all items by Bahá'u'lláh, details

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

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

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

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

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

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

T. Ellis

ROB3.026, LL#198

BH08142

120

Persian

آسمان قدر انسانی به نیر راستی منور است ای اهل بها دانای توانا گیتی را بمثابه

The heaven of human destiny is illumined by the Sun of truthfulness. O people of Bahá, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful hath fashioned the world as [3.5s]

HDQI.141, ANDA#36 p.03

Bringing forth results; fruit; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

BH05339

180

Persian

بحر معانی از معین قلم رحمانی بقمیص این الفاظ حکمتیه بالغه ظاهر ای اهل ایقان

O people of certitude! The Ocean of inner meanings hath, from the Fountain-head of the Merciful Pen, been made manifest in the raiment of these words of consummate wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.052c,

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The power of words; of speech; Words vs deeds

BH00911

900

mixed

جوهر حمد و ثنا معروفی را لایق و سزاست که عارفان اسرار حقایق و بیان از عرفان

The essence of praise and glorification befitteth Him Who is known to the mystic knowers of reality's secrets and expression [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.114, , BLIB_Or15711.026,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God the cause of creation

BH02170

Lawh-i-Nuqtih

410

Arabic

Lawh-i-Nuqtih (Tablet of the Point)

هذا لوح القدس قد جعل الله مقامه مقام النقطه کما ان من النقطه فصلت کل الحروفات

This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath God conferred the station of the point, just as it is through the point that every letter and word is made distinct

BRL_DA#737, LHKM1.020

ADMS#228

Proclaims itself as occupying the station of the point, differentiating all that has been revealed from all eternity to all eternity, in the same way that the point differentiates letters and words.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God the cause of creation

ROB2.397, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, LL#206

BH05504

180

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الوجه و کان من الفائزین لیفرح بذکر مولاه و یستقیم

The Book from Our presence is for him who hath turned towards the Countenance and is numbered among the triumphant ones, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of his Lord and stand firm [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#320,

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation

BH11123

Arabic

لم یزل یبدع ما یشآء کما یشآء و یخترع ما یرید بما یرید لم یکن علة الا انشائک

He hath ever created whatsoever He willeth, as He willeth, and fashioned whatsoever He desireth through whatsoever means He desireth. No cause existed save His creation [3.5s]

ASAT2.030x

Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH02258

390

mixed

الحمد لله سماء فضل مرتفع و سحاب کرم در بخشش و عطا و آفتاب جود رحمانی از افق

Praise be unto God, through Whom the heaven of grace is upraised, and the clouds of generosity pour forth their gifts and bestowals, and the sun of divine bounty shineth from the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.013,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place; Word of God the cause of creation

BH07981

130

mixed

یا منظر در منظر اکبر مذکوری هر ذکری از اذکار و هر شیئی از اشیاء را ید فنا

O thou who art remembered in the Most Great Scene! Every mention among all mentions and every thing among all things lieth within the grasp of annihilation [3.5s]

YMM.379

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God sanctified from time and place

BH07432

140

mixed

یا ورقتی اشهد انک فزت باللقاء و اقبلت اذ سمعت الندآء و توجهت اذ اشرقت شمس

O My Leaf! I bear witness that thou hast attained unto the presence, that thou didst hasten when thou heardst the Call, and that thou didst turn thyself when the Sun shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.197a,

AQA7#399 p.169

Mindfulness; concentration; focus; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard

BH00024

7950

mixed

سبحانک یا من باسمک سرع الموحدون الی مطلع انوار وجهک و المقربون الی مشرق آیات

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the sincere have hastened to the Dayspring of the lights of Thy countenance, and they who are nigh have rushed unto the Orient of Thy signs [3.5s]

INBA28:008, INBA22:057, BLIB_Or15704.025,

BRL_DA#087, AVK3.464.01x, SFI04.008cx, PYK.041x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard

BH03523

260

Arabic

قد نطقت السن الکائنات بذکر منزل الایات و لاحت الوجوه من انوار وجهه العزیز

Verily, the tongues of all beings have spoken forth to make mention of the Revealer of Verses, and every face hath been illumined

BLIB_Or11095#308,

AQA6#193 p.022, VAA.209-210

ADMS#104

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard

BH08231

120

Arabic

سبحان الذی ظهر و اظهر صراطه المستقیم نطق و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو

Glorified be He Who hath appeared and made manifest His straight Path, Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak forth that there is no God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.316a,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH04709

200

mixed

در این ایام که در سموات ظهور شموس غیبیه از آفاق شهود طالع و لوامع تجلیات شمس

In these days when in the heavens the hidden suns have dawned from the horizons of manifestation, and the effulgent rays of the Sun [3.5s]

INBA19:169b, INBA32:154

Empty learning; false spirituality; Manifestation of God as sun; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH07001

140

mixed

آفتاب حقیقی که لازال از ابصار مستور از افق سماء ظهور اشراق فرمود اشراقیکه هیچ

The True Sun, which had ever remained veiled from the eyes of men, hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of Revelation with a radiance that no [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.040a,

Call to action; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH10177

Arabic

ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء الذی ارتفع بین الارض و السما تالله لو تطلع بعظمته و عظمه

O servant! Hearken unto the Call that hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven. By God! Wert thou to behold His grandeur and majesty [3.5s]

INBA73:352a, NLAI_BH1.498b, NLAI_BH2.240b

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH05576

180

mixed

یا امه الله حق جل جلاله عباد و اماء خود را ذکر نموده و میفرماید در لیالی و

O handmaid of God! The True One, glorified be His majesty, hath made mention of His servants, both men and women, and proclaimeth in the nights and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.293,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH04962

190

Arabic

ان افرحوا یا احبائی بما یذکرکم القلم الاعلی رغما للذین کفروا بالله مولی الوری

Rejoice, O My loved ones, in that which the Most Exalted Pen doth make mention of you, in spite of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]

INBA23:155, BLIB_Or15730.002b,

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God and human limitations

BH05599

180

mixed

یا علی اسما عباد را از مالک و خالق آن منع نموده در غدیر اسم غرق شده اند

O Ali! Names have prevented the servants from their Lord and Creator, and in the pool of appellations have they been drowned [3.5s]

INBA51:248, KB_620:241-241

LHKM3.287

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

BH06083

160

mixed

ای امه الله بذکر مظلوم آفاق مره بعد مره فائز شدی قدر این اذکار را بدان قسم

O handmaiden of God! Time and again hast thou been privileged to attain unto the remembrance of the Wronged One of all horizons. Know thou the value of these remembrances [3.5s]

INBA18:209, BLIB_Or15715.352a,

Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God and human limitations

BH04557

210

Arabic

هل رایت الساعه علی هیکل الانسان قل ای و ربی الرحمن انها تمشی و تنطق بالحق

Hast thou beheld the Hour upon the temple of man? Say: Yea, by my Lord, the All-Merciful! Verily it moveth and speaketh with truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#317,

Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH11428

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

BH05505

180

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اتخذ الیه سبیلا لتجذبه آیات الله الی مقام یقوم علی خدمه

A Book sent down in truth unto whomsoever taketh unto himself a path to Him, that the verses of God may draw him unto a station wherein he ariseth to serve [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.027.03,

Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Word of God and human limitations

BH09310

3030

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh

حبذا یوم اللّه ظاهر و عرف قمیص متضوع و سدره ناطق امروز… باید نفسی عباد را لله متذکر نماید که شاید بر اداء حقوق موفق شوند

How sweet is this Day of God when His fragrance is wafting, and the Vesture diffuseth its perfume, and the Divine Lote-Tree speaketh forth! On this day [3.5s]... ...Someone must needs remind the servants of God, that perchance they may be privileged to meet their obligations of Huquq, thus attaining a sublime station

BRL_DA#083, BRL_HUQUQP#089x, GHA.105.04-05+07-10x, GHA.107.05x

BRL_HUQUQ#089x, COC#1147x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH05528

180

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد کتابت بمنظر اطهر فائز گشت هر نفسیکه لله برآید در آنحین بمحضر

Thy call was heard, and thy book attained unto the Most Holy Presence. Every soul that riseth up for God's sake in that moment attaineth His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.131c,

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH06205

160

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قد ظهر و اظهر امره کیف شاء و اراد و هو المراد فی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath appeared and manifested His Cause as He willeth and desireth, and He is the Desired One [3.5s]

DBR.025

High station of the true believer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God and human limitations

BH03936

240

Arabic

یا اهل الامکان و ربکم الرحمن قد فاحت نفحات قمیص السبحان بین العالمین و

O peoples of the contingent realm! Your Lord, the All-Merciful, hath assuredly wafted the fragrances of His glorious Robe throughout all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#069,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations

BH01257

670

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که اولیای خود را قوت بخشید قدرت عطا فرمود و

Praise be unto the Desired One, who hath vouchsafed strength unto His chosen ones and endowed them with power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.353,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Word of God and human limitations

BH09450

100

Arabic

فی کل حین نذکر الله مقصود العالمین فی کل الایام یتحرک قلم مالک الانام لتنجذب

At all times We make mention of God, the Goal of all worlds. Throughout all days moveth the Pen of the Lord of mankind, that hearts may be drawn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.155a, , NLAI_22848:375, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194rb, , MKI4522.375,

AQA2#059 p.210b

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH09785

mixed

ای دوستان امروز مکلم طور ظاهر و هویدا و بر اغصان سدره فردوس ناطق و گویا

O friends! Today the Speaker of Sinai is manifest and evident, and upon the branches of the heavenly Lote-Tree doth speak and proclaim [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.263f,

Exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Word of God and human limitations

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

BH09775

Arabic

انا نسمع فی هذا الحین الندآء الذی ارتفع بین الارض و السماء کان المنادی

We hear in this moment the Call that hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven, as though a Herald [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.058c,

BRL_DA#466

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Word of God and human limitations

BH09294

100

mixed

ای قلم اعلی مالک اسما میفرماید تو از برای ندا خلق شدی امروز روزیست که باید

O Pen of the Most High! The Lord of Names proclaimeth: Thou wert created for proclamation. Today is the day whereon thou must [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.116a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God and human limitations

BH04654

200

Arabic

انا نرید ان نسقی من سمی بالیاس الرحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم و نریه ما سئله

We desire to give unto him who is named Elias to drink of the sealed wine in My Name, the Self-Subsisting, and show unto him that which he hath sought [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.184a,

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Moses; Word of God and human limitations

BH06926

140

mixed

امروز مشرق مطلع ظهور و مطلع مشرق وحی از افق سماء عنایت الهی ظاهر و باهر ولکن اهل ارض

In this day the Orient, Dawning-Place of the Manifestation and Rising-Point of Divine Revelation, hath appeared resplendent from the horizon of the heaven of God's bounty, yet the people of the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.237b, , BLIB_Or15715.096b,

AQA5#166 p.224

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God and human limitations

BH05294

180

Arabic

ان یا امام قد حض?? کتابک لدی وجه ربک مالک الانام و تشرف بلحاظ الله فی هذا

O Imam! Verily thy letter hath come into the presence of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, and hath been honored by the gaze of God in this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#002,

AQA5#029 p.034

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Word of God and human limitations

BH07752

130

Arabic

قد طلع الفجر و لاح القمر و الشمس تنادی الی الی یا ملا الارض تالله قد ظهر ما لا ظهر

The morn hath dawned, and the moon hath shone forth, and the sun proclaimeth: "Unto Me, unto Me, O peoples of the earth! By God, there hath appeared that which hath never appeared before." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.026a,

Belief and denial; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Word of God and human limitations

BH09544

100

Arabic

کتاب نزل من سماء مشیه الله و زین دیباجه بهذا الاسم الذی به حدث الاضطراب فی کل

The Book hath descended from the heaven of God's Will, adorned with this Name whereby all things were thrown into consternation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.149a,

ASAT2.116x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God and human limitations

BH02077

420

mixed

الحمد لله که فلک همت بر قطب بحر انقطاع رانده اید و بفیوضات ربانیه و عنایات

Praise be to God that ye have steered the firmament of high endeavor upon the pole of the ocean of detachment through divine bounties and heavenly grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.093, , BLIB_Or11096#031, , NLI.32p134r

ASAT5.037x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01248

670

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی هدانا و ایاکم الی صراطه المستقیم و علمنا ما یحفظنا عن الشیطان

Praise be to God Who hath guided us and you unto His straight path and hath taught us that which preserveth us from Satan [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.353,

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01782

500

mixed

مطالبیکه مرقوم فرموده بودند بساحت اقدس عرض شد جواب اینست که ارسال

That which thou didst write was presented unto the Most Holy Court, and the response is as follows [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.032x,

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06030

160

mixed

الیوم باید دوستان الهی بحکمت ناطق باشند و بما ینبغی ذاکر حق آگاه گواهست که

In this day the friends of God must speak with wisdom and make mention of that which is befitting. The All-Knowing beareth witness that [3.5s]

INBA23:179

BRL_DA#167, AVK3.117.13x, DRD.171, KHMI.065

Education of children; moral education; Methods of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Universality of the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00398

1720

mixed

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

حمدا لمن لایوصف بالمقال الذی لایقوم معه الرجال و الابطال و هو الظاهر فی یوم

Praise be unto Him Who cannot be described by utterance, before Whom no men or heroes can stand, Who is manifest in the Day [3.5s]... ...O Samandar! How many are the souls who with the utmost endeavour and effort, collect a handful of worldly goods and greatly rejoice in this act

INBA66:107x, BLIB_Or15727b.092, , BLIB_Or15732.208,

BRL_DA#255, AYBY.204, AQMJ2.106x, GHA.103bx, HQUQ.011x, AKHA_131BE #15 p.443x

BRL_ATBH#30x, COC#1145x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Law of Huququ'llah; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00278

2280

mixed

الحمد لله المقدس عن الذکر و الثناء و المتعالی عما یتکلم به اللسان و یتحرک

Praised be God, Who is sanctified beyond all mention and praise, and exalted above whatsoever the tongue may utter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#003,

AVK3.046.02x, AVK3.123.18x, AVK3.245.02x, AVK4.139.14x, TZH6.0593x, MAS8.160ax, AYI2.013x, AYI2.033x, ANDA#67-68 p.37x

Goodly deeds; actions; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat]

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]

BH03215

280

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که عالم را بکلمه علیا جذب

Praise befitteth the most sacred and exalted Sanctuary of the Desired One, Who hath drawn the world through His Supreme Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.266a, , BLIB_Or15711.053,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05039

190

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله اذ اتی بکتاب فیه فصلت کتب الله المهیمن

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who turned unto God when he came with a book wherein were set forth the Books of God, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.001a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01614

540

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من سماء الایقان انه هو مشرق آیاته

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come from the heaven of certitude is verily the Dawning-Place of His signs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.257,

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08145

120

mixed

Crisis and Victory

آنچه در عالم واقع شود از برای اولیای حق نور است و از برای اهل شقاق و نفاق

Whatsoever occurreth in the world of being is light for His loved ones and fire for the people of sedition and strife. Even if all the losses of the world were to be sustained by one of the friends

MSHR2.351x

BRL_CRISIS#47x, COC#0304x

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00576

1300

mixed

Consultation; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنقطه من الکتاب الاعظم علی اوراق العالم اذا ظهرت الکتب و

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed through a single Point from the Most Great Book upon the pages of the world when the Books appeared and [3.5s]... ...Members of the human race! Hold ye fast by the Cord which no man can sever. This will, indeed, profit you all the days of your life

BLIB_Or15715.097c,

BRL_DA#745, GWBP#164 p.220x, AVK4.460bx, MAS4.349ax

GWB#164x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.081x, GPB.183x, GPB.185x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.004x, PDC.136x, WOB.194x

LL#414

BH01514

570

mixed

حمد محبوب علی الاطلاق را که بفضل واسع و رحمت منبسطه احبای خود را بر حبش

Praise be to the Best-Beloved of all things, that through His abounding grace and plenteous mercies, He hath made His loved ones firm in their love of Him

BLIB_Or03116.096r, , BLIB_Or11096.174, , BLIB_Or15710.007b,

AVK4.477bx, LHKM1.180, MAS8.069x, MAS8.165x, PYB#134 p.03x, ANDA#56 p.03, YMM.299x

ADMS#301

Importance of community building; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05139

190

mixed

کلمات محکمه که بذکر رب الارباب مزین بود مشاهده شد و نسمات فردوس از آن

The mighty words, adorned with the mention of the Lord of Lords, were beheld, and from them wafted the breezes of Paradise [3.5s]

RSBB.150

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH09283

100

mixed

ای حسن کتابت لدی المظلوم حاضر و بلحاظ عنایت فائز انا نوصیک و کل احبائی بالاستقامه

O Hasan! Thy letter hath come before the Wronged One and hath been favoured with the glances of His loving-kindness. We counsel thee and all Our loved ones to steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.077a,

Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02520

350

Persian

انوار تجلیات شمس معانی از افق نورانی بصورت این کلمات مشرق و لائحست ای

The effulgent rays of the Sun of inner meanings have dawned from the luminous horizon in the form of these words [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.037c,

Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04622

200

mixed

الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی صراطه المستقیم ... امطار رحمت بشأنی در این ایام باریده که فی‌الحقیقه انسان

Praise be to God Who hath guided us unto His straight path... The rain of mercy hath descended in these days in such wise that verily man [3.5s]

MSHR3.093x, MSHR4.351x

Hypocrisy; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04031

230

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یشعرون انها لفصل الخطاب بین العباد طوبی لقوم

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses unto a people who perceive that they are the Decisive Word between His servants. Blessed are they [3.5s]

INBA19:414b, BLIB_Or11095#335, , NLAI_BH4.062.04-062.19

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00678

1130

mixed

روحی لحبکم الفداء و لخدمتکم الفدآء بعد از زیارت کتاب آنحضرت که فی الحقیقه مطلع سرور و مشرق ابتهاج بود لدی العرش

My spirit be a sacrifice for your love and a ransom for your service! After perusing your letter which was, in truth, the dawning-place of joy and the source of delight before the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH4.164-169

AQA7.195b

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

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]

BH02718

330

Arabic

یا حسن ان اشکر بما اریناک نار سدرتی و راینا اشتعالک فی حب الله رب العالمین

O Hasan! Give thanks for what We have shown thee of the fire of Our Lote-Tree, and We have witnessed thy burning ardor in the love of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.089, , BLIB_Or15715.302b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00400

1720

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی چندی قبل دستخط عالی که بجناب مخدوم مکرم حضرت اسم جود علیه منکل

O Beloved of My Heart! Some time ago, a noble missive inscribed with the exalted signature was dispatched to His Honor, the distinguished presence of the Name of Bounty, upon whom rest manifold blessings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.181,

MJAN.067, AYBY.211

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Limits of the intellect; Soul; spirit after death; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04362

210

mixed

اشراقات شمس افق وحی بصورت این کلمات ظاهر و مجلی جمیع احباب را بحکمت امر

The effulgent rays of the Sun of the horizon of Revelation have been made manifest in the form of these words, commanding all the beloved ones unto wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.036a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00892

910

mixed

اشهد ان بک زین کتاب المحبه بین البریه و طرز دیباج الموده لودک و خلوصک لله رب

I testify that through thee the Book of Love hath been adorned amidst all created things, and the brocade of affection hath been embellished through thy devotion and sincerity unto God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.296,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10697

Persian

یا حسین بکمال حکمت بخدمت قیام نما بسیار از نفوسند که باطنشان غیر ظاهر است

O Husayn! Arise to serve with consummate wisdom, for many are the souls whose inner reality differeth from their outer appearance [3.5s]

MAS8.103x, MAS8.055bx

Love of God; Outward and inward meanings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05365

180

mixed

در جمیع احیان قلم رحمن طائران هوای عرفان را بحکمت امر فرموده تا امری احداث

In all times hath the Pen of the Most Merciful wisely enjoined the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge, lest any matter should arise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.033b,

Exhortations and counsels; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

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]

BH11697

1000

mixed

الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه من کلماته العلیا و بها فصل بین العباد فی ناسوت الانشاء

Praise be unto God, Who hath spoken forth one Word from among His exalted Words, and thereby hath distinguished between His servants in the realm of creation [3.5s]

BRL_DA#525

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01601

540

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل النعمه و اظهر للبریه ما کان مستورا فی کتبه المنزله التی

Praise be unto God Who hath sent down His grace and revealed unto all creation that which lay hidden within His revealed Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#029,

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00844

970

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سر الخادم بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین نبذوا العالم و قاموا علی

Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened the servant through the fragrant breaths of the utterances of His chosen ones, who have cast aside the world and arisen [3.5s]

INBA08:490, INBA27:384, INBA22:168, BLIB_Or15732.272,

PYK.083

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

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]

BH07039

140

mixed

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزا که کلمه اش از برای مشرکین سیف

Praise and glorification befit the Lord of Names and Creator of heaven, Whose Word hath become as a sword unto them that have joined partners with God [3.5s]

AYI2.190x

Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07467

130

mixed

الحمد لله بعنایت سلطان وجود فائزید و ببحر فضل و جود ناظر دو امر لدی الله محبوب بوده

Praise be to God! Through the bounty of the Sovereign of existence ye have been blessed, and unto the ocean of grace and generosity ye gaze. Two matters are beloved in the sight of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.159d,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10933

mixed

یا سمندر علیک بهاء المظلوم انا قرئنا ما ارسلته الی اسمی مهدی علیه بهاء الله و

O Samandar! Upon thee be the Glory of the Wronged One. We have verily perused that which thou didst send unto Our name Mahdi, upon him be the Glory of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.205a,

MJAN.032a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01144

730

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الکنز المخزون و السر المکنون انه لهو الذی اذ اظهر ظهر ملکوت البیان

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested the Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Mystery. Verily, He is the One through Whose appearance was revealed the Kingdom of Utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.121, , BLIB_Or15732.302,

Belief and denial; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH09244

100

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندآء حبیبک فی هذا الحین الذی یبکی السموات و الارضین بما ورد

O Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy Beloved in this hour wherein the heavens and the earth weep by reason of what hath come to pass [3.5s]

INBA71:071

Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00189

2970

mixed

لله الحمد فرج الهی بعد از شدت رسید یا محبوب فوادی شدت وقتی بود که لامرالله در

Praise be unto God! Divine deliverance hath come after tribulation. O beloved of My heart! Grievous indeed was that time when the Cause of God [3.5s]

INBA19:379, INBA32:324, BLIB_Or15733.246x,

MAS4.021ax, MAS4.033bx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07891

130

mixed

یا اسم جود ذکر توجه من سمی بغلام حسین علیه بهائی را نمودی اگرچه حالت این ارض

O Ism-i-Júd! Thou didst make mention of him who is named Ghulám-Ḥusayn - upon him be My glory. Although the condition of this land [3.5s]

MJAN.032b

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01567

550

Arabic

الحمد لمن لا یعرف بالبیان و لا یوصف بالبرهان قد تنزه عن کل دلیل و حجه و تقدس

Praise be unto Him Who cannot be known through utterance nor described through proof, Who hath sanctified Himself above all evidence and testimony [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.320,

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God the cause of creation

BH05118

190

mixed

قلم ابهی ناظران افق اعلی را ذکر مینماید و میفرماید ای دوستان باید الیوم کل بعنایت

The Most Luminous Pen maketh mention of them that gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon, and saith: O friends! On this day must all, through His grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.153d,

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03058

290

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اعز عباده المخلصین بطراز الایقان و رفعهم بالحق و جعلهم من

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished His sincere servants with the ornament of certitude, and exalted them through truth, and numbered them among [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.261, , BLIB_Or15711.170,

Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08422

120

Arabic

کلما اراد الله انه یظهر بالحق و انه خیر لنا و للمقربین من عباده و انه لهو

Whensoever God willeth that He manifest Himself in truth, verily this is best for Us and for such of His servants as draw nigh unto Him, and He, verily, is [3.5s]

LHKM2.276

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08693

110

Arabic

انا زینا سماء الاحکام بنیر الحکمه لیتمسک بها کل عارف بصیر ان الذی نبذ الحکمه

We have adorned the heaven of ordinances with the luminary of wisdom, that all possessed of insight and discernment may hold fast unto it. Verily, he that casteth wisdom aside [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.056d,

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00243

2540

mixed

الحمد لنیر انار به افق العالم و قلوب الامم الذی به ظهر البحر الاعظم و تغرد

Praise be to the luminous Day-Star through Whom the horizon of the world and the hearts of the nations were illumined, through Whom the Most Great Ocean appeared and warbled forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.070bx, , BLIB_Or15717.167,

QT108.212-213x, TAH.218

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04495

210

mixed

قد یذکر القلم الاعلی من یذکر مولاه القدیم لیفرح بذکر الله علی شان لاتحزنه

The Supreme Pen maketh mention of him who remembereth his Ancient Lord, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of God in such wise that no sorrow shall touch him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#104,

House of Justice; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01368

630

mixed

یا سمندر قد حضر اسم الجود علیه بهائی و ذکرک لدی المظلوم و ذکرناک انه هو

O Samandar! The Name of Generosity hath appeared, upon Him rest My Glory. Thy mention hath reached the Wronged One, and We make mention of thee. He, verily, is [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.180, , BLIB_Or15715.082a,

MJAN.001, AYBY.055, RRT.134x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07212

140

Arabic

قد وصینا العباد بالحکمه لئلا یحدث ما تضطرب به افئده البریه و رفعنا حکم

We have enjoined wisdom upon Our servants, lest there occur that which would cause the hearts of creation to be perturbed, and We have lifted the decree [3.5s]

INBA15:267, INBA26:267

Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01609

540

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بیک قطره از بحر عرفانش جمیع آفرینش را خلعت وجود

Praise be unto the Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who through but a single drop from the ocean of His knowledge hath clothed all creation with the garment of existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#018,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03171

290

Persian

یا محمد قبل علی عرایض ارض خاء بتوسط جناب اسد بساحت اقدس فائز

O Muhammad-Qablí-'Alí! The petitions from the land of Khá reached the Most Holy Court through the intermediary of the honored Asad [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.115b,

FRH.073

Goodly deeds; actions; Praise and encouragement; The ephemeral and the eternal; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00042

6590

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل ما کان مکنونا فی سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه

Praise be to Him Who hath sent down that which lay concealed in the heaven of His will, and revealed that which was treasured within His knowledge [3.5s]... ...The Afnans arrived in Beirut. After some time they received permission to come in small groups. Finally, they entered the shelter of grace

INBA31:049x, INBA51:150x, BLIB_Or15701.116, , KB_620:143-144x

AQA6#221 p.086, ADM1#020 p.052x, LHKM2.176x, AYI1.265x, AYT.327x, LMA2.016x, ASAT2.098x

LTDT.051-052x, GEN.314.04x, ADMS#077

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07456

130

mixed

البهاء المشرق من سماء عنایتی علیک و علی ابنک الذی سمی باقا بزرگ

The splendor shining forth from the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon thy son who hath been named Áqá Buzurg [3.5s]

INBA84:221a.02

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05704

170

mixed

این مظلوم مسجون شهادت میدهد بوحدانیت حق جل جلاله و فردانیت او مبعوث فرمود رسل

This Wronged One, imprisoned, beareth witness to the oneness of God - glorified be His majesty - and His singleness, Who hath sent forth the Messengers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.032c,

Call to action; Effort; striving; Meditation; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10715

mixed

یا غلام قبل حسین ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و هو یذکرک و یامرک بالحکمه فی هذه

O Ghulam Qabl-Ḥusayn! Thou art remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and He maketh mention of thee and biddeth thee to wisdom in this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.251b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07990

130

mixed

یا یاری حضرت یار یکتا میفرماید جمیع عالم از برای عرفان مالک قدم و این نبا

O friend! The One True Beloved proclaimeth: The whole world hath been created for the recognition of the Ancient Lord and this Message [3.5s]

TAH.265

Compassion; kindness; Creation of the world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00228

2630

mixed

Family Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی سخر القلم و اظهر منه من البیان ما لایعلم الا من ایده الله

Praise be unto God Who hath made the Pen to be subservient and hath caused to flow therefrom such utterances as none can comprehend save those whom God hath aided [3.5s]... ...Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light… It is the bounden duty of parents to rear their children to be staunch in faith

BLIB_Or15704.068,

BRL_DA#763, COMP_FAMP#39x, COMP_WOMENP#036x, UAB.010cx, MSHR2.199x

BRL_ATBH#29x, BRL_ATBH#85x, BRL_FAM#39x, BRL_WOMEN#036x, COC#0561x, COC#0563x, COC#1135x, COC#2127x, LOG#0706x

Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00128

3800

mixed

Fire and Light

الحمد لله الذی ظهر بالحکمه و اظهر امره بالحکمه و امر الکل بالحکمه و جعل

Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself through wisdom, and revealed His Cause through wisdom, and commanded all through wisdom, and ordained [3.5s]... ...Nothing hath ever happened nor will happen without a cause or effect. Reflect a while and consider

INBA97:139x, BLIB_Or15732.103,

BRL_DA#781, ADM3#144x p.163, AVK3.015.16x, NANU_BH#06x, NNY.191-192x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.230x, TABN.027x, TABN.279x

BRL_FIRE_BH#04x

Call to action; Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nationalism; love of country; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat]

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]

BH04627

200

mixed

الیوم باید جمیع احبای الهی بمصلحت امر ناظر باشند و تفکر و تدبر در اموری

In this day all the beloved of God must fix their gaze upon that which is conducive to the welfare of His Cause and must ponder and reflect upon affairs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.117b,

MAS8.164ax

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Importance of community building; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05369

180

Arabic

ذکر عبدالله فی لوح قدس رفیعا لیستانس به فی ایامه و یقرئه فی کل صباح و عشیا

The remembrance of Abdullah in this sacred and exalted Tablet, that he may find solace therein throughout his days and recite it morn and eventide [3.5s]

INBA71:007b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00543

1360

mixed

الحمد لله الذی یعظم بعظمه خضعت لها عظمه العظماء و شوکه الکبرآء و قوه الاقویا

Praise be to God Who, through His grandeur, hath subdued the might of the mighty, the glory of the great ones, and the power of the powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.072, , BLIB_Or15711.007,

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Limits of the intellect; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00200

2850

Persian

حمد مقدس از اشارات و حروفات و دلالات و کلمات یومی را لایق و سزاست که در

Sanctified praise, beyond all signs, letters, intimations and words, befitteth the Day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.115,

Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03481

260

mixed

حمد مقصود عالمیان را که عباد خود را موفق فرمود بعرفانش و هدایت نمود بصراطش و

Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath enabled His servants to know Him and hath guided them unto His path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.269, , BLIB_Or15711.184,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01484

580

mixed

جوهر الحمد علی هیئه من العباد ینادی فی بریه الاشتیاق یا اله الغیب و الشهود و

The essence of praise appeareth in the form of servants who cry out in the wilderness of longing: "O Thou God of the unseen and the seen!" [3.5s]... ...In these days the stay in the True House of Haram-i-Athar (the Purest Wife), upon her be all glory and loftiness

INBA31:014, BLIB_Or11097#046,

MAS4.354cx

LTDT.048-049x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.007, LL#055

BH00978

840

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15727a.008b,

Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01831

480

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انطق الطور بانه لا اله الا هو اله موسی و هارون و انطق الصخره

Praise be to God Who caused the Mount to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the God of Moses and Aaron, and made the Rock to give utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.019,

Apocalyptic imagery; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00338

1950

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصود و سلطان وجودی را لایق و سزاست که از پرتو انوار آفتاب ظهور

All praise be unto the Intended One and the Sovereign of existence, Who through the radiant beams of the Sun of His Revelation [3.5s]

AQA6#242 p.145

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11908

The other matter is that, at thy previous request, three verses were revealed and sent specially for the gravestone of the illustrious exalted leaf, upon her rest the Most Glorious of the Glorious

AFNAN.117x

Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00822

990

Arabic

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

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

BLIB_Or15725.130,

BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax

GWB#149x

LL#361

BH05065

190

Arabic

سبحان الذی ینطق بالحق انه لهو المناد بین السموات و الارضین اذا ارتفع من شطره

Glorified be He Who speaketh the truth! Verily, He is the Herald between the heavens and the earth when His call is raised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#274,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; 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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03078

290

Persian

ای حبیبان بیائید آهی از دل برکشیم و ناری بر جانها زنیم

O beloved ones! Come, let us heave a sigh from the depths of our hearts and kindle a fire within our souls [3.5s]

AHB_122BE #03 p.128x

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as sun; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH00736

1060

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت ختم رحیق مختوم را گشود و بایادی

Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved, Who with the finger of might hath broken the seal of the choice wine, and with His hands [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#057,

UAB.026bx, ANDA#59 p.03x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Living waters; water of life; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11055

mixed

دوست حقیقی را تکبیر میرسانیم و بما ینبغی وصیت مینمائیم طوبی لنائم انتبه من

We send greetings to the True Friend and counsel as befitteth. Blessed is he that hath awakened from slumber [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.280d,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08170

120

Persian

حق جل جلاله عالم را بملوک که مظاهر قدرت اویند عطا فرمود و بجنود ظاهره مدائن

The True One, exalted be His glory, hath rendered the world unto the kings, who are the manifestations of His power, and unto the hosts that protect the cities [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.155, , OSAI_TC 27v,

MAS4.046bx

Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00584

1300

mixed

یا اسم الجود مکتوبیکه س م علیه بهائی و عنایتی بشما نوشته بودند در ساحت اقدس

O Ism-i-Júd! The letter which S.M. - upon whom be My glory and My favor - had addressed unto thee was received in the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

AYBY.050-054

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11367

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

PDC.181x

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

BH10074

mixed

یا حسین مظلوم آفاق خلق را بحق دعوت فرموده و باخلاق پسندیده امر نموده امروز

O Husayn! The Wronged One of the horizons hath summoned creation unto truth and enjoined upon them praiseworthy virtues this day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.119a,

Call to action; Contention and conflict; Exhortations and counsels; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01029

810

mixed

حمد مقصود عالم را که بنامه اولیا نشر ریاحین محبت میفرماید نزدیک مینماید وصل

Praise be unto the Desire of the world, Who, through the missives of His chosen ones, causeth the sweet-scented flowers of love to be diffused abroad and bringeth nigh the hour of union [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.169,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274

BH00017

8350

Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

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

S. Jaberi

Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#051

BH10662

Persian

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من علی الارض لیجذبهم الی الله المهیمن القیوم بگو یا اهل ارض

This is a Book from Our presence unto all who dwell upon the earth, that it may draw them unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O peoples of the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.075.21,

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06961

140

Arabic

انا انزلنا الکتاب و امرنا الکل فیه بالاستقامه و الامانه و الصداقه و بکل صفه

Verily, We have revealed the Book and have enjoined upon all therein steadfastness, trustworthiness, truthfulness and every virtuous quality [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.017b,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH00045

6410

mixed

Meetings, Bahá'í; Trustworthiness; Days of Remembrance; Family Life

یوم یوم ماب است و مالک رقاب بر عرش بیان مستوی و احزاب عالم را ندا میفرماید

This is the Day of Return and the Lord of all necks is established upon the Throne of Utterance and doth summon all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Another letter of thine, which made mention of the hallowed and blessed days of Riḍván, was received.... Blessed is the house that hath attained unto My tender mercy... We have enjoined upon all to become engaged in some trade or profession, and have accounted such occupation to be an act of worship

BLIB_Or15717.117, , BLIB_Or15724.159bx,

COMP_FAMP#82x, COMP_TRUSTP#34x, ADM3#072 p.088x, ADM3#073 p.089x, ADM3#074 p.090x, ADM3#075 p.090x, HDQI.149x, GHA.073ax, TSBT.274x, MAS7.128ax, MAS7.140ax, AYI2.036x, AYI2.075x, AYI2.078x, AYI2.295x, AYI2.296x, AYI2.297x, AYI2.298x, AYI2.299x, AYI2.300x, PYB#178 p.03x, ANDA#37 p.03x, YMM.160x, AMB#25x

BRL_MEET.BH#04x, BRL_FAM#82x, BRL_TRUST#33x, DOR#25x, COC#0822x, COC#2045x, JHT_S#026x, JHT_S#027x, JHT_S#050x, JHT_S#072x

almunajat.com [item 8-9]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11025

mixed

ای ذبیح قلب مخصوص ادراک عرفان رب الأرباب خلق شده او را بآلایش حب غیر میالای

O Dhabih! The heart hath been created expressly for the recognition of the Lord of Lords; defile it not with attachment to aught else [3.5s]

AYI2.378x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02134

410

Arabic

ان یا حبیب قد عرفت ما جری علیک و قضی علی وجهک و سمعت لحنات سرک و جزعات روحک

O My Beloved! I have recognized what hath befallen thee and what fate hath been decreed for thy countenance, and I have hearkened unto the secret melodies of thine inmost heart and the lamentations of thy spirit [3.5s]

INBA71:100

BRL_DA#633

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH10950

mixed

یا غلام رضا انسان را بمثابه سیف مشاهده نما تا در غلافست جوهر آن مستور و مکنون

O Ghulam-Rida! Behold thou man as a sword: whilst in its sheath its essence remaineth hidden and concealed [3.5s]

AQA7#373 p.063, PYB#114 p.03

Goodly deeds; actions; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

BH00233

2610

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15725.470, , NLAI_BH2.023

BRL_DA#558, YMM.284x

Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; 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; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08537

200

mixed

ملکوت حمد و شکر و جبروت ذکر و ثنا اولیای مالک اسما و فاطر سما … یا حاجی در بیت الهی که الیوم مطاف عالم است تفکر نما در اول ایام

The Kingdom of praise and thanksgiving, and the Realm of remembrance and glorification, belong to the chosen ones of the Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven... O pilgrim! Reflect thou upon the House of God, which in this Day is the Point of Adoration for all the world, in the beginning of days [3.5s]

ASAT2.108x, YIA.120ax

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02447

360

mixed

ای علی ندای رحمن را بگوش جان اصغا نما و بدوستان او برسان تا کل بانچه او خواسته است

O Ali! With the ear of thy spirit, hearken unto the Voice of the All-Merciful, and convey it unto His loved ones, that all may fulfill that which He desireth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.010c,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11795

150

Arabic

انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر ان یا طالب ان المطلوب

We make mention of him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. O seeker, verily the Sought One [3.5s]

BRL_DA#300

Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09322

100

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز رفیعا طوبی لمن طهر اذنیه لاصغاء کلمه

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the heaven of exalted glory. Blessed is he who hath purified his ears to hearken unto His Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.397a,

Idolatry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11202

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

DWN_v3#01 p.009x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH05482

180

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن آمن و عمل بما امر به فی الزبر و الالواح یا ملا الارض

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto them that have believed and acted in accordance with what hath been enjoined in the Sacred Books and Tablets, O peoples of the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.211,

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; 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; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08035

120

Arabic

ان استمع ندآء الله عن شطر الفردوس تالله من یسمعه مره واحده بسمع الفطره لیحیی

Hearken unto the Call of God from the precincts of Paradise! By God! Whosoever heareth it but once with the ear of his innate nature shall verily be quickened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.372a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH05795

170

mixed

عرف محبت الهی از مکتوبت متضوع لله الحمد بعنایتی فائز شدی که اکثر علمای ارض

The sweet fragrance of divine love wafteth from thy letter - praise be to God - thou hast attained unto a bounty which most of the learned ones of earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.186a,

Call to action; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH07479

130

mixed

امشب که شب سه شنبه نوزدهم ماه حقیقی است دستخط اسمین اعلیین باینفانی رسید و

Tonight, which is the eve of Tuesday, the nineteenth of the True Month, there hath reached this evanescent one a missive from the Most Exalted Names [3.5s]

AADA.140-141x

Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11639

190

Arabic

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

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

FRH.153

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

BH11918

270

Arabic

ان یا باقر قد سمعت ضجیج قلبک و صریخ فوادک و تزلزل سرک و تبلبل جسدک و اجبناک

O Baqir! I have heard the lamentation of your heart, the cry of your inner being, the trembling of your conscience and the agitation of your body, and We have answered you [3.5s]

BRL_DA#792

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04742

200

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ بانک لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن عرفان العرفا و

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I testify in this moment that from eternity Thou hast been sanctified above the realizations of the most sainted mystics

BLIB_Or15725.343b,

ADM2#071 p.131

JHT_S#070

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH05936

170

mixed

یا اسمعیل ندایت باصغای مالک اسما فائز و جواب از سماء مشیت الهی نازل

O Isma'il! Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Lord of Names, and the answer hath been sent down from the heaven of Divine Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.277b,

LHKM1.146

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09100

110

Arabic

یا اهل البهاء زینوا هیاکلکم بردآء الامانه و الادب و رؤوسکم باکلیل الصدق و

O peoples of Bahá! Adorn your temples with the garment of trustworthiness and seemly conduct, and your heads with the crown of truthfulness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.060a,

Chastisement and requital; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01291

660

mixed

لله الحمد اگرچه ظلمت اوهام علمای ارض یعنی نفوسیکه از حق غافلند عالم را

Praise be to God! Though the darkness of vain imaginings of the divines of the earth—those souls who remain heedless of the Truth—hath enveloped the world [3.5s]

AQA6#220 p.083

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08736

110

mixed

ای کنیز الهی انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بذکر محبوب متعال مشغول باشی ذکر حق

O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou be ever and eternally occupied with the remembrance of the Most Exalted Beloved [3.5s]

INBA65:230, INBA35:050b, BLIB_Or03116.081.01, , BLIB_Or11096#176, , BLIB_Or15710.019b,

ASAT1.049x, AHB_121BE #09 p.292

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH01103

760

mixed

مقصود اولیه حق جل جلاله از خلقت خلق ظهور عنایت و مرحمت و شفقت بوده تا کل

The primary purpose of God, exalted be His glory, in creating all created things hath been the manifestation of His grace, His mercy and His loving-kindness, that all might [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.010,

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02991

300

Persian

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و عبد حاضر تمام ان را عرض نمود طوبی از برای

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and the servant in attendance submitted it in its entirety. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.114,

Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08495

120

mixed

یا افنانی علیک بهائی امروز روز توحید حقیقی است و کلمه مبارکه لا اله الا هو

O Afnán! Upon thee be My Glory! This day is the Day of true unity, and the blessed Word: "There is no God but Him." [3.5s]

AYI2.346x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11874

601

mixed

یا رضا علیک بهاء الله مالک الاسماء قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم وجدنا منه عرف محبت الله

O Riḍá! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Names! Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s]

QUM.077-078

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH05224

190

Arabic

یا علی ول وجهک شطر الله المهیمن القیوم و قل یا الهی اشهد بما شهد به لسان

O Ali! Turn thy face toward God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, and say: O my God! I bear witness unto that which the Tongue hath testified [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.228, , BLIB_Or15718.020,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH11668

110

mixed

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

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

SFI21.015

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

BH01471

590

mixed

لله الحمد و المنه آفتاب محبت از افق اسکندریه مشرق و لائح و لئالی خلوص و خضوع

Praise and gratitude be unto God! The Sun of love hath risen and shineth forth from the horizon of Alexandria, and the pearls of sincerity and humility are manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.292,

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH06807

150

mixed

یا امتی لحاظ عنایت حق از شطر سجن بتو توجه نموده و بلسان عظمت ترا ندا مینماید

O My handmaiden! The glance of God's loving-kindness hath been directed towards thee from the Prison, and with the tongue of grandeur He calleth thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.351b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04934

200

mixed

یا ورقتی علیک بهائی و رحمتی امروز اوراق سدره منتهی بنغمات و الحانی مغرد که

O My leaf! Upon thee be My glory and My mercy. Today the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree are warbling with melodies and songs [3.5s]

INBA15:297, INBA26:299

PYK.222

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; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH07362

140

mixed

یا بائی علیک بهائی نصح الله را بشنو و اوامرش را اصغا نما و برسان بگو یا

O My Brother! Upon thee be My glory! Hearken unto God's counsels and give ear unto His commandments. Convey them, saying: O [3.5s]

AYI2.362

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH05160

190

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم ان لاتسلک الا سبیلی و

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Walk thou not except in My path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.365,

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06104

160

mixed

این کتابیست از مظلوم آفاق بیکی از دوستانش که از مقام خود هجرت نموده تا آنکه

This is a Book from the Wronged One of the horizons unto one of His friends who hath migrated from his station, that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.228a, , BLIB_Or15710.247b,

BRL_DA#007, SFI17.009

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

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

BH01200

690

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتب لهدایه عباده و خلقه و عرفهم سبیله و

Praise be unto God Who hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books for the guidance of His servants and His creation, and made known unto them His path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.190, , BLIB_Or15711.205, , BLIB_Or15736.027,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02580

340

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و خلق الرسل و ارسلهم الی العباد

Praise be unto God Who hath sent down the verses, manifested the clear proofs, created the Messengers and dispatched them unto His servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.123,

Muhammad; Islam; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014

BH11624

Lawh-i-Jazb

280

mixed

ای مشتاق عشق ناله از سر جان بکن تا در جان جانان موثر آید و گریه از چشم روح

O thou who yearnest for love! Raise thy plaintive cry from the depths of thy soul, that it may penetrate unto the spirit of the Beloved, and let tears flow from the eyes of the spirit [3.5s]

BYM.303x

S. Tirandaz, E. R. Seissan

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06477

150

mixed

ای کنیز حق انشاء الله بعنایت رحمن در جمیع احیان بذکرش مشغول باشی و بحبش مسرور

O handmaiden of God! God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful, mayest thou at all times be occupied with His remembrance and gladdened by His love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#150, , BLIB_Or15696.066d,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of the intellect; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11810

140

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه تنزیل من لدی الله رب العالمین

This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a revelation from God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BRL_DA#243

Call to action; Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00239

2560

mixed

ان الذین سافروا و هاجروا الی الله اولئک لهم اجر عظیم طوبی لاهل النون الذین

Verily they who have journeyed and migrated unto God, theirs shall be a mighty reward. Blessed be the people of Nún who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#245, , BLIB_Or15710.034,

TABN.327

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11755

250

Arabic

ذکر ورقه الهویة فی شاطی القدس علی اغصان سدرة الفردوس ان یا اهل العرش فاسمعون

The mention of the Divine Leaf upon the holy shore, amidst the branches of the Celestial Lote-Tree. O ye dwellers of the Throne, hearken ye [3.5s]

BRL_DA#172

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08122

120

mixed

ای دوستان ندای الهی را بلسان پارسی بشنوید که شاید بما اراده الله آگاه شوید و

O friends! Hearken unto the divine Call in the Persian tongue, that perchance ye may become aware of what God hath willed [3.5s]

INBA51:577

LHKM3.363b, AYI2.365

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

BH06461

150

mixed

انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بانوار هدایت منور باشی و بنار سدره ربانیه مشتعل

God willing, thou hast ever been and wilt ever remain illumined by the lights of guidance and enkindled with the fire of the divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#183,

AVK4.476cx

Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11678

230

Arabic

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

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

OSAI I.MMS,

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

BH06086

160

mixed

ای جواد ذکرت مذکور و ما انت علیه در مرآت علم الهی ظاهر و مشهود طوبی لک بما

O Javad! Thy mention is remembered, and that which thou art engaged in is manifest and visible in the mirror of divine knowledge. Blessed art thou inasmuch [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.230b,

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11649

160

mixed

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

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

FRH.020

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

BH09726

100

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

SW_v01#18 p.005

High station of learning; Murder; causing physical harm; Theft; seizing the properties of others; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00093

mixed

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

یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی نسمات الحب التی سرت من حدائق... اصلّی و اسلّم و اکبّر علی انجم سمآء عرفانک

O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! The breezes of love that wafted from the gardens [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about affection and reconciliation, in the case of Mirza .... This matter was mentioned in the Holy Presence. This is what the tongue of our All-Merciful Lord uttered in response… My blessings, my salutations, and my greetings to the Stars of the heaven of Thy proof and the Hands of Thy Cause

INBA08:461, INBA27:364, INBA22:175

BRL_DA#176, AVK3.010.08x, AYI2.235x, PYK.073, ANDA#74 p.04x, MYD.011-012x

BRL_ATBH#25x, COC#0528x, LOG#1080x, ADMS#137x

Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Several letters were sent to the Khurasan community.

BH02109

420

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اقبل و آمن بالله رب الارباب یا جمال الدین اسمع ندآء الله

The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath turned unto and believed in God, the Lord of Lords. O Jamálu'd-Dín, hearken thou unto the Call of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.125,

Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH00767

1030

mixed

Social Action

حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات نیر

Praise be unto Him Who is the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and the unseen, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification through a single effulgence from amongst the effulgences of His Light [3.5s]... ...It behoveth the loved ones of God to occupy themselves under all circumstances with that which is conducive to the edification of human souls... O Nasr! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Providence

BRL_DA#445, KHSK.098-101

BRL_SOCIAL#011x, CRADLE.042x

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10940

mixed

یا عبدالله از برای هر نفسی الیوم تهذیب و اخلاق لازم هر یک باید بکل ناظر باشند

O servant of God! In this day moral refinement and goodly character are essential for every soul. Each one must be watchful over all [3.5s]

AVK3.238.09x

Generosity [kirama]; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03017

920

mixed

لم یزل و لایزال هر نفسیکه منقطع شد از کل ما سوی الله و مقبل شد باو در هر

From time immemorial and unto everlasting time, whosoever hath detached himself from all else save God and turned with devotion unto Him in every [3.5s]... ...In short, the object of the hidden craft is this: From one thing the four elements should be separated

NLAI_BH2.181

MAS8.096x

REVS.173x

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09595

100

Arabic

هذا لوح من لدنا الی من اقر بالله فی یوم فیه کلت اللسان لیوقن انه یحب من اراده

This is a Tablet from Us unto him who acknowledged God on a Day when tongues were rendered weary, that he may be assured that He loveth whomsoever hath sought Him [3.5s]

INBA15:256a, INBA26:256a, INBA34:340a, BLIB_Or15707.218, , BLIB_Or15735.358b,

AQA1#230, HYK.358

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08108

120

mixed

ای امه الله انشاء الله از نار محبت الهی در این یوم روحانی برافروزی و بذکر و

O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou be enkindled by the fire of divine love on this spiritual day and through remembrance and [3.5s]

AYI2.363

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11038

120

mixed

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی دو نامه از جناب جواد علیه بهاء الله و عنایته ... ایشان از نفوسی هستند که در اول ایام بوجه الهی توجه نمودند

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My glory! Two letters have been received from His honor Javád, upon him rest the glory of God and His loving-kindness... He is among those souls who in the early days turned towards the countenance of God [3.5s]

ASAT3.057-058x, YIA.198-199x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02140

410

mixed

بعد از ذکر و ثنای محبوب عالمیان و درود بر انبیای عظام عرض میشود که مدتهاست

After the remembrance and praise of the Beloved of all worlds, and salutations upon the exalted Prophets, it is submitted that for some time [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.025,

Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03420

270

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

یا بدیع نوصیک بالصبر و السکون و الامانه التی کانت ودیعه الله بین خلقه طوبی

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor

BRL_DA#655, GWBP#130 p.182x, AHB_117BE #12 p.371

GWB#130x, ADJ.025x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, BSTW#401x

Joel in Real Life, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, D. Desimone

Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#069

BH10457

Persian

یا رحیم نامه ات در سجن اعظم بحضور فائز اینمظلوم

O Rahim! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of this Wronged One in the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.177d, , BLIB_Or15728.031a,

Exhortations and counsels; Love of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01118

750

mixed

یا ایها المقبل علیک بهاء الله و سلامه ندای مظلوم را از شطر سجن اعظم بشنو انه

O thou who hast turned towards God! Upon thee be the glory of God and His peace. Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One from the direction of the Most Great Prison. Verily [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.063,

AVK1.015.05x, AVK3.235.02x, AVK3.270.03x, AYI1.370x, AYI2.215x, AYI2.216x, AYI2.217x, AYI2.392x, PYB#115 p.03x

Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Reward and punishment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11393

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15696.158g,

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

BH00108

Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak

4040

Persian

Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví-yi Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One

Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak

ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب

You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred

INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14,

BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089

GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28

Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown

Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of God and the divine springtime but warning that it can only be perceived by those possessing a spiritual eye.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270

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

BH03965

240

O God, my God! Thou seest these wayward servants of Thine lost in the wilderness of error

SW_v14#03 p.082

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01243

680

mixed

یا علی علیک بهائی ذروه علیا و غایه قصوی و افق اعلی مقامیست که ام الکتاب ناطق

O 'Alí! Upon thee be My glory! The loftiest pinnacle, the ultimate goal, and the supreme horizon—such is the station whereof the Mother Book doth speak [3.5s]

AQA5#145 p.196

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10402

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

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

MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008

BH11835

119

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم لمن اراد ربه و حمل فی سبیله ما لاحمله السابقون

This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who seeketh his Lord and hath borne in His path what none before him did bear [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.068

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH07903

130

mixed

یا امتی حق جل جلاله مهربانست فضلش کلرا احاطه نموده و هم چنین علمش صدائی مرتفع

O My handmaiden! God, exalted be His glory, is All-Loving. His grace encompasseth all things, and likewise His knowledge hath raised up a mighty call [3.5s]

INBA18:302b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01853

480

mixed

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یکفی الذینهم آمنوا بالله المهیمن القیوم ان یا امه الله قد حضر

This is a Book that speaketh with truth, and therein lieth that which sufficeth them that have believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. O handmaiden of God! Thou art come [3.5s]

INBA71:092

BRL_DA#349, SFI18.012-013

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11768

210

mixed

یا قاسم جناب علی اکبر علیه بهائی در مراتب محبت و شفقت و عفو شما ذکری نمود

O Qásim! His honour 'Alí-Akbar—upon him be My glory—hath made mention of thy love, kindliness and forgiveness [3.5s]

TISH.396

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11913

100

Arabic

بشر فی نفسک لنفسک ثم اسرر لذاتک فی ذاتک ثم انقطع عن کل ما خلق من قبل و یخلق من

Rejoice in thine inmost soul and exult in the very essence of thy being, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in the past and all that shall be fashioned in the future

ADMS#304

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH00726

1070

mixed

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزا که راه درست نمود و راهنما فرستاد در هر مقام کنزی گذاشت

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Desired One, Who hath shown forth the straight path and sent forth a guide, placing in every station a treasure [3.5s]

INBA15:029, INBA26:028

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06002

170

mixed

یا ورقتی علیک بهائی ذکرت نزد مظلوم بوده و خواهد بود حزنت سبب حزن مالک قدم

O My Leaf! Upon thee be My glory! Thy remembrance hath been, and shall ever remain, before the Wronged One. Thy grief hath caused sorrow to the Ancient Lord [3.5s]

INBA23:080a, BLIB_Or15712.284,

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00211

2770

mixed

سبحانک یا من بندائک الاحلی اجتذب قلب العالم و من فوحات قمیص ذکر اسمک الابهی

Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who through Thy most sweet call hath drawn unto Thee the heart of the world, and through the fragrances of the garment of the mention of Thy Most Glorious Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#264x, , BLIB_Or15710.125x,

AYBY.162, ASAT1.184x, MSHR3.139x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00824

990

mixed

حمد خداوند یکتا را که ندایش بیهمتا و ذکرش بیهمتا و ظهورش بیهمتا یکتائی سزاوار

Praise be to the one incomparable Lord, Whose call is peerless, Whose mention is matchless, and Whose manifestation is without equal - His is a befitting oneness [3.5s]

INBA27:032

YMM.475x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01891

470

Arabic

یا ایها المتغمس فی الخلیج المنشعب من البحر الاعظم و الناظر الی الافق اللائح

O thou who art immersed in the gulf that brancheth from the Most Great Ocean and who gazeth upon the luminous horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:622, BLIB_Or11095#104,

LHKM3.117

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; 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

BH11677

400

mixed

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

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

OSAI I.MMS,

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

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

BH11325

Arabic

یا امه الله جئنا لزیارتک و اقبلنا الی رمسک و نسئل الله ان یرزقک فی کل حین ما

O handmaiden of God! We have come to visit thee and have drawn nigh unto thy resting-place, and We beseech God to bestow upon thee at all times that which [3.5s]

INBA65:094c, BLIB_Or15696.139f, , BLIB_Or15714.130c,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Visitation Tablets

BH02260

390

Arabic

النور المشرق من افق سماء العطاء و التجلی الظاهر الساطع من اراده الله فاطر السماء

The Light that dawneth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, and the manifest effulgence shining forth from the Will of God, Creator of the heavens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.107, , Majlis210461.088-090

QMSI2.815, ANB.317

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Visitation Tablets

BH05307

180

Arabic

انا ذکرناک مره بعد مره لتقوم علی خدمه مولیک رب الارباب طوبی للسان تکلم بذکره... اول نور اشرق و لاح من افق رحمة اللّه مالک الأنام

We have made mention of thee time and again, that thou mayest arise to serve thy Lord, the Master of all masters. Blessed is the tongue that speaketh His praise [3.5s]... ...The first Light that dawned forth and shone resplendent from the horizon of the mercy of God, the Lord of all mankind, and the first Spirit

BLIB_Or15730.157c, , Majlis210461.095x

MAS8.081bx, TSHA1.415x

ADMS#194x

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Visitation Tablets

BH10133

mixed

Social Action

طوبی از برای نفوسیکه بافق اعلی ناظرند و بامر مالک اسما عامل

Blessed are those who have fixed their gaze on the realm of glory and have followed the commandments of the Lord of Names. Blessed is he who in the days of God will engage in handicrafts

BRL_DA#214

BRL_SOCIAL#238x, COC#0001x

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BH00529

1410

Persian

حمد مقدس از ما عند الناس محبوبی را سزاست که جمیع عالم را بکلمه واحده خلق فرمود

Thou hast, by the grace of God and the limitless mercy of the Lord, attained to the greatest martyrdom, and this station surpasseth physical martyrdom

BLIB_Or15727b.203, , BLIB_Or15732.214,

BRL_DA#598

ADMS#241x

Chastisement and requital; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10234

Persian

جمیع عالم از برای عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده اند و چون امتحان الهی بمیان آمد

All the world hath been created to know the Ancient Lord, and when the divine test appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.152f,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universality of the Cause

BHU0015

200

Persian

الحمد لله که فائز شدی ... تو آمده که این مسجون منفی را ببینی

Praise be to God that thou hast attained! ... Thou has come to see a prisoner and an exile... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away

NQK.ی

BKOG.372-373, AELT.084 fn, COC#1578x, ADJ.037ax, GPB.194x, PDC.190-191x, SW_v02#05 p.009, SW_v03#01 p.003, SW_v05#08 p.113, SW_v12#05 p.103

The Badasht Project, L. Manifold

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nationalism; love of country; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

BH03808

240

mixed

آنچه در رتبه اولیه سبب نظام عالم و ترقی امم است صلح اکبر بوده و خواهد بود و

That which in the first instance hath been and shall ever remain the prime cause of the order of the world and the progress of nations is the Most Great Peace [3.5s]

INBA51:187, KB_620:180-181

LHKM3.276

Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

BH11456

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

SW_v10#05 p.091

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

BH06112

190

mixed

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

بعضی از احزاب عالم همت بر آن گماشته اند که بلسانهای مخصوصه خود تکلم نمایند و

Certain peoples of the world have endeavored to speak in their own particular languages, and they have deemed this effort to be the cause of their elevation and exaltation

BRL_DA#116, MAS8.116bx, PYB#249-250 p.03

BRL_ATBH#69, ADMS#211

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

BH00033

7090

mixed

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

الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما

Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages

INBA31:022

BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x

BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418

BH09495

100

Arabic

قد هاجر جمال القدم من ارض السر و کذلک قدر فی اللوح ان انتم من العارفین

The Ancient Beauty hath migrated from the Land of Mystery, even as was decreed in the Tablet, if ye be of them that understand [3.5s]

INBA73:069, NLAI_BH1.472b, NLAI_BH2.222b

SFI03.010b

Chastisement and requital; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

BH02839

310

mixed

Education of children; moral education; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

انا نشکو عن الذین تجاوزوا حدود الله و اوامره و اتبعوا اهوآئهم الا انهم من

We lament concerning those who have transgressed the bounds of God and His commandments and followed their own desires. Verily, they are among those who [3.5s]... ...Trustworthiness, wisdom and honesty are, of a truth, God's beauteous adornments for His creatures. These fair garments are a befitting vesture for every temple

INBA18:041, BLIB_Or15719.160c,

COMP_TRUSTP#26x, MAS8.163ax

BRL_TRUST#25x, COC#2037x

BH00733

1060

mixed

تعالی تعالی من رفع الفرق و وضع الاتفاق تباهی تباهی من اخذ الاختلاف و حکم

Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused discord to cease… This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord

BLIB_Or15717.130,

BRL_DA#390, COMP_WOMENP#002x, COMP_WOMENP#003x, UAB.038ax, UAB.038cx, MAS8.052x, AYI2.339x

BRL_WOMEN#002x, BRL_WOMEN#003x, COC#2093x, COC#2094x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Equality of men and women; Power of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00149

3510

mixed

یا حبذا نامه رسید و عرف محبت محبوب عالمیان از او متضوع هر حرفش دفتری بود و هر

O how excellent! The letter arrived, perfumed with the fragrance of love for the Beloved of all worlds. Each letter thereof was as a volume, and every [3.5s]

INBA15:409, INBA26:412

AYI2.233x, AYI2.350x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.300, LL#192

BH11190

mixed

یا مهدی علیک بهائی الیوم باید جناب سید مصطفی علیه بهائی

O Mihdi! Upon thee be My Glory! Today, His honor Seyyed Mustafa, upon him be My Glory [3.5s]

ASAT5.259x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01807

490

Persian

حمد مقدس از حروف و کلمات منزل آیات و مظهر بینات را لایق و سزاست که بکوثر

Sanctified praise, transcending all letters and words, befitteth Him Who is the Revealer of verses and the Manifestor of clear proofs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.252,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00472

Lawh-i-Ittihad

1530

mixed

Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity)

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا

The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving

BLIB_Or15738.055,

BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a

LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147

Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions.

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129

BH00758

1040

mixed

سبحان من خلق الخلق للارتقاء الی سماء عرفانه و امرهم بالاتحاد لاعلاء کلمته و

Glorified be He Who hath created all beings for their ascent unto the heaven of His knowledge and hath commanded them to unite for the exaltation of His Word [3.5s]

INBA15:166, INBA26:167

ADMS#254x

Consultation; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03711

250

mixed

نامه ات رسید و باصغاء مظلوم فائز لله الحمد عرف عرفان از او در هبوب و رائحه

Thy letter arrived and attained unto the hearing of this Wronged One. Praise be to God that the fragrance of divine knowledge wafteth therefrom and its sweet scent [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.119a,

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH05140

190

mixed

لحظات الطاف الهیه از مشرق آیات ربانیه بانجناب متوجه بوده و انشاء الله خواهد

The glances of Divine favors have been directed towards thee from the Dawning-Place of heavenly verses, and, God willing, shall continue thus [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.049b,

AADA.035

Call to action; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02602

340

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و فکر مالک اذکار و مظهر اسرار را لایق و سزاست که آیه نازل و

Praise, sanctified beyond all mention and thought, befitteth the Lord of Utterance and the Manifestation of Mysteries, Who hath caused the verse to be revealed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.005

High station of learning; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11723

400

mixed

حمد مالک اسماء و فاطر سماء را لایق و سزاست که بکلمهٴ علیا نطق فرمود فی الحین ماج

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Lord of Names and the Creator of Heaven, Who hath uttered the Most Exalted Word, whereupon arose the surging [3.5s]

BRL_DA#339

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Living waters; water of life; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02136

410

mixed

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر احباء الله فی ارض الطاء الذین مامنعتهم فی الله لومه

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of the loved ones of God in the Land of Ṭá, who were not deterred by the censure of critics [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.061b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH05583

180

Arabic

یا ایها المقبل الی مطلع الامر اسمع ندآء المظلوم من شطر السجن انه ما من اله الا

O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Dawning-Place of the Cause! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of the Prison. Verily, there is no God but [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.206b, , BLIB_Or15718.015a,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02962

300

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بین قلوب را بکلمه علیا الفت کامل بخشید و

Praise be unto Him, the Intended One, Who is worthy and befitting, Who hath bestowed perfect unity between hearts through His Most Exalted Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.258, , BLIB_Or15711.105,

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH07152

140

Arabic

طوبی لمن اصبح فارغا عن الاوهام و قائما لخدمه الانام انه من اهل هذا المنظر

Blessed is he who awaketh freed from vain imaginings and ariseth to serve mankind, for he, verily, is among those who behold this Vision [3.5s]

AQA7#494 p.329b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11745

290

mixed

الحمد لله الذی وفق اولیائه علی الاستقامه الکبری و ایدهم علی اعلاء الامر

Praise be unto God Who hath enabled His loved ones to attain supreme steadfastness and hath strengthened them to exalt His Cause [3.5s]

TISH.051-052

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH00794

1010

mixed

یا اثمار سدره ندای مالک بریه را از این بریه اصغا نمائید این همان صحرائیست

O fruits of the Divine Lote-Tree! Hearken from this wilderness unto the call of the Lord of all creation. This indeed is that wilderness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.061,

BRL_DA#484, SFI15.009-012, YFY.176-178

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Moses; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Role and station of women; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02232

400

mixed

هذا ذکر من لدی المذکور الی من ذکر ربه و کان من المقبلین و هاجر من دیاره شوقا

This is a remembrance from the Remembered One to him who hath remembered his Lord and was among those who turned unto Him, and who hath forsaken his homeland in longing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.120r, , BLIB_Or11096#046, , BLIB_Or15710.109,

Call to action; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH07588

130

mixed

جنت لسان ذکر رحمن است و جنت قلب حب او انشاء الله باید دوستان الهی که بافق

The paradise of the tongue is the mention of the All-Merciful, and the paradise of the heart is His love. The friends of God must, if God willeth, to the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.040b,

AYI2.370

Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH02996

300

mixed

قد اتی ربیع البیان و ظهرت آثار الرحمه و الکرم من نیسان عنایه الله رب العالمین

The springtime of utterance hath come, and the tokens of mercy and bounty have appeared from the April showers of God's grace, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.185,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04106

230

Arabic

یا ایها المذکور لدی الوجه اسمع ندائی انه یجذبک الی افقی و یویدک علی العمل

O thou who art mentioned before the Countenance! Hearken unto My call, for it draweth thee unto My horizon and aideth thee in thy deeds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.169,

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09332

100

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که ابواب عرفان را بظهور نیر اعظم بر اهل عالم باصبع

Praise befitteth and beseemeth the Best-Beloved, Who hath opened wide the gates of divine knowledge unto all the peoples of the world through the appearance of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s]

HDQI.035b

Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01812

490

mixed

سبحان الذی فضل الانسان بالبیان و جعله مطلع التبیان فی الامکان تعالی

Glorified be He Who hath favored man with the power of utterance and made him the dawning-place of understanding in the realm of creation. Exalted is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.219, , BLIB_Or15711.040,

MSHR2.293x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00961

860

mixed

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین

O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities

INBA19:144b, INBA32:133

BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x

BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x

BH09439

100

mixed

علت آفرینش ممکنات حب بوده چنانچه در حدیث مشهور مذکور است که میفرماید کنت کنز

The Cause of the creation of all contingent beings has been love, as it is mentioned in the famous tradition

BRL_DA#169, AVK3.239.09x, AHM.409, DRD.154, NFQ.004, MAS4.368, AKHA_134BE #17 p.659

BNE.075, SW_v07#10 p.100, SW_v08#10 p.126, JHT_B#013

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09808

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

BH07024

140

Persian

جمیع دوستان را باتحاد و اتفاق در اکثری از الواح امر نمودیم چه که از هیئت اجتماعیه

We have, in numerous Tablets, enjoined upon all the friends to achieve unity and harmony, for from social intercourse [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.050c,

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Contention and conflict; Language and the structure of reality; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01080

770

mixed

حمد خلاق عالم را سزا و رزاق امم را لایق که بحکمت بالغه هر کسی را عطائی بخشید

Praise befitteth the Creator of the worlds and is worthy of the Provider of nations, Who, through His consummate wisdom, hath bestowed upon every soul a gift [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.181,

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01485

580

mixed

جوهر ذکر و ثنا حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بکلمه مبارکه انی انا الله عالم را

The essence of remembrance and praise befitteth the Desired One, Who through His blessed Word "Verily, I am God" hath illumined the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.083,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04262

220

Persian

قلم اعلی وصیت میفرماید احبای خود را بدو امر اول حکمت تا بر احدی ضری واقع نشود

The Supreme Pen enjoineth upon Its loved ones two things: first, wisdom, that no harm may befall anyone [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.158a,

Call to action; Contention and conflict; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04405

210

mixed

انشاء الله بعنایت محبوب آفاق از ما سوی الله فارغ باشی و باو مشغول و در جمیع

God willing, by the grace of the Beloved of the horizons, mayest thou be free from all else save God, be wholly absorbed in Him, and in all [3.5s]

INBA18:382, BLIB_Or15719.154a,

PYK.041

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02815

320

mixed

یا عبدالله علیک سلام الله و رحمته لله الحمد امام وجه مظلوم مذکوری و بعنایت

O servant of God! Upon thee be the peace and mercy of God! Praise be to God that thou art remembered before the presence of the Wronged One and art encompassed by His grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.091,

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02835

310

Arabic

ان یا عبدالله قد حضر کتابک بین یدی ربک و توجه الیه طرف الالطاف انه لهو السامع المجیب

O Abdullah! Thy letter hath indeed been presented before thy Lord, and the glance of His favors hath been directed towards it. Verily, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Responding [3.5s]

LHKM2.197

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03930

240

mixed

یا اسمی مهدی علیک بهائی صورت مطالب جناب سید اسدالله را نوشته بودید امر اتحاد

O My name Mihdi! Upon thee be My glory! Thou didst write regarding the matters raised by Siyyid Asadu'lláh concerning unity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.166,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06970

140

mixed

انسان بمثابه معدن که دارای احجار کریمه است مشاهده میشود بتربیت جواهر اخلاق

Man is even as a mine rich in precious gems; through education can its treasures of character be revealed [3.5s]

ASAT2.196x, PYB#219 p.03

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02381

370

mixed

انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بخدمت غنی متعال مشغول باشید و از زلال کوثر بیزوالش

God willing, may you ever be and continue to be engaged in service to the Self-Sufficient, Most High, and drink from the pure waters of His imperishable Kawthar [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.119, , BLIB_Or11096#044,

BRL_DA#008, SFI13.043

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity in diversity; Unity of thought and belief

BH10163

170

mixed

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity of thought and belief

یا غلام قبل حسین مخصوص جمیع اسامی مذکوره در نامه آیات بدیعه منیعه نازل

O Ghulam Qabl-Ḥusayn! For all the names mentioned in the letter, have We caused to be sent down verses wondrous and sublime [3.5s]... ...This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace

BRL_DA#649, GWBP#004 p.012bx

GWB#004x, WOB.161x

Gus & Emma, C. Zein, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland (1), S. Sunderland (2), S. Scriven

LL#089

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]

BH00656

1160

mixed

ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من شطر القدس مقر ربک العلی الاعلی من هذا الجمال الابدع

Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the precincts of holiness, the seat of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, from this Most Wondrous Beauty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.167, , BLIB_Or15738.086,

RSBB.144

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11628

1950

Arabic

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

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

Berlin1237#06

NSS.136x

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

BH02948

300

mixed

ای دوستان در این ایام که شمس ظهور مشرق و وجه باقی لائح و بحر اعظم الهی در امواج و

O friends! In these days when the Sun of Manifestation is risen, and the Eternal Countenance is resplendent, and the Most Great Ocean of God surgeth with waves [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007d,

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity in diversity

BH02586

340

Arabic

ان یا ایها المتسافر الی رفرف البیان و المتصاعد الی ملکوت الایقان و الساکن فی فردوس

O thou who journeyest to the verdant meadows of utterance, who ascendest unto the kingdom of certitude, and who dwellest in paradise [3.5s]

INBA71:117, NLAI_BH1.310

ASAT4.155x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity

BH04190

220

mixed

چندیست که رایحه وفا از این طیر پرجفا بر آن ارض و دیار نوزیده و پیغام محبتی... للّه اکبر از اين رضوان که در اين ايّام

For some time now, the sweet fragrances of fidelity have not been wafted from this sorely-tried bird unto that land and region, and no message of love [3.5s]... ...Glory be to God for this paradise that hath been unlocked in these days, this unifying spread that hath been rolled out!

AYI1.118x, PYB#099 p.03

ADMS#157x

Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity in diversity

BH02157

410

mixed

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای دوستان حق مقصود از حمل این رزایای متواتره و بلایای

The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O friends of Truth! The purpose of bearing these successive tribulations and calamities [3.5s]

INBA81:161

DWNP_v6#02 p.004, QALAM.012

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00690

1120

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd)

Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity)

جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی

All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things

INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186

BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x

GWB#027x, JHT_B#015

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

LL#383

BH11250

Suriy-i-Dhabih 5

160

Arabic

Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih)

ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه

O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation.

BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x

GWB#049x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

LL#454

BH03969

230

mixed

الحمد لله از بحر عرفان حضرت رحمن آشامیدید و از آفتاب محبت یزدان قسمت و نصیب

Praise be to God! Ye have drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge of the All-Merciful and received your portion from the sun of God's love [3.5s]

INBA57:085, BLIB_Or15710.291, , BLIB_Or15719.097b,

AYI2.205x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH02002

440

mixed

ساذج حمد و جوهر ثنا ساحت قرب قدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع آفرینش

The pure essence of praise and the quintessence of laudation beseemeth the most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath brought forth all creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.224, , BLIB_Or15711.308,

Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH05836

170

Arabic

قد قدر لکل شیء غذآء من لدی الله المعطی المنعم الکریم قد قدر للعین نعمه

Unto all things hath been ordained sustenance from God, the Bestower, the Bountiful, the All-Generous. For the eye hath been ordained grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.062d,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH11413

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15696.158b,

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

BH08076

120

Arabic

انا ذکرنا الذین اقبلوا الی الوجه و تمسکوا بالعروه الوثقی و نذکرهم فیهذا السجن

Verily, We make mention of those who have turned unto the Countenance and held fast unto the Most Firm Handle, and We remember them in this Prison [3.5s]

INBA19:449b

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH09589

100

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا لقوم یفقهون انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر کل له

This is a Book from Our presence unto a people who understand. Verily, there is no God but Him - His is all creation and command; all are His [3.5s]

INBA51:117a, BLIB_Or15696.064a, , KB_620:110-110

LHKM2.152

Belief and denial; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH00423

Lawh-i-Haqqu'n-Nas

1650

Arabic

Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas; Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas)

Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People)

الحمد لله الذی وفی بما اوحی علی کافة انبیائه و رسله و بشر الکل بایامه و منها یوم

Praise be to God Who fulfilled what He revealed to all His Prophets and Messengers and gave to all the tidings of His days

MAS7.119, VUJUD.102x

BLO_PT#016, BLO_PT#162, VUJUDE.189x

Answers a question about the execution of justice in the next world as a result of actions in this world, explaining that everything in this physical world has a metaphorical counterpart in each of the divine worlds, which guarantees the settling of accounts, and giving three illustrative examples.

Goodly deeds; actions; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ROB3.286, ROB3.296-297, LL#356

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

BH11237

mixed

ای کنیز الهی ندایت اصغا شد و بفیض اعظم که عرفان مالک قدم است فائز گشتی

O handmaid of God! Thy call hath been heard, and thou hast attained unto the Most Great Bounty, which is the recognition of the Ancient Lord [3.5s]

INBA84:125b, INBA84:063b, INBA84:005b, BLIB_Or15730.019d,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience

BH07273

140

mixed

محبوب عالم در این سجن اعظم احبای خود را ذکر میفرماید تا از فضلش مسرور باشند

The Beloved of the world, within this Most Great Prison, maketh mention of His loved ones, that they may rejoice in His bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.149b,

Effort; striving; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Twin duties of recognition and obedience

BH05253

180

mixed

اسمت لدی الوجه مذکور لذا این کلمات منیعه بدیعه از افق الطاف مالک بریه لائح و

Thy name hath been mentioned before His countenance, wherefore these sublime and wondrous words have shone forth from the horizon of the favors of the Lord of creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.113.06, , BLIB_Or11096#094, , BLIB_Or15710.048,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03133

290

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الجبروت اذ کان مستویا علی عرش البیان فی ایام فیها نادی

This is a Book sent down by the Sovereign of Might, while He was seated upon the Throne of Utterance in days wherein He proclaimed [3.5s]

INBA18:386

Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04725

200

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بیوم الله و سمع الندآء و اجاب مولیه القدیم لیفرح فی نفسه و

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath triumphed on the Day of God, and heard the Call, and answered his Ancient Lord, that he may rejoice within himself [3.5s]

INBA23:240b, BLIB_Or15730.057c,

Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09307

100

Arabic

بارک الله لک ورودک و اقبالک و اشتعالک و یوصیک بالستر فیکل الاحوال کن متمسکا

Blessed be God for thy coming, thy receptivity and thy enkindlement. He counseleth thee to observe discretion in all circumstances. Be thou steadfast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.208a,

MJAN.006a, AYBY.057b

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH09822

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]

BH02877

310

mixed

عبد حاضر کتابت را نزد مظلوم قرائت نمود و باصغا فائز گشت و از کلمات و عباراتش

the servant in attendance read thy letter before the Wronged One and, attaining unto its hearing, was enraptured by its words and phrases [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.244, , BLIB_Or15738.194-196.02,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08341

120

Arabic

قد سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک الی الافق الاعلی و اجبناک بما تضوع به عرف الله

We have indeed hearkened unto thy call and beheld thy turning unto the Supreme Horizon, and We have answered thee with that which beareth the fragrance of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.150c, , NLAI_22848:365, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189ra, , MKI4522.365,

AQA2#046 p.203a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08804

110

Persian

ذکرت نزد مظهر ظهور مذکور و قلم اعلی متوجها الیک میفرماید ای عبد قدر این ایام را بدان و در

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Manifestation of Revelation, and the Supreme Pen, turning unto thee, proclaimeth: O servant! Know thou the value of these days and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007a,

AQA5#089 p.105

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07807

130

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن فضلا من عنده الی الذی اراد ان یشرب رحیق الحیوان فی هذا

The Book hath been sent down by the All-Merciful as a bounty from His presence unto him who desireth to quaff the choice wine of life eternal in this [3.5s]

AQA7#480 p.302, AKHA_119BE #07 p.a

Chastisement and requital; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06533

150

Arabic

ذکر کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالهدی و کان بالعروه الوثقی فی تلک الایام

The mention of the Book, from the servant unto him who hath believed in guidance and who hath held fast unto the Sure Handle in these days [3.5s]

INBA71:115

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00938

880

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی مدتیست از خامه تقدیر ظاهر شده ولکن در ارسالش تاخیر شد اینهم از

O Beloved of My heart! Long hath this flowed from the Pen of Destiny, yet in its sending was there delay. This, verily, is from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.054,

Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06788

680

mixed

Crisis and Victory; Fire and Light

یا ایها الطائف حول بحر عرفانی و الناظر الی نیر افق برهانی... اگر گاهی بمقتضای حکمت بالغهٴ الهی امری منافی ظاهر شود البته آن سبب ظهور نعمتهای ربانی

O thou who circlest round the ocean of My knowledge and gazeth upon the luminary in the horizon of My proof! [3.5s]... ...If, occasionally, in accordance with the exigencies of God's consummate wisdom, an untoward incident should befall the friends, it would undoubtedly serve as a means whereby divine gifts

BRL_DA#789, NANU_BH#15x, PYB#092-093 p.03x

BRL_CRISIS#46x, BRL_FIRE_BH#09, COC#0303x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08352

120

Arabic

قد فتح باب اللقاء و ینادی مطلع الاسما ان ادخلوا بقلوب نورآء یا اولی الابصار

The gate of meeting hath been opened, and the Dawning-Place of Names proclaimeth: Enter ye with radiant hearts, O ye who possess insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.148c,

Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09757

Arabic

ان یا امه الله ان استانس بالله و ذکره ثم انقطعی عما خلق فی السموات و الارضین

O handmaid of God! Commune intimately with God and His remembrance. Detach thyself from all that hath been created in the heavens and on the earth

AQA7#348 p.028a

ADMS#103

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for women; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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

BH07295

140

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی امه من اماء الله لتذکر ربها فی الغدو و الاصال ان یا

This is a Book from before the Most Glorious unto a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may remember her Lord at morn and eventide. O thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.301b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09499

100

Arabic

قل اللهم یا الهی انا الذی اقبلت الی کعبه عرفانک و حرم وصلک و لقائک معرضا عن

Say: O God, my God! I am the one who hath turned towards the Kaaba of Thy knowledge and the sanctuary of Thy reunion and Thy presence, turning away from all else [3.5s]

NFR.193

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05826

170

Persian

قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی المظلوم اجبتاک بهذا الکتاب المبین

Your book hath reached Our presence, and the servant standing before the Wronged One hath presented it. We respond unto thee through this manifest Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.198, , BLIB_Or15726.103a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03087

290

Arabic

تلک آیات اللوح نزلت بالحق لقوم یفقهون و فیه ما یشفی به صدور الذین هم آمنوا

These are the verses of the Tablet, sent down in truth for a people who comprehend, and therein lieth that which healeth the breasts of them that have believed [3.5s]

INBA71:037

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06133

160

mixed

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزا که عالم را بعدل تربیت فرمود و بانوار فضل بیاراست جودش

Praise be to the Desired One, Who is worthy and befitting, Who hath trained the world through justice and adorned it with the lights of His bounty [3.5s]

AYBY.102b

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03698

250

mixed

قلم اعلی میفرماید که آنچه از جمال قدم ظاهر شده حجت بوده بر کل من فی السموات

The Supreme Pen proclaimeth: Whatsoever hath been revealed from the Ancient Beauty hath been a testimony unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]

AQA5#022 p.026

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08826

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فصلت بین احبائک و اعدائک و به ظهر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst separate between Thy loved ones and Thine enemies, and through which was manifested [3.5s]

INBA48:199, INBA49:027, INBA49:220, BLIB_Or15739.338,

AQMJ1.061

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02493

360

mixed

یا احمد علیک بهائی و عنایتی امروز طور میبالد و فخر مینماید چه که بظهور مکلمش

O Ahmad! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! On this day doth Sinai exult and pride itself, inasmuch as it hath witnessed the advent of its Interlocutor [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.296, , BLIB_Or15699.122b,

Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07567

130

mixed

این یوم بدیع منیر در جمیع کتب الهی بیوم الله معروف و موسوم طوبی از برای

This wondrous, radiant Day hath been known and designated in all the divine Books as the Day of God. Blessed be they who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.036b,

Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02293

390

mixed

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الهدی و اعتصم بعصمه الله الملک

This is an epistle from the servant unto him who hath been guided by the lights of guidance and who hath taken hold of the protection of God, the King [3.5s]

INBA51:399

LHKM3.038

Call to action; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04630

200

mixed

امروز بحر غنا مواجست و سراج وهاج روشن و ظاهر این آن سراجیست که جمیع کتب

In this day the ocean of bounty is surging, and the luminous lamp shineth resplendent and manifest. This is that Lamp which all the Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.133a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Laws of marriage and dowry; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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

BH02327

380

mixed

حمد سلطان مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که نعمتش را بر جمیع من علی الارض از احزاب

Praise be to the omnipotent Sovereign, Who is worthy and befitting, Whose bounty hath encompassed all who dwell upon the earth from among the peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.277,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05701

170

mixed

ای ورقه انشاء الله از خلق منقطع و بحق متمسک باشی الیوم نسبتها مقطوعست چه که

O Leaf! God willing, mayest thou be detached from creation and hold fast unto the Truth. This Day all ties are severed, for [3.5s]

INBA18:066, BLIB_Or11096#114,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00384

1760

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety

INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011,

COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x

BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x

BH08781

110

mixed

دوست یکتا میفرماید الحمد لله بعنایت الهی فائز شدی و در هوای محبتش طائر در سنه

The One Friend proclaimeth: Praise be unto God! Through His divine grace thou hast attained, and in the atmosphere of His love thou art soaring [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.050b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05344

180

Arabic

تبارک الذی یذکر الخلق کیف یشاء ان الذی فاز بذکره و استقام علی امره انه فاز

Blessed is He Who remembereth the creation as He pleaseth. Verily, he who hath attained unto His remembrance and remained steadfast in His Cause hath attained unto victory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.003d,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05881

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عالم خبیر و یامر الکل بما هو خیر لهم طوبی لمن یتبع بما

This Book hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Informed, and biddeth all unto that which shall profit them. Blessed is he who followeth that which [3.5s]

INBA19:409a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02737

320

Arabic

ان یا امه الله اسمعی ندآء الله من هذه الشجره المنبته علی ارض القدس هذا المقر الذی

O handmaid of God! Hearken unto the Call of God from this Tree that hath been implanted upon the hallowed ground, this sanctified Spot which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.596, , ALIB.folder18p445

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Importance of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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

BH06896

150

mixed

یوصی المظلوم احبائه بالصبر و الاصطبار و بالسکون و الوقار انا فوضنا الامور الی

The Wronged One counselleth His loved ones to patience and steadfastness, and to tranquility and dignity. We have indeed entrusted all affairs unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.115b,

Chastisement and requital; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11671

mixed

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

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

NSS.203bx

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

BH07545

130

mixed

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

ای اهل بها بشنوید وصیت قلم اعلی را از اراده خود بگذرید و باراده او ناظر باشید

O people of Bahá! Hearken unto the testament of the Most Exalted Pen. Forsake your own will and fix your gaze upon His Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.262a,

BRL_DA#024, SFI11.021, NFQ.010, AKHA_116BE #09 p.268

BRL_ATBH#40

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07635

130

mixed

ذکرت مکرر لدی المظلوم مذکور و در هر کره بذکر حق فائز شدی این ذکر از نعمتهای

Thou hast been repeatedly remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and in each instance hast thou attained unto the remembrance of God. This mention is among the bounties [3.5s]

AQA7#450 p.269

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01770

500

mixed

روحی لاستقامتک الفداء قد تشرف الخادم الفانی بزیاره کتابکم الشریف و خطابکم

My spirit be sacrificed for thy steadfastness! This evanescent servant hath been honored with the receipt of thy noble letter and epistle [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.026rx,

Critique of Western values; culture; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; True liberty; freedom; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10229

Persian

بگو یا حزب الله و احزاب مختلفه عالم بر نصرت قیام نمائید و عالم محبت و وداد

Say: O Party of God and diverse parties of the world! Arise ye to render assistance and create a realm of love and fellowship [3.5s]

AVK3.217.17x

Call to action; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; True liberty; freedom; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06448

150

mixed

انا اجبناک و ذکرناک مره بعد مره اذا نذکرک تاره اخری لتکون مطمئنا بعنایه الله

We have answered thee and made mention of thee time and time again. Thus do We mention thee once more, that thou mayest be assured of God's grace [3.5s]

INBA18:057, BLIB_Or15710.200a, , BLIB_Or15719.169a,

Praise and encouragement; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

BH02309

380

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق الذرات علی انه لا اله الا هو مالک ملکوت الأسمآء و الصفات

Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and caused the atoms to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Lord of the Kingdom of names and attributes [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.118,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH02173

410

mixed

یا اسمی علیک بهائی و عنایتی این ایام از هر شطری عرایض و مراسلات رسیده از

O My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. In these days, from every quarter have petitions and letters arrived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.047,

Consolation and comfort; Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02592

340

mixed

O My handmaid! Concern not thyself with that which is outwardly apparent…"

ای کنیز من از ظاهر بگذر و بباطن ناظر باش جمال احبای الهی را بچشم حق مشاهده

O My handmaid! Concern not thyself with that which is outwardly apparent; fix thy gaze, rather, upon that which lieth within. Look thou upon the beauty of God’s loved ones

MAS8.035x, ANDA#64 p.39

ADMS#025

Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09575

100

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و نفحات محبتت استشمام گشت ان ربک لهو السمیع البصیر باید بکمال

Thy call hath been heard, and the fragrances of thy love have been inhaled. Verily thy Lord, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Thou must with utmost [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.065b,

AVK3.400.03x

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02660

340

Arabic

ینادی قلم الاعلی من فی الارض و السما ان لاتعبدوا الا الله المقتدر العلی

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell on earth and in heaven: Worship none save God, the Almighty, the Most High [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.234,

Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03963

240

mixed

یا ورقه سدرتی و الطائفه حولی و الطائره فی هوآء رحمتی و الشاربه کاس عطائی و

O Leaf of My Lote-Tree, thou that circlest round about Me, that soarest in the atmosphere of My mercy, and that drinkest of the chalice of My bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.012,

Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02461

360

mixed

سبحان الله آنچه در عالم وجود موجود صاحبان بصر حین ملاحظه آثار فنا از آن

Glory be unto God! They who are endowed with insight, upon beholding the signs of mortality in whatsoever existeth in the realm of being, do turn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.219a,

AYBY.130b, BSHN.033, MHT2b.055x, AKHA_111BE #06-08 p.002

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH05000

190

mixed

ای علی انشاء الله بعنایت رحمانی لم یزل و لایزال در ظل سدره الهیه ساکن باشید و

O Ali! God willing, mayest thou, through the grace of the All-Merciful, dwell now and forever beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA19:407b, BLIB_Or11096#101, , BLIB_Or15710.075,

AYI2.262x

Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04368

210

mixed

الحمد لله الذی رفع افنانه بجوده و فضله الی مقام سوف ینطق لسان الامم فی العالم

Praise be to God Who hath, through His bounty and grace, raised up His branches unto a station whereat the tongues of nations throughout the world shall speak forth [3.5s]

INBA51:517

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08022

120

mixed

امروز بحر فضل مواج و آفتاب حقیقت از افق سماء عنایت مشرق و لائح طوبی از برای

In this day the ocean of grace is surging, and the Sun of Truth hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, blessed are they who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.070,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04377

210

Persian

امروز پیک معنوی از حدیقه معانی این کلمه آورد من فاز بالصبر و الاصطبار فی موارد

In this day the spiritual herald hath brought forth from the garden of inner meanings these words: "Whoso hath attained unto patience and steadfastness in all matters..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.201,

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10440

Arabic

یا حبیب یذکرک المحبوب و انه لهو المظلوم الذی سجن فی سبیل الله المهیمن القیوم

O Friend! The Best-Beloved maketh mention of thee, and verily He is the Wronged One Who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.107d,

AQA7#440 p.257

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08325

120

Arabic

قد بعثنا کتابا لدی العرش باسمک و قرئناه و اجبناک بهذا الکتاب المبین ان ربک

We have dispatched a Book from before the Throne bearing thy name, and We have read it, and have responded unto thee through this Most Manifest Book. Verily thy Lord [3.5s]

INBA15:286a, INBA26:287c

PYK.036

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH04397

210

mixed

ان یا قلمی الاعلی ان اذکر من طار الی سدره المنتهی و فاز بما کان مسطورا فی

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath soared unto the Divine Lote-Tree and attained that which was inscribed therein [3.5s]

KHAF.057

Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01403

Lawh-i-Salman II

610

mixed

Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán)

Lawh-i-Salman II (Tablet to Salman II)

ای سلمان در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضایای الهی راضی باش ملاحظه کن که این

O Salmán! Follow thou in all things the example of the One true God, and be content with whatsoever He ordaineth.

BLIB_Or11096#022, , BLIB_Or15710.001, , NLAI_BH2.208

BRL_DA#128, AVK1.135.12x, MJMM.124, BSHN.032x, MHT2b.060x, DRD.036, MAS4.167x, ASAT1.209x, ASAT4.315x, OOL.B077

PDC.115-116x, WIND#180, HURQ.BH56

Emphasizes the fleeting nature of this world, that those who remain occupied with it are heedless of this truth, and that one of the signs of the maturity of the world is that none will be found to bear the burden of kingship and its earthly cares.

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.025, ROB3.157, MMAH.188, GSH.179, LL#233

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

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

BH02234

400

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدی العبد الی الذی سافر الی الله و کان من المهاجرین فی اللوح

This is a Book from the Servant unto him who hath journeyed unto God and was numbered among the emigrants in the Tablet [3.5s]

INBA23:001b, BLIB_Or15725.101,

BRL_DA#019, SFI19.014-015, YFY.078-079

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01861

470

mixed

الحمد لله الذی کان فی ازل الازال و یکون بمثل ما قد کان لا اله الا هو الغنی

Praise be to God, Who was in the eternity of eternities and shall ever be as He hath been. There is none other God but Him, the Self-Sufficient [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.176,

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

BH07518

130

Arabic

انا خرجنا من ارض السجن قبل ایام الهاء و مارجعنا الیها الا قبل العید بیوم

We departed from the Land of the Prison ere the Days of Há, and returned not unto it save one day before the Festival [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.008b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.049,

Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05655

170

Arabic

امتی امتی ینادیک لسان رحمتی من شطر سجنی و یخاطبک ملکوت بیانی من مقر عرشی

O My handmaiden, O My handmaiden! The tongue of My mercy calleth thee from the direction of My prison, and the kingdom of Mine utterance addresseth thee from the seat of My throne [3.5s]

INBA19:055b, INBA32:052b

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11495

140

Arabic

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

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

NLAI_BH1.051a

MAS4.022ax

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

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

BH09999

Arabic

لعمر الله من یسمع ذکری ینوح بما ورد علی من الذین کفروا بکتب الله و رسله فی

By the life of God! Whosoever heareth mention of Me shall surely lament the tribulations that have befallen Me at the hands of those who have denied the Books of God and His Messengers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.022b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.085a,

Hypocrisy; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00865

940

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما انزله و وفی بما وعد به فی کتب القبل بحیث نشر آیاته و

Praise be unto Him Who hath manifested that which He revealed and fulfilled that which He promised in the Books of old, whereby His verses have been spread abroad [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.242,

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06098

160

mixed

ای کنیز خدا انشاء الله لازال در ظل سدره الهیه ساکن باشی و از اثمار آن که معرفت جمال

O handmaiden of God! May thou forever abide beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree and partake of its fruits, which are the knowledge of the Beauty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#140,

Love of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06465

150

mixed

ای امه الله مالک قدم از شطر سجن اعظم در کل احیان اهل امکان را بفردوس ابهی

O handmaiden of God! The Ancient Sovereign doth, from the direction of the Most Great Prison, at all times summon them that dwell in the realm of possibility unto the All-Glorious Paradise [3.5s]

INBA23:231a, BLIB_Or15710.150, , BLIB_Or15719.024a,

AYI2.043, QUM.023

Equality of men and women; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Importance of prayer; Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01263

670

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن تشرف بلقا الله و فاز بندائه الاحلی و حضر لدی العرش

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained the presence of God and hearkened unto His most sweet call and stood before the Throne [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.085b,

RSBB.172b

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08670

110

Arabic

ان یا امتی لاتحزنی عما ورد علینا انا قد قضینا ما ظهر فی الالواح ان ربک علی کل

O My handmaiden! Be thou not grieved at what hath befallen Us. Verily, We have ordained whatsoever hath appeared in the Tablets. Indeed, thy Lord is over all [3.5s]

INBA73:080, NLAI_BH1.483, NLAI_BH2.230a

Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03376

270

mixed

کتاب انزلناه لمن اقبل و فاز بایام ربه و شهد الباساء و الضرآء فی سبیل الله

This is a Book We have sent down unto him who hath turned towards Us and attained unto the days of his Lord, and who hath witnessed tribulation and adversity in the path of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.242c,

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God and human limitations

BH09909

mixed

عریضه ات در سجن اعظم بانوار وجه مالک قدم مزین شد و مدح و ثنای مالک اسما از آن

Thy petition was adorned, in the Most Great Prison, with the lights of the countenance of the Ancient Lord, and from it arose the praise and glorification of the Lord of Names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.057b,

YBN.010b

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03006

300

mixed

قلم اعلی در کل احیان بذکر مالک اسماء مشغول و سدره الهیه در کل اوان بندای انی

The Supreme Pen hath at all times been occupied with the remembrance of the Lord of Names, and the Divine Lote-Tree hath, in every moment, been raised in the call of "Verily I am" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.195, , BLIB_Or15719.064a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03344

270

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الملکوت اذ اقبل الی الافق الاعلی و سمع ندآء ربه الابهی

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of the Kingdom when he turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and heard the call of his Lord, the Most Glorious [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.025a,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06943

140

Arabic

ان یا امائی قد خلقتن للعصمه تمسکن بها بامری المتعالی علی الاشیا و انا الغفور

O My handmaidens! Verily, ye have been created for purity; hold ye fast unto it through My command that transcendeth all things, and I am the All-Forgiving [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.066a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH03719

250

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بایام الله العزیز الحمید ان یا محمد قد ظهر الفرد

This is a Book from Us unto him who hath attained unto the days of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. O Muhammad! Verily the Peerless One hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#190,

AQA6#202 p.034

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00250

2510

mixed

در این حین روحا که سما فضل مرفوع و شمس عنایت و الطاف از افق

In this moment, when the heaven of grace hath been uplifted and the sun of loving-kindness and favors [from the horizon] [3.5s]

INBA08:496

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11756

250

mixed

قد اشرق نیر البشاره بما اتصلت الافنان بالسدره المبارکه و فی ذکر الشجره

The Luminary of glad-tidings hath verily dawned, inasmuch as the branches have been united with the blessed Lote-Tree, and in remembrance of the Tree [3.5s]

TISH.023-024

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00801

1000

mixed

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالقدره و تفرد بالعزه و العظمه الذی شهدت الاشیاء بعلوه و

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His power, attained unto unity, and Who, in His might and grandeur, standeth alone, He unto Whose exaltation all created things bear witness [3.5s]... ...In connection with the demands for payment of which thou hast written in thy letter, it is manifestly clear that anyone who hath the ability to settle his debts

BLIB_Or15697.015c,

COMP_TRUSTP#36x, ADM2#076 p.142x

BRL_TRUST#35x, COC#2047x

BH04351

220

Persian

یا محمد قبل حسین در غفلت عباد تفکر نما از برای دو روزه عمر و زندگانی فراهم میآورند

O Muhammad-Qablí-Husayn! Ponder thou upon the heedlessness of men. For a fleeting life of two days' span do they make provision [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.079,

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04523

210

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اقبل الی الله و فاز باصغاء ندآئه اذ ارتفع من منظره المشرق

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards God and attained unto the hearing of His call when it was raised from His luminous horizon [3.5s]

AQA6#209 p.039, FRH.060-061

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01586

550

Arabic

فسبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض اقرب من آن و هذا ما قدر بامره ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth in less than a moment, this being that which was ordained by His command, did ye but know [3.5s]

INBA23:200, NLAI_BH2.294

BRL_DA#315, AQA6#249 p.233, YMM.470x

Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03115

290

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الکبریاء و له القدره و القوه و الاستعلاء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the grandeur and the majesty, His the might and the power and the transcendent dominion [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.060f,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04001

230

mixed

آنچه از مشرق امر الهی اشراق فرمود که این عبد معروض دارد این است اولا آنکه حرف

That which hath shone forth from the Dayspring of God's Command, which this servant must needs set forth, is this: First, that the letter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#120, , BLIB_Or15710.015,

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06217

160

Arabic

علیک سلامی و رحمتی و عنایتی انشاء الله بذکر حق مشغول باشی و بخدمتش قائم

Upon thee be My salutations, My mercy and My loving-kindness! God willing, mayest thou be occupied with the remembrance of the True One and stand firm in His service [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.305b,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11539

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

LTDT.271x

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

BH07310

140

mixed

یا ابا طالب باینکلمه مبارکه که بمثابه اکلیل است از برای راس عرفان ناظر باش ضع

O Abu-Tálib! Fix thine eye upon this blessed Word which is even as a crown upon the head of mystic knowledge [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.084c,

Call to action; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00783

1020

Arabic

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

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

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

BRL_DA#251, LHKM3.008

Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God the cause of creation

BH03303

280

mixed

یا محمد قبل ابراهیم انشاء الله بعنایت حق جل جلاله فائز باشی جمیع عالم از

O Muhammad-Qabli-Ibrahim! God willing, mayest thou be the recipient of the grace of the True One, exalted be His majesty. The entire world [3.5s]

ABDA.268

Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154

BH09058

110

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی التی آمنت بربها لیجتذبها نغمات ربها مره اخری من هذا

This is a Book from Our presence unto her who hath believed in her Lord, that the melodies of her Lord may draw her once again unto Him from this station [3.5s]

INBA73:074b, NLAI_BH1.478a, NLAI_BH2.226a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for women; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05050

190

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم الذی اختار البلایا فی سبیل الله المهیمن القیوم انه هاجر فی

The remembrance from Him Who was wronged, Who hath chosen tribulations in the path of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He migrated [3.5s]

INBA18:215b, BLIB_Or15730.047b,

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05916

170

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی توجه الی السدره الحمرآء لیسمع ندائها الاحلی

This is an Epistle from the Wronged One to him who hath turned towards the Crimson Tree, that he may hearken unto its most sweet call [3.5s]

INBA51:478

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00768

130

mixed

الها کریما رحیما بتو توجّه نموده‌ام و بحبل عنایتت متمسّکم و بذیل کرمت متشبّث

My God, the Most Generous, the Most Compassionate! I have turned my face unto Thee, holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness

INBA30:106

AHM.362, AQMJ1.171, ADH1.093

ADMS#072

Prayer for forgiveness; Purpose; goal of creation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05926

170

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه یسمع من حفیف سدرتی المنتهی قد اتی الوعد و ظهر مالک الاسماء و من

This is the Day wherein from the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree is heard: "The Promise hath been fulfilled, and He Who is the Lord of Names hath appeared." [3.5s]

INBA44:093a

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01705

520

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذین نبذوا العالم و اخذوا ما اتی به الاسم الاعظم فیهذا

This is a Book from Our presence unto those who have cast aside the world and taken what the Most Great Name hath brought forth herein [3.5s]

INBA19:021b, INBA32:021b, INBA97:068, BLIB_Or15710.286b, , BLIB_Or15719.096,

NNY.179-181

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06170

160

Arabic

ذکری عبد الله لیسر فی نفسه و یذکر الله فی البکور و الاشراق و یستقیم علی شان

A remembrance unto Abdullah, that he may find solace in his soul and make mention of God at dawn and at eventide, and stand steadfast in such wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.324,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03877

240

Arabic

قد شهدت کتب الله لهذا المظلوم الذی قبل الباساء و الضرآء فی سبیل الله رب العالمین

The books of God have borne witness unto this Wronged One, Who hath accepted tribulation and affliction in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.161, , BLIB_Or15715.298c,

FRH.154-155

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00283

2220

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالکبریاء و توحد بالاسم الذی جعله سلطان الاسماء قد خلق

Praise be unto Him Who is peerless in His grandeur and single in His Name, which He hath made the Sovereign of all names [3.5s]

INBA08:380, INBA19:353, INBA32:303, BLIB_Or15727a.100x, , BLIB_Or15732.186,

HDQI.050b, MAS4.122x, MAS8.018ax, TSAY.469-471x, TAH.186x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH02412

370

Persian

قلم اعلى دوستان خود را بکمال عنایت و شفقت ذکر میفرماید

The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of His friends with utmost grace and loving-kindness [3.5s]

INBA45:205

Goodly deeds; actions; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH08062

120

Arabic

ان یا عبد کن امینا فی امانه ربک و هی حب الله و حب اصفیائه و لاتمنع نفسک عن

O servant! Be thou faithful to the trust of thy Lord - which is the love of God and the love of His chosen ones - and withhold not thyself [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.068r, , OSAI I.MMS,

Development of capacity and readiness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01790

500

Arabic

یا افنانی انا نذکر ما ورد علیکم من الاحزان فی ایام الرحمن و نعزیکم بایات الله

O My Afnán! We make mention of the tribulations that have befallen you in the days of the All-Merciful, and console you through the verses of God [3.5s]

AQA7#490 p.321, ASAT5.093x

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04290

220

Arabic

نور من لدنا الی من فی العالم و انه علی هیئه الکتاب تعالی الوهاب الذی ارسله

A light from Our presence unto those who are in the world, and verily it is in the form of the Book. Exalted is the All-Bountiful Who hath sent it forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.006,

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01367

630

Arabic

یا ایها الخلیل لعمر الله قد رجع حدیث الذبح و ما هو المستور فی علم الله رب

O Friend! By the life of God, the tale of sacrifice hath returned, and that which lay hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord [3.5s]

INBA97:001x, BLIB_Or15697.186,

NNY.154-157x, NNY.164-166, MAS8.106bx

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH06557

150

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه لمن فی العالم و انطقه بما هو المسطور فی لوح حفیظ انه

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself unto all who are in the world and caused it to speak forth that which is inscribed in a guarded Tablet. Verily He [3.5s]

INBA51:090, KB_620:083-084

LHKM2.147

Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00654

1170

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم لیقرب الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم قد ظهر ما کان مخزونا

This is a Book revealed by this Wronged-One that all may draw nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there hath appeared that which was treasured in the knowledge of God

INBA51:471

BRL_DA#449, LHKM3.238

GEN.113-117

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11747

286

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی العبد الی التی آمنت بالله ربها و کانت من القانتات فی ام الکتاب

This is an epistle from the servant unto her who hath believed in God, her Lord, and hath been numbered among the devout in the Mother Book [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.249

Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06411

150

mixed

الحمد لله آفتاب عنایت الهی از افق کرم مشرق و طالع و بحر فضل در این یوم مبارک ظاهر

Praise be to God! The Sun of divine grace hath risen and shone forth from the horizon of bounty, and the Ocean of favor hath become manifest in this blessed Day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.228b,

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08399

120

Arabic

کتاب انزله القیوم لمن نبذ الموهوم مقبلا الی الله رب ما کان و ما یکون طوبی لمن شرب رحیق الایقان

The Book hath been sent down by the Self-Subsisting unto him who hath cast away vain imaginings, turning unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Blessed is he who hath quaffed the wine of certitude [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.071c,

Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10546

mixed

انشاء الله لازال از کوثرعرفان بیاشامی و بذکر محبوب امکان مشغول باشی هر نفسی

God willing, mayest thou ever drink from the Fountain of divine knowledge and remain engaged, at every moment, in the remembrance of the Beloved of all existence [3.5s]

INBA18:204b, BLIB_Or15697.050a,

HDQI.031a, AYI2.080

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00495

1490

mixed

یا جلال ندای غنی متعال را بسمع فطرت بشنو و بخدمت قیام نما امروز بر وجه آفتاب

O Jalál! With the ear of innate nature, hearken unto the Call of the All-Sufficing, the Most Exalted, and arise to serve. Today upon the face of the sun [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.076.03,

LHKM1.132

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of Huququ'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03582

260

mixed

یا محمد قبل تقی عظم الله اجرک فی ابنک الذی صعد الیه کما صعد ابنی مهدی فی اول

O Muhammad-i-Qablí-Taqí! God magnify thy recompense for thy son who hath ascended unto Him, even as did My son Mahdi ascend in former times [3.5s]

INBA57:098x

AQA5#113 p.139, BSHN.035, MHT2b.051, ASAT3.255x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05832

170

Arabic

قد شهد الکتاب للعزیز الوهاب و لکن الناس اکثرهم لا یسمعون فقد نبذوا امر الله عن ورائهم الا ربهم

The Book hath verily testified unto the Mighty, the Bestower, yet most of the people hear not, for they have cast the Cause of God behind their backs, except their Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.257,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02646

340

mixed

یا اسمی الجواد باید جمیع احبای حق در کل احیان باین بیان رحمن که بمثابه آفتاب

O My Name, the All-Bountiful! All the beloved of God must, in every season, be guided by this utterance of the All-Merciful, which is even as the sun [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.175c,

AYI2.333x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity in diversity

BH04686

200

Arabic

تبارک المحبوب الذی یرسل الی القلوب ما یجذبها الی الله رب العالمین قد فتحنا ابواب البیان

Blessed is the Beloved Who sendeth down unto the hearts that which draweth them unto God, the Lord of all worlds. We have, verily, opened the gates of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.134b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10004

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب واصل و بر مضامین آن اطلاع حاصل مدتی ارسال جواب بعلت عدم اسباب

Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted. For a time the sending of a reply was delayed owing to want of means [3.5s]

MSHR1.076x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03287

280

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for protection; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

یا الهی قد کاد ان یصفر ما نبت فی رضوان عز فردانیتک فاین امطار سحاب رحمتک و

Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God!

INBA92:345

PMP#070, AQMJ2.130

PM#070

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

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

BH03961

240

mixed

یا نور آنچه در عالم و نزد عالم کل فانی الا ما شاء الله و آنچه بطراز بقا مزین

O Nur! All that existeth in the world and in the sight of the world is perishable save what God willeth, and whatsoever is adorned with the ornament of eternity [3.5s]

AQA5#156 p.212

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03491

260

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بالذکر الاعظم اذ نزل له من لدن مالک القدم ما قرت به عین

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the Most Great Remembrance, when there descended unto him, from the presence of the Ancient King, that which brought solace to his eyes [3.5s]

INBA27:062, BLIB_Or11095#231,

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11778

187

mixed

امروز اگر گفته شود تمام عالم یک بصر است و یا یک سمع صحیح است چه که ذره

In this day, if it be said that the whole world hath become as a single eye, or a single ear, verily this would be true, for every [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.080

East and West; communication between East and West; Knowledge of self; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07221

140

Arabic

قل لیس الیوم یوم الامال ان احرقوها بنار الجمال کذلک یامرکم الغنی المتعال

Say: This is not the day of vain hopes; consume them in the fire of Beauty. Thus doth command you the All-Sufficient, the Most Exalted [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.063a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06536

150

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا عبدنا الذی حبس فی سبیلی و اطردوه المشرکون لاقباله الی کعبه امری

A remembrance from Our presence to Our servant who was imprisoned in My path and whom the ungodly drove forth for his turning unto the Kaaba of My Cause [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.067

LHKM2.194

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02849

310

mixed

حرف جیم را اگر متذکر باشد القا کن والا دعه بنفسه لیحترق بنارها الی ان یدخل

If thou art mindful of the letter Jím, convey it; otherwise, leave it to consume itself in its own fire until it enters [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.097,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH01613

540

Persian

سدره منتهی از بقعه حمرآء اهل انشا را ندا میکند و میفرماید یا اصفیاء الله فی

The Divine Lote-Tree calleth from the crimson spot unto the people of utterance, saying: "O chosen ones of God in..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.083b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11674

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

BW_v01p042

K. Key

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

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

ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064

BH01092

760

Persian

این ایام مختصر از مطول اختیار شده لفظ موجز با معنی از یک دفتر مکتوبات نزد

In these days a brief selection hath been made from that which is lengthy; concise words with meaning have been drawn from a volume of writings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.340,

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship

BH01778

500

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیبدل حزنه بالسرور و یعرفه

The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that He may transform his sorrow into joy and acquaint him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.171b, , BLIB_Or15724.009,

Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Muhammad; Islam; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03299

280

Arabic

یا عبد الناظر قد اقبلنا الیک بما اقبلت الی الله رب العالمین و توجهنا الیک

O 'Abdu'l-Nazir! We have turned unto thee, inasmuch as thou didst turn unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and have directed Our gaze toward thee [3.5s]

INBA19:425b, INBA34:212

AQA1#073

Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09750

Arabic

ان السدره تذکر الورقه من اوراقها و امه من امائها و انا المشفق الکریم لاتحزنی

Verily, the Tree maketh mention of one of its leaves and a handmaiden from among His handmaidens, and I am, verily, the All-Compassionate, the Most Bountiful. Be thou not grieved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.285d,

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH04739

200

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لتکون هدایة و ذکری للعالمین

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses with truth, that they may be a guidance and remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.602a, , ALIB.folder18p471

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03644

250

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Concourse on High

دوستان باید افعال و اعمال ظالمین را بحق گذارند و بهیچوجه متعرض نشوند

The friends must leave the deeds and actions of the oppressors to God, and must in no wise interfere therewith [3.5s]... ...He who acteth, in this day, according to what hath been revealed in the Book of God—and whose heart hath been sanctified from doubt, enmity, hatred, and whatever ill beseemeth the station of humankind—is to be numbered with the Concourse on High

MAS4.168cx, MAS8.044bx, MAS8.045ax, MAS8.045bx

BLO_sazedj#11x, ADMS#324x

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00364

1840

mixed

الحمد لله الذی علم القلم الاعلی ما انجذب به اهل ملکوت الاسماء و انزل منه ما

Praise be to God Who hath taught the Supreme Pen that which hath attracted the denizens of the Kingdom of Names, and hath sent down therefrom that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.177,

Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Methods of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04589

210

mixed

یا غلام قبل علی مکرر ذکرت از سماء عنایت نازل و اسمت در کتاب از قلم اعلی مذکور

O Qhulam Qabl-'Alí! Time and again hath thy mention descended from the heaven of loving-kindness, and thy name hath been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.013.14,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02503

360

O people of Baha! Be as the cloud that from you may be showered… Ponder God in your heart… I came not to proclaim that which ye already possess…

BW_v01p042-043

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Justice and wrath of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01634

530

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اید عباده الاصفیاء و امائه الزاکیات علی عرفان مطلع نفسه و مشرق

Praise be to God, Who hath strengthened His chosen servants and His pure handmaidens to recognize the Dawning-Place of His Self and the Orient [3.5s]

INBA22:151

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10120

mixed

یا ورقتی علیک سلامی نامه ات رسید و بشرف عز اصغا فائز و بعز شرف قبول مزین نسئل الله

O My leaf! Upon thee be My salutations! Thy missive hath reached and attained the honor of noble hearing, and hath been adorned with the glory of gracious acceptance. We beseech God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.223a,

Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11438

Arabic

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

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

ASAT3.003x

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

BH05541

180

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن هذا المسجون المظلوم المحزون الی الذی آمن بالله و اتخذ

This is a Book from this Wronged One, the Prisoner and the Grief-Stricken, unto him who hath believed in God and chosen [3.5s]

INBA18:051

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transcending the material condition

BH07887

130

mixed

وفای حق را در ظاهر مشاهده کن که ترا فراموش ننموده و در احیان توجه قاصدین ذکرت از

Behold the manifest fidelity of God, Who hath not forgotten thee and hath remembered thee in the hour when the seekers turn unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.002c,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcending the material condition

BH06610

150

Arabic

شهدالله انه لا اله الا هو له الامر و الخلق یحیی و یمیت و هو حی لا یموت و فی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all dominion and creation; He giveth life and causeth death, and He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.188b,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH07097

140

Arabic

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و انها بینات من لدی الله لمن آمن و اقبل الی مطلع امره

Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses, which are clear evidences from God unto them that believe and turn unto the Dayspring of His Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.026c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.097,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH00378

1780

mixed

حمد محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال از وصف ممکنات و نعت موجودات

Praise and glory befit the peerless Beloved, Who hath from time immemorial and unto everlasting been sanctified above the description of all created things and the attributes of all existing beings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.149,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01299

650

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تفرد لا بالتفرید الذی عرفته الکائنات و توحد لا بالتوحید الذی

Praise be unto God Who standeth alone in a singleness which all created things have recognized, and Who is unique in a oneness which all existence hath known [3.5s]

AYBY.181

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06654

150

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک فی مقر قد کان ذکره مقدسا عن الاذکار و وصفه مقدسا عن الاوصاف و

Thy letter hath reached the Spot whose remembrance is sanctified above all mention and whose description transcendeth all praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.021a,

The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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

BH04393

210

Arabic

ان یا عبد ان استمع الندآء من ملکوت الاسماء شطر ربک فاطر السماء انه لا اله

O servant! Hearken unto the Call from the Kingdom of Names, from thy Lord, the Creator of heaven. Verily, there is no God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#330,

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03664

250

Arabic

سبحان من اتی بملکوت الایات نطق و انطق کل الاشیاء انه لا اله الا هو الواحد

Glorified be He Who hath brought forth the Kingdom of verses, Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak: verily, there is no God but Him, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#318,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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

BH01610

540

mixed

حمد و ثنا مالک ملکوت اسما را سزا که در بحبوحه انقلاب عالم و اختلاف امم علم

Praise and glorification befit the Lord of the Kingdom of Names, Who, amidst the tumult of the world and the discord among nations, hath raised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.028,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04532

210

Arabic

لله ملکوت ملک السموات و الارضین قل کل الاسماء اسمی و ما خلق برهانی طوبی

Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Say: All names are My names, and whatsoever hath been created is My testimony. Blessed be [3.5s]

INBA23:058a, INBA34:291

AQA1#156

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01959

450

Persian

روحی لحضرتکم الفداء آنچه گرمی هوا در این سنه بر جسد سرایت کرد و علت ضعف

May my spirit be sacrificed for your presence! Such was the intensity of the heat that descended upon this frame in this year, causing weakness and enervation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.072,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11295

Arabic

قلم ینادی و یقول قد منعت من اسرار القدم و ذکر لئالی بحر الاعظم الذی کل قطره

The Pen proclaimeth and saith: I have been withheld from the mysteries of eternity and from making mention of the pearls of the Most Great Sea, whereof every drop [3.5s]

INBA73:337b, NLAI_BH2.217.09

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07714

130

Arabic

شهد المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان فی علو العزه و الجلال و لایزال یکون بمثل ما قد

The Wronged One beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever dwelt in the heights of glory and majesty, and will continue to be as He hath been [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.298b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05246

190

Arabic

یشهد لسان العظمه انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و تشهد السن الکائنات انه

The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and the tongues of all created things testify that He [3.5s]... ...Teach ye your children the verses that have been divinely revealed, that they may recite them in most melodious voices.

INBA27:074a

YMM.029

COC#0572x

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00081

4820

Arabic

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

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

INBA56:043

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01424

600

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی زین العالم بظهور اسمه الاعظم الذی کان مطلع انوار القدم بین

All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world through the manifestation of His Most Great Name, Who was the Dawning-Place of ancient lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.003,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03750

250

Arabic

یا حرف القرب فاسمع نغمات الورقا من سدره المنتهی و تلقی علی الارواح من آیات

O Letter of Nearness! Hearken unto the melodies of the Dove from the Divine Lote-Tree, and cast upon the souls from the verses [3.5s]

INBA51:629, INBA27:449b

LHKM3.056

BH08310

120

Arabic

فسبحانک یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الممکنات بحرف من کتاب امرک و اظهرت الموجودات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath created all contingent things through a single word from the Book of Thy Command and brought forth all created things [3.5s]

INBA92:041

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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

BH01887

470

Arabic

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا الهی قرت عین البهاء بالنظر الی افق البلا الذی اتی من سماء قضائک و اخذه من

Mine eyes are cheered, O my God, when I contemplate the tribulations that descend upon me from the heaven of Thy decree

INBA92:342b

PMP#114

PM#114

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

BH00360

1850

mixed

حمد ساحت اعز اقدس حضرت محبوبی را سزاست که بیک نقطه علمیه فی الحقیقه اینفانی

Praise be unto the most holy and exalted court of the Beloved One, Who hath, through a single point of knowledge, in very truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.347, , BLIB_Or15732.197,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00454

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

1580

Arabic

Tablet of the Maiden

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی استشرقت شمس الوهیتک عن افق سماء

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord, My God! I mention Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy divinity is shining from the horizon of the Heaven

INBA48:036, INBA66:004, INBA92:001, BLIB_Or15714.058, , BLIB_Or15739.080,

AQA4#102 p.342, AQA4a.379, SFI16.008-012, ASAT3.134x, ASAT4.049x, OOL.B045

BLO_PT#133, HURQ.BH20

Describes a visionary encounter with the Maid of Heaven, who looks deeply within His soul and expires in sorrow upon perceiving the extent of His suffering.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.125, ROB3.223, BKOG.167, MMAH.211, GSH.020, LL#118

BH01423

600

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تقدس عن الاسماء و تنزه عما ذکر فی الانشاء الذی اذا نطق نطقت

Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above all names and exalted beyond whatsoever is mentioned in creation, Who when He speaketh, all things give voice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#055,

Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05370

180

Persian

ذکر من لدنا الی امه من اماء الله لتشکر ربها و تکون مستقیمه فی حبها بعد الذی

A remembrance from Our presence unto a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may render thanks unto her Lord and remain steadfast in her love after that which [3.5s]

INBA15:298b, INBA26:300b, NLAI_BH1.024

AVK4.417ax

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08656

110

mixed

امروز جمیع اشیا بذکر و ثنای حق مشغول و باعلی الندآء باین کلمه علیا ناطقند

In this day all things are engaged in the remembrance and praise of God, and with the most exalted call do proclaim this sublime Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.247b,

Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00327

2000

Arabic

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

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

ASAT3.178x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06898

150

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

MIS.431-432

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06592

150

Arabic

سبحانک یا من نطقت البحار بذکرک و الجبال بثنائک و الانهار بوصفک و الشموس بنعتک

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord! All the oceans partake in the mention of Thy name, all the summits celebrate Thy praise,all the rivers laud Thy virtues

INBA51:553

ADM1#026 p.063

JHT_S#029

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03595

250

mixed

الحمد لله الذی کان و یکون و لایعرف بما کان و لا بما یکون و هو الذاکر و

Praise be unto God, Who was and ever shall be, Who cannot be known through what was nor through what shall be, and Who is the Rememberer [3.5s]

MJAN.078, AYBY.216a

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02006

440

Arabic

Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی لم تزل کنت فی علو القدره و القوه و الجلال و

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been clothed with majesty

INBA48:106, INBA49:216x, INBA92:155, BLIB_Or15739.198,

BRL_DA#768, PMP#062, HDQI.053bx, ANDA#21 p.04x

PM#062

BH08979

110

Arabic

کتاب الهاء قد کان فی هذا الاصیل من لدی الجلیل بالحق منزولا من کان له روح من

The Book of Há hath verily been sent down in this eventide from the presence of the Glorious One, in truth, unto him that possesseth a spirit [3.5s]

INBA23:249a, BLIB_Or15696.073c,

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03906

240

mixed

لسان وحی رحمن در ملکوت بیان باین کلمه مبارکه ناطق امروز روزیست که جمیع کتب

The tongue of divine Revelation, in the realm of utterance, proclaimeth this blessed word: "This is the Day wherein all Sacred Books..." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.173a,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03849

240

Arabic

سبحان من اظهر مظهر نفسه و انطقه بایات انجذبت منها الارواح قل هذا یوم فیه

Glorified be He Who hath manifested the Manifestation of His Self and caused Him to speak forth verses whereby the spirits have been enraptured! Say: This is a Day wherein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#043,

BRL_DA#293, SFI09.009a, MAS4.015x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10664

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل من جبروت البقا و ینادی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی مقام قدس

This is a Book sent down from the Kingdom of eternity, calling those who have believed in God and His signs unto a station of sanctity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.562a, , ALIB.folder18p497b

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11412

Arabic

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

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

INBA18:324a

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

BH05920

170

Arabic

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و انه ینطق بالحق فیکل حین بانه لا اله الا هو

This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful, and verily it proclaimeth at all times that there is no God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.579, , ALIB.folder18p465a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00659

1160

mixed

حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و ادراک کائنات بساط قرب قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق که

Sanctified praise, transcending the recognition of all created things and the comprehension of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of nearness unto the Most Holy Presence of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.100, , BLIB_Or15711.061,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04246

220

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر بای ذکر ارفع اعلام هدایتک للمخلصین من عبادک ان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance I may raise aloft the banners of Thy guidance for the sincere among Thy servants [3.5s]

INBA92:106b

AQA6#208 p.038

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01072

780

Arabic

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

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

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

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09106

110

Arabic

یا ایتها الورقه الورقه الحمرآء ان افرحی بما یذکرک محبوبک الابهی و المظلوم

O Crimson Leaf! Rejoice thou in that thy Best Beloved, the All-Glorious, the Wronged One, maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Thou Who hast revealed to me Thy lofty Horizon, aided me to recognize Thy most exalted Word, and drawn me nigh

INBA18:374a

LTDT.304-305x

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03854

240

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الباقی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Ever-Abiding [3.5s]

INBA51:143a, INBA84:168, INBA84:097, INBA84:037.03, KB_620:136-136

AQA6#310 p.316, LHKM2.169

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06373

160

Arabic

یا غفار اشهد بما شهد المختار انه لا اله الا هو العلیم الحک??م لیس له شریک فی

O Ghaffar! I bear witness unto that whereunto the Chosen One hath testified, that verily there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. No partner hath He [3.5s]

INBA23:183, BLIB_Or15713.237b,

AQMJ2.034

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01427

600

mixed

ای قاصد بیان مقصود را بلسان پارسی بشنو تا از بدایع الطاف رحمانیه بفیوضات

O Messenger! Hearken unto the utterance of the Intended One in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest partake of the wondrous bounties of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.057b, , NLAI_BH1.140

AVK2.103.15x

Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01347

630

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تغرد بالبیان و توحد بالاحسان و اختار الانسان لثنائه بین

Praise be to God, Who warbleth with utterance, Who standeth alone in His beneficence, and Who hath chosen man to sing His praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#044,

AVK4.140.05x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03294

280

Arabic

یا جواد یبشرک المظلوم بعنایات الله و الطافه انه لهو الفرد الواحد العلیم انت الذی

O Javád! The Wronged One beareth thee glad tidings of God's tender mercies and favors. Verily He is the Single One, the All-Knowing. Thou art he who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.069a,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09833

mixed

ذکر من لدنا لمن فی العالم لیتوجهن الی الله مالک القدم و یشهدن بما شهد الله

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto those who are in the world, that they may turn unto God, the Sovereign of eternity, and bear witness to that which God Himself hath testified [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.162c,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04238

220

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و القدرة و الاختیار یعطی و یمنع و هو المقدس عن ذکر

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the grandeur and the sovereignty, the power and the dominion. He giveth and withholdeth, and He is sanctified above all mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.123c,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11130

5900

mixed

حمد حضرت موجودی را لایق و سزاست که بانوار ملکوت عالم ناسوت را … و همچنین ذکر جناب سینا

Praise befitteth and is worthy of that Exalted Being Who, through the radiant lights of His Kingdom, hath illumined the realm of earthly existence... and likewise mention of the honored Sina [3.5s]

BRL_DA#185, MSBH1.170x, YIA.103-119

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11619

310

mixed

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

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

FRH.183-184

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

BH11698

968

mixed

شهد الله فی قطب البقا بانه لا اله الا هو المهیمن العزیز الممتنع القدیر و اشهد فی عرش

God beareth witness in the Realm of Eternity that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, the All-Powerful, and I bear witness at the Throne [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.341

BRL_DA#554

Personal instructions; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00436

1620

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العلوم و الفنون بمفتاح اسمه الاقدس الاعظم الابهی الذی به نصب خباء

Praise be to God Who hath unlocked the gates of sciences and arts with the key of His Most Holy, Most Great and Most Glorious Name, whereby He hath raised the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O God! O God! I beg of Thee by Thy Radiant, Collective Name

BLIB_Or15695.210,

ABIE.362x, DAS.1913-09-27x

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#475

BH08070

1380

Arabic

ان یا مرآت الجود ان اشهد بما شهد الله فی قطب البقاء باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی

O Mirror of Bounty! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified in the Pivot of Eternity: verily, I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p121-126

YMM.253x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08265

120

Arabic

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا الهی قد اعترف عبدک هذا بانک لاتوصف بسواک و لاتذکر بدونک کلما

Praised be Thou, O my God! This servant of Thine testifieth that naught else except Thee can ever express Thee

INBA51:611, BLIB_Or15696.082b,

PMP#140, ADM1#059 p.108, NFR.174

PM#140

BH00217

2720

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر المکنون و ابرز المخزون الذی به ظهر اسرار ما کان و ما

Praise be to God Who hath revealed the hidden and brought forth that which was treasured up, whereby the mysteries of what was and what shall be have been made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.033, , BLIB_Or15711.042,

MAS8.053bx, ASAT5.277.07x, MSHR2.161x, YMM.464x

Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02872

310

Arabic

Praise and encouragement; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما یخطر بقلبی ذکرک و ثنائک یاخذنی الجذب و الانجذاب علی

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies

INBA27:083, INBA48:125, INBA49:018, INBA92:185, BLIB_Or15739.233,

PMP#078, AQMJ1.098

PM#078

BH06394

160

Arabic

ینادی الله من شطر السجن عباده الاخیار و یدعوهم الی مقام الذی منه استضائت

God calleth from the precincts of the Prison unto His chosen servants, and summoneth them unto the station wherefrom light hath shone forth [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.052

AQA5#032 p.037

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05234

190

Arabic

یا ملا الارض اسمعوا ندآء المظلوم الذی یذکرکم فی السجن الاعظم و یهدیکم الی صراط

O concourse of earth! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One, Who maketh mention of you in the Most Great Prison and guideth you unto the path [3.5s]

INBA84:153, INBA84:085, INBA84:026.03

Chastisement and requital; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00497

1480

mixed

للّه الحمد بما ابتسم ثغر الاطمینان و ظهر لؤلؤ عرفان جمال الرّحمن عن صدف الایقان

Praise be unto God that the lips of certitude have smiled and from the shell of assurance hath appeared the pearl of the knowledge of the All-Merciful Beauty [3.5s]... ...The whole earth, is now in a state of pregnancy. The day is approaching when it will have yielded its noblest fruits, when from it will have sprung forth the loftiest trees

BLIB_Or11096#263x, , BLIB_Or15698.296, , BLIB_Or15720.291, , BLIB_Or15740.226, , NLAI_BH4.039.06-050.13, Majlis934.282-291

BRL_DA#138, IQT.296, SFI03.157.07x, MAS8.041bx, ASAT5.074x

GPB.212x3x, GPB.217x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.074x2x, PDC.074-075x, PDC.191x, WOB.169x, HURQ.BH59x, HURQ.BH62x

Call to action; Contention and conflict; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#390

BH01125

Prayer for the Fast (Dawn)

740

Arabic

Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting)

اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men

INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124

PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04

PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011

The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#467

BH01141

740

Arabic

یا من تزین جمال قدس ازلیتک بطراز خیط عز مکرمتک و تظهر ظهورات شمس وجهتک

O Thou Who dost adorn the sacred Beauty of Thine eternity with the ornament of the thread of Thy glorious bounty, and dost manifest the dawning-places of the Sun of Thy countenance [3.5s]

INBA66:001, INBA49:122, INBA92:010, NLAI_BH1.131

BRL_DA#284, LHKM1.009

Prayers (general or uncategorized); Presence of; reunion with God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08053

120

Arabic

ان یا امتی ان انقطعی عمن سوائی ثم طیری فی هواء قربی لتشهدی جبروت جلالی و

O My handmaiden! Detach thyself from all else save Me, then soar in the atmosphere of My nearness, that thou mayest witness the dominion of My majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.302a,

AQA6#225 p.123

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08880

110

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی انه هو حی لایموت بیده

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life. Verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not, in His grasp [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.156a,

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06590

150

Arabic

سبحانک یا من باسمک نطقت السدره فی طور العرفان و اشرقت انوار شمس وجهک من افق

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by Whose name the Burning Bush spoke forth on the Mount of knowledge, and the glory of Thy countenance dawned forth

INBA61:047, INBA66:099b

ADM2#049 p.084

JHT_S#094

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH05754

170

mixed

راه پیدا و امر هویدا و رایت انه لا اله الا هو بر اعلی المقام منصوب و خباء

The path is manifest and the Cause is evident, and the banner bearing "There is none other God but Him" hath been hoisted upon the most exalted heights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.323,

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06400

150

Arabic

اشهد یا الهی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم یزل کنت واحدا

I testify, O my God, that Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without partner. From time immemorial Thou hast been One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.278b,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02853

310

Persian

حمد مالک قدم را که بانوار اسم اعظم افئده و قلوب را

Praise be unto the Lord of Eternity, Who, through the effulgent rays of the Most Great Name, hath illumined hearts and minds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.126, , BLIB_Or15728.168,

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH07653

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین سرعوا الی مشهد الفدآء شوقاً للقائک و بدمآء التی سفکت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by them that hastened to the field of sacrifice, yearning to attain Thy presence, and by the blood that was shed [3.5s]

AQMJ1.133x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05362

180

mixed

حمد مقصود عالم و معبود امم را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا ارض و سما را خلق... اسألک بالّذی به سالت البطحآء و به اشرق النّور من افق الحجاز

Praise be unto Him Who is the Purpose of the world and the Object of worship of all nations, Who through His Most Exalted Word created earth and heaven... I beseech Thee by Him through Whom the valley flowed and through Whom the Light shone forth from the horizon of Hijaz [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.215b, , MKI4523.293,

BRL_DA#499, ISH.293, NSR_1993.012, ADH1.061

almunajat.com [item 47]

Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01001

830

Arabic

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

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

TSBT.190, NFF5.089, AMB#03

DOR#03

BH10145

Arabic

اشهد یا الهی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل کنت قائما حاضرا ناظرا ناطقا

I testify, O my God, that Thou art God; there is none other God but Thee. From time immemorial Thou hast been standing, present, observant and speaking [3.5s]

INBA18:378b

Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00570

1310

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15693.098, , BLIB_Or15703.136x,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04053

230

Arabic

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن

Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou art God, and that there is none other God besides Thee.

PMP#135, NFR.060

PM#135

BH11883

190

Arabic

قد اتی الامر و ظهر الحکم و نادی المناد امام وجوه العباد الملک لله مالک الایجاد

The Command hath come, the Decree hath been manifested, and the Herald hath proclaimed before the faces of all servants: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of Creation!" [3.5s]

Majlis210461.051a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08372

120

Arabic

قل سبحانک یا الهی و سیدی و سندی و محبوبی و مقصودی یشهد لسان ظاهری و باطنی

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Support, my Beloved and my Heart's Desire! My tongue, both outward and inward, beareth witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.177a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07358

140

Arabic

یا ایها المذکور لدی المظلوم اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی انه شهد و یشهد بوحدانیه

O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison. Verily, He hath testified and doth testify to My oneness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.023.10,

LHKM2.219

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08246

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بما شهد لسان عظمتک قبل ظهور خلقک انک انت الله لا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness unto that which the Tongue of Thy Grandeur hath testified before the appearance of Thy creation - that verily Thou art God [3.5s]

INBA51:108b, BLIB_Or15716.092a, , KB_620:101-102

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05415

180

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له ساجدون له العزه و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command, and all bow down before Him in adoration. His is the glory and might [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.635, , ALIB.folder18p487b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02533

350

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بهذا الیوم و بالذی ظهر فیه بسلطنتک و عظمتک و اقتدارک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Day, and by Him Whom Thy sovereignty and Thy majesty and Thy might have manifested therein

INBA48:115, INBA49:029, BLIB_Or15739.215,

TSBT.139, AQMJ1.078, ASAT4.224x, ABMK.028, AMB#14

DOR#14

BH02248

390

mixed

الحمد لله الحی القدیم المتعالی عن التوصیف و التکریم و المقدس عن التمجید و

Praise be unto God, the Ever-Living, the Ancient, Who transcendeth all description and veneration, and Who is sanctified beyond all glorification [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.063, , BLIB_Or15718.350ax,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06744

150

Arabic

کیف اذکرک یا الهی بعد الذی اری ما سواک معدوما عند ظهورات سلطنتک و کلیلا عند

How can I make mention of Thee, O my God, when I behold all else as nothingness before the manifestations of Thy sovereignty and as utterly devoid [3.5s]

INBA92:394b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10273

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک کلشیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم یزل کنت … اسئلک اللهم یا الهی بأن تحفظ حامل تلک الورقة البیضآء

Praised be Thou, O my God, I and all things bear witness that Thou art God, no god is there but Thee. From all eternity

AVK4.068, AHM.208, TSBT.234a, NFF1.025x, ABMK.063

RBB.138x, RBB.139x, ADMS#019

almunajat.com [item 31]

Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#512, LL#513

BH07661

130

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for prosperity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک یمنعنی علوک و اقتدارک لانی لو اذکرک

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I attempt to make mention of Thee, I am hindered by the sublimity of Thy station

INBA48:188b, INBA49:046b, INBA92:163, BLIB_Or15739.325,

PMP#076, AQMJ1.038

PM#076, BPRY.140

BH01837

480

mixed

ای علی قبل اکبر انشاء الله از عنایت مالک قدر در کل احیان و جمیع احوال بمنظر اکبر ناظر

O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! God willing, through the bounties of the Lord of Destiny, thou shalt at all times and in all conditions remain turned towards the Most Great Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.110, , BLIB_Or11096.187,

ADM1#011 p.034x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07856

130

Arabic

نشهد انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الجلال و الرفعه و القدره و الافضال یعطی من

We bear witness that there is no God but Him; unto Him belong majesty and grandeur, exaltation and power and grace. He bestoweth upon whom [3.5s]

INBA51:215b, KB_620:208-209

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08633

110

Arabic

اسئلک یا من بندائک الأحلی انجذبت الأرض و السمآء باسمک الذی به سخرت

I beseech Thee, O Thou by Whose most sweet call the earth and heaven were enraptured, by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue [3.5s]

ADM2#081 p.148x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00290

2190

mixed

قد حضرت بین یدینا ورقه منک و وجدنا منها روایح حبک محبوب العالمین لذا قد

There hath come before Our presence a leaf from thee, and from it We have found the fragrances of thy love for the Best-Beloved of the worlds. Therefore [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.409,

MSHR4.288x, YMM.177x

Prayer for healing; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07161

140

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ حین الذی یضج ماء الاحدیه من سطوه نار ازلیتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness, in this moment when the waters of Oneness surge through the potency of Thine eternal fire [3.5s]

INBA92:042b

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04288

220

mixed

ندایت باصغای مالک اسما فائز شد و آنچه عرض نمودی عبد حاضر لدی العرش معروض… بگو ای اله من و محبوب من و سیّد من و سند من

Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Lord of Names, and that which thou didst present hath been laid before the Servant, Who standeth in the presence of the Throne [3.5s]... ...Say: O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Mainstay, the Object of my desire! My heart, my soul, and my tongue attest that Thou hast ever been one

INBA30:105x, BLIB_Or15710.225, , BLIB_Or15719.130b,

AHM.360x, AQMJ1.170x, BSHA.063, ADH1.131

ADMS#133x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05069

190

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و مقصود الامم کیف اذکرک بعد ایقانی بان الذکر قد

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O God of the world and Desire of the nations! How can I make mention of Thee, when I am certain that remembrance hath [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.136b,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01796

490

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اذا اراد ان یفتح الخزینه الاولی التی اودعت فیها الاسرار التی

Praise be to God Who, when He willeth to unlock the First Treasury wherein lie deposited the mysteries that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.002,

Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08004

120

Persian

الحمد لله از پرتو انوار آفتاب حقیقت عالم قلب منیر و روشنست و جمیع ذرات کائنات

Praise be to God! Through the radiant beams of the Sun of Truth, the world of the heart is illumined and resplendent, and all the atoms of creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.027b,

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08446

120

mixed

نار الهی از سدره مبارکه ظاهر و نور احدیه از افق وجه ساطع امروز روز ذکر و ثناست

The divine Fire hath been manifested from the blessed Lote-Tree, and the light of Oneness doth shine resplendent from the horizon of His Countenance. This is the Day of remembrance and praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.102a,

Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11612

380

mixed

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

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

BRL_DA#179, YIA.156-157

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

BH02600

340

mixed

حمد عمومی از ملکوت عنایت الهی ظاهر و در اینمقام شکر اشیا لازم که از حفیفش

Universal praise hath appeared from the Kingdom of divine bounty, and in this station thanksgiving is incumbent upon all things through His rustling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.017

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08921

110

Arabic

قد تنادی السدره انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الحکیم و تصیح الصخره انه لا اله

The Tree doth call aloud: "There is none other God but He, the Almighty, the All-Wise!" and the Rock doth cry out: "There is none other God..." [3.5s]

INBA51:119, KB_620:112-113

LHKM2.156

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00184

3050

mixed

الحمد لله الذی خلق الاشیاء بحرکه قلمه الاعلی و بما ظهر منه فصل بین الاحزاب

Praise be unto God Who hath created all things through the movement of His Most Exalted Pen, and through that which hath been revealed therefrom hath distinguished between the peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.225,

AYI2.188x, AYI2.189x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03091

290

mixed

حمد خدا را که آیاتش عالم را احاطه نموده و ظهورات عظمتش بر یکتائیش گواهی داده

Praise be unto God, Whose verses have encompassed the world, and Whose manifestations of grandeur have testified to His oneness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.075,

Praise and encouragement; Relationship between government and people; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00451

1590

mixed

فی الحقیقه حق جل جلاله و عم نواله را ثنا و ذکر گفتن لایق نبوده و نیست چه که

In truth, it hath never been, nor shall it ever be, befitting to offer praise and make mention of the True One—exalted be His glory and bountiful His favors—for [3.5s]

INBA31:107

AVK3.191.07x, AVK3.225.07x, UAB.029ax, MSHR5.350x, UVM.085.04x

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH08293

120

Persian

طلعت حجازی بلسان پارسی اماء خود را ذکر میفرماید تا از کوثر ذکر الهی سرمست

The Daystar of Hijaz, in the Persian tongue, maketh mention of His handmaidens, that they may become intoxicated with the divine nectar of remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.157e,

AQA7#379 p.069

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07062

140

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم فی یوم فیه اعرض عنه اکثر العباد الذین

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, on a day wherein most of His servants have turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.002, , BLIB_Or15713.316b,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; 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

BH04078

230

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله فی یوم فیه نادی المناد من شطر الملکوت

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God on a Day whereon the Herald raised his call from the precincts of the Kingdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#127,

Apocalyptic imagery; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH05441

180

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی اکون متغمسا فی ابحر رضائک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment wherein I find myself immersed in the oceans of Thy good-pleasure [3.5s]

INBA49:313, INBA92:043

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

BH08307

120

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ ارید ان اذکرک بذکر المقدسین و اسبحک بتسبیح

Glorified art Thou, O my God, when I desire to make mention of Thee with the remembrance of the sanctified ones and praise Thee with glorification [3.5s]

INBA92:042a

BRL_DA#624

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

BH04467

210

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لایحتاج بذکر احد و لا بتصدیق

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with truth hath no need of any soul's mention nor of testimony [3.5s]

INBA15:320, INBA26:323

Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09371

100

Arabic

سبحان من خلق الخلق لعرفان مشرق امره و مطلع فضله و مصدر امره و احکامه الذی

Glorified be He Who hath created all creation for the recognition of the Dawning-Place of His Cause, the Dayspring of His bounty, and the Source of His command and ordinances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.118a,

Imagery in the Qur'an; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05877

170

Arabic

کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی احد من المومنین لیجذبه ندآء هذا الفانی الی الله

The Book from before the Wronged One unto one of the believers, that the call of this evanescent one may draw him unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#329, , BLIB_Or15696.104f,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00643

1180

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از ادراک اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست

All praise, sanctified beyond mention and utterance and exalted above the comprehension of all contingent beings, befitteth the Desire of all worlds [3.5s]

INBA28:243

AVK3.132.03x, ASAT3.093x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07242

140

Arabic

کتاب انزله الوهاب لمن فاز بعرفان المقصود اذ اعرضت عنه الاحزاب الذین تمسکوا

The Book sent down by the All-Bountiful unto him who hath attained unto the recognition of the Desired One, whilst the parties turned away therefrom, they who clung fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.065,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH09041

110

mixed

نامه ات رسید بلحاظ عنایت فائز و باصغا مزین حمد کن مقصود عالمیان را که ترا موید

Thy letter was received, attained unto the glance of grace and was adorned with hearing. Praise thou the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath confirmed thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.313a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10625

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

BH08877

110

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه هو الکنز المخزون و السر المصون

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Mystery [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.145, , BLIB_Or15715.061a,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07649

130

Arabic

سبحان من خلق السموات و الارض و سخر الاریاح یسبح له الرعد من خیفته و السحاب

Glorified be He Who hath created the heavens and the earth and made subject the winds. The thunder doth praise Him in fear of Him, as do the clouds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.371a,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07219

140

Arabic

قل تعالی تعالی سلطنته اذ ظهر بالحق بعد الذی اعرض عنه اکثر العباد و جعلوه

Say: Exalted, exalted be His sovereignty, for He hath appeared with the truth after most of the servants had turned away from Him and rejected Him [3.5s]

ABDA.093

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; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10593

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الملکوت و الحاکم علی الجبروت اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou the Lord of Thy heavenly kingdom and Sovereign of Thy celestial dominion! I testify to Thy oneness and unity

ADM3#007 p.017

JHT_S#043

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10598

Arabic

شهد البهاء لمالک الاسماء بین الارض و السماء کما شهد مالک البقاء لنفس البهاء

The Glory beareth witness unto the Lord of Names between earth and heaven, even as the Lord of Eternity beareth witness unto the Glory Itself [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.147c,

AQA5#014 p.019a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04950

190

mixed

الحمد لله رحیق مختوم بایادی الطاف مفتوح گشت و نسایم فضلیه از یمین احدیه بر کل

Praise be to God! The sealed wine hath been unsealed by the hands of bounty, and the breezes of grace have wafted from the right hand of oneness upon all [3.5s]

AQA7#400 p.170

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00471

1530

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15726.001,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01464

590

mixed

حمدیکه سزاوار ساحت اقدس اعز ارفع سلطان وجود و مالک غیب و شهود است حمدیست که

The praise that befitteth the most sanctified and most exalted Court of the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen is a praise that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.151,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11268

Arabic

شهد الله انه هو المقصود و الذی اتی انه هو السر المخزون الذی کان مکنونا فی

God beareth witness that He is the One sought by all, and that He Who hath come is verily the Hidden Mystery that was concealed in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00563

1330

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15694.319, , ALIB.folder18p189

Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07243

140

Arabic

کتاب انزله رب الجنود فضلا من عنده و هو الفضال الکریم اسمع الندآء من الافق

This is a Book sent down by the Lord of Hosts as a bounty from His presence, and verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Hearken unto the Call from the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.187c,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01400

610

Arabic

ان یا کمال الدین ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو المبدع البدیع قل انه

O Kamálu'd-Dín! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is no God but Him, the Originator, the Wondrous. Say: He [3.5s]

INBA36:035, INBA71:193

RSBB.011b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10307

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الکبریاء و العزه و القدره و الالاء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the greatness and the grandeur, the glory and the power, and the bounties [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.113a,

AQMJ2.109

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08601

Tablet of the Hair 7

120

Arabic

Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair)

یا من جعل النقطه طراز الجمال فی لوح الظهور و علق خیوط الظلمه علی کره النور

O Thou Who hast made the Point to be the ornament of the Beauty in the Tablet of Revelation! Thou art He Who attached jet-black strands to the orb of light

BLIB_Or11098.029e

LHKM3.074, MUH3.274-275, OOL.B191.07

ADMS#171

Fire and light; fire and water; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01899

460

mixed

الحمد لله الفرد الواحد الاحد الذی مااتخذ لنفسه ویزا و لا نظیرا قد ارسل

Praise be to God, the Single, the One, the Incomparable, Who hath taken unto Himself neither peer nor like. He hath sent forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.136a,

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11904

mixed

حمد موجودات باو نرسد و شکر ممکنات بساحت اقدسش راه نیابد چون بچند و چون معروف

The praise of created things cannot attain unto Him, nor can the gratitude of contingent beings find access to His most holy court, for He transcendeth all description and comparison [3.5s]

UVM.085.17x, UVM.096.12x

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08276

120

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یهدی و یمنع یعطی و یاخذ یمیت و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command. He guideth and withholdeth, bestoweth and taketh away, causeth to die and [3.5s]

AQMJ2.111

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04592

210

Arabic

یا محمد قبل علی قد کان المظلوم معک اذ ورد علیک فی سبیله ما ورد علی اولیاء

O Muhammad-Qablí-'Alí! The Wronged One was indeed with thee when there befell thee in His path that which befell His loved ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.115a,

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01318

650

mixed

یک حرف از اسم کریمش تجلی نمود عالم و ما فیه ظاهر و هویدا گشت آنچه موجود از

Through one letter of His glorious Name was the revelation made manifest, and the world and all that dwell therein became visible and evident [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.096,

Consultation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01524

570

Arabic

فکیف یا الهی لسان التی یدعو غیرک یلیق لذکرک و قلب الذی التفت الی دونک ینبغی

How, O my God, can a tongue that hath called upon other than Thee be worthy of Thy mention, or a heart that hath turned to aught else besides Thee be fitting [3.5s]

INBA49:147, INBA92:099

BRL_DA#629

Limits of language; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11008

Arabic

ان یا عبدی ان ربک اذا یعذب عباده یدعی باسمه العادل و اذا یغفر یدعی باسمه

O My servant! Verily thy Lord, when He chastiseth His servants, is called by His name, the Just One, and when He forgiveth, is called by His name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.144d,

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03585

260

Arabic

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا من ذکرک انیس قلوب المشتاقین و اسمک حبیب افئده المخلصین و ثنائک محبوب

O Thou Whose remembrance is the delight of the souls of all them that yearn after Thee, Whose name is the exultation

INBA48:135, INBA49:038, BLIB_Or15739.248, , NLAI_BH2.068

PMP#080, AQMJ1.065

PM#080

BH10727

mixed

یا محمد قبل حسین سلطان ایام ظاهر و مالک ظهورات بر عرش ظهور مستوی و بایات و

O Muhammad-Qablih-Husayn! The Sovereign of Days hath appeared, and the Lord of Manifestations is established upon the Throne of Revelation with signs and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.098f,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05979

170

Arabic

یا عبد الواحد یشهد لسانی و قلبی و قلمی و جوارحی و شعراتی بوحدانیه الله و

O servant of the One! My tongue, My heart, My pen, My limbs, and My very hairs bear witness to the oneness of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.217, , BLIB_Or15713.255b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09722

100

Arabic

یشهد قلمی و لسانی و اناملی و سری و ظاهری و باطنی و قلبی و کبدی و روحی و نفسی

My Pen, My tongue, My fingers, My hidden and My manifest being, My inner self and My heart, My vital parts, My spirit and My soul bear witness [3.5s]

INBA51:357a, BLIB_Or15696.074d,

LHKM3.173a

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07213

140

Arabic

قل اللهم یا مالک الاسماء وخالق الاشیاء اسالک برحمتک الواسعة وعنایتک المحیطة

O God, Possessor of all names and Fashioner of all things! I beseech Thee by Thineall-embracing mercy and all-encompassing compassion

ADM2#090 p.169

JHT_S#098

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05948

170

Arabic

یا امتی قولی سبحانک یا الهی و سیدی تعلم بانی اظن ان اصفک و اذکرک باسماء

O My handmaiden! Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Master! Thou knowest that I yearn to praise Thee and make mention of Thee through Thy names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.002b,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06718

150

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الجبروت لمن سمع الندآء و اقبل الی الله العزیز الجمیل یا

This is a Book which the Sovereign of Power hath revealed for those who have hearkened unto the Call and turned towards God, the Mighty, the Beauteous [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.247,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05930

170

Arabic

و لله علی الناس قصد هذالحرم الاعظم الذی حرمه الله علی الذینهم کفروا و

And God hath ordained for mankind to turn their faces unto this Most Great Sanctuary, which God hath forbidden unto them that have disbelieved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.343a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00769

1030

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

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

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

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

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

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.105

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

BH03950

240

mixed

یا رضا علیک سلام الله مراسلاتی که بعبد حاضر ارسال نمودی لدی الوجه حاضر آن

O Riḍá! Upon thee be God's salutation! The letters thou didst dispatch unto this Servant have attained Our presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.002, BLIB_Or15716.118b,

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03445

260

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی کان باسمه المهیمن مهیمنا علی من فی السموات و الارض و باسمه

Praise be to God, Who, through His All-Compelling Name, hath been dominant over all that is in the heavens and on earth, and through His Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.267, , BLIB_Or15711.233b,

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10820

1250

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

حمد و ثنا ذکر و بها ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از منبع دو حرف

Praise and glory, remembrance and splendor, befit the most exalted, the most holy court of that Desired One, Who from the wellspring of two letters [3.5s]... ...O thou grace of God! There are two kinds of graces. The first kind of grace is a nourisher of the body… One of the deeds in obedience to the law is obligatory prayer... One who performeth neither good deeds nor acts of worship is like unto a tree which beareth no fruit

BLIB_Or15696.178gx, , Majlis210461.086-088

BRL_IOPF#1.03x, BRL_IOPF#1.10x, DAS.1915-05-13x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Words vs deeds

BH01176

710

mixed

عرض میشود رقیمه کریمه عالی که مشعر بر صحت وجود مبارک بود مثل بشیر مصری مبشر

It is submitted that the noble missive, which indicated the well-being of thy blessed person, arrived like unto an Egyptian herald bearing glad-tidings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.274,

HDQI.082, ANDA#49 p.18, MSHR2.110x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH01698

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی امسیت حینئذ فی جوار رحمتک الکبری فی ظل اسمک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I find myself now in the precincts of Thy supreme mercy, beneath the shadow of Thy Most Exalted Name [3.5s]

INBA49:115, INBA92:092

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for nearness to God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06634

150

Arabic

قد ارتفعت نغمه الله من هذا الشطر الذی فیه نادی الروح لبیک لبیک یا مقصود

The melody of God hath been raised from these precincts wherein the Spirit hath called out: "Here am I! Here am I, O Thou Who art the Object of desire!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#208,

Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH02468

360

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ عرجت بسلطان قوتک الی سماء عز رفعتک و سیرت عوالم

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! At that moment didst Thou, through the sovereignty of Thy power, ascend unto the heaven of Thy transcendent glory, and traverse the realms [3.5s]

KHSH07.008

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mystical themes; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01697

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی تغرد فیه حمامات قدس سلطنتک و تمطر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I make mention of Thee in this moment wherein the doves of Thy sacred sovereignty warble their melodies and the rains descend [3.5s]

INBA92:116

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00101

4200

mixed

حمد حامدین و شکر شاکرین و نعت ناعتین را چگونه میتوان بمقامی نسبت داد که از

How can the praise of them that praise, the gratitude of them that render thanks, and the glorification of them that extol, be ascribed unto a station that [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! That which hath been destined for him who aideth My Cause excelleth the treasures of the earth

INBA18:129

TABN.215ax

ADJ.084x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01326

640

Arabic

ان یا علی قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه من کلماتک و شهدنا بانک

O Ali! Thy letter hath appeared before the Divine Throne, and We have perused what was contained therein of thy words, and We bear witness that thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.303, , ALIB.folder18p295

Idolatry; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10320

Arabic

شهد قلمی الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو یحیی و یمیت یمیت و یحیی و هو الفرد الواحد

The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that there is no God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, causeth death and giveth life, and He, verily, is the One, the Single [3.5s]

INBA84:186b, INBA84:114a, INBA84:054b.15

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09625

100

Arabic

یا امتی ان استمعی ندائی من شطر سجنی المقام الذی جعله الله مقدسا عن ذکر المقر

O My handmaiden! Hearken thou unto My call from the direction of My Prison, that Station which God hath sanctified above mention of station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.001a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.033a,

Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02993

300

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهدک و مظاهر جمالک بانک انت لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن وصف

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness, and the Manifestations of Thy Beauty bear witness, that Thou hast ever been sanctified above all description [3.5s]

INBA92:068

Manifestation of God as mediator; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01521

570

mixed

ساذج حمد و جوهر ثنا محبوبی را سزاست که لم یزل مقدس بوده از عرفان عرفا و

The pure essence of praise and the jewel of glorification beseemeth Him Who hath from time immemorial been sanctified beyond the recognition of the mystics and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#011,

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH02732

320

mixed

الحمد لله الذی کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان الذی سخر العالم بحرکه من قلمه الاعلی

Praise be to God, Who hath ever been and shall eternally be even as He hath been, Who hath subdued the world through a movement of His Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.092,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08878

110

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و هو الذی ینطق فی کل شان لا اله الا انا المقتدر

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He it is Who speaketh in every state: "There is none other God but Me, the Almighty." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.332d,

Call to action; Love as fire; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05708

170

mixed

آفتاب از برای چه خلق شد تا حاکی باشد از انوار وجهش آسمان از برای چه بوجود

The sun hath been created to be a bearer of the radiance of His Countenance; the heavens came into being [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.039b,

Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07657

130

Arabic

Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of fasting; Prayer for fasting; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهذا الظهور الذی فیه بدل الدیجور بالبکور و بنی

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented Fane hath been built… I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness…

INBA48:188a, INBA49:062, INBA92:165, BLIB_Or15739.324,

PMP#007, NFF5.066, OOL.B090.14

PM#007, BPRY.269

B. Lisbeth

LL#271, LL#468

BH07639

130

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی العلم و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله اله هو

Glorified be He Who hath revealed that which lay hidden in knowledge and hath caused all things to testify that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.164a,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10397

Arabic

هذا کتاب لمن الی نفسی المشرقه علی العالمین هذا ذکر لمن لاذنی انه قد نزل لها

This is the Book unto her whose soul hath shone forth upon all worlds. This is a remembrance unto her who hath sought My shelter, for verily it hath been sent down unto her [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.126c,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02508

350

mixed

الحمد لله الذی توحد بذاته لذاته و تقدس بنفسه لنفسه و تنزه بکینونته لکینونته و

Praise be unto Him Who is alone in His Essence through His Essence, sanctified in His Being through His Being, and exalted in His Reality through His Reality [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.018,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07355

140

Arabic

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا ایها العادل علی من فی السموات و الارض و یا ایها الحاکم علی من فی ملکوت

O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation!

INBA19:119b, INBA32:110a, BLIB_Or15696.024a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.090a,

PMP#039, NFR.133

PM#039

BH01572

550

mixed

بشنوید ندای الهی را و ببصر حدید و قلب منیر در کلمات بدیعش نظر نمائید و تفکر

Hearken unto the divine Call, and with penetrating vision and illumined heart, ponder the wondrous words He hath revealed, and meditate thereon [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the Sun of Thy Command shone forth above the horizon of Thine inspiration

INBA47:244, INBA33:018bx, BLIB_Or03116.078, , BLIB_Or11096.172, , BLIB_Or15722.019,

AVK3.453.07x, AVK4.060.03, AHM.210, AQMJ2.099x, GHA.340x, MAS4.102ax, NSR_1993.020x, BSHA.060, ADH1.012x, AKHA_105BE #04 p.001x, VUJUD.095.07x

RBB.119x, VUJUDE.138x, JHT_S#001

almunajat.com [item 28]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#486

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

BH00652

1170

Arabic

Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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

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

BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x

GWB#001x

LL#056

BH03835

240

Arabic

Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ذکر من لدنا لمن طار بذکر هذا الذکر فی هوآء الذی تطیر فیه طیور الفردوس و تمر

A remembrance from Our presence unto one who hath soared, through mention of this Remembrance, in the atmosphere wherein the birds of Paradise do wing their flight and pass [3.5s]... ...Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen can in no wise incarnate His Essence and reveal it unto men. He is, and hath ever been, immensely exalted

BLIB_Or11095#319,

BRL_DA#537, GWBP#020 p.039x

GWB#020x

LL#359

BH02086

420

mixed

ای خدای من و پروردگار من و آقای من و محبوب من و مقصود من هر زمان اراده ذکرت

O my God, my Lord, my Master, my Beloved, and my Desire! Whensoever I intend Thy remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.226, , BLIB_Or15711.095,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH01459

590

Arabic

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ان یا قلم الابهی بشر اهل ملا الاعلی بما شق حجاب الستر و ظهر جمال الله عن هذا

Proclaim unto the celestial Concourse, O Pen of effulgent glory, that lo, the veil of concealment hath been rent asunder

INBA81:076, BLIB_Or15706.110, , BLIB_Or15714.001,

AHM.162, AHM.158, AYT.246, NSR_1993.111, ASAT1.075x, ASAT3.137x, ASAT4.400x, ASAT4.400x, AHB_120BE #02 p.040, AMB#07

DOR#07, GPB.154x

unknown, S. Jaberi

LL#222

BH00894

910

mixed

تقدیس از مثال و تنزیه از زوال مالک مبدء و مال را لایق که بقدرت محیطه و اراده

Sanctified beyond all semblance and exalted above extinction is the Lord of Origin and Return, Who through His all-encompassing power and will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.089, , BLIB_Or15718.061x,

PYB#248 p.03x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00943

870

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که عالم امکانرا بنور عرفان مزین

Praise befitteth the most exalted, most holy court of the Object of all desire, Who hath adorned the realm of being with the light of recognition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.125, , BLIB_Or15711.107,

AYI2.095x, AYI2.099x, AYI2.100x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity

BH08273

120

Arabic

شهد الکتاب انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الحکیم قد شهدت السماء انه لا اله الا

The Book beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the All-Wise. The heavens have testified that there is none other God but He [3.5s]

INBA18:505, BLIB_Or15696.146b,

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07045

140

mixed

در جمیع احیان و اوان صریر قلم اعلی و حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع ولکن اهل ناسوت انشا

In all times and seasons the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen and the murmuring of the Tree beyond which there is no passing have been raised, yet the people of the earthly realm [3.5s]

AQA5#071 p.087b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Empty learning; false spirituality; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements

BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29

LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x

BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BH01227

680

mixed

الحمد لله المقدس عن الاسماء و المنزه عما یذکر به اهل الانشاء و المتعالی عما

Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above all names and exalted beyond that wherewith the people of creation make mention of Him, and Who transcendeth all [3.5s]

INBA19:261, INBA32:234

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04706

200

mixed

حمد و ثنا سلطان سریر بقا را لایق و سزا که از یک حبه عالم اشجار و اوراق و

Praise and glorification befit the Sovereign of the Throne of eternity, Who from a single seed hath brought forth the trees and leaves of the world [3.5s]

MSHR5.384x

Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01161

720

mixed

پاک و مقدس بوده و خواهد بود سلطانیکه افق عالم را بانوار نیر اعظم منور فرمود

Pure and sanctified hath been and ever shall be that Sovereign Who hath illumined the horizon of the world with the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#043,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05025

190

mixed

حمد مقدس از ادراک ممکنات و عرفان کائنات مالک اسما و صفات را لایق و سزاست که

Praise, sanctified beyond the comprehension of all contingent beings and the understanding of all created things, beseemeth the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.092,

LHKM1.178

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH07147

Tablet of the Hair 1

140

Arabic

Tablets of the Hair

Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair)

شهد شعری لجمالی بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد کنت فی ازل القدم الها فردا

My hair beareth witness for My Beauty that verily I am God and that there is none other God but Me.

BLIB_Or11098.029a

LHKM3.068, MUH3.272, ASAT3.023x, OOL.B191.01, OOL.B191.03

BLO_PT#202

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#400

BH08384

120

Arabic

قولی سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بقدرتک و عظمتک و اختیارک و بانک انت الله لا

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness to Thy power and Thy majesty and Thy sovereignty, and that Thou art God, there is none [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.168a,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05846

170

Arabic

قل التوحید هو عرفان نفسی مقدسه عن کل من فی العالم و منزهه عن شئونات العالمین

Say: Divine Unity consisteth in the recognition of that Sacred Self Who is sanctified above all who are in the world and exalted above the conditions of all creation [3.5s]

INBA19:069b, INBA32:064b

Exhortations and counsels; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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]

BH03850

240

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر بای ذکر اذکرک و بای وصف اثنیک و بای اسم ادعوک ان

All praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! I know not how to sing Thy praise, how to describe Thy glory

INBA48:144, INBA61:025, INBA49:213, INBA92:149, BLIB_Or15716.135a, , BLIB_Or15739.262,

PMP#075, ADM2#088 p.164x, AQMM.062, AQMJ1.104

PM#075

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01570

Ziyarat al-Huruf

550

Arabic

اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء

The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s]

INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098

OOL.B188

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

BH07309

140

mixed

همه عالم حق را دوست داشته و دارند کل باو مقبلند و خود را از او میدانند عاصی

All creation hath ever loved and continueth to love the Truth; all turn their faces toward Him and recognize themselves as being from Him, though they be wayward [3.5s]

INBA65:036x, INBA51:081b, INBA30:093x, INBA81:002, KB_620:074-075

AHM.333x, AQMJ1.151x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05630

180

Persian

یک تجلی از تجلیات نیر علم از افق سماء معانی اشراق نمود کتب لاتحصی ظاهر و غیر

A single effulgence from among the effulgences of the Luminary of Knowledge hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and countless books, both manifest and hidden, have appeared [3.5s]... ...My God, My Adored One! From Thee I came, and unto Thee have I returned. Illumine my heart

INBA65:025x, INBA30:082ax, INBA81:013a, NLAI_BH_AB.017b

AHM.330, AQMJ1.149x, AKHA_136BE #07 p.110

ADMS#053

M. Torki

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02491

360

Arabic

و انت تعلم یا الهی بان قلبی قد ذابت و کبدی قد فارت و روحی قد صاحت و سری قد

O my God, Thou knowest full well that my heart hath melted, my liver hath seethed, my soul hath cried out, and my inmost being hath [3.5s]

INBA92:038

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH07668

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اشهد بان کل ذکر بدیع منع عن الارتقاء الی سماء عرفانک و کل

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that every novel mention is prevented from ascending unto the heaven of Thy knowledge, and every [3.5s]

INBA92:375

AQMM.071

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11067

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لا اعلم بای ذکر اذکرک مایلیق لشان حضرتک لان اذکار مادونک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance to remember Thee as befitteth the station of Thy presence, for the remembrances of all else beside Thee [3.5s]

INBA23:168

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00848

970

Arabic

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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

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

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

PM#178

LL#271, LL#473

BH06803

150

Arabic

یا الهی و سیدی و مقصودی و رجائی یشهد الخادم بما شهد به قلمک الاعلی قبل خلق

O my God, my Lord, my Goal and my Hope! The servant beareth witness unto that which Thy Most Exalted Pen hath testified before creation [3.5s]

INBA51:129, KB_620:122-122

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00591

1290

Arabic

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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

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

PMP#179

PM#179

BH01523

570

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری ما ورد علی من الذینهم کفروا بایاتک الکبری و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou dost witness and behold what hath befallen me at the hands of them that have disbelieved in Thy most great signs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.020,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08906

110

Arabic

قد احرقتنی نار فراقک این نور وصالک یا محبوب العالم و مقصوده قد اهلکنی عذاب

I am consumed in the fire of separation from Thee; where is the light of reunion with Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved and Desire of the world?

INBA51:194a, KB_620:187-187

ADM1#041 p.084, LHKM3.383

JHT_S#112

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07919

130

Arabic

یا اهل العالم ان استمعوا ندآء مالک القدم انه یامرکم بالبر و التقوی و یعرفکم

O peoples of the world! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Lord. Verily, He commandeth you to righteousness and piety, and maketh known unto you [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.129b,

Exhortations and counsels; Proclamation to the people of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH03234

280

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بکلمه امرک التی بها خلقت الممکنات و ذرئت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word of Thy Command wherewith Thou didst create all contingent things and bring them into being [3.5s]

INBA48:136, INBA49:020, BLIB_Or15739.250,

AQMJ1.089

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH01175

710

mixed

حمد مقصودی را سزاوار که جمیع اهل عالم از علما و عرفا و فضلا و امرا بر

Praise be to the Desired One, before Whom all the peoples of the world - the learned, the mystics, the eminent, and the rulers - stand in reverence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.159, , BLIB_Or15711.135,

Creation of the world; Eulogies; reminiscences; Manifestation of God as mediator; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00073

Tafsir-i-Hu

6500

Arabic

Creation

Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God))

الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق الشمس بقدرته و الاح النور بقوته… ان یا ذلک الهیکل قد خلقناک علی تلک الأسمآء الحسنی و جعلناک کل شیء فی اسمآء الذی یشیر الینا

Praise be to God who has caused the sun to shine through His power and light to gleam through His might [3.5s]... ...O this Temple! We created thee according to these Most Beautiful Names. And We made thee the Pleroma (kulli shay', "All Things") amongst the [Divine] Names which alluded unto Us by means of the mention of "Huwa" … In another station, the names are garments for the attributes... If thou art able to separate anything in heaven or on earth and marry all of it together again

Berlin1237#21-22, UMich962.159-182x, UMich968.001-040x, UMich968.053-084x

YMM.174x, OOL.B144x

BLO_createx, HURQ.BH14x, REVS.173x

An intricate commentary on the names and attributes of God, taking as point of departure a statement by the Báb which relates ‘His sacred mirror and eternal light’ to the name of God huwa (‘He’), which has an inner and outer aspect signifying both the unity of opposites and the alchemical fire and water attained of old by the prophet Moses.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

REVS.060-062, LL#336

BH01073

780

Arabic

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

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

INBA92:030

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01266

670

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا محبوبی اشکرک فی بدایع نعماء احدیتک فیما اجریتها و انزلتها

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Best-Beloved! I render thanks unto Thee for the wondrous bounties of Thy oneness which Thou hast caused to flow forth and sent down [3.5s]

AYBY.008

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Presence of; reunion with God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05529

180

mixed

ندایت شنیده شد و ناله ات اصغا گشت در بلایا و رزایا بحق اقتدا کن یعنی صابر و

Thy call hath been heard, and thy lamentation hath been hearkened unto. In tribulations and calamities, follow thou the path of truth - that is to say, be patient [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.016a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07684

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا من باسمک ذوتت الکائنات و بامرک سخرت الممکنات و باهتزاز کلمتک

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by Whose Name all creation hath been called into being, by Whose command the entirety of the universe hath been subdued

ADM3#103 p.123

JHT_S#163

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

BH08710

110

mixed

انوار ظهور عالم را احاطه نموده و مکلم طور بر سدره معانی بابدع نغمات تغنی

The effulgent lights of the Manifestation have encompassed the world, and the Speaker of Sinai doth warble, with most wondrous melodies, upon the Lote-Tree of meanings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.247a,

Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11712

575

mixed

ان یا عبد اتق الله فی نفسک و کن فی عصمه من لدنا بحیث لایحزنک شیء و لا یکدرک

O servant! Fear God in thine own self and abide beneath Our protection, that naught shall grieve thee nor disturb thy peace [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.239

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH10877

Arabic

نشهد انه لا اله الا هو قد ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتب فضلا من عنده و هو الحق

We bear witness that there is no God but Him. He hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books as a bounty from His presence, and He, verily, is the Truth [3.5s]

AQA7#453 p.272

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03111

290

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اقر کل عارف بالعجز عن عرفانک و کل عالم بالجهل تلقاء

Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent! Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth

INBA48:130, INBA61:039x, INBA49:022, BLIB_Or15716.136a, , BLIB_Or15739.241,

BRL_DA#435, ADM2#004 p.014x, AQMM.060, AQMJ1.086

BPRY.136, SW_v13#12 p.322, DWN_v5#05 p.001-002

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08852

110

Arabic

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا الهی قد استظلت فی ظل سدره وحدانیتک امه من امائک التی آمنت بک و

Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens, who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs

INBA92:353b

PMP#093

PM#093, BPRY.246

BH04476

210

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تسمع ضجیجی و تشهد صریخی و تعلم حنینی و تاوه سری و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest my clamor and witnesseth my cry, knoweth my yearning and the sighing of my inmost being [3.5s]

INBA92:110

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08055

120

Arabic

ان یا امه الله ان استمعی ندآء من یدعوک الی الله العزیز القدیر ثم افرحی بما

O handmaid of God! Hearken thou unto the call of Him Who summoneth thee unto God, the Mighty, the Omnipotent. Then rejoice in that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.288a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for women; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH09374

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اشرقت شمس العظمه و البقا عن افق سماء

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the Sun of Grandeur and Eternity hath shone forth from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

INBA92:176a, BLIB_Or15725.392a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00076

Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib)

4960

Arabic

Surah of the Companions

Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی

H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God

INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b,

AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107

WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32

Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause of Bahá’u’lláh, declaring His prophetic station to a number of receptive individuals while attesting that if it were revealed to humanity to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, it would cause every mountain to crumble into dust.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293

BH00862

950

mixed

لم یزل و لایزال جوهر حمد و ساذج ثناء حضرت لایزالی را سزاست که مرایای قلوب

From time immemorial and unto everlasting time, the pure essence of praise and quintessence of glorification beseemeth that Ancient Being, Who causeth the mirrors of hearts [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#038,

MAS8.147x, MUH3.306-309, MSHR4.311-312x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09303

100

Persian

این روز بدیع باعلی الندآء اهل انشا را متذکر مینماید و میفرماید بافصح بیان من

This wondrous Day, with the Most Exalted Call, summoneth the people of creation and proclaimeth with most eloquent utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.263e,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00296

2170

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

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

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

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

PMP#184, TSBT.157, AMB#22

PM#184, DOR#22

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09089

110

Arabic

یا الهی و محبوبی کیف اذکرک بالکلمات بعد ایقانی بانها خلقت بامرک و ارادتک

O my God and my Beloved! How am I to make mention of Thee with words, certain as I am that they themselves are created at Thy behest?

BLIB_Or15725.385a, , NLAI_BH2.071a

ADM2#056 p.099

JHT_S#059

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04663

200

mixed

ای جمعه انشاء الله بعنایت سلطان احدیه در این روضه قدس معنویه سرسبز و خرم باشی در حدیث

O Assembly! God willing, through the loving-kindness of the sovereign Lord of oneness, mayest thou be verdant and joyous in this sacred and spiritual garden [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.085r, , BLIB_Or11096#124,

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH00120

3870

mixed

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise of Western values; culture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

شهادت حق جل جلاله از برای نفسش کافیست قال و قوله الحق انه لایوصف بوصف دونه و

He, glorified be His majesty, doth Himself suffice as a witness unto His Own Being. His Word is the Truth: verily, He cannot be described by any attributes save His Own [3.5s]... ...O My loved ones! We charge you to conduct yourselves with trustworthiness and rectitude, that through you the attributes of your Lord may be manifested to His servants

INBA15:132, INBA26:133

COMP_TRUSTP#31x

BRL_TRUST#30x, COC#2042x

BH10737

Arabic

یا ورقتی یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن و یبشرک بعنایه ربک الذی لاسمه خضع الملا

O My Leaf! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee from the precincts of the Prison, and announceth unto thee the favors of thy Lord, before Whose Name the multitudes have bowed down [3.5s]

INBA84:128a, INBA84:065a, INBA84:007b.14, BLIB_Or15696.195i,

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10894

Arabic

یا ابن الشهید علیک سلام الله العزیز الحمید قد ورد علیکم من ظالم ارض

O son of the martyr! Upon thee be the salutation of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised! Indeed, that which hath come upon you from the oppressor of the land [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.195b,

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05787

170

Arabic

شهد مالک القدم لهذا القلم بانه نطق قبل خلق العالم و ظهور الامم انه لا اله الا

The Ancient of Days testifieth concerning this Pen that It spake, ere the creation of the world and the appearance of the nations, that there is none other God but [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.253a,

VAA.207-207b

Chastisement and requital; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH03679

250

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بالقلم بعد تنزیهک نفسک عن اشارات القدم و کیف

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee with the pen, when Thou hast sanctified Thine Essence above the allusions of eternity, and how [3.5s]

INBA49:357b

AADA.126-127

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00516

1430

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15694.525, , ALIB.folder18p132-137

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02982

300

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز القیوم له الجود و الفضل یحیی من یشاء بسلطانه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. His is the bounty and grace; He quickeneth whomsoever He willeth through His sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA71:336b, BLIB_Or15696.122c, , NLAI_BH1.400

Chastisement and requital; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08816

110

Arabic

سبحان الذی ظهر و اظهر ما نطق به کل کلیل و تقرب کل بعید و رای کل ضریر و اقبل

Glorified be He Who hath appeared and revealed that which every weary tongue hath spoken, whereby every remote one hath drawn nigh and every sightless one hath seen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.098a,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06271

160

Arabic

کتاب حکیم انزله مالک هذا الیوم العظیم طوبی لمن وجد منه عرف الله رب العالمین

The Book of Wisdom hath been sent down by the Lord of this mighty Day. Blessed is he who hath inhaled therefrom the fragrance of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.294b, , BLIB_Or15715.116g,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00067

5230

mixed

حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را سزاست که بسیف بیان امکان را تصرف فرمود

Praise and thanksgiving befit the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath through the sword of utterance taken possession of all existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.056,

BRL_DA#098x, ADM3#061 p.077x, YIA.130-145

Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10063

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

BH00366

1840

Arabic

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

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

INBA83:292, ALIB.folder18p096-102

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH05103

190

Arabic

قد تغرد الورقاء علی افنان دوحه البقاء انه لا اله الا انا الغفور الرحیم قد

The Dove hath warbled upon the branches of the Tree of Eternity: "Verily there is none other God but Me, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.139c,

LHKM3.196b

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Satan; the Evil One; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10023

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی العزیز المقتدر الغفار للذینهم انقطعوا عن کل الوجوه و توجهوا

This is an epistle from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Forgiving, unto them that have detached themselves from all faces and have turned towards Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.371b,

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03598

250

Arabic

الهی و سیدی و سندی و مقصودی اشهدک و رسلک

O my God, my Lord, my Support and my Heart's Desire! I bear witness before Thee and Thy Messengers [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.134b, , BLIB_Or15728.196,

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07192

140

Arabic

قد شهد قلمی الاعلی بما شهد به لسان عظمتی قبل خلق سمائی و ارضی انه لا اله الا انا

My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to that which the Tongue of My Grandeur hath witnessed ere the creation of My heaven and My earth: that there is none other God but Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.291a,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01382

620

mixed

حبذا عنایات حق جل جلاله بی طلب عطا فرمود و بی استحقاق ادراک بخشود تا هر نفسی

How wondrous are the bestowals of God, exalted be His glory, Who granteth His gifts unasked and bestoweth understanding undeserved, that every soul [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.178, , BLIB_Or15711.173, , BLIB_Or15736.030,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00248

Suriy-i-'Ibad

2520

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Ibad (Tablet of the Servants)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam

INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312

BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124

BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31

S. Jaberi

Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam with that of the Báb’, relates the events of His banishment from Baghdad to Edirne, and delivers specific guidance to a number of followers named in the tablet.

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309

BH00901

910

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15727a.055,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03821

240

mixed

حمد و ثنا مطلع نور احدیه را لایق و سزاست که قوه ناطقه بخشید و بان عوالم ذکر

Praise and thanksgiving befit the Dawning-Place of the Light of Divine Unity, Who hath bestowed the power of utterance and through it revealed the realms of remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.201b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05190

190

Arabic

یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء و الظاهر بالاسم الاعظم الاعلی اشهد انک لم تزل

O God of Names and Creator of heaven, Who art manifest through the Most Great and Most Exalted Name! I bear witness that Thou hast ever been [3.5s]

AQMJ2.126

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00311

2080

mixed

حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که ضوضای علما و اعراض فقها

Praise be to the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen, Whom the clamor of the divines and the opposition of the doctors of law [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.132,

SFI04.011ax

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02396

370

mixed

حمد مقصود عالم را که آنمحبوب را صحیحا سالما بوطن حقیقی بقول گوینده قبل گفت

Praise be unto Him Who is the Purpose of the world, in that He hath, in truth and soundness, guided that Best-Beloved One to His true homeland, even as was spoken aforetime [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.408,

MSHR4.368x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH03592

250

Arabic

اشهد یا الهی و سیدی و سندی بتقدیس ذاتک عن الامثال و تنزیه کینونتک عن الاشباه

I bear witness, O my God, my Master and my Mainstay, to the sanctification of Thine Essence above all likenesses and the exaltation of Thy Being beyond all similitudes [3.5s]

LHKM2.320

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02617

340

Arabic

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا من بیدک جبروت العز و ملکوت الخلق تفعل ما تشاء بسلطانک و تحکم ما

Glory be to Thee, Thou in Whose hand are the heaven of omnipotence and the kingdom of creation. Thou doest, by Thy sovereignty, what Thou willest

INBA48:117, INBA49:013, BLIB_Or15739.218, , NLAI_BH2.064

PMP#103, ADM2#062 p.109

PM#103

BH05986

170

mixed

یا قاسم در جمیع احیان لحاظ عنایت الهی بتو و سایر دوستان متوجه ولکن بعد از

O Qasim! At all times hath the glance of divine favor been directed towards thee and the other friends, but after [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.231, , BLIB_Or15715.056a,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11460

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

SW_v02#05 p.015

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

BH06894

150

Persian

یکتائی حق جل و عز مقدس از هندسیات حروفات بوده لم یزل و لایزال بر عرش وحدانیت

The oneness of the True One, exalted and glorified be He, is sanctified beyond the geometry of letters, and hath ever been and shall forever remain upon the throne of unity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.050b,

BH08958

110

Arabic

قل سبحانک یا الهی ترانی مقبلا الی افق امرک و ناظرا الی سماء فضلک و منتظرا

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest me turning toward the horizon of Thy Cause, gazing at the heaven of Thy bounty, and waiting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.114c,

BH10005

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

BH11144

Arabic

یا اکبر مالک القدر یذکرک فی المنظر الاکبر بآیات لایعادلها العالم و ما قدر فیه افرح بهذا الفرح

O 'Akbar! The Lord of Destiny maketh mention of thee from the Most Great Horizon with verses whereunto the world and whatsoever hath been ordained therein cannot compare. Rejoice thou at this gladness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.187c,

BH11421

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15715.116f,

BH11508

Seal of Baha’u’llah #15

Arabic

قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی

The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious.

INBA51:308b

LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017

KSHK#19

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02726

330

mixed

یا مهدی انشاء الله بعنایت دارای امم و مالک عالم در ظل اسم اعظم ساکن و مستریح

O Mihdi! God willing, through the grace of Him Who is the Lord of nations and the Sovereign of the world, mayest thou dwell, serene and at rest, beneath the shadow of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.249,

ANDA#59 p.45

BH09867

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی ترانی جالسا علی الصخره الصماء فی حصن العکا منقطعا عمن فی الارض

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest me seated upon the solid rock within the fortress of 'Akká, detached from all who dwell on earth [3.5s]

INBA92:330a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

BH03501

260

Arabic

سبحان الذی ینزل الایات بالحق و یعطی لمن یشاء ما یشاء بفضل من عنده و انه کان علی

Glorified be He Who sendeth down the verses in truth and bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He willeth through His grace, and verily He is exalted [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.431, , ALIB.folder18p389

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

BH02224

400

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; Theft; seizing the properties of others

قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را

The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God

INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102

BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020

GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x

LL#358

BH05537

180

Arabic

هذا کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیقربهم الی ملکوته و یسقیهم هذا الکوثر

This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto all who dwell in the realm of possibility, that He may draw them nigh unto His Kingdom and give them to drink of this Kawthar [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.264b,

Chastisement and requital; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10915

Arabic

یا باقر ان اشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم لا تحزن من الدنیا و شئوناتها

O Báqir! Bear thou witness unto that which God Himself hath testified: that there is no God but Me, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Grieve not over this world and its affairs [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.037a,

The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10781

mixed

ای احمد کلمه الهی در مقامی بسدره تعبیر میشود طوبی از برای نفوسیکه در ظل او

O Ahmad! The Word of God in certain stations is likened unto the divine Lote-Tree. Blessed are they that abide beneath its shade [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.221b, , BLIB_Or15715.088g,

The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH04220

220

mixed

روح اعظم که احیای جمیع اموات معلق بنفحات اوست کلمه الهی بوده و خواهد بود اوست

The Most Great Spirit, upon Whose quickening breaths depends the resurrection of all created things, hath been and shall ever remain the Word of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.091c,

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06606

150

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو ینزل من سماء الفضل ما شاء و اراد انه لهو المنزل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He sendeth down from the heaven of grace whatsoever He willeth and desireth. Verily, He is the One Who sendeth down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.140a, , NLAI_22848:341, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175v, , MKI4522.341,

AQA2#020 p.185, AVK3.110.13x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10197

Arabic

انک قل یا قوم تالله قد ظهر البحر و سرت علیه فلک الله تمسکوا بها و لا تتبعوا کل غافل

Say: O people! By God, the Ocean hath appeared and upon it saileth the Ark of God. Hold ye fast unto it and follow not every heedless one [3.5s]

AVK3.109.05x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH05181

190

Arabic

یا احبائی فی سروستان ان استمعوا ندآء الرحمن فی الامکان انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المنان

My beloved ones in Sarvistán, Give ear to the call of the All-Merciful in the contingent realm, saying, None other god is there beside Him, the Almighty, the Beneficent

INBA51:535b

BRL_DA#448, LHKM3.152

JHT_B#011

Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; 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

BH02452

360

mixed

حمد مالک امکان و ملیک اکوانرا که از رشحات قلم امریه جاری فرمود انهر حیوه

Praise be to the Lord of all existence and the King of the worlds, Who hath caused the rivers of life to flow forth through the outpourings of His Command-giving Pen [3.5s]

AYBY.169b

Living waters; water of life; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04082

230

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن فاز کتابه فی محضر یطوف حوله اهل ملا الاعلی ثم ارواح

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whose record hath prevailed in that Presence round which circle the denizens of the Concourse on High and the spirits [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#322,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01126

740

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق من لدی الله المقتدر العزیز المختار و یبشر الموحدین الی

These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth from God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and they give glad tidings unto them that have recognized His unity [3.5s]

INBA83:283, BLIB_Or15737.186, , NLAI_BH1.435, ALIB.folder18p288?

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08226

120

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر مطلع امره و تعالی الذی یذکر احبائه بلسانه الذی به احی

Glorified be He Who hath manifested the Dayspring of His Cause, and exalted be He Who remembereth His loved ones with His Tongue whereby He quickeneth [3.5s]

YMM.200x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02960

300

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از سحاب عنایت امطار رحمت بر اراضی طیبه

Praise be unto the Desired One, Who is worthy and befitting, for from the clouds of loving-kindness the rains of mercy descend upon the goodly earth [3.5s]

MAS4.358x, MAS7.129bx, MJTB.016x, QT108.063x, ASAT1.103x, ASAT3.059x

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11361

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

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

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

BH06519

150

mixed

در این صبح نورانی لسان بیان الهی باین کلمه نورانی ناطق ای اهل ارض تمسک

In this luminous morn, the tongue of divine utterance speaketh forth with this radiant word: O peoples of the earth, hold fast [3.5s]

AVK3.217.10x

The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02353

380

mixed

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامه جناب عندلیب علیه بهائی که بشما ارسال داشت تلقاء

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My glory! The letter of his honour 'Andalíb, upon him be My glory, which was sent unto thee, hath reached [3.5s]

INBA51:435, BLIB_Or15726.122,

LHKM3.263

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH05031

190

Arabic

ذکر المسجون عبده المجید لیستبشر ببشاره الروح و یجذبه نفحات الله المهیمن

The Prisoner maketh mention of His servant 'Abdu'l-Majíd, that he may rejoice in the glad-tidings of the Spirit and be drawn by the fragrances of God, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.269a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03695

250

mixed

قل یا قوم این یوم را نغمهاست و اسرارها فضایلش را جز حق احدی احصا ننموده و

Say: O people! This Day hath a melody, and its mysteries and virtues none but God hath fully reckoned [3.5s]

INBA15:335c, INBA26:339b, BLIB_Or15716.129b,

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05507

180

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن آمن بالله رب العالمین ینطق انه لا اله الا انا العزیز

The Book hath indeed been sent down in truth for such as have believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. It proclaimeth: There is none other God but I, the Mighty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#338,

Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH07390

140

mixed

یا عبد الکریم علیک بهائی نفحات حبت متضوع و استقامتت در امر الله مشهود سوف

O 'Abdu'l-Karím! Upon thee be My Glory! The fragrances of thy love are diffused abroad and thy steadfastness in the Cause of God is manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.069a,

Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04046

230

Arabic

قد راینا اقبالک اقبلنا الیک من هذا المقام الذی ینطق فیه لسان العظمه انه لا

We have beheld thy turning unto Us, and We have turned unto thee from this Station wherein the Tongue of Grandeur proclaimeth: There is no [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.143a,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08351

120

Arabic

قد فتح باب السماء باسم ربک الابهی و اتی منه من حدث الناس بهذا النبا الذی به

The gate of heaven hath been flung open in the name of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and from it hath appeared He Who proclaimeth unto men these tidings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.124b,

Chastisement and requital; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH00590

1290

Persian

حمد و ثنای لایحصی مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از کوثر بیان اهل امکان را زنده

Immeasurable praise and glorification befit the Lord of Names, Who hath quickened the peoples of creation through the waters of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.001,

High station of the true believer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10791

mixed

ای محمد قبل حسین باینکلمه متقنه که بمنزله بحر حیوانست از برای تشنگان متمسک باش

O Muhammad-Qábl-i-Husayn! Hold thou fast unto this sure and consummate Word, which is even as a life-giving sea unto them that thirst [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.218, , BLIB_Or15715.088a,

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH01192

700

Arabic

قد حضر الخادم مع قلم و لوح و اراد ان تنزل له الایات قلنا انها ملئت الارضین و

The servant hath appeared with pen and tablet, yearning that verses be revealed unto him. Say: Verily, they have filled the earth [3.5s]

AQA7#492 p.325, LHKM2.212

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as pen; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10868

Persian

لوح مسطور از سماء عنایت نازل شد و مستورات معانی را چون شمس جانی از افق معنوی

A Tablet inscribed hath descended from the heaven of bounty, revealing the hidden meanings like unto a spiritual sun from the mystic horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:034b, KB_620:027-028

LHKM3.005a

Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH01356

630

mixed

حمد سلطان وجودیرا لایق و سزاست که عالم انسانرا بطراز بیان مزین فرمود هادی و

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Sovereign of existence, Who hath adorned the world of humanity with the ornament of utterance, the Guide and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.020,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01156

720

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعزه و توحد بالعظمه و تقدس عن اشارات البریة و شئونات البشریة

Praise be to God, Who standeth alone in majesty, Who is unique in grandeur, and Who is sanctified above the intimations of mortals and the conditions of humanity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.118, , BLIB_Or15732.300,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04787

200

Arabic

قد نزلت الایات من هذه السماء التی احاطت الملک و الملکوت و ظهرت البینات من هذا المقام

The verses have been sent down from this heaven that encompasseth the dominion of earth and heaven, and clear evidences have appeared from this Station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.139d,

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05020

190

Persian

حضرت بیچون از چند و چون مقدس و مبریست دوئی وصف یکی نداند و از عهده ذکر برنیاید

The Incomparable Lord is sanctified and exalted beyond all manner and description. Duality knoweth not how to describe His oneness, nor can utterance fulfill His remembrance [3.5s]

INBA51:145a, KB_620:138-138

LHKM2.170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02539

350

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا لسلطان المشیه من عنده ثم ارادته ثم ذکره

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that 'Alí is verily the Sovereign of His Will, then His Purpose, then His Remembrance [3.5s]

INBA23:175c, INBA36:095, INBA71:258b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01873

470

mixed

Prayer Revealed by the Exalted Pen for Mírzá 'Abu'l-Fadl; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان مقصود امکان را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه علیا

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth Him Who is the Purpose of all creation, Who through one blessed and exalted Word [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, for guiding me unto the horizon of Thy Revelation and for causing me to be mentioned by Thy Name.

BLIB_Or15690.100, , BLIB_Or15728.147,

BRL_DA#003, ADM3#133x p.150, ADM3#134 p.151x, PYB#122 p.04x

BRL_APBH#05x, BRL_APBH#06x, ADJ.080x, SW_v14#06 p.166x, BLO_PT#072x, JHT_S#004x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02784

320

Arabic

Lawh-i-Hikmat

قد دمدم الرعد و ارتفع هزیز الاریاح و فالق الاصباح فی هذا الشتاء یامر قلمه

Verily the thunder hath rumbled and the howling of winds hath risen, and He Who splitteth the dawn, in this winter, doth command His Pen [3.5s]... ...Say: We have set ablaze the Fire of Utterance in the contingent world, and it is not among the elements which were explained to you and which ye know

INBA51:404, BLIB_Or15729.135, , NLAI_22848:329, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p169r, , MKI4522.329,

AQA2#012 p.177, ANDA#19 p.34x

BLO_failayn

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07565

130

Persian

این کتابیست از نزد مظلوم بسوی عبادیکه بحق اقبال نموده اند و ضوضای خلق ایشان

This is a Book from the Wronged One directed towards such servants as have turned unto the Truth, whilst the clamor of men hath failed to deter them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.042d,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH06277

160

Arabic

کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اقبل الی الوجه اذ اعرض عنه الذین تمسکوا بالاوهام

The Book from the Wronged One unto him who turned towards the Countenance whilst they that clung to idle fancies turned away therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.018a,

Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07810

130

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن من جبروت البیان لمن فی العالم و یبشرهم برضوان الله رب

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed from the realm of utterance unto those who dwell in the world, bearing unto them the glad-tidings of God's good-pleasure, their Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.134a,

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10394

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

BH10636

mixed

قلم اعلی متوجهین افق اعلی را بشارت میدهد و هر یک را بطراز ذکر مزین میفرماید

The Supreme Pen giveth glad-tidings unto them that are turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon, and adorneth each one with the ornament of remembrance [3.5s]

INBA19:012a, INBA32:012b, BLIB_Or15697.122a, , BLIB_Or15710.292a,

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

BH09680

100

mixed

یا علی قبل محمد در فضل حق جل جلاله تفکر نما در اول این لیل که لیل هشتم ماه

O 'Ali-Qabli-Muhammad! Ponder thou upon the grace of God, glorified be His splendor, in this first hour of the night, which is the eighth of the month [3.5s]

INBA23:133a, BLIB_Or15715.018d,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09092

110

Arabic

یا امتی ان السرور یطوفک و الفرح امام وجهک و النور یسعی عن ورائک بما توجه الیک

O My handmaiden! Joy encompasseth thee, and gladness standeth before thy face, and light pursueth from behind thee, inasmuch as thou hast turned unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.097b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.102a,

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

BH09590

100

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی من فی السموات و الارضین لعل یجذبهم کلمات الله و

This is a Book from the Youth unto all that dwell in the heavens and on earth, that haply the Words of God may draw them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.377d,

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

BH10604

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه لهو المذکور فی کتب الله رب

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the One mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord [3.5s]

ABDA.315

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

BH10612

mixed

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و قلم اعلی در اینمقام اشرف ابهی تو را ذکر مینماید و

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and the Supreme Pen, from this most glorious and most resplendent station, maketh mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.302a,

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

BH00836

980

mixed

حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که

Sanctified praise, from time everlasting unto everlasting, befitteth the most holy, most exalted Court of that Eternal Lord [3.5s]

INBA31:128, BLIB_Or15731.362,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07380

140

Persian

یا ریحان انشاء الله بروح و ریحان عباد را بافق ظهور مالک ادیان دعوت نمائی یوم

O Rayhan! God willing, thou shalt summon the servants, with joy and fragrance, unto the horizon of the appearance of the Lord of Religions upon this Day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.154a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07617

130

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اخذه سکر البیان الی ان توجه الی ربه الرحمن الذی اتی ببرهان عجز

A remembrance from Our presence unto him whom the wine of utterance hath seized, until he turned unto his Lord, the All-Merciful, Who hath come with a proof that rendereth all powerless [3.5s]

INBA19:020c, INBA32:020b

Degrees of faith; certitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00321

2020

mixed

حمد ساحت اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که قدرتش مقدسست از قدرتهای عالم و

Praise be unto the most holy Court of the Desired One, Whose power is sanctified above all the powers of the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.351,

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04272

220

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لقوم یفقهون انه لایه الله فیما سواه و سره الاعظم فیما کان و ما

The Book sent down from Our presence unto a people who understand. Verily, it is the Sign of God amidst all else, and His Most Great Mystery in what hath been and what is [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#259,

Exhortations and counsels; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04876

200

mixed

یا امائی علیکن بهائی و رحمتی قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بر اینکه شما رجالید بلکه از

O My handmaidens! Upon you be My glory and My mercy! The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that ye are indeed men, nay rather [3.5s]

INBA51:105b, KB_620:098-099

AKHT1.011x, AKHT2.000ج

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Role and station of women; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#078

BH07307

140

Arabic

هل شرب احد من بحر الحیوان و صمت عن البیان او مافاز به و کان من الغافلین

Hath anyone partaken of the Ocean of Life and remained silent in utterance, or hath he attained unto it yet remained among the heedless [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.031b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.110,

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Living waters; water of life; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH03909

240

mixed

لله الحمد تجلیات انوار شمس بیان مقصود عالمیان کل را احاطه نموده ظلم ظالمین و

Praise be unto God! The effulgent rays of the Sun of the Bayán, the Desire of all worlds, have encompassed all, despite the tyranny of the oppressors [3.5s]

INBA51:213, KB_620:206-207

LHKM3.282

Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02392

370

mixed

جوهر حمد و ثنا مالک سماء و اسما را لایق و سزاست که اهل عوالم دانش و بینش را

The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and is worthy of the Lord of heaven and of names, Who hath endowed the peoples of the realms of knowledge and insight [3.5s]

INBA15:265, INBA26:265

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; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03387

270

Arabic

کلمه الله قد کانت من سماء الفضل علی العالمین بالحق منزولا و انها لسر الاعظم فی

The Word of God hath, in truth, been sent down from the heaven of grace upon all the worlds, and verily it is the Most Great Mystery in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.583, , ALIB.folder18p439

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05779

170

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء ینزل بسلطانه ما یکون ماء الحیوان

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Powerful over whatsoever He willeth. Through His sovereignty He sendeth down that which is the Water of Life [3.5s]

INBA84:207, BLIB_Or15730.022c,

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02650

340

mixed

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه امروز سدره منتهی امام وجوه وری باثمار لاتحصی مشهود و

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! On this day the Divine Lote-Tree standeth before the faces of men, adorned with fruits beyond reckoning [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.179c,

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09329

100

mixed

حلاوت بیان الهی بمقامی است که اگر من علی الارض باصغای آن فائز شوند کل بافق

The sweetness of Divine utterance is of such a station that, were all who dwell upon the earth to hearken unto it, all would soar unto the horizon [3.5s]

INBA57:082a, BLIB_Or15697.121a, , BLIB_Or15710.289a,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04526

210

Arabic

کلمه الله قد نزلت بالحق بطراز الذی انصعقت عنه کل من فی السموات و الارض الا

The Word of God hath verily been sent down in truth, adorned with such glory as hath struck with bewilderment all who dwell in the heavens and on earth, save [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.593, , ALIB.folder18p469

Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10162

mixed

امروز روز بیانست باید اهل بها بکمال رفق و مدارا اهل عالم را بافق اعلی هدایت

This is the day in which to speak. It is incumbent upon the people of Baha to strive

INBA23:016b, INBA57:070, BLIB_Or15715.260b,

ADJ.082-083x

High station of teachers of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11773

200

Arabic

یا میر یذکرک المظلوم فی حین احاطته الاحزان بما اکتسبت ایدی الذین انکروا

O Prince! The Wronged One remembereth thee at the hour when sorrows have encompassed Him through that which the hands of them that have denied have wrought [3.5s]

BRL_DA#490

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01707

Lawh-i-Jud

520

mixed

یا اسمی الجود علیک بهائی ان استمع ما سمعته من قبل اذ کان نیر البرهان مشرقا

O thou who bearest My Name, Júd! Upon thee be My Glory. Give ear unto that which thou didst hear aforetime

BLIB_Or15715.232b,

BRL_DA#247, FBAH.000ii, TBP.000ii, TBP#17h

TB#17h

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

LL#134

BH01995

440

mixed

انا اردنا ان نرسل الیک بحر البیان من هذا المقام الذی جعله الله مطاف الملا

We have desired to send unto thee the ocean of utterance from this station, which God hath made the circling-place of the Concourse on High [3.5s]

KHSH13.006

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04665

200

Persian

ای دوستان یزدان میفرماید امروز روز گفتار نیست بشنوید ندای دوست یکتا را و

O friends! God declareth: Today is not the day for words. Give ear to the call of the Incomparable Friend

BLIB_Or15712.228, , BLIB_Or15722.099a,

ZYN.260, YARP1.015

NYR#148

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01166

720

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی من اراد ان یشرب کوثر

A Book sent down by the Wronged One from the presence of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.066, , BLIB_Or15699.020, , BLIB_Or15728.086,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00044

6470

mixed

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

حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که

Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered

INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076,

BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x

BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00204

2800

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15712.141,

Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00585

1300

mixed

یا محمد قبل علی دزدان در کمینگاهان و خائنان بر مراصد لذا سبیل عرفان ممنوع و

O Muhammad-'Ali! Thieves lurk in their hiding-places, and traitors stand watch at their posts; wherefore the pathway of recognition is barred [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.108x,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09987

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه یبشر الناس بهذا النور الاعظم

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, it heraldeth unto mankind this Most Great Light [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.148, , BLIB_Or15715.061d,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04286

220

Persian

مکتوبت بمنظر اکبر فائز و بلحاظ عنایت مالک اسما مشرف اظهار حزن نموده بودی

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and been honored by the glance of favor of the Lord of Names. Thou hadst expressed thy sorrow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.314b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03840

240

Arabic

ذکری عبدی الذی اقبل الی قبله الوفاء و وفی بمیثاق ربه العزیز المنان لیلهمه

Remember thou My servant who hath turned toward the Qiblih of faithfulness and fulfilled the Covenant of his Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower, that He may inspire him [3.5s]... ...He, verily, will aid everyone that aideth Him, and will remember everyone that remembereth Him. To this beareth witness this Tablet that hath shed the splendor of the loving-kindness of your Lord

INBA51:117b, BLIB_Or11095#252, , KB_620:110-111

LHKM2.153

COC#1646x, ADJ.075-076x

Hands of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02709

330

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی احد من عباد الله لیستجذب من نغمات الله

This is a Book from the Primal Point unto one of the servants of God, that he may be drawn unto the melodies of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.055,

YMM.192x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02858

Suriy-i-Dhabih 2

310

Arabic

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

BH06723

150

Arabic

کتاب مسطور یشهد له المهیمن القیوم و انه رقم من اصبع القدره فی هذا المقام

The inscribed Book beareth witness unto it, and the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, doth testify that verily it hath been traced by the Finger of Power in this station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.067a,

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06091

160

mixed

ای رحمن محبوب عالمیان در سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و تو را ذکر مینماید و این

O Rahman! The Beloved of the worlds doth turn His face toward thee from the Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee, and this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.165a,

Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09897

Arabic

شهد الله و ملائکته و رسله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بین الامم انه هو مقصود العالم

God, His angels and His Messengers bear witness that there is no God but Him, and that He Who speaketh amongst the nations is, verily, the Desired One of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.302b,

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

BH09147

110

Arabic

یا قلمی اشهد انک ماقصرت فیما امرت به من لدی الله رب العالمین قد ارتفع صریرک

O My Pen! I bear witness that thou hast not fallen short in that which thou wert commanded by God, the Lord of all worlds. Indeed, thy shrill voice hath been raised aloft [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.121c,

Suffering and imprisonment; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03878

240

Arabic

قد صاحت الحصاه فی ذکر هذا الذکر الحکیم و نادی کلشیء اذ نادت الورقاء الملک

The stone hath cried out in celebration of this wise Remembrance, and every created thing raised its voice when the Dove of the Kingdom called aloud [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#248,

Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02390

370

Arabic

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت من سحاب رحمه منیعا و منها تحیی افئده الممکنات ان تتوجهن

These are the verses of the Book, sent down from the cloud of an impregnable mercy, whereby are quickened the hearts of all created things, should they turn thereunto [3.5s]

INBA51:500, ALIB.folder18p379

LHKM3.040

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; 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

BH04482

210

Arabic

قد افتر ثغر البیان و ینطق اللسان بین الامکان لعل ینتبهن الذین رقدوا و یسمعن

The lips of utterance have parted in a smile, and the tongue speaketh amidst all contingent beings, that perchance they who slumber may awaken and hear [3.5s]

INBA19:411, BLIB_Or07852.114, , BLIB_Or11095#280,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Study; deepening; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH07732

130

Arabic

قد انزلنا کتاب الاسماء و امرنا مسمیاتها ان یومنوا بالله العلیم و وصیناهم ان

Verily, We have revealed the Book of Names, and commanded those named therein to believe in God, the All-Knowing, and We have enjoined them to [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.043a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.138,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02415

370

mixed

نار مشتعل و نور لائح آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق ولکن کل از او محجوب و

A blazing fire and a radiant light, the Sun of Utterance hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, yet all remain veiled therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.265,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00814

1000

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الحاضر لدی العرش الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و عصمهم

This is a Book from this servant who standeth before the Throne unto them that have believed in God and whom He hath protected [3.5s]... ...For in this Manifestation, God – glorified be His mention – hath willed that most of the believers and the sincere ones should give utterance to Verses; whence in the next Dispensation We shall ordain a different matter as proof

MAS4.092x, RHQM1.320-321 (391x) (236x), ASAT3.192-193x

BLO_sazedj#14x, JBS#24.3.063x, RKS.136-138x, RKS.098x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH09002

110

Arabic

کتاب محتوم انزله الله المهیمن القیوم لمن اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله اذ اعرض

The destined Book hath been sent down by God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God when others turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.042a,

Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; 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

BH00276

2290

mixed

حمد خداوند یکتا و مقصود بیهمتا را که اولیاء خود را از علت وجود و سبب هستی

All praise be unto the one true God, the incomparable Object of all desire, Who hath made His chosen ones the cause of existence and the source of being [3.5s]

AYI2.144x, AYI2.145x, AYI2.146x, YMM.021

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

BH09561

100

mixed

لله الحمد و له الشکر و له الفضل و العطا و الرحمه و البهاء بما انزل فیهذه

Praise be unto God, thanksgiving be unto Him, and His are the grace and bounty, the mercy and the glory, inasmuch as He hath revealed in this [3.5s]

SFI04.008bx

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01788

500

mixed

و همچنین در قضیه قصر مبارک بهجی در جوار آن مقام که در مدت سی سال

And likewise, concerning the blessed mansion of Bahji, adjacent to that hallowed spot, which for a period of thirty years [3.5s]

RHQM2.0875-877 (294) (182-183x)

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09248

100

Arabic

ان یا نسیم الصبا اذهب بکتاب ربک الی الدیار لتخضر القلوب من امطار رحمه ربهم

O gentle breeze of dawn! Carry thou the Book of thy Lord unto all lands, that hearts may be quickened by the showers of their Lord's mercy [3.5s]

AKHA_124BE #07 p.b

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06622

150

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض له الامر و

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth, and unto Him doth sing the praise of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. His is the command and [3.5s]

AYBY.006b

Many are called but few are chosen; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06175

160

Arabic

سبحان الذی اظهر ما اراد بسلطان من عنده و نطق بما شاء باعلی الندآء بین الارض و السماء

Glorified be He Who hath manifested whatsoever He desired through a sovereignty from His presence, and hath spoken as He pleased with the most exalted call between earth and heaven [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.151d,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10055

Arabic

یا ایها السائر فی بریه الهدی ان استمع الندا من شطر الایمن من شجر الابهی انه

O thou who treadest the wilderness of guidance! Hearken unto the Call from the right-hand side of the Most Glorious Tree, verily it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.059d,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06515

150

mixed

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول و منزه از عرفان من فی الامکان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت

Hallowed beyond the grasp of mind and intellect, and sanctified above the comprehension of all who dwell in the realm of contingent being, is the Most Holy and Most Glorious Court of His Presence [3.5s]

AHB_132BE #11-12 p.003

High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01345

640

mixed

یا عطار علیک بهاء الله و عنایته نامه ات را اسمی علیه بهائی بساحت اقدس فرستاد

O 'Attár! Upon thee be the glory of God and His tender grace. Thou didst send a missive, bearing an exalted Bahá'í designation, unto the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

INBA18:383

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03633

250

Arabic

تلک آیات التقدیس نزلت من جبروت الامر لکل من آمن بالله ثم بلغ و تنطق بین

These are the verses of sanctification, sent down from the Dominion of the Command unto all who have believed in God and have attained, and they speak amidst [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15737.206,

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11608

510

mixed

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

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

FRH.061-062x, FRH.312x

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

BH07880

130

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه جرت الانهار و تمایلت الاشجار و نطقت الاثمار بما نطق لسان العظمه

This is the Day whereon the rivers have flowed, and the trees have swayed, and the fruits have spoken with the Tongue of Grandeur [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.316d,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH03938

240

mixed

یا اولیاء الله و حزبه ندای مظلوم را بشنوید براستی میگویم اهل بیان الیوم از

O friends of God and His party! Hearken unto the voice of Him Who is wronged. In truth I say, the people of the Bayán today [3.5s]

INBA51:513

LHKM3.321

Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05860

170

Persian

کتاب الهی از افق سماء عنایت رحمانی نازل هر صاحب سمعی باصغاء ندا فائز شد

The Divine Book hath been sent down from the horizon of the heaven of gracious providence; every possessor of hearing hath hearkened unto the Call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.012a,

Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07766

130

Arabic

قد نزلت الایات و ظهر فی الملک ما عجزت عن ادراکه الکائنات قد لاح افق المعانی

The verses have been revealed, and there hath appeared in the realm that which all created things are powerless to comprehend. Lo, the horizon of inner meanings hath dawned [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.005b,

Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11290

Arabic

قل الیوم لن ینفع احداً شیء الا التمسک بهذه العروة الدری المحمود ام یقولون افتریه

Say: Today naught shall profit anyone save firm adherence to this resplendent and praiseworthy Handle. Or do they say: "He hath fabricated it?" [3.5s]

MAS8.003ax

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Study; deepening; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01054

790

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم بالاسم الاعظم الذی به تجلی الرحمن علی ابن عمران فی

Praise be to God Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name, by which the All-Merciful revealed Himself unto the son of 'Imrán [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.138, , BLIB_Or15711.263,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10964

mixed

یا محمد قبل حسن حق جل جلاله اگر بیک حرف درباره نفسی نطق نماید البته او را

O Muhammad-Qablí-Ḥasan! Should the True One, glorified be His majesty, utter but a single word concerning any soul, verily that soul would [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.111d,

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04690

200

Arabic

تنزیل الایات من لدی الله العزیز الحکیم الی الذی فاز بعرفان الرحمن اذ اتی

The verses sent down by God, the Almighty, the All-Wise, unto him who hath attained unto the recognition of the All-Merciful when He appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#288,

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06679

150

mixed

قسم بافتاب افق وحی که امروز شبهی نداشته و ندارد و امروز روزیست که از هر نفسی

By the Sun of the horizon of revelation! This Day hath neither peer nor equal, and this is a Day wherein from every soul [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.190a,

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09587

100

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الوجه و رکب علی سفینه القدس التی کانت

This is a Book from God unto him who hath been guided by the lights of the Countenance and hath embarked upon the Ark of Holiness which was [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.379a,

Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05992

170

mixed

یا محمد بشنو ندای مظلوم را وصیت مینماید ترا بانچه در کتاب از قلم اعلی نازل

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the voice of the Wronged One, Who counseleth thee concerning that which hath been sent down in the Book from the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.061a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01712

520

mixed

یا طاهر نامه ات چندی قبل بساحت امنع اقدس واصل و باصغاء مظلوم فائز یا طاهر ناس

O Tahir! Some time ago thy letter reached the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court and was graced with the hearing of the Wronged One. O Tahir [3.5s]

KHML.238-240

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#158

BH08328

120

Arabic

قد توجه الیک عرف الله بهذا اللوح الذی به اقبل کل نفس و قام کل قاعد و انتبه

The fragrance of God hath turned unto thee through this Tablet, whereby every soul hath advanced, every seated one hath arisen, and every slumberer hath awakened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.151c, , NLAI_22848:367b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190r, , MKI4522.367b,

AQA2#049 p.205a

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07149

140

mixed

طوبی از برای ورقه که ندای سدره را شنید و باو تمسک نمود امروز روزیست که سدره

Blessed is the leaf that hath hearkened unto the Voice of the Lote-Tree and hath clung fast unto it. This is the Day when the Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA28:214, BLIB_Or15715.299c,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00727

1070

mixed

حمد و ثنا افنان سدره الهیه را لایق و سزاست که جنود ظنون و صفوف اوهام ایشانرا

Praise and glory befit the branches of the divine Lote-Tree, whom neither the hosts of idle fancies nor the ranks of vain imaginings [3.5s]

AQA7#381 p.071

Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06843

150

mixed

یا عباس مظلوم عالم ترا ذکر مینماید بذکریکه آفتابش از برج بیان غروب ننماید و

O Abbas! The Wronged One of the world maketh mention of thee with such remembrance as shall cause its sun never to set from the horizon of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.058a,

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04892

200

Arabic

یا حسن ان استمع ندآء المظلوم انه ینادیک من هذا المقام المرفوع و یشهد شعراته

O Hasan! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One, for verily He calleth thee from this exalted station, and His very hairs bear witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.028a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08216

120

mixed

ذکرت لدی الوجه مذکور و باین لوح که مطلع ذکر حق مابین خلق است ترا ذکر نمودیم

Thy remembrance hath been mentioned before the Countenance, and through this Tablet, which is the Dawning-Place of God's mention amongst His creatures, have We made mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.026a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH05350

180

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلت بالفضل علی من فی السموات و الارضین

These are the verses of God, the True Sovereign, the Manifest, revealed through grace unto all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.504,

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03948

240

mixed

یا حسین نامه شما که بجناب جواد علیه بهائی ارسال نمودی در ساحت اقدس حاضر و

O Ḥusayn! Thy letter which thou didst send unto Jináb-i-Javád, upon him be the Glory of God, hath been presented in the Most Holy Court [3.5s]

AQA7#510 p.351

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08518

120

Arabic

یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من البقعه النورآء من لدی الله العلیم الحکیم و

O people of Bahá! Hearken unto the Call from the luminous Spot, from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.067, , BLIB_Or15729.146a, , BLIB_Or15730.064a, , NLAI_22848:355, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p183r, , MKI4522.355,

AQA2#034 p.195

High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08721

110

mixed

ای جوان انشاء الله از عنایت رحمن بفیوضات نامتناهیه ایام الهیه فائز باشی و از

O youth! God willing, through the bounty of the All-Merciful, thou hast attained the limitless outpourings of these divine days

BLIB_Or15715.156d,

AQA7#398 p.168b

ADMS#284

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06124

160

mixed

حق جل جلاله دوستان خود را از عباد و اماء در سجن اعظم ذکر میفرماید ذکریکه

God, glorified be His majesty, maketh mention in the Most Great Prison of His loved ones among His servants and handmaidens - a mention that [3.5s]

INBA28:273

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH02416

370

Arabic

هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله العزیز المحبوب و فیه یذکر

This is a Book from God, the All-Preserving, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved [3.5s]

INBA71:067

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03429

270

Arabic

یا غلام قبل حسین قد حضر کتابک و وجدنا منه عرف توجهک و اقبالک الی الافق الاعلی

O Ghulám-Qablí-Ḥusayn! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and from it We perceived the fragrance of thy turning and devotion unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

INBA97:158

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08209

120

Arabic

ذکر من لدی المظلوم حزب الله فی البلاد لیجذبهم رحیق البیان الی افق المعانی

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto the Party of God throughout the land, that the choice wine of utterance may draw them unto the horizon of meanings [3.5s]

INBA15:272c, INBA26:273a

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09599

100

mixed

ورقه حاضر و از مظلوم ذکرت را طلب نمود ذکرناک بهذا اللوح المبین ذکر حق جل

The leaf presented itself and sought from the Wronged One mention of thee. Thus have We made mention of thee in this perspicuous Tablet - a mention of God, exalted be He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.194, , BLIB_Or15726.129a,

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00345

1920

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر قلم و مداد مالک ایجاد را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه مبارکه علیا

Sanctified praise, transcending the mention of pen and ink, befitteth the Lord of creation, Who through His blessed and exalted Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.087, , BLIB_Or15732.175,

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00180

3100

mixed

Fire and Light

حمد مقدس از قلم و مداد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که اهل بها

A praise, exalted above every conception that pen and ink can portray, beseemeth the subline, the ever-blessed court of the Well-Beloved Who hath initiated the people of Baha into the school of adversity

INBA18:439, BLIB_Or15701.086,

NANU_BH#14x, UAB.028ax, AYI2.025x, AYI2.140x, AYI2.159x

BRL_FIRE_BH#08x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10085

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

BH04004

230

Arabic

تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت اسمه المنزل المقتدر القدیر

These are the verses of God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest One, sent down in truth from the dominion of His Name, the Revealer, the All-Powerful, the Almighty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.588, , ALIB.folder18p441

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; 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

BH00742

1050

Arabic

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

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

INBA83:288, ALIB.folder18p186

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

BH04776

200

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق البلا شمس رقم علیها من قلم الابهی السجن لله الواحد الفرد

From the horizon of tribulation hath shone forth the Sun, whereon hath been inscribed by the Most Glorious Pen: "The Prison belongeth unto God, the One, the Single." [3.5s]

INBA15:244b, INBA26:246b, BLIB_Or11095#159,

PYK.212

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09067

110

Arabic

هذا یوم فیه توجه الرحمن الی البستان و اذ ادخل نطق الرمان قد اتی المالک الملک

This is the Day whereon the All-Merciful hath turned towards the Garden, and when He entered, the pomegranate proclaimed: "The Sovereign King hath come!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.105a,

LHKM1.088

Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07019

140

Arabic

تلک آیات الله المهیمن القیوم قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز مرفوع و انها لحجه الله

These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, which have been sent down in truth from the heaven of exalted glory, and verily they are God's testimony [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.282a,

Chastisement and requital; Obedience to; authority 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; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02847

310

Arabic

تلک آیات الله نزلت بالحق من جبروت الله المهیمن القیوم و فیها قدر کل ذکر خیر

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Within them is ordained every goodly remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.445a,

AVK2.357.09, AKHA_119BE #12 p.a

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH08092

120

mixed

انشاء الله از رحیق مختوم که باصبع قیوم گشوده شد بیاشامی و قسمت بری از برای

God willing, mayest thou partake of the sealed wine which hath been unsealed by the Finger of the Self-Subsisting, and receive thy portion thereof [3.5s]

AYI2.329, LDR.021

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH10018

mixed

نفحات ظهور عالمرا احاطه نموده و رایحه مسک معانی عالم وجود را معطر کرده

The fragrances of the Divine Manifestation have encompassed the world, and the musk-laden scents of inner meanings have perfumed the realm of existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.235a,

Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04680

200

Arabic

تبارک الذی اقامنی علی الامر اذ کنت قاعدا و انطقنی بذکره اذ کنت صامتا و اظهرنی

Blessed is He Who raised me up to the Cause when I was seated, and made me speak His praise when I was silent, and manifested me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.137b, , NLAI_22848:335, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p172r, , Ghazi3072.102-106, MKI4522.335,

AQA2#015 p.181, BCH.052

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04231

220

Arabic

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک یا الهی انت الذی قلبت الکائنات بکلمه من عندک و فصلت بین عبادک باشاره

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of His mouth hath revolutionized the entire creation

PMP#033

PM#033

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

BH06771

150

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سمع ندآء ربه و اجابه بما ایده الروح من لدن عزیز

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord and hath answered thereunto through that which the Spirit did strengthen him from the presence of the Mighty One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.396c,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH07203

140

Arabic

قد فاز کتابک بمنظر المظلوم و تشرف باستماع من سجن فی سبیل الله رب العالمین

Thy book hath attained unto the presence of the Wronged One and hath been honored by the hearing of Him Who is imprisoned in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.068c, , BLIB_Or15738.096b,

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05682

170

mixed

انشاء الله در کل احیان از کوس عنایت رحمن رحیق عرفان بیاشامی و بانوار وجه

God willing, mayest thou at all times drink from the chalice of the All-Merciful's bounty the wine of divine knowledge, and be illumined by the lights of His countenance [3.5s]

AYBY.033

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; 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

BH08410

120

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا و انه لکتاب مبین یدع الکل الی الله رب العالمین انه لایه الکبری

This is a Book from Our presence, and verily it is a manifest Book that summoneth all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily, it is the Most Great Sign [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.026,

VAA.203-203a, AHB_107BE #09 p.191

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09306

540

Arabic

بارک الله علیک یا حسن بما وردت فی حصن حبی الذی کان من زبر الامر معمورا و انه

Blessed art thou, O Hasan, inasmuch as thou hast entered within the stronghold of My love, which was raised up through the tablets of the Command, and verily [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.429

YMM.220x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09840

Arabic

سبحان الذی نزل الایات و جعلها عله فرح العالمین طوبی لمن عرفها و آمن بها اذ نزلت من

Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses and made them a cause of joy unto all the worlds. Blessed is he who hath recognized them and believed in them when they were sent down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.136d,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07449

130

mixed

از فضل نامتناهی الهی بهار دانش پدیدار مبارک نفسیکه بقمیص دانائی آراسته شد و

From the infinite bounty of God hath appeared the springtime of knowledge. Blessed is the soul that hath adorned itself with the raiment of wisdom and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.116,

ANDA#67-68 p.03

Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01079

770

Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

GWB#076x, DOR#34x

Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#381

BH04027

230

Arabic

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و دعا الکل الی صراطه المستقیم من الناس

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and Who hath called all men unto His straight Path [3.5s]

INBA23:016a, BLIB_Or15713.166b, , BLIB_Or15715.258a,

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06644

150

Arabic

قد انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات و اخبرنا الکل ما کان مستورا عنهم ولکن

We have indeed sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, and We have informed all of that which was hidden from them, yet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.068a,

Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08505

120

Arabic

یا امتی انا ذکرناک بذکر لاینقطع عرفه بدوام الملک و الملکوت ان اشهدی بما شهد

O My handmaiden! We have made mention of thee with a remembrance whose fragrance shall never cease throughout the duration of the Kingdom and the Realm above. Bear thou witness to that which hath been witnessed [3.5s]

INBA51:107, KB_620:100-101

Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08790

110

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یشرب رحیق الحیوان و یتوجه الی مطلع امر ربه الرحمن

A remembrance from Our presence unto them that desire to drink of the wine of life and turn toward the Dawning-Place of the Cause of their Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.158a,

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05516

180

Arabic

لعمر الله قد نزلت الآیات علی شان لم یحصها اقلام العالم و لا من عنده علم الحساب

By the life of God! The verses have been sent down in such wise that all the pens in the world, and they that possess knowledge of calculation, cannot reckon them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.184,

Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH03875

240

Arabic

قد سمع المظلوم ندائک و ینادیک بندآئه الاحلی بین الارض و السماء و یقول یا

The Wronged One hath heard thy call, and summoneth thee with His most sweet voice betwixt earth and heaven, saying: O [3.5s]

INBA97:096

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11004

230

Arabic

ان یا امتی ان اجتذبی من نغماتی ثم اشربی من کاس عنایتی ثم استظلی فی ظل سحاب

O My handmaiden! Be thou attracted by My melodies, then drink from the cup of My loving-kindness, and abide beneath the shade of My clouds [3.5s]

NLAI_BH2.033

ASAT1.224x

Love of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11009

Arabic

ان یا قلم انس بذکر سلطان القدم و امح عن قلبک ما یمنعک عن التغمس فی غمرات

O Pen! Be thou enchanted by the remembrance of the Ancient King, and efface from thy heart whatsoever preventeth thee from immersing thyself in the depths [3.5s]

INBA73:337c, NLAI_BH2.217.12

Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07736

130

Arabic

قد جری ماء عذب الحیوان من قلم الرحمن طوبی لمن شرب و ویل لکل غافل بعید قد ظهر

The sweet waters of life have streamed forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath drunk thereof, and woe betide every heedless and remote one [3.5s]

DBR.031

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02659

340

mixed

یا ورقتی و یا امتی علیک بهائی لله الحمد از تجلیات انوار نیر ظهور مکلم طور فائز

O My leaf and My handmaiden! Upon thee be My glory! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the effulgent rays of the Luminary of Manifestation, the Speaker of Sinai [3.5s]

INBA15:235, INBA26:237

PYK.211

Knowledge; recognition of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; 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

ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236

BH00922

Suriy-i-Ma'ani

890

Arabic

سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا

Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything

INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219

OOL.B129

HURQ.BH33

Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter of principle that the transcendent Godhead is not the immediate cause of this inspiration; and extols the transformative power of the word of God at the time of its revelation.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#317

BH09005

110

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل الی مشرق الوحی اذ انار افق البیان بشمس الحکمه و التبیان

The Book from Our presence is unto him who hath turned towards the Dayspring of Revelation, when the horizon of utterance was illumined by the Sun of wisdom and elucidation [3.5s]

INBA23:045a, BLIB_Or15715.125a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04689

200

Arabic

تلک آیات الله نزلت بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و انها لحجه الله بین بریته

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the Dominion of transcendent glory, and verily they constitute God's testimony amongst His creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.311b, , NLAI_BH2.040b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05036

190

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا الی من فاز بالبحر الاعظم اذ اتی مالک القدم و شرب رحیق المختوم

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who attained unto the Most Great Ocean when the Ancient Sovereign appeared and quaffed the sealed wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.134a,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07450

130

Persian

اسرار کتاب الهی که از اول بنای عالم الی حین از ابصار مستور ظاهر و هویدا یا اولیاء الله

O friends of God! The mysteries of the divine Book, which from the foundation of the world until now have remained hidden from all eyes, are manifest and evident [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.185a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09535

100

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الاسماء لمن سمع الندآء و اجاب مولیه القدیم لیجعله ندآء الله

This is the Book sent down by the Lord of Names unto them that have hearkened unto the Call and responded to their Ancient Lord, that it may become the Call of God [3.5s]

INBA28:267, BLIB_Or15719.134d,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08539

120

Arabic

یا حسن ان استمع الندآء انه یذکرک بما تقر به عیون الذین اقبلوا الی الافق الاعلی و شربوا رحیق

O Hasan! Hearken thou unto the Call, for it maketh mention of thee with that which shall gladden the eyes of them that have turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and have quaffed the choice wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.035b,

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09317

100

Arabic

تبارک الذی باسمه تحرک القلم الاعلی و نفخ فی الصور و انصعق من فی ملکوت

Blessed is He by Whose Name the Most Exalted Pen hath been set in motion, the Trump hath been sounded, and all who dwell in the Kingdom were thunderstruck [3.5s]

INBA51:235, KB_620:228-229

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00077

4960

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی یک آب از سحاب رحمت رب الارباب نازل و جاری و

O Beloved of My heart and Thou Who art mentioned in My soul! A single stream from the cloud of mercy of the Lord of Lords hath descended and floweth forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#067,

BRL_DA#563, AYBY.191x, AYBY.203x, GHA.095x, UAB.030bx, MAS8.153x, MAS8.154ax, MAS8.154bx, AYI2.019x, AYI2.161x, AYI2.208x, AYI2.209x, AYI2.210x, AYI2.211x, AYI2.212x, AYI2.213x, AYI2.214x, YQAZ.329-330x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH04753

200

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لهو المذکور فی کتب الله رب

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is, verily, the One mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.285b,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06916

140

mixed

ام البیان از افق سماء معانی ندا میفرماید و ام الکتاب از افق فم اراده ربانی

The Mother of Utterance calleth aloud from the horizon of the heaven of meanings, and the Mother Book proclaimeth from the horizon of the divine Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.090a,

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10447

Arabic

یا حسین یذکرک المذکور فی هذا المقام الذی جعله الله مطاف اهل الفردوس الاعلی و

O Husayn! The Remembered One maketh mention of thee from this Station which God hath made the point of circumambulation for the denizens of the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.004.10,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08394

120

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیتضوع نفحات البیان بین السموات و الارض انه

The Book hath been sent down by the All-Merciful unto all who dwell within the realm of possibility, that the sweet fragrances of utterance might waft between the heavens and the earth. Verily He [3.5s]

INBA19:135a, INBA32:124a, BLIB_Or15697.032a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00214

2750

mixed

تسبیح و تقدیس ذات بیچون را لایق و سزاست که لئالی بحر حکمت و بیان را نمود و

Glorification and sanctification befit the Incomparable Essence, Who hath manifested the pearls of the ocean of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA27:219

MAS4.123bx, MAS8.063bx, PYK.138

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11825

129

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی تمسک بالعروه الوثقی فی هذه الایام التی فیها عمت الابصار

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath held fast to the Sure Handle in these days wherein eyes are blinded [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.045

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08705

110

mixed

انشاء الله بعنایت الهی از انوار تجلیات شمس حقیقت منور باشید امروز روزیست که

God willing, through divine providence, may ye be illumined by the effulgences of the Sun of Truth. This is a Day wherein [3.5s]

INBA15:285a, INBA26:287a, BLIB_Or15696.014a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.063c,

AYI2.231

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02339

380

mixed

قد بلغ الی الخادم کتابک الشریف الذی تضوع منه عرف حبک محبوب الله العزیز المنیع

Your noble letter, from which wafteth the fragrance of thy love for the Beloved of God, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, hath reached this servant [3.5s]

INBA27:413

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05172

190

Arabic

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یشتعل به افئده المقربین و من استقرب بهذه النار

This is a Book that speaketh with truth, and therein is that which setteth aflame the hearts of them that are nigh, and of those who draw close unto this Fire [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.283a,

Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09054

110

Arabic

هذا کتاب الرحمن قد سطع منه البرهان لمن فی البیان نعیما لمن فاز به و وجد ما

This is the Book of the All-Merciful, from which the proof hath shone forth unto all who are in the Bayán. Blessed is he who hath attained unto it and found therein what [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.131a,

Prayer for nearness to God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08060

120

Arabic

ان یا عبد اسمع ندائی ثم استجذب من نغماتی ثم اصعد بقلبک الی سمائی ثم اذکرنی

O servant! Hearken unto My call, then be thou enraptured by My melodies, ascend with thy heart unto My heaven, and make mention of Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.263a,

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01108

750

Arabic

الحمد للغنی المتعال الذی بامره نفخ فی القلم الاعلی اذا ظهر الرجال الذین نبذوا

Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing, the Most Exalted, at Whose bidding the Supreme Pen hath breathed forth, whereupon appeared the men who cast aside [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727a.037,

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05656

170

mixed

امروز بحر بیان رحمن مواج و آفتاب عنایت حق مشرق و لائح از حق میطلبیم عباد خود

In this day the ocean of the All-Merciful's utterance surgeth, and the sun of divine favor shineth resplendent. We beseech the True One that His servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.194a,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03533

260

Arabic

کتاب بدیع نزل بالحق من لدی الله العلی العظیم انه لایه الحق بین الخلق و برهان الرحمن

The Wondrous Book hath been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Most High, the Most Great. Verily, it is a sign of truth amidst creation and a proof of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.143d,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH09121

110

Arabic

یا حمید قد حضر کتابک لدی الله الملک العزیز الفرید و وجدنا منه عرف التوسل و

O Hamid! Thy letter hath appeared before God, the King, the Mighty, the Peerless. From it We have inhaled the sweet fragrance of supplication and [3.5s]

INBA51:387b, INBA49:331

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10406

Arabic

و هذه لورقه یحرک کما طور ورقه الروح علی اغصان شجره مبین و اذا تهب علیها

And this is a leaf that moveth even as moved the Leaf of the Spirit upon the branches of the manifest Tree when the breezes blow upon it [3.5s]

INBA71:121a

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03548

260

Arabic

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

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الروح و کان ممن آمن و هدی ان یا عبد قل

This is a Book from God unto him who hath been guided by the lights of the Spirit and who is of them that have believed and been guided aright. Say: O servant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.264,

BRL_DA#160, AQA7#341 p.020b, KHSH06.v, BW_v03p000.i

BRL_ATBH#62

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09990

Arabic

کتاب یحکم بالحق و انه لکتاب مبین فصل من الکتاب الذی مااطلع به الا الله رب

The Book pronounceth with truth - and verily it is a perspicuous Book - a portion from the Book which none hath known save God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.045b,

Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02896

310

Arabic