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| BH00538 | 1370 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تجلی من انوار بوارق المشرقه من افق البیان علی القلم الاعلی | Praise be to God, Who hath shone forth through the radiant lights that gleam from the horizon of utterance upon the Supreme Pen [3.5s] | INBA31:010, BLIB_Or11097#039, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01093 | 760 | mixed | حمد خداوند یکتا را لایق و سزاوار که در هر یوم بکلمه علیا وحدها وصل مینماید و | Praise be unto the one true God, Who, in every day, uniteth all through His Most Exalted Word in oneness [3.5s] | INBA31:154 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01158 | 720 | mixed | الحمد لله سلامتی و صبر و اصطبار و وجد و جذب و انجذاب آنحضرت سبب ظهور فرح و | Praise be to God! The serenity, patience and steadfastness, the rapture, attraction and enchantment of His Holiness have become the cause of joy and [3.5s] | INBA31:156 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00474 | 1520 | mixed | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که عوالم لایتناهی خلق فرموده و | Praise be befitting the most exalted, most holy court of that Desired One Who hath created infinite worlds [3.5s] | INBA31:158 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02031 | 430 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی زین کتاب الوجود باسمه المکنون المخزون المصون الظاهر باسمه | Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the Book of Existence with His Name, the Hidden, the Treasured, the Protected, the One manifest through His Name [3.5s] | INBA31:163, BLIB_Or15732.231, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01015 | 820 | mixed | قد تشرف الخادم بکتاب حضرتک الذی لاحت من افقه شمس محبه الله من غیر ستر تحجب | The servant hath been honored by thy letter, from whose horizon hath shone forth, unveiled, the sun of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA31:164, BLIB_Or15732.298, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02667 | 330 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی طرز دیوان الکائنات بالقلم الذی سمی بالاعلی فی ملکوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God Who hath adorned the court of creation with the Pen that hath been named the Most Exalted in the Kingdom of creation [3.5s] | INBA31:167 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01798 | 490 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی عرفنا نفسه و علمنا امره و اوضح لنا مناهج الحق ... روحی لحضرتکم الفدآء | Praise be unto God Who hath made Himself known unto us, taught us His Cause, and made manifest unto us the pathways of truth... may my spirit be a sacrifice unto His presence [3.5s] | INBA31:168 | Entry by troops; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01540 | 560 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الکائنات باسمه المقدس عن الاسماء و الصفات و دعا الکل | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through His Name that is sanctified above all names and attributes, and Who hath summoned all [3.5s] | INBA31:170 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01832 | 480 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انطق العالم بذکر اسمه الاعظم و جعل ذکره و جوده من کلمه الله | Praise be to God, Who hath caused the world to speak forth the remembrance of His Most Great Name, and hath made His remembrance and His presence to proceed from the Word of God [3.5s] | INBA31:172 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01203 | 690 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی عرفنا سبیله المستقیم و امره العظیم و علمنا الشهاده التی بها | Praise be to God Who hath shown us His straight Path, and His mighty Command, and taught us the testimony whereby [3.5s] | INBA31:174, BLIB_Or11097#024, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01101 | 760 | mixed | گواهی میدهد اینخادم بر ضعف و عجز و قصور و از حق جل جلاله مسئلت مینماید که عباد | This servant beareth witness to his weakness, impotence and shortcoming, and beseecheth God, glorified be His majesty, that His servants [3.5s] | INBA31:176, BLIB_Or15701.342, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00560 | 1330 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست که از انقلاب سکون ظاهر | Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth the Lord of all contingent being, Who hath been made manifest through the transformation of repose [3.5s] | INBA31:179 | Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#104, LL#105 | |||||||||
| BH00511 | 1450 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و ادراک امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که باشراقات انوار نیر اسم | Praise, sanctified beyond the mention and comprehension of all peoples, befitteth and beseemeth the Lord of Eternity, Who through the effulgent rays of the Orb of His Name [3.5s] | INBA31:183 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00236 | 2590 | mixed | ان الحمد یحمد الله ربه و یقول یا ملا الابرار و یا ملا الاخیار یوم یوم من است | Verily, praise doth praise God his Lord and saith: O Concourse of the Righteous and O Company of the Chosen Ones! This is the Day [3.5s] | INBA31:188 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03175 | 290 | Arabic | یدع الله احبائه فیهناک و یذکرهم بایات الله القوی الغالب القدیر لیوقنن بفضل | God calleth His loved ones in that realm and maketh mention of them through the verses of God, the Strong, the All-Conquering, the Almighty, that they may attain certitude through His grace [3.5s] | INBA33:008 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#167 | |||||||
| BH05580 | 180 | mixed | یا اولیاء الله فی الکاف و الکاف ندای الهی را بآذان جان بشنوید اوست حافظ و | O friends of God in Káf and Káf! Hearken with the ears of your souls unto the divine Call. He, verily, is the Protector [3.5s] | INBA33:135 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08661 | 110 | mixed | امروز زینت اعلی از برای نساء ارض اکلیل کلمه مبارکه یا امتی بوده و هست هر یک | In this day the supreme adornment for the women of the earth hath been and will continue to be the crown of the blessed word "O My handmaiden!" [3.5s] | INBA33:137, BLIB_Or15716.086b, | AQA5#173 p.232 | Prayer for women; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06349 | 160 | Arabic | یا اولیائی فی علی رضا اباد ان البحر الاعظم | O My loved ones in 'Alí-Riḍá-Ábád! Verily, the Most Great Ocean [3.5s] | INBA33:139 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10142 | 80 | mixed | از خریر کوثر بیان رحمن این کلمه مبارکه اصغا شد زینتی از برای هیکل انسان احسن | From the murmur of the Kawthar of the All-Merciful's utterance this blessed word was heard: The most excellent adornment for the temple of man [3.5s] | INBA33:142x | Call to action; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04984 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا مهدی ان استمع ندآء من یهدیک الی الله العلی العظیم الذی به اشرقت شمس | O Mihdi! Hearken unto the call of Him Who guideth thee unto God, the Most High, the Most Great, through Whom the Sun hath shone forth [3.5s] | INBA33:143, BLIB_Or11095#244, | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10973 | 60 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من وجهک کعبتی و جمالک حرمی و شطرک مطلبی و ذکرک رجائی و حبک مونسی و عشقک | O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my sanctuary, Whose habitation is my goal | INBA33:145a, INBA30:123ax | PMP#166, AHM.064, AQMJ1.009, NSR_1993.037a | PM#166, BPRY.019 | A. Youssefi, TaliaSafa, M.J. Davey-Hatcher | Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | LL#501 | |||||
| BH11493 | 20 | Arabic | رب آتنی من لدنک رحمه انک انت العزیز الوهاب | O Lord! Grant me mercy from Thy presence, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bestowing [3.5s] | INBA33:145b | Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11262 | 40 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء اسئلک بجمالک الذی اشرق عن افق | Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of the heavens and Possessor of Names! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA33:146a, INBA92:381a, BLIB_Or15699.032b, | LHKM3.385b, AQMJ1.016a | Prayer for unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09060 | 110 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی امه من امائنا لتستبشر بذکر الله و تکون من القانتات ان یا | This is a Book from Us unto one of Our handmaidens, that she may rejoice in the remembrance of God and be numbered among the devoted ones. O thou [3.5s] | INBA33:146b.08 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Arabic | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet) | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in verses reminiscent of the biblical Book of Job, Bahá’u’lláh calls to God in His suffering and in God’s apparent absence and receives God’s answer as to the wisdom of this suffering. | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| BH04273 | 220 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن هاجر الی الله و فاز بانوار وجه ربه العلی العظیم لیفرح به قلبه | The Book from Us unto him who hath migrated unto God and attained the lights of the countenance of his Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, that his heart may be gladdened thereby [3.5s] | INBA33:013 | TISH.365-366 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09373 | 100 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمائک التی احاطت الممکنات و بصفاتک التی سبقت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Names which have encompassed all contingent things, and by Thy Attributes which have preceded [3.5s] | INBA33:154.16 | NFR.195, AQMJ2.044 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08347 | 120 | Arabic | قد ظهر الاعتساف فی کل الاطراف این اسیاف جزآئک یا مجزی العالمین قد حبس البهاء | Tyranny hath appeared on every side. Where are Thy swords of vengeance, O Avenger of the worlds? Bahá hath been imprisoned [3.5s] | INBA33:156x, BLIB_Or15730.148bx, | NFR.160 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02975 | 300 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الله اذ ماج بحر العطاء و هاجت اریاح الوصال لیطمئن | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, when the ocean of bounty surged and the winds of reunion were stirred, that he might find peace [3.5s] | INBA33:014 | Call to action; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05287 | 180 | Arabic | ان المذکور یقول یا ملا الامکان قد خلقتم لذکری لو انتم تعلمون قوموا علی البیان | He Who is the Mentioned One saith: O concourse of creation! Ye were created for My remembrance, did ye but know it. Arise for the proclamation [3.5s] | INBA33:159, BLIB_Or11095#282, | BRL_DA#191, YIA.055 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03589 | 260 | mixed | یوم یومی است که جمیع نبیین و مرسلین از جانب رب العالمین کل را بشارت بان | The Day is verily one whereof all the Prophets and Messengers have, from the Lord of all worlds, given glad tidings unto all [3.5s] | INBA33:160, BLIB_Or15716.020.22, | AVK2.317.10x, AYI1.357x, TRZ2.258x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10889 | 60 | Arabic | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ولو ان سوء حالی یا الهی استحقنی لسیاطک و عذابک ولکن حسن عطوفتک و مواهبک | Although this evil state in which I am, O my God, maketh me deserving of Thy wrath and punishment, Thy good pleasure and Thy bounties demand Thy forgiveness | INBA33:018a, INBA33:072b | BRL_DA#142, LHKM3.385a, AQMJ1.032a, ADH1.102 | BRL_APBH#16, BKOG.287 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ROB3.021?, LL#478 | ||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02101 | 420 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | 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 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#492 | ||||||
| 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, | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of prayer; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00132 | Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab | 3750 | mixed | قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است | The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s] | INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x | GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178 | |||||||
| BH02977 | 300 | Arabic | رحمه التی ظهرت و لاحت من افق فضل مالک الایجاد علیک یا هادی الانام و هادم | The mercy that hath shone forth and become manifest from the horizon of the bounty of the Lord of Creation be upon thee, O Guide of humanity and Destroyer [3.5s] | INBA33:029, NLAI_BH1.009 | LDR.188 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03417 | 270 | Arabic | یا ایها المظلوم قد سمعنا ما اثنیت به الله و ما دعوت به الله و ما ناجیت به | O Thou Who art wronged! We have heard that wherewith Thou didst praise God, and that wherewith Thou didst supplicate unto Him, and that wherewith Thou didst commune with Him [3.5s] | INBA33:036 | ASAT2.027x, ASAT3.027x | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00111 | Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise) | 4020 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise) | یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح | O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties! | INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037 | ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012 | TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x | D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja | Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension. | Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 3b | * | * | ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 | |
| BH03214 | 280 | mixed | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از کوثر بیان بر ارض مبارکه | Praise be unto the most sanctified, most holy Court of the Desired One, Who hath caused the Kawthar of utterance to flow upon hallowed ground [3.5s] | INBA33:061 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05727 | 170 | mixed | جنود عشق و محبت الهی بر وجود توجه نمود هر قلب را مقبل یافت مسخر نمود اخذش | The hosts of divine love and affection turned their gaze upon existence, and finding every heart receptive, conquered and took possession thereof [3.5s] | INBA33:063 | AYI2.373x, AHB_131BE #09-10 p.002, YQAZ.210 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07345 | 140 | mixed | یا امتی و یا ورقتی خلق ایران اکثری از حق محروم و از عالم مکاشفه و شهود ممنوع | O My handmaiden and My leaf! The people of Iran, for the most part, are deprived of truth and barred from the realm of mystic knowledge and vision [3.5s] | INBA33:064 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04576 | 210 | Arabic | یا ایها المقبل اسمع ندآء المظلوم انه ذکرک بما انجذبت به الافئده و القلوب و | O thou who hast turned towards Me! Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One. Verily, He maketh mention of thee with that which hath enraptured hearts and souls [3.5s] | INBA33:066, BLIB_Or15716.138d, | AQMJ2.144x | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04503 | 210 | mixed | کتاب الله من غیر حجاب ظاهر و ناطق و اوست مکلم طور که عرش بقدومش مزین گشته و | The Book of God hath manifested itself unveiled and speaking forth, and He is verily the Speaker of Sinai, by Whose footsteps the Throne is adorned [3.5s] | INBA33:068 | Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07217 | 140 | Arabic | قل الهی و سیدی و سندی و غایه بغیتی و رجائی و منتهی املی ترانی خرجت من الوطن | Say: O my God, my Lord, my Support, the Ultimate Goal of my desire and my Hope and the End of my aspirations! Thou seest me departed from my homeland [3.5s] | INBA33:069 | Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04274 | 220 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی المحزون الی الذی اراد ان یشرب کوثر البیان من ید عطاء ربه الرحمن | The Book from the One Who is Sorrowed unto him who desireth to drink of the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA33:070, BLIB_Or15716.021.11, | AQA5#169 p.227, AQMJ2.145x | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09409 | 100 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من فی قبضتک شفاء العالمین و بارادتک حیوه العالمین و بمشیتک تقدیر | Glory be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp lieth the healing of all worlds, and through Whose Will the life of all worlds endureth, and by Whose Purpose all things are ordained [3.5s] | INBA33:072a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08626 | 110 | Arabic | ا تحرم یا الهی من اقبل الی حرم ذاتک ا تبعد یا محبوبی من استجار الی مدینه | Wouldst Thou bar, O my God, from the sanctuary of Thine Essence one who hath turned towards Thee? Wouldst Thou banish, O my Beloved, one who hath sought refuge in Thy celestial city [3.5s] | INBA33:073a, INBA92:106a | AQMJ1.033 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01335 | 640 | mixed | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء علی قول من قال دل پیش تو صورت احوال از بپرس حضرت علیم | My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee, according to the words of him who declared: "Ask Thou the All-Knowing One concerning the state of the heart that lieth before Thee." [3.5s] | INBA33:073bx, BLIB_Or03116.112, , BLIB_Or11096#042x, , BLIB_Or15710.024, | ASAT4.489x, MSHR3.258x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness; Parents and children; youth; families; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03250 | 280 | mixed | قد حضر الغصن بکتابک لدی الوجه و منه وجدنا نفحات حبک فی هذه الایام التی جعلها | The Branch hath presented thy letter before Our face, and from it We have inhaled the fragrances of thy love in these days which He hath ordained [3.5s] | INBA33:075.11, BLIB_Or03116.090, , BLIB_Or11096#070, , BLIB_Or15710.026b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09705 | 100 | Arabic | یا من تسمع ضجیج العشاق من کل الافاق و صریخ المشتاقین من کل الاشطار و نوح | O Thou Who hearest the clamour of the lovers from every horizon and the cry of the yearning ones from every quarter and the lamentation [3.5s] | INBA33:084b.09, INBA49:067, INBA92:316b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07125 | 140 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی هذا عبد من عبادک قد اخذته نفحات وحیک و اجذبته فوحات حبک علی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a servant from among Thy servants whom the breezes of Thy Revelation have seized and the fragrances of Thy love have attracted [3.5s] | INBA33:084c.16, INBA49:075, INBA92:325 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08839 | 110 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی استضاء من سراج احدیتک و اقبل الی مقر عرش | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath been illumined by the lamp of Thy oneness and hath turned toward the seat of Thy throne [3.5s] | INBA33:085b.18, INBA92:328a | KNJ.011b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06581 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی لما اخذت الاکوان سبحات الظلما و حجبات المظلمه الدهماء اخرجت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! When the realms of creation were enveloped by layers of darkness and veils of impenetrable gloom [3.5s] | INBA33:086a, INBA49:076, INBA92:316a | Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04185 | 220 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر الغیب المکنون و به دعا من فی العالم الی مقام عجزت عن ذکره | Blessed is He Who hath manifested the Hidden Mystery and thereby summoned all who dwell in the world unto a station words are powerless to describe [3.5s] | INBA33:007 | Chastisement and requital; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00505 | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians) | 1470 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet) | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما | This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God | INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085, | AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026 | TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049 | Ahdieh | Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian prophetic expectations, reproaches the Christians in general and the clergy in particular for failing to recognize it, asks them to consider how Christ was similarly rejected by the people of His day, and concludes with a series of beatitudes reminiscent of the Sermon on the Mount. | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | * | ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060 | |
| 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 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’. | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3a | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH00793 | 1010 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی کسر صنم الوهم بسلطان ذکر ربه مالک الرقاب و اقبل | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath shattered the idol of vain imaginings through the sovereign power of his Lord's remembrance, the Lord of all necks, and hath turned unto Him [3.5s] | INBA34:113, BLIB_Or15707.001, , BLIB_Or15735.180, | BRL_DA#068, AQA1#009, PYK.495x, HYK.180 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00875 | 940 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدی القیوم لقوم یعلمون هل الذین اعرضوا علی شیء لا وربک المهیمن القیوم | This is a Book from before the Self-Subsisting unto those who possess understanding. Are they who have turned away possessed of aught? Nay, by thy Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA34:118, BLIB_Or11096#265x, , BLIB_Or15707.018, , BLIB_Or15735.192, | AQA1#011, AYBY.025b, HYK.192 | Call to action; Personal instructions; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#368 | ||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#369 | ||||||||
| BH01343 | Suriy-i-Amin | 640 | Arabic | Súriy-i-Amín (Tablet to Amín) | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی منه ظهرت الاستقامه الکبری فی | This is a Book from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him through whom was manifested the Most Great Steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA34:123, BLIB_Or15707.030, , BLIB_Or15735.202, , LEID.Or4970 item 11, | AQA1#013, AQA4#094 p.320, ASAT1.201x, ASAT2.035x, ASAT4.459x, DLH2.187x, HYK.202, OOL.B104 | Praises the recipient for his steadfastness; calls the followers of the Qur’an to hear ‘the voice of the Crier, Who cried out between heaven and earth’; relates the fallen state of Fu’ád Páshá upon his death; and extols the ultimate sacrifice of the youthful Badí‘, who delivered Bahá’u’lláh’s epistle to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 3a | * | - | MMAH.157, GSH.200, LL#290 | ||||
| BH01194 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2 | 700 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی | O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) | INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206, | BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b | GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | GSH.180, LL#373 | |||||
| BH01494 | Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad) | 580 | Arabic | Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha) | ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله | Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation. | INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210, | NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117 | SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172 | Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in consequence of his abuses of power and foretells the imminent downfall of his colleague, ‘Álí Páshá, as well as the overthrow of the Sultan himself. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302 | ||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | MMAH.108, GSH.180, LL#219 | |||||||
| 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 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01536 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) | 570 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord | INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x | BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 | GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | x | * | - | MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 | Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad | |||
| 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 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB3.179, ROB3.202, LL#032 | |||||
| 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 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01822 | Lawh-i-Amr | 490 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام | This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested | INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157 | BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x | GWB#067x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB2.161, LL#047 | |||||
| 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; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01880 | 470 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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; Imagery in the Qur'an; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#402 | |||||
| BH01924 | 460 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ROB3.032, LL#453 | ||||||
| BH01389 | 620 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استقام علی امر ربه و به زین ثوب الایقان و اخذه جذب | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath stood firm in the Cause of his Lord, who hath adorned himself with the robe of certitude, and whom divine attraction hath seized [3.5s] | INBA34:152, BLIB_Or15707.094, , BLIB_Or15735.255, | AQA1#028, ASAT4.153x, ASAT5.121x, HYK.255 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ROB3.199, LL#370 | ||||||||
| 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 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02169 | Lawh-i-Baqa | 410 | Arabic | هذا لوح البقا من لدی البهاء الی الذی فاز بعرفان الله و شرب کوثر الحیوان من | This is the Tablet of Eternity which cometh from the All-Glorious unto he who hath attained the deep knowledge of God and did drink of the Kawthar of Life | INBA34:160, BLIB_Or15707.112, , BLIB_Or15735.270, , NLAI_BH1.005 | AQA1#033, AVK4.437ax, HYK.270, OOL.B031 | HURQ.BH68 | Brief tablet assuring the recipient of a lofty station in the world to come and counselling him to detachment and service to the Cause of God. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | 3a | * | - | GSH.185, LL#076 | ||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02361 | 380 | mixed | یا من اردت اثری فاعلم اثری احاط السموات و الارض و فی مقام کل شیء اثری لو | O thou who seekest My trace! Know thou that My trace encompasseth the heavens and the earth, and in every station is My trace, were thou to perceive [3.5s] | INBA34:168, BLIB_Or15707.128, , BLIB_Or15735.283, , Berlin1237#09 | AQA1#038, ASAT1.057x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability 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 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02263 | 390 | Arabic | Translation List | 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 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH02228 | 400 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02484 | 360 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#443 | ||||||
| BH02628 | 340 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | LL#363 | |||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02095 | 420 | Arabic | Translation List | 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proclamation to the people of the world; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02758 | Lawh-i-Jamal 2 | 320 | Arabic | ج ل اسمع ندآء ربک الغنی المتعال قم علی الامر و امر الناس بالمعروف کذلک یامرک | O Jalíl! Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. Arise in the Cause and enjoin the people unto that which is good. Thus doth He command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:187 | AQA1#052, OOL.B049b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02705 | 330 | Arabic | هذا کتاب مبین نزل بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم و یدع الناس الی محبوب | This is the perspicuous Book sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most High, the Most Great, summoning all peoples unto the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA34:191 | BRL_DA#548, AQA1#055 | Chastisement and requital; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02798 | 320 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من ملکوت ربک الرحمن خذه بید القدره و الاطمینان کذلک امرک القلم | This is a Book that hath descended from the Kingdom of thy Lord, the Most Merciful. Take hold of it with the hand of might and assurance. Thus doth the Pen command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:192 | AQA1#056 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02708 | 330 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدن مالک الاسماء الی الذی تمسک بعروه الابهی و اقبل الی الله فاطر | This is a Book from the presence of the Lord of Names unto him who hath clung to the Most Glorious Handle and turned unto God, the Creator [3.5s] | INBA34:195, NLAI_BH1.013 | AQA1#058, AQA6#211 p.042 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03270 | 280 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی کسر اصنام الهوی بتقوی الله مالک الاسماء و مانقض | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I testify that no thought of Thee, howsoever wondrous, can ever ascend | INBA34:196 | PMP#088, AQA1#059 | PM#088 | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH02858 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 2 | 310 | Arabic | Translation List | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | ذ ب قد ارسل الیک من یمن السبحان ما نزل لک من سماء رحمه ربک و منه تفوح رایحه | Unto thee hath been sent, from the right hand of the All-Glorious, what was revealed for thee from the heaven of the clemency of thy Lord | INBA34:197, NLAI_BH2.363 | AQA1#060, AVK4.257.11x, ASAT3.010x, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B112.2 | ADMS#243 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | |||||
| BH02865 | 310 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن بالله العزیز الحمید لیطمئن بفضل الله و یذکره بین عباده | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, that he may be assured through the grace of God and make mention of Him amongst His servants [3.5s] | INBA34:198 | AQA1#061 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02800 | Lawh-i-Quds 2 | 320 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس نزل من جبروت الامر لمن وجد عرف القمیص من شطر التقدیس و اقبل | This is the Tablet of holiness; it was sent down, from the realm of revelation, unto him who hath discovered the fragrance of the garment wafting from the direction of sanctity | INBA34:199 | AQA1#062, OOL.B068b | ADMS#225 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH03151 | 290 | Arabic | هل القلم یعلم قل ای وجمال القدم ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایعلمون انه یطیر فی هواء | Doth the Pen know? Say: Yea, by the Beauty of Eternity! Yet most men comprehend not that it soareth in the atmosphere [3.5s] | INBA34:200 | AQA1#063, AKHA_124BE #07 p.j | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03005 | 300 | Arabic | قد نزلنا البیان و جعلناه مبشرا لهذا الظهور الذی به جرت الانهار قل انی لربیع | We have sent down the Bayan and made it a herald of this Revelation, whereby the rivers have flowed. Say: I, verily, am the Springtime [3.5s]... ...We are possessed of such power which, if brought to light, will transmute | INBA34:202 | AQA1#064 | COC#1649x, ADJ.081x, WOB.107x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02904 | 310 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله و اقبل الی وجهه و ذاق فی حبه کاس | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, turned his face towards Him, and tasted the cup of His love [3.5s] | INBA34:203 | AQA1#065, ASAT5.179x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03249 | 280 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا | He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies | INBA34:204 | BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066 | GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#444 | ||||||
| BH03148 | 290 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یامر الناس بالبر و العدل من لدن علیم حکیم لیعرفوا سبیل | This Book proclaimeth the truth and enjoineth upon men righteousness and justice, from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise, that they may know the path [3.5s] | INBA34:205, NLAI_BH1.017 | AQA1#067, AVK4.421ax, ASAT4.326x | Chastisement and requital; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03489 | 260 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا عباد الرحمن الذین آمنوا بالله المقتدر العزیز المنان فی ایام فیها | A remembrance from Our presence unto the servants of the All-Merciful who have believed in God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Munificent, in these days wherein [3.5s] | INBA34:206 | AQA1#068, ASAT5.254x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03354 | 270 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و الارضین یخلق ما یشاء بامره انه لهو | Glorified be He Whom all within the heavens and the earth do praise! He createth whatsoever He willeth through His command. Verily, He is the One [3.5s] | INBA34:207 | AQA1#069 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03337 | 270 | Arabic | حس اوحی الی القلم من افق لسان القدم ان اکتب علی اللوح اننی انا الله لا اله | Lo! The Spirit hath revealed unto the Pen from the horizon of the Tongue of Eternity, saying: Write thou upon the Tablet that verily I am God, there is no God [3.5s] | INBA34:208 | AQA1#070 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03071 | 290 | Arabic | ان یا خلیل قم علی امر الجلیل فی هذه الایام التی فیها اسودت الوجوه و زاغت | O Khalil! Arise to serve the Glorious Cause in these days wherein faces have turned dark and eyes have gone astray [3.5s] | INBA34:210 | AQA1#072 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03353 | 270 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر احبائه فی السجن اذ کان بین ایدی الفجار لتجذبهم نفحات الوحی | Glorified be He Who maketh mention of His loved ones from within the prison while He is in the hands of the ungodly, that the fragrances of revelation may draw them nigh [3.5s] | INBA34:213 | AQA1#074, AKHA_124BE #08 p.b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03022 | 300 | Arabic | من الناس من سئل عن نبا الموعود قل اتی ورب البیت المعمور منهم من قال ان اتت | Among the people are those who ask concerning the tidings of the Promised One. Say: By the Lord of the Ancient House, He hath indeed come! Among them are those who declare: "He hath come!" [3.5s] | INBA34:214, INBA27:444 | AQA1#075 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03123 | 290 | Arabic | قد حضر کتابک و اردت به ان تجرب ربک العلی العظیم هذا ما نهیت عنه فی کل | Thy letter hath reached Us, wherein thou didst desire to put to the test thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. This is that which thou hast been forbidden in all things [3.5s]... ...Is there any excuse left for any one in this Revelation? No, by God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne! | INBA34:215 | AQA1#076 | GPB.220x, PDC.009x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Testing God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03400 | 270 | Arabic | هذا لوح قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم و یبشر الناس فی هذا الیوم الذی استوی فیه | This is a Tablet that hath been sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the Wise, and beareth glad tidings unto mankind on this Day whereon He hath ascended the throne [3.5s] | INBA34:217, INBA51:123, KB_620:116-117, NLAI_BH1.011 | AQA1#078, LHKM2.160, QT108.199-200, ASAT4.184x | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Knowledge; recognition of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03449 | 260 | Arabic | ان استمع الندآء من السدره المنتهی فی البقعه الاحدیه النورآء انه لا اله الا | Hearken unto the Call from the Divine Lote-Tree in the luminous and hallowed Spot: Verily, there is no God but [3.5s] | INBA34:218 | AQA1#079 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03097 | 290 | Arabic | ذکر الله من سدره النار علی بقعه النور فی طور الظهور قد کان علی هیکل الانسان | The remembrance of God hath resounded from the Lote-Tree of Fire upon the Luminous Spot in the Mount of Manifestation, and hath appeared in the Temple of Man [3.5s] | INBA34:219 | BRL_DA#437, AQA1#080 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03189 | 280 | Arabic | ان یا احمد ان استمع ندآء الله من شطر القضا انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الحکیم | O Ahmad! Hearken thou unto the Voice of God from the direction of Divine Decree. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA34:220 | AQA1#081, ASAT5.106x | Personal instructions; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03459 | 260 | Arabic | ان یا عبد المتعارج الی الله فاعلم قد ارسلنا الیک ما فاحت نفحاتها و وجد عرفها | O servant who ascendeth unto God! Know thou that We have sent unto thee that whereof the fragrances have been diffused abroad and whose perfume hath been discovered [3.5s] | INBA34:221 | AQA1#082 | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03185 | 280 | Arabic | ان استمع لما یوحی الیک عن یمین عرش ربک العلیم الحکیم ان اقبل بتمامک الی مولی | Hearken thou unto that which is revealed unto thee from the right hand of the throne of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Turn thou with all thy being unto thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:222 | AQA1#083 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Life and death; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03846 | 240 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یعقلون انها لتنزیل من لدن مهیمن قیوم بها تمت | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses unto a people who understand. Verily it is a revelation from the presence of the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA34:223 | AQA1#084 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03348 | 270 | Arabic | زم ان استمع الندا من حول الضریح الله لا اله الا هو العلیم الحکیم ان لاتحزن فی | The moment hath arrived to hearken unto the call from around the Shrine: "He is God; there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Grieve thou not..." [3.5s] | INBA34:224 | AQA1#085, AQA6#210 p.041 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Predictions and prophecies; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03332 | 270 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العلیم الحکیم نزلت من جبروت ربکم الرحمن طوبی لمن اقبل | These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, sent down from the dominion of your Lord, the Most Merciful. Blessed is he who hath turned towards them [3.5s] | INBA34:226 | AQA1#086 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03252 | 280 | Arabic | قد حضر فی السجن ما دعوت به الله ربک و رب العالمین هذا خیر لک عما خلق فی الارض | There hath appeared in the prison that whereby thou didst call upon God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. This is better for thee than whatsoever hath been created upon the earth [3.5s]... ...O Lord, praise be unto Thee for having enabled me to soar throughout the expanse of Thy knowledge, for having empowered me to turn in certitude | INBA34:227, NLAI_BH1.076b | AQA1#087, ADM2#037 p.062x | JHT_S#036x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03396 | 270 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی العلیم الی الذین آمنوا بالله العزیز الحکیم لیفرحوا بما ذکروا | This is a Book from the All-Knowing unto them that have believed in God, the Almighty, the All-Wise, that they may rejoice in that which they have been remembered [3.5s] | INBA34:229 | AQA1#089 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03190 | 280 | Arabic | ان یا خلیلی فی الصحف و اسمی فی الکتب ان استمع ندآء الله من شاطی بحر القدم فی | O My friend in the Scriptures and My name in the Books! Hearken thou unto the Call of God from the shore of the Ancient Sea [3.5s] | INBA34:231, INBA41:011b | AQA1#091, ASAT3.219x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03717 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدن ربک الرحمن لتجد منه عرف قمیصه و تکون من الشاکرین ایاک ان | This is a Book from thy Lord, the All-Merciful, that thou mayest find therein the fragrance of His garment and be among them that render thanks. Beware lest [3.5s] | INBA34:232 | AQA1#092, AQA6#227 p.125, ASAT1.131x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03651 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر من لدی الرحمن عبده لیجذبه الی مطلع الامر بوجه کان بانوار العرش مضیئا انا | A remembrance from the All-Merciful unto His servant, that He may draw him unto the Dayspring of the Cause with a countenance illumined by the lights of the Throne [3.5s] | INBA34:233 | AQA1#093 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03716 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من الذی یذکر الله بلسانه من العشی الی الاشراق و من الاشراق یجری | This is the Book of Him Who maketh mention of God with His tongue from eventide unto dawn, and from the break of day doth cause to flow forth [3.5s]... ...Soon, will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead | INBA34:234 | BRL_DA#071, AQA1#094 | GPB.217x, PDC.027x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03720 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی الذی اذا سمع ندآء الله توجه الی مشرق الانوار ان | This is an epistle from the Youth unto him who, when he heard the Call of God, turned his face toward the Orient of Lights [3.5s] | INBA34:235 | BRL_DA#371, AQA1#095 | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03916 | 240 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الله العزیز الکریم نزل للورقه التی اخذتها نفحات ربها الرحمن و قلبتها | This is the Book of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, revealed unto the leaf whom the breezes of her Lord, the All-Merciful, did stir and move [3.5s] | INBA34:236 | AQA1#096 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03791 | 240 | Arabic | ان یا حسین تزور الحسین و تقتل الحسین یا ایها الغافل المرتاب انا اردنا حضورک | O Husayn! Thou visitest Hussein and slayest Hussein. O thou heedless and doubting one! Verily, We desired thy presence [3.5s] | INBA34:237 | AQA1#097, TZH4.202-203x, MAS4.136x, ASAT4.313x | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03727 | 250 | Arabic | هذا لوح نزل بالحق لیقرب الناس الی الله العزیز الحکیم ان الذین اقبلوا اذا | This is a Tablet sent down in truth, that it may draw men nigh unto God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Verily, they who have turned [3.5s] | INBA34:238 | AQA1#098, AVK2.286.18x | Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03715 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الفضل قد اشرق من افق مشیه ربک الرحمن و ارسلناه الیک لیستضی ء منه | This is the Book of Grace which hath dawned forth from the horizon of thy Lord's Will, the Most Merciful, and We have sent it unto thee that thou mayest be illumined thereby [3.5s] | INBA34:239 | AQA1#099 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03725 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کوثر البقا قد اظهرناه بالحق و بعثناه علی هیکل اللوح و ارسلناه الیک لتکون | This is the Kawthar of eternity which We have, in truth, made manifest and sent forth in the form of a Tablet, and dispatched unto thee that thou mayest be [3.5s] | INBA34:240 | AQA1#100, AVK3.082.10x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03553 | 260 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعه ذکر شیء عن هذا الذکر الحکیم و به ناح الجبت | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom the mention of naught hath deterred from this All-Wise Remembrance, and through which the idol hath grievously lamented [3.5s] | INBA34:241 | AQA1#101 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04080 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذین فی حبی لایهجعون الا قلیلا و بالاسحار هم یقومون عن | This is a Book from Our presence unto those who, in their love for Me, slumber not save a little, and at the break of dawn they rise [3.5s] | INBA34:243 | AQA1#103, ASAT4.154x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03887 | 240 | Arabic | قلم الامر من عرش القدم علی بقعه الحمرآء من السدره المنتهی ینادی انه لا اله | The Pen of Command, from the Ancient Throne upon the crimson Spot of the divine Lote-Tree, proclaimeth: "There is no God..." [3.5s] | INBA34:244, NLAI_BH1.014 | AQA1#104 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03730 | 250 | Arabic | هذا لوح ینوح و یقول یا قوم لاتعترضوا علی الذی اتی لحیوتکم و لاتعرضوا عن الذی | This is a Tablet that lamenteth and saith: O people! Raise not objections against Him Who hath come to give you life, and turn not away from Him Who [3.5s] | INBA34:245 | AQA1#105 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04328 | 220 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی ربک المتعال قد نزلت لک من قبل آیات بینات التی تکفی کلمه | O thou who gazest upon thy Lord, the Most Exalted! There have indeed been sent down unto thee aforetime clear verses, of which a single word sufficeth [3.5s] | INBA34:247a, INBA51:294b, INBA49:321 | AQA1#107 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04015 | 230 | Arabic | ذکر الله عباده الذین آمنوا بربهم الرحمن فی یوم ناحت السما و اضطربت قبائل | God calleth to remembrance His servants who believed in their All-Merciful Lord on a Day when the heavens lamented and the tribes were in turmoil [3.5s] | INBA34:247b | AQA1#108, ASAT1.018x | Chastisement and requital; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03975 | 230 | Arabic | ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من یمین بقعه الله المهیمن القیوم الا تشرک بنفسی و | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the right side of the Spot of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Associate not with My Self [3.5s] | INBA34:248 | AQA1#109 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03551 | 260 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بانوار الایمان فی ایام ربه الرحمن انا نذکر فی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of faith in the days of his Lord, the All-Merciful. We make mention therein [3.5s] | INBA34:249 | AQA1#110, ASAT4.051x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04089 | 230 | Arabic | هذا یوم عجاب نری القوم صرعی و الاشجار منقعره من الاعجاز کل اخذوا بنواصیهم من | This is a wondrous Day whereon We behold the people stricken and the trees uprooted from their foundations, all seized by their forelocks [3.5s] | INBA34:251 | AQA1#112 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03550 | 260 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اخذته نفحات آیات ربه الرحمن و فاز بانوار الهدی فی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom the sweet-scented breezes of the verses of his Lord, the All-Merciful, have stirred, and who hath attained unto the lights of guidance in [3.5s]... ...The Pen of the Most High hath decreed and imposed upon every one the obligation to teach this Cause. | INBA34:252, NLAI_BH2.195 | BRL_DA#657, GWBP#144 p.201x, AQA1#113, ASAT4.126x | GWB#144x, TDH#037.1x | Gus, Emma & Edelo, D. Mantas, A.E. Rahbin | Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#450 | |||||
| BH04042 | 230 | Arabic | قد اخرجونا من مدینه و ادخلونا فی مدینه اخری و فی قطب البلا ینادی القلم | They have driven Us forth from one city and caused Us to enter another, and at the height of tribulation doth the Pen proclaim [3.5s] | INBA34:253 | AQA1#114 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04127 | 230 | Arabic | ینبغی لعبد الله بان یقوم علی امر الله فی ایام الله علی شان لایحجبه ما سواه | It behooveth the servant of God to arise for the Cause of God in the Days of God in such wise that naught shall veil him from aught beside Him [3.5s] | INBA34:254 | AQA1#115 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04150 | Lawh-i-Husayn 1 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی لیجذبک الی ملکوت امری و جبروت عظمتی ان ربک | O Husayn! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, that it may attract thee to the Kingdom of My Cause and the dominion of My majesty. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:255 | AQA1#116, OOL.B046a | Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04043 | 230 | Arabic | قد اشتغلوا العباد باهوآئهم و یفرحون بما عندهم من الزخارف الفانیه و نحن فی | The servants have occupied themselves with their vain desires and rejoice in the fleeting ornaments they possess, whilst We [3.5s] | INBA34:256 | AQA1#117, ASAT1.050x | Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03556 | 260 | Arabic | Prayer and Devotional Life | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق للذین اتخذوا سبیلا الی الله و اتبعوا الحق اذ اتی من مطلع | This is the Book which hath in truth been sent down unto them that have chosen the path that leadeth unto God and followed the Truth when it appeared from the Dawning-Place thereof [3.5s]... ...Gather ye together with the utmost joy and fellowship and recite the verses revealed by the merciful Lord. By so doing the doors to true knowledge will be opened to your inner beings | INBA34:257 | BRL_DA#285, AQA1#118, AVK3.140.15x | BRL_PDL#68x, COC#0364x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH04077 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استرقی الی الله لتاخذ نفحات الفضل و یزینه بین | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath drawn nigh unto God, that he may receive the fragrances of grace and be adorned thereby [3.5s] | INBA34:258 | AQA1#119 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04084 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدی المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن بالحق و اتبع الهدی فی ایام | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in the Truth and followed guidance in these days [3.5s] | INBA34:259 | AQA1#120 | Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04228 | 220 | Arabic | سبحان من اتی بالحق بملکوته العظیم و زین به من فی السموات و الارضین الا من | Glorified be He Who hath come with the Truth in His mighty Kingdom and adorned therewith them that dwell in the heavens and on earth, save them who [3.5s] | INBA34:260 | BRL_DA#370, AQA1#121 | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice and mercy; Manifestation of God as educator; Praise and encouragement; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04544 | 210 | Arabic | هذا کتاب کریم من لدی الله العزیز الحکیم الی الذی آمن بیوم الدین و اقبل الی | This is a glorious Book from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise, unto him who hath believed in the Day of Judgment and hath turned [3.5s] | INBA34:261a | AQA1#122 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04551 | Lawh-i-Quds 3 | 210 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم یستنشق منه الموحدون رایحه الرحمن | This is the Tablet of holiness; it hath been sent down, through the power of truth, by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise | INBA34:261b, NLAI_BH1.015 | AQA1#123, AKHA_124BE #06 p.b, OOL.B068c | ADMS#226 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH04088 | 230 | Arabic | هذا لوح من لدی البهاء الی الذی آمن بالله خالق الاشیا لیکون متذکرا بما نزل من | This is a Tablet from Bahá unto him who hath believed in God, the Creator of all things, that he may be mindful of that which hath been sent down [3.5s] | INBA34:262 | AQA1#124 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04299 | 220 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من ملکوت الامر لمن اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا و ینطق بالحق انه لا | This is a Book sent down from the Kingdom of Command unto him who hath taken unto the All-Merciful a way, and it speaketh with truth that there is no [3.5s] | INBA34:263 | AQA1#125 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04341 | 220 | Arabic | یا عبد الناظر الی الوجه قد ارسلنا الیک نفحه من نفحات القمیص و بعثناها علی | O thou servant who gazeth upon the Countenance! We have sent unto thee a breath from the breaths of the Garment, and dispatched it unto thee [3.5s] | INBA34:264 | AQA1#126 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04049 | 230 | Arabic | قد غنت الورقاء هل یری من ذی سمع لیسمع و انتشرت اجنحه الطاوس هل من ذی نظر | The Dove hath warbled: is there any with ears that will hear? The wings of the Peacock have spread forth: is there any possessed of sight [3.5s] | INBA34:265 | AQA1#127, ASAT1.024x | Chastisement and requital; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03460 | 260 | Arabic | ان یا علی قد کنا شهدآء علی الذین یشاورون فی امرک و منهم من قال انه کفر بالله | O Ali! We verily were witnesses unto those who consulted regarding thy Cause, and among them was such as pronounced disbelief in God [3.5s] | INBA34:266, INBA49:312 | AQA1#128 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04155 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا علی ان یا هدف القضا ان یا علی ان یا ایها المتشبک من سهام البغضا اسمع | O Ali! O target of destiny! O Ali! O thou who art pierced by the arrows of hatred! Hearken [3.5s] | INBA34:267 | AQA1#129 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03871 | 240 | Arabic | قد حضر کتابک تلقاء الوجه فی السجن و کان مزینا صدره بالکلمه التی اجبناها فی | Thy letter hath reached Our presence in this Prison, and its breast was adorned with the word wherewith We had answered [3.5s] | INBA34:268a, INBA51:385, INBA49:365 | AQA1#130, LHKM3.137 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03647 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده الذی اتخذ لنفسه الی الله سبیلا و اراد ان یحضر تلقاء العرش | Remember thou the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant who hath chosen for himself a path unto God and who desireth to attain unto the presence of the Throne [3.5s] | INBA34:268b, INBA51:421, INBA84:131b, INBA84:067b, INBA84:010.05 | AQA1#131, LHKM3.143 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02513 | 350 | mixed | ان یا ایها العبد الناظر الی الله ان استمع ندائی من حول العرش انه لا اله الا | O thou servant who gazeth upon God! Hearken unto My call from around the Throne: Verily, there is no God but [3.5s] | INBA34:269, BLIB_Or03116.081r.07x, | AQA1#132 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Pioneering; travel teaching; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04083 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی من توجه الی مشرق الفضل و اخذته نفحات الوحی فی هذه | This is an epistle from before the Youth unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of grace and whom the breezes of revelation have seized in this [3.5s] | INBA34:271 | AQA1#134 | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03941 | 240 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندائی و لاتضطرب عما ورد علی احباء الله و امنائه | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hear thou My call, and be thou not perturbed by that which hath befallen the loved ones of God and His trusted servants [3.5s]... ...The generations that have gone on before you—whither are they fled? And those round whom in life circled the fairest and the loveliest of the land, where now are they? | INBA34:272 | BRL_DA#658, GWBP#123 p.168ax, AQA1#135 | GWB#123x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#398 | ||||||
| BH04054 | 230 | Arabic | قل یا ملاء الاکوان قد جائکم البرهان من لدی الرحمن ما غرکم بربکم فی هذا الیوم | Say: O concourse of all created things! The proof hath come unto you from the presence of the All-Merciful. What hath deluded you concerning your Lord on this Day? [3.5s]... ...This is the King of Days, the Day that hath seen the coming of the Best-beloved, Him Who through all eternity hath been acclaimed the Desire of the World | INBA34:273 | AQA1#136 | ADJ.079x, WOB.106x, WOB.167x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04076 | Lawh-i-Liqa' | 230 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá' | Lawh-i-Liqa | هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت | Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days | INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a, | BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x | LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84 | Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | JRAS.289 | ||||
| BH04005 | 230 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله نزلت من سماء الفضل لقوم یفقهون الذین شربوا رحیق الحیوان فی | These are the verses of God, sent down from the heaven of grace unto them that comprehend - they who have quaffed the wine of life eternal in [3.5s] | INBA34:276 | AQA1#139 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04732 | 200 | Arabic | ذکری لمن خرق الاحجاب و اقبل الی الله ربه العزیز الوهاب لیجد نفحه الرحمن من هذا | A remembrance unto him who hath rent asunder the veils and turned unto God, his Lord, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful, that he may inhale the fragrances of the All-Merciful from this [3.5s] | INBA34:277, BLIB_Or11095#347, | AQA1#140, MAS4.365ax | Contention and conflict; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00347 | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | 1900 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من | O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God | INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a | NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065 | SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041 | Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208 | Included in the Suriyi-Haykal. | |
| BH04289 | 220 | Arabic | نعمه الله قد نزلت من سماء مشیه ربکم الرحمن انک تراها علی هیکل الانسان کذلک | The bounty of God hath descended from the heaven of the will of your Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily, thou beholdest it embodied in the temple of man. Thus [3.5s] | INBA34:278 | AQA1#141 | Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04157 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا کلیم ا فررت من فراعنه القوم بعد الذی تمسکت بعروه الله العزیز العلیم | O Speaker with God! Thou didst flee from the Pharaohs of the people after thou hadst laid hold upon the cord of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA34:279 | AQA1#142 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04493 | 210 | Arabic | قد ناحت ارض السر و استبشرت ارض السجن تلک تنوح لفراق المحبوب و هذه تفتخر علی | The land of mystery hath lamented, while the prison-land rejoiceth; the former weepeth at its separation from the Beloved, while the latter exulteth in pride [3.5s] | INBA34:280a | AQA1#143 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04457 | 210 | Arabic | سبحان من اتی علی ظلل الانوار بضیاء مبین و فی حوله اهل ملا الاعلی و ملئکه | Glorified be He Who hath come upon clouds of light with manifest radiance, and round about Him are the denizens of the Supreme Concourse and the angels [3.5s] | INBA34:280b | AQA1#144, AQA7#417 p.211 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04761 | 200 | Arabic | طوبی لک بما حضرت بین یدی الغلام فی المقام الذی فیه استوی البحر الاعظم علی | Blessed art thou for having attained the presence of the Youth in this station whereon the Most Great Ocean hath been established [3.5s] | INBA34:281 | AQA1#145 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04293 | 220 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدن عزیز جمیل الی الذی آمن بربه الجلیل لیطیره فی هوآء رحمه ربه | This is an epistle from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Beauteous, unto him who hath believed in his Glorious Lord, that He may cause him to soar in the atmosphere of His Lord's mercy [3.5s] | INBA34:282 | AQA1#146, MAS8.054bx, ASAT2.035x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04981 | Lawh-i-Karim 2 | 190 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء ربک العلی العظیم انه ینطق عن شطر السجن و یدعو الناس الی | O Karím! Hear thou the Voice of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Mighty. He proclaimeth from the direction of this Prison | INBA34:283, INBA51:306, INBA49:355 | AQA1#147, OOL.B050b | ADMS#232 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | LL#136 | ||||
| BH04494 | 210 | Arabic | قد وجدنا من کلماتک روایح حبک ربک الرحمن طوبی لک بما اقبلت قبله العالمین و | We have found in thy words the sweet fragrances of thy love for thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Blessed art thou for having turned unto the Qiblih of the worlds [3.5s] | INBA34:284, INBA51:365 | AQA1#148 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for teaching; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04471 | 210 | Arabic | طوبی لک یا صادق بما وفیت بمیثاقی و مانسیت عهدی و مانبذت ذکری اقبلت الی وجهی | Blessed art thou, O Sadiq, inasmuch as thou hast remained faithful to My Covenant, hast not forgotten My Testament, hast not cast behind thee My remembrance, and hast turned thy face toward Mine [3.5s] | INBA34:285 | AQA1#149 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05015 | 190 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل ربکم العلی العظیم و بها تنجذب افئده | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from the Kingdom of the grace of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, whereby hearts are drawn [3.5s] | INBA34:286 | AQA1#150 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05195 | 190 | Arabic | Translation List; Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh on the Importance of Cleanliness, A | یا امتی فاعلمی انا بعثنا العنایه علی هیکل اللوح و ارسلناه الیک لتفتخری به | O My handmaid! Know thou that We have raised up bounty itself in the form of this Tablet and sent it unto thee, that thou mayest glory therein amidst creation | INBA34:287a | AQA1#151, AVK3.295.09x, GHA.077x, HYB.173 | ADMS#350 | Chastisement and requital; Cleanliness and refinement; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Personal instructions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||
| BH04324 | 220 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الله فاعلم بان المشرکین احاطتنا من کل الجهات اخرجونا من | O thou who gazest upon God! Know thou that the ungodly have encompassed Us from every direction, expelling Us from [3.5s] | INBA34:287b | AQA1#152 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04396 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا علی قد بکی محمد رسول الله من ظلمک بما اتبعت الهوی و اعرضت عن الهدی | O Ali! Muhammad, the Messenger of God, hath indeed wept over thy wrongs, inasmuch as thou didst follow vain desires and turn aside from guidance [3.5s] | INBA34:289 | AQA1#154, MAS4.360, ASAT4.388x, DLH3.571 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ROB4.297 | ||||||||
| BH04818 | 200 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II | کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و | A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness | INBA34:290 | GWBP#141 p.197, AQA1#155 | GWB#141, ADJ.032x | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#187 | |||||
| BH04863 | 200 | Arabic | یا ابا علی طوبی لک بما اظهر الله من صلبک من تحرک بذکره الاموات قد اخذه جذب | O Aba 'Alí! Blessed art thou, for God hath manifested from thy loins one through whose remembrance the dead are quickened, drawn by divine attraction [3.5s] | INBA34:292, BLIB_Or11095#348, | AQA1#157, MYD.381x | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05548 | 180 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یدع الناس الی الله العزیز الحکیم ان الذین اوتو بصائر من الله | This is the Book that calleth the people unto God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Verily, they who have been endowed with insight from God [3.5s] | INBA34:293a, NLAI_BH1.019 | AQA1#158 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05295 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا امتی ذکر اسمک تلقاء العرش و اشرقت علیک شمس الفضل و هذا اللوح من اشراقها | O My handmaiden! The mention of thy name hath reached the Throne, and upon thee hath shone the Sun of Grace. This Tablet is from its effulgence [3.5s] | INBA34:293b | AQA1#159, AQA7#346 p.026 | Apocalyptic imagery; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05203 | 190 | Arabic | یا ایتها الورقه قد ظهر ما اخبرناک به من قبل حین الذی کنت تلقاء الوجه مقر الذی | O Leaf! That which We had forewarned thee of aforetime hath now come to pass, at that moment when thou wert in the presence of the Face [3.5s] | INBA34:294, NLAI_BH1.021 | AQA1#160 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04479 | 210 | Arabic | قد اخرجونا المشرکون من مدینه السر و ادخلونا فی حصن العکا و فیه حبس جمال | The ungodly have expelled Us from the City of Mystery and cast Us into the fortress of 'Akká, wherein the Beauty lies imprisoned [3.5s] | INBA34:295 | AQA1#161 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05301 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قد اسودت اکثر الوجوه فی هذا النیروز الذی فیه اشرقت الشمس عن برج | O servant! Most faces have turned black on this Naw-Rúz, wherein the Sun hath risen from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA34:297a | AQA1#163 | Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05157 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استشرق من بوارق انوار ربه و استغرب عن الاوطان | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the splendors of his Lord's light and hath become a stranger to his homeland [3.5s] | INBA34:297b, BLIB_Or15736.045c, , NLAI_BH1.069b | AQA1#164, ASAT3.206x | Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH04844 | 200 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله لیجذبه ندآء الله الی عرش مولاه ان ربک | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, that the call of God may draw him unto the throne of his Lord. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:298, NLAI_BH1.020 | AQA1#165, ASAT4.317x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05159 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اهتز من ندآء ربه و وجد عرف القمیص بعد الذی منع عنه | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who was stirred by the call of his Lord and perceived the fragrance of the garment after being debarred therefrom [3.5s] | INBA34:301a, INBA27:445 | AQA1#168 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05030 | 190 | Arabic | ذکر الله قد کان من افق الوحی بالحق مشهودا لیدعو الناس الی مقام کان فی اللوح | The remembrance of God hath, in truth, appeared from the horizon of revelation as a witness, that He may summon mankind unto that station which was inscribed in the Tablet [3.5s] | INBA34:301b | AQA1#169 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05162 | 190 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی زین بطراز رحمه ربه العزیز الحکیم و انطقه جذب | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom We have adorned with the robe of the mercy of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise, and caused him to speak through rapture [3.5s]... ...They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause—these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power | INBA34:302 | BRL_DA#678, GWBP#157 p.215ax, AQA1#170, GHA.259ax, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.j, YFY.077-078 | GWB#157x, COC#1904x, ADJ.051x, ADJ.060x4x, ADJ.060-61x, ADJ.068x, GPB.377x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x | Claudia & Jornt | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#428 | |||||
| BH05248 | 190 | Arabic | ینادی القلم کل الامم قد اتی مالک القدم الملک لله المقتدر المختار تغرد طیر | The Pen proclaimeth unto all nations: The Ancient Lord hath come! Sovereignty belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing. The Bird doth warble [3.5s] | INBA34:303 | AQA1#171 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06320 | 160 | Arabic | هذا لوح نزل بالحق من جبروت الله العلی العظیم و فیه ما یفرق بین الناس انه لهو المقتدر | This is a Tablet sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the Most High, the Most Great, wherein lieth that which distinguisheth between the peoples. Verily, He is the All-Powerful [3.5s] | INBA34:304, NLAI_BH1.018 | AQA1#172 | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05876 | 170 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی القیوم لقوم یفقهون و فیه کوثر الحیوان الذی جری من اصبع ربکم | The Book from the presence of the Self-Subsisting unto a people who understand, wherein floweth the Water of Life from the finger of your Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:305a | AQA1#173, ASAT4.492x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05557 | 180 | Arabic | هل زینت الارض بالذین لایمنعهم البلاء عن النظر الی الله العلی الاعلی و هل یمشی علیها من | Hath the earth been adorned with those whom tribulation deterreth not from gazing upon God, the Most High, the Most Exalted, and doth there walk thereon one who [3.5s] | INBA34:305b | AQA1#174 | Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04650 | Lawh-i-Karim 1 | 200 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء الکریم انه لهو الغفور الرحیم الا تضطرب من الفراق قد | O Karím! Hearken to the Voice of the Most Bountiful [al-Karím]; He is, in truth, the Forgiver, the Merciful | INBA34:306 | AQA1#175, OOL.B050a | ADMS#231 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | * | - | |||||
| BH05457 | 180 | Arabic | قد ذکر اسمک تلقاء الوجه فی هذا السجن و نزلت لک آیات لایعادلها ملک العالمین | Thy name hath been mentioned before Our face in this Prison, and verses have been sent down for thee that all the kingdoms of the world cannot equal [3.5s] | INBA34:307a | AQA1#176 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05168 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من ملکوت الله المقتدر العلی العظیم کل کلمه ظهرت من القلم | This is a Book sent down in truth from the Kingdom of God, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Every word hath proceeded from the Pen [3.5s] | INBA34:307b | AQA1#177 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05305 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا ورقتی اذا هبت علیک اریاح فضلی من مشرق عنایتی و حضر تلقاء وجهک لوح امری | O My leaf! When the winds of My grace waft upon thee from the Dayspring of My loving-kindness, and before thy face appeareth the Tablet of My Command [3.5s] | INBA34:308 | AQA1#178, ASAT2.005x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05431 | 180 | Arabic | طوبی لمن نبذ ما عند الناس و اخذ ما اوتی به من لدن عزیز حکیم لاتحزن عن شیء و | Blessed is he who hath cast away that which the people possess and taken that which hath been vouchsafed unto him from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Wise. Grieve not over aught [3.5s] | INBA34:309a, BLIB_Or15707.157, , BLIB_Or15735.309, | AQA1#179, HYK.309 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05430 | 180 | Arabic | طوبی لمن استمع الالحان من شطر الرحمن فی المقام الذی طاب هوآئه بما فاحت فیه | Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto the melodies from the precincts of the All-Merciful, in that station whose very air hath been perfumed [3.5s] | INBA34:309b, BLIB_Or15707.159, , BLIB_Or15735.310, | AQA1#180, HYK.310 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05932 | 170 | Arabic | یا ابن ینبغی لک بان تنصر ربک فی تلک الایام و تنطق باسمنا الاعظم العظیم | O Son! It behooveth thee to aid thy Lord in these days and to speak forth in Our Most Great and Glorious Name [3.5s] | INBA34:310, BLIB_Or15707.160, , BLIB_Or15735.311, | AQA1#181, HYK.311 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04943 | 190 | Arabic | اعلم بانا وردنا فی السجن الاکبر لیخرجوا العباد عن سجن النفس و الهوی و یتوجهوا | Know thou that We have entered into the Most Great Prison, that the servants might be delivered from the prison of self and desire, and turn [3.5s] | INBA34:311, BLIB_Or15707.161, , BLIB_Or15735.312, | AQA1#182, HYK.312 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05713 | 170 | Arabic | تالله بالبلاء زاد حب البهاء علی شان مامنعه عن ذکر مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء | By God! Through tribulation hath the love of Bahá increased to such a degree that naught could deter Him from the mention of the Lord of Names and the Creator of heaven [3.5s] | INBA34:312a, BLIB_Or15707.163, , BLIB_Or15735.313, | BRL_DA#336, AQA1#183, HYK.313 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05158 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی انبته الله من ارض طیبه مبارکه ان هذا لفضل عظیم | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom God hath caused to spring forth from blessed and goodly soil; verily, this is a mighty bounty [3.5s] | INBA34:312b, BLIB_Or15707.164, , BLIB_Or15735.315, | AQA1#184, AQA7#344 p.023, HYK.315 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05284 | 180 | Arabic | ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من شطر العظمه و الاقتدار مقر ربک العزیز المختار انه لا | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the precincts of grandeur and power, the seat of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. Verily, He [3.5s] | INBA34:313, BLIB_Or15707.166, , BLIB_Or15735.316, | AQA1#185, HYK.316 | Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05914 | 170 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من اتخذ الی ذی العرش سبیلا لیقربه کتاب ربه الی الذکر | This is a Book from Us unto him who hath taken unto the Lord of the Throne a path, that the Book of his Lord may draw him nigh unto the Remembrance [3.5s] | INBA34:314a, BLIB_Or15707.167, , BLIB_Or15735.317, , NLAI_BH1.073 | AQA1#186, HYK.317 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05535 | 180 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی اقبل الی مشرق الامر فی یوم اسودت فیه | This is the Book of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of the Cause on a day when darkness prevailed [3.5s] | INBA34:314b, BLIB_Or15707.169, , BLIB_Or15735.318, | AQA1#187, HYK.318 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05544 | 180 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا لیاخذه عن نفسه و یجذبه | This is the Book from the Wronged One unto him who hath chosen for himself a path unto the All-Merciful, that it may seize him from his self and draw him nigh [3.5s]... ...Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch as thou hast recognized the Truth, and withdrawn from him who repudiated the All-Merciful | INBA34:315, BLIB_Or15707.170, , BLIB_Or15735.319, | BRL_DA#766, GWBP#143 p.200x, AQA1#188, HYK.319 | GWB#143x, PDC.027x, WOB.161-162x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#434 | ||||||
| BH05752 | 170 | Arabic | ذکری امتی لیجذبها ندائی الی ملکوتی لتنظر ما قدر لها من لدن علیم حکیم لعمری من | O My handmaiden! Remember thou Me, that My call may draw thee to My Kingdom, that thou mayest behold what hath been ordained for thee by One All-Knowing, All-Wise. By My life [3.5s] | INBA34:316a, BLIB_Or15707.171, , BLIB_Or15735.321, | AQA1#189, HYK.321 | Chastity and purity; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05384 | 180 | Arabic | ذکری لمن خرق الاحجاب اذ اتی الوهاب فی ظلل السحاب ما احلی ذکری عبادی الذین | A remembrance unto him who rent asunder the veils when the All-Bountiful appeared in the shadows of clouds. How sweet is My remembrance of My servants who [3.5s] | INBA34:316b, BLIB_Or15707.173, , BLIB_Or15735.322, | AQA1#190, HYK.322 | Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05545 | 180 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم ینطق بانی انا المسجون فی هذا السجن العظیم | This is the Book which hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise. It proclaimeth: "Verily, I am the Prisoner in this mighty prison." [3.5s] | INBA34:317, BLIB_Or15707.174, , BLIB_Or15735.323, | AQA1#191, ASAT4.416x, HYK.232 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06171 | 160 | Arabic | ذکری عبدا من العباد لیجذبه الی الله مالک یوم التناد لعمری من سمع ذکری باذن | This is a remembrance of a servant among the servants, that it may draw him unto God, the Lord of the Day of Mutual Summoning. By My life! Whoso heareth My remembrance with an ear [3.5s] | INBA34:318a, BLIB_Or15707.176, , BLIB_Or15735.324, | AQA1#192, HYK.324 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06291 | 160 | Arabic | لیس الیوم یوم السوال اذا سمعت ندآء ربک قل لبیک یا محبوب العالمین فانظر فی | This is not the day for questions. When thou hearest the call of thy Lord, say: "Here am I, O Beloved of the worlds!" Therefore consider [3.5s] | INBA34:318b, BLIB_Or15707.177, , BLIB_Or15735.325, | AQA1#193, HYK.325 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06772 | 150 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh) | هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک انه لبشاره من لدی الرحمن علیک و علی اهل الاکوان خذه بید | This is a Book from Us unto thee. Verily, it is a glad-tiding from the All-Merciful unto thee and unto the peoples of all the worlds. Take it with the hand [3.5s]... ...The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! | INBA34:319, BLIB_Or15707.179, , BLIB_Or15735.327, | PMP#180x, AQA1#194, HYK.327 | PM#180x | Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | Part 2 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307). | |||||
| BH05971 | 170 | Arabic | یا ذاکری اسمع ندائی عن شطر سجنی و تفکر فی امری و ما ورد علی نفسی ثم انظر | O thou who makest mention of Me! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, and ponder My Cause and that which hath befallen My Person, then behold [3.5s] | INBA34:320a, BLIB_Or15707.180, , BLIB_Or15735.328, | AQA1#195, HYK.328 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06318 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدی العرش الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و وجد عرف الرحمن | This is a Book sent down from before the Throne unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath perceived the fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA34:320b, BLIB_Or15707.181, , BLIB_Or15735.329, | AQA1#196, HYK.329 | Apocalyptic imagery; Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05297 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا خادمی ان استمع ندائی من شطر سجنی باننی انا المظلوم الفرید ان اذکر ایام | O My servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, for verily I am the Wronged One, the Lone One. Remember thou the days [3.5s] | INBA34:321, INBA51:062, BLIB_Or15707.183, , BLIB_Or15735.330, , KB_620:055-056 | AQA1#197, HYK.330 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06742 | 150 | Arabic | کتابی الی عبدی لیفرح بذکری و تهزه نفحاتی و تسره آیاتی و یطلع من افق استقامتی | O My servant! This is My Book sent unto thee, that thou mayest rejoice in My remembrance, be stirred by My fragrances, be gladdened by My verses, and arise from the horizon of My steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA34:322a, BLIB_Or15707.184, , BLIB_Or15735.331, | AQA1#198, HYK.331 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06317 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یعرفون انه ما من اله الا هو و کل الیه راجعون قد قدرنا | This is a Book sent down in truth unto a people who recognize that verily there is no God but Him, and that all shall return unto Him. We have ordained [3.5s] | INBA34:322b, BLIB_Or15707.185, , BLIB_Or15735.332, | AQA1#199, HYK.332 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06954 | Lawh-i-Karim 3 | 140 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی من السدره المنتهی ینطق انه لا اله الا هو | O Karím! Hear thou the voice of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, coming from the Divine Lote-Tree; it proclaimeth | INBA34:323, BLIB_Or15707.187, , BLIB_Or15735.333, , NLAI_BH3.185 | AQA1#200, ASAT5.030x, HYK.333, NSS.200, OOL.B050c | ADMS#233 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | |||||
| BH06247 | 160 | Arabic | قد نزل الکتاب و اتی الوهاب اذا راینا اهل الحجاب فی ولج و اضطراب قد هرعوا الی | The Book hath been sent down and the All-Bountiful hath come. Thus did We behold the people of the veil in tumult and agitation, hastening unto [3.5s]... ...They that follow their lusts and corrupt inclinations have erred and dissipated their efforts. They indeed are of the lost | INBA34:324a, BLIB_Or11095#346, , BLIB_Or15707.188, , BLIB_Or15735.334, | AQA1#201 | ADJ.032x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06181 | 160 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و خلق بها ما اراد انه لهو المقتدر المختار قد خضع | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and through them created whatsoever He willeth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing, before Whom all have bowed in submission [3.5s] | INBA34:324b, BLIB_Or15707.189, , BLIB_Or15735.335, | AQA1#202, HYK.335 | Belief and denial; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06141 | 160 | Arabic | ذکر الله علی هیکل النار و هیئه النور من افق الظهور قد کان بالحق مشهودا قد ظهر | The remembrance of God upon the Temple of Fire and the Form of Light from the horizon of Manifestation hath, in truth, been witnessed [3.5s] | INBA34:325, BLIB_Or15707.191, , BLIB_Or15735.336, | AQA1#203, HYK.336 | Literal interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06494 | 150 | Arabic | تبارک الذی اظهر البهاء و جعله مشرق سلطانه لمن فی الاکوان من الناس من عرف و | Blessed is He Who hath manifested the Glory and made it the Dawning-Place of His sovereignty for all who dwell in the realms of creation among those who have recognized [3.5s] | INBA34:326a, BLIB_Or15707.192, , BLIB_Or15735.337, | AQA1#204, HYK.337 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06770 | 150 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الوجه و اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا لیاخذه جذب | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Countenance and chosen for himself a path unto the All-Merciful, that divine attraction might seize him [3.5s] | INBA34:326b, BLIB_Or15707.193, , BLIB_Or15735.338, | AQA1#205, HYK.338 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07051 | 140 | Arabic | ذکر الله من سدره الانسان قد ارتفع بالحق طوبی لمن اقبل الیه و سمع ما نطق به | The mention of God from the Lote-Tree of man hath, in truth, been raised up. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him and hearkened unto that which He uttered [3.5s] | INBA34:327, BLIB_Or15707.195, , BLIB_Or15735.339, | AQA1#206, HYK.339 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06236 | 160 | Arabic | قد راحت راحه الامکان الا لمن اخذ راح المعانی و البیان من راحه رحمه ربه الرحمن | The repose of all contingent beings hath vanished, save for him who hath quaffed the wine of meanings and utterance from the hand of mercy of his Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA34:328b, BLIB_Or15707.197, , BLIB_Or15735.341, , NLAI_BH1.026a | AQA1#208, HYK.341 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07088 | 140 | Arabic | ذکری نار تشتعل به قلوب المخلصین و نور تستضیء به وجوه المقربین و مره تراه | My remembrance is a fire by which the hearts of the sincere are set ablaze, and a light whereby the faces of them that are nigh are illumined, and a nectar thou beholdest [3.5s]... ...Should they attempt to conceal its light on the continent, it will assuredly rear its head in the midmost heart of the ocean | INBA34:329a, BLIB_Or11095#349, , BLIB_Or15707.198, , BLIB_Or15735.342, | BRL_DA#275, AQA1#209, HYK.342 | GPB.253x, WOB.079x | S. Jaberi | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH07859 | 130 | Arabic | هذا ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و قال بلی یا مالک العباد طوبی لمن اجاب ربه اذ | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened unto the Call and hath said: "Yea, O Lord of all beings!" Blessed is he who hath answered his Lord when [3.5s] | INBA34:331a, BLIB_Or15707.202, , BLIB_Or15735.345, | AQA1#212, HYK.345 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08866 | 110 | Arabic | شمس العز عن خلف حجاب الذل من افق البلاء قد کان مرئیا دخلنا السجن و بلغنا | The Sun of Glory, once visible from behind the veil of abasement upon the horizon of tribulation, was manifest when We entered the prison and attained [3.5s] | INBA34:331b, BLIB_Or15707.203, , BLIB_Or15735.346, | AQA1#213, HYK.346 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07480 | 130 | Arabic | ان استمع ندآء الله الابهی من بئر ظلماء ان انصرونی یا اهل البهاء بسیف الحکمه | Hearken unto the Call of the Most Glorious from this dark well: "Aid Me, O people of Bahá, with the sword of wisdom!" [3.5s] | INBA34:332a, INBA51:507, INBA49:364, BLIB_Or15707.204, , BLIB_Or15735.347a, | AQA1#214, LHKM3.184b, HYK.347 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08581 | 120 | Arabic | یا قلم اذکر من اقبل الی مطلع القدم لتجذبه نفحات مالک الامم فی هذا الیوم الذی | O Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned towards the Dawning-Place of Eternity, that the sweet fragrances of the Lord of Nations may draw him unto Him on this Day [3.5s] | INBA34:333a, BLIB_Or15707.205, , BLIB_Or15735.347b, | AQA1#216, HYK.347 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08465 | 120 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک لتجذبک نفحات الوحی الی الله المهیمن القیوم اقبل الی | This is a Book from Our presence unto thee, that the fragrances of Revelation may draw thee unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Turn thou unto Him [3.5s] | INBA34:334a, BLIB_Or15707.207, , BLIB_Or15735.349, | AQA1#218, HYK.349 | Call to action; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08336 | 120 | Arabic | قد خلق قمیص الجسم من السجن و الروح جدد بطراز الذکر ان اعتبروا یا اولی الابصار | The garment of the body hath been created from the prison, and the spirit hath been renewed with the ornament of remembrance. Take heed, O ye who possess insight [3.5s] | INBA34:334b, BLIB_Or15707.208, , BLIB_Or15735.350, | AQA1#219, HYK.350 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08909 | 110 | Arabic | Translation List | قد اشرق کتاب الفجر من افق الامر و اضائت به الدیار هذا یوم فیه تنطق الاشیاء | Verily, the Book of Dawn hath risen from the horizon of My Revelation, and through It the land hath been illumined | INBA34:335a, INBA73:117, BLIB_Or15707.209, , BLIB_Or15735.351a, | AQA1#220, AQA7#325 p.004a | ADMS#008 | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH07863 | 130 | Arabic | هذا کتاب معلوم من لدی القیوم الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز الودود یا قوم اجیبوا | This is the Book made known from the presence of the Self-Subsisting unto him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Loving. O people, answer ye [3.5s] | INBA34:335b, BLIB_Or15707.210, , BLIB_Or15735.351b, | AQA1#221, HYK.351 | Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08187 | 120 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا الی من نبذ الاوهام و اخذ من لاح به نور الیقین لتمر علیه نسمه الله | The remembrance from Us is unto him who hath cast away vain imaginings and taken fast hold of that which hath been illumined by the light of certitude, that the breeze of God may pass over him [3.5s] | INBA34:336a, BLIB_Or15707.211, , BLIB_Or15735.352, | AQA1#222, HYK.352 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09065 | 110 | Arabic | هذا لوح نزل من شطر السجن للذی اقبل الی الوجه لیجد عرف الله المقتدر العزیز | This is a Tablet sent down from the precincts of the Prison unto him who hath turned toward the Countenance, that he may inhale the fragrance of God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty [3.5s] | INBA34:337a, BLIB_Or15707.213, , BLIB_Or15735.354, | BRL_DA#303, AQA1#224, HYK.354 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09592 | 100 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدی القیوم الی الذین فازوا بانوار الیوم اذ اتی الغلام فی ظلل | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the All-Sustaining unto those who have attained unto the lights of the Day when the Youth appeared in the shadows [3.5s] | INBA34:337b, BLIB_Or15707.214a, , BLIB_Or15735.355a, | AQA1#225, HYK.355 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08907 | 110 | Arabic | قد اخذ اهتزاز الوصال شطر الجنوب و الشمال نسمع ندآء البطحاء تقول لک الحمد یا | The vibration of reunion hath stirred the regions of the south and the north. We hear the call of the Sacred Valley exclaiming: Praise be unto Thee [3.5s]... ...North and South both vibrate to the call announcing the advent of our Revelation | INBA34:338a, BLIB_Or15707.214b, , BLIB_Or15735.355b, | AQA1#226, AKHA_124BE #06 p.h, HYK.355 | WOB.106x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09023 | 110 | Arabic | کم من عباد انتظروا ایامی فلما اتی المیقات کفروا بمالک الاسماء و الصفات قل یا | How many were the servants who awaited My days, yet when the appointed time was come, denied the Lord of Names and Attributes! Say: O [3.5s] | INBA34:338b, BLIB_Or15707.215, , BLIB_Or15735.356, | AQA1#227, AVK2.003.09x, HYK.356 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09146 | 110 | Arabic | یا قلم القدم ذکر الامم بهذا الاسم الاعظم لعل یقبلن الی قبله من فی السموات | O Pen of Eternity! Make mention of the peoples through this Most Great Name, that haply they who dwell in the heavens may turn unto His Qiblih [3.5s] | INBA34:339a, BLIB_Or15707.216, , BLIB_Or15735.357, | AQA1#228, HYK.357 | Belief and denial; Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09480 | 100 | Arabic | قد ظهر النور من افق الطور و السیناء ینادی لک الحمد یا محبوب العالمین بما وجدت | The Light hath appeared from the horizon of the Mount, and Sinai calleth out: "Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!" [3.5s] | INBA34:339b, BLIB_Or15707.217, , BLIB_Or15735.358a, | AQA1#229 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09995 | 90 | Arabic | کلام الله ولو انحصر بکلمه لاتعادلها کتب العالمین انک لاتحزن بما اختصرنا اللوح | The Word of God, though it be confined to a single word, is not equaled by all the books of the worlds. Grieve thou not that We have made brief this Tablet [3.5s]... ...The word which the one true God uttereth in this day, though that word be the most familiar and commonplace of terms, is invested with supreme, with unique distinction. | INBA34:341, BLIB_Or15696.028b, , BLIB_Or15707.220, , BLIB_Or15734.2.101a, , BLIB_Or15735.360, | BRL_DA#238, AQA1#232, HYK.360 | WOB.104x | Humor; jokes; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00259 | Lawh-i-Napoleon II | 2460 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) | قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس | O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared | INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b | NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 | SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 | W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) | Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II) | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions. | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 3a | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| BH00662 | Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | 1150 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه | O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree | INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b | NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 | SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 | B. Parmar | Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another. | Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00038 | Lawh-i-Sultan | 6890 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah) | یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی | O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God | INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685 | NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018 | SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x | almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi | Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day. | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248 | ||
| BH00130 | Lawh-i-Ahbab | 3770 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends) | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God | INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001, | AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022 | ADMS#244, BTO#02x | Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be detached from the things of the world, and to promote the cause of God, and lamenting the Bábís and others who have rejected His message. | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | - | ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038 | ||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00414 | Lawh-i-Yusuf 1 | 1690 | Arabic | قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز | The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s] | INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153, | AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04034 | 230 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان ذکر ما سواک لاینبغی لحضرتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when I have become certain that the mention of aught except Thee befitteth not Thy presence [3.5s] | INBA35:019, INBA48:147, BLIB_Or15739.266, | AQMJ1.106 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04778 | 200 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و سمعنا ما نادیت به الله فی جهرک و نجویک ان ربک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی انا الّذی اردت رضائک | Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have hearkened unto that which thou didst call upon God, both in thy public utterance and thy private communion. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will | INBA35:020, INBA48:153, BLIB_Or15739.276, , NLAI_BH1.176 | BRL_DA#783, PMP#121x, AQMJ2.113cx, AQMJ1.114x | PM#121x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH05571 | 180 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی تری عبدک جالسا فی السجن منقطعا عن دونک و ناظرا الی افق عنایتک و | Thou beholdest, O my God, Thy servant who dwelleth in this prison-house, wholly detached from any one but Thee | INBA35:021a, INBA48:154, INBA49:049, INBA92:167b, BLIB_Or15739.278, | PMP#063, AQMJ1.116, ASAT1.021x | PM#063 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| BH05837 | 170 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | قد قرئنا کتابک و قدرنا لک ما سئلت به الله ربک و رب العالمین و رقم لک... ای ربّ لک الحمد علی ما اسمعتنی ندائک | We have read thy letter and have ordained for thee that which thou didst ask of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, and inscribed for thee [3.5s]... ...Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself | INBA35:021b, INBA48:156, INBA57:077x, BLIB_Or15739.281, | PMP#074x, AQMJ1.117x | PM#074x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| BH07109 | 140 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالکلمه التی منها تموجت فی قلوب العارفین بحور | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word through which the oceans surged in the hearts of them that have known Thee [3.5s] | INBA35:022, INBA48:179a, BLIB_Or15739.312, | AQMJ1.136 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi | Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I) | ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما | O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation | INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059 | BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x | GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55 | Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 | ||
| BH06328 | 160 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | وجه حق از افق اعلی باهل بها توجه نموده میفرماید در جمیع احوال بانچه سبب | He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from the Dayspring of Glory, directed His eyes towards the people of Bahá | INBA35:292, INBA81:164, BN_suppl.1753.126-126 | BRL_DA#651, GWBP#156 p.214, LHKM3.382, KSHG.146-147, PYB#112-113 p.49, AHB_125BE #05-06 p.118, AKHA_133BE #06 p.a | GWB#156, PDC.187x | Francesco & Lorenzo, B. Weber | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | LL#403 | |||||
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved | Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys) | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و | Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity | INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b | BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006 | CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12 | MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis | His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár’s Manṭiqu’l-Ṭayr (‘The Conference of the Birds’), describing seven stages in the path of the spiritual wayfarers—‘search’, ‘love’, ‘knowledge’, ‘unity’, ‘contentment’, ‘wonderment’, and ‘true poverty and absolute nothingness’—and revealing that the source of conflict upon earth can be traced to the wayfarers’ lack of awareness of the relative truths to be found within each of these stages. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love as fire; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| BH07426 | 140 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من کل شیء اضطرب من سطوتک و کل الامور مقبوضه فی قبضتک و کل الوجوه متوجهه | O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled, in Whose grasp... O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink | INBA35:023a, INBA48:179b, BLIB_Or15739.314, | PMP#077, PMP#168x, AQMJ1.137, AQMJ1.004, BNEP.113 | PM#077, PM#168x, BPRY.167x, BPRY.245x, BSC.187 #274x, BP1929.021-022x | L. Slott, Nabil and Karim, C. Zurek, Soulrise Melodies, C. Signori, QuiqueSaba, T. Ellis | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||
| BH05328 | 180 | mixed | ای کنیز من ندای رحمانی را در این یوم الهی از لسان ابهائی بشنو چه که ندایش مرده را | O My handmaiden! Hearken thou unto the merciful call on this divine Day from the Most Glorious Tongue, for verily His call quickeneth the dead [3.5s] | INBA35:023b, BLIB_Or03116.102r, , BLIB_Or11096#129, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07795 | 130 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای کنیز من و دختر کنیز من حمد کن مقصود عالمرا که از بحر اعظم | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Render thou praise unto Him Who is the Object of all the world, Who from the Most Great Ocean [3.5s] | INBA35:024a, INBA23:074b, BLIB_Or03116.103.01, , BLIB_Or11096#190, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08131 | 120 | mixed | ای کنیز حق انشاء الله بکمال شوق و اشتیاق بذکر نیر آفاق مشغول باشی و بکمال | O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou, with utmost yearning and longing, be occupied with the remembrance of the Luminary of the horizons, with perfect [3.5s] | INBA35:024b, BLIB_Or03116.103.08, , BLIB_Or11096#191, | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10213 | 80 | mixed | ای کنیز حق از عالم خلق صعود نما و بعالم تقدیس و تنزیه ربانی وارد شو تا دنیا و | O handmaiden of God! Ascend thou from the realm of creation and enter into the sanctified and transcendent dominion of thy Lord, that the world and [3.5s] | INBA35:025a, BLIB_Or03116.103r.02, , BLIB_Or11096#192, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03802 | 240 | mixed | ای عبدالله حمد کن طلعت مقصود را که از فضلش ببحر اعظم واصل شدی و مره بعد مره | O Abdullah, praise thou the Countenance of the Desired One, for through His grace thou hast attained unto the Most Great Ocean, time and again [3.5s] | INBA35:025b, BLIB_Or03116.103r.07, , BLIB_Or11096#073, , BLIB_Or15710.086, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04408 | 210 | mixed | ای پدر قلم اعلی میفرماید در حال پسر فکر کن و ببصر اظهر بمنظر اکبر ناظر باش آخر هر | O Father! The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: Ponder thou upon the state of the Son, and with manifest vision fix thy gaze upon the Most Great Scene [3.5s] | INBA35:026, BLIB_Or03116.104, , BLIB_Or11096#093, , BLIB_Or15722.204, | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04195 | 220 | mixed | حمد کن محبوب عالمیان را که بفیوضات لانهایه فائز شدی و از شطر احدیه ممنوع نگشتی | Render praise unto the Beloved of all worlds, for thou hast attained unto His boundless bounties and hast not been debarred from the sanctuary of His oneness [3.5s] | INBA35:027a, BLIB_Or03116.104r, , BLIB_Or11096#074, | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00893 | 910 | mixed | ای یوسف از عرف قمیص رحمانی محروم مشاهده میشوی عجب در آنست که چشم یعقوب | O Joseph! I behold thee deprived of the fragrance of the divine Raiment. Strange indeed it is that the eye of Jacob [3.5s] | INBA35:027b, BLIB_Or03116.105, , BLIB_Or11096#032, | MUH3.381-382x, ASAT5.350x, OOL.B189x | Belief and denial; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00501 | Lawh-i-Karim | 1470 | mixed | Trustworthiness; Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات | O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians | INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 | BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx | BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x | States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims. | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3b | * | - | GSH.175 | ||
| BH01231 | 680 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II | ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و | O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things | INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151, | BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x | GWB#142x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB2.117, LL#186 | |||||
| BH01525 | Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl | 570 | mixed | Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action | قد کتب علی کل مدینه بان یجعلوا فیها بیت العدل و یجتمع فیه النفوس علی عدد البهاء | Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth that in every city in the world a house be established in the name of justice wherein shall gather pure and steadfast souls to the number of the Most Great Name | INBA35:037, BLIB_Or15722.053, , PR05.007a-009a, Majlis934.026-031, BN_suppl.1753.076-078 | BRL_DA#228, LHKM2.068, GHA.214x, UAB.011dx, PYB#203 p.03x, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, AKHA_087BE #05 p.001, PYM.130x | BRL_SOCIAL#012x, BRL_LSA#02x, BRL_LSA#15x, BW_v25p021-022x, COC#0562x, COC#1356x, COC#1368x, COC#1369x, LOG#0007x, LOG#0156x | Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; House of Justice; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Persian | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi) | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered. | Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | 3b | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| BH02198 | Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq | 400 | Persian | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved) | ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد | Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery | INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048 | GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21 | GWB#151, DOR#21 | R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke | Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘rose-garden of changeless splendour’, calling them to detach themselves from the world and to taste ‘the abandonment of enraptured love’, and warning them of the fleeting nature of their opportunity. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 1b | * | * | ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064 | |
| BH00269 | Lawh-i-Ra'is | 2370 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha) | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا | The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men | INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a | NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b | SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038 | Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan. | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 3a | * | * | ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 | ||
| BH07265 | 140 | mixed | لسان قدم میفرماید ای کنیز من و فرزند کنیز من جمیع عباد و اماء را مخصوص امروز | The Tongue of Eternity proclaims: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! All servants and handmaidens are especially privileged in this Day [3.5s] | INBA35:049, BLIB_Or03116.080.02, , BLIB_Or11096#173, , BLIB_Or15710.018a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06403 | 150 | mixed | اکثری از رجال از شطر ذی الجلال محروم مانده اند از فضل الهی شاید نساء بر امرش | Most men have remained deprived of the bounties of the All-Glorious One; perchance through divine grace the women shall arise to His Cause [3.5s] | INBA35:050a, INBA41:277, BLIB_Or03116.080.10, , BLIB_Or11096#174, , BLIB_Or15710.018b, | Living waters; water of life; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07621 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن تحرک اذ هبت اریاح اراده ربه الرحمن فی الامکان لیجذبه الذکر | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who stirred when the winds of his Lord, the All-Merciful, wafted through the realm of contingent being, that the remembrance might draw him near [3.5s] | INBA35:051a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10539 | 70 | Arabic | ان یا محمود ان المقصود ینادیک من مقامه المحمود الی الله العزیز الودود من اقبل الیه | O Mahmud! The Desired One calleth thee from His all-praised station unto God, the Mighty, the Loving - whosoever hath turned unto Him [3.5s] | INBA35:051b | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10296 | 80 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من باسمک غرست الاشجار و ظهرت الاثمار و نطق الابرار بین الفجار بما | Glorified art Thou, O Thou by Whose Name the trees have been planted, the fruits have appeared, and the righteous have spoken amidst the wicked [3.5s] | INBA35:052a, BLIB_Or15706.146, , BLIB_Or15715.061b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09125 | 110 | Arabic | یا سیف الدین انا محونا آیه السیف و جعلنا آیه القلم مشرقه من افق رحمه ربک | O Saifuddín! We have effaced the verse of the sword and made the verse of the pen to shine forth from the horizon of thy Lord's mercy [3.5s] | INBA35:052b, BLIB_Or15734.1.008.07, | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00565 | 1330 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی | This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful? | INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176, | BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x | GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#377, LL#423 | ||||||
| BH10574 | 70 | Arabic | رحمة الرحمن علی کل امة امنت بالرحمن | The mercy of the All-Merciful be upon every nation that hath believed in the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA35:058a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03591 | 250 | Arabic | اسمع ندآء ربک ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن علیم خبیرا لتکون متبعا امر ربک بما نزل | Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, then act in accordance with that which thou art bidden from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Informed, that thou mayest follow the command of thy Lord as revealed [3.5s] | INBA35:062 | RSBB.068b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع | These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God | INBA35:063 | BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 | BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith". | Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 | ||||
| BH00287 | Lawh-i-Baha | 2190 | mixed | Lawh-i-Bahá (Tablet of Glory) | ان یا امه الله ا تصبرین علی مقعدک بعد الذی کان قمیص الغلام محمرا بدم البغضاء | O Maidservant of God! Be patient under all circumstances and mindful of the fact that the robe of this Youth was dyed crimson with the blood of enmity betwixt earth and heaven | INBA35:070x, NLAI_BH1.269x | BRL_DA#703, AQA7#394-395 p.154, ASAT5.348x, OOL.B030a, OOL.B030b | HURQ.BH38 | Identifies Himself and His sufferings with those of prophets past; compares Mírzá Yaḥyá to the biblical Balaam, who rejected Moses after having occupied an exalted station; and bids His own followers, the newly named ‘people of Bahá’, to enter the ‘ark of eternity’ upon the ‘crimson sea’. | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2b | * | - | ROB2.179, ROB2.171, MMAH.119, GSH.040, LL#071 | |||
| BH04411 | 210 | mixed | ای کمال غنی متعال در سجن اعظم تو را ذکر مینماید هیچ فضلی اعظم از این نبوده و | O Kamal! The All-Possessing, the Most Exalted, maketh mention of thee from within the Most Great Prison. No bounty hath been greater than this [3.5s] | INBA35:081, BLIB_Or15710.153a, , BLIB_Or15719.021b, | AQA7#408 p.191 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04406 | 210 | mixed | ای امه الله طرف الله بتو ناظر و از رحمت محیطه و عنایت سابقه در این سجن مبین | O handmaid of God! The glance of God is fixed upon thee, and from His all-encompassing mercy and His pre-existent grace, in this Most Manifest Prison [3.5s] | INBA35:082a, BLIB_Or15710.153b, , BLIB_Or15719.022b, | AQA7#409 p.192 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09783 | 90 | mixed | ای جهان جهان پناه میفرماید مراتب شوق و اشتیاق و وله و انجذابت در ساحت اقدس | O Refuge of the World! The degrees of thy yearning, longing, rapture and attraction in the Most Holy Court are proclaimed [3.5s] | INBA35:082b, BLIB_Or15710.154, , BLIB_Or15719.022a, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02895 | 310 | mixed | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بطرف عنایت مالک اسماء مشرف انشاء الله در کل احیان | Thy letter came into My presence and was honored by the favoring glance of the Lord of Names. God willing, at all times [3.5s] | INBA35:083, BLIB_Or15710.155, , BLIB_Or15719.021a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03666 | 250 | mixed | سبحانک یا الهی تری المحمود اقبل الی مقامک المحمود و انه فاز بلقائک اذ کان نیر | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest how the Praised One hath drawn nigh unto Thy praised station, and verily he hath attained unto Thy presence when he was illumined [3.5s] | INBA35:084 | NFR.055 | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03160 | 290 | Arabic | یا جواد ان استمع ندآء مالک الایجاد انه یدعوک فضلا من عنده و یذکرک کما ذکرک | O Javád! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord of creation. He, verily, summoneth thee through His grace and remembereth thee even as He hath remembered thee [3.5s] | INBA35:085 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06450 | 150 | Arabic | انا ارسلنا الی العالم ما یقربهم الی الفردوس الاعلی ولکن الناس اکثرهم من | We have sent forth unto the world that which shall draw them nigh unto the Most Exalted Paradise, yet most among the people remain heedless [3.5s] | INBA35:086a | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07612 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر انزلناه بالحق و انه لایه الکبری لاهل الوری و سلسبیل الحیوان لمن فی | A remembrance which We have sent down in truth - and verily it is the Most Great Sign unto the peoples of the world and the Salsabil of Life unto those who [3.5s] | INBA35:086b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05374 | 180 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن شرب رحیق الوحی و فاز بایام الله رب العالمین و توجه الی الوجه | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the choice wine of revelation, attained unto the days of God, the Lord of all worlds, and turned unto the Countenance [3.5s] | INBA35:087 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03530 | 260 | Arabic | کتاب انزلناه بالحق لیجذب الناس الی الافق الاعلی و یقربهم الی البحر الاعظم | A Book which We have sent down in truth, that it may draw mankind unto the Most Exalted Horizon and bring them nigh unto the Most Great Ocean [3.5s] | INBA35:089 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10625 | 70 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ندآء الرحمن فی الامکان ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایسمعون قد انار الافق | The call of the All-Merciful hath been raised throughout all contingent being, yet most of mankind heareth it not. The horizon hath been illumined [3.5s] | INBA35:003a | Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10394 | 80 | Arabic | هذا اللوح فیه قدر حفظ ما کان | This Tablet containeth in measured form the preservation of all that hath been [3.5s] | INBA35:003b | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11063 | 50 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الأعظم و کلمتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name and Thy Word [3.5s] | INBA35:003c | Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10337 | 80 | Arabic | فیا الهی هذا عبدک الذی خضع لدی ظهورک | O my God! This is Thy servant who hath bowed down before Thy Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA35:003d | Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11091 | 50 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی تری فقری و افتقاری | Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou beholdest my poverty and my destitution [3.5s] | INBA35:004a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11277 | 40 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بأسمک الذی به اظهرت | Glorified be Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest [3.5s] | INBA35:004b | Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01313 | Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) | 650 | mixed | Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Healing prayer, Short; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician) | لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر | The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy | INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365 | BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082 | PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64 | S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve | Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf al-Yázijí’s Majma‘u’l-Baḥrayn, a popular literary work of the time—and concludes with a prayer for healing. | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | 2c | * | - | ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476 | Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org). |
| BH00413 | 1690 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض | Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory | INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v | BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x | GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#421 | ||||||
| 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, | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01353 | Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani | 630 | Persian | Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند | O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you | INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042 | BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax | TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#084 | ||||
| BH01509 | 570 | Persian | Tabernacle of Unity, The | - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ای بندگان چشمه های بخشش یزدانی در جوش است از آن بنوشید تا بیاری دوست یکتا | O servants! The wellsprings of divine bestowal are streaming forth. Quaff ye therefrom, that by the aid of the incomparable Friend | INBA35:108, BLIB_Or11096#040, , BLIB_Or15722.087, , NLI.32p007v, Majlis934.042-046 | BRL_TBUP#4, ZYN.277, MJMM.251, YARP1.002, DWNP_v4#01 p.001-002, UAB.058ax, DRD.032, AKHA_133BE #10 p.221, ANDA#71 p.03 | TBU#4 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||
| BH02747 | 320 | Persian | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ای بندگان سزاوار آنکه در این بهار جان‌فزا از باران نیسان یزدانی تازه و خرم | O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh and revive your souls through the gracious favors which, in this Divine, this soul-stirring Springtime | INBA35:110, BLIB_Or11096#059, , BLIB_Or15722.089, , CMB_F33.039, , NLI.32p009v, Majlis934.046-049 | GWBP#085 p.111b, ZYN.283, AHM.308, MJMM.255, YARP1.013, DWNP_v1#02 p.001-002x, UAB.058bx, DRD.040, DRD.101, PYB#019 p.02 | GWB#085, ADJ.081x | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Life and death; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Satan; the Evil One; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#072 | ||||||
| BH02979 | 300 | Persian | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاست که بخودی خود زنده و پاینده بوده هر نابودی از بود او پدیدار | All praise belongeth unto the pure and sanctified Lord, Who, self-subsisting and everlasting, hath been the Source from which every transient thing hath come into being [3.5s]... ...Say, O high priests! Ye are held in reverence because of My Name, and yet ye flee Me! Ye are the high priests of the Temple | INBA35:111, BLIB_Or11096#060, , BLIB_Or15722.091, , CMB_F33.037, , NLI.32p010v, Majlis934.049-052 | BRL_DA#184, AVK3.430.11x, ZYN.285, MJMM.257, YARP1.014, UAB.059bx, DRD.081 | GPB.211x, PDC.127x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04332 | 220 | mixed | یا بنت اختی کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و طرف عنایت بان ناظر حمد محبوب حقیقی را که باشراق | O daughter of My sister! Thy letter hath come before My presence, and the glance of favor hath been directed towards it. Praise be to the true Beloved Who through His dawning [3.5s] | INBA35:112a, BLIB_Or11096#108, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09200 | 100 | mixed | الحمد لله بانوار شمس حقیقت فائز شدی و از نسایم ربیع رحمانی خرم و مبسوط در منظر اکبر | Praise be unto God that thou hast been illumined by the splendors of the Sun of Truth and hast been gladdened and refreshed by the breezes of the divine Springtime in the Most Great Vision [3.5s] | INBA35:112b, BLIB_Or11096#193, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03555 | 260 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیاخذه جذب الندآء | This is an Epistle from the Wronged One unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that the rapture of the Call may seize him [3.5s] | INBA35:113 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Mystery of the great reversal; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05095 | 190 | mixed | قد اتی المقصود و لسان الوجود ینطق و یقول لک الحمد یا اله من فی السموات و | The Best-Beloved is come, and the tongue of existence speaketh and sayeth: "Praise be unto Thee, O God of all who dwell in the heavens." [3.5s] | INBA35:114a | AQA7#357 p.047 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | 3b | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| BH02882 | 310 | mixed | قد سمع الله ما نطقت به فی ذکر الله ربک و رب العالمین و شاهدنا ما ورد علیک | God hath heard that which thou didst utter in remembrance of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, and We have witnessed that which hath befallen thee [3.5s] | INBA35:127 | AVK3.112.08x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04200 | 220 | mixed | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل بوده و لایزال خواهد بود رحمتش جمیع من | Praise beloveth and befitteth that Beloved One who has ever been and Who will remain unto all eternity. | INBA35:128, BLIB_Or07852.109, , BLIB_Or15710.162b, , BLIB_Or15722.130, | BRL_DA#163, AVK3.256.05x, GHA.320bx, UAB.048cx, DRD.145, MAS4.355b, AKHA_116BE #10 p.321, AKHA_119BE #11 p.a, YIK.316-317 | PNAK.84 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02735 | 320 | mixed | امواج بحر بیان باراده مالک امکان بر هیئت اینکلمات ظاهر در اکثر از سنین | The waves of the Ocean of Utterance, by the will of the Lord of all possibility, have manifested in the form of these words throughout many years [3.5s] | INBA35:129, BLIB_Or15719.042a, | AKHA_116BE #11-12 p.421 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mystery of the great reversal; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03483 | 260 | mixed | در این ظهور اعظم اکثری از احباء بتبلیغ امر مالک اسما مامور شده اند یعنی امر | In this Most Great Dispensation, most of the beloved ones have been charged with teaching the Cause of the Lord of Names, that is to say, the Cause [3.5s] | INBA35:130, BLIB_Or15719.041b, | MAS8.097x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03993 | 230 | mixed | انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بانوار صبح معانی منور باشید و بذکر و ثنای الهی | God willing, may ye ever be and continue to be illumined by the dawning splendors of inner meanings, engaged in His remembrance and praise [3.5s] | INBA35:131, BLIB_Or15719.040c, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04628 | 200 | mixed | الیوم یومیست که ندای مالک بریه از شطر احدیه من غیر واسطه مرتفعست و سمع و بصر | This is the Day wherein the Call of the Lord of Creation is raised from the realm of divine unity, without intermediary, and hearing and sight bear witness [3.5s] | INBA35:132a, BLIB_Or15719.039b, | AKHA_117BE #05-06 p.a, AKHA_124BE #01 p.b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04866 | 200 | mixed | یا احبائی فی منشاد الحمد لله از فضل مالک ایجاد نفحات قمیص بیان را استشمام | O My loved ones in Manshad! Praise be to God that, through the grace of the Lord of creation, ye have inhaled the fragrances of the garment of utterance [3.5s] | INBA35:132b, BLIB_Or15719.035a, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03202 | 280 | mixed | بحر معانی از معین قلم رحمانی در کل احیان جاری و ساریست از حق میطلبیم تشنگان | The ocean of inner meanings, flowing forth from the wellspring of the Pen of the All-Merciful, surgeth and courseth through all times. We beseech God that the thirsting ones [3.5s] | INBA35:133, BLIB_Or15719.034c, | HDQI.101, ABDA.017-018, ANDA#47 p.03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05314 | 180 | Persian | انشاء الله در کل احیان بنار محبت رحمن مشتعل باشی و این نار حقیقت نور است | God willing, mayest thou be enkindled at all times with the fire of the love of the All-Merciful. This fire is, in truth, light itself [3.5s] | INBA35:134a, BLIB_Or15719.034a, | Call to action; Fire and light; fire and water; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04036 | 230 | mixed | شمس اراده مالک اسماء از افق قلم اعلی مشرق و مجلی تا جمیع من فی الانشاء | The Sun of Will, the Lord of Names, hath risen from the horizon of the Most Exalted Pen, shining forth and illumining all who dwell within creation [3.5s] | INBA35:134b, BLIB_Or15719.034b, | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Study; deepening; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02142 | 410 | mixed | حمد محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزا است که رحمت محیطه اش کل ممکنات را سبقت | Praise be befitting and meet unto the Eternal Beloved, Whose all-encompassing mercy hath preceded all created things [3.5s] | INBA35:135, BLIB_Or15710.175, | Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04057 | 230 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید خلق از برای عرفان حق بوجود آمده اند و الیوم مظهر قدرت و | The Supreme Pen proclaimeth: Creation hath been brought into being for the recognition of Truth, and today the Manifestation of power and [3.5s] | INBA35:136, BLIB_Or15710.174, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04166 | 220 | mixed | انشاء الله بعنایت محبوب عالم همیشه مسرور و خرم باشید و در لیالی و ایام بذکر | God willing, through the loving-kindness of the Best-Beloved of the world, may ye be ever joyous and radiant, and in the watches of night and throughout the days engaged in remembrance [3.5s] | INBA35:137, BLIB_Or15710.192, , BLIB_Or15719.146d, | AKHA_118BE #01-02 p.b | Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01282 | 660 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از زلال سلسال معارف محبوب لایزال بنوشی و بنوشانی | God willing, thou hast ever drunk and wilt ever continue to drink, and cause others to drink, from the sweet-flowing stream of divine knowledge of the Eternal Beloved [3.5s]... ...The never-ending sprinkling of the showers of Revelation fall continuously from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, and are made manifest in Words and revealed in the Holy Tablets | INBA35:138, INBA51:153, BLIB_Or15710.165b, , BLIB_Or15719.044, , BLIB_Or15722.132, , KB_620:146-149 | BRL_DA#401, AVK2.354.17x, AVK3.114.03x, LHKM2.178, HDQI.097, MAS8.042x, VUJUD.141.05x | BRL_ATBH#11x, VUJUDE.156x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00466 | 1540 | mixed | رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسماء بهیئت این کلمات | The dewdrops of revelation, aided by the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have descended from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words [3.5s]... ...Indeed the laws of God are like unto the ocean and the children of men as fish | INBA35:140x, BLIB_Or15719.031, , Majlis934.092-108 | AVK2.057.13x, AVK3.119.11x, AVK3.298.16x, UAB.031dx, MAS4.170x, KSHG.064-070, MSBH2.482-489 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Music and singing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB3.279, LL#131 | ||||||||
| BH03328 | 270 | mixed | انشاء الله بعنایه الله فائز باشی و از قدح عرفان محبوب امکان مره بعد مره | God willing, mayest thou be assisted through His loving-kindness and drink, time and again, from the chalice of recognition of the Beloved of all existence [3.5s] | INBA35:145, BLIB_Or15719.061b, | HDQI.048, ANDA#17 p.03 | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03621 | 250 | mixed | انشاء الله بعین قلب بافق اعلی ناظر باشی و بگوش جان ندای محبوب امکانرا استماع | God willing, mayest thou gaze with the eye of thy heart toward the Most Exalted Horizon, and with the ear of thy soul hearken to the call of the Best-Beloved of creation [3.5s] | INBA35:146, BLIB_Or15719.157b, | LHKM1.172, AKHA_116BE #09 p.247 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03077 | 290 | mixed | انشاء الله بعنایات رحمانیه و فیوضات ربانیه فائز باشی و از مائده انقطاع که | God willing, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful and the divine outpourings, mayest thou be enabled to attain, and partake of the heavenly table of detachment that [3.5s] | INBA35:147, INBA33:039, BLIB_Or15719.157a, | ASAT3.026x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02197 | 400 | mixed | ای اهل سین قلم اعلی در سجن عکا بشما متوجه و بذکر شما مشغول این نیست مگر از | O people of China! The Most Exalted Pen in the Prison of 'Akká is turned towards you and is occupied with your remembrance. This is naught save [3.5s] | INBA35:148, BLIB_Or15719.144c, | LHKM1.174, MAS8.121ax, AYI2.397x | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01717 | 510 | mixed | انشاء الله آنجناب بعنایت محبوب امکان در کل احیان ساقی رحیق مختوم باشند و حافظ | God willing, may your honor, through the loving-kindness of the Beloved of all possibility, be at all times the Bearer of the sealed wine [3.5s] | INBA35:149, BLIB_Or15719.063b, | LHKM1.176, AYI2.239x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02089 | 420 | mixed | جمیع عباد لعرفان الله خلق شده اند و نفوسیکه الیوم بشطر اقدس و اسم اعظم توجه | All souls have been created for the knowledge of God, and those who today have turned toward the Most Holy Court and the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA35:151, BLIB_Or15710.275, , BLIB_Or15719.060a, | PYK.048, YIA.064-065 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02595 | 340 | mixed | بحر معانی از مطلع فم مشیت رحمانی بصورت این کلمات تجلی فرموده و غیوم اوهام | The ocean of meanings hath shone forth from the Dawning-Place of the Mouth of the All-Merciful Will in the form of these words, and the clouds of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA35:152, INBA57:075, BLIB_Or15719.058b, | NNY.138-140, RHQM1.503-504 (617) (378x), PYB#024 p.01 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.087, LL#006 | ||||||||
| BH03257 | 280 | mixed | قلم ابهی در کل احیان اهل امکان را بافق اعلی دعوت مینماید تا از فضل ایام الله | The Most Glorious Pen summoneth at all times the peoples of the contingent realm unto the Most Exalted Horizon, that they may partake of the bounties of the Days of God [3.5s] | INBA35:153, BLIB_Or15719.077b, | LHKM3.367 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03510 | 260 | mixed | طبیبی در این ایام که هواهای نفسانیه بعضی را از عدل و انصاف و ما نزل فی | O Physician! In these days when carnal desires have caused some to stray from justice and equity and from that which hath been revealed [3.5s] | INBA35:154, BLIB_Or15710.207, , BLIB_Or15719.158b, , BLIB_Or15722.150, | NNY.136-137 | Contention and conflict; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ROB4.082b, LL#006 | ||||||||
| BH02623 | 340 | mixed | قاصدان کعبه رحمن را امر بتبلیغ نمودیم و سبل تبلیغ را هم در الواح متعدده | We have enjoined upon the seekers of the Ka'bah of the All-Merciful to teach, and have set forth the ways of teaching in manifold Tablets [3.5s] | INBA35:155, BLIB_Or15719.053c, , BLIB_Or15722.203, | MAS8.123x | Differences in human capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02385 | 370 | mixed | Translation List | این بسی واضح و معلومست که این مظلوم غریب از اول امر از برای خود خیالی نداشته | It is abundantly clear and evident that this Wronged Exile hath, from the very inception of the Cause, cherished no desire for Himself | INBA35:156, BLIB_Or15719.055a, | DWNP_v4#07 p.037-038, MAS8.049a, MAS8.160bx, AYI2.162x, AYI2.379x, PYB#110 p.03x | ADMS#311 | Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| BH01105 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه حق جل و عز در اکثری از الواح احبای خود را بحکمت امر | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance of Truth, glorified and exalted be He! In numerous Tablets hath He commanded His loved ones to wisdom [3.5s]... ...The assistance of God and the teaching of His Cause have ever been, and shall always be, dependent on tact and utterance | INBA35:158, BLIB_Or15719.155, | AVK3.471.07x, MAS8.162x | ADMS#135x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Theft; seizing the properties of others; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH06975 | 140 | mixed | انشاء الله در کل احیان بشمس افق ظهور متوجه باشی و از کوثر طهور بیاشامی | God willing, mayest thou at all times be turned toward the Sun of the horizon of Manifestation and drink from the pure celestial waters [3.5s] | INBA35:160, BLIB_Or15719.060b, | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04234 | 220 | mixed | شکی نیست که اسمی جمال علیه بهاء الله مقصودش از آنچه بان عامل شده نصرت حق و | There is no doubt that the Name of Beauty—upon Him be the Glory of God—hath purposed through all His deeds the triumph of Truth [3.5s] | INBA35:161a, BLIB_Or15715.117c, | AVK3.244.03x, ASAT3.027x | Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00316 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I | 2040 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از | The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s] | INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c, | AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x | HURQ.BH75x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | SHHB.152, LL#132 | ||||||
| BH03113 | 290 | mixed | شکی نبوده و نیست که مالک قدم اهل عالم را لاجل معرفت خود خلق فرموده و حدیث | There is, and hath ever been, no doubt that the Ancient Lord created the peoples of the world for the knowledge of His Own Self [3.5s] | INBA35:169, BLIB_Or15719.070b, | Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03128 | 290 | mixed | قلم اعلی در اکثری از الواح احبای الهی را بحکمت امر فرموده و حکمت را اس اساس | The Supreme Pen hath, in most of the Tablets, enjoined wisdom upon the loved ones of God, and hath established it as the foundation of foundations [3.5s] | INBA35:170a, BLIB_Or15710.194, , BLIB_Or15715.118b, , BLIB_Or15722.145, | BRL_DA#588 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02884 | 310 | Persian | قلم اعلی اهل بها را بفیوضات رحمانیه بشارت میدهد و جمیع را نصیحت میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen giveth the glad-tidings of the bounties of the All-Merciful unto the people of Bahá, and counselleth all that they may attain | INBA35:172, INBA30:051 | BRL_DA#161, AHM.299, MJMM.305, DWNP_v5#11 p.005-006, GHA.448.01x, DRD.137, AKHA_135BE #10 p.01, MSHR4.310x | JHT_B#014 | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02148 | 410 | mixed | رشحات الهام از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسما بصورت این کلمات | The dewdrops of inspiration, descending from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, through the aid of the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have taken the form of these words [3.5s] | INBA35:173, INBA51:401 | AVK3.121.17x, LHKM3.258, GHA.387a.07x | Imam Husayn; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02346 | 380 | Persian | ندای مظلوم افاق را بلسان پارسی بشنو جمیع عالم لاجل عرفان الله خلق شده اند | Hearken thou in the Persian tongue to the Voice of the Wronged One across the horizons: The whole world hath been created for the knowledge of God [3.5s] | INBA35:174, BLIB_Or15719.058c, | AVK2.016.07x, AVK3.387.11x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03152 | 290 | mixed | وقایع شما سفرا و حضرا لدی العرش معلوم و مذکور انه لهو الحق علام الغیوب انا | The events of your travels and gatherings are known and recorded in the presence of the Throne. Verily, He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen [3.5s] | INBA35:175, BLIB_Or15719.061a, | AQA6#286 p.277b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03527 | 260 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید جمیع عالم لاجل عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده اند و از عدم بوجود | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: All the world hath been created for the knowledge of the Ancient Lord, and hath been called forth from nothingness into being [3.5s] | INBA35:176, INBA23:156, BLIB_Or15719.062a, | AVK3.108.03x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09889 | 90 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه لمشرق الظهور و الکتاب المسطور و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Dayspring of Manifestation and the inscribed Book [3.5s] | INBA35:177a, INBA23:114c, BLIB_Or15719.162e, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02794 | Lawh-i-Gul-i-Mawla | 320 | mixed | Translation List | گل مولی چه بسیار از دراویش که در صحراهای شوق بیاد مولی سیاح شدند و در بحور | Flower of God! How many are the dervishes who journeyed through the wildernesses of longing in remembrance of their Lord and swam in the oceans of yearning | INBA35:189, NLI.32p001v | MAS4.218bx, ASAT4.491.15x | ADMS#259 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | MMAH.182 | |||||
| BH00006 | Lawh-i-Sarraj | 26800 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj) | نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه | Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. | INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 | BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 | BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 | One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth. | Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 2b | - | - | ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 | ||
| BH08036 | 120 | Arabic | ان اشهدی یا امه الله کما یشهد لسانی بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب ثم | O handmaid of God, bear thou witness even as My tongue beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s] | INBA36:099a, INBA71:263b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Importance of prayer; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; 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; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09440 | 100 | Arabic | فاشهد یا عبد بما شهد الله قبل خلق السموات و الارض و قبل ان یخلق ملئکه | Bear thou witness, O servant, unto that which God did testify before the creation of the heavens and of the earth and ere He created the angels [3.5s] | INBA36:109, INBA71:275a, INBA84:140, INBA84:074b, INBA84:016b.13 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06219 | 160 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی فی هذا السجن الذی کان فی اقصی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest my cry and lamentation in this most remote prison [3.5s] | INBA36:110c, INBA71:276b, INBA49:225, INBA92:131b | Love of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04755 | 200 | Arabic | شهد الله فی ذاته لذاته قبل ظهور صفاته و اسمائه فی جبروت انشائه بانه لا اله | God beareth witness in His Essence unto His Own Self, ere the manifestation of His attributes and names in the dominion of His creation, that there is none other God [3.5s] | INBA36:111, INBA71:277 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06053 | 160 | Arabic | ان یا عبد فاشهد فی نفسک ثم فی ذاتک ثم فی روحک بانه لا اله الا هو الفرد الصمد | O servant! Bear thou witness within thyself, then within thine essence, then within thy spirit, that verily there is no God but Him, the Single, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA36:112a, INBA71:278a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07713 | 130 | Arabic | شهد الله لا اله الا هو العزیز الکریم شهد الله لا اله الا هو الغالب القدیر له | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Gracious. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Conquering, the All-Powerful. His [3.5s] | INBA36:112b, INBA71:278b | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10622 | 70 | Arabic | فلک الحمد یا الهی علی ما جعلتنی موارد بلائک و مواقع قضائک و وردت علی ما | All praise be to Thee, O my God, for having made me the recipient of Thy trials and the target of Thy decrees, and for all that hath descended upon me [3.5s] | INBA36:113a, INBA71:279a, INBA92:132 | Prayer for tests and difficulties; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11092 | 50 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی یا الهی و یا سیدی و سیدی و یا محبوبی محبوبی لک الملک و | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my God, O my Lord, my Lord, O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA36:113b, INBA71:279b, INBA92:133a | LHKM3.386 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08284 | 120 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه البیان عبده و بهائه ثم عزه و سنائه ثم | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that the Point of the Bayan is His servant, and then His Glory, and then His Might and His Splendor [3.5s] | INBA36:113c, INBA71:279c | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11045 | 50 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه علی کل شیء حکیما یرفع من | Blessed be He in Whose hand is the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily, He is, over all things, All-Wise. He exalteth [3.5s] | INBA36:113d, INBA71:279d | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10835 | 60 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا قبل محمد لظهوره و بطونه و اسمه و جماله و | God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and that 'Alí, before Muhammad, is His Manifestation and His Mystery, His Name and His Beauty [3.5s] | INBA36:114a, INBA71:280a | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11087 | 50 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به رفع کل ظلمه و طلع کل نور و انار | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which every darkness hath been dispelled, every light hath shone forth and illumined [3.5s] | INBA36:114b, INBA71:280b, INBA92:133b | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08900 | 110 | Arabic | فاستمع ما یوحی الیک من هذه الشجره علی هذه البقعه المبارکه من هذه النار | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from this Tree upon this blessed spot from this Fire [3.5s] | INBA36:114c, INBA71:280c | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09822 | 90 | mixed | در جمیع امور متوسل بحق بوده و آنی غفلت ننمائید و نهایت حفظ و حکمت در کل امور | In all matters be thou dependent upon God, and neglect not for a single moment to exercise the utmost protection and wisdom in all affairs [3.5s] | INBA36:114d, INBA71:280d | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05086 | 190 | Arabic | شهد الله فی نفسه ثم فی ذاته ثم فی علوه و کبریائه بانی لا اله الا انا لمهیمن | God beareth witness within His own Self, then within His Essence, then in His sublimity and grandeur, that verily there is none other God but I, the All-Subduing [3.5s] | INBA36:115a, INBA71:281 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03068 | 290 | Arabic | ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و بالذی ارسله لعبده و | Bear thou witness within thyself that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved, and in Him Who sent forth His servant [3.5s] | INBA36:115b, INBA71:282 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10396 | 80 | Arabic | هذا کتاب رقم من قلم امر حکیم لا ریب انه نزل من لدن عزیز علیم و قدر منه | This is a Book traced by the Pen of Command, the All-Wise. Without doubt it hath been sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA36:116, INBA71:283a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00553 | 1350 | mixed | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یلقی فی القلوب من اسرار الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و | This is a Book that proclaimeth the truth and casteth into hearts the mysteries of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | INBA36:117, INBA71:283b, BLIB_Or15696.164b, , BLIB_Or15738.091, | ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.438x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05300 | 180 | mixed | ان یا سلمان ان رایت الجواد فانشر هذا اللوح بین یدیه لیجد منه رایحه الله | O Salman! If thou shouldst behold Javád, spread thou this Tablet before him, that he may inhale therefrom the fragrance of God [3.5s] | INBA36:125, INBA71:293 | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04149 | 220 | mixed | ان یا جواد فاسمع ما ینادیک الله فیهذا المقام الاطهر قل تالله ان الروح قد ظهر | O Javád! Hearken unto that which God calleth thee from this Most Holy Station. Say: By God, verily the Spirit hath appeared [3.5s] | INBA36:129, INBA71:298a | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01729 | 510 | mixed | فسبحان الذی ینزل الایات بدعا علی لحن تجذب عنه المقربین جمیعا و قدر فیها مقادیر | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses with wondrous originality, in such melody as doth attract unto Him all them that are nigh, and hath ordained therein their measures [3.5s] | INBA36:130, INBA71:298b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02828 | 310 | mixed | ان یا امتی ان اشهدی بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز السبوح و له یسجد کل من فی | O My handmaiden! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Glorious, before Whom boweth down in adoration all that is [3.5s] | INBA36:132, INBA71:300 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02585 | 340 | mixed | ان یا امه الله ان اشهدی فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز الغالب المنیع و ان | O handmaid of God! Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that verily there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the Unassailable, and [3.5s] | INBA36:133, INBA71:302 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04390 | 210 | mixed | ان یا رضا ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و انه کان بکل شیء حکیما و عنده | O Riḍá! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is none other God but Him, and that He hath ever been wise concerning all things [3.5s] | INBA36:134, INBA71:303 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06948 | 140 | Arabic | ان یا صفی اسمع ندآء الله عن هذه الشجره التی ارتفعت بین السموات و الارضین و | O thou who art pure! Hearken unto the Call of God from this Tree that hath been raised betwixt the heavens and the earth [3.5s] | INBA36:135, INBA71:304a | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05670 | 170 | Arabic | ان یا محسن ان اشهد بلسانک و قلبک بما شهدت الورقا علی افنان قدس منیعا بانه | O Mohsen! Bear thou witness with thy tongue and heart to that whereunto the Dove hath testified upon the sacred and lofty branches, that [3.5s] | INBA36:136a, INBA71:304b | Exhortations and counsels; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04385 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا باقر فاشهد فی نفسک و ذاتک و روحک بان شجره الطور قد ارتفعت بالحق فی سنه | O Báqir! Bear thou witness in thine own self, thine essence and thy spirit, that the Tree of Sinai hath been raised up in truth [3.5s] | INBA36:136b, INBA71:305 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05719 | 170 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدنا علی العالمین جمیعا لیتبعوا الناس سبل ربهم | These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from Our presence unto all the peoples of the world, that they may follow the paths of their Lord [3.5s] | INBA36:137, INBA71:306 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09075 | 110 | Arabic | یا احباء الله کونوا رحمه الله و نوره لاحبائی و سیف الله و قهره لاعدائی و هذا | O ye beloved of God! Be ye the mercy of God and His light unto My loved ones, and the sword of God and His vengeance unto Mine enemies. This [3.5s] | INBA36:138a, INBA71:307a | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08677 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا عبد الکریم اسمع ما یلهمک الورقا من کلمات قدس علیا و تذکرک بذکر الله و | O 'Abdu'l-Karim! Hearken unto that which the Mystic Dove inspireth thee with, from words of transcendent holiness, and remindeth thee of the remembrance of God [3.5s] | INBA36:138b, INBA71:307b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08056 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا باقر ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا عبده و جماله ثم | O Báqir! Bear thou witness within thyself that verily there is no God but Him, and that 'Alí is His servant and His Beauty [3.5s] | INBA36:138c, INBA71:308a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09917 | 90 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی صنع لک بایداه ما صنع ثم ابتلی بعد ذلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath wrought with his own hands what he hath wrought for Thee, and thereafter was afflicted [3.5s] | INBA36:139a, INBA71:308b, INBA92:140 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08052 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا احمد اسمع ندآء من ینادیک فی هذا السجن الذی کان خلف الف جبل مرفوعا و لن | O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Voice that calleth thee from this Prison which hath been raised behind a thousand mountains [3.5s] | INBA36:139b, INBA71:308c | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07502 | 130 | Arabic | ان یا حسین فاعلم بانا مانسیناک فی وقت و لا فیکل حین بل اذکرناک بلسان صدق | O Ḥusayn! Know thou that We have not forgotten thee at any time or in any hour; nay, rather have We remembered thee with a tongue of truth [3.5s] | INBA36:139c, INBA71:309a | Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07633 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه القدس عبده علیا لیشکر الله بارئه و یرتقب یوم الذی یاتی الله فی ظلل | The Leaf of Holiness maketh mention of His servant, 'Alí, that he may render thanksgiving unto God, his Creator, and await the Day whereon God shall come in the shadows of the clouds [3.5s] | INBA36:140a, INBA71:309b | YMM.228 | Literal interpretation; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08157 | 120 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و تنطق بالحق فی ملکوت الامر و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the Powerful One, and they speak with truth in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s] | INBA36:140b, INBA71:310a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03977 | 230 | Arabic | ان اشهد بان شجره الطور فی هذا الظهور ینطق بالحق بانه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه | I testify that the Tree of Sinai in this Revelation doth in truth proclaim that there is none other God but Him, and that the Point [3.5s] | INBA36:141a, INBA71:310b | Personal instructions; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10540 | 70 | Arabic | ان یا مصطفی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا هو السلطان المقتدر | O Mustafa! Bear thou witness within thyself that He is God; there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | INBA36:141b, INBA71:311a, BLIB_Or15696.196e, | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03405 | 270 | Arabic | هو الذی یذکر فی اللوح کل ذکر جمیل لیقرب به الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید ان یا | He is the One Who maketh mention in the Tablet of every beauteous remembrance, that thereby men may draw nigh unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. O thou [3.5s] | INBA36:142, INBA71:311b | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07497 | 130 | Arabic | ان یا امه الله ان استشهدی فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان جمال الاحدیه و حرف | O handmaiden of God! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is no God but Him, and that the Beauty of Oneness and the Letter [3.5s] | INBA36:143a, INBA71:312 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10171 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا احباء الله من الاعراب ان وهبکم الله من ولد لقبوه بعبدالبها و سموه | O beloved of God among the desert-dwellers! Should God grant you a child, designate him 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and thus name him [3.5s] | INBA36:144, INBA71:314 | Naming of children; of individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08460 | 120 | Arabic | هذا کتاب القدس فی هذا الفردوس قد کان باذن الله منزولا و جعله الله من عنده | This is the Most Holy Book in this Paradise, which hath been sent down by the leave of God, and which God hath made to proceed from His presence [3.5s] | INBA36:145a, INBA71:315a | The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04391 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا صاحبی فی السجن لانا حبسنا فی السجن کما انت حبست فی السجن و هذا من تقدیر | O My companion in prison! Verily, We are imprisoned even as thou art imprisoned, and this is by divine decree [3.5s] | INBA36:145b, INBA71:315b | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03456 | 260 | Arabic | ان یا ایها المومن بالله ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا قبل نبیل مظهر | O thou who believest in God! Bear thou witness within thine own self that there is none other God but Him, and that 'Alí-Qabli-Nabíl is His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA36:146, INBA71:316 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04247 | 220 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تری عجزی و افتقاری ثم ضری و اضطراری و تشهد یا | Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Master! Thou beholdest my powerlessness and my poverty, then my distress and my desperation, and Thou dost witness, O [3.5s] | INBA36:147, INBA71:317, INBA92:141 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06440 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا علی ان اشهد علی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الغالب القدیر و ان علیا قبل | O 'Alí! Bear thou witness that verily there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the All-Powerful, and that 'Alí before [3.5s] | INBA36:148a, INBA71:318a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01394 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi) | 620 | Arabic | Tablet of Holiness | Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness) | یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان | My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear | INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169, | BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a | BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008 | Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | * | - | MMAH.171, LL#213 | ||||
| BH06319 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یهدی العالمین جمیعا و یسطع النور عنه عند ذی بصر بصیرا لئلا یضل احد | This is a Book that guideth all peoples, and from it the light blazeth forth unto him that is possessed of true vision, lest any should go astray [3.5s] | INBA36:152a, INBA71:322, BLIB_Or15736.040c, | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | LL#185 | ||||||
| BH05396 | 180 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یهدی من یشا و انه لهو الفرد العزیز القیوم یظهر لمن یشاء ما یشاء و | Praise be unto Him Who guideth whomsoever He willeth, and Who is verily the Incomparable, the All-Glorious, the Self-Subsistent. He doth verily reveal unto whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He pleaseth | INBA36:154, INBA71:325a | LHKM2.185b | JHT_B#006 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07700 | 130 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال و له العظمه و الاجلال و له | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the might and majesty, His the grandeur and glory, and His the [3.5s] | INBA36:155a, INBA71:325b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08309 | 120 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و رجائی و کهفی و لهفی و مسکنی و ماوائی و عزی و | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Hope, my Refuge, my Shelter, my Dwelling-place, my Haven and my Glory [3.5s] | INBA36:155b, INBA71:326a, INBA33:081a, INBA92:142a | ADM2#109 p.197x, AQMJ1.012 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07440 | 140 | Arabic | یسبح لله ما فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء قدیرا یسجد له کل من فی | All that dwelleth in the heavens and on earth rendereth praise unto God, and verily He is, over all things, powerful. Before Him boweth down in worship every soul [3.5s] | INBA36:155c, INBA71:326b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07016 | 140 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن قادر مقتدر قدیرا و تبشر الناس بیوم الجمع و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty, powerful and omnipotent, giving glad tidings unto mankind of the Day of Gathering [3.5s] | INBA36:156a, INBA71:327a | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08373 | 120 | Arabic | قل قد ظهر کتاب الله و جاء برهانه و طلع جماله و اشرق نوره و تمت حجته و | Say: The Book of God hath been revealed, His proof hath come, His beauty hath dawned, His light hath shone forth, and His testimony hath been perfected [3.5s] | INBA36:156b, INBA71:327b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01531 | 570 | mixed | هذا لوح یلقی الذکر علی العالمین و یهدی الغافلین الی رضوان الله العلی العظیم | This is a Tablet that casteth remembrance upon all the worlds and guideth the heedless unto the Ridván of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s] | INBA36:157, INBA71:328, BLIB_Or15696.162d, , BLIB_Or15738.077, | PYK.022 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01904 | 460 | mixed | ان یا نسیم الفردوس هب علی الممکنات بما هبت علیک نسائم القدس من هذالشطر | O breeze of paradise! Waft thou over all created things, even as the holy breezes have wafted upon thee from this direction [3.5s] | INBA36:159, INBA71:333 | ASAT4.443x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07861 | 130 | mixed | هذا کتاب کریم تنزیل من لدی الله العلی العظیم و انه من سلطان و انه بسم الله | This is a glorious Book, sent down from God, the Most High, the Most Great. Verily it proceedeth from the Sovereign, and verily it beginneth with the name of God [3.5s] | INBA36:161a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03616 | 250 | Arabic | ان یا کلمة النصر فاشهد بما شهد الله فی جبروت البقاء | O Word of Victory! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified in the Dominion of Eternity [3.5s] | INBA36:164 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04187 | 220 | Arabic | تلک آیات الامر قد نزلت بالحق من هذا الفضاء المقدس القدیم و یخبر الناس | These are the verses of the Command which have been sent down in truth from this hallowed and ancient realm, bringing tidings unto mankind [3.5s] | INBA36:168, NLAI_BH1.246 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02183 | Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | 400 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب | The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure. | INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS | AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002 | TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163 | Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies | A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth, and others and centring around belief in God and submission to His will. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | 1b | * | * | MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008 | |
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | Arabic | Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) | Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job) | ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه | This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart | INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 | BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 | WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 | Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation. | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | - | ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 | ||
| 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 | Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00084 | Suriy-i-Amr | 4760 | Arabic | Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command) | سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] | INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x | BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 | Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb. | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 | ||||
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship. | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#237 | ||||||||
| 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 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#378 | ||||||||
| BH00267 | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) | 2370 | Arabic | Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food) | الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه | Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation | INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 | BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 | GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 | A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93). | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1a | * | - | ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 | Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11 | |
| BH00952 | Suratu'l-Kifaya | 860 | Arabic | ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل | O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple | INBA36:277 | HURQ.BH03 | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#315 | |||||||
| BH00064 | Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters) | 5270 | mixed | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters) | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم | Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased | INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157, | BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b | BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005 | A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died. | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272 | ||
| 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 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00788 | 1010 | mixed | ان یا اهل البیان و من دان بالله و آیاته فی حی التبیان اسمعوا ما یغن علیکم | O people of the Bayán, and whosoever hath believed in God and His verses in this perspicuous Dispensation, hearken unto that which enricheth you [3.5s] | INBA36:301 | PYK.494x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11433 | 30 | mixed | ورقاء ازلی و ورقه صمدی در جلوه و سرور در یمین طور بایات نور مذکورند فیا روحا | O immortal Dove and celestial Leaf! In splendor and joy ye are mentioned in verses of light at the right hand of the Mount. O spirit [3.5s] | INBA36:313d | Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09880 | 90 | mixed | شجره عما در حرکتست و سدره وفا در بهجت تا دوحه بقا در ارض احدیت مغروس شود و | The Tree of Glory is astir, and the Lote-Tree of Faithfulness is filled with joy, that the Divine Tree of Eternity might be planted in the soil of Oneness [3.5s] | INBA36:315b, NLAI_BH1.079b | AQA7#511 p.353a, AHM.298, AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.042, ANDA#40 p.62x, QALAM.010 | Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00394 | Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris) | 1730 | mixed | Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River) | قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که | The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors | INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143 | BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096 | BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3 | Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central metaphor in a discussion of the irresistible power of the Cause of God, fate and predestination, and the root cause of dissension in the world. | Differences in human capacity; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | 1b | * | - | ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280 | ||
| BH01483 | 580 | mixed | تلک آیات الله الملک المتعالی القادر المقتدر العزیز المحبوب و یذکر الناس فی | These are the verses of God, the King, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Best-Beloved, Who remembereth the people in [3.5s] | INBA36:031, INBA71:189 | LHKM2.042, RSBB.015 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01444 | 600 | mixed | وصیت مینماید این ذره فانیه در هنگامیکه که منقطع است از کل من فی الملک و | This evanescent atom doth enjoin, at the hour when it hath severed itself from all who dwell within the realm of existence [3.5s] | INBA36:324 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01381 | 620 | mixed | بدایات کلام و غایات ختام ذکر سلطان عما و ملیک بهاست جل عنایته و عظم احسانه | The inception of utterance and the consummation thereof is the mention of the Sovereign of transcendence and the King of Glory, exalted be His grace and magnified be His bounty [3.5s] | INBA36:326, BLIB_Or15722.207, | BRL_DA#254, TZH4.130-131x, ASAT5.309x | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05442 | 180 | mixed | قاصد امین نامه مشکین را بیک پر از سموات وجود صعود نموده و بارض شهود ورود | The trusty messenger of the fragrant missive hath, with a single wing, ascended through the heavens of existence and descended unto the realm of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA36:333, BLIB_Or15722.249, | RHQM1.340-340 (414) (251x), MSHR2.175x | Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00306 | Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) | 2100 | Persian | Call of the Divine Beloved | Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys) | ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا | O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot | INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v | BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007 | CDB#7, HURQ.BH13 | M. Milne [track 7] | A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the way of ‘the self ’, ‘the intellect’, ‘love’, and ‘the throne of the inmost heart’. | Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mystical themes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | * | ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014 | |
| 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01736 | 510 | mixed | مهی برآمد از این شهر و سوی شهر دگر شد که از غروب و طلوعش دو شهر زیر و زبر | A moon hath risen from this city and journeyed toward another, whereupon through its setting and rising two cities were utterly transformed [3.5s] | INBA36:341, BLIB_Or15722.205, | BRL_DA#601, TZH4.144-146x, RHQM1.337-337 (411x) (248x), MSHR5.154x, MSHR5.305x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02605 | 340 | mixed | در ساعتی که عروس حزن از قناع نقاب رخ برافراخت و شاهد هموم علم حسرت برافراشت | In the hour when the Bride of Sorrow lifted her face from behind the veil, and the Witness of Grief raised aloft the banner of anguish [3.5s] | INBA36:343b, NLAI_BH1.338 | BRL_DA#608, TZH4.150-151x, RHQM1.340-340 (415) (251x) | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01734 | 510 | mixed | لا تیاس من روح الله ما بتو مانوس و تو محسوس ما هفت شهر عشق را عطار گشت ما | Despair not of the Spirit of God, for thou art neither familiar with nor conscious of Its presence. While 'Attar wandered through the seven cities of Love, We [3.5s] | INBA36:345.02, BLIB_Or15722.247, , NLAI_BH1.319 | BRL_DA#596, TZH4.150x, RHQM1.335-335 (408) (247x), MSHR4.258-259x, MSHR4.365x, MSHR5.069x, MSHR5.342x | Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01251 | 670 | mixed | این عبد حزین که در ارض حزن جالس شده و از جواهر حزن مرزوق گشته و از سواذج حزن | This grieving servant, who hath been made to dwell in the land of sorrow and hath been nourished by the essence of grief and from the wellsprings of sadness [3.5s] | INBA36:346.18 | MSHR1.060x, MSHR3.070x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01489 | 580 | mixed | Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh | Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad) | دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان | Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire" | INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082 | BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x | LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| BH00212 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 6 | 2760 | mixed | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I (Tablet on Alchemy I) | پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه | It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature | INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184 | MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6 | REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05 | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah | - | - | |||||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00232 | 2610 | mixed | جوهر تسبیح و ساذج تقدیس سلطان بدیع منیع قیومی را سزاست که از رشحات طفحات | The essence of glorification and purest sanctity beseemeth the wondrous, exalted and Self-Subsisting Sovereign, Who from the outpourings [3.5s] | INBA36:365, BLIB_Or15722.256, , PR23.048b-050b | BRL_DA#033, TZH4.143bx, MSHR4.198x, YMM.321x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05800 | 170 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری بین یدیک و مسکنی فی بلادک بحیث لم اجد سواک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest my abode before Thy presence and my dwelling-place in Thy lands, wherein I find none but Thee [3.5s] | INBA36:371b, NLAI_BH1.336 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01622 | 540 | Persian | نوشته از آنجناب بین یدی عبد حاضر شد مشعر بود بر جزع و فزع زیاده از حد و آنچه | The missive from your excellency was laid before this Servant, betokening excessive grief and lamentation, and that which [3.5s] | INBA36:372, INBA76:182, NLAI_BH1.332 | AVK3.385.02x | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10764 | 60 | Arabic | ان یا امه الله ان اشکری فی نفسک بما یذکرک الله حینئذ بلسان قدس محبوب و یرفع بذلک | O handmaid of God! Render thanks within thy soul, inasmuch as God maketh mention of thee at this moment with a sanctified and beloved tongue, and thereby doth exalt [3.5s] | INBA36:037a, INBA71:196a | RSBB.011a | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; 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; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00115 | Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) | 3950 | Arabic | Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove" | Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove) | اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها | A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance | INBA36:419, INBA66:175x | BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092 | GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04 | A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had visited Him in the form of the Maid of Heaven, expatiating on His sufferings and His loneliness and affirming His determination to face any future calamities that might befall Him in the path of God. | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1a | * | - | ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 | ||
| 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 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01355 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian) | 630 | Persian | Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian) | چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر | Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation | INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315, | BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b | BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22 | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Persian portion) | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | - | |||
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) | هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا | This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. | INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 | BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a | HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 | L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] | The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden. | Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death | 1b | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Arabic | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Healing prayer, Long | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing of disease and the alleviation of distress. | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | 2a | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BH05525 | 180 | Persian | نامه از شما نرسید ولکن جواب ارسال میشود فی الحقیقه بی ذکر مذکور شدید | Though no letter was received from thee, yet is an answer being sent. In truth, thou hast been mentioned though no mention was made [3.5s] | INBA36:451a, NLAI_BH1.293 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02382 | 370 | Persian | Call of the Divine Beloved | ای شمس بجان آواز عندلیب جانان بشنو شاید بتمام روان قدم از مکان نفس و هوا | O Shams! Hearken with all thy heart to the nightingale song of the Beloved, that perchance thou mayest abandon | INBA36:451b, NLAI_BH1.289 | SFI15.012-013, YFY.145 | CDB#5 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH02695 | 330 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من اماتک و طلعه من طلعاتک تقربت الیک و توکلت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens and a dawning-point among Thy day-springs, who hath drawn nigh unto Thee and placed her trust in Thee [3.5s] | INBA36:453 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09195 | 100 | mixed | اگر دیو راه نزده باشد انشاء الله از خرم بهار الهی خرم و شاد باشید فسبحانک یا الهی | If the forces of darkness have not waylaid thee, God willing, mayest thou be joyous and glad through the divine springtime. Glory be unto Thee, O my God [3.5s] | INBA36:454, NLAI_BH1.276 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03843 | Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa | 240 | Persian | Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A | Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa (The Cup-bearer from the Eternal Unseen) | ساقی از غیب بقا برقع برافکن از عذار تا بنوشم خمر باقی از جمال کردگار آنچه در | Lift up the veil from Thy face, O Cup-Bearer of the hidden Realm of Immortality, That I may taste the wine of eternal life | INBA36:455a, INBA30:137, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#155, TZH4.141-142x, MAS4.209, RHQM1.350-351 (425) (258-259), OOL.B098 | DB.137x, BLO_PT#087, HURQ.BH11 | A brief ode alluding to His messianic secret and calling for purification of heart and commitment to love and sacrifice as conditions of the spiritual journey. | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | 1a | * | - | ROB1.064, MMAH.164, GSH.065, LL#283 | ||
| BH02000 | Halih Halih ya Bisharat | 440 | Persian | Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) | Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings) | حور بقا از فردوس اعلی آمد هله هله هله یا بشارت با چنگ و نوا هم با کاسه حمرا | The maid of eternity came from the Most Exalted Paradise: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah O glad tidings! | INBA36:456 | BRL_DA#253, HDQI.160, GSH.033, ANDA#18 p.03, OOL.B008 | BLO_PT#111, HURQ.BH17 | Ahdieh | Ecstatic poem celebrating the descent of the Maid of Heaven, who brings both life and death to her lovers. | Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | 1b | * | - | ROB1.219, MMAH.143, LL#017 | |
| BH03230 | Rashh-i-'Ama | 280 | Persian | Call of the Divine Beloved | Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing) | رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته | Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down | INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b, | BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093 | CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01 | Ahdieh | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | 1 | * | * | ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275 | ||
| BH01911 | Huwa Munfikhu'r-Ruh (Lawh-i-Nuqtih?) | 460 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | حمد خدا را که عیون حیوان غیبی که در حجبات ستر الهی مستور بود بتاییدات روح | Praise be to God that the invisible springs of life that were concealed behind the divine veil are now abundantly flowing from the reality of the Word | INBA36:463b, BLIB_Or15706.133, , BLIB_Or15714.047, | BRL_DA#642, MJMM.272, AKHA_121BE #08 p.a, OOL.B064 | WIND#125, BLO_sazedj#09 | Continual renewal of creation; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#120 | |||||
| BH00729 | Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | 1070 | mixed | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد | Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth | INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014, | AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27 | DOR#27, BLO_PT#127 | Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty is compared to that of Joseph, who is unveiled by the Maid of Heaven and who summons His lovers unto Him. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | 1b | * | * | ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090 | ||
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell) | یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش | This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies | INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, | AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 | DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 | Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb. | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability 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 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00395 | Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad) | 1720 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Sayyah (Tablet of the Traveller) | ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال | O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying | INBA36:052, INBA71:211 | BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079 | GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49 | Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical journey to different groups of people who, though outwardly pious, were veiled in various ways from recognizing the truth; and foretells His further exile to the ‘vale of Nabíl’, later interpreted as a reference to the city of ‘Akká. | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | - | ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236 | |||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02985 | 300 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه البیان عبده و بهائه و هذا ما نزل من لدی | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that the Point of the Bayán is His servant and His Glory, and this is what hath been sent down from His presence [3.5s] | INBA36:068, INBA71:228 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04647 | 200 | Arabic | ان یا عبد فاشکری الله بما تجلی الله مره اخری لیظهر لک الاسرار فی قمص الدری | O servant! Render thanks unto God, inasmuch as He hath once again manifested Himself, that He might disclose unto thee the mysteries in luminous vesture [3.5s] | INBA36:073a, INBA71:234 | Consolation and comfort; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03924 | 240 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم لا ریب فیه انه نزل بالحق من لدی الله | This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and wise. There is no doubt therein that it hath verily been revealed in truth from the presence of God [3.5s] | INBA36:073b, INBA71:235 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09413 | 100 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز القیوم و شهد بانا اجبنا محمدا عبدنا من قبل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, and beareth witness that We answered Muhammad, Our servant, in times past [3.5s] | INBA36:074, INBA71:236a | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05064 | 190 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات علی لحن بدیعا و ظهر حجته و لاح برهانه علی شان الذی | Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses in wondrous melody, made manifest His proof, and caused His evidence to shine forth in such wise [3.5s] | INBA36:075a, INBA71:236b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06531 | 150 | Arabic | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده شفیعا و ناداه عن ورآء طور القدس فی بقعه الامر من الشجره | Lo, the remembrance of thy Lord's mercy unto His servant Shafí', when He called unto him from beyond the sacred Mount, in the Spot of Command, from the Tree [3.5s] | INBA36:075b, INBA71:237a, INBA74:016 | Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05833 | 170 | Arabic | قد شهد الله کتابک و اطلع بما فی سرک من حبه و ارسل الیک من هذا الرضوان نسایم | God hath indeed witnessed thy letter and perceived the love that dwelleth in thy heart for Him, and hath sent unto thee from this Ridván the gentle breezes [3.5s] | INBA36:076, INBA71:237b | RHQM1.150-151 (190) (112x), ASAT3.106x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09883 | 90 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الکریم له الجود و الفضل و له الرحمه و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bountiful. His is the bounty and grace, and His is the mercy and [3.5s] | INBA36:077a, INBA71:238a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10302 | 80 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الجمیل و ان نقطه البیان لعبده و بهائه لمن | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and that the Point of the Bayán is verily His servant and His Glory [3.5s] | INBA36:077b, INBA71:238b | ASAT2.103x | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01339 | 640 | mixed | شهد الله بذاته لذاته فی عز سلطانه بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا لظهوره و | God beareth witness, through His own Self unto His own Self, in the glory of His sovereignty, that verily there is no God but Him, and that 'Alí is His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA36:077c, INBA71:239 | ASAT4.379x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00958 | 860 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی | From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence | INBA36:080, INBA71:241 | BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691 | GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#430 | ||||||
| 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 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10605 | 70 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان جمال القدم الذی جاء باسم علی لحق من الحق علی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that the Ancient Beauty Who hath come in the name of 'Alí is verily the Truth from Truth [3.5s] | INBA36:084, INBA71:247a | BRL_DA#572 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11049 | 50 | mixed | حمد خدا را که نسایم قدسی از رضوان قدس معنوی بر جمیع ممکنات مبذول فرموده تا | Praise be to God, Who hath vouchsafed unto all created things the sacred breezes from the divine and spiritual Paradise [3.5s] | INBA36:085a, INBA71:247b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Outward and inward meanings; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10807 | 60 | mixed | جمال حقیقی ظاهر ای احباب چشمی نعمه معنوی از سما قدس الهی نازل گشته ای اصحاب | The true Beauty hath been manifested, O loved ones, and a heavenly blessing from the sacred realm of God hath descended, O companions [3.5s] | INBA36:085b, INBA71:247c | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11022 | 50 | mixed | ای دوستان از بوستان نفس و هوی برآئید و برضوان حب بهائی بخرامید از وهم بیرون | O friends! Arise ye from the garden of self and desire, and betake yourselves unto the paradise of Bahá'í love. Step forth from fancy's realm [3.5s] | INBA36:085c, INBA71:247d | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05090 | 190 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی لن یعرفک من احد لان عرفانک لن یقترن بعرفان | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Whom none can truly know, for knowledge of Thee can never be joined with any knowledge [3.5s] | INBA36:085d, INBA71:247e, INBA92:129 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06684 | 150 | Arabic | قل سبحانک اللهم انک انت سلطان السموات و الارض و خالقهم و ملیک جبروت الامر و | Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Sovereign of the heavens and of the earth and their Creator, and the King of the dominion of command [3.5s] | INBA36:086, INBA71:248, INBA92:223ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04384 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا باقر اسمع ندآء الله عن اطور هذه الورقه المبارکه ثم اتبع بما فیه و لا | O Baqir! Hearken unto the Call of God from this blessed Leaf, then follow whatsoever is therein and be not [3.5s] | INBA36:091, INBA71:254 | Call to action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04148 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا ایها المومن بالله ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا قبل نبیل مظهر | O thou who believest in God! Bear thou witness within thine inmost self that verily there is none other God but Him, and that 'Alí before Nabíl is His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA36:092, INBA71:255 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05054 | 190 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه الفردوس عبده لیکون من الذاکرین الله الذی خلقه و خلق کلشیء و کل | Recall, O Leaf of Paradise, Thy servant, that he may be numbered among them that remember God, Who created him and created all things [3.5s] | INBA36:093a, INBA71:256 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Living waters; water of life; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10395 | 80 | Arabic | هذا دائره الامر یدور به فلک السما و هذا حق قد کان فی ام الکتاب من قلم الله | This is the sphere of His Command, by which the celestial vault doth revolve, and this is a truth that hath been inscribed in the Mother Book by the Pen of God [3.5s] | INBA36:093b, INBA71:257a | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Da'iras and haykals; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04206 | 220 | Arabic | ذکر الله فی شجره النار علی بقعه الفردوس الله لا اله الا هو و انه کان بکل شیء علیما | The remembrance of God from the Tree of Fire upon the Sacred Spot of Paradise - there is no God but Him, and verily He is the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA36:094a, INBA71:257b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10527 | 70 | Arabic | الهی ترانی فی فم الثعبان و تشهد کیف یلدغنی فی کل حین و حان اما تنصرنی | O my God! Thou seest me in the mouth of the serpent, and dost witness how it stingeth me at every moment. Wilt Thou not come to mine aid [3.5s] | INBA36:094b, INBA71:258a, INBA33:072c, INBA92:130a | BRL_DA#364, LHKM3.385c, AQMJ1.032b, ADH1.050 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10333 | 80 | Arabic | فسبحانک یا الهی فوعزتک ان کبدی تقطعت من هجرک و فراقک و قلبی تشبکت من بعدی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy might, my liver hath been rent asunder through separation and exile from Thee, and my heart hath become entangled through remoteness [3.5s] | INBA36:096a, INBA71:260a, INBA92:130b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03474 | 260 | Arabic | تلک ورقه القدس فصلت آیاتها بالفطره الخالص و یلقی الذکر و الهدی الا بذکر الله | That Sacred Leaf, whose verses have been set forth through pure inspiration, bestoweth remembrance and guidance--verily, through none save the remembrance of God [3.5s] | INBA36:096b, INBA71:260b | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04998 | Ay Bulbulan | 190 | mixed | ای بلبلان ای بلبلان فصل گل و گلذار شد ای عارفان ای عارفان آنغیب در اظهار | It is the season of the rose, O nightingales, O nightingales! O mystic knowers of the Lord, The Unseen threw aside His veils! | INBA36:097, INBA71:261, INBA74:092x, NLAI_BH1.527, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30a, | BRL_DA#363, TZH4.142, ASAT3.200-201, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002 | WIND#155, JHT_B#018 | Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcending the material condition; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#009 | ||||||
| BH04407 | 210 | mixed | ای بلبلان گلزار احدیه و ای طایران گلستان صمدیه صبح بشارت الهی از افق جان | O nightingales of the divine rose-garden and O birds of the celestial garden of eternity! The morn of divine glad-tidings hath dawned from the horizon of the soul [3.5s] | INBA36:098a, INBA71:262, NLAI_BH1.355, NLAI_BH1.528 | AHB_130BE #11-12 p.002 | Call to action; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00334 | Suriy-i-Qalam | 1970 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen) | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم | O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me | INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204 | AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23 | DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47 | A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven. | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | 2c | * | * | ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324 | ||
| BH00280 | Suriy-i-Ziyarih | 2280 | Arabic | Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation | Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn) | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء | This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs | INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066 | AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141 | LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x | Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was one of its early martyrs and who is implicitly related in the tablet to Bahá’u’lláh (whose given name was also Ḥusayn) and through Him to the persecution and suffering of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Imam Ḥusayn, and the Báb. | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets | 2c | * | - | MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330 | ||
| BH01328 | Lawh-i-Ziyarih | 640 | Arabic | اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه | The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s] | INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104 | ASAT4.081x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | * | - | LL#268 | |||||||
| BH00144 | Suriy-i-Bayan | 3580 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) | ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق | The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? | INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x | BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 | GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 | D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori | Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 2b | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 | |
| BH00532 | Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil | 1410 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع | This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty | INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147 | BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126 | PDC.111-112x | A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations in the world, from the Messengers of God, to individuals such as couriers who may be unaware of their role in propagating the divine message, to the Bábí and Bahá’í kings of the future, to the newly designated ‘people of Bahá’—His own followers, upon whom lies the responsibility of delivering the message to others. | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | GSH.201, LL#311 | ||||
| BH01132 | Suriy-i-Qadir | 740 | Arabic | Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir) | Surat al-Qadir (Surah of the Almighty) | سبحان الذی قدر مقادیر کل شیء فی الواح عز محفوظا و خلق کل شیء علی شان لو یصفن | Praise be unto him, who foreordained for each thing its portion in mighty, preserved Tablets. He created all things in such a manner that, were they to purify themselves | INBA37:138, INBA83:115, BLIB_Or15702.032, , BLIB_Or15723.250, , BLIB_Or15737.094, , ALIB.folder18p211 | AQA4#093 p.317, AQA4a.373, GSH.051, OOL.B134 | WIND#157, HURQ.BH44 | A meditation on the name of God ‘the Omnipotent’ and its pervasive influence in the world according to the capacities of things and, referring to the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá, calling the Bábís and the manifestations of worldly power to recognize Bahá’u’lláh. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | 2b | * | - | ROB1.119, MMAH.083, LL#322 | ||
| BH01547 | Lawh-i-Haqq | 560 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Haqq (Tablet of the Ultimately Real) | ان یا ملا الحق قد ظهر الحق عن افق الحق فی هذالحق الذی طلع عن مطلع الحق | O concourse of the Ultimately Real One! The Truly Real One has, in very Truth, been made manifest from the horizon of Ultimately Real | INBA37:141, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#720, GSH.037, ASAT3.117x, OOL.B041 | HURQ.BH09 | Announces to ‘the followers of the True One’ the appearance of the Spirit of Truth, round which circle all the Prophets of God, while sharply remonstrating the Bábís for their rejection of Bahá’u’lláh. | Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | - | MMAH.133, LL#001 | |||
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | Arabic | Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit) | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause. | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2b | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH00061 | Suriy-i-Sultan | 5370 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و | These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s] | INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126, | BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139 | Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sulṭán-Ábád and addresses parenthetically Mírzá Yaḥyá, upbraiding him for his opposition and urging him to repent, while assuring him that Bahá’u’lláh holds no hatred in His heart for him. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328 | |||||
| BH00071 | Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) | 5070 | Arabic | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj) | Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God | INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033, | BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120 | RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x | Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 2b | * | - | ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 | ||
| BH01774 | Suriy-i-Hijr | 500 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی خرق حجبات الممکنات بسلطانه و خلق السموات بامره و انزل من مکفهرات | Glorified be He Who hath rent asunder the veils of all contingent beings through His sovereignty, and hath fashioned the heavens by His command, and hath caused to descend from the darkening clouds [3.5s] | INBA37:001, BLIB_Or15723.166, , BLIB_Or15737.004, | AQA4#077 p.072, AQA4a.024, ASAT5.262x, OOL.B123 | Announces His withdrawal from the community and His sorrow at the state of affairs that made this action necessary. | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.188, LL#308 | |||||
| BH00610 | Suriy-i-A'rab | 1250 | Arabic | Surah of the Arabs | Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs) | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا | These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds | INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064, | BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106 | BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004 | Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remember with gladness the years He spent amongst them in ‘Iraq. | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292 | ||
| BH00155 | Suriy-i-Ahzan | 3410 | Arabic | Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows) | ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن | O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity | INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047 | BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x | DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092 | Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of a mystical conversation between the two. | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 | ||
| BH08369 | 120 | Arabic | قل ان یا احبائی ثم اصفیائی اسمعوا ندآء هذا الحبیب المسجون فی هذا السجن | Say: O My beloved ones and My chosen ones! Hearken unto the call of this Beloved Prisoner in this prison [3.5s] | INBA38:100a | ASAT4.126x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11044 | 50 | mixed | بلکه پخته ارادهٴ فرار نموده‌ئی که از عرصهٴ بلا و موقف ابتلا بگریزی هیهات هیهات هنوز بسهم اعدا | Nay, rather, thou hast formed a fixed resolve to flee from the arena of tribulation and the station of tests. Alas! Alas! Still by the arrows of the enemies [3.5s] | INBA38:100bx | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01931 | 460 | mixed | مقصود از نصرتیکه در جمیع الواح ذکر شده معلوم احباء الله بوده که حق جل ذکره | The purpose of the victory that hath been mentioned in all the Tablets hath been clear to the loved ones of God, exalted be His remembrance [3.5s] | INBA38:100c, INBA15:197, INBA26:197 | SFI19.015-016, AKHA_133BE #16 p.516, AKHA_125BE #02 p.? | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01359 | 630 | mixed | در این وقت لسان محبوب میفرماید کمر خدمت محکم به بندید و در تمام اوقات و | In this hour the Tongue of the Beloved declareth: Gird ye fast the loins of service, and in all times [3.5s] | INBA38:102 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03713 | 250 | mixed | نوشته آنجناب که بکلیم مرقوم شده بود رسید و ملاحظه شد ولکن نفحات حزنیه از | Thy missive, which had been addressed to Kalim, was received and perused; however, grievous fragrances [3.5s] | INBA38:104, BLIB_Or15696.161b, , BLIB_Or15738.083, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03627 | 250 | mixed | ای علی نامه ات بین یدی حاضر و ملاحظه شد حمد کن محبوب را که نفحات عنایتش از | O 'Alí! Thy letter hath come before Mine eyes and been perused. Render thou praise unto the Beloved, that the sweet fragrances of His loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA38:105 | AQA7#508 p.346 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01544 | 560 | mixed | الیوم یومیست که بر هر ذی نفسی و ذی روحی نصرت امر الله لازم است یعنی تبلیغ | This is indeed a day wherein it behooveth every soul endowed with life and spirit to arise for the triumph of the Cause of God - that is, to teach [3.5s] | INBA38:106, BLIB_Or15738.064, | AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#63 p.04x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01870 | 470 | mixed | ای احمد در کل حین کل حجت های بالغه بر تو ظاهر شد و ملتفت نشدی و در جمیع | O Ahmad! At all times, all conclusive proofs were made manifest unto thee, yet thou didst remain heedless and in all [3.5s] | INBA38:109 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00940 | 870 | mixed | ان یا احمد تالله الحق قد تمت حجه الله علیک و جعل برهانه علیک بالغا ان انت من العارفین | O Ahmad! By God, the True One, His proof hath been perfected unto thee, and His testimony hath been made complete against thee, if thou be of them that comprehend [3.5s] | INBA38:110, BLIB_Or15694.542, , ALIB.folder18p258 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00857 | 960 | mixed | لازال این عبد از عباد الله جز صدق و انصاف نخواسته و این معلوم آنجناب بوده که | This servant hath at all times sought naught from among the servants of God save truth and justice, and this hath been known unto that honoured one [3.5s] | INBA38:114.02, INBA57:055 | UAB.031bx, AYI2.251x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01949 | 450 | mixed | آيات الهی جلد دوم گلچينی از آثار حضرت بهاءاللّه ٦ ﻧﻮﺍﻣﺒﺮ | ای امه الله حال بلسان ابدع احلی نغمات الهی را ببیان فارسی بشنو و بدان که | O handmaid of God! Hearken now in the Persian tongue unto the most wondrous and sweet-sounding melodies of God, and know thou that [3.5s] | INBA38:117 | MAS8.034x, AYI2.252x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03467 | 260 | mixed | ای علی الیوم لسان الله در کلشی ناطق ولکن ذی سمعی مشهود نه تا ادراک نماید و | O Ali! Today the Tongue of God speaketh in all things, yet none is found possessed of hearing that he might comprehend [3.5s] | INBA38:119, INBA23:199 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03803 | 240 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای کنیز خدا و فرزند کنیز او بشنو ندای الهی را بگوش جان چه که آذان ظاهره | O handmaid of God and daughter of His handmaid! Hearken with the ear of thy soul unto the divine call, for the outward ears [3.5s] | INBA38:120, INBA57:048 | BRL_ATBH#50x | Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for morning; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01820 | 490 | mixed | نامه آنجناب بر مکمن حزن وارد و بر مطلع بلایا واصل فجزاک الله جزآء حسنا | Your letter hath reached this Abode of Grief and arrived at this Dawning-Place of tribulations. May God reward thee with a goodly reward [3.5s] | INBA38:121, INBA57:049 | RSR.119x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Manifestation of God as mediator; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02965 | 300 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد محبوبی را که لم یزل سحاب عنایتش بر کل ممکنات باریده و لایزال پرتو آفتاب | Praise be unto my Beloved, Whose cloud of grace hath eternally rained upon all created things, and Whose radiant sun [3.5s] | INBA38:123, INBA23:212, INBA57:052 | BRL_ATBH#51 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04171 | 220 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای خورشید نامه ات بین یدی الله وارد و بر مقر استوای عرش رحمانی فائز له الحمد | O Khurshid! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of God and hath been elevated to the seat of glory upon the throne of the All-Merciful. Unto Him be praise [3.5s] | INBA38:124, INBA23:213, INBA57:053 | BRL_ATBH#33 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05330 | 180 | mixed | ای مسافر فی الله و ای مهاجر بالله حمد کن محبوبرا که بسینای قدس باقی وارد شدی | O thou who journeyest in God and dost migrate unto God! Render praise unto the Beloved, for thou hast attained unto the holy and everlasting Sinai [3.5s] | INBA38:125a, BLIB_Or15696.108, | MAS8.037bx, GJV.007, YFY.058-059 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06514 | 150 | mixed | حمد محبوبی راست که حجبات غلیظه امکانیه را بقدره الهیه خرق فرمود و جمال قدم | Praise be unto my Beloved, Who hath, through His divine power, rent asunder the thick veils of contingent being and revealed the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA38:125b, INBA74:095 | Call to action; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03468 | 260 | mixed | ای علی بشنو جوابهای سوالات خود را که از قلم الله جاری میگردد و اما ما سئلت فی | O Ali! Hearken unto the answers to thy questions, which stream forth from the Pen of God. And as to that which thou didst ask concerning [3.5s] | INBA38:126 | MAS4.018ax, MAS4.029x | Bribery and corruption; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Freedom of thought and action; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06095 | 160 | mixed | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life | ای علی بلقا الله فائز شدی و بضیاء وجه مستنیر و این فضلیست کبیر ان یا علی | O Ali! Thou hast attained unto the presence of God and been illumined by the radiant light of His countenance, and this is a great bounty indeed, O Ali! [3.5s]... ...Occupy thyself in remembrance of the Beauty of Him Who is the Unconstrained at early morn, and seek communion with Him at the hour of dawn | INBA38:127a | BRL_DA#280 | BRL_PMDA#11x, BRL_PDL#17x, COC#1732x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH02749 | 320 | mixed | ای حسن حمد کن محبوبرا که در سنین متوالیه تلقاء عرش رحمن حاضر بودی و در کل | O Hasan! Render praise unto the Beloved, that throughout successive years thou didst stand before the throne of the All-Merciful, and in all [3.5s] | INBA38:127b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09797 | 170 | Persian | ای امه الله حمد کن خدا را که از خمر رحمت رحمانی مشروب گشتی و از کاس فضل مرزوق | O handmaid of God! Render thou thanks unto the Lord that thou hast been made to drink from the wine of the All-Merciful's grace and hast been refreshed by the chalice of His bounty [3.5s] | INBA38:129a | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11391 | 30 | mixed | ای کنیز من تو از سجیه جمال احدیه مطلع شدی و از تقدیس ذات قدم باخبر اخبار کن | O My handmaiden! Thou hast become aware of the nature of the Divine Beauty and art informed of the sanctity of the Ancient Being. Convey thou these tidings [3.5s] | INBA38:129b | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09798 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز من از فراق جمال قدم محزون مباش در هر دیار ساکن باشی بین یدی الله | O My handmaiden! Be thou not sorrowful at separation from the Ancient Beauty. In whatsoever land thou mayest dwell, thou art in the presence of God [3.5s] | INBA38:129c | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02200 | 400 | mixed | ای مجید بشنو ندای این محزونرا که قسم بافتاب افق عز تجرید که از اول ابداع تا | O Majíd! Hearken unto the voice of this Grief-Stricken One, Who sweareth by the Sun of the horizon of divine detachment that from the beginning of creation until [3.5s] | INBA38:129d | BRL_DA#150 | Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06404 | 150 | mixed | اگر توقف در عراق صعبست بر آنجناب متوکلا علی الله راجع بارض خود و دیار اخری | Should thy sojourn in Iraq prove arduous unto thee, then return, trusting in God, unto thine own land or other regions [3.5s] | INBA38:131a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Personal instructions; Scarcity of receptive souls; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09573 | 100 | mixed | نامه شما رسید و مضمون آن معلوم آمد در جواب نفس مذکور لوحی منیع نازل و ارسال | Your letter hath been received, and its contents have become known. In response to the person mentioned, an exalted Tablet hath been revealed and sent [3.5s] | INBA38:131b, BLIB_Or15738.071, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08684 | 110 | mixed | ان یا کلیم اسمع ندائی ثم طیر فی هواء الروح و لاتحزن فی شیء ثم انصر الامر | O Moses! Hearken unto My call, then soar in the atmosphere of the spirit and grieve not over aught. Then aid thou the Cause [3.5s] | INBA38:132a | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03096 | 290 | Arabic | ذکر الله عن شجره الفردوس قد کان علی هیکل الغلام مشهودا و انه لینطق فی کل شیء | The mention of God from the Tree of Paradise was indeed witnessed upon the Temple of the Youth, and verily He speaketh in all things [3.5s] | INBA38:132b, BLIB_Or15694.617b, , ALIB.folder18p414 | RSR.098-099x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01990 | 440 | mixed | اگر این عبد بخواهد ذکر احزان وارده نماید ممکن نه و احدی جز حق بر احصای آن | Were this Servant to attempt to recount the sorrows that have befallen Him, it would not be possible, and none save God can enumerate them [3.5s] | INBA38:133 | BRL_DA#106 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08110 | 120 | mixed | ای امه الله بذکر الله مشغول باش و از ماسوایش دل بردار چه که ذکرش مونس جانست | O handmaid of God! Be thou occupied with the remembrance of God and detach thy heart from all else but Him, for His remembrance is the companion of the soul [3.5s] | INBA38:135, INBA57:047 | PYB#187 p.04 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00512 | Lawh-i-Tawhid | 1450 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity) | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است | Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above | INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b | BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 | GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 | Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day. | Creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| BH00258 | Lawh-i-Yusuf | 2460 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come | Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph) | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you | INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx | BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b | GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x | Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms. | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | 2c | * | - | GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 | ||
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات | Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… | INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 | BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 | BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x | Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam. | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations | 2c | * | - | LL#036, LL#411 | ||
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | mixed | Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil) | یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی | One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened | INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 | BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 | BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 | Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim. | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard | 2a | * | - | ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 | ||
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names) | رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من | The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. | INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 | BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 | GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 | Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life. | Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | LL#294, LL#380 | ||
| BH00011 | 11650 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است | Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those | INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021 | AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x | SWB#72 (p.215-216x) | Chastisement and requital; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)) | اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش | O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace | INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115 | BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b | GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443 | L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7] | Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 2a | * | - | ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 | |
| BH00210 | Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..." | 2770 | mixed | He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi) | توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا | How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt | INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064 | BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160 | GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB3.063, LL#097 | ||||
| BH01077 | 770 | mixed | ای مهدی این ایام ایام شداد است که جمیع ارواح عالین در تزلزل و اضطراب تا که را | O Mahdi! These are grievous days, wherein all exalted spirits are in trepidation and perturbation [3.5s] | INBA38:249, BLIB_Or15738.072, | Bringing oneself to account each day; Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03995 | 230 | mixed | ای حبیب زمان زمان کان الله و لم یکن معه من شیء فسوف تجد البعد بمثل ما قد کان | O beloved of the age! There was a time when God was, and there was naught beside Him. Soon shalt thou find remoteness even as it once was [3.5s] | INBA38:252 | HDQI.131, ANDA#30 p.03 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01078 | 770 | mixed | ای مهدی لوح مرسوله که حاکی بود از جواهر تسلیم و رضا و مشعر بود بر حزن و اندوه | O Mahdi! The tablet thou didst send, which bore the gems of submission and contentment, and betokened grief and sorrow, hath reached Us [3.5s] | INBA38:253, INBA15:194, INBA26:194, Majlis934.052-058 | HDQI.145x, ANDA#39 p.03 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02947 | 300 | mixed | ای حبیب محبوب میفرماید تالله این سماء قدس اعظم را سلم قدم باید تا بر او قدم گذاشته | O beloved friend! The Best Beloved declareth: By God, this most exalted and holy heaven requireth a ladder of sanctity whereon to tread [3.5s] | INBA38:256x | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01865 | Lawh-i-Rasul | 470 | Persian | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Rasul (Tablet to Rasul) | ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر | O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy | INBA38:257 | NANU_BH#10x, ASAT4.013x, AMB#30, QUM.029 | DOR#30 | Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intention to take leave of both friend and foe. | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | MMAH.107, GSH.181, LL#219 | ||
| BH08159 | 120 | mixed | تلک ورقه مبارکه ازلیه ابدیه تنطق بالحق بانه انا الله لا اله الا هو و انه کان | The figurative world and the physical world are both pure nonexistence, but they appear in the garb of being. | INBA38:259x | MAS8.029ax | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00371 | 1810 | mixed | ان یا زین المقربین ذکر من قبلی عبادی ثم بشرهم برحمتی و عنایتی ثم فضلی و | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Make mention of Me before My servants, then give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and loving-kindness and My grace [3.5s] | INBA38:278 | MAS4.099x, RSR.107x, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00154 | 3430 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | 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; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#466, LL#471 | |||||
| BH00834 | 980 | mixed | بیانات عربی که ببدایع نغمات حجازی از سماء سلطنت صمدانی نازل شد زیاده از حد | The Arabic utterances which descended from the heaven of Divine sovereignty with wondrous Hijazi melodies surpass all bounds [3.5s] | INBA38:001, INBA65:256, INBA57:006, BLIB_Or15722.228, , NLI.32p016v | HDQI.072, MAS8.033bx, AYI2.001x, AYI2.206x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00437 | Prayer for the Fast (Iftar) | 1620 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love | INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094, | BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02 | BRL_IOPF#3.06 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#469 | |||||
| BH00478 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam | 1510 | Arabic | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam) | ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان | O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High | INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111 | BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153 | LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | x | * | - | ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348 | Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam". | ||
| BH02550 | 350 | mixed | نامه دوستی بر مخزن نیستی وارد شد و معانی روحانی آن مسرت تازه و فرح بی اندازه | The missive of friendship descended unto the treasury of nothingness, and its spiritual meanings brought fresh joy and boundless delight [3.5s] | INBA38:030 | HDQI.066, SFI15.008-009, MUH3.378-379, MSHR5.038x, OOL.B211 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03019 | Lawh-i-Maryam 2 | 300 | Persian | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love) | مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم | O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient | INBA38:031 | BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b | LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | |||||
| BH03204 | 280 | mixed | بشیر عمای عرش هویه بقمیص سنای عز صمدیه از غیب بقای مدینه وفا جانب مصر بهای | The Herald of the celestial cloud from the Divine Throne, arrayed in the luminous vesture of eternal glory, hath come forth from the unseen realm of immortality in the City of Faithfulness towards the Egypt of splendour [3.5s] | INBA38:032, INBA36:311 | Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02750 | 320 | mixed | ای سلمان من لدی الرحمن مامور بودی که بحکمت رفتار نمائی و تکلم کنی که مبادا | O Salman! Thou wert commanded by the All-Merciful to conduct thyself with wisdom and speak with prudence, lest perchance [3.5s] | INBA38:338 | ASAT2.171x | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04041 | 230 | mixed | طلعات قدس در کفاتند و وجهات انس در دفات و حمامات افریدوس در غنات و حوریات | The holy Countenances are in flight, while mystic Faces remain concealed; the doves of Paradise are singing in the gardens, and the heavenly Maidens [3.5s] | INBA38:033, INBA36:322 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04014 | 230 | mixed | در این وقت که سماء قدرت الهی بقمر عظمت مزین گشته و عماء قدس حضرت لایزالی بانجم | At this time, when the heaven of divine power is adorned with the moon of grandeur, and the holy cloud of the Eternal One with stars [3.5s] | INBA38:034, INBA36:307b | AYBY.004a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04304 | 220 | mixed | ورقه مبارکه که از اغصان سدره بقا روئیده و از افنان شجره وفا انبات گشته | The blessed leaf that hath sprouted forth from the branches of the Lote-Tree of eternity and hath grown from the boughs of the Tree of faithfulness [3.5s] | INBA38:035, INBA36:308.16 | Love of God; Mystical themes; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04244 | 220 | mixed | عرض میشود که حزن و کدورت آن جناب نه بحدی مشهود گشت که مراسلات محبت و یا | It is submitted that the sorrow and grief of that honoured one hath become manifest to such a degree that even letters of affection and [3.5s] | INBA38:036, INBA36:306 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03108 | 290 | mixed | سبحان الله از این ساعت و وقت که جوهر نور قمیص طیور پوشید که شاید در رضوان حب | Glorified be God for this hour and time when the Essence of Light hath donned the garment of celestial birds, that perchance in the paradise of love [3.5s] | INBA38:037, INBA19:006, INBA32:007, INBA36:307a | HDQI.121, ANDA#25 p.03 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03778 | 240 | mixed | اگر شمس جهانی اشراق انوار بهجتت کو و اگر قمر رضوانی ابتهاج ضیاء اسرار قدست | If Thou art the World-illuming Sun, where are the splendors of Thy gladness? And if Thou art the Moon of Paradise, where is the radiant joy of Thy sacred mysteries [3.5s] | INBA38:038, INBA36:309, BLIB_Or15722.209, , NLAI_BH1.291 | BRL_DA#618, AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.a | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04541 | 210 | mixed | نقره الهی بر ناقور صمدانی مقرون شد و جذبه حمامه سلطان ازلی بر اغصان سدره | The divine melody hath joined with the celestial Trumpet, and the rapture of the Eternal Sovereign's Dove hath alighted upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA38:039, INBA36:323 | PZHN v2#1 p.034 | Contention and conflict; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04421 | 210 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | باز بلند مکنت پرواز نمود و غراب غیرت از مغرب جان متصاعد و باوج عماء قدرت... قلباً طاهراً فاخلق فیّ یا الهی سرّاً ساکناً جدّد فیّ یا منائی | Once again hath the Phoenix of divine grandeur taken flight, and the Raven of glory hath soared from the western horizon of the soul unto the zenith of hallowed eternity [3.5s]... ...Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! | INBA38:040, INBA33:020ax, INBA30:120ax | BRL_DA#689, PMP#155x, AHM.057x, BSHA.085, ADH1.047x, MMJA.025x, OOL.B159.2x | PM#155x, BPRY.164x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.186 #273x | Ahdieh, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, Refuge, Chandra & Eric, C. McGrail, Elina, Mea, Nader, Pedram & Annika, The Bird & The Butterfly, N. Hamilton, Gyenyame, QuiqueSaba, G. and M. Smith, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 1], Ladjamaya [track 11], almunajat.com [item 6], S. Peyman, Nava, Michele, Roya & Marie | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for purity; chastity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#494 | |||||
| BH04069 | 230 | Persian | مدتها درگذشت و عهدها تمام شد و طیری از آن جانب پرواز ننمود و خبری بدوستان | A span of time hath passed, and the covenants have been fulfilled, yet no bird hath taken flight from yonder realm, bearing tidings to the friends [3.5s] | INBA38:041 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04415 | 210 | mixed | ایام ایام امتحان و ابحر اختلاف و ابتلا در هیجان و رایات مشتبهات از هر گوشه | The days of tests are now come. Oceans of dissension and tribulation are surging | INBA38:042, INBA36:328, BLIB_Or15722.266, | BRL_DA#613, TZH4.129-130x | BKOG.109x, GPB.115x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04474 | 210 | mixed | عندلیب سنا میگوید الی یا اهل البقاء بلبل وفا میگوید الی یا اهل الوفاء هدهد | The Nightingale of Glory proclaimeth: O ye denizens of immortality! The Bulbul of faithfulness calleth out: O ye people of fidelity! The hoopoe [3.5s] | INBA38:043, INBA36:310 | MSHR2.113 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The first and the last; the seen and the hidden; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05789 | 170 | mixed | صبح صباح احدیت از مشرق جان طالع گشت و انوار سناء سینای صمدیت از مطلع امکان | The Morn of Divine Unity hath dawned from the horizon of the soul, and the lights of the splendour of the Sinai of Divine Singleness have shone forth from the Dayspring of contingent being [3.5s] | INBA38:044, INBA36:376a | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07131 | 140 | mixed | شرح فراق که تواند داد و یا عهد محکم میثاق که آرد بر یاد حکم بدیع تلاق ندهی | Who can recount the tale of separation, or bring to mind the binding covenant of the pact, shouldst Thou not ordain the wondrous decree of reunion [3.5s] | INBA38:045a, INBA36:343a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05705 | 170 | mixed | این نامه منزول از ساذج قبول بارض محبور است و انشاالله بعد از وصول مقبول خواهد | This missive, descended from the Pure Source of acceptance unto the land of delight, will, God willing, be accepted upon its arrival [3.5s] | INBA38:045b, INBA36:379b | Love of God; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05897 | Lawh-i-Maryam 1 | 170 | mixed | مریما مهدی با یک قبضه صمدی و یک دکله محمد علی واصل و عاید بغداد شد مع خبرهای | O Mary! Mahdi arrived in Baghdad with one holy sword-hilt and one knife of Muhammad-'Ali, bearing tidings [3.5s]... ...What is causing thy sadness and why art thou sorrowful? Hast thou ever heard of the ocean shedding tears in separation from a river or the sun fearing the pursuit of a star? | INBA38:046, INBA36:378 | OOL.B058a | LTDT.303x | Consolation and comfort; Continual renewal of creation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH04651 | 200 | mixed | ان یا م ح م د فاستنشق رایحه الربانی من هذا القمص السبحانی لتکون من یوسف الوفا فی | O Muhammad! Inhale thou the divine fragrance from this celestial garment, that thou mayest be numbered among the Josephs of faithfulness [3.5s] | INBA38:047x, INBA36:305a | Love of God; Mystical themes; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05736 | 170 | mixed | در حالتیکه سماوات حب مرتفع شده و شمس ود از مشرق صبح وفا طالع گشته و قمر محبت | In this hour when the heavens of love have been upraised, and the sun of loving devotion hath dawned from the dayspring of faithfulness, and the moon of affection [3.5s] | INBA38:048, INBA36:315c | Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07010 | 140 | Persian | بسا صبح صادق طالع آمد و شب هجران باخر نرسید و چه عندلیبها که در بستانها | How many a true morn hath dawned, yet the night of separation hath not drawn to its close; and how many nightingales in the gardens [3.5s] | INBA38:049, INBA36:379a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05638 | 170 | Persian | اگرچه دفتر عاشقان ببیان طی نشود و نامه مشتاقان بقلم امکان اتمام نپذیرد ولکن | Though the book of lovers cannot be traversed by mere narration, and the epistle of the yearning ones findeth not completion through the pen of the world, yet [3.5s] | INBA38:050a, INBA36:377, NLAI_BH1.335 | BRL_DA#616, ASAT4.016x, YBN.030c | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07029 | 140 | mixed | جناب نورالله معنوی حضرت هادی انشاء الله و کذلک شاء که از بحر صحت بنوشی و از | O Nuru'llah-i-Ma'navi, O revered Hadi! God willing, and thus hath He willed that thou shouldst drink from the ocean of health and [3.5s] | INBA38:050b | Chastisement and requital; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08403 | 120 | mixed | کتاب آنجناب ملاحظه شد و نغمات روحانی از عندلیب معنوی مسموع گشت و اعراض مردم | The epistle of your honor hath been perused, and the spiritual melodies from the mystic Nightingale were heard, and the people's aversion [3.5s] | INBA38:051 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07857 | 130 | Persian | نغمه قلبی بلحن پارسی بر طلعت عراقی وارد و ناله های سری از آن شنیده شد بلی گوش | The melody of the heart, in Persian strain, descended upon the Countenance of the Iraqi One, and mystical lamentations were heard therefrom. Yea, the ear [3.5s] | INBA38:052a, NLAI_BH1.294 | BRL_DA#625, AHB_121BE #10 p.324 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09268 | 100 | mixed | انشاء الله بنغمه ورقاء عز ازلی از مشرق سنای سماء لایزالی بنفحات قدس عماء صمدی | God willing, through the melody of the Dove of eternal glory from the Orient of splendour of the everlasting heaven, by the holy fragrances of the Divine cloud [3.5s] | INBA38:052b | Love as fire; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08865 | 110 | mixed | شمس ازلی از مشرق لایزالی از عنایت ربانی مستبرق گشته و عرصه وجود عوالم نور را | The eternal Sun hath dawned from the everlasting Orient, resplendent with divine bounty, illumining the realm of existence with worlds of light [3.5s] | INBA38:053a, INBA36:312b | Free will and predestination; fate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08644 | 110 | mixed | الحمد لله که طلعات مجد قدسیه و وجهات انس عزیه جسد سر ازلی را از حجبات غیریه | Praise be unto God that the effulgent Countenances of sanctified glory and the holy Visages of cherished intimacy have freed the Body of the Eternal Mystery from the veils of otherness [3.5s] | INBA38:053b, INBA36:313a | Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09142 | 110 | Persian | یا عمی شکر نما که از زلال خمر بی مثال نوشیدی و از شهد وصال حضرت ذوالجلال | O Mine Uncle! Render thou thanks that thou hast quaffed from the pure and peerless wine, and hast tasted the honeyed sweetness of reunion with the Lord of Glory [3.5s] | INBA38:054a, INBA81:157 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08722 | 110 | Persian | ای خاله حمد کن خدا را که از شمال حزن بیمین سرور راجع شدی و ظلمت ضلالت را | O beloved aunt! Render thanks unto God that thou hast journeyed from the north of grief to the realm of joy, and from the darkness of error [3.5s] | INBA38:054b | Consolation and comfort; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09978 | 90 | Persian | کاغذ بلحن حجازی نوشته شد و ارسال گشت و این نوشته بزبان پارسی القا میشود تا | The missive was penned in the melody of Hijaz and dispatched, and this epistle is being set forth in the Persian tongue that [3.5s] | INBA38:055a | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10252 | 80 | mixed | در ساعتی که شمس سماء وجود برقع شهود از رخ برانداخت و قمر عماء مقصود مقنع حدود | At the hour when the Sun in the heaven of being cast aside the veil of manifestation from Its countenance, and the Moon of the divine Purpose donned Its covering of limitations [3.5s] | INBA38:055b, INBA36:305b | Love of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09581 | 100 | mixed | نقطه عما سیر نمود تا در عرش نطق مستریح گشت و بعد هیاکل حروف ابها را بترکیب | The Primal Point traced His course through the realm of Mystery until He found repose upon the Throne of Utterance, whereafter He fashioned the temples of the Abhá Letters [3.5s] | INBA38:056a, INBA36:329a | YMM.224 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10005 | 90 | mixed | منزل جواد بسیار خوب و مرغوب و کعبه مقصود منزه از جهات و یاس و رجاست از قرب | The abode of Jawad is most goodly and desirable, and the Ka'bah of the heart's desire is sanctified from all directions and from despair and hope [3.5s] | INBA38:056b | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09808 | 90 | mixed | بلی بر جمیع اصحاب و احباب لازم است که بر سرایر محبت جالس باشند و بر رفارف | Verily, it behoveth all companions and loved ones to be seated upon the thrones of love and upon the pavilions thereof [3.5s] | INBA38:056c | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10653 | 70 | mixed | میرزا یحیی چندی اراده نموده که در خدمت یکی از دوستان خدا در صحراهای بافضای | Mírzá Yaḥyá hath for some time purposed to serve one of the friends of God in the spacious wilderness [3.5s] | INBA38:057a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10559 | 70 | mixed | آنچه مسطور آمد مشهود گشت و هرچه مستور بود مشهور آمد حمد خدا را که ثمرات شجرات | That which was inscribed hath become manifest, and that which lay concealed hath been made known. Praise be unto God, that the fruits of the trees [3.5s] | INBA38:057b, INBA36:312a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11475 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #06 | 20 | Arabic | انه لبهاء الله لمن فیملکوت الامر و الخلق و مصباح الهدی لمن فی السموآت و الارض | He is the glory of God to those in the kingdom of command and creation and the lamp of guidance to those in the heavens and the earth. | INBA38:057c | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#3 | KSHK#19 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH10338 | 80 | mixed | قادر عمای غلبه و مکنت و عالم سمای قوت و معدلت بر جمیع ذرات و هویات باحاطه | He is the Omnipotent One, transcendent above the realms of might and dominion, the All-Knowing Sovereign of the heaven of power and justice, encompassing all atoms and beings [3.5s] | INBA38:058a, INBA36:371a | PZHN v2#1 p.033 | Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10241 | 80 | mixed | حبذا زین شرف کبری و مفخرت عظمی که جمیع ذرات ممکناترا از اعلی ذروه علی الی | How glorious is this supreme honor and magnificent glory, which exalteth all atoms of contingent beings unto the loftiest heights [3.5s] | INBA38:058b, INBA36:314c | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09881 | 90 | mixed | شمع ازلی در زجاجه صمدی مستشرق گشته و سراج انوار حضرت لایزالی در مصباح احدی و | The Eternal Candle hath been made resplendent within the glass of Divine Unity, and the Lamp of Lights of the Ever-Abiding Lord doth shine forth from the niche of Oneness [3.5s] | INBA38:058c, INBA36:314d | Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10408 | 80 | Persian | وجهه محبوب مکشوف و طلعه محمود عری و مشهود تا مرایای امکان از غیب هستی بعالم | His beloved Countenance unveiled, His praiseworthy Face manifest and visible, that the mirrors of contingent being might emerge from the hidden realm of existence into the world [3.5s] | INBA38:058c, INBA36:314e | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mystical themes; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10597 | 70 | mixed | سفرای صحرای فرقت و فراموشی و غربای بیدای ذلت و خاموشی در دیار غربت و نهایت | O ye wayfarers in the wilderness of separation and forgetfulness, and ye strangers in the desert of abasement and silence, in the land of exile and remoteness [3.5s] | INBA38:059a, INBA36:329b | MSHR4.303 | Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10387 | 80 | Persian | معلوم است که عنایات حق فوق جمیع نعما است و در وصول عبد باین رتبه عالیه | It is evident that the favors of the Truth surpass all blessings, and in the attainment by the servant of this exalted station [3.5s] | INBA38:059b, INBA74:013 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10808 | 60 | mixed | جمال غیب قناع جلال را از طلعه مثال برداشت فورا وجهه و لله المثل الابهی از | The Beauty of the Unseen lifted the veil of glory from the countenance of the Divine Exemplar, whereupon the Face - and unto God belongeth the Most Glorious Similitude - appeared [3.5s] | INBA38:060a, INBA36:313b | Praise and encouragement; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10821 | 60 | mixed | ساقی عما با کاوب سنا خمر وفا میدهد تا در طور سینای عشق از ظهور جمال مجذوب | The Cupbearer of eternity, with the chalice of radiance, poureth forth the wine of fidelity, that upon the Mount Sinai of love thou mayest be enraptured by the revelation of Beauty [3.5s] | INBA38:060b, INBA36:313c | Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11060 | 50 | mixed | روح القدس مترصد و روح الانس منتظر که نغمه نور کی مذکور شود و نقره ظهور کی | The Holy Spirit standeth ready and the human spirit waiteth expectantly - when shall the melody of light be mentioned and the note of manifestation be sounded [3.5s] | INBA38:060c, INBA36:314b, BLIB_Or15696.091g, | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11081 | 50 | Persian | طلعات عرش قدسی و وجهات عماء فردوسی و حوریات سرادق عصمت و قاصرات فسطات عفت در | The Manifestations of the Holy Throne, the Countenances from the Paradise of Divine Unity, the Maidens of the Pavilion of Sanctity, and the Chaste Ones beneath the Tabernacles of Virtue [3.5s] | INBA38:061a, INBA36:315a | Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11048 | 50 | mixed | حمد خدا را که اگر موسی کلیم طلعه هدایت لابدایه را از نار شجره لاشرقیه و | Praise be unto God that, whereas Moses the Interlocutor beheld the Face of Guidance, which hath no beginning, in the Fire of the Tree neither of the East nor of the West [3.5s] | INBA38:061b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11043 | 50 | mixed | بحر قدم در امواج است و نور عظم در ارتجاج و هیکل مکرم در ابتهاج فیا طوبی لکم | The Ocean of Pre-existence surgeth, and the Light of Grandeur is astir, and the Temple of Glory rejoiceth. O the blessedness that awaiteth you [3.5s] | INBA38:061d, INBA36:314a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01864 | 470 | mixed | ان یا حرف الرا اسمع ندا الله فی قدس البقا بقعه التی قدسها الله عن عرفان | O Letter Ra! Hearken unto the Call of God in the sacred realm of eternity, that spot which God hath sanctified beyond all understanding [3.5s] | INBA38:062x, INBA71:057 | MUH3.269cx | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01644 | Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firaq (Tablet of the Nightingale of Bereavement) | 530 | mixed | Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) | Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation) | بلبل الفراق علی غصن الافاق ینادی هذا الفراق یا ملا الاشتیاق و طیر الوفا یتغن | The nightingale of separation, perched upon the branch of the horizon, calls out in grief, you who are filled with yearning | INBA38:063, INBA36:376b, INBA71:074b | AQA4#095 p.324x, AQA4a.363x, GSH.042, OOL.B034a, OOL.B034b | SW_v12#16 p.251, BLO_PT#115 | Announces in sorrowful language His departure from Baghdad and reproaches those who had thus far failed to recognize Him. | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 1b | * | - | ROB1.244, MMAH.079, LL#080 | ||
| BH00746 | Shikkar-Shikan Shavand | 1050 | mixed | Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand | Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand) | شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب | Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One | INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106 | BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099 | BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x | Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the face of threats and persecutions. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 1b | * | - | ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286 | ||
| BH09446 | 100 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی استشفع عند تبسم نسایم قدس سلطان احدیتک | O my God, glorified art Thou! This is Thy servant who seeketh intercession at the wafting of the holy breezes from the sanctuary of Thy divine Oneness [3.5s] | INBA38:005a.07, INBA49:096, NLI.32p020r | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00507 | 1460 | mixed | ای حبیب من دنیا را قراری نه و وفائی نیست و صاحبان افئده نباید در این ایام | O My beloved! The world hath neither permanence nor fidelity, and they who possess hearts should not in these days [3.5s] | INBA38:005b, INBA65:279, BLIB_Or15722.235, , NLI.32p011v | LHKM2.005, PYB#148 p.03x, TABN.205-208, YMM.346x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual springtime; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02091 | 420 | mixed | حمد خدا را که صحرای بافضای فصاحترا طی فرموده اید و ارتقی بسموات بلاغت | Praise be to God that thou hast traversed the vast expanse of eloquence and ascended unto the heavens of rhetoric [3.5s] | INBA38:068, INBA36:380, BLIB_Or15722.277, | HDQI.107, MSHR5.336-337 | Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02404 | 370 | mixed | سالکان طریق معبود و واصلان سبیل مقصود مقدس از حدوداتند و منزه از تعارفات | The wayfarers upon the path of the Adored One and they that have attained unto the way of the Desired One are sanctified beyond limitations and are purified from formalities [3.5s] | INBA38:069, INBA36:381, NLAI_BH1.328 | MSHR2.328x, MSHR3.032x, MSHR1.109x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09523 | 100 | mixed | کاسنی اگرچه در ظاهر تلخ است در باطن بس شیرین این وصف کاسنی ظاهریه است که در | Though chicory is outwardly bitter, in its essence it is most sweet. This description pertaineth to the outward chicory that [3.5s] | INBA38:071a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10550 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده خدا نظر حق با تو بوده چه که تا او ناظر نباشد احدی ناظر باو نخواهد | O servant of God! The gaze of God hath been upon thee, for until He turneth His glance toward one, none shall be able to behold Him [3.5s] | INBA38:071b, INBA19:192a, INBA32:175a | MSHR3.010 | Belief and denial; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10565 | 70 | Persian | حمد خدا را که بر فلک تقدیس وارد شدی و از سلسبیل قدس معنوی آشامیدی ولکن اریاح | Praise be to God that thou hast ascended unto the heaven of sanctity and drunk from the Salsabíl of holy spirituality; yet the winds [3.5s] | INBA38:072a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10402 | 80 | mixed | هر قلبی قابل ودیعه حب الهیه نبوده و نخواهد بود چنانچه هر ارضی لایق انبات | Not every heart is capable of acting as a repository for divine love. For not every soul is suited for growing wondrous herbs | INBA38:072b | MAS8.033a | Differences in human capacity; Man's distinction from the animal; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11430 | 30 | Persian | محبوب میفرماید که الیوم احدی بعرفان الله فائز نمی شود مگر بانقطاع از آنچه در | The Beloved declareth: None shall attain in this Day unto the recognition of God save through detachment from all that [3.5s] | INBA38:072c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10568 | 70 | Persian | در احیان هبوب اریاح امتحان و افتتان باید عاشقان جمال رحمن در کمال اطمینان بر | During the times when the winds of tests and trials blow forth, the lovers of the Beauty of the All-Merciful must remain in utmost assurance [3.5s] | INBA38:073a | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11400 | 30 | Persian | حمد خدا را که صنم وهم را بقدرت خلیل شکستی و حجاب مانعه را دریدی اینست آن | Praise be to God, Who hath, through the power of the Friend, shattered the idol of vain imaginings and rent asunder the intervening veils. This is that [3.5s] | INBA38:073b | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11270 | 40 | Persian | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه از رحیق بقا نوشیده اند و از کوثر لقا مرزوق شده قسم | Blessed are the souls who have quaffed from the wine of immortality and have been made to partake of the Kawthar of attainment unto His presence [3.5s] | INBA38:073c | High station of the true believer; Presence of; reunion with God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11206 | 40 | Persian | ابواب رضوان معانی مفتوح و نسایم قمیص رحمن در هبوب و مرور ای احبای الهی خود | The gates of the Paradise of inner meanings stand open, and the breezes from the garment of the All-Merciful are wafting and passing by, O beloved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA38:073d | Attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11132 | 50 | Persian | ورقای بقا بر سدره منتهی در هر صبح و شام باین کلمه احلی مغرد است ای مجذوبان | The Immortal Dove, upon the Divine Lote-Tree, doth at every morn and eve warble forth this most sweet utterance: "O ye who are enraptured..." [3.5s] | INBA38:073e | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11428 | 30 | Persian | کلمه الهی محیی ابدانست و مبعث روان پس بشنوید کلمه بدیعه محکمه اش را تا از | The Divine Word is the quickener of bodies and the awakener of souls. Hearken ye, therefore, unto His wondrous and firmly-established Word, that ye may [3.5s] | INBA38:074a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11390 | 30 | Persian | ای سمع اکوان بشنو ندای رب رحمن را که از شطر احزان مرتفع است که شاید بشنیدن | O Hearing Ear of creation! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord, the All-Merciful, which ascendeth from the realm of sorrows, that perchance thou mayest hear [3.5s] | INBA38:074b | Call to action; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05427 | 180 | mixed | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه در سبیل دوست از کاس بلا بیاشامند و از جام قضا بنوشند | Blessed are the souls who, in the path of the Beloved, drink from the chalice of tribulation and partake of the cup of destiny [3.5s] | INBA38:074c | ADM2#078 p.145x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11485 | 20 | mixed | حجبات اوهام را بدر دریدنیکه صدای آن را اهل سرادقات قدس ربانی بشنوند و جمیع | To rend asunder the veils of vain imaginings, such that they who dwell within the pavilions of divine holiness may hearken unto its call [3.5s] | INBA38:075a | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10751 | 60 | Persian | اگر در حب الله ثابت مانی ینابیع حکمت ربانی از قلب و لسانت جاری شود و بمعانی | If thou remainest firm in the love of God, the springs of divine wisdom shall flow forth from thy heart and tongue and manifest in meanings [3.5s] | INBA38:075b | Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10566 | 70 | Persian | حمد کن خدا را که از کوثر حبش آشامیدی و از نسیم عنایتش از خواب غفلت سر برداشتی | Render praise unto God, for thou hast quaffed from the Kawthar of His love and through the breeze of His grace hast been roused from the slumber of heedlessness [3.5s] | INBA38:075c | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08177 | 120 | Persian | در این ظهور اظهر ابدع امنع جمیع عباد الله را از قتل و فساد و ظلم و عناد منع | In this most manifest, most wondrous, most impregnable Dispensation, all the servants of God are forbidden bloodshed, corruption, tyranny and contention [3.5s] | INBA38:075d | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10651 | 70 | Persian | مریبین و متوهمین را از کاس یقین رب العالمین نصیبی نبوده و نخواهد بود پس خوشا | The doubters and the deluded have not been, nor shall they ever be, vouchsafed a share from the chalice of certitude of the Lord of all worlds. How blessed, therefore [3.5s] | INBA38:076a, INBA19:066a, INBA32:061a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10570 | 70 | Persian | ذکر ایام شداد در لوح سداد شده حق جمیع را بفتنه عظیمه در الواح بدیعه منیعه | Mention of the Days of Tribulation hath been made in the Tablet of Constancy, wherein God hath forewarned all peoples of a mighty test in His sublime and glorious Tablets [3.5s] | INBA38:076b, INBA19:066b, INBA32:061b | Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06983 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده خدا این بنده خدا میگوید که چندین سنه میگذرد که در هر صبح و شام آن | O servant of God! This servant of God declareth that for many a year, at morn and eventide [3.5s] | INBA38:076c, INBA19:066c, INBA32:061c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07836 | 130 | Persian | Translation List | لازال لحاظ الله بعبادش متوجه و اگر اقل من آن نظر عنایت از ارض و من علیها | From time immemorial, the glances of God have been directed towards His servants. Were He to avert that sustaining gaze | INBA38:077a, INBA19:067a, INBA32:062 | BRL_DA#286, SFI17.009-010, AYI2.085x | ADMS#092 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| BH11024 | 50 | mixed | ای دوستان در این ربیع رحمن که سدره اراده الهیه باثمار معارف بدیعه مزین شده | O friends! In this divine springtime, wherein the Tree of God's Will hath been adorned with the wondrous fruits of heavenly knowledge [3.5s] | INBA38:077b | Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10554 | 70 | Persian | ای طایران هوای رحمن بکلمات مسطوره از جمال احدیه محجوب ممانید چه که آنچه از | O ye birds that soar in the atmosphere of the All-Merciful! Be not veiled by the words inscribed from the Beauty of Divine Unity, inasmuch as that which [3.5s] | INBA38:078a, INBA19:065, INBA32:060 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Outward and inward meanings | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06976 | 140 | Persian | انشاء الله لازال بذکر الله مشغول باشید و از دونش فارغ و حق جل کبریائه هرگز | God willing, may ye ever remain occupied with the remembrance of God and be detached from aught else, for the True One, exalted be His glory, never [3.5s] | INBA38:078b | YMM.264 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09780 | 90 | Persian | ای امه الله ذکرت بین یدی مذکور انشاء الله از رحیق اطهر در کل حین از کاوس | O handmaid of God! Thy mention hath been made before Him Who is the Most Mentioned One. God willing, thou shalt, at all times, drink from the most pure nectar from the chalice [3.5s] | INBA38:078c | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09040 | 110 | Persian | نامه ات بین یدی حاضر ولکن قلم امر در این ایام در جواب متحیر است چه که معلوم | Thy letter is before Me, yet in these days the Pen of Command standeth bewildered in reply, inasmuch as it is known [3.5s] | INBA38:079a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09758 | 90 | Persian | ان یا بقیه آل الملیح نامه ات رسید و ناله ات مسموع آمد حمد خدا را که بطراز حب | O thou remnant of the Family of the Messiah! Thy letter hath reached Us and thy lamentation hath been heard. Praise be to God that thou art adorned with the ornament of love [3.5s] | INBA38:079b, INBA23:243a | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08738 | 110 | mixed | ای کنیز حق ذیل مطهر بغبار افتراء مفترین آلوده شده و سراج آفاق از هبوب اریاح | O handmaid of God! The pure hem hath been sullied with the dust of calumnies from the slanderers, and the Lamp of the horizons by the blowing of winds [3.5s] | INBA38:080a | Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10654 | 70 | Persian | نقطه بدئیه بعد از سیر در عوالم ملکیه بطراز ختمیه ظاهر شد و از ترکیب آن اشکال | The Primal Point, after traversing the realms of earthly dominion, appeared adorned with the seal of finality, and from this union emerged manifold forms [3.5s] | INBA38:080b | Exhortations and counsels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09277 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله ذکرت در این سجن مذکور شد لذا بذکر قلم امر فائز شدی وصیت غلام | O handmaid of God! Thy mention was recorded in this prison, wherefore thou hast attained unto mention by the Pen of the Command. This is the counsel of this Servant [3.5s] | INBA38:080c, INBA15:184a, INBA26:184a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hypocrisy; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10789 | 60 | Persian | ای صغرا بشنو صریر قلم اعلی را و از ما سوی الله بگذر بیادش خرم باش و بذکرش | O Sughrá! hearken unto the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen, and detach thyself from all else but God. Be thou gladdened by His remembrance and through His mention [3.5s] | INBA38:081a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01185 | 700 | mixed | این نامه از این عبد حزین غمین بشطر حضرت مشفق امین ارسال میشود که ای یار | This missive is sent forth from this sorrowful and grief-stricken servant unto that All-Merciful and Trusted One: O Friend! [3.5s]... ...A race of men, incomparable in character, shall be raised up which, with the feet of detachment, will tread under all who are in heaven and on earth | INBA38:081bx, INBA66:120x | BRL_DA#436, KHSH07.009, PYB#210 p.04x | ADJ.031x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00885 | Lawh-i-Javad | 920 | mixed | ای حبیب جان و محبوب روانم آیا سکون اختیار نموده و جمال مختار مابین اشرار... ای جواد سلطان ایجاد میفرماید ای جواد سیف لسانرا | O beloved of My soul and cherished of My spirit! Hast thou chosen repose whilst the Beauty of the All-Glorious dwelleth amidst the wicked? O Javád, the Sovereign Lord of creation declareth: O Javád, unsheathe the sword of thy tongue [3.5s] | INBA38:082, NLI.32p036vx, Majlis934.058-069x | MAS8.012x | Call to action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | GSH.197 | |||||||
| BH07590 | 130 | mixed | چندی قبل بتوسط جناب امین علیه بهاء الله الملک الحق المبین لوح امنع اقدس | Some time ago, through His Honour the Trustee, upon him be the Glory of God, the True and Manifest King, the Most Holy and Most Great Tablet [3.5s] | INBA38:084a, BLIB_Or15710.158a, , BLIB_Or15719.020d, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02203 | 400 | mixed | جناب رحیم و صاد بنفحات عز مرحمت ربانی مسرور بوده بدانند که لم یزل عنایات | Jinab-i-Rahim va Sad! May ye be cheered by the sweet-scented breezes of divine bounty, and know ye that the favors of the Lord have ever [3.5s] | INBA38:084b | RSBB.148 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00734 | 1060 | mixed | تلک آیات الامر نزلت بالحق من لدن مقتدر قیوما و فیها ارتفعت صریخ الله بما | These are the verses of the Command, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Through them hath been raised the Call of God inasmuch as [3.5s] | INBA38:086ax, BLIB_Or03114.074x, , BLIB_Or15725.407, , BLIB_Or15737.197, | BRL_DA#419, LHKM1.049 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00544 | 1360 | mixed | ان یا حرف الحی اسمع اصوات اجنحه هذا الطیر فی هذا الهوآء باجنحه الیاقوت و | O Letter of the Living! Hearken unto the sounds of the wings of this Bird in this atmosphere, with wings of ruby [3.5s] | INBA38:086bx, INBA74:083, BLIB_Or03114.065rx, , BLIB_Or15737.207b, | RSBB.132x, YMM.470x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00579 | Lawh-i-Maryam | 1300 | mixed | Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) | ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا | O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation. | INBA38:087, INBA28:386 | BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31 | DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048 | Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaymaniyah, the dispirited character of the Bábí community upon His return, and His efforts to instil new life into it; alludes to His still-hidden messianic secret and counsels purity of heart as a precondition to its recognition; and announces His withdrawal from the community. | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 1b | * | - | ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 | ||
| BH05690 | 170 | mixed | ای حبیب کتاب تو تلقاء عرش تلاوت شد و از احزان مذکورهٴ او بر جمال قدم حزن وارد ولکن لا تیأس | O My beloved! Thy book was recited before the Divine Throne, and the sorrows mentioned therein brought grief upon the Ancient Beauty; yet despair not [3.5s] | INBA38:092x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05700 | 170 | mixed | ای مهدی بعنایه رب مسرور باش و ببدایع فضلش مبتهج از کاس ذکرش بنوش و از باده | O Mahdi! Be thou gladdened by the grace of thy Lord and rejoice in His wondrous favors. Drink thou from the chalice of His remembrance and from the wine [3.5s] | INBA38:093a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01404 | 610 | mixed | این نامه این مسجونست باسم منیر و قمیص یوسف مصر الهی ست بکلمه بصیر قمیص غلام | This epistle belongeth to this Prisoner and is, like unto the garment of Joseph of divine Egypt, adorned with the word "All-Seeing" - the garment of the servant [3.5s] | INBA38:093b, INBA74:053, NLI.32p155v | RSBB.140, ASAT1.018x, YIK.183-184 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08768 | 110 | mixed | جناب میرزا مهدی انشاالله لازال بر صراط حب مستقیم باشند و بر مقر ود مستریح چشم | Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi, God willing, shall remain ever steadfast upon the straight path of love and find repose in the seat of devotion [3.5s] | INBA38:096a, INBA74:057.07x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01018 | 820 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل | Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s] | INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b, | AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02561 | 350 | mixed | یا اولیاء الله فی البلاد نوصیکم بالاستقامه الکبری فی هذا النبا الاعظم الذی به | O friends of God in all lands! We counsel you to manifest supreme steadfastness in this Most Great Announcement, whereby [3.5s] | INBA39:147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08747 | 110 | mixed | ایامیکه ارکان عالم از سطوه اهل ظلم مضطرب و مرتعش بود این مظلوم من دون ناصر | In the days when the pillars of the world trembled and quaked beneath the onslaught of the oppressors, this Wronged One remained without a helper [3.5s] | INBA39:149, BLIB_Or15715.238e, | Manifestation of God as sun; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07023 | 140 | mixed | جمیع اهل ارض را از قلم اعلی بایام الهی بشارت دادیم چون میقات رسید و جمال | We have, through the Most Exalted Pen, announced unto all the dwellers of the earth the glad-tidings of the Days of God. When the appointed time had come and the Beauty [3.5s] | INBA39:150, BLIB_Or15715.238d, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03756 | 250 | Arabic | یا طالب ان المظلوم توجه الیک من شطر السجن و یذکرک خالصا لوجه الله رب العالمین | O seeker! The Wronged One hath turned toward thee from the precincts of the prison, and mentioneth thee purely for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | INBA39:151, BLIB_Or15713.129, , BLIB_Or15715.240c, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06040 | 160 | mixed | امروز ملکوت الهی بانوار شمس ظهور منور و پرتو آفتاب فضل عالم را احاطه نموده و | In this day the Kingdom of God is illumined by the lights of the Sun of Manifestation, and the radiance of the Sun of Grace hath encompassed the world [3.5s] | INBA39:153 | SFI07.015a | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00279 | Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd | 2280 | mixed | Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times) | کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی | We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran | INBA39:154 | BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199 | BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253 | Includes the "Lawh-i-Times" | |||
| 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 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Prayer for martyrs; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00409 | Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 1700 | mixed | Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) | Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality) | و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود | As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey | INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307 | BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x | LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016 | Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all things’, offers a middle position between the doctrines of ‘the oneness of being’ and ‘the oneness of appearances’, observes that both positions can be upheld with reference to different sacred scriptures, and suggests that nothing is to be gained from disputation in such matters. | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Words vs deeds | 3a | * | - | MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 | ||
| BH00082 | Lawh-i-'Andalib | 4810 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما | Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s] | INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198 | BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x | BRL_ATBH#22x | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB4.083, LL#050 | |||||
| BH00586 | 1300 | mixed | یوم یوم الله است و کل ما سواه بر هستی و عظمت و اقتدار او گواه بعضی شناخته و | This is the Day of God, and all else besides Him beareth witness to His Being, His Grandeur and His Power. Some have recognized [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. | INBA39:045, BLIB_Or11096#014, , BLIB_Or15698.155, , BLIB_Or15720.152, , BLIB_Or15740.119, | BRL_DA#665, AVK1.015.13x, AVK2.021.02x, AVK3.386.15x, IQT.155, RSBB.100, MAS8.108cx, ASAT5.285x | PDC.133x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01084 | 770 | mixed | حمد و ثنا حضرت قوی قادریرا لایق و سزا که در بحبوحه بلایاء مابین ایادی اعدا | Praise and glorification befit the Mighty, the Omnipotent Lord, Who amidst the intensity of tribulations and in the grasp of enemies [3.5s] | INBA39:054, BLIB_Or07852.076, , BLIB_Or15690.077, , BLIB_Or15728.215, | ASAT1.110x, ASAT5.271x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00085 | 4750 | mixed | یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود | A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God | INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085, | BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax | LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Petitions to authorities; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00018 | Commentary on the Fire Tablet | 8330 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و زین الیوم بنسبته الیه و سمیه فی کتب السماء | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His sovereignty, manifested whatsoever He hath willed, and Who hath adorned this Day through its connection with His Name, as recorded in the Books of Heaven [3.5s]... ...One day during My childhood, I set out intending to visit the grandmother of the Most Great Branch at a time when she was the wife of Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir | INBA39:090, MKI4523.002, | BRL_DA#221, AVK2.061.04x, AVK4.436x, ISH.002, UAB.034ax, ASAT1.134x, ASAT5.109x, ASAT5.252x, ADH1.051x, LDR.077x, MSHR2.087x, YIA.119-120x | LTDT.088x, GPB.209x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ROB3.230, LL#382 | ||||||
| BH07924 | 130 | Arabic | یا ایها المتشبث بذیل عنایتی ان استمع ندائی من شطر فضلی | O thou who clingest to the hem of My loving-kindness! Hearken unto My call from the realm of My grace [3.5s] | INBA41:008 | ASAT2.135x, MSBH3.431x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09643 | 100 | Arabic | یا آقا خان اسمع ندائی فی شطر سجنی انه ارتفع علی شان فاز باصغائه الشرق و الغرب | O Áqá Khán! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, for verily it hath been raised in such wise that both East and West have been blessed by hearkening thereunto [3.5s] | INBA41:098 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10417 | 80 | Arabic | یا اسمعیل علیک بهاء ربک الجلیل انه ذکرک فی هذا الحین بایات انجذبت بها حقائق | O Isma'il! Upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the All-Glorious. He hath made mention of thee at this hour through verses whereby all realities have been enraptured [3.5s] | INBA41:099 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10695 | 70 | Arabic | یا حسن علیک بهائی قد اتی الوعد | O Hasan! Upon thee be My glory! The promise hath come [3.5s] | INBA41:100a | Call to action; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03570 | 260 | mixed | یا حاجی آقا علیک بهائی | O Haji Aqa! Upon thee be My Glory [3.5s] | INBA41:100b | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02245 | 400 | mixed | یا فرخ خ ا قل الهی الهی اسئلک بامواج بحر کرمک و باشجار | O Bird of God! Say: My God, my God, I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy bounty and by the trees [3.5s] | INBA41:103 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04417 | 210 | mixed | این عبد لازال اولیا را ذکر نموده و کل را بافق اعلی دعوت فرموده ولاکن | This servant hath unceasingly made mention of the friends and summoned all unto the Most Exalted Horizon, yet [3.5s] | INBA41:106 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03904 | 240 | Arabic | کتاب نزل من لدی المظلوم الی من سمی بمصطفی فی ملکوت الاسما | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Wronged One unto him who hath been named Mustafa in the Kingdom of Names [3.5s] | INBA41:009, BLIB_Or15713.143a, , BLIB_Or15715.275a, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00820 | 990 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالجمال و تقدس عن المقال و هو الغنی | Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His majesty, is unique in His beauty, and sanctified above all utterance, the All-Sufficient [3.5s] | INBA41:109, NLAI_BH1.103 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01330 | 640 | mixed | بحور ذکر و ثنا عبادی را لایق و سزاست که بقوت اسم الهی حجبات نفسانی را خرق | The oceans of praise and glorification beseem those servants who, through the power of the Divine Name, have rent asunder the veils of self [3.5s] | INBA41:010x, BLIB_Or15715.022, | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01254 | 670 | mixed | تعالی من نطق و انطق الاشیاء بذکره و ثنائه و تعالی من اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی | Exalted is He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak forth His remembrance and praise, and exalted is He Who hath made manifest that which lay hidden [3.5s] | INBA41:124 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03296 | 280 | mixed | یا خلیل علیک بهائی و عنایتی حمد مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بمرقاه بلا اهل ولا | O Khalil! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Praise befitteth and is meet for the Desired One Who hath guided the people of devotion to the heights of tribulation [3.5s] | INBA41:134, BLIB_Or15715.226a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04442 | 210 | mixed | دخان اوهام عالم را اخذ نموده و سبحات آمال عباد را از مشاهده انوار افق اعلی | The smoke of vain imaginings hath enveloped the world, and the veils of desires have prevented the servants from beholding the lights of the supreme horizon [3.5s] | INBA41:136 | Idolatry; Living waters; water of life; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05102 | 190 | mixed | قد انزلنا لک الایات من قبل و نذکرک فی هذا اللیل فضلا من لدنا انه لهو الفضال القدیم | We, verily, have sent down the verses unto thee aforetime, and do make mention of thee on this night as a grace from Our presence, for He, in truth, is the Ancient Bestower of bounty [3.5s] | INBA41:138, BLIB_Or15697.148, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10451 | 80 | Arabic | یا خلیل ان افرح بما توجه بحر الغفران الی اخیک الذی صعد الی الله المهیمن القیوم | O Khalil! Rejoice thou, inasmuch as the Ocean of Forgiveness hath turned toward thy brother who hath ascended unto God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:139, BLIB_Or15715.272a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.103c, | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08097 | 120 | mixed | انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بحبل مطلع امر الهی و مشرق وحی صمدانی متمسک باشی دنیا و | God willing, thou hast ever been and wilt ever remain firmly attached to the cord of the Dayspring of God's Cause and the Dawning-Place of His celestial revelation [3.5s] | INBA41:140, BLIB_Or15719.166a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09890 | 90 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لسلطان الوجود لمن فی الغیب و الشهود | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh in truth is verily the Sovereign of existence, for those in the unseen and visible realms [3.5s] | INBA41:142a, BLIB_Or15726.033a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07138 | 140 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالاسم الاعظم انه لمولی العالم طوبی لسمیع | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the Most Great Name is, verily, the Lord of all mankind. Blessed is he who hearkeneth [3.5s] | INBA41:142b, BLIB_Or15715.330c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.078b, | LHKM1.099 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07647 | 130 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نطق فی ملکوت العرفان و انطق کلشیء بثناء نفسه المهیمنه علی الامکا?? | Glorified be He Who hath spoken forth in the Kingdom of divine knowledge and caused all things to utter praise of His Own Self, the All-Subduing over all contingent being [3.5s] | INBA41:143, BLIB_Or15726.032, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09461 | 100 | Arabic | قد تکدر قلمی الاعلی من الذین ارتکبوا ما نهوا عنه فی الکتاب انا نهینا الکل عن | The Most Exalted Pen hath been grieved by those who have committed that which was forbidden them in the Book. We have forbidden all from [3.5s] | INBA41:144 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09160 | 110 | Arabic | یا معشر الامم قد اتی مالک القدم باسمه الاعظم و یدعوکم الیه ان انتم من السامعین | O peoples of the nations! The Lord of Eternity hath come with His Most Great Name and summoneth you unto Him, if ye be of them that hearken [3.5s] | INBA41:145, BLIB_Or15715.330b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.105b, | LHKM1.098 | Call to action; Proclamation to the people of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08143 | 120 | mixed | آفتاب حقیقت مشرق و ظاهر و مکلم طور ناطق و مشهود طوبی از برای نفوسیکه باین | The Sun of Truth is risen and manifest, and the Speaker of the Mount is vocal and visible. Blessed are the souls that [3.5s] | INBA41:146, BLIB_Or15730.134c, | Chastisement and requital; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07173 | 140 | Arabic | قد اظهرنا الامر و انزلنا الایات للذین نبذوا الاوهام و اقبلوا الی مشرق الیقین | We have made manifest the Cause and revealed the verses unto them that have cast aside vain imaginings and turned toward the Dawning-Place of certitude [3.5s] | INBA41:147 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07632 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن فی العالم لیجذبهم الی الله رب العالمین انا ذکرنا فی کل الاحیان | This remembrance proceeding from Us unto those who dwell in the world is intended to draw them unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, We make mention at all times [3.5s] | INBA41:013, NLAI_BH1.103a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02967 | 300 | Persian | حمد مقدس از معانی و بیان مالک امکانرا لایق و سزاست که عالم را بنور عرفانش منور | Praise, sanctified beyond all meaning and utterance, befitteth the Lord of all possibility, Who hath illumined the world with the light of His knowledge [3.5s] | INBA41:149, BLIB_Or15712.129b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05520 | 180 | mixed | لله الحمد دوستانش را برتری داد بهتری داد مهتریهم خواهد داد اراده اش را | Praise be to God! He hath exalted His loved ones, granted them excellence, and shall assuredly bestow upon them sovereignty according to His Will [3.5s] | INBA41:151, BLIB_Or15712.131b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07850 | 130 | mixed | مظلوم آفاق در لیالی و ایام خلق را بحق جل جلاله دعوت نموده و آنچه که سبب علو | The Wronged One of the horizons hath, throughout the nights and days, summoned mankind unto God, glorified be His majesty, and unto that which leadeth to exaltation [3.5s] | INBA41:154, BLIB_Or15715.275c, | LHKM1.120a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09149 | 110 | mixed | یا محمد اشجار رجا را سیف اوهام قطع نموده و بیوت عدل و انصاف را ایادی ظلم | O Muhammad! The sword of vain imaginings hath cut down the trees of hope, and the hands of tyranny have razed the houses of justice and equity [3.5s] | INBA41:155a | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09603 | 100 | Arabic | یا ابراهیم انا نذکرک بما اقبلت الی الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لوجه توجه الی وجه | O Ibrahim! We make mention of thee, inasmuch as thou hast turned towards God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed be the face that hath turned unto His Face [3.5s] | INBA41:157, BLIB_Or15715.276a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.069b, | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04521 | 210 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی من فاز بکوثر الحیوان فی ایام فیها اعترض من فی | The Book from the presence of the All-Merciful unto him who hath attained unto the Kawthar of life in days wherein those on earth have risen in opposition [3.5s] | INBA41:014 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00023 | Tablet to Varqa I | 8000 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended | INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx | MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx | KFPT#03.1x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds | - | - | LL#259 | ||||||
| BH09703 | 100 | Arabic | یا ملا الارض تالله قد تضوعت رائحه القمیص و انار افق الظهور و نطق مکلم الطور و | O concourse of the earth! By God, the fragrance of the Garment hath been diffused, the horizon of the Manifestation hath been illumined, and He Who spoke upon the Mount hath spoken forth [3.5s] | INBA41:159a, BLIB_Or15715.331e, , BLIB_Or15734.1.106b, | LHKM1.102a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10303 | 80 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و الذی ظهر بالحق و ینطق بین الخلق | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and He Who hath appeared in truth and speaketh amidst creation [3.5s] | INBA41:159b | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04024 | 230 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن ذکر لدی العرش لتحرکه نفحات الذکر الی مقام یطیر باجنحه الاشتیاق | A remembrance from Us unto him who hath been mentioned before the Throne, that the breezes of remembrance may stir him to soar upon the wings of yearning [3.5s] | INBA41:160 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05762 | 170 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها بینات لمن فی السموات و الارضین بها احیی | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them clear proofs unto all who are in the heavens and on earth, whereby He giveth life [3.5s] | INBA41:162, BLIB_Or11095#336, | Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06493 | 150 | Arabic | تالله ان مالک الجبروت ینادی من فی الناسوت الی المقام الذی استقر فیه عرش اسمه | By God! The Lord of celestial dominion calleth them that dwell in the realm of dust unto that station whereon hath been established the throne of His Name [3.5s] | INBA41:163 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06655 | 150 | Arabic | قد حضر لدی العرش العباد الذین آمنوا بالله المهیمن القیوم و توجه الیهم وجه | The servants who have believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, have attained unto the presence of the Throne, and His Countenance hath turned towards them [3.5s] | INBA41:164 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03584 | 260 | Arabic | یا محمود یذکرک الودود من هذا المقام المحمود و یدعوک الی الله المهیمن القیوم | O Mahmud! The All-Loving maketh mention of thee from this praiseworthy station, and summoneth thee unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:165, BLIB_Or15713.127, | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10113 | 90 | Arabic | یا محمود یذکرک مالک الوجود فی مقامه المحمود و یبشرک بعنایه الله العزیز الودود | O Mahmud! The Lord of existence maketh mention of thee from His glorious station, and announceth unto thee the glad-tidings of God's loving-kindness, the Mighty, the All-Loving [3.5s] | INBA41:167, BLIB_Or15715.274d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.114b, | LHKM1.082 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09247 | 100 | Arabic | ان یا محمود قد حضر کتابک الذی ارسلته الی اسمی المهدی فی هذا السجن الذی فیه | O Mahmud! Thy book, which thou didst send unto My Name, the Mahdi, hath reached this Prison wherein He dwelleth [3.5s] | INBA41:168 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09257 | 100 | Arabic | انا نذکر الله فی کل الاحوال علی شان لایمنعنا السجن و ما ورد فیه علینا من | We remember God in all conditions in such wise that neither prison nor what hath befallen Us therein can prevent Us from [3.5s] | INBA41:169 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00725 | 1080 | mixed | Consultation | یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل | O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d, | MAS8.112bx | BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x | Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH06666 | 150 | Arabic | قد ظهر الحق بسلطان لاتمنعه جنود العالم و لا شئونات الامم ینطق فی کل الاحیان | The Truth hath appeared with a sovereignty that all the hosts of the world cannot withhold, nor can the conditions of nations impede. At every moment it proclaimeth [3.5s] | INBA41:016 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01035 | 810 | mixed | م ه علیک بهاء الله مولی الاسماء ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یرسل الیک موجا من | Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Names! Verily, the Most Great Ocean desireth to send unto thee a wave from [3.5s] | INBA41:182 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08356 | 120 | Arabic | قد مضت الشهور و السنین و کان جمال القدم فی سجن مبین قد قبلنا الاحزان لفرح الامکان | Months and years have passed while the Ancient Beauty remained in a manifest prison. We have embraced sorrows for the joy of all created things [3.5s] | INBA41:017 | Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02065 | 430 | mixed | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه کتاب متحیر که چه ذکر نماید ظنون و اوهام در افئده و قلوب | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! The Book standeth bewildered as to what It should mention, for doubts and idle fancies have permeated hearts and minds [3.5s] | INBA41:188, BLIB_Or15712.203, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01513 | 570 | mixed | حمد مالک جود و سلطان وجود را لایق و سزاست که از ارسال رسل و انزال کتب مقصودی در رتبه | Praise be unto the Lord of Bounty and the Sovereign of existence, Who through the sending forth of Messengers and the revelation of Books hath ordained an exalted purpose [3.5s] | INBA41:191, BLIB_Or15695.032, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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, | Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09230 | 100 | Arabic | ان الشجره تذکر ورقه من اوراقها و تذکرها فضلا من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم | Verily, the Tree doth remember one of its leaves, and remembereth it as a grace from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:018a | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05490 | 180 | mixed | کتاب انزله المظلوم الذی به قام القائم و نطق القیوم الملک لله رب ما کان و ما | The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed, through Whom the Promised One hath arisen and the Self-Subsisting hath spoken. Sovereignty belongeth unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be [3.5s] | INBA41:199 | NSS.209b | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11056 | 50 | Persian | دوستان آن ارض را تکبیر برسانید | Convey My greetings to the friends in that land [3.5s] | INBA41:200a.04 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01877 | 470 | mixed | عالم بانوار ظهور مالک قدم منور و صریر قلم اعلی مرتفع و سدره منتهی جنیه لطیفه | The world is illumined by the lights of the Manifestation of the Ancient King, the shrill voice of the Most Exalted Pen is raised, and the divine Lote-Tree yieldeth its delicate fruit [3.5s] | INBA41:200b, BLIB_Or15699.028c, | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03546 | 260 | mixed | ندایت باصغای مظلوم عالم در سجن اعظم فائز شد نعیما لک بما اقبلت الی قبله الوجود | Thy call hath reached the ear of the Wronged One of the world in the Most Great Prison. Blessed art thou for having turned unto the Qiblih of existence [3.5s] | INBA41:207, BLIB_Or15719.071b, , ALIB.folder18p501a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04470 | 210 | Arabic | طوبی لقلب اقبل و لوجه توجه و لعین رات و لاذن سمعت اذ ارتفع الندآء من السدره | Blessed is the heart that hath turned, and the face that hath inclined, and the eye that hath beheld, and the ear that hath hearkened, when the Call was raised from the Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA41:209, BLIB_Or15726.068, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05283 | 180 | mixed | امروز نسایم ملکوت باینکلمه مبارکه علیا ناطق طوبی لقوی مااضعفته الجنود و | In this day the breezes of the Kingdom are eloquently proclaiming this most exalted and blessed Word: Blessed is he whose strength the hosts could not weaken [3.5s] | INBA41:210, BLIB_Or15696.111c, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06485 | 150 | mixed | این مظلوم گواهی داده و میدهد بسلطان وجود و مالک غیب و شهود و باینکه از برای | This Wronged One hath borne witness, and doth bear witness, unto the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen, that [3.5s] | INBA41:212 | Satan; the Evil One; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07326 | 140 | mixed | یا اسمعیل بفرح اکبر فائز شدی و بسرور اعظم مزین چه که حق جل جلاله از شطر سجن | O Isma'il! Thou hast attained unto the most great joy and been adorned with supreme gladness, for the Truth, exalted be His glory, from the Prison [3.5s] | INBA41:213, BLIB_Or15715.274b, | LHKM1.117 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07193 | 140 | Arabic | قد شهد لسانی لنفسی و شهدت نفسی لهیکلی و هذه شهاده لو بکشفها الله | My tongue hath testified unto Mine Own Self, and Mine Own Self hath borne witness unto My Temple - and this is a testimony which, were God to unveil it [3.5s] | INBA41:214, BLIB_Or15719.113c, | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07760 | 130 | Arabic | قد فاز اذانک باذن الله و تشرف کتابک فی السجن الاعظم بمحضر ربک المهیمن القیوم | Thine ears have attained the grace of hearkening unto God's call, and thy letter hath been honored in the Most Great Prison in the presence of thy Lord, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:215 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06585 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و مالکی و سلطانی یشهد لسانی و قلبی و جوارحی | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, my Master and my King! My tongue, my heart and my limbs do testify [3.5s] | INBA41:216, BLIB_Or15696.152b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03587 | 260 | mixed | یا نبیل علیک بهاء ربک الجلیل در این یوم عزیز بدیع جناب علی قبل محمد علیه | O Nabíl, upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the All-Glorious! On this precious and wondrous day, His Excellency 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad [3.5s] | INBA41:217 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06276 | 160 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن مال من نسمه الاشتیاق الی نیر الافاق و اقبل الی الله رب العالمین | The Book from Us, unto him who hath been drawn by the breeze of yearning unto the Daystar of the horizons and hath turned unto God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | INBA41:219 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05290 | 180 | Arabic | ان الیوم ینادی و یقول یا قوم قد ظهر مظهر الامر و به نفخ فی الصور | Verily, this Day proclaimeth and declareth: O people! The Manifestation of the Cause hath appeared, and through Him the Trumpet hath been sounded [3.5s] | INBA41:220, BLIB_Or15713.262b, | LHKM1.109 | Call to action; Living waters; water of life; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07984 | 130 | Arabic | یا نبیل علیک بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی التی سبقت الوجود انا ذکرنا کل اسم | O Nabil! Upon thee be My glory, My loving-kindness and My mercy, which have preceded all existence. We have, verily, made mention of every name [3.5s] | INBA41:222a, BLIB_Or15715.274e, , BLIB_Or15734.1.090b, | KNJ.006a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06202 | 160 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من فی یمینک زمام الکائنات و فی قبضتک ازمه الممکنات اسئلک باسمک | Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose right hand lie the reins of all creation and in Whose grasp rest the destinies of all contingent beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Name [3.5s] | INBA41:222b, BLIB_Or15697.232a, | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05154 | 190 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | هذا شهر فیه ولد الاسم الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص العالم و استبرک بقدومه | This is the month wherein was born He Who beareth the Most Great Name, Whose appearance hath caused the limbs of humankind to quake | INBA41:224, NLAI_BH1.180 | MAS4.342, AMB#45 | DOR#45 | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2) | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | LL#173 | |||||
| BH06597 | 150 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه لهو الموعود من لسانی و المسطور من | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come is verily the One promised by My tongue and inscribed [3.5s] | INBA41:225, BLIB_Or15715.243c, | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06780 | 150 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یهدی الناس الی جبروت عز علیا و قد جعله الله حجه من | This is a Book that speaketh the truth and guideth men unto the celestial dominion of transcendent glory, and God hath made it a testimony from [3.5s] | INBA41:226, BLIB_Or15725.281a, | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00405 | 1700 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ظهر بمشرق ایاته و مطلع بیناته و مصدر اوامره و احکامه | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself from the Dayspring of His signs, the Dawning-Place of His clear evidences, and the Source of His commandments and decrees [3.5s] | INBA41:021 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00163 | 3280 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم باسمه الاعظم و انه اذ استوی علی التراب انه لهو العرش | Praise be unto God Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name, and verily, when He established Himself upon the dust, He was indeed the Throne [3.5s] | INBA41:228, BLIB_Or15704.205, | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00142 | 3600 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذین ظلموا اولئک عباد تاخذهم نفحات العذاب من | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. And they that have wronged - these are servants whom the breezes of chastisement shall overtake [3.5s] | INBA41:253x, BLIB_Or15701.100, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10824 | 60 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی اسیرا بایدی الظالمین فی سبیلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made me a captive in the hands of the oppressors in Thy path [3.5s] | INBA41:275, INBA92:381c | BRL_DA#306, AQMJ1.017a | Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09806 | 90 | Persian | این نامه ایست از مظلوم آفاق بیکی از اماء الهی تا کلمه حق را بشنود و بآنچه الیوم | This is an epistle from Him Who is wronged in all horizons unto one of the handmaidens of God, that she may hearken unto the Word of Truth and unto that which today [3.5s] | INBA41:278, BLIB_Or15719.082b, | Personal instructions; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08698 | 110 | Arabic | انا نذکر الللائی آمن بالله و اتبعن ما | We make mention of those who have believed in God and have followed that which [3.5s] | INBA41:279a | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09460 | 100 | Arabic | قد تجدد العالم بظهور مالک القدم باسمه الاعظم ولکن القوم لایعرفون قد ظهر المکنون و | The world hath been renewed through the manifestation of the Ancient King in His Most Great Name, yet the people perceive it not. The Hidden One hath been made manifest [3.5s] | INBA41:279b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10631 | 70 | Arabic | قل اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بمطلع آیاتک و بمشرق وحیک الذی سجن فی اخرب البلدان بما | Say: O my God, I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and by the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, Who hath been imprisoned in the most desolate of lands, by that which [3.5s] | INBA41:280 | NFR.236 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10354 | 80 | Persian | قسم بمحبوب جان و معبود امکان که اگر جمیع اماء ارض این کلمه مبارکه را که از | I swear by the Beloved of hearts and the Adored One of all contingent beings, that should all the handmaidens of the earth this blessed word which [3.5s] | INBA41:281a, BLIB_Or11096#188, , BLIB_Or15710.022a, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02394 | 370 | mixed | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل مقدس از وصف ممکنات بوده و لایزال متعالی | Praise befitteth the Beloved Who hath from time immemorial been sanctified above the description of contingent beings and will evermore remain transcendently exalted [3.5s] | INBA41:282 | UVM.072.21x | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07690 | 130 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من تسمع ضجیج المظلومین فی ایامک و حنین العاشقین فی هجرک و فراقک | Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who hearest the cries of the oppressed in Thy days and the yearning of the lovers in their separation and remoteness from Thee [3.5s] | INBA41:284 | NFR.141, AQMJ2.084b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09399 | 100 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی قد توجه وجه البهاء الی وجهک و وجهک وجهه و ندآئک ندآئه و ظهورک | Glory be to Thee, O my God! My face hath been set towards Thy face, and my face is, verily, Thy face | INBA41:285a | PMP#142, NFR.187, AQMJ2.092b | PM#142, BPRY.241 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | |||||||
| BH09807 | 90 | Persian | بجهة حفظ دو دایره اعز امنع اعلی بخط میرزا آقا جان | For the purpose of protection, two exalted, holy and glorious da'iras [verses in the form of a circle], inscribed by Mírzá Áqá Ján [3.5s] | INBA41:285b | Business; financial; property matters; Da'iras and haykals | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07065 | 140 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیطمئن بفضل مولاه و یقوم علی خدمه | A remembrance from Our presence unto them that have believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, that they may find tranquility through the grace of their Lord and arise in service [3.5s] | INBA41:286 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07761 | 130 | mixed | قد فزت بکوثر الذکر مره بعد مره و این از فضلهای بزرگ الهی است امروز شان دوستان | Thou hast attained, time and again, unto the Kawthar of remembrance, and this is among God's great bounties bestowed upon His friends this day [3.5s] | INBA41:287, BLIB_Or15715.273e, | LHKM1.116 | Differences in human capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07830 | 130 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق و یهدی الناس الی الافق الاعلی المقام الذی تنطق فیه سدره | A Book sent down in truth and guideth mankind unto the Most Exalted Horizon, the Station wherein the Lote-Tree speaketh forth [3.5s] | INBA41:288, BLIB_Or15697.069, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02814 | 320 | mixed | یا سلیمان ایام نزدیک باخر است و اهل ارض در غفلت مبین و ضلالت آشکار مشاهده | O Solomon! The days draw nigh unto their end, while the peoples of the earth are observed in manifest heedlessness and evident error [3.5s] | INBA41:289 | Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05567 | 180 | Arabic | یا اسمعیل یذکرک الجلیل من شطر | O Isma'il! The All-Glorious maketh mention of thee from this Court [3.5s] | INBA41:292 | Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03788 | 240 | Persian | امروز روز کلمه مبارکه کل شیئ احصیناه کتاباست یا اسمعیل | O Isma'il! Today is the day of the blessed Word: "All things have We numbered in a Book." [3.5s] | INBA41:294, BLIB_Or15695.043b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for detachment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02883 | 310 | Arabic | قد غرب نجم الظنون بما طلع صبح الیقین من افق مشیه ربکم العلیم الحکیم قد وعد من فی | The star of vain imaginings hath fallen, for the dawn of certitude hath risen from the horizon of the Will of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He hath promised [3.5s] | INBA41:001, NLAI_BH1.097 | High station of the true believer; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04901 | 200 | mixed | یا صادق امروز هر نفسی بافق اعلی اقبال نمود و بعرفان حق جل جلاله فائز گشت او | O Sadiq! Today, whosoever hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and attained unto the recognition of God, glorified be His majesty, he [3.5s] | INBA41:298 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05611 | 180 | Arabic | یا محمد قبل علی یذکرک المظلوم کما ذکرک من قبل انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد | O Muhammad-'Alí! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee even as He mentioned thee before. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One [3.5s] | INBA41:302 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05882 | 170 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن من عنده علم السموات و الارض و انا العلیم و فیه یخبر | A Book sent down in truth from Him Who possesseth knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and verily I am the All-Knowing. Therein doth He impart tidings [3.5s] | INBA41:303 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03768 | 250 | mixed | یا مهدی علیک بهائی اگرچه در ظاهر لدی المظلوم حاضر نه ولکن در عالمیکه مقدس از | O Mihdi! Upon thee be My glory! Although thou art not outwardly present before the Wronged One, yet in a realm sanctified from [3.5s] | INBA41:310, BLIB_Or15712.331, | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07589 | 130 | mixed | چندی قبل از قلم اعلی ذکرت جاری و نازل هذه مره اخری لتشکر ربک الکریم قد قرء | Some time ago mention of thee flowed from the Most Exalted Pen and was revealed, and now once again, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy gracious Lord [3.5s] | INBA41:313 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01564 | 560 | mixed | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه علیک بهاء الله مالک العرش یوم یوم الله است و ندایش از | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of the Throne. This Day is the Day of God, and His call [3.5s] | INBA41:314 | Alchemy; the elixir; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03379 | 270 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان و به دعا الکل الی الافق الاعلی و الذروه | The Book revealed by the All-Merciful unto them that dwell in the realm of possibility, whereby all are summoned unto the Most Exalted Horizon and the Summit [3.5s] | INBA41:318 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06292 | 160 | mixed | م ه انا نادیناک من الشطر الایمن من الطور انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم | Verily, We called unto thee from the right side of the Mount, declaring that there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:320 | Belief and denial; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03157 | 290 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الافق الاعلی و المتمسک بحبل عطاء مولی الوری اسمع الندآء من | O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon and cleavest to the cord of bounty of the Lord of all beings, hearken unto the Call [3.5s] | INBA41:321, BLIB_Or15724.151, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07483 | 130 | Arabic | ان افرح بما کنت مذکورا لدی العرش و مسطورا من قلمی الاعلی و قائما علی خدمه | Rejoice, inasmuch as thou art mentioned before the Throne and inscribed by My Most Exalted Pen, and art standing in service [3.5s] | INBA41:323, BLIB_Or15715.273f, , BLIB_Or15734.1.078a, | LHKM1.084 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01946 | 450 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم بسلطانه و اجتذب الامم بایاته الذی اعترف کلشیء | Praise be to God Who hath subdued the world through His sovereignty and drawn the nations through His signs, before Whom all things stand in acknowledgment [3.5s] | INBA41:324, BLIB_Or15716.083c, | NSS.208x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Hands of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05236 | 190 | mixed | یا مهدی علیک بهائی در این ربیع رحمانی و یوم نورانی باید اولیای الهی بمحبت و | O Mihdi! Upon thee be My Glory! In this divine springtime and luminous Day, the friends of God must, with love and [3.5s] | INBA41:327, BLIB_Or15716.030.21, , BLIB_Or15724.068, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07558 | 130 | mixed | ای مهدی ندایت باصغای مظلوم آفاق فائز انه یسمع و یری و انه لهو السمیع البصیر | O Mahdi! Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Wronged One of the horizons. Verily, He heareth and seeth, and He, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing [3.5s] | INBA41:330, BLIB_Or15697.179, , BLIB_Or15710.288b, | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00183 | 3080 | mixed | یشهد الخادم انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان بعد اعترافه | The servant testifieth that there is no God but Him. He hath ever been and shall forever be as He hath ever been, subsequent to his confession [3.5s] | INBA41:331 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consultation; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04882 | 200 | mixed | یا اهل سیسان علیکم بهاء الرحمن لازال مذکور بوده و هستید ایاکم ان تمنعکم | O people of Sisan! Upon you be the glory of the All-Merciful. Ye have ever been remembered and still are. Beware lest ye be hindered [3.5s] | INBA41:032.08 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08016 | 120 | Arabic | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما اسکنتنی فی دیار الغربه و ترکتنی بین ایادی الظالمین و | My God, My God! Praise be unto Thee for having made me dwell in the realms of exile and having abandoned me to the clutches of the oppressor | INBA41:355 | NFR.159, AQMJ2.017 | JHT_S#191 | Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04700 | 200 | mixed | حمد مالک جود و سلطان وجود را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه عالم را بنور ظهور منور | Praise be unto the Lord of Bounty and the Sovereign of existence, Who hath, through a single Word, illumined the world with the light of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA41:356, BLIB_Or15695.041, , BLIB_Or15724.102, | HDQI.058, ANDA#45 p.05 | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00150 | 3480 | Persian | حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک | Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree | INBA41:034 | HDQI.159x | BLO_PT#215x | Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10085 | 90 | Persian | یا صادق آنکلمه مبارکه که جمیع عالم باو خلق شده حال ظاهر و من علی الارض را بحق | O Sadiq! That blessed Word through which all creation hath been brought into being is now made manifest and calleth all who dwell upon earth unto truth [3.5s] | INBA41:358, BLIB_Or15715.331c, | LHKM1.118b | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10831 | 60 | Arabic | سبحانک یا قیوم الاسماء و مالک العرش و الثری اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الامنع الاقدس | Glorified art Thou, O Sustainer of all names and Sovereign of the throne and the earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Impregnable, Most Holy Name [3.5s] | INBA41:359a | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03142 | 290 | mixed | هذا ذکر من لدی المظلوم الی الذین توجهوا الی الافق الاعلی و شربوا کوثر | This is a remembrance from the Wronged One unto those who have turned their faces toward the Most Exalted Horizon and have drunk of the Kawthar [3.5s] | INBA41:359b, BLIB_Or15710.264, , BLIB_Or15719.170a, | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04486 | 210 | Arabic | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا | Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused it [3.5s] | INBA41:362 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05669 | 170 | Arabic | ان یا فرج ان افرح بفرج الله و انه جائک بغته کاشراق الوجه عن افق هیکل بدیع و | O Faraj! Rejoice thou in God's deliverance, which hath come upon thee suddenly, even as the radiant Face dawneth from the horizon of a wondrous Temple [3.5s] | INBA41:363 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06920 | 140 | mixed | امروز ذرات کائنات بعیش مشغولند چه که محبوب حقیقی که لازال در ستر بوده کشف | In this day the atoms of existence are immersed in joy, for the True Beloved, Who had been eternally concealed, hath been unveiled [3.5s] | INBA41:365 | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02893 | 310 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیجذبه ندائی و ذکری الی | The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One for him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that My call and My remembrance may draw him unto [3.5s] | INBA41:366 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02466 | 360 | mixed | عالم را حجبات اهل علم از حضرت معلوم محروم نموده چنانچه آنجناب آگاه شدند | The world hath been deprived of the presence of the All-Knowing by the veils of the learned, even as thou hast become aware [3.5s] | INBA41:368 | BRL_DA#290 | Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05841 | 170 | Arabic | قد ناح اهل جبروتی بما ورد علی اولیائی الذین یذکرون الله فی الغداه و العشی و | The denizens of My celestial dominion have lamented over that which hath befallen My loved ones who make mention of God at morn and eventide [3.5s] | INBA41:371 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08566 | 120 | Arabic | یا علی ان المظلوم اراد ان یذکرک بما یجذبک الی الافق الاعلی و | O 'Alí! The Wronged One desireth to make mention of thee with that which shall draw thee to the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s] | INBA41:372, BLIB_Or15730.092e, | Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02899 | 310 | Persian | نامه که جناب آقا خلیل علیه بهاء الله بشما نوشته بودند بتمامه در لیل بیست و پنجم | The letter which his honor Áqá Khalíl, upon him be the glory of God, had written unto you, was received in its entirety on the twenty-fifth night [3.5s] | INBA41:373, BLIB_Or15704.364b, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07308 | 140 | Arabic | هل یری فی الارض من یسمع ندآء الله باذن الانصاف و العدل و هل یری من یتوجه الی | Is there to be found in all the earth one who hearkeneth unto the Call of God with the ear of justice and equity, and is there to be found one who turneth [3.5s] | INBA41:376, BLIB_Or15713.297a, , BLIB_Or15715.332a, | LHKM1.102b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07546 | 130 | mixed | ای اهل عالم بعد از کشف حجاب جمعی بایات متمسک آیات نازل نمودیم و برخی ببینات | O peoples of the world! After the veil was lifted, some clung to verses - We revealed verses - while others turned to clear proofs [3.5s] | INBA41:378 | BRL_DA#291, AVK3.214.17x, AKHA_136BE #14 p.212 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Contention and conflict; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10185 | 80 | Arabic | انا اظهرنا الامر و انزلنا و دعونا الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم | We have manifested the Cause, and revealed it, and called all unto God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA41:379a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00080 | 4850 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که بنقاط قلم اعلی صفوف اقتدار را بیاراست... یا علی ما کان گذشت و ما یکون از بعد میآید باید این حین | Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who hath adorned the ranks of power through the points of the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Revealer of incontrovertible proofs, and Lord of all names and attributes! I beseech Thee by the light which hath shone forth | INBA41:381ax, BLIB_Or15717.098, , NLAI_BH1.136x | BRL_DA#562, ADM3#082 p.098x, ADM3#083 p.098x, ADM3#084 p.099x, ADM3#151 p.171x, HDQI.008bx, MAS4.141ax, PYB#042 p.01x, ANDA#04 p.02x | JHT_S#152x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10393 | 80 | mixed | نفحات وحی عالم را احاطه نموده و عرف قمیص جمیع را فرا گرفته ولکن بعضی فائز و | The fragrances of Divine Revelation have enveloped the world, and the perfume of His garment hath embraced all, yet some have attained while [3.5s] | INBA41:381b, BLIB_Or15719.149a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07999 | 120 | mixed | اراده مطلقه الهیه عالم را منقلب فرمود من یقدر ان یمنعه من سلطانه لعمرالله | The world hath been revolutionized through the irresistible Will of God. Who is there that can withstand His sovereignty? By God [3.5s] | INBA41:382, BLIB_Or15695.042, , BLIB_Or15724.105a, | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06360 | 160 | Persian | یا حزب الله ندا مرتفع امر ظاهر نور مشرق ساحت طور بمکلم مزین و منور جشن عظیم | O people of God! The Call hath been raised high, the Cause is manifest, the Light hath dawned, and the precincts of Sinai are adorned and illumined by the Speaker. A mighty celebration [3.5s] | INBA41:383, BLIB_Or15695.043a, , BLIB_Or15724.103, , NLAI_BH1.137 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08200 | 120 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و اجاب ربه الناطق السامع البصیر طوبی لقوی قام علی | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened unto the Call and answered his Lord, the Speaking One, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Blessed be he who hath arisen with strength [3.5s] | INBA41:384 | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07916 | 130 | Arabic | یا اهل الانشاء یذکرکم مولی الاسماء فیهذا السجن الذی استقر فیه عرش ربکم العلی | O peoples of creation! The Lord of Names maketh mention of you from this Prison wherein hath been established the throne of your Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA41:385 | Chastisement and requital; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04345 | 220 | Arabic | یا قاسم ان استمع ندآء المظلوم انه ینادیک و یذکرک لتقوم علی خدمة امر ربک | O Qasim! Hearken thou unto the call of the Wronged One, for verily He summoneth thee and maketh mention of thee, that thou mayest arise to serve the Cause of thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA41:396, BLIB_Or15713.183, , BLIB_Or15715.243b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09263 | 100 | Arabic | انا نذکر من وجد عرف الوصال فی المال اذ اشرق مطلع البیان بانوار جمال ربه | We make mention of him who found the fragrance of reunion in the Concourse on High, when the Dayspring of utterance shone forth with the splendors of the beauty of his Lord [3.5s] | INBA41:397 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09342 | 100 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتقرب الی البحر الاعظم اذ تنور افق العالم بنیر اسمه | A mention from Our presence unto him who desireth to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, when the horizon of the world was illumined by the light of His Name [3.5s] | INBA41:398 | Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08324 | 120 | Arabic | قد انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات ولکن القوم فی ضلال مبین الا الذین انقطعوا | We have, verily, sent down the verses and manifested the clear evidences, yet the people remain in manifest error, save those who have detached themselves [3.5s] | INBA41:399, NLAI_BH1.102 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09261 | 100 | Arabic | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الله لیبقی ذکره بین العالمین قل لیس الفخر للذین توجهوا | We make mention of him who hath turned unto God, that his remembrance may endure among the worlds. Say: Glory belongeth not unto those who turn [3.5s] | INBA41:400 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09462 | 100 | Arabic | قد توجه وجه القدم من سجنه الاعظم الی الذین شربوا رحیق الحیوان باسم مالک | The Ancient Beauty hath turned His face from His Most Great Prison toward those who have drunk of the wine of life in the name of the Possessor [3.5s] | INBA41:401 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08178 | 120 | mixed | در جمیع احیان حق جل و عز احبای خود را ذکر نموده و مینماید این از فضلهای بزرگ | In all circumstances doth the True One, glorified and exalted be He, make mention of His loved ones, and continueth so to do. This is among His greatest bounties [3.5s] | INBA41:402a, BLIB_Or15719.052d, | Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08939 | 110 | Arabic | قد نری الجبال خاشعه متصدعه من خشیه الله ولکن الناس یفرحون بما عندهم و | We behold the mountains humbled and rent asunder through fear of God, yet the people rejoice in what they possess [3.5s] | INBA41:402b | Chastisement and requital; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09831 | 90 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان اذ اخذت الغفله سکان الارض و السماء الا من | This is a mention from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith, when heedlessness had seized the dwellers of earth and heaven, save him who [3.5s] | INBA41:403, BLIB_Or15726.031a, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03703 | 250 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن شرب رحیق الوحی اذ اتی الله بملکوته الممتنع المنیع و مامنعته | The Book from Our presence is unto him who hath quaffed the choice wine of Revelation, when God came with His Kingdom, invincible and impregnable [3.5s] | INBA41:404 | Chastisement and requital; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08354 | 120 | Arabic | قد کنا جالسا علی الجبل حضر العبد الحاضر باسماء احبائی و نزلنا لکل واحد منهم ما | We were seated upon the mountain when the servant in attendance appeared with the names of My loved ones, and unto each one of them We revealed that which [3.5s] | INBA41:406, BLIB_Or15713.319, , BLIB_Or15715.331b, | LHKM1.101 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06013 | 160 | mixed | از هزیز نسیم سحری در اینظهور اعظم اینکلمه مبارکه اصغا میشود عالم بمحبت و وداد | From the rustling of the morning breeze in this Most Great Revelation, these blessed words are heard: "The world through love and fellowship..." [3.5s] | INBA41:407, BLIB_Or15726.040, | HDQI.047, UAB.056bx, ANDA#11 p.04 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04764 | 200 | mixed | عبد حاضر نزد مظلوم حاضر مع کتابی در دست و مزین بود بذکر و ثنای حق جل جلاله | The servant was present before the Wronged One with a book in hand, adorned with the mention and praise of God, glorified be His majesty [3.5s] | INBA41:408 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09349 | 100 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان فی ایام ربه الرحمن و حضر اسمه تلقاء الوجه | A remembrance from Us unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith in the days of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and whose name hath been presented before the Face [3.5s] | INBA41:409, BLIB_Or15715.331a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.106a, | LHKM1.100b | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09896 | 90 | Arabic | شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه قبل خلق الاشیاء انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الوهاب من سمع الندآء فاز | God hath testified of His Own Self, by His Own Self, before the creation of all things, that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Whoso hath heard the Call hath attained [3.5s] | INBA41:411 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04979 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر من توجه الی الافق الابهی اذ اتی سماء الامر بسلطان غلب من فی | O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned towards the All-Glorious Horizon, when there came unto the heaven of the Cause He Who conquered all who dwell therein [3.5s] | INBA41:412 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09773 | 90 | Arabic | انا نذکر من وجد حلاوه بیان ربه الرحمن بقلب منیر قد تعطر العالم من نفحات الوحی ولکن | We make mention of one who hath found the sweetness of the utterance of his Lord, the All-Merciful, with an illumined heart. The world hath been perfumed through the wafting fragrances of revelation, yet [3.5s] | INBA41:413, BLIB_Or15726.031b, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10262 | 80 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن طار باجنحه الایمان الی الله الفرد الواحد العزیز الحمید | A mention from Our presence unto him who hath soared upon the wings of faith unto God, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the All-Praised [3.5s] | INBA41:414a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09458 | 100 | Arabic | قد انار افق البیان و مالک الامکان ینادی بین العالم و یدع الامم الی صراطه | The horizon of utterance hath been illumined, and the Lord of all possibility proclaimeth amidst the world and calleth the peoples unto His path [3.5s] | INBA41:414b | Call to action; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08376 | 120 | Arabic | قل یا الهی و اله الاسماء و فاطری و فاطر السماء اسئلک بالاسم الذی به خضعت | Say: O my God and God of Names, my Creator and Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by the Name through which were subdued [3.5s] | INBA41:415, BLIB_Or15697.282a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09140 | 110 | Arabic | یا علی قد فزت بذکری من قبل انه یذکر من اقبل الیه و یسمع من ینطق بثنائه و یری | O Ali! Thou hast attained unto My remembrance aforetime. Verily, He remembereth whoso turneth unto Him, heareth him who voiceth His praise, and seeth [3.5s] | INBA41:416, BLIB_Or15715.272b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.104a, | LHKM1.081b | Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05381 | 180 | Arabic | ذکر من لدی المظلوم الی الذین طاروا فی هوآء محبه الرحمن اذ نادی المناد فی | A remembrance from the Wronged One unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful when the Herald raised His call [3.5s] | INBA41:417, BLIB_Or15697.147, , BLIB_Or15729.138b, , NLAI_22848:338, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173v, , MKI4522.338, | AQA2#017 p.183a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06470 | 150 | Persian | ای دوستان امروز نیر اعظم اهل عالم را بشارت میدهد | O friends! Today the Most Great Luminary giveth glad-tidings unto the people of the world [3.5s] | INBA41:418 | LHKM1.131 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02818 | 320 | Persian | یا علی نامه ات که باخوی آقا عبد العلی ارسال نمودی | O 'Alí! Thy letter which thou didst send through Áqá 'Abdu'l-'Alí [3.5s] | INBA41:419, BLIB_Or15695.069, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00818 | 1000 | Persian | یا علی چندی قبل مخصوص اولیای ارض تا نازل شد آنچه که بآن عرف عنایت کل | O Ali! Some time ago there was revealed, specially for the loved ones of the earth, that which diffused the fragrance of divine grace [3.5s] | INBA41:422, BLIB_Or15690.055, , BLIB_Or15715.228b, , BLIB_Or15728.070, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of pilgrimage; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03954 | 240 | Arabic | یا علی علیک بهائی نشهد انا ذکرناک من قبل بآیات لاحت من افق کل حرف منها | O Ali! Upon thee be My glory! We testify that We have made mention of thee aforetime through verses from whose every letter there shone forth the horizon [3.5s] | INBA41:435, BLIB_Or15726.111, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10897 | 60 | Arabic | یا احمد قد اتی یوم القیام و الغافلون فی نوم عجیب قد ظهر السر المکنون و المعرضون | O Ahmad! The Day of Resurrection hath come to pass, and the heedless remain in a strange slumber. The hidden mystery hath been unveiled, yet the wayward turn aside [3.5s] | INBA41:436a, BLIB_Or15715.274c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.114a, | LHKM1.083a | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06868 | 150 | mixed | یا محمد قبل حسین مبارک باشد اقبال شما مبارک باشد ورود شما هنیئا لک بما شربت | O Muhammad-Qablí-Husayn! Blessed be thy turning, blessed be thine advent. Happy art thou for what thou hast drunk [3.5s] | INBA41:436b, BLIB_Or15695.040, , BLIB_Or15724.104, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09693 | 100 | mixed | یا محمد قبل حسین آن سر مستسریکه در لوح محفوظ مکنون و مخزون بود در هیکل انسان | O Muhammad-Qablih-Husayn! That most enraptured Secret which lay concealed and treasured within the Preserved Tablet hath appeared in human form [3.5s] | INBA41:439a, BLIB_Or15715.330e, | LHKM1.118a | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03223 | 1100 | mixed | حبذا ید الله مساعد که بعد از قرون و اعصار آنحضرت را بقدرت محیطه و قوت قاهره... ذکر جناب حاجی محمد حسین ساکن مصر و حاجی محمد حسین ساکن طفلیس | How glorious is the assisting Hand of God which, after centuries and ages, through His all-encompassing power and overwhelming might... mention of Jináb-i-Hájí Muhammad Husayn, resident of Egypt, and Hájí Muhammad Husayn, resident of Tiflis [3.5s] | INBA41:439b.10x | LMA1.427x (258), LMA2.213x, YIA.192-194x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07994 | 130 | Arabic | یسئل المظلوم ربه بان یوید اولیائه علی ذکره و ثنائه و خدمه امره المبرم العزیز المنیع | The Wronged One beseeches His Lord to aid His loved ones in His remembrance and praise, and in service to His Cause, the mighty, the decisive, the inaccessible [3.5s] | INBA41:441, BLIB_Or15713.316a, | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05780 | 170 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا عن الذکر و البیان و منزها عن | God testifieth that there is no God but Him, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond mention and utterance, and exalted above [3.5s] | INBA41:443b | Love of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11192 | 50 | Persian | یا میرزا آقا اسمت لدی العرش مذکور آمد و مالک اسماء باین کلمات بدیعه منیعه که | O Mirza Aqa! Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and the Lord of Names hath addressed thee with these wondrous and sublime words [3.5s] | INBA41:445a, BLIB_Or15710.295a, | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11029 | 50 | mixed | ای عزیز عزت در حقیقت اولیه مخصوص نفوسی است که بعز الله معززند چه که عزت هیچ | O dear one! True glory, in its primal reality, belongeth unto those souls who are exalted through the glory of God, for no glory [3.5s] | INBA41:445b, BLIB_Or15710.295b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11112 | 50 | Arabic | قل لک الحمد یا منزل المن و السلوی و مالک العرش و الثری بما عرفتنی مظهر امرک و | Say: All praise be unto Thee, O Sender of manna and quails, Lord of the Throne and of the dust, inasmuch as Thou hast caused me to recognize the Manifestation of Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA41:445c | Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11113 | 50 | Persian | قلم اعلی در حبس اعظم بذکر الله ناطق و مشغول است انشاء الله باید نفوسی که از | The Most Exalted Pen, in the Most Great Prison, is occupied with the remembrance of God. Verily, such souls as [3.5s] | INBA41:446a, BLIB_Or15710.295c, | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10633 | 70 | Arabic | قل سبحانک یا مالک العالم و ملیک الامم اسئلک بالاسم الذی به رفعت السما و نصبت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the world and King of nations! I beseech Thee by the Name whereby Thou didst raise up the heaven [3.5s] | INBA41:446b | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11111 | 50 | Arabic | قل سبحانک یا سلطان الوجود و مالک الغیب و الشهود اسئلک بالاسم الذی به انفطرت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O Sovereign of existence and Ruler of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Name through which was cleft asunder [3.5s] | INBA41:447a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04277 | 220 | Arabic | کتاب نزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان و انه لماء الحیوان طوبی لمن اقبل باسمی و شرب | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for all who dwell in the realm of being - verily it is the Water of Life. Blessed is he who hath turned to My Name and drunk thereof [3.5s] | INBA41:448b | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09517 | 100 | Arabic | قل یا مالک الوجود و المستوی علی عرش الشهود اسئلک بالاسم الذی به تجلیت علی | Say: O Sovereign of existence, Who art established upon the Throne of Manifestation! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou didst reveal Thyself [3.5s] | INBA41:450a, BLIB_Or15730.069c, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06151 | 160 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن باالفرد الخبیر و اقبل الی قلب العالم و اعترف بما نطق | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in the One, the All-Informed, and hath turned towards the Heart of the World and acknowledged that which was spoken [3.5s] | INBA41:450b, BLIB_Or15695.045a, | MAS8.132b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06152 | 160 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن تزین بطراز محبه الرحمن و اقبل الیه اذ اعرض عنه العباد ان | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath adorned himself with the ornament of love for the All-Merciful and hath turned towards Him when the servants turned away [3.5s] | INBA41:452 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06384 | 160 | Arabic | یا ملا الاعلی ان استمعوا ما ارتفع من الارض النورآء تالله ان الذکر الاعظم | O Concourse on High! Hearken unto that which hath been raised from the luminous Earth. By God! The Most Great Remembrance [3.5s] | INBA41:453, BLIB_Or15697.137a, | Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10063 | 90 | Arabic | یا تقی اتق الله ربک ثم اذکره بما ارشدک و هداک الی صراطه المستقیم ان البهاء | O Taqi! Fear God, thy Lord, and make mention of Him through that which hath guided thee and directed thee unto His straight path. Verily, the Glory [3.5s] | INBA41:455, BLIB_Or15715.273c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.111a, | LHKM1.080a | Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07737 | 130 | Arabic | قد حضر الامین لدی الوجه و ذکرک ذکرناک بهذا اللوح المبین اسمع الندآء من شطر | The Trusted One hath appeared before the Countenance, and hath recalled thy mention. We have made mention of thee in this perspicuous Tablet. Hearken thou unto the call from the direction [3.5s] | INBA41:456 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09675 | 100 | mixed | یا علی الحمد لله فائز شدی بانچه اکثر خلق از او محجوب و ممنوعند کل از برای | O Ali! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto that which most of mankind are veiled from and debarred. All are [3.5s] | INBA41:457 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03631 | 250 | Arabic | تعالی الذی قدر لاهل البهاء ما لاقدره لاهل الانشاء الا انهم مطالع الایقان | Exalted is He Who hath ordained for the people of Bahá that which He ordained not for any in creation, verily they are the Daysprings of certitude [3.5s] | INBA41:003, BLIB_Or11095#295, , NLAI_BH1.099 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00561 | 1330 | Persian | حمد مقصود عالمیان را که در جمیع احوال از قلم اعلی | Praise be unto Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds, Who in every condition, through the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s] | INBA41:060 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06447 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا مصطفی قد ذکرت من القلم الاعلی و تلک مره اخری لتشکر ربک مولی الوری و | O Mustafa! Thou hast been mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen, and this is yet another time, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Lord of all creation [3.5s] | INBA41:005, NLAI_BH1.101 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05849 | 170 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل یا الهی و ناری و نوری قد دخلت الایام التی سمیتها بایام الهاء فی کتابک یا | My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the Ayyam-i-Ha in Thy Book have begun | INBA41:006, BLIB_Or15696.022e, , BLIB_Or15734.2.087a, | PMP#045, NFR.099, AHM.131, GHA.044ax, TSBT.204, NFF5.003, ABMK.020 | PM#045, BPRY.290 | Soulrise Melodies | Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | MMAH.106, LL#462 | |||||
| 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 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00927 | 890 | mixed | یا اولیاء در لوح دنیا این کلمات عالیات از مشرق بیان مالک اسماء | O friends! In the Tablet of the World these exalted words have shone forth from the Dayspring of utterance, the Lord of Names [3.5s] | INBA41:085 | AVK4.480.08x, MAS8.114cx | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Call to action; Hands of the Cause; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Past, present and future of Iran; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01014 | 820 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزاست که بعنایت اسم اعظم کوثر علم | Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who through the grace of the Most Great Name hath made to flow the Kawthar of knowledge [3.5s] | INBA41:092 | AVK4.439.09x | Hands of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01063 | 790 | mixed | یا احمد کن مستعدا لاصغاء ندآء المظلوم انه اراد ان یذکرک فی هذا الحین توجهت | O Ahmad! Be thou ready to hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One, for verily He desireth to make mention of thee in this hour [3.5s] | INBA42:008 | AVK3.169.12x, AYI2.314x, AYI2.315x | Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03040 | 300 | Persian | یا اشرف علیک بهاءالله عالم منقلب ابصار برمد مرمود | O Ashraf! Upon thee be the Glory of God! The world is in turmoil, and eyes are afflicted with blindness [3.5s] | INBA42:121 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00342 | 1930 | mixed | یا ملا الارض اسمعوا ندآء المظلوم من شطر السجن انه یقربکم الی الله المهیمن | O peoples of the earth! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of His Prison. Verily, He draweth you nigh unto God, the All-Possessing [3.5s] | INBA42:123, BLIB_Or15712.204, | Call to action; Law of cause and effect; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00669 | 1140 | mixed | کتاب انزله الرحمن من سماء البرهان لیظهر حجته بین عباده و دلیله فی مملکته انه | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the heaven of proof to manifest His evidence amongst His servants and His testimony within His dominion. Verily He [3.5s] | INBA42:135, BLIB_Or15712.051, , Berlin1237#16 | Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00461 | 1560 | mixed | یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الطائر فی هوآئی اسمع ندائی قد ارتفع فی هذا الحین و | O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and soareth in Mine atmosphere! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised at this moment [3.5s] | INBA42:143, BLIB_Or15690.033, , BLIB_Or15718.063, , BLIB_Or15728.178, | KHMT.018-019x, YMM.304x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06831 | 150 | Persian | یا حسین علیک بهاء الله رب العرش العظیم ذکر شما در ساحت مظلوم بوده و جناب | O Husayn! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of the mighty Throne. Mention of thee hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and that honoured one [3.5s] | INBA42:153, BLIB_Or15716.029.12, | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06863 | 150 | Arabic | یا محمد اسمع الندآء من هذا الشطر البعید انه یدعوک الی الله الفرد الخبیر | O Muhammad! Hearken unto the Call from this far-distant Court; verily it summoneth thee unto God, the One, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA42:154, BLIB_Or15716.029.19, | Call to action; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01511 | 570 | mixed | حبذا البلایا التی وردت علی المظلوم فی سبیل الله المهیمن القیوم فی الحقیقه بلا | How wondrous are the tribulations that have befallen the Wronged One in the path of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting! In truth, these afflictions [3.5s] | INBA42:155, BLIB_Or15724.065c, | MAS8.108ax | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04913 | 200 | Arabic | یا غلام قبل علی اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی مره اخری انه یقربک الی بساطی | O Qhulam Qabl-'Alí! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison once again, for verily it draweth thee nigh unto My court [3.5s] | INBA42:159, BLIB_Or15716.053.15, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10951 | 60 | Persian | یا غلام قبل علی از حق بطلبیم اهل ان ارضرا تایید | O Qhulam Qabl-'Alí, We beseech God to confirm the people of that land [3.5s] | INBA42:160, BLIB_Or15690.179b, , BLIB_Or15728.204a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06725 | 150 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل الی افق الامر اذ اعرض عنه کل جاهل بعید یشهد مالک القدم | The Book from Our presence is for him who hath turned unto the horizon of the Cause, whilst every remote and ignorant one hath turned away therefrom. The Ancient King beareth witness [3.5s] | INBA42:161, INBA51:464b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06818 | 150 | Arabic | یا ایها المتوجه الی الوجه انا اردنا ان نرسل الیک ذکرا من ام الکتاب لیجذبک الی | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Countenance! We have willed to send unto thee a remembrance from the Mother Book, that it may draw thee unto [3.5s] | INBA42:162, BLIB_Or15716.169a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00027 | 7660 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین | Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously | INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x, | BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x | BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00679 | 1130 | mixed | ستایش بیقیاس یکتای بیهمتائیرا سزاوار که مشارق قلوب مقبله را بانوار شمس توحید | Immeasurable praise beseemeth the peerless and incomparable One, Who hath illumined the dawning-places of devoted hearts with the rays of the Sun of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA42:199, BLIB_Or15693.067, , BLIB_Or15718.348x, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00491 | 1490 | mixed | ستایش بیقیاس ذات بی مثالیرا سزاست که شمس توحید را از افق تجرید ظاهر فرمود و | Immeasurable praise beseemeth that peerless Essence Who hath caused the Sun of Unity to appear from the horizon of detachment [3.5s] | INBA42:207, BLIB_Or15693.042, | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for teaching; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00859 | 950 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ظهور و بروز و لسان و بیان و ادراک و عقول مقصود عالم را لایق و | Sanctified praise, transcending manifestation and appearance, tongue and utterance, perception and minds, befitteth the Goal of the world [3.5s] | INBA42:217 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00100 | 4220 | mixed | تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله | Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s] | INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01496 | 580 | mixed | یا اسم جود علیک بهاء الله آنچه جناب حیدر علی علیه بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be the glory of God! That which Ḥaydar-'Alí - upon him be My glory and My loving-kindness and My mercy - [3.5s] | INBA42:223 | MAS8.066x | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01432 | 600 | mixed | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از اقبال مقبلین و اعراض | Praise befitteth and beseemeth the most holy and most sanctified Court of the Desired One, through the acceptance of them that have turned towards Him and the turning away [3.5s] | INBA42:226 | Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Review of publications; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01943 | 460 | mixed | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی کتاب ایقان حسب الامر بمطابقه و تصحیح آن | O Haydar-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The Book of Certitude hath, in accordance with divine command, been made to conform and be corrected [3.5s] | INBA42:231, BLIB_Or15718.082, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02721 | 330 | Persian | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی بشانی | O Ḥaydar-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory in its effulgence [3.5s] | INBA42:234 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04766 | 200 | Arabic | Portion of Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí) | Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí) | علیک بهائی و ذکری و رحمتی ثم ثناء کل شیء فی کل حین قد قرء بین یدینا کتابک | Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My mercy; then the praise of all things at every moment. We have read before Us thy letter [3.5s]... ...We hear thy cry and supplication at thy remoteness from the Dawning-Place of Light. | INBA42:250, BLIB_Or15725.346b, | EBTB.244, BLO_PT#065x | Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH07720 | 130 | Arabic | علیک یا حامل البلاء و المنفی فی سبیل الله مالک الاسماء و المسجون بما اعرضت عن | Upon thee, O bearer of tribulations and exile in the path of God, the Lord of Names, O thou Who art imprisoned for having turned away [3.5s] | INBA42:252 | KHSH08.005 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01754 | 500 | mixed | ان استمعا ندآء مالک الاسماء الذی ارتفع بین الارض و السماء انه لا اله الا هو | Hearken ye unto the Call of the Lord of Names, which hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven: Verily, there is none other God but Him [3.5s] | INBA42:253 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06782 | 150 | Arabic | هذا ما نزل من سماء عنایه ربنا العلیم الحکیم هذا کتاب یشهد بما انتما علیه و | This is what hath descended from the heaven of the tender mercy of our Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. This is a Book that beareth witness unto that whereon ye both stand [3.5s] | INBA42:256, BLIB_Or15730.046b, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03811 | 240 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق طوبی لنفس استجذبت من نفحاتها و انها مره تظهر علی | These are the verses of God which have been sent down in truth. Blessed is the soul that hath been drawn to their sweet-scented breezes, and verily they appear upon [3.5s] | INBA42:257, BLIB_Or15725.349c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03684 | 250 | Arabic | قد اشرقت شمس البهی عن افق البقا بطراز الله المقتدر العلی الاعلی قل موتوا یا | The Sun of Glory hath dawned from the horizon of eternity, adorned with the ornament of God, the Almighty, the Most Exalted of the Most Exalted. Say: Perish, O ye [3.5s] | INBA42:259, BLIB_Or15725.258, , OSAI I.MMS, | ASAT5.350x | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01996 | 440 | mixed | ای حیدر ندایت مره بعد مره و کره بعد کره و طورا بعد طور اصغا شد اگر قلم اعلی | O Haydar! Time and time again, repeatedly and in cycle after cycle, We have hearkened unto thy call. If the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s] | INBA42:261, INBA97:084, BLIB_Or15697.002, , Majlis210461.048-050 | KHSH08.006, ASAT5.347x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00554 | 1350 | mixed | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا حیدر قبل علی بگو یا اهل ارض آذان را از برای اینکلمه مبارکه از آنچه | O Haydar-'Alí! Say: O peoples of the earth! Purge your ears for this blessed Word from whatsoever [3.5s]... ...O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King by Whose commanding word the whole creation | INBA42:001, INBA65:029x, INBA30:084a, BLIB_Or15690.234, , BLIB_Or15699.080, , BLIB_Or15718.155, | BRL_DA#684, PMP#159x, AHM.319x, AQMJ1.141x, VAA.202-202x, ADH1.044x, MMJA.034x | PM#159x, BPRY.168 | A. Youssefi | Exhortations and counsels; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#497 | |||||
| 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, | Call to action; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00310 | 2090 | mixed | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی جناب سیاح را از قبل مظلوم سلام برسان بگو | O Haydar-Qabl-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Convey, on behalf of this Wronged One, greetings unto His honor the Wanderer, and say [3.5s] | INBA42:053, BLIB_Or15690.204, , BLIB_Or15699.084, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00300 | 2140 | mixed | این ایام الف قائمه که از قیامش عالم قیام نمود نوحه مینماید و هاء مسکین از دو چشم | In these days doth the Alif, which standeth upright and through whose arising the world was raised up, lament, and the helpless Há weepeth from both eyes [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! In those days the equivalent of all that hath been sent down aforetime unto the Prophets hath been revealed | INBA42:066, MKI4523.160, | BRL_DA#267, ISH.160 | GPB.171x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00266 | 2390 | Persian | امروز فرات فیض الهی از یمین عرش رحمانی جاری و آسمان بیان بانجم معانی مزین | In this day the streams of divine bounty floweth from the right hand of the Throne of the All-Merciful, and the heaven of utterance is adorned with the stars of inner meaning [3.5s] | INBA42:079, BLIB_Or15712.157b, | Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00104 | 4090 | Persian | عالم منقلب و متغیر مشاهده میشود صفیر طیور را از ندای مکلم طور و حفیف سدره | The world is witnessed to be in turmoil and transformation, while the warbling of birds mingles with the Call of Him Who conversed upon the Mount and the rustling of the Divine Tree [3.5s] | INBA42:094 | NSS.115-116x, NSS.209-210x | Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’. | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship | 3a | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| BH04646 | 200 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع ندا ربک العلی الاعلی من شطر الذی فیه استقر عرش ربک العلی | O servant! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Highest, from that court wherein is established the throne of thy Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA44:008, INBA34:288 | AQA1#153, ASAT4.329x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08363 | 120 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل اللهم انک انت مظهر المظاهر و مصدر المصادر و مطلع المطالع و مشرق المشارق | O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source of all Sources, the Fountain-Head of all Revelations | INBA44:099a | BRL_DA#037, PMP#043, NFR.157, HDQI.053ax | PM#043, BPRY.198 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH10360 | 80 | Arabic | قل انا لما سافرنا من مشرق البقا الی مغرب العما وجدنا قوما من الطوریون کانوا | Say: When We journeyed from the Orient of eternity unto the Occident of darkness, We found a people of the Mount who were [3.5s] | INBA44:099b, BLIB_Or15694.559, , ALIB.folder18p496b | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06707 | 150 | Arabic | کتاب انزلناه بالحق انه فی کل الاحیان ینادی من فی الامکان و یدعوهم الی صراط | This is the Book We have sent down in truth; verily, at all times it calleth unto all who dwell in the realm of contingent being, and summoneth them unto the path [3.5s] | INBA44:100 | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09824 | 90 | Arabic | ذکر الله من سدره القدس علی بقعه الفردوس قد کان علی الحق مشهودا فسوف ینفطر | The remembrance of God from the divine Lote-Tree upon the precincts of Paradise hath in truth been witnessed, and shall soon burst forth [3.5s] | INBA44:101b, BLIB_Or15694.561a, | Apocalyptic imagery; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05163 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی اللائی آمن بالله الواحد المختار لیقربهن البیان الی مطلع | This is a Book from Our presence unto those who have believed in God, the One, the Chosen, that the utterance may draw them nigh unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s] | INBA44:102 | Importance of prayer; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10916 | 60 | Arabic | یا باقر سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک ذکرناک بما یبقی بدوام الملک و الملکوت ذکرناک من قبل | O Bāqir! We have hearkened unto thy call and have beheld thy devotion. We make mention of thee with that which shall endure throughout the dominion of earth and heaven. We made mention of thee before [3.5s] | INBA44:102a, BLIB_Or15713.037.01, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09819 | 90 | Persian | حمد محبوبی را سزا که نظر بعنایت کبری طلعت ابهی را مخصوص حیوه اهل عالم فدا | Praise be unto the Best-Beloved, Who through His supreme benevolence hath distinguished the Most Glorious Countenance as a sacrifice for the life of the people of the world [3.5s] | INBA44:103a, BLIB_Or11096#186, , BLIB_Or15710.021a, | Call to action; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09235 | 100 | Arabic | ان الورقه تنادی علی السدره انه لا اله الا هو العلیم الحکیم طوبی لورقه تمسکت بها علی | The Leaf calleth out unto the Lote-Tree that, verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed be the leaf that hath clung fast unto it [3.5s] | INBA44:103b | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06939 | 140 | Arabic | ان المذکور یذکرک فیهذا اللوح المبین و المقصود ینادیک من شطر هذا السجن العظیم | He Who is mentioned maketh mention of thee in this luminous Tablet, and the Desired One calleth unto thee from this mighty Prison [3.5s] | INBA44:104a | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07205 | 140 | Arabic | قد قال قائل هل القیامه قامت قل ای و نفسی العلیم الحکیم و هل الساعه اتت قل بلی | A questioner hath asked: "Hath the Resurrection come to pass?" Say: "Yea, by My Soul, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!" "Hath the Hour arrived?" Say: "Indeed it hath!" [3.5s] | INBA44:104b, BLIB_Or15713.276a, | Call to action; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04513 | 210 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیقربه بیان الرحمن الی مقام | The Book hath been sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that the utterance of the All-Merciful may draw him nigh unto the station [3.5s] | INBA44:105, BLIB_Or15713.172, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04225 | 220 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و اظهر البینات لعل الناس یدعن ما عندهم و یتوجهن الی | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made manifest the clear evidences, that perchance men might abandon what they possess and turn unto Him [3.5s] | INBA44:106 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07812 | 130 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم لتجذبه نفحات الوحی الی | The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that the breezes of Revelation might draw him unto [3.5s] | INBA44:107a, BLIB_Or15713.312b, | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03122 | 290 | Arabic | قد تبدلت الامور علی شان نری الذیاب فی القصور و مالک الملکوت فی اخرب البیوت | Affairs have indeed been transformed to such a degree that We behold the wolves dwelling in palaces while the Lord of the Kingdom resideth in the most desolate of abodes [3.5s] | INBA44:107b, BLIB_Or11095#143, | AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.v | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01290 | 660 | mixed | کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء المشیته فضلا من لدی الله رب العالمین لیجذب العباد | A Book sent down in truth from the heaven of the Divine Will as a grace from God, the Lord of the worlds, to draw all servants unto Him [3.5s] | INBA44:009, BLIB_Or15690.310x, , BLIB_Or15699.119, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07143 | 140 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه هو الاسم الاعظم و کان مکنونا فی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Most Great Name that was hidden in [3.5s] | INBA44:109a, BLIB_Or15713.281a, | Belief and denial; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04298 | Lawh-i-Mustatab | 220 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدن عزیز وهاب لمن خضع و اناب اذ اتی الرب علی السحاب انه لرب | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath bowed down and turned unto God when the Lord came upon the clouds. Verily, He is the Lord [3.5s] | INBA44:109b, INBA34:275, BLIB_Or15696.123b, | AQA1#138, AKHA_124BE #08 p.j | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09008 | 110 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق و به یهدی الله من یشاء انه لهو الغفور الکریم و به انار افق | A Book sent down in truth, and through it God guideth whomsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful, and by it hath the horizon been illumined [3.5s] | INBA44:110 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05238 | 190 | Arabic | یا نظر توجه الیک لحاظ المظلوم من شطر السجن و ذکرک بذکر سطعت منه الانوار انه | O Nazar! The eyes of the Wronged One are turned toward thee from the precincts of the prison, and He maketh mention of thee with a remembrance from which the lights have shone forth. Verily He [3.5s] | INBA44:111a | Manifestation of God as sun; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05531 | 180 | mixed | نقطه اولی میفرماید اگر نفسی ظاهر شود و یک آیه بیاورد تکذیب مکنید حال معادل | The Primal Point saith: Should a soul appear and reveal a single verse, reject him not [3.5s] | INBA44:111b, BLIB_Or15712.240, , MKI4523.294, | BRL_DA#043, ISH.294 | Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10188 | 80 | Arabic | انا نذکر من توجه الی مشرق الفضل و نویده فضلا من لدنا و انا الفضال الکریم قد ارتفع | We make mention of him who hath turned towards the Dawning-Place of grace, and We bestow upon him a bounty from Our presence, for verily We are the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous [3.5s] | INBA44:112 | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06157 | 160 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن شرب رحیق البلاء من کاس القضاء فی سبیل الله مالک الاسماء لیفرح | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the wine of tribulation from the chalice of destiny in the path of God, the Lord of Names, that he may rejoice [3.5s] | INBA44:113a | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07499 | 130 | Arabic | ان یا جمال یذکرک الغنی المتعال فی المال لتحدث فیک النار و تنجذب بها القلوب | O Jamal! The Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, maketh mention of thee amidst the concourse, that the fire may be kindled within thee and hearts may thereby be drawn [3.5s] | INBA44:113b | The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07659 | 130 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی الیوم فی السجن بین ایدی اعدائک و الابن علی التراب | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest me in this day shut up in my prison, and fallen into the hands of Thine adversaries | INBA44:114a, INBA92:396a | PMP#030, NFR.166, AQMJ1.026 | PM#030 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH07767 | 130 | Arabic | قد نصب علم القدم علی طور العالم طوبی لمن سرع الیه بالقلوب ان الذین غفلوا الیوم اولئک | The Ancient Banner hath been raised upon the Mount of the world. Blessed is he who hasteneth unto it with his heart. They that remain heedless this day are indeed [3.5s] | INBA44:114b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10639 | 70 | Arabic | کتاب مبین نزل من الله رب العالمین لمن تمسک بحبله المحکم المتین یذکر فی السجن | The Book Manifest hath been sent down from God, the Lord of all worlds, unto him who claspeth fast His mighty and enduring cord. Within the Prison it maketh mention [3.5s] | INBA44:115a, BLIB_Or15696.059c, | Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10638 | 70 | Arabic | قم و قل یا ملا البیان اتقوا الرحمن ا تعترضون علی الذی جعله الله مطلع قدرته و | Arise and say: O people of the Bayan! Fear ye the All-Merciful. Will ye oppose Him Whom God hath made the Dawning-Place of His power [3.5s] | INBA44:115b, BLIB_Or15696.059b, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04569 | 210 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | یا الهی لک الحمد بما طلع فجر عیدک الرضوان و فاز فیه من اقبل الیک یا ربنا | Praise be to Thee, O my God, that the dawn of Thy Riḍván Festival hath broken, and that therein one who had sought Thy presence hath attained his goal | INBA44:116, INBA73:044, INBA92:402 | TSBT.155, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.a, ABMK.030, AMB#08 | DOR#08 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH03318 | 270 | Arabic | ان استمع یا عبد ما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدس و لاتلتفت الی الذینهم کفروا و اشرکوا | Hearken, O servant, unto that which is revealed unto thee from the holy precincts, and turn not unto them that have disbelieved and joined partners with God [3.5s] | INBA44:117, BLIB_Or03114.030, , BLIB_Or15694.558, , ALIB.folder18p433 | BRL_DA#056 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04961 | 190 | Arabic | ان استمع لما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدس بریه العرفان مقر الذی فیه یوقد و یضیء | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the holy sanctuary in the wilderness of divine knowledge, the spot wherein shineth forth and is kindled the Sacred Fire [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! The world, its vanities and its glory, and whatever delights it can offer, are all, in the sight of God, as worthless | INBA44:118, INBA36:167, NLAI_BH1.237, NLAI_BH1.350 | ADJ.030-031x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05318 | 180 | mixed | اهل یقین را گمان آنکه حوادث عالم نزد حزب الهی معدوم و مفقود است و حال مشاهده | The people of certitude may suppose that the events of this world are as naught and non-existent in the estimation of the party of God, yet witness thou [3.5s] | INBA44:119 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05924 | 170 | Arabic | هذا یوم فیه ذرفت عین العالم بما ورد علی الله مالک القدم انه لهو المبین العلیم | This is the Day whereon the Eye of the World hath wept by reason of what hath befallen God, the Lord of ancient days. Verily, He is the All-Evident, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA44:120a, BLIB_Or15729.141a, , BLIB_Or15730.062c, , NLAI_22848:344, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p176v, , MKI4522.344, | AQA2#022 p.187a | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07770 | 130 | Arabic | قد ورد علینا فی سبیل الله ما لاورد علی احد من قبل بحیث حکم علینا من لم یکن | There hath befallen Us in the path of God that which hath befallen no one before, whereupon they who were not did pass judgment upon Us [3.5s] | INBA44:120b, BLIB_Or15696.151c, | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05743 | 170 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله اذ اعرض عنه اکثر العباد انه لهو | A remembrance from Us unto him who hath turned toward the Countenance and believed in God when most of the servants turned away from Him. Verily, He is [3.5s] | INBA44:121, BLIB_Or15730.062a, | Angels; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08034 | 120 | Arabic | ان استمع الندآء من شطر الکبریا فی البقعه المقدسه البیضا من السدره المنتهی انه | Hearken unto the Call from the realm of grandeur, from the Divine Lote-Tree, in this hallowed and snow-white Spot. Verily [3.5s] | INBA44:122a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08305 | 120 | Arabic | فسبحان من نزل الایات و جعلها سراجا منیرا یا قوم ان استضیئوا بضیائه و لاتجعلوا | Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses and made them a luminous lamp! O people! Be ye illumined by its light and be ye not [3.5s] | INBA44:122b, BLIB_Or15694.556a, , ALIB.folder18p491a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03879 | 240 | Arabic | قد فاض بحر العلم و غاض غدیر الوهم اذ انار افق الیقین باسمی العظیم ان الذین توجهوا | The ocean of knowledge hath surged forth and the stream of fancy hath ebbed away, for the horizon of certitude hath been illumined by My Most Great Name. Those who have turned [3.5s] | INBA44:123 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05662 | 170 | Arabic | ان البیان کان مکنونا فی ملکوت علمی فلما اظهرت نفسی اظهرته و انزلته علی من | Verily, utterance was hidden within the Kingdom of My knowledge, and when I manifested My Self, I revealed it and caused it to descend upon whom [3.5s] | INBA44:124a | Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05943 | 170 | mixed | یا امتی امروز حق جل جلاله شاهد و گواه است از برای نفوسیکه بافق اعلی توجه | O My handmaiden! On this day God, exalted be His glory, beareth witness unto those souls who have turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s] | INBA44:124b | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; High station of the true believer; Role and station of women; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07888 | 130 | Arabic | یا اباالحسن لعمری قد فتح باب السرور بمفتاح اسمی الغفور فی ایام فیها اراد | O Abá'l-Ḥasan! By My life, the portal of delight hath indeed been flung open through the key of My Name, the All-Forgiving, in days wherein He hath willed [3.5s] | INBA44:125 | BRL_DA#062 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06372 | 160 | mixed | یا علی مبارکست این حین و محبوبست این یوم و عزیز است این وقت که حق جل جلاله | O Ali! Blessed is this moment, precious is this day, and exalted is this hour when the True One, glorified be His majesty [3.5s] | INBA44:126a | Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05096 | 190 | Arabic | قد اتی من کان مکنونا فی کنز العلم و مخزونا فی خزائن العصمه و القدره و مسطورا | He Who was hidden in the treasury of knowledge and concealed within the repositories of infallibility and power hath come [3.5s] | INBA44:126b, BLIB_Or15713.198b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06377 | 160 | Arabic | یا محمد ان افرح بما یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن فی ایام فیها ارتفع حنین | O Muhammad! Rejoice in that which the Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of the Prison in days wherein lamentations have risen high [3.5s] | INBA44:127 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06891 | 150 | Arabic | یا یوسف قل سبحانک یا مولی العالم و مقصود الامم و الظاهر باسمک الاعظم اسئلک | O Joseph! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds and Goal of the nations, Who art manifest through Thy Most Great Name! I beseech Thee [3.5s] | INBA44:128a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08497 | 120 | Arabic | یا الهی انر ابصار القلوب بنور وجهک یا محبوب من فی الارضین و السموآت ثم استقم | O my God! Illumine the eyes of hearts with the light of Thy countenance, O Thou Beloved of all who dwell in the earth and in the heavens! Then make them steadfast [3.5s] | INBA44:128b, INBA34:332b, INBA92:400 | AQA1#215 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03554 | 260 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و اتخذ الله لنفسه حبیبا ان الذینهم | This is a Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath believed in God and His signs, and hath taken God as his Beloved. Verily those who [3.5s] | INBA44:129, BLIB_Or03114.029, , BLIB_Or15694.556b, , ALIB.folder18p458 | BRL_DA#055 | Belief and denial; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04996 | 190 | mixed | ای احمد ندایت شنیده شد و توجهت لدی المظلوم مذکور آمد یعنی بلسان ملا اعلی در سبیل | O Ahmad! Thy cry hath been heard, and thy devotion hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, that is to say, in the tongue of the most exalted Concourse, upon the path [3.5s] | INBA44:130a, BLIB_Or15697.024d, | BRL_DA#061 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01519 | 570 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن قصد المقام الاعلی و قطع البر و البحر الی ان ورد فی قبه نورآء | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath set his face towards the Most Exalted Station and traversed land and sea until he arrived beneath the luminous dome [3.5s] | INBA44:130b | BRL_DA#023, SFI20.012-013 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06332 | 160 | mixed | یا احمد از قبل از قلم اعلی ذکرت ظاهر و جاری شد قسم بنیر اعظم که از افق عالم | O Ahmad! From time aforetime thy mention hath flowed forth and been made manifest from the Most Exalted Pen. I swear by the Most Great Luminary which shineth from the horizon of the world [3.5s] | INBA44:132 | Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03143 | 290 | Arabic | هذا کتاب کریم نزل من جبروت مشیه ربک العلی العظیم و فیه کوثر الحیوان تحیی به | This is a glorious Book sent down from the dominion of thy Lord's Will, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, wherein floweth the Water of Life that giveth life [3.5s] | INBA44:133, INBA34:270 | BRL_DA#054, AQA1#133 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Knowledge; recognition of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07833 | 130 | Arabic | کم من عبد اشتغل بالدنیا غافلا عن فنائها و کم من عبد ترکها مقبلا الی مولاه القدیم | How many a servant hath occupied himself with the world, heedless of its passing, and how many a servant hath forsaken it, turning unto his Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA44:134 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07948 | 130 | mixed | یا زهرا حمد کن مالک اسما را که ترا بعرفانش موفق فرمود و بیکی از موحدین بخشید | O Zahra! Render praise unto the Lord of Names, Who hath enabled thee to recognize Him and bestowed thee upon one of them that believe in His unity [3.5s] | INBA44:135a | BRL_DA#060 | Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07826 | 130 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق لمن توجه الی الافق الاعلی و آمن بالله رب العالمین قل قد ظهر | A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: He hath appeared [3.5s] | INBA44:135b, BLIB_Or15729.145b, , NLAI_22848:353, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182r, , MKI4522.353, | AQA2#032 p.194a | Adam; Adam and Eve; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07293 | 140 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من تقرب الی الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لک بما وجدت عرف | This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him who hath drawn nigh unto God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast inhaled the fragrance [3.5s] | INBA44:136 | BRL_DA#059, LHKM1.069 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04909 | 200 | Arabic | یا علی قبل اکبر ان المظلوم یذکرک من شطر منظره الاکبر و یامرک بالصبر الجمیل ان | O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, and enjoineth upon thee gracious patience [3.5s] | INBA44:137a, BLIB_Or15712.009b, , BLIB_Or15713.204, | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02090 | 420 | mixed | جناب احمد فائز و عملش لدی الله مقبول جمیع عالم بشهادتیکه در این لوح از قلم | Jinab-i-Ahmad, who hath attained and whose deeds find acceptance with God! The entire world beareth witness to that which, in this Tablet, hath flowed from the Pen [3.5s] | INBA44:137b | BRL_DA#058 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07581 | 130 | Arabic | تعالی مولی الجبروت الذی اتی من افق الاقتدار بامر مبین و دعا الملکوک و المملوک | Exalted be the Lord of Might, Who hath come forth from the horizon of power with a manifest command, and hath called both sovereign and subject [3.5s] | INBA44:012a, BLIB_Or15712.237, , BLIB_Or15734.1.085b, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06677 | 150 | Arabic | قد نطقت النار فی السدره المبارکه و اتی المقصود بالعزه و الاقتدار یمشی امام | The Fire hath spoken forth from the Blessed Tree, and the Desired One hath come with glory and power, advancing before all [3.5s] | INBA44:012b, BLIB_Or15712.239, | Chastisement and requital; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08282 | 120 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لام الکتاب فی ملکوت الامر و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Mother Book in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s] | INBA44:139a, BLIB_Or15729.152c, , NLAI_22848:370, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p191v, , MKI4522.370, | AQA2#052 p.206b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03913 | 240 | mixed | نامه شما در ساحت امنع اقدس بشرف اصغا فائز از حق میطلبیم شما را از فیوضات ایام | Your letter hath attained unto the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court and been honored with hearing. We beseech the True One that ye may receive the outpourings of these days [3.5s] | INBA44:139b | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05423 | 180 | Arabic | شهد الله فی کتبه و صحفه لمن اتی بالحق باسم انار به العالم و اسودت وجوه الامم | God beareth witness in His Books and Scriptures unto Him Who came with the Truth, through Whose Name the world was illumined and the faces of nations were darkened [3.5s] | INBA44:140 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09527 | 100 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیجذبهم الی مقام یسمع من حفیف اشجاره ما | The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto all who dwell in the realm of possibility, that it may draw them unto a station wherein the rustling of its trees is heard [3.5s] | INBA44:141a, BLIB_Or15715.263b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.096c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01988 | 450 | mixed | یا محمد قبل رضا علیک بهاء الله مولی الوری نامه آن جناب که به آقا محمد علیه | O Muhammad-Qabli-Ridá, upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all mankind. Thy letter that was addressed to Áqá Muhammad [3.5s] | INBA44:142 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00522 | 1420 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم و مولی الامم را لایق و سزاست که اسرار مکنونه مخزونه را محض | Praise be unto Him Who is the Desire of the world and the Lord of all nations, Who hath caused the hidden and treasured mysteries to be revealed [3.5s] | INBA44:146 | BRL_DA#057 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06415 | 150 | Arabic | الهی الهی حزنک اهلکنی و سجنک احرقنی | My God, my God! Thy sorrow hath consumed me, and Thy prison hath set me aflame [3.5s] | INBA44:013 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08413 | 120 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق و منه یمر عرف القمیص لاهل التقدیس و نسمه الرحمن لمن فی الامکان | A Book sent down in truth, and from it wafteth the fragrance of the Garment unto them that are sanctified, and the breath of the All-Merciful unto all who dwell within the realm of contingent being [3.5s] | INBA44:151a | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08359 | 120 | Arabic | قد نزلت الایات اذ ظهرت العلامات و الروح ینطق بین العالم و یبشر الامم بالاسم | The verses have been sent down as the signs appeared, and the Spirit speaketh amidst the world and beareth glad-tidings unto all peoples through the Name [3.5s] | INBA44:151b | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - |
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