life, @call to action

BH02693

330

Arabic